This is why I don't hype myself up over such stories.

There's always a rugpull.

Somehow I doubt they contributed much if the Syrian army just gave up and left.

It just occured to me that even if the Ukraine war ends with favorable conditions for NATO, Liberals can no longer be smug about it because it would mean handing Trump a win.

I'm very glad the election is over because I haven't seen any US politician's mug in weeks and it's been great.

It's like they all turned to dust.

It's been 2004 again all year, next up, 2005!

Blaming Russia for everything is just the shitlib version of the "International Jewish Conspiracy"

"I bet the Jews RUZZIANS did this!"

I am prepared to post "SLAVA UKRAINI!!!" in the comments of every single terror attack on Europe.

Once Discord inevitably goes the way of Reddit and Twitter, untold amounts of data and information will be lost to the aether.

I'm certain it will eventually destroy large swathes of modding communities, with most of the work lost.

It's a really dumb shitpost and we should honestly start deleting it.

Western society really giving that "at the brink of collapse" vibe lately. Despair is at an all-time high across the entire political spectrum for a multitude of reasons.

New hope just dropped:

Second pandemic distracts the West enough to pull out of their wars.

Ultimately, the sentiment isn't completely wrong. Using a different browser isn't going to save you from being tracked. Using one or multiple browser extensions isn't going to save you from being tracked. Using a VPN isn't even going to save you from being tracked.

Accounts are pretty much required to use most sites, and many also require connecting a phone number or other personal details. Privacy is actively discouraged, and attempting to pursue it leaves you with many hardships -- by design I would argue. You buy a product on one site, with no prior search history about it, and suddenly you start getting emails from unrelated sites about similar products. In capitalism, any information about your habits and interests also becomes a commodity. Why shouldn't people dismiss privacy in favor of convenience, in such a system? It seems futile to even try.

And if your government is determined to figure out who you are online, then it will. Don't make the mistake of thinking they don't know what you've been up to, here or otherwise.

I'm not changing any story. If you go back to the start of the discussion then you'll see that it's the same thing I keep trying to explain to you over and over throughout this thread.

Yeah reading through this thread I'm getting very strong contrarian debatebro vibes from _pi. Constantly deflecting the topic of discussion and going on irrelevant tangents.

I wouldn't engage any further, this is just a waste of time.

I fucking hope Biden is right considering what the alternative is.

At no point in the last 3 years of conflicts and wars have the neoliberals ever needed evidence to back up their claims. Their words are axioms, objective truths from the mouth of god, and you are a heathen for even daring to question them. Of course the same would apply to an election.

GRAPHS AND DATA DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS

Yeah well up until Russia stops being sane, like the gerontocratic West has. For example, by assassinating Putin and having someone far more extreme take power.

I don't think we're getting out of this one. This is the end of the line.

This clock is meaningless drivel.

We're really at 2 seconds before midnight if this was updated regularly and accurately.

Yes, and I'm tired of pretending we're not.

Russia could also end all this by nuking every last millimeter of Europe and eradicating all life on Earth, just like you've always wanted, genocider.