OpenStars

"No worries, just let herd immunity do it's (sic) thang." - the guy in the red shirt behind the scientist in lab coat

Sounds like the perfect beach-adapted body to me! :-P Especially if it comes with gills to replace a scuba suit?

Upvoting. Or, accusing people of accusing people of pigeonholing/stereotyping people according to an aspect they have zero control!

(Wow a lot of downvoters here but fwiw I at least upvoted you.)

You bring up a FASCINATING tangent: is there a minimum level of agency required for someone to be "wrong"? Like if ChatGPT were to say something that represent racist trolling language, is it racist, or is it merely incorrectly trained? (and if it is a racist troll, then why is it not banned entirely from places like Reddit, Facebook, Tumblr, Threads, X, and the Fediverse? humans that do precisely that have that happen to them - why is it treated with "kid gloves"?)

Moreover, if someone steps up to become a leader, do we hold them to a higher standard? e.g. even though Trump can barely pass a test to determine if he is mentally incapable, do we hold his actions (such as assassination, invasion of another country like Russia is doing, etc.) against him? Do these standards vary according to the level of leadership, e.g. what if someone is not running to be a President, but they do vote to remove access to medical care for pregnant mothers - does the person bear any responsibility whatsoever for their actions in that case, if they "merely voted", the way that their cough cough evangelical christian cough pastors told them to?

Another source of bias is a personal relationship - is someone wrong, or conversely not wrong, even if they are your mother or father?

I think the Western world is under attack, and we have some difficult decisions ahead of us. People people are literally dying, and we are in this trolly staring at the lever. Whatever the attacker does is on them, but whatever we do in response is on us. imho. But if I say that, then isn't it likewise on them, those people who vote in the other way than I think is correct?

Wow, a representative democracy - I have heard those words before but I struggle to even so much as begin to understand what it might be like in such a place. For instance, I presume you have socialized healthcare? (It's a good bet b/c the only 2 first-world countries that do not are the USA and Saudia Arabia iirc:-P)

NO - you would need a power level to be over 9000 for that.

This is half that. So you have only half control of the Universe. Like, you have to submit a request to your boss to use your power to do anything, but then he/she gets to either accept or deny your request. Requests must be submitted in triplicate and accompanied by a notary public cosignee signature. Other terms & conditions apply. Also, Huffman has veto power, and your requests may be lost or ignored at any time - but if YOU ever lose or ignore a reply in turn, then you are banned.

Yet one more reason to say: Viva la revolución!

Crispr, I am just saying... (as the meme suggests, this is all totally fine, certainly no issues foreseen here, especially if I squeeze my eyes shut really tight!:-P)

Plot twist: both sides are fascists.

But not equally.

It sure would be a shame if something were to... happen to him, capiche?

we’re all going to act like that didn’t happen

I feel the need to correct you in one matter: we (The People) are doing something about it! Why, Trump has been on the campaign trail for months now, saying how we should fix this very problem!

I am talking about allowing people to murder journalists and tattletales, ofc, what did you think I meant? We aren't "America" if we don't allow (checks notes) ~~Freedom~~ Murder of the Press, apparently. (Jon Stewart's recent take on the matter)

Username does check out! :-P

Just wait'll the fascists take control in the next election, and it may become so here! (this statement works regardless of country or year or even party affiliation, unfortunately, but people are people)