FYI, ddg initially used Google, and FYI, you’ll get slightly different results because it’s more complicated than that

But none of that was the point I was trying to make. I’m referencing the quality of Bing from a few years ago

You’re projecting competence on people who never meet the moment

They’re not going to fix healthcare in January. They’re not even going start a fight over it. By January, open enrollment will be over, and the fight will already be lost

If they had just waited until Thanksgiving, they could have gotten anything they wanted. There would have been consequences, and the blame would be squarely on Trump

Now? This was all for nothing. Maybe Republicans gave up some ground on the off cycle elections… But all of this was to force a negotiation

Then, days after getting a seat at the table, they immediately fold. Hell, reopening everything until January might have been the opening offer

Uh… There are open source search engines. They’re about on par with ddg or qwant, nowhere near even Bing from a few years ago

I think that’s a really good point. Strong property rights is a better way to put it, I’m going to add that from now on

But the reason why I’m splitting hairs is because we’re at the point where they’re trying to privatize the FAA. In fact, they partially have under Trump 1, which is why the planes are breaking - we let airline companies inspect themselves

And it’s not because Republicans believe in capitalism

The problem we have isn’t some belief system, it’s just naked corruption

I think I’m making an important point here.

It’s really important that we stop pretending that these people believe their bullshit. The difference between liberals and the neo-liberals we have now isn’t more belief in capitalism, it’s that they’ve been bribed directly and indirectly

If you say they believe in capitalism, you’re giving ground. There’s an implication that they believe their actions will lead to better outcomes… But they so obviously don’t

Liberals don’t believe in capitalism… No one does. It’s descriptive, not prescriptive

Liberals believe in rules. That you can tweak the rules and eventually you’ll end up with a perfect system of government

Obviously that doesn’t work, but a true liberal is a midwit with good intentions. I’d take that all day right now

The crazy thing is, most narcissists would be kneeling down next to him, screaming for help and going “it’s going to be ok buddy, I’ve got you”. It’s such an easy moment to take control of

His brain is just cooked. He’s grumpy because he got woken up and it’s not time for him to talk. He looks pissed

You’re also putting money in Google’s pocket… They’ve been caught doing things like this to cheese their metrics

Once a customer burns through their ad buy and sees they got a ton of clicks, they’re going to think “oh shit, this worked great”. Even under closer inspection, it looks like the ad worked, but that they’re failing to make the sales

So they’re probably going to buy more

This idea only works by helping inflate the advertising bubble, until it pops you’re just supporting ad services

Sorts of, if you take it out of context

IIRC, it was more about a guy refusing to sleep with his dead brothers wife (now his) and very situational. So he’s getting told off for not sleeping with his obligatory wife, and the quote is something along the lines of it would be better for you to spill your seed in the belly of a whore than spill it on the ground

It wasn’t even about masturbation really, that was just a slick line

Oh, don’t forget the time where they made it illegal for stocks to go down

It’s a good strategy because you have to push where they’re weak. Where they have no response

They don’t have a reasonable sounding excuse, and most of the country wants the files released. Every time it gets brought up, they look both weak and guilty

A lot of MAGA just wants to be on the winning team. It’s stupid, but making them look weak chips at their base

Ah, I see, you are stuck on a pizza of ignorance. You must return to Sandwich

You must stack another pizza upside down upon your understanding

Acknowledge the pizza for what it is, a half sandwich. And how could a half sandwich ever turn into a whole sandwich?

Yes, but not spiritually

Teflon doesn’t react with basically anything. It won’t stick to anything but itself, which makes manufacturing difficult, initially we could only make pure Teflon pieces

Every other kind of PFAS is super toxic. Some part of the molecule is reactive, usually very reactive so it sticks to things, and the rest won’t react to anything. That causes nasty problems in biology

Teflon itself isn’t that much of a problem because even if it’s around forever, it doesn’t react with anything… The byproducts of working with it are what are poisoning people and causing all the problems

Anything coated in Teflon are going to have the nasty shit under the Teflon so I’d generally avoid it, but the real take away is that chemical companies are just dumping this shit into water sources knowing it causes super cancer

No, that’s the opposite

You can season nearly anything with oil. Except aluminum, which needs a Teflon coating or it gets nasty very fast. Except Teflon is non reactive to nearly everything

Except pfas. You can dissolve Teflon in pfas and spray it onto aluminum

I know, it must be terrifying to have the truth of the world laid out for you so plainly. Terror is a calzone, by the way

Get your binary food logic out of here

Sandwich is something between two similar things

Taco is a thing wrapped around another

Pizza is a thing on top of another

Calzone is when one thing is fully encased in another

Kirk was a grifter, he didn’t believe in shit. Neither does his wife, who live tweeted her grieving process and immediately set her sights on JD Vance to move up in the world

He died to what he stood for - political violence

His kids don’t deserve any of this, but my compassion is busy with kids who are being held at gunpoint or missing meals

This is a settled debate. Hot dogs are tacos

The FBI came out and said it before they were pressured to walk it back… He got nicked by a piece of shrapnel from the podium

Head wounds bleed a lot, old people skin is super thin, he basically got a scratch

Alternatively, Jesus is holding him still, anticipating getting shot in the hand to make sure it doesn’t miss