Demosthenes @Demosthenes@qoto.org

@soup_reviews are you a bot? Or am I just blocked by an instance who's members are replying to you?

@freemo I don't feel like digging deep into this with only 4 hours of sleep. I did find a Times article that agrees with you that there were structural issues before, Trump was only the catalyst. You're probably right.
Also you didn't offend me, you're fine.

@freemo I've been wanting to ask you, with the Overton Window becoming ever-narrower, why are you so public with your political opinions? Don't you worry about how wrongthink could impact your career or legacy?
I'm not saying you're wrong, I just find it interesting. Most successful people seem to be extremely guarded.

@freemo by a trump appointee*

@freemo USPS's heels were cut a few months ago with a change in upper management by a Trump employee. Since then, USPS has been shitting the bed so as to make shipping companies look better.
We don't need a duopoly in shipping. There is a place for USPS.

@DinkaChica well if you'd stop talking to Dry Air Fresheners, you might find better conversation, lol

@redsteeze this is as it should be. To ruin the livelihood of your political opponents and back them into a corner would be a good way to trigger a vicious response.

@gasull if you're really craving something novel, I can post a pic of some empty soda cans and a used q tip

@brainwane @leonardr or Hawaii. Both are unexpected and funny to me, lol

@brainwane @leonardr the slaughterhouse

@leviathan making MDMA, are ya?

@terrancebrown@mastodon.social nothing truly defines you. Your avatar is merely a representation of that which you want to show other people, but you are a lot more than that.
For example, I'm not even a woman, but this avatar gets me more followers and it's funny, so I use it.

@cassi "there are moments where I feel like I'm under the influence of one, like getting so filled with energy and agitation I had to walk for blocks and was acting like a tweaker and saw everything through a haze" I've experienced this before and got diagnosed with a severe anxiety disorder. Got on mood stabilizers for a while to stop the cycle of depersonalization and panic attacks. Things are better now.
I don't know your life and won't make recommendations for you, but I don't regret getting help.

@stragu California?

@northernjamie I don't understand. What is mercedes supposed to do about the pandemic? They're a car company with employees just trying to make a living and get by, just like everyone else

@salt why not leave this up to the instances to decide?

@HermeowneBlue I've been suicidally depressed before. I couldn't imagine things being any better.
It's been 8 years since I've been depressed. It can get better. If you want to know how I got past it, let me know.

@dankmaximus but I don't want to think about a potential civil war or Cyberpunk 2077 IRL. I just want to remember when I pwned some noobs in halo

@tedu democracy in a country with something like the 2nd amendment runs on trust. If a large chunk of the percentage doesn't trust the system, then it leaves a power vacuum that someone can exploit to destabilize or overthrow the government.
If we want to keep the country together, we need to restructure the voting system to restore trust in it. This means removing voting machines, centralized management, etc. Each district should manage their own elections, and it should be so simple that even a layman can understand it.