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    10 months ago

    The optimist in me hopes you’re right, the pessimist in me is considering buying a gun, and the realist in me is practicing baseball bat-fu in a bathrobe when I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about it.

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      10 months ago

      I’m hoping I’m right, too. The thing is, it’s all very much up in the air. The Democrats are doing their usual plan of depressing their own youth vote by talking down to the youth and acting like any critique of Democratic policies means you must be voting for Republicans instead. It’s gross, rude, and not very productive with the youth, who are largely on their side.

      Mutual Aid networks is what you should be getting involved with. We don’t have the skills for combat, we have other skills. All kinds of skills are needed in a civil war style situation, give your real valuable skills where they are worth something.

      Also I prefer a high powered flashlight that can blind an assailant. Light is faster than bullets and only hurts those who look directly at it.

      EDIT: Also, extinction bursts in children are easier to control because they’re fucking children. These are organized adults with the temperament of children. Their extinction burst might not fail.

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        Back down the high lumen flash light rabbit hole I go

        Edit: sheesh these things are bright; I think I can see the bottom

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        Idk I have an adolescent puppy that’s been reading Fetcher in the Rye lately, their search history has large gaps, even though he never puts the phone down, just seems like a liability to even have one in the house.