All I can think to this kind of thing is: if you’re spending so much time staring at the wallpaper, what’s the rest of your computer for?

I personally try to leave as little of the wallpaper visible as possible, but I guess I’m the weird one.

they have it set up so it will use tools like Me:

What an unfortunate formatting error you’ve made. Add an extra line break after your quote blocks to separate them.

For that matter, let each comment have an edit history so we can see what you’ve changed. Usually it’ll just be a spelling/formatting mistake, but the people deserve to know!

They’re sending in the pope killer to stall for time. Hopefully the Iranian negotiators don’t have any health conditions that could be set off by meeting JD Vance.

RASCOE: And people around the world are facing higher fuel prices and inflation because of the war in Iran. Could Venezuela help fill that gap? Like, does it have the capability to do that?

VIGIL: If you take a step back and look at the global oil picture, what Venezuela is producing, which is just over a million barrels per day, is a very small amount of the global oil demand. So it’s about 1%, even though for Venezuela, it is a lot. Like you mentioned earlier, it’s a seven-year high. But because it is such a small amount, it’s not going to meaningfully change the shortages because of the war in Iran.

Before the war, 20 million barrels of oil passed daily through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast. That amount has plunged to “a trickle,” the I.E.A. said in its monthly report, since Iran warned that ships passing through were at risk of attack.

I don’t know exactly how much oil per day the Iran War has prevented, but it seems like Venezuela can’t cover all the losses. The NPR article says most of their oil is going to the US and India if you’re still curious about that.

We launched attacks on Iran to distract from the Epstein files, leading to the closure of the strait of Hormuz and dwindling oil reserves around the world. It was only like 3 months ago, I’m surprised you didn’t hear about this

To be fair, that’s kind of a dumb name for a city. New York should be the only state getting away with that kind of naming convention.

this account aligns with our current understanding.”

ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT ACTUALLY WITNESS ANY LARGE SCALE SHOOTINGS ON THE SQUARE PROPER, GALLO SAW MANY CASUALTIES BROUGHT INTO THE SQUARE AND DID NOT DOUBT THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN BEIJING WERE KILLED BY THE ARMY ON JUNE 3 AND 4.

I guess we can agree that many people, probably hundreds, were killed.

The “massacre” narrative is that “big bad even Chinaman gunned down innocent children for no reason other than their undying love of democracy!@!@3!!”

That’s not something I, or anyone else here has said. Stop inventing strawmen.

Are you aware that videos are made up of many images shown in sequence to give the illusion of motion?

That’s not the claim made by the propagandaist Jeff whatever the fuck. He claims he took a photograph, and was given awards based on his photograph.

Again, you know that videos are made up of many images, right?

And you know that more than one person recorded the moment, right?

Five photographers managed to capture the event on film.[3] On June 4, 2009, the fifth photographer released an image of the scene taken from ground level.[42]

In addition to the still photography, video footage of the scene was recorded and transmitted across the globe. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) cameraman Willie Phua, CNN cameraman Jonathan Schaer and National Broadcasting Company (NBC) cameraman Tony Wasserman appear to be the only television cameramen who captured the scene.[49][50][51] The ABC correspondents Max Uechtritz and Peter Cave were the journalists reporting from the balcony.[52]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

But it is the opinion of the US STATE DEPARTMENT that the “massacre” did not happen.

SUMMARY DURING A RECENT MEETING, A LATIN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT AND HIS WIFE PROVIDED POLOFF AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR MOVEMENTS ON JUNE 3-4 AND THEIR EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF EVENTS AT TIANANMEN SQUARE.

1. That’s not the state department saying there was not massacre, it’s an account provided by a Chilean diplomat.

ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT ACTUALLY WITNESS ANY LARGE SCALE SHOOTINGS ON THE SQUARE PROPER, GALLO SAW MANY CASUALTIES BROUGHT INTO THE SQUARE AND DID NOT DOUBT THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN BEIJING WERE KILLED BY THE ARMY ON JUNE 3 AND 4.

2. They don’t deny that a massacre occurred, they just say it didn’t take place directly in the square

BODIES AND WOUNDED, HOWEVER, BEGAN TO ARRIVE AT THE RED CROSS STATION INDICATING THE EXTENT OF THE FIGHTING AND THE FACT THAT REAL BULLETS WERE BEING USED. AS THE MILITARY BEGAN TO REACH THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE SQUARE AND SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THE VICINITY OF THE RED CROSS STATION, MRS. GALLO DECIDED SHE WANTED TO LEAVE.

3. They still say there were many dead and wounded, although they don’t give a number for either.

There is no ‘tank man’ photo, it’s a video,

Are you aware that videos are made up of many images shown in sequence to give the illusion of motion?

where more then 1000 partygoers where vaporized by advanced unknown alien technology.

You’ve got to be joking, right?

Also, I found an hilarious article from 2009

So no one here in this thread, and no one in the past 16 years. Sure. I guess obsessing over a 17 year old correction is good and healthy behavior, especially when you pretend that the statements from before the correction are still what everyone’s saying.

