The AP declares “Mysterious Trump Shaped Hole” winner of Nevada

I was lost, please ignore me

100% misread that headline omg

cowards

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It wouldn’t surprise me if was so historically illiterate that “fought against the Soviets during WW2” didn’t ring some alarm bells. He’s had a Nazi-sympathy-in-his-ranks panic before though so he very likely doesn’t care. Scratch a liberal and all that. Knowing what I know about Canadian media though the reporters will just continue with this line uncritically, not noting that this was literally a mistake that was purely political in nature.

These days you typically need to be at least a bit subtle. When Russia had that double agent killed in the UK they just sprayed some nerve gas on his door knob and left.

I am a straight male

Being straight doesn’t impact what your pronouns are! Your gender, whether you are cis, non-binary, trans, or any other gender identity is what determines these pronouns.

are my pronouns he/him?

Probably but thats up to you. Usually pronouns are given in that order as a matter of standardisation for understanding where they go in a sentence. Ie “He is going to the store” or “it all comes down his choice.” Obviously this leaves out some other gendered standard pronouns like formal Sirs and Ma’ams but for most conversation knowing she/her or they/them gets you most of the way there. For standard ones it might be intuitive but for people with neo-pronouns it helps a lot.

do you tell people when you meet them?

Sometimes. I try to do it more these days as a matter of course but usually I will give them when I’m in an environment where some people do and don’t where no one does. They are in my email signatures and real social media bios though.

Online rules

At least on your profile somewhere. I like Hexbear’s “no exceptions they will be in your name” policy, its better for uptake and helps people feel included.

figuring out others

If it isn’t clear you could always ask. If you aren’t a dick about it then it’s usually fine. If you get corrected though the most respectful thing you could do is just say sorry and use the right ones from that point on.

non conventional pronouns

Yes people do use them, if you are in places that queer people go to or feel comfortable you are more likely to meet someone with them. I would argue its more polite to refer to them as neo pronouns but I also have boring ones so its not really my place to say. If you look around hexbear there are a couple of frequent posters with neo pronouns and I’ve known a few people irl to use neo pronouns as well.

I know a couple of cops who basically want cop valhalla so I’m not sure that is exactly the line. I think the bigger thing is patience, whenever those mass shooters put out a manifesto they usually have convinced themselves that some sort of class-independant race war is on the horizon. I think the difference for the people on that line is whether they think they can get hired by a police force before that war comes.

Is that before or after the flight time on the plane they launched it from?

I was not ready for “donate $20k to maoist guerilla fighters” Holy shit

Fuck it, full Cuba-style embargo: any ship that docks in an American harbour can’t dock in any Chinese harbour for 18 months.

The first thing I thought when I saw that headline was “loot drop” and sure enough the only photo of a guy over there had him wearing $300 Crye pants and a loaded plate carrier. Man had an £8k stipend too, no wonder it didn’t sit right with the rest of his squad lol

:Disney-cool: when

The author was all “China doesn’t buy anything from these companies anyways” but I’m more curious what these companies buy from China. How much Chinese steel makes it into these planes and guns and missiles? How much copper, how many chipsets?

This was literally me with my last partner

what fucking monstrosity is that

Treating this place like a spectacle for your entertainment is wildly thought terminating. Why bother posting?

Well, on one hand kids are kids, sure of everything they do until it crashes. On the other hand is probably a decent understanding of Marxist economics and politics (not strictly (or often) electoral) in general. With that person you met there could be any number of reasons why they were like that.

You do need to be more specific about the claims of genocide fabrication. That wording has an indeterminate meaning that could range from post-war Nazi propoganda of “Double Genocide” to things I might argue were genocidal done by the West at large like the Korean or Vietnamese wars.

I wasn’t trying to make you submit anything