There is something on the Moon: He³. If China can develop fusion energy, they’ll want regolith at scale.

Worried that I don’t have a “hear me out”, probably means I am one

Wasn’t long before they were also charged with destroying the black community.

Because one day if you’re the best little “pick me”, you can get treated kindly by the worst people in the world, and then get shitcanned as soon as your presence becomes politically inconvenient!

Probably the most on the nose example of that German idiom, “the devil shits on the biggest pile”.

They should really move the thinning of the barrier between worlds to late August, yeah

I know ownership is inherently a burden, but this is mad

Ah jeez, I almost got away with not explaining this one. Alright, you got me, here goes:

A guy sees a kid playing with a welder’s mask on sitting by the side of the road trying to hitch a ride. He picks him up and, gradually - as if testing the waters - starts asking increasingly sexual questions, like “do you know what a blowjob is, do you know what a pedophile is”, et cetera. If you’re telling this joke right, then by the time you get to the punchline the mood in the room is tense and grim, nobody’s laughing - right? It sounds like something terrible is about to occur. Then the kid opens up the welder’s mask and delivers the punchline I quoted above as if to say why is this idiot asking a dumb kid all these technical welding questions? It gets laughs, but mostly due to the relief everyone feels when it’s over.

It’s one of those jokes that kind of torments the audience, which is why it popped into my head when she posted “be nice, tell good jokes”. If you get the reference, it’s laughably out of place. Definitely not so funny it’s worth explaining, but since the reddit posts that explain it have all been deleted I decided to give the rundown for general posterity.

I can’t believe I’m saying this for some reason, but fuck Ronald McDonald.

That’s exactly the hard thing about satire these days, someone who would call themselves that in earnest is not beyond belief.

Satire can be hard because people approach an Einsteinian ridicule limit at which point they become indistinguishable from the most blatant satire about them… But I have to take a stance on this one, he hangs a hat on it - “one of those morons”. Come on!

If that post was sincere, I will eat my hat.

Listen, I wish you well but I have to disengage from this interaction. Good luck out there.

So are old people. Everyone’s people. The golden rule covers this. Are you going to condone violence just because violence was done to you?

Edit: I feel foolish for assuming good faith in retrospect. How utterly sad whether they are serious or trolling.

I hope you get to a better place mentally, this isn’t healthy.

That’s because we live in a complex world where multiple things can be true. Trauma can limit our ability to process this, in my experience. The old man was in the wrong, and he was a victim of violence. I’m not trying to fight you, I just think you might have limited objectivity because of your personal experiences.

When you say “it’s really fucked up that you’re not getting this”, you might be noticing the disconnect between your interpretation of events and the way people who aren’t viewing the situation through a lens of trauma might see it.

I’m sorry if it sounds like I’m using your history against you, those are just the cards I see on the table and just one possible interpretation.

They’d really love it if we could be dead and making money for them. They live in hope!

It is wrong to escalate quickly to violence against an ambiguous transgression, especially with someone older for whom a fall can easily be life threatening. The goal of a culture where a stranger doesn’t do that is a correct goal, and one we share - it is achieved by firmly but peacefully correcting the old man but using the incident as a teachable moment for the child. Explain to them what should have happened and why. It’s not too late for them to create a kinder, more respectful culture in time. I think going straight to violence is a misstep on that path, and making amends in the end was the right call.

Authoritarian followers do not introspect, and they compartmentalise their beliefs to sustain contradiction. They are quick to forget the insults and failures of the dear leader, who tends to be deep into dark triad territory and is knowingly exploiting their collective frailty.

… And the kid just says, “Look mister, I’m not a real welder.”