I always thought that the reason that religious extremists are so obsessed with concepts like blasphemy and hatred for other sects and religions is because their very existence plants seeds of doubt in their minds. “If my beliefs are self evident and absolutely true then how can any other beliefs possibly exist?” They may turn it around and pose it as an attack on them “They are trying to make me doubt my beliefs.”

It isn’t just religious people

It is hard to make satire now when we seem to be living in an age that satirizes itself.

It is normal social behavior to at least acknowledge other people

We normalize everything now.

Leave, wave “hi” at them and continue on.

They make me anxious…

Me listening to old punk stuff I liked in college. “Ok, this is just noise.”

Mumbled Scottish

Because conspiracists are lazy. They can’t even get past the flat earth stuff.

Like the “No Homers” club

My home office when I get disconnected during a boss fight

People will help those they know personally (e.g. family units) and even then only to a point. Harboring resources for yourself is innate. Most organisms exhibit a form of territoriality to protect their resources. Communism breeds apathy, a struggle for resources and hopelessness, just ask anyone who has actually lived through a communist government.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3824382?seq=12

Because it is not human nature and has to be forced on people. Eventually even those who are in charge of it fall into the normal human nature of social structures and such.

Please wear them at shows. Coming home with your ears feeling like you are underwater and ringing is a sign you’ve damaged them. I don’t know why they insist on making shows so damn loud.

But they are seen as more productive because they are on farmers’ hours