Kings and tyrants always have successors.
the people are left to pay the bill when a fight for succession happens.
I would ask everyone to imagine the US being like the post Soviet collapse. ammo out the ass but not a crumb to eat.
who am I kidding though, the youngins weren’t alive then. I doubt they even remember Kosovo.
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
this is my coping mechanism.
A Democrat and a Republican walk into a bar. The Democrat asks what the draft of the day is. The Republican is confused about the term “draft” and begins laughing nervously mumbling something about “bone spurs”.
The bartender asks the Democrat if his friend is retarded to which he responds, “we don’t use that word. He’s mentally challenged.”
The Republican becomes irrationally angry at hearing the Democrat defend him and pulls out a gun and points it at the Democrat.
The bartender shouts, “hey, we have a no guns policy!”
In response the Republican points the gun at the bartender and screeches out, “REEEEEEEEEE!”
The bartender lifts his hands up to show he’s not a threat and the Republican screams out, “STOP RESISTING! YOUR BAR MY CHOICE!” and shoots at the bartender.
The bullet misses the bartender and ricochets back to hit the Republican in the dick and he collapses on the floor.
At this moment, there is a commotion in the back of the bar where five burly men come rushing up to the Republican on the floor and begin kicking the shit out of him spraying blood everywhere.
Whilst they violently beat the dickless man some are shouting, “sex changes are immoral you removed piece of shit!” and, “I bet your ass is real tight you fucking fairy!”
after 10 minutes the group of Republicans slow down from exhaustion but they seem to be chanting something under their breath, “your body, my choice. your body, my choice.”
Eventually they leave and the Democrat and bartender stare in complete shock. After a minute the bartender asks the Democrat if he wants him to call the police. The Democrat responds, “Can’t you see he’s already dead! Just drape a flag over him. It’s what he would have wanted.”
The bartender acknowledges the request and holds up the only flag in the bar to ask, “Is this ok, it’s the only flag I have.” To which the Democrat responds, “It’s perfect.”
The Democrat takes the rainbow flag and drapes it over the dead Republican. He then looks down at the flag soaked in blood, “He died doing what he loved the most. Sticking it to liberals and getting fucked by five men.”
Teenagers are in development of becoming an individual. They may behave personalities, but they haven’t tempered them for society yet.
that’s exactly my point. I understand they have to be tempered by society. Once they have achieved this level of tempering it’s respectable for the amount of effort they put in. some people though, never get through that tempering and I cannot respect them. I understand they may have social anxiety or some other reason, but I can’t trust them like others that have so I can’t respect them like others. there are other ways to respect though.
I’d argue the best outcomes come through respect, patient connections with adults who demonstrate composure and allow them to grow that composure.
IMO that’s not respect, thats understanding. If you respected them, you would at least seem them as equals to yourself and treat them as an equal. You understand they aren’t at the same level as yourself and give them some leeway to “feel it out” and find their own path. this includes supporting them when they make mistakes or explaining how to avoid the mistakes in the future.
I don’t know what you’re suggesting other than with holding respect.
respect is a gift given from one individual to another. it signifies the trust one has in the other. A child respects a parent because they trust the parent. when the trust is broken, the respect dies with it. infact, respect of an adult is important to the development of a young mind and is a mechanism used to emulate the adult. if you respect someone, you might want to try being like them, even when you’re an adult.
so in short, I disagree that respect should be given automatically. It’s earned through nurturing relationships and built on trust.
states they are a soap maker
“People who know how to make soap can disappear bodies!”
only if the boss is paying 🤣
slack is really good, as long as teams doesn’t fuck with you a/v settings.
still not as good as zoom. but, fuck china.
sounds suspiciously like we work together. 🤔
because you don’t trust them, right?
respect for life is not respect for the individual.
trust must exist before respect is given. let me give you an example.
a cop pulls you over, you were not breaking any laws that you were aware of. the officer walks up and asks you if you know why you were pulled over. you tell him no and he proceeds to tell you that you were speeding.
you know this was a lie since you had speed control on.
did you respect the officer before or after he pulled you over?
did your level of respect change before or after he lied to you?
in my case, I never respected the officer. I understand that he’s doing a job and will help however I can. However, after he lies to me I could never trust him, thus I could never respect him.
my point is, In order for respect to exist, trust must be present first. I don’t trust strangers, even if they’re in positions of public trust.
You are right though. Respect and trust correlate to each other and fortify each other. The more trust you have in someone, the more respect you have for them, the more respect you have for someone, the more trust you have in them.
I can still trust somebody, but I can still not respect them. that relationship cannot be flipped around.
you talk like a petulant child that was never pushed to achieve more than you thought you were capable of.
how’s that feel?
I remember every moment of my life. I remember being 10 months old laying in my crib smelling the herb garden out the window. I remember my parents never showing up to any of my school events. I remember the way the belt across my back and thighs felt when my father got home from a “hard day”. I remember spending the weekend in jail because I was doing something my father made me do.
fuck you, asshole.
I never earned respect from them while they were alive. I didn’t even get any understanding from them. I only got yelled at, hit, and verbally abused when they felt they were losing control of their own life. respect is earned through proving you can be trusted with mature tasks. understanding should be given. understanding that a child may know to take out the trash but not know the importance of it. this makes it difficult for them to prioritize and objectively complete goals.
children need understanding from adults, to provide guidance that allows them to grow on their own power and lean on when they need support.
next time you want to attack someone based on who they are, take the entitled prick out of your mouth before you speak, asshole.
As a non-drinker of coffee
the rest of your opinion is moot. you have no say in this because you don’t understand the concepts behind coffee.
I had to stop drinking coffee for health reasons. it was fucking awful. drank a cup a day for decades. I couldn’t function properly even six months later.
eventually I started drinking decaf, it helped.
you know why? the routine. the caffeine content is abysmally low but it comforts me first thing in the morning. It’s probably the same for many coffee drinkers.
so really, do you want to inhabit a world where at least HALF of the people you know start their day out on the wrong side?
Kids need respect
no, kids need understanding. respect is earned. the difference between the two is trust.
well said malicebot9000!
And yes, people not voting are just trying to be left alone.
unfortunately as an adult you don’t get that luxury. if you want to be left alone, move to Uzbekistan and live in the mountains.
You’re advocating for violence against people who just want to go to work, have a beer on Friday, and feed their kids.
I’m advocating for violence against Nazis.
if they didn’t vote, who will know unless they tell. and if they tell, then they clearly want to incite, because by your definition, they “just want to go to work, have a beer on Friday, and feed their kids”. I don’t think anyone who wants that would even care enough to mention they didn’t vote, and in a few years they’ll be too ashamed to bring it up anyway.
hasn’t everyone on his cabinet done that?