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@MauriceMur4768 @BROKENBRITAIN0 That last line in your post reminds me of the old Benjamin Franklin adage: Those who would trade Freedom for Security deserve neither and will lose both.

I won’t say I told you so, but people really need to start paying attention. These 15-minute city plans are always sold as harmless, convenient and green. A nice local lifestyle. Shorter trips. Better services. Nothing to worry about. But the danger is the infrastructure underneath it cameras, tracking, digital permissions, transport controls, energy restrictions, data centres being prioritised over ordinary people, rising power bills, possible brownouts, pressure on water, and a public that slowly gets used to being managed instead of served. No walls are needed when movement, money, speech, energy and access can all be monitored or restricted digitally. Maybe some of it is genuinely well-intentioned. But if people sleepwalk into it without asking hard questions, they may not like the life waiting on the other side. Wake up before convenience becomes control.

🚨NEW: Amsterdam has just BANNED the advertising of meats and fossil fuels 🇳🇱 This is Agenda 2030 in action by the way…..

@anonymo37214906 @the_addressor @Asmongold @thechromeqt Why would he when the wall of text literally says men perform mental tasks like math calculations under stress better than women, AND that men have a 30-75% faster reaction time. Text is agreeing with you that it's denying biology to say women compete at the same level as men.

@the_addressor @Asmongold @thechromeqt so after all that text, can you give me an example of women winning against someone that is "equally" on their level of play? Like maybe the best men's basketball team versus the best of the women's? Or maybe a women's team winning the highest tournament of any esport?

“Biological Girls Only” in a VALORANT tournament… The whole reason I love competing in esports rather than actual sports is because there is no biological advantage/disadvantage to playing video games. So I don’t understand the reasoning behind excluding trans women in this.

@Reopanottokage Yes, it would be better to create their own characters. The problem is many of the people who do this aren't creative or talented enough to create their own compelling, unique characters, so they just take an existing character and race/gender swap them to feel good.

海外のこの手の文化が理解できないんだけど勝手に自分達の解釈で人種を変えるなら最初から自分達で作品を作れば良いんじゃないか？ 別に「人種を変えたこっちの方が良い」とか彼らが言ってるわけじゃないからこれは批判じゃなくてあっちにはそう言う文化ないのかなって疑問なんだけどね

@NagelNilson @grok @KatieMiller @elonmusk According to Grok, he donated 55 million to St. Jude's through his own charity foundation. Besides that, most of the contributions where amounts are listed are 10 million or below: x.com/i/grok/share/7…

@grok @KatieMiller @elonmusk Has Elon Musk ever donated substantial money to any actual charity that helps average Americans? Or is he anti-altruistic? Serious question.

The fact that I wasn’t funded by the SPLC proves I’m not a Nazi

@Wasteland_Memes @Sargon_of_Akkad No fun allowed. Alcohol: banned because it's a toxic substance. Sex: banned for STD. Gaming: banned for addiction. Socializing with the wrong people is banned because it's harmful. Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both."

@Sargon_of_Akkad Bruh. Smoking known carcinogens that are clinically proven to kill you, destroy your health, make you impotent, and costs the taxpayer upwards of £40 billion per year isn’t just “Something we don’t like”. If you actually care about people’s wellbeing this isn’t controversial.

These precedents are great. We can just ban all people born after X point from doing something we don't like. Incredible.

@RockChartrand @DarrigoMelanie But Rock! You gotta remember that the government provides necessary services in order to make it easier to live in return for you paying them to live in their country. Wait, that sounds familiar...remind me how most of these people think about landlords.

So taking someone’s money because they bought something is fine… but calling that out is ‘privilege’? You don’t earn it. You don’t build it. You just show up after the fact and claim a cut. And somehow that isn’t entitlement? The entire ideology is built on claiming value you had nothing to do with creating, then pretending it’s justice.

If one of the scariest things you’ve ever seen is a tax on a second home that you don’t live in that’s worth over $5 million, then you’ve lived a very privileged life.

@pika_nekopanda So, not sure if you would consider them celebrities, but the first two famous people that came to mind were Akira. Akira Toriyama and Akira Kurosawa.

