JustHereForFood

I keep seeing the keys mentioned in this context, but I would be too afraid I drop them and then I wouldn't be able to get into my flat plus worry about who has them now. I carry a pepper spray and a lot of pent-up rage, hopefully that might be of some use if it ever comes to that.

I fucking hate Trump. Hate hate hate that cowardly, self-centered, Putin's bootlicker. And everyone who voted for him or decided to throw away their vote. My list of people I actively wish death on used to be reserved for people like Putin and Kadyrov or 100%-confirmed serial rapists like Weinstein or Cosby, but he and Musk managed to get places there of their own. They are no better than the rest. I should probably take a break from this thread for a while to not get myself banned because there is so much more I would like to say but not much of it remains polite.

I usually donate through my country's own platforms, but these are the sites that I know of for international donations: https://u24.gov.ua/ https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Zelensky is 1000 times the president Trump will ever be.

There's the other topic for cheer-me-up songs, but I'm not exactly one to go for those. When I'm miserable, I need to indulge in it. Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory and Meteora) is helping me stay sane these days.

Bringing this one back for... no particular reason whatsoever. It's crazy, looking back at 20-fucking-23 in nostalgia. 🤮

This used to be a huge hit on another website I used to visit for US news and politics. Apologies if it has already been posted here, I still have about 20 pages to catch up on.

I'm a liberal (but in Anglo-American internet spaces I try to make sure everyone knows I'm definitely not a leftist), but I will take a decent conservative person who doesn't tell other people what to do with their lives and who believes in values like democracy, freedom and civility over a progressive person who says things like borders, armies or police should not exist and is more concerned about policing other people's vocabulary on the internet than voting for decent politicians that only promise 75% of what they need instead of 100%. Yes, I know I speak about extremes here, but I think one of the reasons we (and I mean most of the world) are where we are right now is the intense polarization that has been happening over the last decade and people pushing things to the absolutes instead of being willing to meet in the middle.

Trump spoke with Putler, said the call was the greatest one ever, blah, blah, he is on a path to make a peace deal, greatest of peace deals ever (translation: make Ukraine surrender) and we will all be grateful to him for solving yet another crisis, just like he will solve the war in Middle East (I hope everyone who could vote and refused to because of that war just that loves his plan, they might as well since they contributed to it), never mind that he's planning to keep Ukraine and Europe out of the talks. The next thing the russian terrorists do is crash a drone to the sarcophagus at Chornobyl that prevents the radiation from leaking out. That is their way to show their "peaceful intentions".

People warning the person in power about foreign governments that 1000% mean your country harm are not hawks. Governments that imprison and torture their own citizens without blinking an eye are not your friends.

Looks like history's gonna repeat itself.

He doesn't consider us allies.

Can somebody from Ye's immediate family please get him to see a psychiatrist or at the very least take his phone away from him for good?

I am not disputing any of the things that Americans hate him for, but from an international perspective, he did a lot of good work to take down USSR and end the Cold war. We are lacking the global leaders like him today who would not be afraid to put terrorists like Putin in their place. He must be turning in his grave seeing what Trump did to the Republican reputation by being a bootlicker for Putler and other dictators.

Social media challenges that are not only stupid, but actually dangerous (ok, to be fair, I complain about the stupid ones too if I become aware of them, but this is special). Apparently there is some new tiktok challenge for kids to eat as much paracetamol as they can without getting sick enough to be hospitalized. We can all see the obvious problem with the second part, right? If it was just about adults, I would probably write it off with some snarky comment about darwinism at work, but it's tricky when it comes to children - they are still developing their critical thinking skills and should be allowed to be stupid on the internet to some degree without actually risking their lives. I don't even know who to blame at this point - parents, teachers, legislation, social media in general? The restrictions for social media access for children that everyone keeps talking about can't come soon enough, IMO.

It's a pain in the ass for all surrounding countries.