Mediocrates

Yeah... we pay income tax, sales tax, gas tax, alcohol tax, and then when we die, estate tax, vehicle registration fees. That should cover it. Properties purchased with post-tax income, then paying tons of money in interest over decades (which the government gets money from via taxing the bank that holds the mortgage)... the government already takes WAY too much money. Fund those services with taxes already collected and stop wasting hundreds of billions per year.

Is there a fucking road in front of your house? Does your house have plumbing that leaves your property? Do you want the fire department to show up if it’s on fire? These fucking idiots man

@BTCBreadMan Just tell him cloth seats are his only option. A 16 year old has no need for luxury period, especially not in a car

Took my 16 year old to look at cars today. At first he loved the Toyota Camry we looked at, but when he saw the seats were cloth he hard vetoed it. They have another one with leather seats, but it’s an XLE and costs $5k more. How can I change his mind so I can save some money?

@DrMoragKerr @ABmrJutt I am as well. But politically... if we can get to 0 abortions outside of the "Reagan exceptions", that's a huge W.

@mediocrates_1 @ABmrJutt There are a *lot* of women who aren't willing to make the accusation of rape even if that's what it was. I am viscerally resistant to the implication that a child conceived by consensual incest is less worthy of life than any other.

A 12-year-old can't sign a lease, buy a phone, or get a tattoo. But she can be forced to give birth? Meanwhile, the 30-year-old who got her pregnant walks free. This isn't pro-life. It's pro-predator.

@MasterMaliq Jesus is God.

Christians insist they worship God, but everything points to Jesus. Is Christianity about God, or about Jesus?🤔

@Padreespartano Sad for them

Una pareja está siendo criticada en las redes sociales por decir que han decidido no tener hijos para viajar cuanto quieran. «Los niños son muy caros; nosotros preferimos llevar una vida sin preocupaciones.» ¿Que opinas de estas declaraciones?

@hell_line0 Indeed.

“Don’t have sex if you’re not ready for a baby.” okay...Cool. Then don’t have sex with someone who might get pregnant if you’re not ready for child support. that's Equality, right?

@ABmrJutt Not force pregnancy. We are talking about the cases where pregnancy was already chosen via action. That's just responsibility and recognizing that actions have consequences

You can’t force someone to donate blood to save a life. You can’t force someone to donate a kidney to save a life. But you want to force pregnancy? That’s not pro-life. That’s ownership.

@KelemenCari Eliminating income tax because it would drive more economic growth and put more money back in the pockets of more people

Which would have a greater impact for the better? Eliminating the Income Tax? Or eliminating the Property Tax? Love to know your reasoning.

@Pricernot In principal yes. In reality, not really.

Homens respondam com sinceridade: Vcs se incomodam de um Homem trans usar o banheiro Masculino? (sou um homem trans)

@MbarkCherguia Civilization

Anyone have an answer?

No. It's more that I think abortion is wrong, period, but believe it should he permissible in certain rare instances. In the case of incest, the woman might not be willing to actually make the accusation of rape, even if that's what it was. If we can grant these rare edge cases and remove them justifying mass abortions of convenience, I think that's a win.

@mediocrates_1 @ABmrJutt What I am saying is that it starts to sound as if a baby conceived by consensual incest ought to be "got rid of". I think that's a horrible position to take.

@2025DJT2025 Yes. Sign me up, I will complete the challenge.

For $3.7 million dollars… could you stay at a resort in paradise by yourself for 58 days… with no internet or phone?? The last person who tried this challenge, only lasted 20 days… would you be able to do it??

@DrMoragKerr @ABmrJutt This is just because legal definitions get fuzzy and there's often a lot of coercion type dynamics in those situations. It *is* rape imo, but it might not always pass the bar for the legal definition of rape. That's all I am saying.

@mediocrates_1 @ABmrJutt I am unclear whether a pregnancy as a result of consensual incest is any more "worthy" of termination than any other pregnancy resulting from consensual sex. Your wording makes it sound as if incest is something separate from rape, not actually rape.

@jacksonhinklle First off, it isn't. Secondly, most of its success is due to adopting capitalist principals strategically.

🇨🇳 If Communism doesn't work, then WHY is China the MOST advanced country on Earth?

@GordonGChang The US does not need India and India has not treated us well.

For India to be a good friend to America, America must be a good friend to India. It’s time for us to work together. 🇮🇳🇺🇸

@NalinisKitchen Your engineers should not have to rely on the US economy to find jobs. The point of the H-1B was always to fill temporary gaps for high-skill employment, not to replace junior and mid-level US laborers.

US just dropped a bomb on lakhs of Indian dreams. A new bill has been proposed. In this bill, Republicans are suggesting a pause on H1B visas for 3 years. They also want to reduce the number of visas from 65,000 to 25,000 and remove benefits like bringing family, doing OPT, and even the chance to get a green card. They are also planning to stop companies from hiring through third parties. One major change in the bill is increasing the minimum salary to $200,000. This means a company can only hire a foreign worker if they are ready to pay at least this amount every year. Right now, many H1B workers earn much less than that. If this rule is applied, only very high paying and senior level jobs will qualify. Freshers and mid level workers will find it very difficult to get these visas because companies usually do not offer such high salaries to them. So this is not just about visas. It could make it much harder for many Indian IT workers to go to the US. India needs to take this seriously. Our engineers should not have to depend on luck or a lottery system to build their careers. We should focus more on creating strong opportunities in India so people can grow here. Because if one day the US completely shuts that door, we should already have our own doors open.

@DrMoragKerr @ABmrJutt What it is is a broader net because I do not know if all instances of incest would meet the legal qualification to be legally considered rape. But it is all bad.

@mediocrates_1 @ABmrJutt Sounds as if you think incest isn't rape.

@DerekWiner @AlexanderKalian It is doing pattern matching and synthesis, not actual reasoning in any way we would recognize.

@mediocrates_1 @AlexanderKalian Love the hubris. History is paved with "impossible" ceilings shattered by dreamers. Calling it a ceiling ignores emergent properties, reconcile those! We’re witnessing the birth of reasoning. Dismissing exponential progress as a dead end is a classic historical mistake.

We trained LLMs to operate at near-human competency, via exposure to an *entire internet* of human discussions, books, research etc. So how does anyone plan to train an "AI superintelligence"? Where can we find an entire internet of superintelligent outputs, for training data?

@DrMoragKerr @ABmrJutt Wtf are you on about? I'm not downplaying anything.

@mediocrates_1 @ABmrJutt Nonconsensual incest IS rape. Stop downplaying it.

@WhiteBabyFac Yes

Men, do you agree??