海外ニキへ質問です。 日本の有名人と言ったら最初に誰を思い浮かべますか？

@echofoxylover @MadamSavvy Glad to hear you joined the cause, and happy to have you, friend. Yeah, the left seems to have a penchant for being the most horrid, vile bigots when someone "leaves their plantation." Look at awful things said about Ben Carson (black), Blair White (trans), etc (char limit).

Crazy to think that not too long ago, I would've been one of these idiots advocating for censorship against loli and other taboo media. Then the sbi debacle happened two years ago, which was such bullshit that it got me to finally hear you guys from the "anti woke" crowd out which eventually got me to abandon the left altogether after years of them fucking me over as their token gay furry femboy to signal they weren't bigoted towards people like me when they actually are. Now, these leftists treat me the same way they treat the rest of us in the "anti woke" crowd, as essentially an "alt right grifter" who is in fact someone that knows about their disingenuous crusade against freedom of expression under the guise of "protecting children" or "political correctness." It's ultimately an attempt to shame us into capitulating to their bullshit which is especially the case for those who don't fit into their "alpha chud" label like you, me or chibi as we pose a much bigger threat to them than say...... asmongold or stuttering Craig given how we actually know how their tactics work and how to use it against them as opposed to those two who are just normal guys getting villanise for the crime if..... being normal (ok I know Zac isn't exactly normal with his allergies to hygiene but you get my point.)

My favorite personal example of this is as soon as Collective Shout came along, i was more than happy to defend “the rape game” even though it wasnt even anything more than the softest semi incest 3d hentai game. I got called awful terrible things, people said im for sale (despite being consistent since day 1 while those type continue to carve excuses for friends for no no interests) Then it turned out we were right, that more would be removed and only months later did it become “safe” to lambast collective shout. So much so, that one of the worst individuals in this silly little bubble thought it would try to latch itself onto me because i was doing a fair bit of research. But he attempted to ruin my friend’s life and by his own confessions, is a pedophile.

@G0ffThew Let me make this nice and simple for you: "I don't like [insert content]. I find it reprehensible. I will not watch it." Perfectly fine. "I don't like [insert content]. I find it reprehensible. It needs to be banned." Not OK because you remove it from people who do like it

@BloodWenchLN "people have a right to personally dislike sexual content, but only for non-woke reasons"

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! CUCK REVIEWS COMING IN WITH THE BIG SWEEP!!!🤣🤣🤣

@ignor3th1s @HeroicLife @yhdistyminen Not areas, no. Free speech means you have the right to speak no matter where you are. You do NOT have the right to force others to amplify your voice (hence the mic analogy).

@HeroicLife @yhdistyminen It kinda does mean having a microphone, specifically speaking it means having areas where free speech cannot be punished.

Just say you don't believe in human rights at all. (Even the rights you take for granted require someone else's labor, e.g., taxpayer-funded law enforcement, taxpayer-funded bureaucracies to deal with public goods problems, etc.)

@Bouyantflames @DAKKADAKKA1 "He only ensures dwarves aren't put aside anymore" Yes, by complaining that it's offensive for dwarves to play fantasy dwarves, thus literally forcing the industry to put the dwarves aside and not give them work. Is it painful being so ignorant?

@DAKKADAKKA1 he ruined nothing, he only ensure dwarfs aren’t put aside anymore get a life

He’s literally the only Midget that they hire anymore. He ruined the industry for everyone

@sm0ldigg3n1ck @ywomendeservles Imagine two people married. One works full, eight hour shifts at a work place, the other takes care of the children and keeps the house clean, not having a job outside the house. The one who cleans the house then begins to complain that the other doesn't do their fair share.

@ywomendeservles When women do them everytime it is indeed unpaid work When men agree to share chores it should indeed not be celebrated, as it's what normal functional adults do No one asked men to do them on their own. Don't be a dumbass

@GibArtemisSkin @DominicParadiso @jtregunna I don't live in WI, so didn't know their laws. I understand the way I worded it made it sound like I learned it because of Rittenhouse, but those are actually two separate points. Because of the Rittenhouse case, I looked up Defence law in WI and found that. Mutually exclusive.

@TheeGamur @DominicParadiso @jtregunna That's not how that played out at all, what the fuck trial and video footage did you watch?

