Name a single election topic you know about that’s not US. I’ll wait.

Any meme community. Easy example. Are you even trying?

If you remind me later - I have to get ready for work soon - I’ll help you if you want. Its fairly easy. Easier than a printer, so you’re already qualified lol

“Too much off topic discussion or discussion in one topic that stifles other conversations”

Better?

Be the change you want to see then. You can make that community. I mean this in a supportive way. Go for it!

Actual OP here: Christmas is “put on a performance” fake. It’s also many pagan holidays mashed together by the Christians and co-opted when arguably the date of their messiah’s birth was in another time of year. It’s also getting longer and longer so companies can sell more and more crap that just ends up as waste.

Is Festivus made up? Sure. But it’s genuine in it’s disdain for what Christmas has become and is a sincere protest. In the words of Frank Costanza: “As I was raining blows down on him, I realized there had to be a better way”

Do you miss the part where it’s an open rebuttal of the over commercialization of Christmas? Instead of wasting a bunch of time putting up decorations bought simply to fill some billionaires pockets, I’ll put up a steel pole.

Also you’re missing the Airing of Grievances as well. Thats integral. The family fight is gonna happen regardless, so might as well get some therapy out of it and bury the axes while you’re at it. The Feats of Strength will get rid of whatever animosity is left too.

Oh, I’m sorry, did you grow up in a normal, functional family?

Winter? Nah. Love it for many of the reasons already being stated.

But the fake as fuck holiday season that comes with it? Done with it. I’m celebrating Festivus unironically this year. Done with the rest of that shit.

Now, I gotta ask… Why are you implying that it’s better for a person 2 years older to handle the same machine with the same lack of safety features/proper supervision? Everyone here is making a big stink about this being a “kid”, but a few years older and this is the reality for many many people. Also the same age we let them start driving… So why are you only seemingly outraged that it was a kid? Shouldn’t you be outraged that it could happen to anyone, and in fact regularly does, and is usually not given any attention?

It was illegal. It was supposed to point out the hypocrisy of Elon’s PAC but someone probably helpfully pointed out that it was just as likely they’d face repurcussions alone.

I think the point is to highlight that the other person is refusing to participate in the process of democracy. He’s giving his opponent the choice to actually show up, or he can be represented by a characature. It’s up to him. Don’t like it? Then don’t say “you’re beneath me and I won’t even acknowledge your existence”. Takes two to tango.

Seriously, my first thought was “which of the numerous probes?” Haven’t we “known” this for decades now?

Gondor, stop burninating the countryside!

Ok fine, I’ll give you a cookie too…

Just doing my civic duty

I gave 'em a cookie. Now they’re happy :D

Sounds like a lot of people in Florida are about to become homeless too… I dunno, I say they completely, 100% enforce the laws right now. You didn’t fight against this bullshit because it “doesn’t affect me”? Well now it can affect you. Ticket everyone. Waste everyone’s time. It was so important to do this, then fucking do it. Be the fucking clowns you are. Ticket people who lost their home, who are camping in their front yard. What, they’re having a bad time right now and we should be generous? That’s homeless people all the time.

Suspending the law because it’s a weather emergency is bullshit. It’s being suspended because it might affect voters. Just trying to cover their own ass when they need it and shafting anyone else when it’s convenient.

Yeah, this is a giant scam. The whole “we’re stealth” and “we look just like a regular RV” are key giveaways. If what they were doing was 100% legal and above board, they wouldn’t be doing it this way.

Did I say it wasn’t illegal? I literally said it is.

What I’m saying is CAD is pretending they were protecting the environment when in fact all they were doing was squatting a land title. They didn’t actually check on the land at all, which is something you might expect of someone who was actually trying to protect the land and wasn’t just pulling a big publicity stunt.

So yeah, what I’m saying is the other guy is right: theyre making a big show of saying they care about the land after the fact, but before then did jackcall shit and never even checked on it.

Elon can be a shithead and CAD could have just been doing a publicity stunt. Both can be true

I don’t know why people are downvoting you. At the very least, it seems like they didn’t even check on the land for years. Notice it’s a 2017 photo and a 2024 one. No progress pics in the middle, no “we told them to stop on X and Y date and here’s photos of them continuing”.

They abandoned the property for years because all they cared about was squatting on the wall being built, which by having the deed they were doing. They didn’t do anything further because that was never their goal.

So honestly, while what Elon did is shitty and illegal, them trying to claim the some moral high ground by acting like it was an environmental sanctuary is disingenuous. In fairness, the original purpose of stopping the wall from being built is STILL being upheld. Elon’s not building the wall there as far as I can tell. Just storing junk(that CAD should just scrap and sell since it’s abandoned on their lot). Heavy machinery is worth a lot…

Title is a bit misleading.

It’s not from US Bank(the specific company).

It’s from a US based bank, Providence.