It’s like Voyager never existed.

That’s pretty cool. You can loosen your belt, but still have it there.

What? The Ayatollah isn’t Sicilian.

Iran ain’t stupid. Most ships aren’t registered under the flag of the nations they haul to anyway.

If the US leaves, then Iran will probably open the Strait.

It’s a shame Israel won’t let them leave.

I guess you should read more. I’ve seen it used many times.

Good to know you’re okay!

I’m alright. Definitely on the edge of depression, though, thanks for asking. Probably makes me see things more seriously than otherwise.

Which could explain me answering your possibly rhetorical question in a shitpost thread. 🤔

It’s a tough time for a news junkie with an unstable mood. Trying to stop reading it, which is easier said than done. Focusing on shitposts instead of news has been helping. So do not stop! 😄

They think they can bully all the other governments into submitting to their wishes, because they assume that’s how the USA has always been able to dominate the post-ww2 world.

They’re wrong. They do not understand soft power. They do not understand that US economic power is a mutual decision, and that we foreigners decided to allow the US its leadership because we benefited too.

They do not understand that military power has limits. They are unable to comprehend that they have severely weakened the USA as a world power, and given China victory after victory, and - maybe permanently - lost the trust of Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and South Korea.

Yes, the ultra-conservative forces behind people in the administration like Stephen Miller and Russ Vought - ie the Heritage Society and associated organisations - have won a historic series of ideological victories over their hated progressive enemies. The cost, though, is that they have badly damaged the USA’s power to direct the course of international events.

For evidence of that, see Trump’s pathetic whimpering that none of the former friends of the US have turned up to help re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

He cannot see that the way we were keeping it open was by not attacking Iran. That was the reality. There would be no point in sending ships. You could only stop Iran by killing millions of Iranians, and losing millions of your own troops, in a ground invasion, and the example of Hezbollah and Gaza shows even that might not work.

It’s insane that he might do it anyway.

However, for the corporations that have to use oil instead of sell it, profits get eaten up by oil price rises. So this isn’t a simple benefit for billionaires. Some of them must be absolutely furious at Trump right now.

When Iran is more likely to keep its word than America, it is very frustrating to see our government keep pretending we are allies and that all is well.

Nope, this is perfect. AI is completely wrong for shitposting. You chose well.

Also it’s actually a pretty solid job.

Bit harsh. You OK, OP?

It also means they can’t forget painful memories. It’s not the ideal.

The transported feces is replaced with whatever the crewmember desires. In Picard’s case, Tea Earl Grey Hot! Riker gets a vibrator. Troi, a particular mix of heroin and qualuudes.

Thanks for this! That’s a fantastic song to hear right now, and it cheered me up a bit. Hadn’t heard it before. Magnificent.

And Dangermouse and Bananaman and Roger Ramjet.

Under Chuck Morris’s racism is another fist! And it’s up Trump’s ass!

I can do better than that: I’m even worse now because I stopped twenty years ago!

The problem is, if it’s repetitive enough we can already automate it without AI, and if it isn’t, AI will make enough boneheaded mistakes that it needs proofreading.

I do expect that proofreading will become easier over time as we all get a better idea of what sort of mistakes the AI makes. So we might actually start to improve productivity, in a sheer volume sorta way.

However, proofreading a lot of mediocre work is basically what teachers marking assignments do. If you want to know how bad that would be as a full-time job, ask a teacher how much they like marking assignments compared to the rest of their work, and then look at how much they like their job overall.

Unless you bake them sideways and wash them in a gentle solution of baking soda and lemon juice. Then they come out great and give you extra vitamin c!