mirshafie

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[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

That's not nearly enough skin for my enlightened tastes, I think we may need to ready the machetes.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's wild the things they accuse Russia of. My favorite is when everyone was convinced that Putin blew up Nord Stream 2, and now everyone thinks it was genius statecraft from Ukraine.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I have pretty strong judgements of lots of things that I think should be legal despite how I feel. I despise gambling, I hate cosmetic surgery, I'd never get a tattoo, I don't even like perfume, glitter... you get the idea. I'm not saying that you're a criminal for buying a lottery ticket, but I'm totally gonna judge you an immoral moron in my mind.

I can certainly understand the argument that prostitution should be legal in order to protect sex workers. I'm not sure if that's the best policy, but I can see where it's coming from.

I do not believe that sex workers are categorically bad people, neither do I believe that people who hire sex workers are beyond redemption. I still find it disgusting and I don't think it should be normalized.

However, to clarify: in this case we're talking about a powerful person seeking out a young girl to have sex with. He pays for sex. He does not in any way verify age. I think it's safe to say that he doesn't give a shit about the well-being of this person, and if it was legal to have sex with a younger girl he would have done that openly. No internal moral compass whatsoever, just the narcissistic playbook of how he's perceived by others. His followers are only backtracking because he got caught.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 9 hours ago

I don't think socialists like Joseph Stalin. I'm saying that it's a really unhinged thing to say.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 9 hours ago

I'm not an American so I'm not following FOX or any other American media that closely. But yes, I do remember him on FOX, and that he used a lot of extremely aggressive faces and language when talking about the liberals. I'm not sure if he's actually changed his tactics, he just shifted targets.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Doesn't really matter, at least not morally and probably not legally.

If you pay for sex you're a sleazeball. If you pay someone who says they just turned 18 you're a moron. In addition to being a pedophile.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 20 hours ago

Please no I'm trying to live a normal, happy life.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

I haven't exactly followed him closely but I don't think he's mild at all. He has some really extreme views on citizenship, ethnicity, religion, abortion, gender and so on. He's got a lot of weird clips talking about occultism and demons.

He does however talk a lot about regretting being a shill for the Iraq war back in the day, and that he doesn't want to repeat that mistake with Venezuela and Iran. I think that carries a lot of weight for lots of people.

My point is not to try to whitewash Tucker Carlson, I'm just saying there's a substantial difference between him and someone like Ben Shapiro.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

As I mentioned, this dude said he admires Joseph Stalin. I don't think it's wise to to absorb or internalize what he says. But there's a split in MAGA and I think it's easy to see why Tucker's faction is going to command the grassroots.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 2 points 22 hours ago

I was under the impression that the real costs are associated with training the models, in the belief that they'll arrive at a self-improving AI that will explode in functionality and basically become the most valuable asset on the planet, especially for governments and armies. In the meantime, you offer services to users at a loss, in order to gather unique data that isn't open to your competitors.

That's what excuses this level of investment.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub -1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'm not implying that he is. However I think he is genuine in his criticism of war, and by extension Israel. And I think that this point of view having a platform in the US right is going to have a profound impact on the MAGA movement.

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