Exactly. Remember '24 felt off? They fucking took that shit with Vlad and Elon’s help. Why would they not rig '26?

What democracy?

I get it, but it’s more akin to a message board than Facebook

I’m of the minority that says ban it completely. It has done this country and the world absolutely no favors. Ever since the Epstein class realized they could use it to brain wash morons to support their asinine beliefs, it has gone to shit. Foreign adversaries have manipulated it to spread propaganda and divide the country. It didn’t have to be like this. Facebook was just a place to talk to your friends and post photos from the party you were at with them. Everything was chronological and you only heard from people that you actually knew IRL. We couldn’t have that, because Zuckerberg needed to sell ads. The decision to open up the feed and show you shit from random ass people gave birth to influencer culture and massive amounts of mis /disinformation.

I’m not surprised, I was using it to visit NSFW subs for uh research recently in an incognito tab. It kept flagging me and not letting me in. Said I could log in if I think it’s an error. Like MF, I am specifically not logged in on purpose.

As I’ve grown older, I’ve given far less fucks about professional sports. The fact of the matter is those people playing on the field are the furthest from a representation of you as an individual as you can find. They are literally millionaires and multi-millionaires from random fucking places all across the country. They have no connection to your city, other than being drafted, traded, or maybe signing and choosing to play there. Additionally, a lot of people who make it in sports are big into faith, and don’t shut the fuck up about it like those douches on the San Francisco Giants recently did on the team’s pride night - offending a shitload of lifetime fans in the process. I guess when you play / coach sports, and everything goes your way in life and you make millions, it’s easier to drink the religious kool aid.

Additionally the number of pro fascist pro athletes lately is too damn high, and it is annoying. Hell, my (former) favorite player on the Raiders - Maxx Crosby outed himself as a chud a couple of years ago after Butler, and it makes it hard to root for the guy. Having said that, I love sports and am competitive by nature, so I continue to watch, but my level of fandom has definitely fallen off a cliff.

They 100% knew

It went down slightly, and for now, he’s barely not one. He still has an obscene amount of wealth either way.

That, and the tiny distracted driver machines in our pockets and dashboards

I knew exactly what it was and how the vote would go with how many ads were being shoved down everyone’s throats. People don’t have time to decipher the BS, and those ads definitely did the job.

Or put a traffic cone in front and behind it? Definitely don’t do that though, it’s possibly illegal.

Lyft and Uber spent like 200 mil on ads, and it worked.

And stupid people will be like well I saw an ad saying it would affect ME down the road

I couldn’t bring myself to watch this after GOT ended so piss poor. Didn’t even realize season 2 already happened, let alone 3. I might give it a go. Any good?

So grok killed all them kids?

Yeah, but safe doesn’t get clicks.

Supposedly he did if you buy his playing both sides argument.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/30/ftx-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-dark-money-republicans

They are doing one at Levi’s right now. Looks maybe half full.

Yeah, but all the manufacturers don’t want to lower their profit margins.