That said, there are definitely Republicans here. They come out of the woodwork when the topic of government waste is brought up.

The thing people are thinking about when deciding not to have children for climate reasons is climate change on a human timescale, not a geological/astronomical one. There is a very real chance that children born today will live through a wildly different climate than their parents did.

As far as evolution goes, there are plenty of species that will not breed or even eat their young when circumstances are not good enough to raise them. It's not that out-there for people to put off or avoid having children due to environmental stressors like climate change. We, as humans, can just rationalize and understand it over a longer time period than, say, a Spotted Hyena.

It's not self-hosted, they are going to have to make money at some point to support the effort.

Oil is mainly carbon, the carbon isn't destroyed by burning it. It just changes form. But now it's in the atmosphere instead of inside the earth. That's still a problem.

I've got kind of messed up hands, but not enough that you'd look at me and say "that guy should get special treatment". From the comments here, there are others like me who similarly hated hand-written tests due to the physical pain of hand writing.

Is this the type of voter fraud that the SAVE act would prevent?

And where did your "hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes" number come from? You jumped from "some Pakistanis" (the article lists possibly 2 to 3...) to "thousands of homeless" to "hundreds of thousands in large cities"

30 years was the MINIMUM sentence given to this group. The MAXIMUM sentence given to J6 rioters was 22 years. Are you honestly still trying to conflate the two?

Most countries only allow citizens to vote. By your logic, they should let anyone vote, because what's the difference between a citizen and a foreigner when it comes to elections?

In my opinion, AI video/voice generation is being used to scam and manipulate people en masse, without a compelling, good use case besides generating more (slop) content.

Why does being assassinated mean they should be posthumously honored?

He farmed clips from uneducated impromptu college debaters to push a narrative that included "some gun deaths are worth it" and that women and minorities are often selected only for DEI reasons and you should worry if they are your doctor or pilot. He was not a nice or honorable person, regardless of the situation in which he was killed.

I don't endorse or support the assassination of Kirk (I assume you will jump to that conclusion based on how you read Kimmel and Dowd's comments), but we have to be real... he wasn't honorable, and the "free speech" and "encouraging debate" aspect of his career was mostly for YouTube views and political gain, not an actual conversation to improve mutual understanding.

Rick is one of the most prolific pro-Trump accounts on this site. He's jumped through so many hoops to excuse or ignore or what-about Trump's actions, there is no doubt in my mind he is a Trump voter, and would likely vote for him for a third term if possible. Just look at this current thread to see how often he minimizes the rampant abuse of power by Trump because he "moves the ball forward on conservative policy".

Do not let his acknowledgement of Trump's issues fool you. He is 100% onboard with what is happening in the current admin.

No idea how accurate they are, but here are some articles on this exact thing:

- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go

- https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-lie-cheat-steal-protec...