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While yes, he won the popular and electoral vote, he is still the one carrying out these idiotic and dangerous policies. No one wants a bloody revolution in the streets, the majority of people are just trying to survive.

Congress could easily deal with this dictator, but the GOP are fully complicit and have zero desire to do anything to stop him. We've all seen the numerous townhalls of GOP reps getting torn apart over this insanity, and yet they truly do not care.

I think many Americans are still kind of shell shocked by everything. Hell, I'm still in disbelief that he even won to begin with. My disgust towards those who voted yet again for this criminal makes me not even want to fight for them.

And here I was thinking I'd seen it all, god damnit.

Oh, of course hahah

Where tf do you work?

Cleaning or even latex gloves exist for a reason, haha

Us got fat on the goos will

The US got fat after being one of the few industrialized nations that still had widespread infrastructure intact after WW2.

But yeah, US had a very lucrative soft power setup going on after the rest of the world rebuilt and/or modernized. It's insane that the Trump administration has all but virtually destroyed that in the span of 1 term and only a few months into a second term. I don't even understand why his billionaire fuckwad cronies are enabling it, as this will only hurt them long-term. Then again, the majority of these dip shits are incapable of thinking long-term sustainability.

Surprised that California didn't join in, as they're a massive importer/exporter. They probably have almost as much international business as the rest of those states combined.

It is used as a noun in the US, but its use as such is not nearly as common as words like, "initiative," "plan," or, "program," in this context.

++++1 for Rimworld. The first time I really committed to learning to play that game, I lost almost 100 hours in ~3 weeks (which is a ton for me, since I have kids and a job... I lost a lot of sleep). The best part of Rimworld, is if there's a vanilla mechanic you don't like or wish was fleshed out more, there's a 98% chance someone has made a mod for it.

But yeah, it isn't for the faint of heart. It definitely has a learning curve and it isn't super easy to just pick up and play for small amounts here and there. It's a game that you really need at least 1-2 hours per session.

I'd recommend watching a quick start tutorial video before you start playing, as that'll also give you an idea on whether or not you'll like it.

Wouldn't the fiber lead directly back to the pilot, though? You'd have to constantly be moving locations, otherwise they could just follow the wire.

Edit: I know, I know, the more I've thought about it--and despite them actually proving it's possible to do as mentioned in the article--it's just not very practical to do in many situations. As one commenter mentioned below, after seeing pictures of some trees, numerous drones create a web among trees/bushes/etc. So tracing lines when drones are launched from multiple locations would be extremely difficult and they could even set up ambushed at certain points if they saw enemy scouts doing it.

This is very true. RIP man-bear-pig victims.

Such a fucked up situation. I like to imagine that another timeline had him become president and our government pivoted to seriously focusing more on combating climate change and pressuring the rest of the world to step up. It's not an amazing timeline, but it's one where the world isn't facing imminent collapse of countless ecosystems and fascism didn't take over the US.