The words “billionaire run” imply that Russian state media is not run by billionaires.

People like this are what the current slate of Republicanism is breeding, I guess. Nobody asking them for anything and they bust this shit out with no reason other than just trying to be a shithead to get people to react so they can call them snowflakes.

Every second I’m near her, its just belittling.

I hope you find your way clear. There is a way, you just have to find it. Take it slow. Determination and focus on a goal can help alleviate depression. This is an excellent step, asking about on the 'net. Everyone has value. Your mom is blinded to the fact (and it is certain) that she too was what we once all were, young, naive and full of unrealized potential. So she found her potential and realized it, but she forgot about it ever being unrealized. And that is on her, not on you. She is not better than you because your potential is as yet unrealized, and she’s actively damaging your potential by pretending she is. Ignore it, stay focused and find your way.

Edit: and if you can find professional help that you trust, good. Depression is not just in the mind, it can be physiological as well. You may need to find out, but this will be part of your journey.

I think the real problem is a government structure that lends itself to being captured by monied interests. The problem of capitalism chasing the money is only a problem because we have a government unable to properly tax the wealthy to ensure no one can amass the kind of wealth that makes it possible to capture the government.

This is timely. I just read a fantastic article all about how Mary becoming a spinster without George probably isn’t as goofy (or as overtly sexist) as it seems. Quite a thought provoking article.

I’d say it’s media saturation. In the back of everyone’s minds they know they could make a statement that a whole lot of people will hear about if it were to come to it.

Uh oh…

Does someone know the actual ins and outs of why they are so obsessed with this? Is this merely distraction or is there some underlying reason that either the powers-that-be running the US (ie: not the orange turd, he knows nothing except the last person who told him he was the best ever) or the powers-that-be running Russia (who control the orange turd) want Greenland to be annexed by the United States? Because I don’t know anything about it that makes sense. Huge untapped oil reserves? I mean, it has to be something other than “Greenland is AWESOME and wouldn’t it be just SUPER if they were a part of the US” that is published in these stupid fluff pieces.

You know, as much as it’s possible for me to, I get him. But what the fuck is wrong with these people clapping and cheering for a man seriously suggesting he’s going to just “give himself” a billion dollars from their tax dollars? How do you get from “conservative” to whatever the fuck this is, because it ain’t conservative.

Welcome to the era of media that cannot die.

I found it:

Yes, yes I will, well Chromium forks.

Yeah, I’m not going to switch to a Manifest V3 browser because Firefox puts in access to an optional AI agent. If Firefox makes it so you can’t turn it off, which I wouldn’t think is likely, I might switch to something like Librewolf, but Chromium? No.

“Chilling moment”

They never stop trying to convince us, do they? This is only chilling if you’re an ultrawealthy sack of shit.

Not mentioned here but there was some other drug, a tranquilizer called xylazine that was being used to cut fentanyl that I heard was largely to blame.

A nice M.L.T. - a mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich when the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe…

Oh man I did not need to know that.

Handegg

Since you so clearly elucidated it, you may know this is actually a thing called panprotopsychism. I’m fully on board with it but of course, the Internet knows with absolute certainty it’s complete and utter bullshit, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Edit: apparently so does at least one downvoter.

“Au Feu de Bois” - wood fired

So what role are they fulfilling?

Well, right now, the role of fluffing up Donald Trump’s ego with big silver letters at taxpayer expense.

I feel this a lot in this administration. The government actually is too big and it actually does need to be reigned in and seeing some (not all) of these institutions destroyed or crippled is actually gratifying for exactly the reasons you mention. I just wish it wasn’t accompanied with a side of “here’s some piss on your head, it must be raining.” These idiot cosplaying shitheads are not the right tools for the job.