andrewrgross

so all I see is delicious irony. He’s been demonising doctors and medical professionals, he doesn’t get to complain now that nobody’s paying attention to them.

I get this viewpoint, but it reminds me of conversations I've seen about people bodyshaming Trump.

The same logic applies: he has definitely lost any ability to complain if someone ridicules his obvious physical shortcomings. BUT: that's not why we shouldn't ridicule his weight or terrible appearance or bad health (or supposed terrible smell).

We shouldn't do that because publicly mocking people's appearances and ascribing a moral failing to bad health perpetuates harmful social behaviors that are borne by everyone other than Trump who happen to be overweight, or disabled, or have terrible diets, etc.. If one suggests that he's worth less as a person because of his age or weight and so on, they're not actually doing anything to Trump. They're just communicating to anyone who sees those comments that they think it's appropriate to bully or discriminate against others based on these traits.

Bringing it back to RFK: we live in an era of a LOT of dangerous medical misinformation. We should not share that kind of misinformation against RFK, even if doing so is funny (and deserved), because ultimately we're still just adding more shit to the same pile of shit that we're mad at him for piling up. Does that make sense?

Also, that's a good point about RFK and Israel. I don't tend to pay attention to RFK, so I sometimes forget how absolutely dogshit his opinions are. I appreciate you reminding me. He's definitely the second worst.

Vaccines are safe and effective.

His previous parasitic infection is not a present day health concern. (He's an idiot, but by all accounts he was an idiot before, so we can't blame the worm for the shit he says.)

My point is that we should not promote unfounded suggestions about someone's cognitive health or promote unfounded speculation on the effect of a procedure or condition based on our preferred ideological beliefs. It's wrong when RFK does it. And it's wrong when the media does it to smear RFK. It's hypocritical and it's dangerous. "Follow the science" doesn't have a carve-out for when you want to smear people we disagree with.

I second this.

The problem is that investors are no longer tolerant of 'We made money, here is some money you get for doing nothing'.

They demand 'We made more money than last year! And not only did they money go up, it went up more than the last time it went up! And next year, we expect it to go up again, and go up faster than it went up this year! And go up more and faster each year until our product is the primary commodity of all people, at which point we'll create new life and make that our emerging market.'

Nothing is enough for these people.

That sounds great! Let us know how the next ones goes if you feel like it.

Sweet. What is your group's prior experience, and how'd it go?

I don't think the problem statement has been clearly articulated.

Have players complained about events which they felt were unfair and unjustified? Are you concerned that they're missing out on the background that would improve their enjoyment?

Jesus Christ.

I 100% get it. This twists my heart in a way that is unbearable. However we cannot flirt with the siren song of vengeance. It's a poisoned impulse. That whisper calling to dehumanize those who dehumanize is a devil that plays all sides, and when we listen to it it takes us away from the mission to protect life.

We need to save the children of Palestine. We need to bring PEACE and SECURITY to Gaza. Wishing for genocide against Israel is not only unproductive, it's deeply counterproductive and wrong. Channel your anger towards love of the vulnerable, NOT hate.

It may be too late to change what history says about the first four months of these atrocities, but tomorrow remains unwritten.

It's not too late to save millions of people. It's not too late to turn this into a moment when demands for peace finally won out, and a long overdue healing began.

We can't think like this is over, or hopeless.

Well, we don't tend to make condemnations of ourselves, and at this point it's Biden & Blinken's genocide as much as Bibi's.

Blinken is just awful. It's beyond words what we're doing over there.

God that is fucked up.