I have the urge to just continuously quote Gibbon at Shapiro, about how Judeo-Christian values undermined the Roman empire out of spite.

Oh, yeah, this is a democracy. But your vote doesn't mater for most issues. You have to have genocide and war mongering, no sufficient action on climate change, etc. Your vote is only deciding between Republicans and polite Republicans. You stupid child, how dare you think your vote should have input in terms of what the government does.

And gun turrets on the walls. If they don't think the existence of Gaza itself was a great injustice the Israelis perpetrated on Palestinians, they can't object to this.

Humble servant of the people.

Though I should say, though those same things could apply to pant suits, ties are usually more important for more male/masculine presenting people. "Traditionally", women don't wear ties much.

If you are trying to dress fancy, wearing the same outfit with a tie will be perceived as more fancy/professional, and slightly more casual without. I would say maybe get only one or two for weddings, funerals, etc. if you aren't in a job requiring you to dress professionally every day.

Also, don't buy new. Ties are one of those things were thrift shops always have an overabundance of. So you can usually find one or two that look good fairly cheaply there.

It'd be great if all the ethnic white neighborhoods in Chicago were named this way. "Don't cross over into Potato Zone, unless you want to get in a fight with a drunken Mick", "I hate Pirogi Zone, not a single lightbulb screwed in correctly", "All the stores in Paella Zone close for a two hour siesta, it is extremely inconvenient", etc.

Did the C 2024 standard include a specific ChatGPT specification? Seems like an easy opening for unspecified behavior.

Hi Tummyache, I am Dad.

He is still relitigating the 2020 primaries, just like the Bernie bros. True horseshoe theory.

We might actually get a president more demented and incoherent than either Biden or Reagan. I love imperial decline. It's amazing the US tried to own the USSR over their measly and pathetic attempts at gerontocracy.

Well, as a depressed alcoholic, I am pretty sure it is established canon that Kim would be my friend. Yayyy!

TBF, it is always stupid to give up your nukes.

Same, one depressing but also funny part of going to STEM exclusive job fairs is that I have a lot of swag from military and weapons contractors I try to use ironically.

I see the potential. We should definitely have the smoking... Racoon? as an emoji.

It's the Post, and this one instance is more bad than normal.

This you?

Well, not surprising. Her entire strategy for the last few weeks is pretending she's a Republican.

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2010-02-25

I think you just have a problem with new atheists. If I remember things correctly, the original meaning of the prefix of "new" came from not being socialist and left-wing, but still being atheists. Since, traditionally atheism was associated with the left-wing (e.g. godless communists, godless socialists, etc.).

I do identify as an atheist, but always found myself hating the reddit/new atheists very highly. Obviously due to Islamophobia, but also because I had a lot of experience with what in my opinion were "good Christians" even if I still didn't believe in God. The most devout people I knew were my grandparents and a high school teacher. The grandparents were Lutherans and despite otherwise being white liberals, they did actually take their beliefs seriously enough that their reaction to MLK was "this guy is correct, all people are created equal and segregation and racism is wrong", and the activists that they met in the Civil Rights marches led them to follow it up by being in favor of activism for LGBTQ rights and for AIDs support during the 80s. And my high school Chemistry teacher became a teacher after being fired for heresy as a pastor. If I remember correctly, the last straw was officiating a gay marriage right after California started allowing gay marriage in the early 2000s. He believed that God giving humans sovereignty over the earth still meant that we had to take care of God's creation, so all true Christians should be radical environmentalists and firmly in favor of animal rights. He also believed that Christianity is anti-capitalist since they shouldn't strive for wealth, should make sure that everyone is looked after, and several parts of the New Testament call for a form of asceticism instead of indulging in luxury.

This doesn't in any way prove God exists and again, there are material reasons for religious belief and expression. Just that I do think that the "Reddit Atheist" deeply misunderstands religion and gives atheism a bad name.