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@sun @apropos I’ve read some articles and papers about the effort to develop technique for taming children who exhibit clear psychopathic traits from a very early age. fascinating shit. seems to maybe work more than not at all based on the very small amount of data accrued so far.

@sun @apropos I try really hard to remember that every type of guy exists for some kind of reason related to species survival

@sun @apropos there’s a certain subset of human beings (across all cultures, rightoid and leftoid alike) who are especially susceptible to being cult followers, I guess the main question is what percent of humanity do they constitute and how many of them are running various organs of social and logistical control in any given scenario

@apropos @sun I really, really, really hope that vast numbers of Trump supporters are being blackpilled by his turning the United States into a dog on a leash for Israel yet again. if not, there is no hope.

also glyphosate and elite pedos, lol.

@sun for me the tipping poi t was understanding that one doesn’t have to Be Racist™ or Be Fascist™ or even have strong authoritarian leanings to do that, because people exist in different epistemological bubbles, it’s literally possible to not be a piece of shit and come to the conclusion Trump is worth a try, even when he has a large bloc of pieces of shit backing him 1000%

@sun I’ve gotten to the point where, as someone who would never in a million years vote for Donald Fucking Trump as president, I think I finally get it. to the extent I’m able as somebody who is left-aligned at a bone deep level anyway (although still sorting out whether that means center-left statist or something more anarchist in nature.. I’m woefully deficient on theory)

@sun @anemone real talk… living in this place has taken years if not decades off my life from never-ending stress and bone-deep isolation among the crowd. the meds I have to take just to stay upright have major side effects but there’s no alternative. I’m never gonna make it out of here alive.

@sun take a trip to a cat island, it’s on my bucket list but I’ll never get to it

@sun @feld @leyonhjelm I’m honestly amazed that someone as narcissistic as Trump can fake enthusiasm for being besties with Netanyahu so well after being repeatedly punked on the world stage, like to the point that I gotta wonder if there’s more going on than Trump just being bought & paid for by Israel… I would’ve expected far more barbed slips of the tongue and/or unexpected moves to extract a pound of flesh from Bibi than I’ve actually seen. it seems like they must have kompromat

@leyonhjelm @feld @sun I gotta say, I am enjoying watching the “but he said he wasn’t going to start 27 new quagmires overseas” crowd and the “but I thought America First meant no more subsidizing the daily life of millions of Israelis while meemaw dies of diabetic gangrene in a trailer with no electricity” crowd and the “but I thought he was going to BAN glyphosate not double its domestic production” crowd learn their respective lessons

@vriska @sun I’m also very interested in an easy way to tip on fedi, I wish XMR could suffice but it doesn’t, and anyway 10grans is ‘ours’

@sun @7666 meanwhile I’m holding because I’m one of those dinosaurs who literally uses this bullshit to pay for goods & services and now I’m off 20% ($17)

should I be putting it in like USDC or what