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The Tibetans who they subject to an ongoing genocide. The Uyghurs who they subject to an ongoing genocide. Hong Kong, where countless people began to uproot their lives and flee at the prospect of a handover back to China, before the treaty which China would go on to violate was even signed.
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Tibetans who they subject to an ongoing genocide. The Uyghurs who they subject to an ongoing genocide. Hong Kong, where countless people began to uproot their lives and flee at the prospect of a handover back to China, before the treaty which China would go on to violate was even signed.
Whether a country’s regime has or hasn’t been beneficial to some of its own people has no relevance to whether other nations should find it trustworthy in international relations. Many people in Nazi Germany felt prosperous. Would you claim that made the UK wrong to distrust Hitler?
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Whether a country’s regime has or hasn’t been beneficial to some of its own people has no relevance to whether other nations should find it trustworthy in international relations. Many people in Nazi Germany felt prosperous. Would you claim that made the UK wrong to distrust Hitler?
Tell that to the Uyghurs… Tibetans… Hong Kong, where China broke its commitments under international law...
There doesn’t have to be an upgrade available in order to reject the notion that China is trustworthy. Trusting no one is also an option.
There doesn’t have to be an upgrade available in order to reject the notion that China is trustworthy. Trusting no one is also an option.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tell that to the Uyghurs… Tibetans… Hong Kong, where China broke its commitments under international law...
There doesn’t have to be an upgrade available in order to reject the notion that China is trustworthy. Trusting no one is also an option.
There doesn’t have to be an upgrade available in order to reject the notion that China is trustworthy. Trusting no one is also an option.
“Trustworthy” is absolutely not an adjective anyone should seriously think accurately describes China.
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Trustworthy” is absolutely not an adjective anyone should seriously think accurately describes China.
In a world that contains dragons, dragons are not otherworldly, they are literally worldly!
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
In a world that contains dragons, dragons are not otherworldly, they are literally worldly!
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Every time he criticises Trump, the “we’re all trying to find the guy who did this” sketch gets stuck on a loop in my head.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Every time he criticises Trump, the “we’re all trying to find the guy who did this” sketch gets stuck on a loop in my head.
Yeah, I’m confused. That tweet is just objectively true. Are people who argue it was ok to fire him over this saying they’d be ok with firing someone who tweeted “Hitler was bad actually”? What information is being left out of the text?
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yeah, I’m confused. That tweet is just objectively true. Are people who argue it was ok to fire him over this saying they’d be ok with firing someone who tweeted “Hitler was bad actually”? What information is being left out of the text?
“I have faith that everyone will be just as unapologetically stupid in the morning”, says person who is part of “everyone”.
October 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“I have faith that everyone will be just as unapologetically stupid in the morning”, says person who is part of “everyone”.
He doesn’t see their children as whole people either. When asked a question about his wife in an interview, part of his answer was “She's got three kids.” He doesn’t consider them to be his children.
October 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
He doesn’t see their children as whole people either. When asked a question about his wife in an interview, part of his answer was “She's got three kids.” He doesn’t consider them to be his children.
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The Dems need to start realizing that if they want people to support them, they have to do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, not because it polls well or whatever
June 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Dems need to start realizing that if they want people to support them, they have to do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, not because it polls well or whatever
Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were definitely worth the money, but people can’t know that before buying. Echoes of Wisdom, on the other hand, those regrets cost $99.99.
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were definitely worth the money, but people can’t know that before buying. Echoes of Wisdom, on the other hand, those regrets cost $99.99.
New copies of Breath of the Wild, which came out 8 years ago, are $109.99 for Switch 1 and $119.95 for Switch 2.
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New copies of Breath of the Wild, which came out 8 years ago, are $109.99 for Switch 1 and $119.95 for Switch 2.
I keep having to remind myself that exchange rates exist when I read this thread, because I keep thinking to myself “but AAA games *do* cost $100!” Mario Kart World costs NZ$129.95.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I keep having to remind myself that exchange rates exist when I read this thread, because I keep thinking to myself “but AAA games *do* cost $100!” Mario Kart World costs NZ$129.95.
New York City is the Amsterdam of America!
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New York City is the Amsterdam of America!
The point is that the evidence is that it did the thing, not that Tao says it’s cool. You asked if Tao seeing value isn’t evidence, what is? Well, Tao seeing value is not evidence. The fact that it did the thing is. Whether that is enough to outweigh all the negative effects is a different question.
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The point is that the evidence is that it did the thing, not that Tao says it’s cool. You asked if Tao seeing value isn’t evidence, what is? Well, Tao seeing value is not evidence. The fact that it did the thing is. Whether that is enough to outweigh all the negative effects is a different question.
And I’m saying don’t take Tao’s word either. He might be right, but if he is, it’s not because of who he is. The fact that Tao sees value in something is never evidence that it has value. We need to read what he says and see if it’s actually true.
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
And I’m saying don’t take Tao’s word either. He might be right, but if he is, it’s not because of who he is. The fact that Tao sees value in something is never evidence that it has value. We need to read what he says and see if it’s actually true.
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or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.
That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.
They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after.
-A.R. Moxon
That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.
They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after.
-A.R. Moxon
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.
That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.
They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after.
-A.R. Moxon
That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.
They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after.
-A.R. Moxon
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Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism...
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism...
Appeal to authority is not evidence.
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Appeal to authority is not evidence.
Beer’s fence: the purpose of a fence is what it does
June 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Beer’s fence: the purpose of a fence is what it does