how bout i do a n y w a y ?

I feel like this question strongly depends on the religion -- I could see an anarchist believing in Buddhism or something of that nature quite easily, but I'd have a hard time trying to figure out a so-called anarchist that devoutly followed one of the Abrahamic religions. That would seem more than a bit peculiar, to me.

NO YOU BLATHERING CUNTS, WE'D RATHER HE NOT HAVE FUCKED EVERYTHING UP IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Like, I can be mad over two things at once -- an awful stupid deal that gives Iran everything they ever wanted just to get things back to normal (which seems to be floundering as I type), and the fuckwit that got us into this mess in the first place for no good reason, without which we wouldn't be doing said deal -- why can't you?

someone had to say it, that alien has ass. I'm not against a finely detailed ass in art, but this seems hardly the time nor place.

either distract myself with media (video games, music, movies), distract myself with pot, distract myself with my dogs (who alleviate a lot of the loneliness, but I can't have a good conversation with them unfortunately), or come browse and comment here. All my friends have drifted away over the years so I've learned to cope. If it's the connection I miss, I can go pet the dogs. The conversation or intellectual stimulation, I go shitposting (hello!). If it's just boredom stemming from loneliness, alleviating boredom with media or weed is easy.

I was coming here to comment, you see happy people in your electric rectangle of depression and surveillance? How? Can I join them?

How is it a contradiction to say "this deal is bad for America and good for Iran", and "Donald Trump should not have started a war that completely fucked the world economy (including our own gas prices) for 0 benefit to ourselves"? I fail to see how these two things are contradictory. I, in fact, hold Donald Trump accountable for both of them.

Why do you care about how bad it is for america?

because I actually have to live here and have no means of escaping this fascist shithole, which means I am forced to pay taxes and remain somewhat personally invested in how they're spent, and how fucked my country is going to get over the next few years? what an odd question.

A lot of dems reject the deal itself. It’s either the deal or the return to this illegalnwar they claimed to be against.

both of them are bad, dumb options we shouldn't have had to choose between in the first place, personally I'd prefer my government start holding Trump personally responsible for his (colossal, 300 billion dollar) fuck-ups in some manner but we both know that won't happen.

A real anti war person support providing compensations and the best deal for the victim .

so far you've tried to strawman my comment first into "iran is a victim/iran is not a victim" (which wasn't what I was saying, hence, a strawman), now we're doing "no true scotsman". Cool, I like fallacious arguing too. My favorite's ad hominem, and I think you're either deeply stupid or simply not arguing in good faith -- likely both -- so I'm gonna block you now and let you keep doing that all on your own.

E1M1's "At Doom's Gate" will go down in history as one of the most iconic pieces of video game music, up there with the Tetris theme and Green Hill Zone. An absolute legend, he will be missed.

well, the room's not picked up and I'm assuming she told you in English, so the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

All I want is the Table of Contents, I feel like just that on its own would be enough of a laugh for me.

Chapter Nine: Guide to Furry Slang & Colloquialisms
"Everything you didn't want to know about cheese graters, and knots the Boy Scouts will definitely not teach you."

I'm sorry how many balls

Strauss Zelnick - Chairman & CEO, Take-Two Interactive Software.

having read nothing about him personally but plenty about how Take-Two acts as a company, I am not even slightly surprised that the head of Take-Two is the sort of chode that jives with Thiel and other techbro right-wing fascists.

Oh good, it's not just me!

see this is one of the main things I don't understand about real-world ultra-rich people, these individuals have a warped or nonexistent capacity for whimsy. If I had more money than I could feasibly spend and for whatever reason could not or would not donate it, then by god I should at least be making the world a more entertaining place to live in.

Instead they're all techbro douches and old money who can seemingly only purchase indulgent material goods for themselves or, if they choose to contribute to greater society, do so negatively, like Thiel and Musk. About the closest Musk ever came was sending his Tesla to space, that was whimsical-rich-guy-behavior and probably the height of his popularity. Everything else in recent memory that the obscenely wealthy have done has been either forgettable and boring or actively harmful to society.

in summary, we need fewer Bond villains, more Austin Powers.

A source separately provided WIRED with the registration list for Dialog's 2026 retreat, which names 222 people and records what the list describes as each registrant's membership status and attendee type, including “active member” and “guest.” The retreat is scheduled for August 12-16 at a venue near Dublin, Ireland.

some pissed off Irishmen have what is, quite possibly, the best chance to do the funniest thing about the state of the world.

I would not want to be in charge of cleaning up the road apples watermelons in that town.

I've got a pair of Meze 99 Classics hooked up to a FiiO BTR5 (what I'm told is a reasonable quality set of headphones, and a reasonable quality DAC), and I've had hearing tests, my hearing is apparently fine. And yet, despite my best efforts including A-B testing, no, I can't tell the difference between 320kbps and lossless. Having said that, anything below 192kbps is basically unlistenable as I am able to hear 99% of the detail that's normally there; having it crunched down to something like 128kbps is just jarring, and even at 192 it's still not amazing.

I'm just saying that there are no innocent people likely to be invited to such a convention (reading the guest list included in that article, this suspicion seems to hold true -- the ADL, the Cato Institute, the Koch Foundation -- ew.), and the Irish have a history of asymmetric warfare and resistance against the powerful that gets results and doesn't solely cause tragedy. They certainly seem to be much better at it than we Americans are. And having advance notice of when and where such a gathering is could be useful to the right person in the right place at the right time.

wishful thinking on my part, but god, how often do you hear "a great number of rich and powerful evil bastards ruining the planet, most of the ones worth knowing, are going to be gathering at this time and place" and not wish for something to happen? An asteroid. A car bomb. A sinkhole swallows their hotel. Something.