I don’t think shooting the rain would help much…

Some of them did, many voted against it. And of those who didn’t vote at all, many of them didn’t have an option to vote.

These seem more in an absurdist vein of comedy to me, rather than having or needing a particular punch line

The Gods Are Bastards makes the same call-out!

“I’d be careful with that kind of joke, Professor,” Toby warned. “Sisters of Avei consider the use of love potions a form of rape. So does Imperial law, for that matter, but Imperial law doesn’t get quite as…worked up on the subject as they do."

Only Villains Do That, by the same author, has a similar reference - the protagonist receives a “starter bundle” of spells, one of which is Enamour. He’s pretty skeeved that one of his few starter spells is a rape spell.

The flying cat must be rendered accurately!

…I think I’d still rather have AOC kick my ass than have to touch Trump.

Women candidates have struggled in the past, but it’s looking like Harris at least lost because of voter machine rigging.

No, it responds to the question. Waiting for a perfect hero before calling out problems is an excellent way to enable all kinds of atrocities.

Whataboutism doesn’t answer the question.

there should be a distinction between offensive and defensive wars.

…that difference is entirely which side of the battle line you’re on…

We catch and release most of the bugs that get into our house, if we can. One of my kids was horrified when a friend’s mom squished a bug while he was visiting, because that’s not what we do!

Mosquitos are the exception

Realizing cognitive dissonance can often manifest as anger - is it possible you were beginning to get through to them? Obviously I wasn’t there, I’m just looking for more information!

Polyamory sounds close; if you presume that the other people would be allowed multiple marriages as well.

Nice, thanks!

It sounds utopian…

It’s not that we don’t want robots doing it - honestly that’d be pretty cool. It’s that we want to be sure the people that are being replaced are being taken care of.

There will always be some jobs. That’s no guarantee that there will be enough jobs for everyone to live modest lives on.

Why is that the comparison, though? Sears developed mail-order catalogues in the 1800s. That’s what Amazon replaced.

…okay, I really want to know the story behind that picture!

Im sure you’re right, but… Couldn’t we just take, like, one knob from one of our billion dollar fighter jets, and pay for mental and social services that way?

Not even from every fighter of that type, just pick the one plane that’s always down for maintenance anyway and, like, lock the AC to one temperature or something. Surely that tiny bit of a multi billion dollar airframe could cover some worthwhile social services?