snooggums

It gives a rough idea of article length without needing to scroll down. Like remaining time on a video.

If it is a topic I’m interested with a two minute read time there probably isn’t anything of value beyond the headline. If I don’t really care and it is a 30 minute read time, there is a high likelihood that I will lose interest before finishing.

Since I read pretty fast, the estimates tend to be higher than it actually takes, but it still gives me something to use to determine whether I want to start reading.

First three dots apply to both parties. Israel was doing a slower genocide when Trump was in office the first time because they didn’t have an excuse to dial it ip, and he was supportive then.

I didn’t say leftists were the only ones who didn’t show up to vote.

I was replying to a comment about the Dems needing to energize the base. Obama energized the base, and they learned nothing from it.

Maybe they are fine with abusing personal data but draw the line at literal rape.

At least they have some morals.

This is what Trump does day to day, spouting random made up shit on a whim. My guess is that it was ad libbed and there is no legislation, the whole renaming thing is probably news to his speech writer/diaper changer/whatever they call the person that tries to get him to talk about something specific.

The horrible shit is orchestrated by all the malicious fucks around him who can focus on one topic for more than 5 minutes.

Also leftists who refused to vote at all because Harris didn’t solve the Middle East conflicts from the Vice President’s desk.

They did, he won two terms, and they learned absolutely nothing from it.

Edit: apparently nobody thinks that Obama energized the base and got people to the polls.

Why have a computer when you can just use one at the library? smh

All that money and updates still require restarts.

It apparently works well enough.

HSAs are also a way to get healthy people away from wanting universal health care by catering to their self interest, just like how IRAs were intended to let people with money invest in retirement which eroded support for social security.

I didn’t think I agree that it’s condescending.

The context is whether the person asking the question was involved in the process that went wrong and if the person who screwed up should know better. We are probably thinking of different situations, like how ‘bless your heart’ can be positive or negative depending on context.

If one person screwed up, saying ‘we’ comes across as patronizing because it generally means the person asking knew how to avoid the situation and expected the person who screwed up to know as well. Like if someone didn’t disconnect the power to a thing like they are supposed to because they were in a hurry and shocked themselves, saying ‘what should we do next time’ would be condescending. That would be very different than discovering a new fault in a group process and asking a team (adults) what should be done next time. “We found out that the plan to handle case Y didn’t work, how do you think we can prevent it next time” is not condescending because it is being asked to a group of adults (plural) for something new. “How do you think it can be avoided” would also not be condescending if asked for a single person.

It sounds nitpicky, but it is really nuance. Saying ‘we’ when the right thing is known is condescending for adults, but makes it easier for children who are learning to not take it so personally.

Same. My friends already have the ability to easily find all the dumb shit I post online if they cared to and nothing I’ve posted would cause any legal trouble, just piss off some bigots and those who don’t understand that crude internet humor is just humor. James Gunn’s old posts have me beat and he’s still doing alright.

The first is problem solving, the second is blaming.

The first is phrased in a way that is condescending for an adult.

land orca

Thank you for the new panda nickname!

I prefer clarity.

I hope you are thinink of mosquitos, and if so make sure to only pick the ones that bite humans. There are a lot of other species that don’t.

(I know which species you really mean)

It is always the right time.

Worth it.