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Cake day: December 26th, 2023

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  • I’m no George Bush fan, but in his defence:

    Point 1: the implication is the US are thinking about how the enemy will harm them

    Point 2: he is convinced the purpose of war is to establish peace

    Point 3: he probably meant "to catapult over the propaganda

    Point 4: ya dun fukt up

    Point 5: ya dun fukt up 2 George Bush Junioroo

    Point 6: (yes, i know it’s hypocritical) he’s right tho lol

    Point 7: heh heh











  • There are a lot of issues which people know nothing about, sure, but it would be nice to let people ignore issues they aren’t familiar enough.

    Though, if you were to present the question, it would be pertinent to let both sides weigh in. It would be good if people were presented both sides of the argument before voting on an issue and required a basic test to confirm they understand each sides point.

    Though my example for solitary confinement would be maybe too broad, perhaps there are possibilities for voting with gradations? Similar to how we can vote for someone who is somewhere in the middle of an issue.

    I’m an advocate for ending solitary confinement - completely, for any crime. The statistics show that it doesn’t deter violence, and breaks minds in a way where recovery is impossible for some.


  • Although politicians make laws on things about which they know nothing, so there’s that…

    I really wish there was a better way. I’ve thought about the idea of discarding representatives entirely.

    Imagine if people didn’t need to vote for people who were going to make choices for us, and we got to choose the outcomes of each point of tension.

    Example: if 60% of the population voted to end solitary confinement, then it gets passed immediately.

    This wouldn’t need to be done at a particular time either - we could submit our opinions via a government website, and update them at our convenience.

    Of course people will say that voting via internet isn’t secure, and it could be hacked, but I think utilising a block chain might actually prove useful for the first time ever.

    I’m sure there are flaws with this idea, but there are flaws with the way things are now.



  • "You know who else liked to clean up? Hitler; the physical manifestation of the archetypical monster inside all of us, bucko.

    Niche once said, am I’m paraphrasing here: when you stare into the monster, you’ll find the monster staring back at you.

    And that’s no joke, you could very well say that the monster is the metaphysical lobster who pops bendodiazapine’s like a three year old with a sugar addiction.

    And you know what happens then? You become the embodiment of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, and that’s you Elmo, you’re at least fifty years old, and you refuse to clean up your bedroom."