Enkrod

I mean… Marvel has clearly shown that in their world mutations just unlock some sort of magic. None of the X-Men powers make any sense in a world where conservation of mass / energy is a thing, the only possible explanation is that those genes unlock magic potential, so it’s not breaking internal logic, that a specific mutation unlocked some kind of anger-magic in Dr. Banner.

I need to share this with someone: Minecraft Style hit me right when I was playing Feed The Beast Modded Minecraft with my Girlfriend years ago and I am still in awe.

Be MORE disappointed please.

Arrest for what?

When it comes to shit-lists, he’s always right there at the top.

She’s only a net +1; 2 bad ammendments, 3 (relatively) good ammandments.

She’s the worst among the “Champs”. And if you read her profile… oh boy… and what she’s done in parliament since 2025… she’s a shit person all around. A Charlie Kirk fangirl.

My Ex used to sleep wearing only an old shirt of mine. She’s tiny, I’m huge, she wore it like a nightgown, one shoulder showing, hanging down to her knees.

And I loved her for it.

I feel so very conflicted

Volt are part of the Greens/EFA group. He is the highest ranking German parliamentarian on the “Privacy Champs” list.

Only German parties on the Privacy Champs side are:

Near the top
1x Volt

Lower middle
1x SPD

Near the bottom
2x Die PARTEI
1x AfD

To be fair: I was very much afraid he might get elected sgain.

That’s a top voting recommendation right there. Someone is afraid of her.

That’s it, VOLT just has earned my vote on the european level. I liked them before, but what Damian does in parliament needs my support and will get it.

Well thank you for telling us what your values are. Makes so many things so much easier to do.

EvergreenGuru also blames a rape victim for “going into a parking lot at night”, they’re just an overall awful package.

Even if we disagree about restricting eligibility, can we at least agree that improving civic knowledge is essential to a functioning democracy?

I can agree that a good measure of civic knowledge in the populace is absolutely a prerequisite. Now the question is does every voter need that? There my answer would be no. But should every citizen have been taught enough about civics in school to ensure at least a minimum breadth of civics knowledge in the populace? Yes.

I also think that a society needs a metaphorical buy-in from the populace. A populace that doesn’t feel they get to vote, demonizes the system that excludes them. We can see where that leads to in America, a low-trust society, where people do not trust the state, where the bureaucracy is seen as an enemy, oppressor, an occupying force. Removing the vote may guarantee a better result short term, but long term you’re just alienating a not inconsequential amount of the populace, creating a two-class society where the oppressed class will do anything in their power to hurt the system. And the US is already mostly there, because the people do not feel represented. I’d argue that many of the wrongs you’d want to correct with this are directly or indirectly caused by a lack of feeling to belong.

I am very much convinced that your solution is easier to implement in the rapidly autocratizing US. But I’m also convinced that my solution of more democracy would create a better, healthier, happier society. The most democratic countries in the world, are also the best educated and the happiest. https://www.v-dem.net/documents/75/V-Dem_Institute_Democracy_Report_2026_lowres.pdf

The system in the US is broken and you cannot fix it, by breaking it more, it has to be overhauled completely into something that guarantees representation, civic participation and engagement. And those three things would absolutely drop even lower the higher the hurdles for the smallest measure of representation, participation and engagement are.

Seagulls stop it now!

My Stick!

Quite the Vaushite take.

I think the problems of american politics isn’t because it’s too democratic, rather I think it’s that the US is:

1. not a liberal democracy anymore
2. stuck with a voting system that forces a two-party system and doesn’t allow for proportional representation
3. electing the president directly instead of forming a multi-party coalition government that then elects the president
4. allowing money to influence politics way too much
5. running an education system barely worth its name

In short, the problem is not too much, but too little lived democracy. Allow the uniparty to fracture and the populace would be better able to pick and choose what they support.

+1 to identifying Sabine Hossenfelder as a grifter. She’s the worst.

Privately I use the F-Droid Version of Voyager on my phone. At work I’m committing time fraud via the browser.

I was so sure this was an onion…