That’s missing quite a bit of nuance when it comes to these things. Cults and cult dynamics are an entire field of historical and anthropological study that deserves the respect of nuance. While I’ll be the first to call the Mormons cultists saying all religions are cults kinda misses the nuance of high control religion (cults) vs low control religion (Universalists for example) wherein you increase the threat of one while decreasing the threat of the other for no gain.

While you can hold the opinion that all religions use cult dynamics for control something which I agree with, without the nuance base you just come across as an ass. For example plenty of folks see the Seventh Day Adventists as being just another flavor of semi bog standard Christianity right up until you point out that at least some of them practice shunning, also they keep tight social control over their members. The nuance and explanation is what solidifies their threat to those unaware.

Fair enough, though them being stupid greedy bastards is also an element to the why in such a situation. Regardless Visa and MasterCard need to pushed out of the financial system and forcibly dissolved.

Also Mormons, though quite a few of them adopt which is confusing for me on a moral level. It’s bad when they breed but I also don’t want them propagating through conversion while also not wanting kids in the foster care system, due to their communities and general wealth on the better end Mormons are an improvement. Problem is Mormonism is still a demi-cult and they have a long and storied history of their members buying into pyramid schemes on the better end of cult dynamics or going batshit insane on the worse end.

IDK what my point is, I think I just wanted to bitch about Mormons again. Fuck Utah Mormons in particular as well. Also fuck Provo.

The hypothesis I’ve heard is that the zealots have deep enough ties to the Australian government to be pains in the ass for MasterCard and Visa. Though I can’t imagine Australia is a big enough demographic to really matter meaningfully, also if you are any type of international entity you should have Australia marked as fuck ass stupid place is the Idaho of the Anglosphere shitty government but with lots of decent folks about.

Honestly I’d happily propose gutting them for the shear fucking lack of humility alone. If you are going to be a right bastard at least know what you are, I hope I am granted the opportunity to watch them cry in confusion as their lungs fill with blood.

Don’t you dare dis my boy FISTO, he is a professional and deserves respect.

How is this designed worse than the hole in the wall I go to with the 30 year old menu design that’s been copied repeatedly like a bible scriptorium? This looks like shit, why is the border so thick? There’s like a full inch on either side also why is everything besides the text windows 98 lower resolution birthday card maker?

Can we push RFK Jr into the science machine? The science machine is a wood chipper.

Stirner is a memetic hazard but not in a cool SCP sorta way but in a “thank fuck Marx got big” sorta way. Imagine how annoying a Stirner version of a tankie would be.

No, they would not stoop so low as to join him.

Right now. Frankly speaking it wouldn’t take too much effort to basically make folks specifically businesses pay federal taxes through the state. Create a free tax system for individual citizens and put a 25% tax on businesses that don’t use it, then it’s just a matter of fucking with IRS agents until they give up.

Nah ageism has its place when it’s towards a government that better resembles a fucking retirement home than anything else. Also religious bigotry against Mormons and Seventh Day Adventist is always welcome.

IDK dragging a fascist to the middle of the woods and sacrificing them on an old oak seems… satisfying. Really the hard part at that point is getting the rope around their knees and the spear through their chest at a decent rate.

So I don’t know jack about shit when it comes to nuclear materials since most of my interest is in nuclear safety equipment, weapons, and nuclear powered shit but what’s the most radioactive unrefined material? I know Uranium can fuck you up while mining but that’s due to gasses if memory serves right, the reason I ask is because of irony.

As an autistic bastard I just think it’s shit, though I will say that I do partake in the guilty pleasure of Two Scuffed and DougDoug. But I wouldn’t feel particularly bad if every bit of generative AI spontaneously corrupted and could never be replicated, generally feels like a money sink for dipshit corporations at this point.

…WHY? I feel like there are far more products you could nab that are easier to offload and you don’t have to worry about a fad dying. Wait quick buck coasts them nothing, need to stop applying business logic to petty criminals and corporations.

Hey remember those bear proof trash cans that turned out to be tourist proof as well? How long do you think it’d take Trump et al to open one?

As someone who has felt true starvation I can assure you that folks would sooner but her the circus for food than enjoy it’s entertainment.

Bread and circus’s is often times derided but it was exactly why Rome was so successful. Under all the glory, triumph, and corruption the Roman elite knew damned well what happened when the commoners went hungry and they didn’t wanted another Gracchi Brothers incident. Shame for us the modern milksop oligarchy forgot the damned bread.

My ancestor sniped federal officials in the 1800s by just waiting for them to be between two towns. I can assure you unless it was the army you didn’t need friends, helped for sure but it wasn’t a necessity.