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Trev: Scary Orson Welles @drunkorsonwelles.bsky.social · 5h

I feel like we’ve been living under the tyranny of irony and sarcasm for the last nearly 20 years

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7h

Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1h

well, if all the criminals are in jail, hopefully the people who come next are less psycho and thus not willing to do something so rash

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2h

given that they haven't pressed it yet, I don't think they actually do

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2h

I'm just realizing that I haven't stumbled across anyone referring to No Kings as a "superspreader event" yet and for that I am grateful

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 8h

the Earth Day 1970 protests had like 20 million participants but yesterday does seem to be the second highest single day protest, yeah

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

more rallies after 5-6 PM then

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 23h

actual corncobbing

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

this is the same thing that happened with gay rights when the westboro baptist church picketed soldier funerals

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

dril lol

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

I doubly didn't expect the Fuck That Guy option to turn out to be a dude who has a net worth of nearly 4 billion

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

well, because they're wishcasting, not actually strategizing

violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

because they've bought into the cultural framing that these people make up "real america" whether they realize that they have or not

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, it definitely doesn't deal with that, lol

okay, boiling this back down to my original point: do modern phones develop detectable enough wear patterns that a pin can be discerned by forensic analysis? that's the main thing I'm curious about

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, I mean the police. if you use biometrics to unlock but disable them to go to a protest, they'll have a hard time getting in because they won't be able to try to detect the wear/fingerprint pattern on your screen that corresponds to the pin since you don't actually use it often enough

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

"thousands" lol

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if it's actually less secure than biometrics though since you'll be touching your screen in a very specific and repetitive way that might be possible to forensically discover. this is a problem with pinpad locks but I dunno if it's an issue on phones

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, I bet he'll TRY. whether it'll be successful is another story

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot imagine how expensive it must be for an AI system to consume, analyze, and synthesize every single post made on that website, video and images included, every single day

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

I think a big problem is a lot of folks try to be "serious," and they see "cringe resistance" as unserious. Their mistake is that people don't really want serious - they want sincere. And sincerity is often fun, messy, and free-spirited - all things that "serious" is not. But that's why it works.

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 1d

Did he?

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2d

I wish these stats were available by main account language

violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2d

I've heard of a bunch of renters having them forced on them by their landlords

violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2d

also just, this bsky.app/profile/usap...

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 2d

"Do you think Trump wants to be the king of the US?"

Yes: 52%
No: 36%

Unsure: 12%

YouGov / Oct 17, 2025

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2d

most people don't think like that. they think "wow, my life sucks now. who's the president? donald trump? what's he? a republican? okay, fuck the republicans then." they are mostly aware of the house and senate as concepts but pay absolutely zero attention to them and certainly don't "blame" them

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violentlycar @violentlycar.bsky.social · 2d

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