The most important thing is to protect your mental health so you can function and be resilient.

Being informed on the chaos of the world is far behind that in the priority list. The radius you can impact is tiny compared to the rest of the world and the constant feed of atrocities you get hit with every day. And you don’t have unlimited attention to spend. Focus on what’s around you and making that better. The rest is, for the most part, noise that you have no control over whatsoever.

Yeah . We might be the first generation that’s objectively correct when we say things used to be better.

I was just gonna go with “Who gives a shit?” but you put it better.

Ding, dong…

You both make excellent points. I’m on the fence.

Have you been weezin’ da juice?

I’m an American so I don’t understand why you haven’t just put a couple 30 round mags through the wall with your AR-15?

Why do you avoid them?

Patently

I don’t use them. Or screen protectors . I take good care of my devices, and my phone gets its own pocket always, so no scratches. I’ve only broken 1 phone in my life and it was only the back glass on an iPhone 4, which slipped off my motorcycle seat because that fucking phone was frictionless.

Yes it’s fucking sad I even had to put that disclaimer in there, because it’s not unthinkable anymore.

The United States is comprised of 50 states so your hyperbole is going nowhere. Israel is a separate nation no matter how close friends the pair of assholes are. You have not countered my argument.

We weren’t talking about Israel. That’s why it’s whataboutism regardless of the veracity of your claims.

You’re fine with the oppression of people that aren’t you. Ends justify the means mentality.

Yeah we do. I hope you’re right but when he owns the top court in the land none of the lower court stuff means much.

Where did I say they were THE big bad? I’m ok with hating all authoritarian regimes including the one I live under.

Why are you so big on defending their image?

Won’t happen unless the FAA itself gets dismantled. The list of common aviation events that would lead to significant injury precludes it in any sane scenario. Clear air turbulence alone makes it untenable.

Thanks for the whataboutism. Israel can go fuck itself too, they are worse at the moment.

I don’t need everyone else to be perfect to level valid criticism.

I don’t know anything about that and I’m willing to accept it is true for the sake of discussion. That’s not what I found disgusting.

Yes I think complete abandonment of those two things is a fantastic description of the current USA administration. It’s not doomerism, I just read the news.