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Many of us are resisting, but there's so much more in the way of organizing in the US that isn't a problem in other countries.

I'd love for us to band together like I see France doing. Shut down entire cities just by simply being in the street protesting.

However, it's a lot harder to get people together on something when half the people who want to help are one paycheck from being homeless and starving or dying from their untreated illness without Healthcare.

It's harder to organize when the people who want to organize are spread out over 300 million square miles.

It's harder to organize when historically any left-leaning group is constantly hounded by the Alphabet Squad (fbi/nsa/dhs/etc) and Republicans will abandon their guns before letting performative gasp a black man have one.

Many of us are resisting, but when 1/3 of the population is cheering this shit on, 1/3 can't be bothered to make up their minds, and the entire system stacked against the remaining 1/3 that will at least vote for a chance at change.

Personally I'm helping network immigrants and their families near me so they have a plan of action if something happens and they need to leave quickly, physically protesting when I can, training firearms with some of the LGBT people I know, and trying to get some of the "on the fence" crowd I know to see reason.

It's not much, but it's what I can do without becoming just some dead nut job in the street.

I'd argue that with the government, we are there at face value, but the next level down "behind the lie".

It's very much to me felt like they're saying these things knowing that nobody believes them, like when the stereotypical TV mob boss says something like "I'm broken up about the death of your brother" with a smirk. We all know they're lying, they know we know they're lying, and they're daring us to do something about it.

And also I'd argue that for the MAGAts, they're already a few pegs below the bottom. I've literally been called a terrorist this past week for pointing out Renee good was trying to turn away and leave, and Alex Pretti was unarmed and being beaten while not fighting back when he was executed.

Loudly spouting defeatist BS while voting for something is detrimental to getting the thing you voted for. If you want X but spend all day telling everyone it's all pointless, it doesn't matter if you voted for X when 15 other people decided there's no point in trying for Y since X can't happen.

Whether I agree with either of these people's views is irrelevant.

No need to be ableist.

FTFY:

I always deadpan people who say that, make my index/middle fingers to form a V shape, then force the corners of my mouth up.

You want a smile? Go find someone who's happy. You want service? Don't tell me what to do and I'm willing to try and help.

It usually got a chuckle, but sometimes the person would get uncomfortable and leave like they think I'm about to stab them or something.

Or I tell them my grandmother died.

Hey now we can both be uncomfortable and wishing you hadn't said anything!

her wreckless driving away

I saw nothing reckless about how she was driving in any of the videos I have seen, including the murderer's phone camera.

I saw a normal person driving away normally and then a thug jumped in her way.

Or more likely just arguing in bad faith and has no idea what they're talking about.

I've been encountering a LOT of people who "know" what the videos of Renee Good and Alex Pretti show, and while I'm arguing specific points they get frustrated and say they haven't watched any video and they know what they saw on the news.

It's actually very hard to launch dome thing near the sun, let alone into the sun.

Far better for the planet to just bury them in soft peat for 3 months and recycle them as firelighters.

Not one jetbike flying around strafing people...

It's a scene from Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones.

Here we see the characters Anakin Skywalker (left) and Padme Amidala (right) sitting in a field while on the planet of Naboo, Amidala's home planet. Anakin is poorly hitting on her like the awkward teenager he is.

However, instead of referencing sexual fluids, he is speaking in reference to the overall system of governance that the Republic has become.

I am not trying to be condescending so please don't take my extended explanation as such, I just assume you have no idea what any of it is since you asked a question that would be answered if you had seen and remembered the movie at some point.

When my wife and I were living in a basement, I made a fake window out of an old TV I had. High CRI led strips, a lace curtain, and some leveling later and we had a nice light source that made it feel less depressing in our room.

We aren't in a basement anymore, but in winter I put the fake window in the real window around 430ish. It helps with seasonal depression a bit, but I miss actual sunlight every year. Especially now that I have a job that has me inside, away from windows, from before sunrise to after sunset.

As I like to say, "you can always put more clothes on. You can only take so much off before the cops show up."