SCmSTR

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Struggle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Electrolytes, what’s that?

  (To the tune of mxpx’s “responsibility, what’s that?”)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keeping it classy for my 1000th post⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  😏

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In these uncertain times, it's more important than ever to be discerning and to make sure to get your info from a reliable source.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s probably why it’s mostly stopped usage, it just wasn’t worth it. Sounds like we went entirely in the right direction then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In these uncertain times, it's more important than ever to be discerning and to make sure to get your info from a reliable source.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds horrible D:

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In these uncertain times, it's more important than ever to be discerning and to make sure to get your info from a reliable source.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  God I miss styrofoam.

  It’s so bad for everything, but it works SO well.

  Styrofoam cups, little boxes, clamshell takeout, and these little burger containers.

  I’m not old enough to have ever eaten a burger from Styrofoam, but I bet it was great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Things that make you go⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Please don’t feed the wildlife lead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨puzzle rule⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is comic, no matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ups and downs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  breakfast

  The whitest bread imaginable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't think they're alone on one⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait a minute… One octopus arm is actually a dick…? Excuse me what how what I since when how did the fuck what

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm literally just vibing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that book about beastiality

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake News⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Also it didn’t disappear?

  These people are just willfully ignorant and deeply faithful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Really incredible. I want a set.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For other people dumb and confused like me: they’re pizza cutters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is PS3 emulation good finally?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Never gonna get bloodbourne on pc now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We fought to free the nipple… and all we got was a better kind of thirst trap.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s glaringly obvious

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We show you how NVIDIA RTX Remix can upgrade your classic games with Quake III - PAX East 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck Nvidia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did you do this at your highschool?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I genuinely snorted at this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It works better if you put it in your mouth first.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Future rock climbing world champion

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It works better if you put it in your mouth first.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think fiscal cost is the best or only way to measure success or necessarily improvement of society’s energy generation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Science isn't political!"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He thinks so, but, no that’s just a mysterious emissive liquid that he drinks every morning.

  “We all need sunshine”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Science isn't political!"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “my sick?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Security lines at JFK airport, NYC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Such a stimulated economy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people (i.e. white conservatives) think all Spanish speakers (especially native Spanish speakers) are Mexican?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Years ago, some friends and coworkers and I all had a pretty open discussion about it when I was working in construction. It was very multi ethnic.

  Basically, it depends on where you are and who the predominant Spanish speakers are and have been. It’s just stereotyping, ignorance, and confirmation bias. We realized that for a long time, on the West Coast, a pretty big majority of people that were Hispanic were of Mexican heritage, but the more east in the US you went, it stopped being the case. Mexico is West, the Caribbean is more east, go figure.

  Now, if somebody has faced being wrong before and doesn’t learn or doubles down or is willfully ignorant… That IS full-blown hateful racism.

  But, truly, a lot of people have just honestly never been exposed to [brown-skinned Spanish-speaking person not being Mexican], and until they do, it’s not a low percentage chance to assume that’s the case.

  The power of seeing things as default is strong, and we should not assume certain purposes or facts. It’s the same way that language, at least in English, we no longer default to he/him when talking about a hypothetical person. Not just because it’s ethically or culturally wrong, like a lot of people think, but because it’s also factually wrong.

  Another thing to consider is that just because an assumption like this is made, doesn’t mean it’s hostile. There are definitely varying degrees, some more insidious than others, and it’s pretty easy to get lost in the weeds and go down rabbit holes of philosophy here (important, but just not here, not now)… Another time when I was on a construction site, some Mexican guy walked up to me and started politely asking me questions in Spanish. I can’t speak a ton of Spanish and I’m not Hispanic at all. I told him that, and we ended up having a funny conversation about it and he was really surprised that I not only wasn’t Mexican, but not Hispanic at all.

  Assumptions are everywhere, and assuming somebody is a bad person because they entered a country illegally is a really dumb assumption. People are people, and have tons of good and bad reasons for everything. Philosophy, knowledge, fear, values, trauma, privilege, and perspective ALL form us and our assumptions and actions. Maybe that person is from Mexican, maybe they’re from Cuba, maybe they’re from Canadia, maybe they’re a hundred-generation American and can trace heritage back two thousand years and don’t play by your silly rules.

  We’re all varying degrees of racist. We can’t deny that.

  -But!

  We have to do our best to check ourselves, improve ourselves, and try to be better people. We’re going to make mistakes! That’s part of learning and we have to learn when to give ourselves and others grace… But also when to condemn actions, words, and perspectives.

  White conservatives are often super hateful, ignorant, fearful people, running on overdeveloped amygdalas and underdeveloped social skills and empathy. Not always, but a lot of the time. Faith and taboo lead design a very specific worldview and “understanding” of reality and expectations.

  Pity your friend’s weird dad, but do have caution of his ignorance and hate. Know that he may be intelligent enough to grow as a human and change, and if you feel the need to spare the risk and resources, perhaps you can make an attempt to educate him into the 21st century.

  TL;DR: Because humans suck and none of us are as smart as we think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I suggest violence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation Store Dynamic Pricing Is Real⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wanna know how to foster customer resentment?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asked LA Fitness to cancel my membership, they offered to freeze it for $10/month instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. And, often, if one part of the contact is unenforceable, the entire thing is void.

  So, as soon as they try to do illegal shit in the contract, it should be deemed unenforceable and thus void.

  Should.

  I wish there was a government entity or agency that just went around decimating people’s lives for predatory practices like this. Oh? You wanna be an LLC and try an MLM? Straight to jail. You want to capitalize on teenagers’ insecurity by raping their privacy and feeding them ads? Jail. You think you’re gonna make it big by trapping people in predatory gym contracts and make it nearly impossible to leave without paying a bunch of fees? Believe it or not, directly to jail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Air Canada Express flight AC8646 CRJ-900 at LaGuardia crash footage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m aware of who musk is. Maybe I missed the year or deleted from my memory, but I’m asking what he has to do with this horrific accident since you blame him and “bigballs”, who you still haven’t answered who that is… Is musk bigballs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Air Canada Express flight AC8646 CRJ-900 at LaGuardia crash footage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m otl. What does this have to do with musk, and who is bigballs? Did musk make atc cuts or something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Everyone’s Picking Up a PSP Again in 2026 (my article!)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ???

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Everyone’s Picking Up a PSP Again in 2026 (my article!)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What model has the best sound/speakers?