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Kamala Harris did not lose because of those qualities. She lost because she ran as a diet Republican, going for a marginal victory.

Doing an interview with an LLM trained on a real person feels like libel.

You do not, under any circumstance, gotta hand it to Hitler. The nuance here is that MTG is a piece of shit. We must be intolerant of the intolerant because welcoming them and accepting them society provides an opening for them to spread their anti social beliefs. Before they are welcomed into polite society, they must show that they have changed and are compatible with polite society.

It is ok to have disagreements with others, so long as the disagreements aren't something like, "we disagree if gay people should be allowed to get married". People who hold such anti social beliefs must not be allowed a foothold. People like MTG use the more sane policies as cover to infiltrate and spread their actual beliefs, like Jewish Space Lasers.

You are too focused on the trees to notice that the forest is garbage. The nuance here is not that MTG has some good takes. The nuance here is that MTG will say and do anything to advance her anti social agenda.

It depends. If they are an obvious grifter like MTG, hell yes I'm better than her. She has shown no contrition, no growth, no regret for the horrible policies she's pushed forth. This is not a person who wants to genuinely make the country a better place, she's a piece of shit who senses a better deal elsewhere.

This is like seeing a person willing to cheat with you and thinking, "I should start a genuine relationship with this person; they would surely never cheat on me."

I too wish that laws still mattered. Thankfully, they still matter a little bit, so there's still a chance for us to turn things around.

You can't post about what doesn't exist. For positive posts about the Democrats to exist, the Democrats first need to do something positive.

Lmao. Iran has been very clear that if you are homies with the US, you are not friends with Iran. "Third party" is crazy. Again, none of this would have happened if the US didn't force Iran's hand.

Iran didn't start the war. Any benefits Iran is currently getting are a result of US initiative.

Sawtooth lacing involves half the laces going horizontal as normal and the other half going diagonally. I think the increased surface area that the laces touch the tongue help keep the tongue from moving around.

Your fear of never reaching self actualization is totally valid. There is a hole in your life that remains frustratingly empty and you can't seem to muster up the motivation to actually fill it with something, especially since you don't even know what would satisfyingly fill that hole. It sounds like you've looked around and seen other people find fulfillment with various things, like love or hobbies, maybe they've been helped along with therapy or interpersonal connections, but for some reason, you have some kind of mental block that is stopping you from even trying.

It's true that there is no silver bullet here. What works for one person may not work for you. Love may dissapoint you. Art might not be interesting to you. Reading books or going to therapy might not move you in a positive direction.

Life feels meaningless.

Well, yeah, life is largely meaningless besides what we give meaning to. For the past three years, I've been trying to develop my perfect breakfast. After much experimentation, I know it involves three eggs over-hard fried in Korean sesame oil with red pepper flakes, black pepper, and salt. An air fried hashbrown from Trader Joe's cooked at 385F for 20min on the side. It's still missing something though, so I'm still experimenting.

This constant refinement of my breakfast isn't A Really Big Thing. It has no importance beyond what importance I give it. I started doing this as a way to encourage myself to wake up earlier in the morning, but I've found myself thinking about ways to improve my breakfast during little moments in my life. It's something that occupies my mind and gives me a little joy.

I've actually found a bunch of little things like this. A few weeks ago, I bought a new set of boots and I've noticed that the tongue on my left boot keeps sliding over to one side. I looked up some remedies online, like using duct tape, using alligator clips, softening the leather with water, but none of it worked. Recently, I found something called sawtooth lacing that seems to have solved the problem. I'm pretty satisfied I found a solution.

It's exceedingly rare to find something so meaningful that it will change your life for the better. Not impossible, especially if you are actively looking for it, but it is something that will take a lot of time and effort, and probably money too. But if you can't muster up the motivation to make those big changes, to go on that big journey, I'd say start small and work your way up to bigger and better things.

I have always admired artists. The idea of having a cool idea in your head and manifesting that idea into the world seems magical to me. Mysterious to me. Impossible for me. In high school, I bought an Otamatone as a gag gift for a buddy, but he didn't want it, so I kept it. I still have it and every now and then, I pull it out of storage and poorly play something silly on it like Greensleeves or Ave Maria. I wouldn't say I'm getting better at making music, but it does amuse me and bring me a little joy.

Someone at work the other day sent out an email about organizing a free clay working class. I signed up to finally explore the world of art, but canceled at the last second after feeling too intimidated. I probably wouldn't have been any good at it. I don't even know what I would want to make out of clay. Canceling made me feel sad and stupid. I'm probably being a little silly and uncharitable to myself, but I guess I'm not ready to make my artistic debut yet. Maybe I should try doing something at home by myself first.

You are not wrong to fear that you will never find fulfillment in life. But more importantly, you are not wrong to hold on to hope that life can be better. Life is hard and it seems like you are enduring this hardship to the best of your ability. When I read your post, I don't see someone stuck and unmoving, I see someone who keeps getting back up and trying to better themselves. Sure, your attempts haven't worked out the way you wanted them to yet, but I think it's admirable that you are still trying. You say you haven't achieved success, I say you haven't given up and failed.

Try not to feel the need to make big, sweeping changes to improve your life, especially if most of your mental capacity is occupied with enduring the day to day. Try to find little things to fill that hole in your life for now that feels fulfilling. Write reviews for video games you like. Organize your miscellaneous tools. Make some really good chili.

I'm gonna try adding a bowl of miso soup to my breakfast next week. I know I'll eventually make a really good breakfast because I'm gonna keep trying. You haven't failed yet either.

Women's sports was not created to protect women. Women's sports were created to protect the egos of men who would place under women. If women competed with men, there would be a bunch of butthurt men who would be angry they aren't as good.

For example, the Battle of the Sexes tennis matches had so many men coping and seething when a women beat a man in a highly publicized tennis match after the guy was talking mad shit. You can look up any number of examples like this where after a woman does well in a sport, a seperate league for women is established.

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