This is kinda the first reply that really gave me a new angle to think about- multiple in fact. Both “vulnerability to fear tactics”, and “keeping people occupied” are a lot more immediate systemic impacts that can benefit maintaining the status quo than the things that had come to mind for me.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I wouldn’t have had the perspective to consider it from your angle and I appreciate it!

Hope you have a good one :)

This made me smile, thanks for posting it 😊

Yeah, I guess that feels like the obvious reason. It just feels like there’s gotta be something more immediate and tangible. Maybe there isn’t though 🤷🏻‍♂️

Does anyone know the strategic reason for right wing authoritarians prioritizing people having kids? Like project 2025 talks about it a bunch, but nothing totally clear cut comes to mind as to why. At least not that feels like it fully justifies how clearly important it is, and that isn’t just me dismissing it as meaningless control or whatever. It feels strategically important

In this case it’s clearly important militarily, but that’s also not likely to help in the present conflict in Ukraine. It’ll take a long time for those kids to grow up, but at least they’d help mitigate population loss

Dude thats fucking awesome

Damn… I didn’t really expect that

Glancing at ibc in Instacart it looks like ibc is still available where I am

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All good, I was putting it off cause I was stressed about who would win, at least now it won’t be stressful 😅

Glad it went to 5 games!

I guess that’s what I get for not having watched the finals yet 🙃

Ahhh, yeah that’s fair, I was thinking domestically

Take care :)

We even have real alternatives. Mastodon and bluesky are both right there, just go make an account and post a link for folks.

I’m curious what you’d have liked that wasn’t included? We got cost of living issues, social issues like protections for queer folks, health of our democratic institutions kinda stuff, the climate crisis; I feel like she mentioned pretty much all the stuff I really care about

(Making conversation, not challenging your perspective :)

Looks like a really compelling list of policy stances, thanks for posting

Wish there was a man inside me 😔

This guy pees.

Thank god

Makes me really proud of my home state, really feilding our best 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Yeah. It feels like team owners are often just really stupid and don’t understand anything other than “well he won, so we’re getting him and as many import players as we’re allowed”

Its so shortsighted it hurts 😅

Everyone seems eager to blame members of the roster but I honestly I really don’t think that’s their issue. This series’ drafts sucked ass, and felt just as confused as in spring. Like they’re picking things that don’t make any sense together; these felt like solo que drafts.

It feels possible that the play styles for the different players here just don’t line up in the current meta, but why the hell is berzerker on ziggs? Why did they pick the leblank into a team comp that completely shuts it down? Why did they pick Miss fortune without enough meaningful setup to lock people down in her ulti? The team’s identity and playstyle just feels so confused, and their drafts have been completely troll

It wasn’t that long ago when I’m pretty sure they also drafted full ad and promptly lost when everyone on the other team built Steelcaps. I wish I could remember which series it was.

You still see glimpses of how capable these players are, and they had a crazy regular season, but they’re now right back where they were in spring: playing less than the sum of their parts on troll soloque drafts that obviously make no sense.

Makes me sad, I’m a fan of many of these players.