We are past the soap and ballot box stages.

Hover-round hover-round -round

Didn’t trump claim he could shoot someone in the streets of New York and get away with it? Maybe it was him.

Would the CEO have lived if he had had a gun?

Hoist the sales!

A really really bad joke.

In the teenage boy caught in the hyper masculine world of American highschool? Yes.

In the actualized adult trying to understand myself and the world? Also yes.

\m/

I think you’re close to the root of it. The need for a biological legacy is strong no matter any affiliations. Having “non-conforming” children threatens that legacy.

For the groups that inflate this drive, that’s all there is. That’s the only purpose. No “we as a species”.

For the rest of us it might be a little disappointing at the prospect of no grandchildren. But we know that it’s ultimately not our decision. And the same outcome could happen regardless of any “conformity”.

Yeah… I don’t care. I watch a movie and accept it for what it is. If I’m entertained for a few hours, great. If not, meh. I don’t need critical opinion.

Mine want a two way conversation. And I have stuff to do.

Mine never shut up. Why was my appointment booking an hour?

Durhamite, checking in. Voted early.

It wasn’t long ago that I heard that analytics was about to be replaced by AI.

“I’d rather kill myself than go to heaven.” - Wm Murderface

And to the queer for who we stand fabulous?

I dunno. I’m trying too hard.

It’s a solution looking for a problem it causes.

Capitalism does justify the need and expense of the device. Which is something, I guess.

It’s worse. Public universities that by definition are not for profit. And then all the other things you mentioned.

Nein