"Ask them what they would feel if x or y...before you present any evidence or make any arguments"

Important point. Evidence against a truth the tribe holds dear is immediately suspect. They need to discover the incongruity between the truth and their reality first. Otherwise they'll doubledown.

I punched my symptoms into the computer. It says I have "network connectivity issues".

You guys...I'm starting to think Epstein didnt hang himself.

THIS fuckin guy again. GO LAY DOWN GRANDPA! AND PUT DOWN THAT ADDERALL-INFUSED CHEESEBURGER.

Thank you. Earnestly. This is needed work.

I concede. On my way now to join an anarchist enclave and harvest the abundance solely for my personal use.

I am being totally sincere when I suggest that you run for office.

but, we can't really go back to hunting and gathering so where do we go from here? human nature is what it is.

have good cops and bad cops. clear-eyed, forthright politicians and cynical, jaded statesman. meticulous civil servants and power-hungry bureaucrats.

i understand your point but disagree with "always". if we tore it all down and stood it back up again we'd still

*where appropriate with the aim of wasting the state's time or to alert sympathetic agencies that will actually keep the peace while preventing abductions.