You sure the downer isn’t the person explaining the jokes? lol

Hah, sure, I’ll cop to that, you’re the downer for bringing up the rules lol

If you’re bringing the rules into this conversation, you’re misunderstanding the conversation

It’s not mirthful, it’s dreary and tedious.

“Users are happier when we tell them lies our algorithm says they’ll like. Yes it is also news”

I mean, did the Jan 6 riots accomplish anything?

I think it shows a strange effect about American geography. It’s really hard to organize a meaningful, resilient, and camera-worthy resistance because we’re so spread out. It’s all about congregating at big cities, like LA, Portland or Minneapolis.

Like, if British people wanted to protest and resist in the streets, they go to London. All of them. It’s accessible. Americans can’t do that with Washington DC.

But I’m in Kansas City, and while our No Kings protests have had not-insignificant turnouts, it’s not as easy or impactful because we had three protest cities across two-state suburban area. Can we get that many Kansas Citians to flock to Minneapolis to disrupt ICE ops? No, not really. It’s why all the major protest and ICE disruptions happen in the biggest cities of the “blue”-est states.

Don’t threaten me with a good time

Can, like, Canada and Denmark invade us instead? I wouldn’t have to convince my wife to move out of this shithole