Addendum:
When a Bluesky gnat comes to a thread offering his own condescension, he needs to be heard. His insights should prevail. When he is then condescended upon, he flies away.
If a used car salesman told you that an automobile had fundamentally never been in an accident, and was fundamentally well-cared for its previous owner and had an odometer that was fundamentally correct, you would know with certainty that the car had gone through hell and was for shit.
We have given our republic over to trash.
We have given our republic over to trash.
Like many other Americans, I would totally be watching tonight's lovely gladiatorial spectacle, but dammit, I already committed to helping deworm a neighbor's dogs, repainting a vacant garage in the alley and then drinking turpentine and watching Archer episodes until I pass out. #Priorities
A.I.
See, that wasn't so hard? You managed to inform me of my ignorance about American life and our political trends and continuums all on your own.
Bluesky gnats. Small, useless and buzzing around every thread. But hey, it's summer now. You're right on time.
Our multicultural capital, America's First City of immigrants, the metropolis that lives and proves the true promise of this country every day, is today the happiest place on Earth.
From the sound of it, I'm sure you can manage a brief moment of empty pedantry.