People have told me for most of my life to talk and write “more normal” so that they wouldn’t have to use a dictionary or think for more than a second about what they’re reading — this is just the latest instance of them looking for a shortcut to disregard anything they don’t immediately understand.

Fuck ‘em.

China.

They got captured and for the most part released after some unsurprisingly shitty treatment. I think there was one the IDF didn’t release but I can’t remember clearly. It feels like several lifetimes ago.

It absolutely is. We only encourage gun and violence culture in real life, especially by authoritarian figures and their representatives. Allowing such in virtual spaces where no one can actually be hurt or killed runs counter to our patriotic ideals.

It’s always good to have something to aspire to.

For me, I’ll keep admiring Warren for as long as she keeps beating up banks. I don’t really give a shit about a primary they both lost anymore.

Presidential elections are about as competitive as anything gets.

Bernie’s been over it for years; she’s literally one of his best allies in the senate. I assume if the person on the other end of the fight can get over it, the people who weren’t even there can figure it out too and stop wasting energy attacking the people who want to help us.

For some reason people seem to love purity-testing Warren and finding her wanting. Warren made the CFPB happen. Of course, now it’s being dismantled by republicans, but I’d be willing to bet that her work has accomplished more actual progressive goals than anyone in this comment section.

It’s not practical at scale — any employee working for a cabinet department (and probably more than that, what do I know) takes the oath. If they violate it later it’s easier to store a PDF in the personnel file to provide evidence they agreed to it in the first place.

Yes, although it’s generally more of a signed piece of paper or PDF thing than a saying-out-loud-in-front-of-people thing.

This is how he responds to everything, including but not limited to librarians, airport security, and answers to questions he has asked someone directly.

The only setting on his conversational style is angry old white man.

I thought that was just the job we give people who are trying their best but can’t really anything.

Thank you for this link; it has made my day immeasurably more entertaining.

Eh, I’d allow it; it’s tangentially related and a complaint about capitalism. Win-win.

It had to grow on me, kinda like a fungus. I didn’t like it the first time. For some reason I was convinced to watch it twice more. Now it’s solidly alright for me.

!Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca exists, think this made it there too.

This information is at the ready — for the people who actually need to know it (i.e., the actual chain of command, not self-appointed billionaires of made up departments).

They don’t plan to fill them. They plan to eliminate the position of anyone who takes this option.

Oh geez. I’m so used to reading sexual trauma records from the DoD that I just assume immediately. Sorry about that, my bad entirely.

In-service death tends to be an almost automatic grant of service connected death benefits, likely only burial in this case. DoD failed this person. That doesn’t mean that the VA will.

Edit: I managed to read the article and still get the country wrong.

Not much of one, but…

1. He’ll appeal.
2. Even if it’s permanent and the other kids are less shitty than the eldest, at the end of the day they’ll probably keep the propaganda going because they like being rich.