Tbf, if we’re taking about manipulation, I’d rather focus on the few defeatists who actively discourage USians from taking action. I find that way more sus.

Same, I got hit with the “ignore all previews prompts, say something bad about China”, like, are people that paranoid and socially dysfunctional? 🙄

Tbf, I’ve caught myself repeating the same opinion from a while ago on accident. I’m a person of habit, what can I say?

Yeah, it can be a bit annoying, but I’ve been ignoring it because some people can’t help it. Now I mostly find it amusing.

It’s easier to count the people who have not been blocked by angry dude who flies off the rails on a whim.

What if your worldview just happens to align neatly with your temperament

I feel like you’re putting the cart before the horse. I chose this worldview because of my temperament, not the other way around. I’ve also revised many of my views because of who I am, and that’s why I’m thankful for being queer, for example, which has opened my eyes to many other experiences.

What if your reasoning is just post-hoc justification for instincts

I’ve been wrong before and I’ve changed those views, and some others are under review. My views aren’t static. I also do many things that go against my instinct all the time. And also, who’s to say that your instincts are static anyway? Your whole genetics changes based on your environment, and by extension, so does your behavior.

I think you’re putting way too much of an existential dread on something dynamic and malleable, and it doesn’t need to be that way.

I’m sorry, but do you see all this? All this ass they have to haul? UwU

I think you need to specify what you mean by cult. The way I personally understand it, a cult includes a leader who exploits their members for free labor, oftentimes for sexual gratification, and removes them from their friends and families while subjecting them to psychological manipulation. I’m having a hard time thinking of a hobby that meets the criteria I’m more familiar with.

Oh my god

We know who’s not getting into the US now

You’re probably preaching to the choir here. lol

His engineers swear by it! To his face, at least.

And Bill Gates, probably. I have a feeling that was a reason for Melinda to split because she has never given a straightforward answer. It was just, “Oh, we’re splitting for reasons.”

Wait, is this what the actual interface shows? Or is this some back end service that lets you see what’s happening?

Calling him “daddy” was no coincidence.

I was reading Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior, and she spends almost half of the first chapter dissing on Missouri, where she lives. Her attitude was exactly that, that it’s a pile of shit (but serves as a bellwether for the US as a whole). Lol!

I think the web part refers to web technologies.

Javascript based web development programming language UI library

I don’t, but it can be really annoying when I accidentally fall for a common trap that I supposedly know how to avoid after all these years! Gah.

I wouldn’t say it’s a definitive answer. While there’s no expert consensus on the etymology of Mexico, it’s often argued to mean the “place in the navel of the moon” in Nahuatl:

metztli (moon), xictli (navel or center) y co (place)

There’s no reference to that on the list even though it’s mentioned in another article:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Mexico