South Korea is genuinely fucked as a country. Population decline is going to ruin them. It’s going to ruin a lot in the U.S as well.

It’s a figure of speech. She’s aware.

A 2000 year old religion, 250 year old racism, and 20 year old technology.

The state has a monopoly on violence and none of the people running the state have our best interests in mind or heart. They’ve sold out to money. From squares to strip malls.

The Parable of the Teacup

"Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!”

“Like this cup,” Nan-in said, “you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”

The Parable of the Strawberry

"A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.

Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!"

I worked at a meeting for healthcare executives. They specifically told us not to mention that it was a healthcare conference. They’re scared of justice.

Gaming is uncomfortable now. Back pain takes me out of it. I don’t really enjoy it much when I’m “in” the game either. It’s just meaningless stimulus to pass the hours.

It’s only big and beautiful? Sorry Don I only accept the biggest and most beautiful.

This sounds more like “everyone is on TikTok and Instagram and will only ever be using TikTok and Instagram”.

In what way?

Joe Rogan is whatever. At least he’s a real person. I’m more worried about nation state botnets.

It’d be nice if they didn’t give up in 2 minutes.

The entire image of America sold to me as a child was a lie and I’m having a very difficult time rectifying that.

Poor uneducated people are disenfranchised within our current form of government. Instead of fighting their oppressors, they surprisingly give up more of their power to those oppressors. They do this willingly and enthusiastically to join the in-group on the surface level while reaping none of the benefits. In fact it will cost much of Trump’s base severely.

There are a lot of people working with Trump. It’s not just him that’s the problem.

It’s okay because it’s an app ☺️ /s

“Thanks for killing all those middle eastern kids. Here are your allotted dick pills. Oh and, you’re not trans are you?”

• Uncle Sam

Give him about 37 seconds and the 30% tariff will suddenly be 8000%.

Great add it to the pile of the thousands of other alarms. I’ve gone deaf at this point. Oil demand is only going up. We’ve already lost.

Taxpayers. It’s always taxpayers. All the cost with none of the benefit. Taxation without representation.