I don’t recall ever posting about disdain for masks and I still do wear one on occasion despite not necessarily needing to. This comment is out of nowhere.

I will also go on the record and point out that I have no qualms with abortions.

something something, what about that time the left failed to respect ian's bodily autonomy by forcing him to wear a mask, etc etc

the day ian or inglorious finally post a good political take will be the day that sep7agon dies for good

the question is, who will it be

I guess It’s a good thing overturning Roe vs. Wade doesn’t do anything against abortions by itself otherwise you might have me here.

okay, but think about what you just said there

if you're willing to draw a line of equivalence, joking or otherwise, between overturning an election and overturning roe v. wade, DESPITE the fact that you are not opposed to abortion, then it follows that you'd probably be okay with drawing any line of equivalence—even if it betrays your own beliefs—as long it allows you to dunk on the libs, right

i just can't imagine having no qualms with abortion, and making that post

I guess It’s a good thing overturning Roe vs. Wade doesn’t do anything against abortions by itself otherwise you might have me here.

Quote from: Verbatim on May 06, 2022, 03:14:00 PM

okay, but think about what you just said there

if you're willing to draw a line of equivalence, joking or otherwise, between overturning an election and overturning roe v. wade, DESPITE the fact that you are not opposed to abortion, then it follows that you'd probably be okay with drawing any line of equivalence—even if it betrays your own beliefs—as long it allows you to dunk on the libs, right

i just can't imagine having no qualms with abortion, and making that post

You do realise red states will immediately criminalise abortion via trigger laws when Roe v Wade is overturned right?

Either you're a soup brain that didn't know this or you think it's acceptable for millions of women that don't live in blue states to become medical refugees. Not quite sure which is worse.

I as an oil company can sell gas to a European country for $10 a barrel, OR I can take a hit to the knee caps and sell for $3.57 to the US if they pass this price gouging (price control) bill.

I wonder what decision I’d make and what effects that would have on the supply of oil in the states....

this did strike me as shockingly stupid

i suppose the democrats can’t help themselves…

Gas is about to reach $5 a gallon. And there’s still boomers thinking it’s 100% because of Ukraine (lol). I can’t wait for the clown world midterms.

Damn, I can't believe Putin was able to force western nations to shut down their own economies and supply chains for two years and make them print trillions of dollars.  Truly a supervillain.

I am surrounded by oil fields why the fuck am I paying $6.62 a gallon

because we export over half the product in those fields.

I am surrounded by oil fields why the fuck am I paying $6.62 a gallon

Bro just go out and get the oil.

Love me some papa joe

good man

Tim Ryan slightly leading over JD Vance in a new poll

a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

It's wild how Joe Biden is causing gas prices to spike in Australia and France and all of Bongland's FTSE indexes to recede.

America truly is the most powerful country in the world.

causing crypto to crash is incredibly based honestly

yeah, this tbh

List of comments made by Jerome Powell that has either aged like fine milk or were just generally stupid:

"The high inflation we are seeing is transitory."
"Wages are rising too high and our goal is to bring them down."

And now our newest addition!

"A hike of 75 basis points is out of the question and we wouldn't even consider it."

Absolutely vile supreme court decision. What a shithole of a country, and I say that as someone living in Britain.

You just know these theocratic cenobites will come after contraception and same sex marriage now. It's absolutely on the horizon.

silver lining is that this could actually galvanize dems into gaining more seats in congress this year, in which case we'll have a much easier time writing shit into law rather than having to rely on these flimsy court rulings (and RvW was flimsy)

democrats may get complacent, but historically, they always get shit done when their feet is held to the fire--so i'm actually a little optimistic about the future, if you could believe that

for those of you who like to waste time arguing with people about abortion on the internet, holy fucking shit, i BESEECH you to find a stronger argument than "bodily autonomy"--i know it's a super woke-sounding argument and it makes you look super cool, but it's actually SO fucking dogshit that i genuinely believe it causes more damage to our side of the argument than it does to the other. you are going to get perfunctorily trounced by any pro-lifer who has any experience in the debate, because all they have to do is ask "what about the bodily autonomy of the fetus," and everything you say after that question will be interpreted as mental gymnastics (because it kind of will be), and it's not going to make you look good. it's going to make you look BAD, to everybody, except for the biggest dipshits on your side who think you're making a good point.

i'm jerking myself off a little here, but you need to argue for abortion the way an anti-natalist would and appeal more to the safety of the child than the personal comfort of the mother. you need to do this, because it's a given that conservatives don't give a shit about the mother, since we already know they don't give a shit about women in general. they're only concerned about the child (well, supposedly). so you need to ask them questions pertaining to the safety of the child, like why they'd want children to be born to a set of parents who wouldn't want them, or philosophical questions, like whether a child being forced into a life of abject misery is truly better than sparing them of that brutal circumstance. if you're arguing with a religious person, and they're unwilling to consider the possibility that there is no god/afterlife/whatever, then the conversation is fucked and you just shouldn't have it.

take it from an anti-natalist who's been debating this subject for longer than most people have been comfortable doing so publicly. you MUST find a stronger argument than bodily autonomy. conservatives and pro-lifers CLEARLY do not give a fuck about that. i've seen people try to use this argument against below-average intelligence pro-lifers, and the pro-choicer always gets mangled and embarrassed. it's really bad and makes us look like fucking morons.