schnapsman

"Cops search for hero to give him cash reward"

"Anonymous karma donor refuses to reveal himself"

"Colossal POS whacked, nobody sad, cash reward less than what the guy wiped his ass with, America united"

In a hyper-individuelistic society where everyone is constantly being compared and judged, the feeling that you're better than everyone else brings incredible relief. Of course the concept of being better than others is deeply flawed but you never learned to question these things. So how do you achieve the feeling? Study hard, lift others around you, save your money. Sure, but that takes years, and it's hard work. So what if you're inherently better than others-- that solves it. Race, language, gender, nationaliry.. All things that cost you no effort. There's another shortcut to these feelings. All you have to do to in order to become better than most of the population and get into to heaven is say that you believe the Bible. That's it. Just gotta say you believe it and you're in the club. Zero effort, all the dopamine. Supporting some sports team. Buying a particular car. Using what you buy to signal to others something about you. Bumper stickers, adding a ribbon to your profile picture, posting some cringe on LinkedIn, attention seeking on your birthday.. All attempts to showcase how excellent you are with minimal effort.

So if your entire sense of self worth is based on attributes about you which you were either born with or cost you no effort, you'll want to support anyone who places importance on those things. Nationality, consumerism, race, gender, religion, etc.

That's where you find the bisexual she/theys in hetero relationships.

This is correct. Everyone in the US calls a kcal a calorie. I learned to distinguish them with big "C" and little "c", but I've just looked it up and this is apparently not so common. I guess ppl who are aware of these things just go with the SI unit of kJ.

Sure thing! Thanks for saying.

What are the police trying to prevent that's worse than someone getting killed?

It's incredible to me how many republicans have been happily giving their rights away in the name of boogeymen.

Abortion isn't about abortion, it's about bodily autonomy. You don't want to government to force a vaccine in you, or sterilize you or...? Well, don't give them precedent by letting them force half the population to do things with their bodies against their will.

If being a decent person isn't enough motivation, then support trans rights because they're people making choices for themselves and you want that for yourself. Jesus. This should be a conservative position.

That one episode of Rick and Morty ruined all heist movies for me forever.

And where do you even go? Civic centers, bowling alleys etc are dead. Moderate churches are disappearing. Car centric everything means if you have a disability or not much money you're screwed.

That's a good point. We can start with what we control by not buying crap from them directly.