we all got one comrade, it’s okay to talk about butt’s here

Lol they picked Israel, Turkey, and Tunisia as their representative sample of the middle east. First, one of these things is not like the others. Second, I can only imagine how fucking funny it would look if they actually had a representative sample of Arabic/Islamic countries.

These people need to be sent to work on the farm

Every photo of this man looks like a wax sculpture parody

You know I tried something like that recently, but the people who need a disengage aren’t the ones to take a hint. It’s a command because the people who’s hobby that day is to argue with you aren’t going to respect polite boundaries.

Even just saying that is more useful than immediate belittlement and toxicity. Put this as a response to the top level comment. This thread got real stupid real fast so I’d like the next general to be posted and everyone to be more helpful and less dickish to one another.

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I don’t want this to be more than it is, please don’t see this as damning your entire involvement here. Sometimes touching grass is healthy and fine, don’t let me stop you from doing that if that’s what you need, but don’t let my bristling push you out either. I think my direct response to your other comment captures more the spirit of my critique, but I assure you it’s a friendly one. We all have habits or traits that sometimes rub people the wrong way, and at the end of the day part of why I’ve become reactive this one is just a numbers game. Like I said, I appreciate 99% of your contributions, but due to visibility by volume alone that means I see a good amount of the 1% too.

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No. But vague and venemous comments alone don’t get the job done. I agree, linkless news is just gossip, Nazi news is only useful in so far as we learn what the fascists are spinning. However, your formating critiques, like capitalizing names, comes across as pedantic and ceremonial and not in a good way. People engage in information in different ways, and demanding we all show respect in a niche Internet forum where the actors being discussed will never see it is a little ridiculous.

I think your worthy point is that linkless news isn’t worth the electricity it takes to type the comment. Rather than letting your indignation at tone and substantive criticism get conflated into a single line of criticism, simply stating “link or remove” and then adding to that any additional criticism would be better. At the very least someone who, presumably, shared something in good faith, could attempt to then modify it in a way that better pleased the audience. As it went at first, all you did was launch a barb that seems alienating to anyone who didn’t immediately share your attitudes and make the same connection, and almost certainly the poster themselves. I think that’s a shame if we want the News Thread to be more than a hobby forum for a couple dozen power posters.

Pattern of behavior over years of reading the News Mega as far as I’m concerned. In this particular context, someone posted (linkless, shame on them) news. If she had a real problem with it’s presentation or tone she could have stated clearly what that was and invited the OP to reformat it. Instead, we get unspecific accusations of “disdain for the people.” Rather than critique the presentation in an informative way that let’s the OP know and grow, she simply besmirches their character and assumes the wagons will circle on her side for a good ole ratio.

I know she can offer useful criticism too because she does as a response to the same comment! And good. But the venom is still present and unnecessary in my opinion. Being so quick to side swipe a comrade at minor offenses isn’t a good way to go about life.

I appreciate our comrad’s input and contributions 99% of the time, but if they are even a smidge offended, legitimately or not, they become the most sanctimonious ass I’ve ever seen. So no, not always, but often enough that it’s weird.

“Our citizens are coddled children. Many can’t read, but those who do can’t practice basic skepticism and credulously believe whatever slop is laid before their eyes. We must carefully protect them from any narratives contrary to the state’s interests lest they get ideas of their own about our actions.”

Wind. I like my power plants like I like my men: clean, petite, and it takes dozens to get the job done

Why does God give his wettest boys the driest of air?

In Bad Country™, the state security forces are unaccountable to local political officials and maintain their control via direct violence if challenged. Regional authorities have intervened in the matter, but time will tell if they can wrestle control of the situation away from the entrenched corrupt security forces.

It really depends on how much you make. I lived in a shitty red state for a year on one of the plans, but because I was only making like $20,000 a year, it wasn’t bankruptcy levels of expensive, and I actually needed some serious medical care that year. I think the problem gets worse the more you make ironically, because they determine all of your discretionary income should actually go to insurance companies. That of course can’t happen if you don’t have any discretionary income to begin with I guess. Say thank you and go back to work, serf.