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Cake day: May 1st, 2024

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  • “No John, you’re wrong. Dying is worse. Because, well, it is. Isn’t it?”

    This reminded me of my favourite scene in Luther. I think dying is worse too. Once he’s dead, it’s over. We get so caught up in wanting to see justice, but is there no greater justice than death? The desire to see him suffer is coming from a place of anger, hate, and malice. Not justice. It’s gaudy. It also gives him the opportunity to live. Why would you give him that gift? Death is final.

    I used to hear about Charlie Kirk all the time, from local conservatives, but not so much anymore. I don’t think there’s any way to look at it, other than death being the ultimate punishment. He didn’t get to be a big martyr icon, he was in the news and left behind. Dying presents a golden opportunity that should not be taken for granted, no more speaking.

    Finally, I just want to say this, one who wishes to see suffering and pain, is one who wishes to create martyrdom. And I don’t want that.









  • I did the same thing. I was bad about wasting time on reels. Now, I’m much happier enjoying reading, gaming, and little diy projects. All the giant social media apps are vying for your attention. They’re designed to grab your attention and retain it. For those of us with addictive traits, it ends with mindlessly scrolling. The act of scrolling is inherently easy, so you put no effort to consuming.

    I feel this makes you less intelligent, in a way. You become so trained to have instant gratification, that when things take longer in real life, your brain starts panicking. It gets stressful much quicker, because the world isn’t instant. All that to say, I’m about to delete Discord too and just call it all off.


  • I get what he’s saying, probably because of my upbringing. But he’s saying that she made conservatives look a little right wing (normal Trump) and little like nut jobs (crazy). So, hes just going an extremely round about, redundant way to say she made them look crazy. Folks in the south view conservatives as old money republicans. Even some of the newer southern dynasties have caught flak for not being hard right enough. That’s why Trump was so big in those areas. They viewed him as someone who was challenging the people they felt had left them behind; take notes dems. They truly believe he’s doing something different. They’re just ignorant enough and stubborn enough to not see he’s destroying the country.

    What is interesting to me is, he’s losing support with old money republicans. I’m still a part of a lot of inner circles, and these folks are done. A lot of them want to go back to talking about just money and leaving all social issues in the dust and use it as negotiating tools for more money. But younger republicans, aforementioned in the article, tend to care more about those social issues, while also believing trump has their back with the economy; ignorant.

    A lot of fractures are happening in state houses across the South. You have younger, very hard-line republicans at war with the older, more manageable republicans. I saw one meeting where a speaker said, “I swear if you bring up abortion one more time, I’m shooting you on the floor. You won your little battle, we’re gonna only discuss the budget now.” I think the primaries are gonna go hard this year lol