You also get the bonus factor from it being made by skilled Numenorean smiths who had access to techniques used by the Noldor and whatnot. Maybe it was mithril or something too. Dunno, but it’s not a huge ask to suspend disbelief on this one.

Blame everyone except the people responsible: yourselves. Nobody wants to do business with inept totalitarian “junta” running the show with impunity and no rule of law.

Can X sue Musk for telling advertisers to go fuck themselves rather than addressing their concerns over his dumpster fire decisions?

The specific charges noted in the article have similar nuances to the examples i gave. They are fixable and addressable and impactful. They do not require a full block on misinformation, which is obviously not something that’s possible to enforce effectively and not what’s being expected of X.

I’m not talking about the war on drugs, I’m talking about the fact that rehab facilities, education, counseling/medical aid are helpful to curtailing an out of control drug epidemic and reducing the negative impact on society.

Just because the “war on drugs” failed doesn’t drug-related issues can’t be addressed to some degree. You focus on completely blocking misinformation so it doesn’t exist, I’m trying to point out other considerations: ranking, exposure, flagging/reviewing posts, community notes to provide additional context. These are all things that exist, that are used heavily, that impact our information feeds 24/7, and that will continue to be used to significant effect on the general population, whether for good or for bad. More likely the latter if everyone adopts perspectives like yours.

You’re also not going to beat it by not trying to deal with it. The transition from twitter being an unreliable source to becoming an unbridled dumpster fire of disinformation and hate campaigns has a direct correlation with Musk taking specific steps to cater to those audiences while ripping out any facilities to filter it.

It’s not all or nothing, like basically everything else in life, it requires balance. Just like you don’t have to “beat” drugs to help drug users find a better path, you don’t have to “beat” disinformation in order to help stop it from spreading. You can take steps when/where they make sense to limit the damage and give people a chance to pull their head out of the cesspool to get enough air that society can function in a manner in tune with reality to some degree.

Worked fine in America during it’s “great” days that all these Trump voters seem to yearn for

The look on her face is like “how the FUCK are these stupid dumbass fucking nazis running the whole country”

That’s that Russian World goodness and why Putin tries so hard to spread it to other countries so everyone can be happy like them.

“Pieces of shit” is the politically correct terminology

All the dictators are running a train on Orban so they can pretend they have the EU by the balls while Hungary has the presidency.

After he saw he didn’t have a complete grip on power he decided that fondling Putin balls is more important than his “mission from god” grift.

Hardly noticeable in Austin. Well, other than the good stuff: light rain, cloud cover, steady breeze, and cooler temps.

How does this not earn a few atacm strikes on Russia bases? Make these fuckers pay.

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It’s like we’re dealing with Putin all over again but this time we’re somehow being told we should send him money and weapons instead of massive trade restrictions and immediate arrest for war crimes.

Please tell me this Zeus guy has been immediately removed from combat duty at the very least

How long till the Taliban forces everyone back into making mosques the center of financial transactions?

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Those are only a problem for Russia’s ambitions to conquer Ukraine. I.e. a problem for Putin’s ambitions, not Russians. NATO won’t even step into Ukraine to save an ally let alone invade a nuclear power like Russia.

Putin could’ve maintained good relations with gas importers, spent all this massive military funding on economic and infrastructure investments, and everyone but Putin would be happier for it.