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See, today’s futuristic cars are deadly.

Without having to turn and remove a key to shut off the motor, drivers can be lulled into mistakenly thinking that the car has stopped running.

The blue elephant in the room.

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Why are futuristic cars political?

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Only Republicans are buying them

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Also time travel implications.

The blue elephant in the room.

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TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

Also time travel implications.

Why is that political?

We could find out what Clinton would have been like.

The blue elephant in the room.

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TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Yeah that’s all way too much work. I don’t enjoy life enough to devote myself to any of that shit. If elections in this country keep failing to provide me with candidates that inspire me enough to leave my home and vote for them, then I will continue to not vote for them.

How very un-American.

I disagree.

The Person in Question

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With Clinton, we’d probably still be bombing Syria, but nearly everything else would be better.

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Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

Also time travel implications.

Why is that political?

We could find out what Clinton would have been like.

I think we have a pretty good idea.

I think we’re not sure about that.

Well apparently you didn’t have a good idea what Trump would be like even though it was super obvious he’d be exactly what he is, so I dunno, maybe you’re just not good at this sort of thing.

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TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

Also time travel implications.

Why is that political?

We could find out what Clinton would have been like.

I think we have a pretty good idea.

I think we’re not sure about that.

Well apparently you didn’t have a good idea what Trump would be like even though it was super obvious he’d be exactly what he is, so I dunno, maybe you’re just not good at this sort of thing.

Could be I’m not good at this sort of thing. Trump has ‘been’ what I basically expected but has done things I didn’t trust he would/could do like appoint conservative judges and moved the ball on NK and Israel in ways I think positive. At the end of the day I think the trick is to get people to vote as you would have then vote else they probably shouldn’t.

The blue elephant in the room.

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Here’s a fun picture.

From: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/trump-jerusalem-w520292

Though the Trump administration is celebrating Monday’s official opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, the move does not appear to have brought about any semblance of peace. An estimated 35,000 Palestinians lined the fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel in protest, and at least 52 have been killed by Israeli Defense Forces. At least 2,000 have been injured, according to Palestinian officials and the Gaza Ministry of Health.

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Who brings their kids to something wild like that?

K. Let’s have this ride.

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Depending on demographics, bringing kids is pretty much synonymous with bringing people.

The median age in Gaza is 18, way under the global average. Almost exactly half of the population is kids.

Project Threepio (Star Wars OOT subtitles)

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TV’s Frink said:

Here’s a fun picture.

From: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/trump-jerusalem-w520292

Though the Trump administration is celebrating Monday’s official opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, the move does not appear to have brought about any semblance of peace. An estimated 35,000 Palestinians lined the fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel in protest, and at least 52 have been killed by Israeli Defense Forces. At least 2,000 have been injured, according to Palestinian officials and the Gaza Ministry of Health.

But muh weird interpretations of Bible prophecies or something

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CatBus said:

Depending on demographics, bringing kids is pretty much synonymous with bringing people.

The median age in Gaza is 18, way under the global average. Almost exactly half of the population is kids.

That seems like a pretty weak reason.

Seriously.

K. Let’s have this ride.

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Trident said:

CatBus said:

Depending on demographics, bringing kids is pretty much synonymous with bringing people.

The median age in Gaza is 18, way under the global average. Almost exactly half of the population is kids.

That seems like a pretty weak reason.

Seriously.

Maybe the people at fault here aren’t the kids or the kids’ parents? Just a thought.

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DominicCobb said:

Trident said:

CatBus said:

Depending on demographics, bringing kids is pretty much synonymous with bringing people.

The median age in Gaza is 18, way under the global average. Almost exactly half of the population is kids.

That seems like a pretty weak reason.

Seriously.

Maybe the people at fault here aren’t the kids or the kids’ parents? Just a thought.

Kids’ parents. Sending kids to face soldiers. In a situation that’s usually been far from peaceful.

But its not their fault. How could they have known they couldn’t trust the soldiers? Or the mob? Or hysterics?

Hmm

K. Let’s have this ride.

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Of course it’s possible the kids just showed up. I mean in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It’s possible.

K. Let’s have this ride.

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It’s also possible the kids and/or parents took the danger there into account, compared it against the perceived danger of staying home, and decided it was either a wash or an improvement. Part of the reason it’s so easy to recruit suicide bombers is that there’s a rampant (incorrect) perception that you’re going to get killed, jailed, maimed, or tortured anyway, just by living a normal daily life. But if you truly believe avoiding trouble gains you no safety whatsoever, could that change your decisions?

Risk assessments are often very wrong, based on social factors, politics, and stories people like to tell themselves. People still buy guns for self-defense in the US all the time, endangering their families due to skewed risk perception. Same with rallies, I suppose.

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I want you to be right. Because I so much like reading your reasoning to things?

But I’ve got a hard time thinking that’s it either.

K. Let’s have this ride.

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Sending kids to face soldiers?

Really???