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I want a version edited like Pop-Up Video (or whatever it was called) from VH1

Good. This was my initial reaction. “Move the meeting somewhere that Trump doesn’t have the authority to block people from attending.”

Nobody expects him to make a deal, but he loves being in the spotlight (when the topic isn’t Epstein-related).

But yes, apparently we HAVE lost our minds, because nobody’s impeached him yet.

"It was determined by all* that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement…

*EXCEPT ONE OF THE PARTIES DIRECTLY INVOLVED

That’s kind of important, Donny.

Why is the word “Israel” in quotes like that?

Yup. The other day, I made an angry comment about an environmental issue. Somebody replied with a sarcastic “congrats, you solved it”. Solving it wasn’t what I was trying to do. I was just venting.

We all need to do that sometimes.

They’re inundated with propaganda (like we all are), and they can’t face the fact that their own government is committing such horrors. Plus, they just don’t want to think critically about the situation.

None of that excuses them, but simply writing them off as “evil” doesn’t help.

If they visited the U.S., they’d only be harassed by ICE anyway. Plus, there is no reason to try and negotiate with the current government. Denying them visas is nothing but a pointless “insult”.

Who else here knows where Kamchatka is because of Risk?

Interesting. TIL

I don’t even engage with people who think that criticizing a government is the same as criticizing a religion.

If you think that using the word “genocide” to describe what’s happening in Palestine makes me antisemitic somehow, then fine. You’ve just told me that you don’t know what words mean. Fuck off and don’t talk to me.

Well I’ll be damned. She’s actually doing something useful.

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Die in prison, shitbag

The Metropolitan Police said that a 39-year-old man is wanted by them for breaching restrictions placed on his activities, and is also separately being investigated for “any possible” fraud offences.

What’s the point of including this paragraph, when the story doesn’t include a name or photo? It’s completely useless.

Under other circumstances I’d be willing to accept the “mercy killing” argument, but burning someone alive is NOT mercy. This woman needs help.

It’s tricky. Often, you can only go by tone and context. Experience helps a lot. Even still, I’ll get it wrong sometimes.

Fortunately, common sense usually works there, too. If person A makes highly specific or unusual statement, person B reasonably asks for a source, and person A angrily responds with defensiveness and accusations, then it’s pretty clear that person A was talking out of their ass.

I understand where you’re coming from, but it’ll be easy to tell. Someone who’s sealioning will skip or “forget” points you’ve already made when they’re making their counter arguments. The conversation will be irritating and demanding.

Someone who genuinely wants to discuss and learn won’t wear on you that way. Their replies won’t have that “I outsmarted you and you’re an idiot” kind of feel. It’s hard to explain, but people can recognize the difference. I don’t think there’s a threat to honest debate here.

Yes, it’s possible to confuse sealions with people who are simply rude and obnoxious, but since I don’t like talking to either one, I don’t much care.

When done “well”, you can find yourself lured into a long, increasingly exasperating conversation. You can never win by engaging. I just ignore them and move on.