Cats in Pants
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American lefty here wishing the best to you, your family, and your country. You have every right to be defensive, and it breaks my heart that America is no longer the ally it promised to be. I’m just an ordinary person, but I’ll do everything I can to make us an ally again.
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
American lefty here wishing the best to you, your family, and your country. You have every right to be defensive, and it breaks my heart that America is no longer the ally it promised to be. I’m just an ordinary person, but I’ll do everything I can to make us an ally again.
It’s pretty ridiculous that that was the excerpt he chose to advertise his article. I now have zero interest in clicking because I don’t want to hear what this guy has to say knowing he’s the sort of person to minimize Nazism.
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It’s pretty ridiculous that that was the excerpt he chose to advertise his article. I now have zero interest in clicking because I don’t want to hear what this guy has to say knowing he’s the sort of person to minimize Nazism.
It’s genuinely terrifying seeing rightwing authoritarian creep happening all over the world and people in other countries acting like they’ve got nothing to worry about because surely what’s happening in America could never happen where they live…
December 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It’s genuinely terrifying seeing rightwing authoritarian creep happening all over the world and people in other countries acting like they’ve got nothing to worry about because surely what’s happening in America could never happen where they live…
People are talking about this like it’s 5D chess, but as far as I can see, if this regime ever does anything remotely layered or complex, it’s essentially swarm intelligence where the complexity results from many single-minded simpletons who want different things combining their efforts.
December 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
People are talking about this like it’s 5D chess, but as far as I can see, if this regime ever does anything remotely layered or complex, it’s essentially swarm intelligence where the complexity results from many single-minded simpletons who want different things combining their efforts.
Absolutely! Dems have been dealing with this shit for years. Kelly’s wife was shot in the head and he’s still out there putting it all on the line for us, and he’s just one example. The Dems do deserve criticism for a lot of things, but we don’t give them enough credit for this. Repubs are cowards.
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Absolutely! Dems have been dealing with this shit for years. Kelly’s wife was shot in the head and he’s still out there putting it all on the line for us, and he’s just one example. The Dems do deserve criticism for a lot of things, but we don’t give them enough credit for this. Repubs are cowards.
Different sides of the border, same side of history. ✊🏻
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Different sides of the border, same side of history. ✊🏻
Everything Congress does is documented in a searchable database at congress.gov. Very handy bookmark!
www.congress.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Everything Congress does is documented in a searchable database at congress.gov. Very handy bookmark!
Seriously, Newsom is on this site, LOL.
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Seriously, Newsom is on this site, LOL.
Does that mean that I, too, can stop shitting if I renounce gender?
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Does that mean that I, too, can stop shitting if I renounce gender?
I agree that education is great, but I think that’s an argument for why it should be affordable. We all know who the non-college educated voters went for, and it scares me that universities have been allowed to mess things up so badly that all the kids suddenly want to be plumbers.
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I agree that education is great, but I think that’s an argument for why it should be affordable. We all know who the non-college educated voters went for, and it scares me that universities have been allowed to mess things up so badly that all the kids suddenly want to be plumbers.
No one told me it would be easy, they told me it would be worth it. To me, there is no way that paying upwards of $100,000 to read Chaucer is worth it. If an employer thinks otherwise then ethically they should prove it by making the appropriate salary offer. Otherwise I’ll read as a hobby.
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
No one told me it would be easy, they told me it would be worth it. To me, there is no way that paying upwards of $100,000 to read Chaucer is worth it. If an employer thinks otherwise then ethically they should prove it by making the appropriate salary offer. Otherwise I’ll read as a hobby.
Plus, with tuition fees being what they are, there really *should* be a guarantee. Why should we pony up without a reasonable expectation we’ll make our money back? Because college is so enriching? Nope, still doesn’t justify the price tag.
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Plus, with tuition fees being what they are, there really *should* be a guarantee. Why should we pony up without a reasonable expectation we’ll make our money back? Because college is so enriching? Nope, still doesn’t justify the price tag.
It makes complete sense: while millennials grew up being told that college would be the best years of their lives, gen Z has grown up hearing about the life-ruining cruelty of student loans. That’s where the nihilism comes from. Every young person I know who’s entering college is terrified.
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It makes complete sense: while millennials grew up being told that college would be the best years of their lives, gen Z has grown up hearing about the life-ruining cruelty of student loans. That’s where the nihilism comes from. Every young person I know who’s entering college is terrified.
It’s only been the past ten or so years that parents pivoted to saying, “Actually, trade school is okay.” Kids noticed the pivot. The trust is broken, and the result of millennials being screwed is that gen Z is now going off to college intensely suspicious that they’re being screwed too.
