Software is the closest thing we have to magic spells. You need to know the correct “activation words” and make sure they follow the correct order. If that aligns, your magic spell works; suddenly there’s something on the screen that just wasn’t there before. Congratulations, you completed your first summoning.

Same, if I came home in that condition and the first thing brought up was yet another tech issue, I’d fucking slam the door and go get wasted at a bar.

1/2. I calls em like I sees em.

It sounds like a crock of shit for weasels who can’t look reality in the eye.

There was actually a time when the authorities did their duties and set up such stings to catch lawmakers and then actually charge and convict them.

That was in the mythical before-times of our ancestors though, long before any of us first opened our eyes.

I’m afraid 50k bribes are like handing a family member a $5 note at Christmas. Aka, it “doesn’t count” because it’s peanuts to them.

That and the incredible amount of grift and corruption, of course.

Only 9 days left to go! What could possibly go wrong?

I expect this to get exponentially worse with AI; on the one hand, because it will be used by pupils without understanding, and on the other, by the elites/“job creators” who can use it to access skill without having to pay for it anymore.

Affirmations are the basest level of “self-help”, if they even qualify for that, and amount to nothing more than wishful thinking without action. In that regard, they’re right up Patel’s alley.

Better get rid of every chemistry textbook containing a Mendelyev table. Marie Curie had a hand in a few of those.

I expect this scenario to repeat several times in the coming months/years. Willing to bet the “clean” ones are all infected with mossad spyware as well. Using a VPN makes you a target rather than helping you stay anonymous nowadays.

I can only hope EU carries that torch going forward and doesn’t bend the knee to US influence. But I have to admit, it’s not looking too good…

Which is exactly what everyone with a brain said would happen with privatization.

If ghosts were real, Guy Fawkes would’ve come back to haunt these guys by now.

Test failed successfully.

1 mill is a very conservative estimate in this regard. I expect it to be orders of magnitude worse.

Spoken like someone who hasn’t been fighting for 15+ years with NOTHING to show for it.

I’m just tired. People don’t give a fuck anyway. May it all burn down in nuclear fire soon.

This shit is happening no matter who votes what. It’s been voted on how many times in the past decade? 5+? It’ll always keep coming back until it passes. Might as well do it now rather than later. Same with online ID verification. Just bite the pillow while they’re going in dry, it’s the shortest pain.

I guarantee he’ll end up shanked to death. There is no way they’re leaving him alive, and due process has its pitfalls.

But random prison violence? Could always happen…

Cream of Sum Yung Gai.