So which one is it? Is it the Tiananmen Square massacre or the “something to the west somewhere massacre idk”?

Alright, so you really are just upset about the name.

It’s not me who talks about machine gun fire and tank shells with thousands of casualties.

Who else brought them up, and where? It’s not in the article this post is about or any of the comments I’ve seen except yours.

where are the thousands and thousands of students massacred by relentless machine gun fire and tank shells?

INITIALLY NOT MUCH WAS HAPPENING IN THE SQUARE AS MOST OF THE FIGHTING WAS TAKING PLACE TO THE WEST

Presumably to the west, where most of the fighting was happening. I think there was something about the Liubukou junction (NSFW)?

But anyways, I don’t think anyone is giving an actual number of dead beyond “hundreds or thousands”. Asking about the “thousands and thousands of students” is already disingenuous. Bringing up “relentless machine gun fire and tank shells” even more so.

ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT ACTUALLY WITNESS ANY LARGE SCALE SHOOTINGS ON THE SQUARE PROPER, GALLO SAW MANY CASUALTIES BROUGHT INTO THE SQUARE AND DID NOT DOUBT THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN BEIJING WERE KILLED BY THE ARMY ON JUNE 3 AND 4.

The part you seem to be ignoring. Are you just upset about the name implying people died in the square?

6. THE GALLOS POSITIONED THEMSELVES NEAR THE RED CROSS STATION AT THE FOOT OF THE STEPS TO THE MUSEUM. INITIALLY NOT MUCH WAS HAPPENING IN THE SQUARE AS MOST OF THE FIGHTING WAS TAKING PLACE TO THE WEST. BODIES AND WOUNDED, HOWEVER, BEGAN TO ARRIVE AT THE RED CROSS STATION INDICATING THE EXTENT OF THE FIGHTING AND THE FACT THAT REAL BULLETS WERE BEING USED.

11. LATER THE MORNING OF JUNE 4, GALLO AND HIS WIFE MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO THE SQUARE, AGAIN VIA THE ALLEY TO THE SOUTH OF THE MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION. HE SAID THAT FOR NO APPARENT REASON THAT ALLEY WAS THE ONLY ONE NOT SEALED OFF. FROM THE ALLEY THEY SAW TROOPS CLEARING THE SQUARE PILING UP LARGE PLASTIC BAGS AND DRAGGING THEM TO HELICOPTERS. THEY COULD NOT COMMENT ON WHETHER THE BAGS CONTAINED REFUSE OR BODIES. AT THE TIME, THEY SAID, THEY COULD NOT IMAGINE THE BAGS CONTAINED BODIES AND HAD ASSUMED IT WAS GARBAGE. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT ACTUALLY WITNESS ANY LARGE SCALE SHOOTINGS ON THE SQUARE PROPER, GALLO SAW MANY CASUALTIES BROUGHT INTO THE SQUARE AND DID NOT DOUBT THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN BEIJING WERE KILLED BY THE ARMY ON JUNE 3 AND 4.

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/89BEIJING18828_a.html

Said proof from the US embassy if anyone was curious.

we need to stop coddling pedestrians drivers because they’re too unwilling to be safe when they cross drive.

Why are you trying to put all the responsibility on pedestrians, people out walking, instead of drivers, who need to pass a driving test and need a driver’s license in order to operate their multiple tons of machinery in public places? What’s the point of it all if not making drivers more responsible for their actions?

A better solution would just be to strip the right of way from pedestrians

Further addressing the issue would mean putting in additional crosswalks to prevent jay-walking and unsafe crossings, as would improved public transit.

How would that help? If pedestrians don’t have the right of way, why does it matter if they’re in the crosswalk or not? It’s not like they’d be any more protected from the speeding cars that are no longer obligated to stop for them just because there’s some paint on the ground.

If we’re so hellbent on speeding drivers, maybe we should also start ticketing people who walk faster than most on the sidewalk too?

If that person could kill or maim someone by walking into them, then maybe. As it is, cars have the highest potential for damage and loss of life, so they should have the most rules restricting them.

everybody would get their panties in a bunch over that too because of this stupid selfish mentality that people have

How is this not exactly what you’re doing right now about cars not being able to speed without punishment?

I’m saying it’s the car drivers that need “proper responsibility” put on them. If they don’t have the right of way, they need to yield. Just because a car will kill a pedestrian in a collision doesn’t mean the pedestrian needs to be more responsible and should have more rules and regulations governing them. In fact, killing pedestrians so easily is exactly why there need to be more rules and regulations for driving a car.

Those two lines I quoted from you are a contradiction. If pedestrians have the right of way, then they’re doing everything they’re legally responsible for in an interaction. Just because the law doesn’t protect you from careless drivers doesn’t mean that the pedestrian is suddenly responsible for the consequences.

putting proper responsibility on pedestrians

Yeah, pedestrians have the right of way

Choose one.

If the US was covering up or hiding these things, they’d at least be comparable. The most relevant comparison would probably be the epstein files, which everyone is already criticizing them for.

and also to trick him once

Stop gendering the computer.

No wait, where are the tungsten cube vending machines?