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It’s only been the past ten or so years that parents pivoted to saying, “Actually, trade school is okay.” Kids noticed the pivot. The trust is broken, and the result of millennials being screwed is that gen Z is now going off to college intensely suspicious that they’re being screwed too.
I remember a time when the messaging was that you shouldn’t be afraid to take out a loan to pay for school because you’d make so much money you’d pay it off in no time. It didn’t even matter what you majored in because any college degree would make you a hot commodity.
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I remember a time when the messaging was that you shouldn’t be afraid to take out a loan to pay for school because you’d make so much money you’d pay it off in no time. It didn’t even matter what you majored in because any college degree would make you a hot commodity.
You’re right that it was never really a guarantee; more like degrees are just worth less now because of how many people have them. But we absolutely *were* lied to about how easy it would be to get a good job straight out of school. It *was* presented to us as a guarantee.
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You’re right that it was never really a guarantee; more like degrees are just worth less now because of how many people have them. But we absolutely *were* lied to about how easy it would be to get a good job straight out of school. It *was* presented to us as a guarantee.
But this isn’t directed at the professors—I liked a lot of mine, even when I didn’t want to take their classes (LOL). I think they might be the purest part of the college experience, because they believe in the mission.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
But this isn’t directed at the professors—I liked a lot of mine, even when I didn’t want to take their classes (LOL). I think they might be the purest part of the college experience, because they believe in the mission.
It’s a cultural norm that universities are supposed to guide your development and mold you into a certain kind of person, and it’s become a justification for requiring mountains of gratuitous coursework for “breadth” while charging an arm and a leg for it.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It’s a cultural norm that universities are supposed to guide your development and mold you into a certain kind of person, and it’s become a justification for requiring mountains of gratuitous coursework for “breadth” while charging an arm and a leg for it.
Well, part of the problem for me was that I had already spent a long time in community college exploring majors and taking classes just for fun. By the time I transferred, I was only interested in job skills and was extremely discouraged by how much work I still had left to do despite my AA.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Well, part of the problem for me was that I had already spent a long time in community college exploring majors and taking classes just for fun. By the time I transferred, I was only interested in job skills and was extremely discouraged by how much work I still had left to do despite my AA.
And the propagandizing is so complete that even knowing it’s a scam doesn’t alleviate the shame of having to tell people you didn’t graduate college. Nihilism is exactly what I got out of the experience.
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
And the propagandizing is so complete that even knowing it’s a scam doesn’t alleviate the shame of having to tell people you didn’t graduate college. Nihilism is exactly what I got out of the experience.
I love learning, but college isn’t about learning anymore, it’s a full time job that you give away your life savings to do. The fact that it no longer guarantees you a decent job when you get out is a horrible betrayal.
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I love learning, but college isn’t about learning anymore, it’s a full time job that you give away your life savings to do. The fact that it no longer guarantees you a decent job when you get out is a horrible betrayal.
As a dropout, I felt this in my bones. I was wasting enormous sums of my parents’ money taking stressful classes I didn’t care about that had nothing to do with my intended profession because the relevant classes were only offered at the graduate level when they didn’t need to be.
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As a dropout, I felt this in my bones. I was wasting enormous sums of my parents’ money taking stressful classes I didn’t care about that had nothing to do with my intended profession because the relevant classes were only offered at the graduate level when they didn’t need to be.
Not the original topic, but I’m sick of hearing that nothing ever changes when we’ve got a new unprecedented historical event happening once a week.
But I’m just venting. Hopefully this doesn’t come across as combative. I do appreciate you taking the time to talk to me, a random internet stranger.
But I’m just venting. Hopefully this doesn’t come across as combative. I do appreciate you taking the time to talk to me, a random internet stranger.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Not the original topic, but I’m sick of hearing that nothing ever changes when we’ve got a new unprecedented historical event happening once a week.
But I’m just venting. Hopefully this doesn’t come across as combative. I do appreciate you taking the time to talk to me, a random internet stranger.
But I’m just venting. Hopefully this doesn’t come across as combative. I do appreciate you taking the time to talk to me, a random internet stranger.
Thing is, I’m not joking about the breakdown of society. When I say I think the DNC can be changed, I don’t mean it in a “rah-rah, we can do it” kind of way, I mean something’s gotta give. Institutions can’t stagnate infinitely. When they refuse to renew themselves, that tends to end in disaster.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Thing is, I’m not joking about the breakdown of society. When I say I think the DNC can be changed, I don’t mean it in a “rah-rah, we can do it” kind of way, I mean something’s gotta give. Institutions can’t stagnate infinitely. When they refuse to renew themselves, that tends to end in disaster.