If you make memes this is a good place to get an unfried version of this one I guess

It looks like they haven’t sold it, original buyer (some music studio in dubai) owns it

I didn’t mention third parties and will not be casting a vote for president at all as I believe the problem is regime wide. That said, 3rd parties aren’t the problem the problem is democrats promised they would vote democrat no matter what and they took your word for it and decided to ignore public opinion and international law and international courts and basic human decency and now you’re complicit in a genocide just like the german people were.

8 yearold me would not have been able to grasp your position and 30 yearold me can’t either. Guess I’m too soft to compromise on ethnic cleansing.

Well my US public school system spent 75% of history class and 25% of English class on the Holocaust so I’m actually feeling really well prepared for this section, the trick is not to go along with genocide if your country is supporting it

It’s just a marketing joke like iHop did a few years ago

If I had to choose between adult and child vibes I’d say this fish leans adult

They call me Dr. Worm, I’m not a real doctor but I am a real worm

Prolapse usually refers to a medical condition where parts that should be inside you come out and the logo being a circle brings to mind rectal prolapse which isn’t a super pleasant association

I don’t disagree with that

I agree that comedy is an area that rarely ages well. If you look at the old post 9/11 HBO comedy spots on MAX they are atrociously racist against middle eastern people to the point where I don’t think they should be available or at least should be labeled history and not comedy.

We need some data on the poor furries who can’t afford cons. Back in high school it was just a matter of sticking a fluffy tail to the back of your pants

re “is it an american thing,” someone else will have to field the rest of your question

[Partisan] americans also like to wave off the roughly 1/3 of eligible voters who don’t vote at all as if they just forgot or were too lazy to vote or something. A lot of people are disillusioned with the whole thing, but the partisans are the loudest and the media mostly cares about them so it makes it sound like it’s 50/50.

According to the latest gallup data about 27% identify with each of the two major parties and about 43% as independent (of major parties).

Won’t even draw a hard line at genocide

Yes (agreed)— justice in the US is supposed to happen at an individual level, so even if it were true that systemic bias made one more likely to be convicted of a crime (just for illustration say living in a high conviction zip code where 99% of people have been convicted of a crime) it would not be appropriate to use that data to predict or assess any individual human’s potential behavior.

Yes that’s more precise, I’ve edited it. Thanks!

Just in case people aren’t familiar, some context from the aclu.

Also note: the is regarding the united states

Hopefully it’s clear this is super problematic in the context of risk assessment tools. It means if you are categorized as part of a racial group that is convicted of more crimes, you might be categorized as a higher risk than you would otherwise.

They argue models from education and psychology that address racial disparities could be adapted, but those institutions are designed to help people rather than to decide if they should be in jail.

Yeah I also read The Power and the author doesn’t have my favorite writing style, but I tend to power through books unless they’re awful. Shortly after I read Spin by Robert Charles Wilson which was phenomenal if you like sci fi and need a good read!