“Stuff in it that we don’t trust.”

Better to be dead than injected with chemicals that might make you autistic? Gay? A liberal? What could possibly be in the vaccines that would be worse than your child no longer existing?

As a parent, I am so angry. How can you look at your child and be more afraid of the lesser outcomes (not that they even exist, but still) and choose death? What a failure of the parents. And shame on every single person in the media that let this bullshit spiral out of control. That poor girl.

I didn’t think it was possible to find a more irritating person to listen to than Trump. But this idiot proved me wrong. What a sniveling little evil henchman.

Fucking what?

The actions of a man who loves his country and not power? Politicians in the US (on both sides) could never comprehend this.

The man just did a Nazi salute while standing behind a podium with the Presidential seal on it at the Inauguration. All bets are off if you are thinking of government as it existed before this moment.

He has enough money to do what he wants. And there are enough idiots around him that believe his bullshit and applaud.

Great, let’s just leave it all up to Elon. What could possibly go wrong?

The only thing worse than 2 billionaires leading an unregulated government entity is a single billionaire leading it. Giving Elon completely unchecked power.

Elon bought Trump, so this isn’t surprising.

Also, it’s clear that Trump just regurgitates whatever slop Elon says because he thinks it will make him look smart.

If media conglomerates with millions of dollars don’t stand up to him, how can they expect any of us to do so effectively.

nobody is going to stop you from buying a used 2025 civic in 2035, that’s fine

This is what I meant, cars already in circulation having longer lives. I frankly don’t know anything about used EVs, but plenty of people I know can list reliable gas powered cars that will run for incredibly long times with a little love. We need EVs to be manageable cars of the people that can be maintained at home on a budget and not proprietary dealerships.

It wasn’t my aim to discredit the bill, only to complain that Musk is useless and will line his pockets before actually creating something that is useful for the public.

Most people can’t afford EVs anyway. At this point, there will just be older and older gas-powered vehicles on the road.

Would love it if Musk could actually solve a fucking problem every once in a while, instead of running his mouth about the hundred other things he claims to have a solution to. Make a functional and cheap EV, no stupid bells and whistles, no gimmicks.

I know there are other car manufacturers, but they are too concerned about the bottom line. Musk effectively has more money than god. He can afford to take a loss for the greater good. He just never will.

Why do we spend so much money on defense and intelligence if they can’t perform when it comes to shit like this?

Plant millkweed in your gardens! Even better have a native garden! Wanna go beyond that? Have a native yard. Monoculture grass is not only boring to look at, it is killing all the beautiful things that used to thrive there.

In my experience, a fair amount of “rich kids” in the millenial and gen z age range are pretty disillusioned with the system. They might not have come to their conclusions through struggle and inequality. But got there because of empathy.

I think that it has to do with how they were taught in school and when they were young. They grow up on values of kindness and generosity and then, in young adulthood, realize they have benefitted from other peoples labor. The internet and a trend towards more self-awareness probably contribute.

That certainly isn’t the case for all rich kids. Most of them are oblivious assholes. But I’ve met a few.

And some of these schools have incredibly large endowments. The tuition should account for the cost of the professors time (and they should be paid fucking well) and whatever minimal costs for using the facilities would be split amongst the thousands of students. But the tuition money goes to the administration and other money pits that do absolutely nothing to benefit the students.

In an ideal world: Oh no! Some of those useless administrators might have to be let go if they aren’t getting the tuition or attendance they budgeted for!

In reality: They will cut the music program, funding for clubs or anything else beneficial to students before recognizing the glut of useless admins.

This is such a terrifying and sad way to go. Just looking for her cat. Probably trying to bring it inside to be warm since it is winter out.

Sinkholes are such a sneaky and unexpectedly scary thing. There are so many horrors mother nature can throw at us - earthquakes, tornados, tsunamis, wildfires. And yet, a small unseen hole in the ground can lead to a massive cavern.

I have noticed the general public is now very tolerant of sweet drinks. I know that is not the only problem. I was never allowed soda or coffee or sweet tea growing up, so don’t have much of a tolerance for them now. But when I try popular coffees (pumpkin spice this or vanilla chai that) or cocktails at most restaurants, I am surprised that people don’t send them back and ask for less sweetener.

As an infrequent treat, I can understand it. But if you are drinking that much sugar on a daily basis, it must seriously screw with your system. I am sure lots of people are drinking a huge amount of calories and don’t register how different that is from past generations.

Wow, I remember riding this the first summer it was open. It felt like every other commercial was about Kingda Ka.

What the fuck did we just read?

So, most of the emails. Good.