I agree they feel different, in my opinion the difference between Bastard and the use of Fucking here is people usually use “Bastard” to punch down at others whereas people usually use “Fucking” as an attempt to punch up at an overwhelming force or entity.

In otherwords, it feels off for Trump to say “Fucking” because it comes off like somebody who has lost it trying to open a door and is now screaming at the door saying “Open this fucking door!” in a tantrum.

It doesn’t feel off for Trump to use “Bastard” because it is much more commonly used to assert power by punching down, the entire origin of the word being a label used to punch down at “illegitimate” children.

The established decorum doesn’t care about the President looking violent, it cares about the President looking weak by resorting to language “weak” powerless people use.

To the Trump mindset, weakness is guilt.

Palantir & Pals

Apparently soon after it became the neglected responsibility of adults to parent billionaires.

It isn’t like creepy rightwing ultrawealthy men with shadowy connections to pedophiles and other criminals own those companies they are uploading the photos to!

checks notes

Oh wait…

I trust Sam Altman less than I trust what random internet advertisements say.

FINALLY, I mean come on it is embarassing it took them this long, we were all waiting don’t tell me you weren’t.

I think a better solution is to ban techbros from giving serious economic or cultural advice and take computers away from business majors.

Sometimes when I think about watching porn I feel guilty and bad about myself and then other times I see somebody rejoice in the righteousness of banning porn and I think “This feels good! This is a good thing!” and I pump my fist in rhythm to the speaker as I masturbate to righteousness and self hatred, ah yes this feels deeper and more spiritual than just physically pleasuring myself! Here is our path forward, here is MY path forward :)

Everyone who was casually onboard with this because it felt righteous can fuck off.

These kinds of headlines don’t attract nor satisfy ADHD people any better than normal people, it is just lazy headline writing.

The amount of people who RFK has already murdered is intense but looking back RFK will be seen as one of the key figures of the final, utter collapse of the social safety net in the US. He is going to be responsible for tens of thousands of deaths if not hundreds of thousands. This is not hyperbole.

Hey but whatever, glad centrists shut down any prospect of progressive change in healthcare, I am sure we will just be able to move back to a moderate position after all this blows over and everything will work out!

Self hating losers

I hate loud motorcycles most of all

Yeah AI is an acceleration of

Fuck AI

There are so many levels to hell I haven’t even heard of.

No Kings!

Fuck AI

For real, in my opinion the failure of Google to curate a good playstore where you can find creators who recommend apps that you can trust, when it owns YOUTUBE which is where a lot of review content is posted for all kinds of topics, is stunning.

Fair enough, but for the record I am not just arbitrarily mad about this.

This is the fediverse.

We should be excited about the possibility of social media when it is employed in a kind way for adults and younger people.

How am I supposed to feel optimistic when even here people resort to kneejerk reductions about social media moral panics without engaging with the nuance?

Yeah it is frustrating, but you aren’t wrong. I am angry because I care.