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Pretty much none of these are based in any sort of evidence though. This time we have concrete evidence that our environment is in a runaway loop past the point of repair. We have guaranteed proof that we have already destroyed our planet's biosphere. The melting ice caps by themselves are already a self-sustaining heat loop even without additional help.

This is not "I declare that Jesus will return in 184 months and then the rapture will happen" like pretty much every other prediction of apocalypse. This is not "the Mayan calendar runs out this year so the world is going to end". This is not "the Bible said we're going to have Revelations this year". This is known fact.

as an adult I realize that we all need to change our own hearts and start treating each other with respect

As a kid I believed that cooperation and mutual respect would lead us down the path to a wonderful future. I believed very strongly in the power of love and good sense. I still think this is true but the world has proven to me, brutally and repeatedly, that we don't live in an environment of cooperation and mutual respect.

As an adult, I'm done treating conservatives with respect. One-sided respect and attempts at compromise is what got us into this nightmare hellscape to begin with. Respect is earned, not given. And I refuse to respect those who will not reciprocate it.

"Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man. You take a step towards him, he takes a step back. Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man."

Some of this is the reason why your teleporter has an operator and isn't automated. The teleporter knows you're wearing shoes or skis because the operator has specified your parameters. The computer might not know where shoes end and floor begins but O'Brien does.

I only realized after I finished the series and reflected on it, that one of the reasons I enjoyed The Expanse so much because I was enjoying the complex and intricate politics between sensible actors with different motivations. It helped me cope with the real world's politics being full of sadistic fools.

I haven't seen the TV show so I don't know where it leaves off, but if you haven't read the books, the last 2 books into the ending was a hell of a crazy ride. And it wraps up with a conclusion that I didn't foresee as possible. I highly recommend the books.

Have you seen the list of registered republican sex offenders?

This person has made it their project to catalogue as many examples as they could find over the last 6 years. It has grown significantly since I saw it last. I hope you have a few hours available if you expect to read all this, and some anti nausea medication wouldn't hurt.

Rest assured that Trump has absolutely no shortage of choices whatsoever.

Persist harder.

Everyone in the zip code is now deaf, it's all part of the plan

"No, we have Sean Bean at home."

Sean Bean at home:

Eh, Trump wouldn't care if Elmo was banging his wife. Russia aired her nudes on the evening news channel recently and exactly nothing happened, Trump loves when the general public has sexual interactions with his wife.

Ivanka, however....

Thanks Obama!