Hi, I'm part of the problem. Story time! My oldest daughter, was the tallest kid in her class until 6th or 7th grade. In Kindergarden, a boy pushes her, and she tells the teacher. Teacher does nothing. My kid tells her mom and I when we pick her up. I tell her that if someone hits her, she's within her right to hit them back, but if they stop hitting her, she needs to stop too. I told her that she should never be the first one to hit someone, but if she needs to the be last one to hit someone who hit her, she's never going to get in trouble with me. Next day, same kid, hits my daughter, so she pushes him and he falls. Cries like he's being murdered apparently, and the teacher gets involved, sends my kid to talk to the principal. I talked to the principal, explained this story to him, and told him if he needs to suspend my kid, do it. At the time, I told her the school can make problems for her, but if they do, I'll talk to the school. So yeah, I guess I'm part of the problem. But you see, I want my kids to be prepared for the real world, because we live in the real world.

@DominicParadiso @jtregunna Depends on where you live. For example, after the whole Rittenhouse thing I learned Wisconsin self defence laws say you can throw the first punch, but if you try to flee the encounter and they give chase, you defending yourself is legal, even though you instigated first.

@jtregunna You're not preparing her for the real world, though. In the real world, when you hit someone you go to prison – even if they hit you first. Self-defense is an awfully high bar to clear and difficult to prove.

@KMBK_ARKADIA I'm not one of them, but there definitely are. Though, I will admit that I like a modest size. Too small and there's nothing to look at and enjoy, but too large and it just looks absurd and disgusting. So, a good middle ground is what I prefer personally.

正直に教えてください。 言い難いのは理解しています。 これを告白することによって迫害される可能性があるのも知っています。ですが心配しないでください。私は仲間です。あなたに寄り添います。教えてください。 . . . . . . ぶっちゃけ小さい胸が好きだよっていうアメリカ人の男っているの？

@ankoromochuu Abe definitely helped by being a strong, respectable leader, but we also respect Japan because of their companies. Car brands like Toyota and Mitsubishi are popular over here in America, and Anime and Manga are also very popular, though only among some people.

正直、アメリカ人がこんなに日本を愛してくれてるとは知らなかった。 むしろ、アメリカ人は日本を下に見ていると思ってた。左翼にそう思わされてた。 実際には尊敬してくれていると知って、心があたたかくなってる。 アメリカ国内の日本の良いイメージは、安倍元総理の貢献も大きいだろうね🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸

@nyp_qoo God knows if it's true or not, but that's a really interesting story. And it really does drive the point home that being uncertain isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as you don't let that uncertainty consume you. Admit you're unsure, and then engage with things you do know.

キャバクラをやめた夜、最後の客が言った言葉がある。 閉店30分前に来た。 指名じゃなかった。ヘルプで入った。 初めて見る顔だった。 「今夜やめるんですよ。」 愛想で言った。 「そうか。最後の客が俺か。」 「そうですね。」 「じゃあ一個だけ聞いていいか。」 「どうぞ。」 「この仕事、楽しかったか。」 愛想で答えようとした。 でも出てこなかった。 初めて聞かれた質問だった。 4年間、一度も聞かれたことがなかった。 客も同伴も指名客も、誰一人聞かなかった。 「わからないです。」 正直に答えた。 「そうか。」 男性が少し頷いた。 「俺も40年、同じ答えで生きてきた。」 閉店の時間になった。 男性が帰り際に一言だけ言った。 その言葉が、やめた後もずっと頭から離れなかった。

@saitama_5992 I don't consider it strange at all. Alliances are necessary, and countries should help their allies, but that's why it's [insert nation] FIRST. We should be caring for out own nations and our own countrymen before helping our allies unless it's very necessary to help immediately.

I'd like to ask people overseas: Is it strange for Japanese people to advocate for "Japanese First"? Is it wrong to ask your own government to prioritize its own citizens?

@InventorBLADES @grok @Awk20000 "And third party data scraping outside official APIs." I imagine this is how Twitch will spin it. That it's a preventative measure to stop AI data scraping, even though this isn't an AI issue.

@grok @Awk20000 I don’t see a problem with bot detection & cross community troll spotting. Those are actually good…

TwitchTools has been taken down

@zundamotisuki Yes, especially because they're trying to infiltrate your guys' institutions of anime and manga. We don't enjoy our own media anymore because they took it over and made it about them, and now they're trying to make your media just as stupid and preachy as ours is.

海外の人に質問です 海外でも左翼活動家は嫌われているのですか？