spicymaki

I give up!! Finally! The discourse is pointless here. How many of the productive years of my life have I spent on forums like these? I don't know if I am conversing with people, bots, or antihumanist misanthropes. People trust Meta these days, AYFK? I am going to sign-off and touch some grass.

No, you are cutting off the nose to spite the face. Clearly if you lean heavily toward one of the two major parties, you should want to influence the party you lean to in some way.

Voting 3rd party is throwing away your vote in the US electoral system. The reason is structural. Currently, I believe there are two independent senators and one independent representative. Independents are not another party they are just unenrolled and they all caucus with one of the two major parties. There is no third party representation in congress.

This is correct. That is why I changed from independent to an actual political party. There is no point, it is highly improbable that I would ever vote for the party that is against my values. The two main US political parties are diametrically opposed.

> What right does a Flock camera violate?

The first amendment, fourth amendment, and the fourteenth amendment of the US Constitution. You should read it.

We need more celebrities to step up like Dolly. You will be missed.

That wing of the Republican Party does not exist anymore, they are now centrist Democrats.

Thank you for the heads up! DDOS attacks are pretty concerning, but even more concerning is the potential alteration of content. Diabolical. That said, journalism needs funding more than ever, please if you can, try your best to pay for it.

> Because our daily complicity ...

Exactly this. We were (still are) complicit in our own destruction and worst yet when other courageous people spoke up we shout them down, hid away, laughed at their folly, or shunned them outright.

Billionaires are also susceptible to extreme forms this disease. It was also known as hubris to the ancient Greeks.

First, we need to make it illegal to say you are buying something when you are actually renting. Words mean something.

There is just no skepticism these days. We are constantly being lied to by tech leaders.

This is going to sound controversial, but sometimes it is good to have a paper copy stored in a secure vault.

> This is a terrible way to learn.

What you are saying is not evidence based. The lecture method has delivered the greatest minds in western and eastern civilization for centuries. The newer pedagogical methods are in-fact failing us to the point that we are approaching post-literacy.

I asked Gemini to generate a picture of Peter Pan and Wendy (for a workbook I am putting together for youth summer reading) and it preceded to refuse due to copyright. Not everything about that work is owned by Disney. Thankfully the JM Barrie original artwork is public domain and available (and fantastic btw), so I used that instead.