Zyobot

6,666 reactions? That's a little "odd", though I suppose not quite the sus' omen that 666 was.

Clock just struck 12:00 where I live.

Happy New Year to me!

Word of advice: If you want to convince me that your side is worth my time, don’t bullshit me about how we’ll have “no worries” or “be in perfect accord” if I just join your Red Guards, Ustaše, or Waffen-SS knockoff brigade and help execute some pedos or whatever.

Because for every bad guy you dream of bringing to justice, odds are you’ll wind up killing a hundred more good guys — all under the orders of an even worse guy cosplaying as your savior who snookered you into killing off his competition, and then some. That’s how hunting down the Tsar’s loyalists became massacring kulaks, how purging the SA became carting Jews off to death camps, and how your anti-globalist crusade will spiral out of control just like those did. So, no; don’t try to recruit me to your death squad and assure me we’ll have no trouble — because at that point, I should be just as scared of you as I am of any globalist lizard-person, drag-queen child molester, or Antifa militant seizing power instead.

You know, it always baffles me how the voting public reflexively assumes more government is the answer to everything, "pro-personal freedom" Democrats and "small-government" Republicans alike.

Frankly, it seems to me that every time there's a crisis or issue that enough people are concerned about, they seem to believe more regulation, more oversight, or more crackdowns are the antidote — as if the government doesn't police every aspect of it, as is. The fact they don't think of first causes when it comes to year-over-year inflation or the Student Debt Crisis doesn't help, either, so there's that.

Honestly, I think one of humanity’s biggest hang-ups is the need for a cause, a faith, or some other ideology whose promises won’t bear fruit within their lifetime, thus encouraging people to live for the next world—whether it’s Heaven for the religious, or a classless utopia for the communists—rather than living for the here and now that’s right in front of them.

Sadly, judging by how they always find other “creeds” to believe in whenever God(s) leaves the picture, I guess that’s just a hang-up I’ll have to live with, given how people from all times and places excel at that sort of thing, and will probably continue to do so for thousands of years to come.

My grandpa on my dad’s side passed this morning. He was 96, so he was definitely up there, though I hardly expected that kind of news on what started as a typical Saturday.

Still, he had a good life, and (even though I’m certainly not a religious person) I hope he goes wherever the Dead go with no regrets and a joyous reunion with all the loved ones he had lost.

FWIW, I wish that the Right was more welcoming towards immigrants while I also wish that the Left gave up Wokeness, cancel culture, suppression of free speech, and racial (especially black) fetishism. My issue with something like the RAISE Act is that AFAIK a whopping 98% of Americans, including the act's own sponsors, would be ineligible to immigrate to the US if they were aspiring immigrants rather than already US citizens. That's WAY too strict of a criteria, IMHO!

Dunno if it’s true or not, but if what @Terthna thinks about the afterlife holds true, then I look forward to never worrying about worldly troubles again and spending the rest of eternity eating, playing, watching my favorite shows, and popping in to observe history in the making on occasion.

Life’s been pretty good so far, but given the trajectory things have been taking, I’m not sure how long it’ll last, much less whether there’ll be a peaceful and prosperous retirement for me to enjoy. (Hence, the whole hope of an unconstrained, “fully customizable” afterlife where I can chill to my nonexistent heart’s content.)

Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be participating in the Politics section as much.

It’s less monocultural than AH.com, but I honestly don’t have it in me to argue with everyone, or scroll through threads chock full of people arguing with each other. (Yes, I know that’s to be expected on sites like this, which is why I’ll be sticking to less “argumentative” sections. So, please, do spare me the “Oh, poor you!” comments.)

Thanks for following!

Changed my avatar. Behold its badassery.

(Nothing to do with the costume contest, though. Happy Halloween, by the way.)

Hey, thanks for the follow

You don't happen to be the same Zyobot from alternate-timelines.com, do you?

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