and sources sometimes dont doo much. Like huffpo will have an article about "the health benefits of chocolate" and cite a study but if you read the study it is inconclusive

But women love chocolate, so publish it anyway.

yeah, I'm not trying to discredit him

Holy fuck you have no idea how difficult it is to concentrate on anything when someone's singing off-key reggae in the background.

At 2 in the morning.

It may surprise you to know I know that feel.

At least you don't live with "moderate progressive liberals" right?

Well that's interesting.

I'd forgotten about this.

I did, once.

You guys familiar with Dave Cullen/Computing Forever?

no

He's the only conservative voice I follow that also happens to be super into tech and the like. (I follow tons of other conservatives otherwise.)

And he's against the loss of net neutrality.

is this loss?

It's arguing against the remote possibility of something maybe happening.

No ISPs that would be affected by Net Neutrality have made moves to do anything that would be stopped by Net Neutrality as passed in 2014

As I see it, Net Neutrality is largely fear mongering, and largely a distraction.

it doesn't matter to me if a conservative is against the loss of NN, I wan't to see data and reasons for why it would need to stay, and so far I haven't come across any evidence for keeping it

Sesta/Fosta are far more damaging than the loss of Net Neutrality is.

I honestly don't care that much about tech

I'm still trying to figure out why those were signed into law in the first place.

like, I just grabbed the issue because it was controversial and so I sought out data

Is it standard emotional "won't someone think of the children" crap or something else?

Basically, that.

yeah something like that

Well it explains why Trump signed it.

meanwhile in California they are enabling sex workers

"Eh."

Also decriminalizing intentionally spreading AIDS.

If it's consenting adults, eh.

bro.......

morals bro

The Good news is the California problem will sort itself out in a few years.

And yeah. That. Thaaaat was a concern that people stopped caring after about two days.

Are you talking about the split or something else.

@RyeNorth

what you mean

oh you know.

>:D

lol

I can't wait to move out

..Ah.

Oh you live in california?

yeah

I feel so bad for you dude. lol

Oh lord you're in that hell?

indeed

I know a guy who lives there.

He's stuck in a union that he was required to sign on with to start working at a grocery store.

We've got a guy in here that lives there. Currently going by Adolfcast.

lol

the beanie-wearing hitler avatar. 😛

He's been shafted repeatedly because the union doesn't actually do anything outside of taking people's paychecks.

Well.

That explains so much.

Technically, my avatar is still in -cast mode.

California's enough to turn anyone natsoc. :V

it's honestly not that bad, where I live is a more rural conservative area

It was a bit of a joke. A few of us photoshopped Tim Pool's combat beanie onto our avatars and added cast to the end of our names.

Yeah I'm pretty sure he lives in a more urban area.

Oh, I know that place, WHAT. I've been there in Grand Theft Auto.

I'm going to school in a more rural area as well

[/willfull ignorance]

It must suck being ruled by LA. :/

and San Fran.

Honestly I imagine it to be like what I have to deal with up here.

yeah I unironcally support CAL3

Except it's state-wide rather than county-wide.

Cal 3?

California splitting.

Ah!

If not from the US, from each other.

a ballot initiative is being put up this year

Noice.

Yeah, I see.

to split Cali into 3

If that were to work

two more stars on the flag

there'd never be a democrat in office again... :/

`They did it to themselves.`

It's just detroit all over again.

yeah, all this sanctuary state bs and welfare bs is the nail in the coffin

people are leaving here in droves

And they're shitting up Texas because of it.

Yeah, and they're coming to fucking Texas and

Yeah.

Wait,

and if CAL3 doesn't pass (it won't) then I'm leaving as soon as I graduate from college

GEP, are you a member of the Superior Nation of Texas?

I'd leave anyway. The gun laws suck in Cali.

I'm not.

ah.

I lived there for a short period of time when I was younger.

Here's a secret that you can't tell anyone, kay guys????

But the only things I remember is the oppressive heat and the absolutely massive steaks they'd serve.

(Utah is the state to be 💯 💯 )

I lean towards Vermont myself.

gun laws do indeed suck here

Basically nobody there, the gun laws are some of the best in the country and the worst you have to deal with is drunken weather and bears.