Sure, but this is only going to expand the Overton window in one direction. People with facts tend not to be as inflammatory.

The past day was odd enough to feel a need to post my own. I think for the first time in years, there’s a trajectory. Sure, joining Beehaw was nice enough, but this is where I go back to changing the world.

I’ve gotten a fair amount of help off here. For now, I am alive. I see that changing, and my tone also significantly changes. 🤣

I try to be judicious about bringing it up, as it’s a state, not a core element of my beeing. Beeing known as that guy who always brings up beeing homeless isn’t the best look.

I mean, he’s the founder of Street Medics Austin. I view this without fear as serendipity.

I’ve been living in an un-air-conditioned, trash-filled tool truck since October 2023. I have solar, batteries and a fan over me, but shit got hot real early this year, so this is a godsend.

So, your assertion is that the IRS is a good source for information about the validity of the IRS? Case law doesn’t cover whether ratification actually happened, but rather that the courts are going with it.

Look, I’ve been in journalism since 1998 and off Facebook since 2014. If you want to believe I’m full of shit, you’re of course free to, but that’s a terrible analogy.

If you sole-source Wikipedia, I don’t know what to tell you. But I’m not going off on a research excursion to prove myself right from things I’ve read over decades. It’s of no import to me whether you believe me; if you’re truly curious, look into it yourself. The origins of the income tax are more complex than one article can assert.

There is no historical agreement that states ratifying the income tax itself actually happened.

The main thing that struck me about Seattle when I first moved there was all the hills. Coming from Phoenix, where there is zero relief unless you’re on one of the sporadic mountains, navigating that kind of terrain required adjustment. My first quarter at UW, a friend took me to a rave off Pioneer Square, and we missed the last bus back to the U-District.

This being before cell phones, let alone Uber/Lyft, that was a long walk home.

Not to cast doubt on this, but how are aluminum cans recycled if they’re also plastic, which is somewhat notorious for not being recyclable? Honest question here, as I sip from an aluminum can.

Delirium Tremens (a Trappist beer) is packaged in ceramic.

The Internal Revenue Service. It’s the U.S. tax collection agency, created a bit over a century ago under, shall we say, questionable circumstances.

Christ, it’s like Linux distros are about choice!

I’m still sticking with KDE.

I simply meant that you enumerated my exact problems with this post. I like you very much.

Why are you stealing my argument? I kid, but the facts are true.

Beehaw is not a place to have pointless arguments. But moving to ad hominems that are grammatically incorrect isn’t a great look. You’re beeing needlessly aggressive. I’m done here.

Not sure who this “Hurst” guy is.

Like, seriously, if you’re going to cite someone, at least spell their name correctly.