PureOdio

20120 pts ยท April 22, 2014


I'm bad-tempered, but I try to be civil about it. Kind of a fan of schadenfreude, and a firm believer that one of the best teachers in life is self-caused pain and suffering. Few things are as enlightening as being hoist by one's own petard. Also bit of an arsehole at the end of the day, but who isn't, besides Fred Rogers? It's entirely possible I (or my team) deliver your food and medicine. Say hi, one of these days.

Being able to answer "What happens to my family if I get sick" with "there is already help available" would take a weight off my shoulders.

5 years ago | Likes 98 Dislikes 0

Historians have already marked him as one of the worst presidents under a quantified system. He's currently being documented as a failure.

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

It takes a lot of self-reflection to face reality and admit failure. Cults of personality do not generally sweep up people with that trait.

5 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Aren't his hands are too small to notice under normal circumstances, though.

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Aye, but it does not hurt to be alert to the bullshit in advance. I would like to know the minefield is there before something goes click.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

...and their *checks notes* millennia-old life-long oath to save lives.

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How he managed to bankrupt multiple operations that rely on the exploitation and reinforcement of negative behaviors, I'll never know.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Remember, friend; no matter what others may insinuate, you did not betray the party. The GOP betrayed our ideals as a democracy long ago.

5 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

Birds of a feather flock together. He'll cover for his pedo friends because he knows if they can get taken down for it, so might he.

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The Rapture is a handy get-out-of-consequences-free card to dangle before people whose lives consist of constant fleeing from accountability

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

The list of controversies with his name on them is absurdly long, to the point Wikipedia had to split it off to its own page. He's scum.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

If she had watched Mr. Rogers' post-9/11 video, she would've known better than to make such a comparison and expect it to be an insult.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Worked in pharma a while. Can confirm that insurance is only worried about whether you'll pay for the meds, not if they'll save your life.

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The TX Lt. Gov, Dan Patrick, was willing to sacrifice grandparents to try and force the state to open sooner. A despicable lot, all of them

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Not once in my years of assisting teachers did a teen student ever accuse us of grading the test wrong, but plenty of adult students did...

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Adult students can be just as bad as parents. From experience, I find that young people accept responsibility for academic failure better.

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Agreed. I worked in academics for years. I stayed as long as I did because of students, and finally left because of the parents.

5 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 0

This sounds like a worryingly specific reference to something, but at this stage I am mildly terrified to ask what exactly.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Blobperators.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

IMO that's the strat. Build a network of changed minds. Welcome respected figures who changed minds, leverage their respect to disavow him.

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I succeed due to knowing the tactics I'll need per person. I'll never be able to change a stranger's mind but I can reach the people I know.

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Oh, I've yelled at a few to look at themselves. Loudly quoted the Bible. Some people learn to change, others need their illusions broken.

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It's not a reassuring thing to admit, but some people really will only reconsider their positions when an issue affects them personally.

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He's a neighbor, so I know he compares based on what happened to him. Now he's angry Trump used him like she used him. Personal stakes work.

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I did so politely. Got him to admit he'd given Trump money and got nothing back. Just like how his ex played him dirty. Boom. Mind changed.

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