I’m sure you’re right. I’m also certain it’s an asinine, braindead strategy that’ll never work.

No

Project 2025 is an absolutely vile, evil plan. But don’t make shit up; you’re not doing anything constructive to fight them by telling outright lies.

Sure, why not? I can use a new brother.

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Oof.

And I read it wrong like multiple times.

Thank you

I generally overshoot when it comes to the hardware specs, if I can. That way you’re prepared in advance if you end up having the option to upgrade your Internet connection.

Otherwise, you may find yourself locked in to the slower plan due to the cost of upgrading your hardware.

But, sometimes you have to choose realistic over optimal, of course. So in other words, I do not think I know what’s best for you! Just offering a perspective that has worked for me, in case it helps you in some way as you evaluate the choice that’s best for you.

Faster? Sure. Significantly? No. Not at the unfathomably large scale we’re talking about. When adopted to these ridiculously huge distances, the effect the increase in speed modern technology might allow will quickly diminish.

Furthermore, the nearest black hole is a hell of a lot farther away than the Voyager craft have so far made it to. Just ridiculously farther.

I’m pretty confident this is not realistic at all until we managed to make some significance leaps forward in the relevant technology.

https://archive.is/x99fc

I use Firefox with the udm14 extension for Google - gives me only the web results. No AI, no shopping, images, etc, only website results.

I used to hear my dad repeat Faux talking points about how “gerrymandering isn’t even real” or some BS. It’s been so tempting to throw it back in his face - but I know that won’t be worth my time, so why bother.

Considering the Voyager probes were launched almost almost 50 years ago, I don’t know how realistic this goal would be.

You don’t use Google. Google uses you.

(Just to clarify, I am saying this in agreement with your comment)

I just use Firefox, install the udm14 plug-in, and never think about it again…

Let’s not forget lobbyingbribery. And since said political influence is ostensibly being bought for the sake of charity, nobody would even blink.

Just my theory, mind you. But every one of these charitable foundations is primarily done for tax avoidance. No question. Well that is every one of these foundations except for the one set up by Mr President Tiny Dick. He just can’t resist the temptation of embezzlement. I mean seriously, he bankrupted THREE casinos, and had a judge not just dissolve his foundation, but also bar him from running one of these so-called charitable foundations ever again.

I don’t even want to know how you can fuck up that egregiously. One of those things where you have to wonder if successfully finding understanding of how it happened is going to hopelessly corrupt your own soul for all of eternity.

Just curious, but in exactly what way is not already on complete control?

No. Sorry, but the people, events, and even societal structures relevant to the Bible are all long dead. Therefore, “relevant” is factually incorrect.

Now, I do fully agree that there are plenty of stories in that book that highlight good morals, and healthy ways to think about yourself, the world around you, and you fit in. Unfortunately, there’s also plenty of regressive authoritarian propaganda that does not have any beneficial message to it, not to mention bizarre and disturbing filler.

That said, to decide the entire collection inherently somehow has more importance than other books is not helpful, untrue, and puts you on a frame of mind where it becomes way harder to actually learn from the morals of the story so to speak.

For better or worse, it is, after all, just a book.

It was my understanding that one or more of the “lost” books from the Bible that was found in a cache of dead sea scrolls would agree with you. One example was the book of Thomas if I remember? Anyway, the message was that God was, in fact, an usurper, and very much against us.

“The more you know”

I’ve lived here my whole life, and I’ve known that to be a lie since I was a teenager. Not a fun way to come of age, to be honest…

I don’t know, I mean if any corporation can eat the loss, it’s apple with their insanely high margins.

I’m more inclined to believe there’s some form of quid pro quo going on behind the scenes.

Besides, I simply cannot picture Tim Apple as any kind of a hero in this picture. No way he got bullied. He’s getting something out of it. You scratch my back. I’ll scratch yours.

You know what keeps me up at night? Democrats get elected into power and just leave shit all broken. I mean, sorry to say but that is the pattern we’ve seen from them for decades now.

Now, please don’t get me wrong, I am NOT saying “both sides same, blah blah”. I just don’t really believe there’s anyone in the Capitol who is actually fighting for me anymore, save perhaps a tiny few who have no realistic chance to help. Not Bernie’s fault they fucked him over, for example, and I have mad respect for him. But one man, maybe one or two allies, standing in front of this wave of irrational hatred? We’re fucked.