General News Thread

[Twelveseal]

I'm loving how Texas's AG is trying to sue states that voted for Biden over their voting laws... which they have the explicit Constitutional right to determine

"Oh hi, we don't like that you're allowed to make laws on your own. Plz stahp, and go back and let us make them for you. And also retroactively."

[LegalLoliLover]

Would it surprise anyone, if I told you that the chain went higher?

[Twelveseal]

Not really. Trump and Biden both have Chinese connections and dealings. This is pretty well-known by now. We have spies, they have spies. This just happens to be a nice catch. If you were hoping to have a government uncompromised to any degree by espionage, well, that'd be nice. I don't see it happening, but it'd be nice. For now, just gotta keep looking.

[OverMaster]

If God and Jesus exists, most churches would declare them heathens and fake just to keep their own positions.

Then again, it's not like Old Testament God would let that pass.

[asterism42]

capitalism

[Deathhappens]

Hilarious.

[Mattias]

I always wonder what these companies are thinking when they do this. Sure they can stop people from streaming their games, but they already use this as a huge source of advertising. Do they think anyone will talk about Last of Us 3 vs whatever else is out at the time if one gets them a 30 grand fine. Or hold an Mortal Kombat tournement. Especially when Twitch is DMCA'ing people for playing their own songs, so having company approval for your thing means very little.

[rxrx]

I always wonder what these companies are thinking when they do this. Sure they can stop people from streaming their games, but they already use this as a huge source of advertising. Do they think anyone will talk about Last of Us 3 vs whatever else is out at the time if one gets them a 30 grand fine. Or hold an Mortal Kombat tournement. Especially when Twitch is DMCA'ing people for playing their own songs, so having company approval for your thing means very little.

Maybe they are just not thinking.

[Twelveseal]

Republicans now asking their voters if they're literally willing to die to overturn the Biden win.
Yes, time to go die for Donald Trump. How the fuck is this not incitement to violence and promoting domestic terrorism?

[rxrx]

Republicans now asking their voters if they're literally willing to die to overturn the Biden win.
Yes, time to go die for Donald Trump. How the fuck is this not incitement to violence and promoting domestic terrorism?

Cause it is government sanctioned?

[Twelveseal]

Republican Party =/= Government.

[rxrx]

Republican Party =/= Government.

Okay, I guess I should change it to party sanctioned.

But they are still in power right?

[Twelveseal]

Yes and no? It's a divided government right now, and despite their words, the Republicans have yet to provide proof that the Democrats cheated. Even the Republican controlled Justice Department has admitted there's no widespread fraud. At this point, it's just Republican extremists lying about the outcome of the election and trying to incite rebellion.

[rxrx]

Yes and no? It's a divided government right now, and despite their words, the Republicans have yet to provide proof that the Democrats cheated. Even the Republican controlled Justice Department has admitted there's no widespread fraud. At this point, it's just Republican extremists lying about the outcome of the election and trying to incite rebellion.

I still think this is like a bad political flik.

[Twelveseal]

Satire has now become reality. And it is apparently deadly serious about it.

[Tobias]

Eh, is it a major rebellion in the making or sound and fury?

people’s self created and group reinforced delusional constructs are starting to run ashore on the rocks of reality. The stage after denial “trump didn’t lose!” Comes anger, which appears to be where we are. When you start seeing your crazy uncle making posts like “please, just please, appoint a special counsel, let’s investigate things together!!!” Or something like that you will know they have hit bargaining

[Mattias]

I thought Bargaining was going around and trying to beg electors to vote him in rather than abide by the results?

[Tobias]

That’s mostly just Trump trying to line his campaign coffers

[Twelveseal]

You mean "pockets."

[LegalLoliLover]

As I keep saying, whenever someone says "Black Lives Matter", unless they otherwise specify, I'm going to assume that they also mean "Uighur Lives Don't":