I still read the news about as much as I did in the before times. I just don’t want to hear TV journalists fall all over themselves to rationalize things or seem impartial when reporting on crimes. I also don’t want to hear either of our dumb leaders’ stupid voices and the unending stream of bullshit they spew.

Right! I think this is why I want to see a “prequel” episode mixed in. Especially after episode 3.

Before deleting most of my Reddit stuff, I had a good conversation with a conservative about climate change. They pulled out all the standard right wing talking points, and I tried to remain respectful as I provided sources that refuted every one. One they threw out that I hadn’t heard of at the time was “global wobbling,” which I had to look up. 10- minutes later, I responded, with sources, saying that it was yet another thing the right throws out to confuse the issue for voters, but something climate scientists are well aware of and can measure and predict. At that point, they thanked me for all the info and said they had some reading to do. That’s the best I’ve ever gotten. Don’t know if they changed their view, though.

Unless you believe [insert anny manosphere influencer here] about anything.

Right!? At this point it would be news for one of his exes to come out saying he was a “perfect gentleman,” and that her parents loved him.

For sure! I wonder how many people in the community remember the Schumi days of watching a Ferrari bomb around the track all alone for 2 hours. Thrilling. Really.

Like I said, I’d be surprised to see him leave. I would add that he’s not going anywhere he’s not going to be the clear #1, which rules out pretty much all the other front runners. Aston has Newey and a lot of money and a CLEAR #2 who isn’t going anywhere soon. It’s yet to be seen how much Audi is going to pour in next year, but they would probably make room for a guy like Max. If he left RB, and it’s very unlikely he would, I think those are the two best options. Possibly with Alpine as a very dark horse (I’d be more surprised to see him go there than I’d be if he left RB! But, Flavio…).

TBH, the point you made about Newey is why I tossed out Aston as an option. If they can get the car sorted, it would be a perfect place for him, especially given that the team boss doesn’t really care how good or bad the second driver is.

While it’s obviously not impossible, I’d be surprised if he left. I could see him replacing Fernando at Aston Martin, or possibly Audi building their team around him. But right now, it seems like 90% of Red Bull is geared towards him, and they’re still competitive. Why leave that?

It’s been unfortunate that he hasn’t been in many battles so far this season, but as long as he’s in the podium race, those battles will come on their own, and we’ll see more of him on TV. I don’t think anybody disagrees that he’s a good driver, the TV feed just mainly tries to find battles for position - as it should.

If I were in his position, Red Bull would be a nonstarter unless they stop developing the car for Max - which isn’t going to happen. McLaren has a long history of letting their drivers race. At McLaren, he’s an equal; at RB, it would be an uphill battle against a multi-WC winner.

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The US may not have military parades in a traditional sense, but they absolutely have something similar: at just about any outdoor sporting event from the college level to pro, there’s some sort of military “thing.” Whether it be a fly-over, funded by the Pentagon, or a color guard there for the national anthem. Also, at NASCAR races, the Army either used to or still does sponsor a car. Those are the examples I can think of off the top of my head. It’s not. North Korea or USSR by any means, but it’s kind of always there.

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I’m not sure I’m going to stick with this one. The second episode could’ve been clever, but so many of the characters, Rogan included, are just annoying. Honestly, it makes me even more sad The Franchise was cancelled.

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings and emotions of another person.

This is what makes the sadist argument so interesting, if still a red herring. They do share the feelings, and it gets them off! The issue with this line of reasoning is that level of sadism is a mental health problem and not something people should strive for or encourage; so in the end it’s not much of an argument against empathy.

Also, I don’t know that I agree that Hitler “did recognize Jewish people as human and capable of suffering.” I don’t think he cared either way. Their suffering & extermination was politically useful for him. I think that’s a pretty good argument against any empathic feelings he may or may not have held.

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Yeah, do we really need a deep dive for RCA here!? It’s pretty obvious that incompetent people behaved incompetently.

They haven’t exactly been kind to him thus far. And I know there’s the whole “how do they enforce their ruling” thing, but there are ways they can. Unfortunately, those aren’t levers you want to be quick to pull. I think they’ll ultimately have to be used, but it’s going to take some time.

Free speech absolutist, ladies and gents!

… tries to overhaul elections. This will certainly wind up in court. Every democratic sates AG will be filing suit.