At a place I worked many years ago I left because I was moving. I still had remote access to the cameras until they upgraded the system.

Signal literally couldn’t give away your communications if they wanted to, everyone who disagrees with the way things are going should be using it.

I was diagnosed last year. I’m 41. I wondered what the hell was “wrong with me” my entire life. Meds help but this shit sucks.

We even have trouble with cultural shit within our own species! Smiling like that all the time would warn me away and I’m from a culture that generally likes smiling. In our closest living genetic relative, the chimpanzee, a toothy smile means “I’m ready to tear your arm/balls off.”

I have this terrible feeling that Turkey would veto, even if somehow we could distract Trump with enough McDonald’s and fake tits to try to get it done.

Have you ever been tested for ADHD? I don’t want to go around diagnosing people but this kind of executive dysfunction is central to it

Do you sometimes agonize on and off for hours over a task that could be done in 30 minutes?

That’s fair. Try alcohol.

I hear you. What I’m advocating does veer into philosophy when what we need is action. I don’t claim to know every nuance of these bureaucracies, but I have worked within them, as a civilian. I do understand that this pump action shotgun approach to surgery is absurd. Believe me, you and I are on the same team here!

I don’t advocate admitting defeat at all. In fact I think everyone 'resigning in protest ’ right now is just taking the easy way out. I do hope for an end to this madness, but it seems like the train’s just left the station.

What I’m advocating is an approach to systems theory, nothing more. Stay safe in the months ahead.

This is how I used to think. But we need to simplify things in order to approach them with appropriate action. The original purpose of USAID, NOAA, Department of Education, those don’t matter at the moment. It’s hard to articulate, but when you get down to it, the purpose of the system is what it does. No, over arching beliefs, vision, or plans from the founders will not work right now. The purpose of a system is what it does.

I don’t want to argue with you anymore comrade. Please give a read to the link. Just a few days ago I would have had the same response as you.

If you’re talking about the Superb Owl right now you’re having the wrong conversation.

Someone responded to me with this a while back. The purpose of a system is what it does. I shot back some shit, but then I thought about it. They’re right. The purpose of a system is what it does. It became clear to me. It literally does not matter in the real world what the creators of a system say it is for. The purpose of the system is what it does.

That’s exactly what I’m saying. It’s easier to destroy the Democrats and replace them than fix FPTP voting.

So what’s up with “not gonna lie”? I’ve been hearing it for over a decade, and I hear it from known liars, people I trust, and all the shades of in-between. This is the first time I’ve seen it on Lemmy.

If someone I trust says it, I trust them less.

If a liar says it, I know they’re about to lie. It’s the “I’m not racist but” of liars.

I worked with a woman for years that said “not gonna lie” roughly 30 times a day. I liked her, I just hated that so I could be biased.

I realize this is completely derailing the post but do you have any insight on this phrase?

Any suggestions on what I can do with a 12 year old account? I tried using it for the first time in two years to hype local protests.

I am permanently banned from r/politics

Dihydrogen monoxide?

It’s septic tank not sceptic. I try not to be a dick but you wrote it so many times.

Everybody is missing half the facts here. The audit is of the Treasury system, not DOGE.

Multiparty democracy would be fantastic but that’s a goal if we make it through this crisis. A more realistic (yet still fanciful) plan would be to destroy the Democratic party and create something new from the ashes. First past the post is here to stay for a long time.

I feel this way about Barron Trump every time I see him. He’s barely got any chance of leading a decent, moral life. I guarantee mental health issues have already begun to manifest. For fuck’s sake his dad named the kid after his alter ego, John Barron.