Through the gates of hell

This is Steve Hughes level comedy: https://youtu.be/h5VliEjyohM

Metaphorical man cards are for insecure idiots who need reassurance.

If you’re a 40 year old grown ass adult you can do whatever the fuck you like. Man cards are for insecure idiots who need reassurance.

The United States of America after the Cold War.

Wow, thank you!

I’m not even Catholic and I want to send this guy to the Inquisition for heresy

Why would anyone install a proprietary freeware browser?

I like you ask in hypotheticals.

Resist now.

All 30 if us who play it agree.

Right? Wrong?

I asked you a question, I didn’t make an argument or assert a position.

This is surreal. It’s like:

You: why does everyone say good afternoon when it’s only 12:30?!

Me: what time zone are you in buddy?

You: you didn’t answer my question!

Me: I mean, China for example is all on the same timezone regardless of how west or east you are.

You: FINE. YOU’RE RIGHT. I’M WRONG. HAPPY?

Me: wtf man, I just asked you your fucking timezone.

It does. The centre-left in Montreal municipal politics corresponds to the left wing of the left in Canadian federal politics. So if I write a long diatribe lamenting how the centre left in Montreal is not progressive enough, and send it over to someone in Alberta, they would have no idea what I’m talking about.

I’m Canadian, buddy. Which is why I asked about your political context.

I note the spelling “right of centre”. So help me out here: are you Canadian, British, Australian, Kiwi, …? So when you say “everything that just leans right of centre is called fascist” what the fuck are you actually talking about? In your specific political context?

Steven Universe too!

Yup. It should not be a thing.

Meanwhile China is going all in on renewables.

Here is a fact: an authoritarian non-democracy is doing a lot for securing the future of humanity, while the “leader of the free world” are vandalizing the climate and accelerating apocalyptic climate catastrophe.

In 2025, China is a net positive for the future of humanity, while the USA is a net negative.

If that makes you uncomfortable about what our political and economic systems in the West that brought us here, well, you know the meme: “facts don’t care about your feelings”.

If you, like me, care about the future of democracy, we have to do a LOT of digging.

Vodka 25 years ago.

Excellent opportunity to prove the superiority of our localized moderation model!

They haven’t actually signed anything yet. But also, note that hostilities don’t stop before the armistice:

• https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2018/11/08/a-story-of-incredibly-bad-timing-canadian-last-to-die-before-armistice/
• https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/11/08/in-the-final-hours-of-world-war-i-a-terrible-toll/
• https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/salute-veterans/2017/11/10/nov-11-1918-wasted-lives-on-armistice-day/

That said, I have very little confidence that this truce will hold. Israel broke the previous truce in March 2025.