this world would be a much better place if more people were interested in being helpful than correct

absolutely. the empires of the global north who’d send you to HR are who prop up those dictators

life is meant to be spent together. dictators have been trying to break the people of west asia of this notion for centuries. in some ways, this continual cycle of trying to break the people of this notion has only reinforced in them its importance.

yup. anything you ship to anyone should be PDF regardless.

(the maginot line actually did its job of forcing the germans to attack through belgium. the real failure was in maintaining their relationship with belgium and tehn the french command structure being rather feckless)

great operating system, terrible roll out, horrible delusional pricing schedule

yeah i was hype about it until MS basically big timed everyone and was like “everyone will switch when they see how good the OS is, and then people will HAVE to make apps for it”

all while charging a fee

goddamn this entire thread is annoying:

• yes the hexbears are annoying and create problems
• no they’re not just as bad as overt fascists. their hearts are in the right place, as demonstrated by this post
• being a scold when they do something good won’t get them to do more good, it will entrench them further into the things they do that are problematic

so good job hexbears. you did something good this week. keep stuff like this going

“ah rad, you like megadeth! i like megadeth! what have you had on repeat lately? for me it’s been egg punk”

there like… does seem to be an undercurrent that the great races meet O’Neil and are like “the tauri are close” and then meet Carter or Jackson and are like “on second thought…”

my read is that they appreciate O’Neil’s pragmatic simplicity. he doesn’t try to impress the other races, he tries to achieve the best possible outcome in any given situation. Carter and Jackson i think remind the other races of the ancients too much and from everything we can tell, the ancients aren’t very good neighbors. the asgard even seem to believe that O’Neil is more advanced than the other tauri, and i think that’s because he somewhat hews away from Ancient approaches and more toward Nox.

that said i do have critiques of O’Neil given that he exists as an air force propaganda tool

It’s a riff I have going with my wife that no one wants to hang out with the Tok’ra, and especially no one wants to hang out with the ancients, however, all of the great races want to hang with O’neil because (in your best Thor impression) “he’s a good hang”

everything really went to shit when Andrew Jackson just broke the constitution because he hated the Cherokee so much

it’s Selmak, sir. and he says he’s not gonna be a frustrating douche like last time

reminds me of how in australia you’re not allowed to have a big knife unless you have a good reason. i feel like “it’s the national identity” should be a good enough reason

see also FD Signifier’s video about how american conservatism is a death cult

no i know. this is just something i have to explain frequently to people who bought the NRA propaganda

“well regulated militia” means “a militia the state approves of”

if you’re looking for something else to recommend people, i’d point you to Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire

thank god for mathematitians

it was also the de facto national anthem through the late 1800s