For most of the democratic world, the US Democrats are right wing, like Canada, Australian mainstream. conservatives are to then left of the Democrats…eg it was Australians mainstream right wing party that brought in compararively draconian gun laws (by US standards)

Chatham Islands ?

I chose Tasmania, am here now… I dont think anywhere is but i am hoping it’s lesser and i am not the literal tip of the spear.

Albiet the poulation is older, white, conservative, religious so there is that problem.

Trump has broad aupport.

Im 58, I’ve et 4 people in my life I’d classify as “good”. Im with one and I’m not one.

All 4 are women, which gives me pause as a guy.

It’s already hapoened in the US.

Honestly that sounds like a jerk move.

Quite the opposite,

Why would you force someone to use Linux?

In what world is that force ? He wasnt holding a gun to her head, the opposite, he’s freeing her from stupidity.

Decent people help others, they don’t go along with their stupid ideas before at least trying to convince them its a stupid idea. An allegory perhaps, your friend comes over, they have a 1/2 dozen beers, they’re going to drive home… In your world it seems it’s force to ask them not to and to stay over.

It isn’t your computer and if you are helping them you should do what they want

Helping them is the phrase you seem to be confused about. It’s his sister, not his boss at the office.

Nano

https://nano.org/en/sustainability

Maybe. I thought and fought for this from the 1990s on my own small ways with no luck and only to see the rise and rise of walled garden, proprietary, bullshit software.

The issue is end users have the prescience of a gold fish, i have zero solutions to that.

well before the midterms when he losses his majority.

Seems to be board suooort for thsi shitstain and his acolytes and hes making voting much harder

Im running a Kobo Libra Colour before that an old model Kindle that crapped itself.

Lots to like

Things I don’t like

• No charging LED so you know when it’s fully charged
• My books are sidleloaded from Calibre and 70% of the time when i go to start reading a book that I’m part way through, it opens on a different page , often 20-40 pages away, so much confusion. Not sure if it also does this to books sourced from the Kobo bookstore, or its a Calibre thing
• Used to piss me off the power button being on the back, flip the cover over to read, it covers the power button. Put the Libra down, come back to it, the kobo cover covered the power switch, DOH! . They have since allowed a work around in the firmware where you can press the page turn button to restart reading, so it’s no longer really an issue.

The story i saw on Reddit nacknin the day explained how during her first electoral campaign her "supporters " literally attacked the wife of the D politcans, she was so scared she left the state.

He was also ininimidated and attacked of I recall correctly. No one to wants to be invoked with nutcases who put their partner in danger but that’s how the nazis win.

Attacking those resuppluing or supporting Israel in thier ongoing genicode against Palestine.

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/

WHAT IN THE SWEET MOTHER OF FUCK MADE YOU THINK THAT, IDIOT?

See #3 then #1.

These are Cipolla’s five fundamental laws of stupidity:

1. Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

2. The probability that a certain person (will) be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.

3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.

4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places, and under any circumstances, to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.

5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

We knew that BEFORE the election and yet elected the LNP anyway, fuck voters.

The majority of the voters voted that way, alas you’re seiibg the result play out.

Stay sane !

It reminds the rest of us there are sane American’s, so thank you Mr Vance for that.

They won’t, they’re immensely supportiv"

I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. .-- John Stuart Mille

These are Cipolla’s five fundamental laws of stupidity:

1. Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

2. The probability that a certain person (will) be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.

3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.

4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places, and under any circumstances, to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.

5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

Indeed, GAB is a great example, their “freeze peach” or banned :)

Compartmentalise. It’s a trait of Homo sapien to convice themselves things are true, so they can believe any bullshit, try not to fall for it yourself in otjer areas.

The problem for me arises when they speak from authority on another subject they are expert in, if they’re so naive and easily misled on that, how can i trust their opinion on anything substantive?

A superb example of this is Katherine Hayhoe. I get around it by just reading nothing she writes on climate change because her evangelical christianisim just muddies the waters too much to take her at all seriously. On a side note, my goto is Professor Kevin Andersin.