Look at what humans have done with breeds of dogs. Before we even knew what genetics was, we understood that if you bred two small dogs, the offspring would be small. Then, if you bred those offspring with other small dogs, they would be even smaller still. That’s how we got from a wolf to a Chihuahua. That is how we manipulate the forces of evolution for our benefit.

There are countless little “tells” that species evolve. Human skeletons have a tiny tail. All embryonic mammals look virtually identical. Whales have vestigial pelvis bones. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics after generations of repeated exposure. Sickle cell anemia is an evolutionary adaptation in human populations frequently exposed to Malaria. Moths have been observed becoming darker in color so their camouflage matches trees darkened by pollution.

That’s the rough part of where we are now. Capital isn’t on our side. If the economy tanks hard, maybe that will change.

That movement really started in 2014 with the killing of Michael Brown, but your point stands. Still, I can’t call that too much of a victory since the point of the protests was to stop violent racially biased policing, and all we got were cameras. Better than nothing I suppose.

I see what you are saying, but the issue of having billionaires funding and supporting the movement is something most protest movements can’t count on.

AstroTurf project funded by the Koch brothers and other wealthy conservative groups. Not a real protest

If the news covers it, sure. But they aren’t covering the protests that are happening.

Has any protest made a damn bit of difference in the US for the last 20 years? 30? 40?

Time for some malicious compliance. Print the lists in yellow ink on slightly crumpled 11x14 pieces of paper. If possible, randomly switch font and text size between names. Oh, and don’t alphabetize or arrange anything in any way.

I think that the thing that made the protests for George Floyd and Covid policies so widespread was people were out of work. The capitalist system has done a very good job of binding us to our jobs. we need a change that will put large amounts of people on the streets with little to lose. An economic collapse might do it.

There was a theory a while back that Napoleon died from arsenic poisoning due to the damp Mediterranean climate causing the decay of a green wallpaper using an arsenic based dye. It didn’t end up being entirely true but he may have been slowly poised by environmental arsenic throughout his life. Here is an article about it.

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element in the Earth’s crust as metallic crystals or combined with other elements. Being a heavy metal, arsenic bioaccumulates. That is, it builds up in the body over time, so slow poisoning is possible.

It was always shit. Now we just have technology that lets us see all of it.

There was always a genocide going on somewhere in the world. Cops always brutalized and killed people. The wealthy always exploited the poor. New diseases are always popping up and spreading. Politicians were always corrupt.

The internet tells us about all of it. We no longer have the bliss of ignorance.

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I have told it a couple times in various places over the years. It’s entirely possible you’ve read it before.

A coworker of mine started falling down the YouTube conspiracy rabbit hole. He said something about the moon landing maybe being a hoax. I told him that when I was in college I used the big telescope to look at the moon landing site, so I knew for sure it was real. After that, he believed in the moon landing.

Now of course I was lying about seeing the moon landing site. Terrestrial telescopes can’t see the landing site. I convinced my friend to believe the truth by countering a lie from a stranger with a lie from someone he trusts.

You can definitely find this dynamic in anime, although a lot of the romance stories are about couples getting together rather than an established relationship. “Horimya” and “My Dress Up Darling” are both series which are recent and very popular. They might be close to what you want. Some less popular titles that are more precisely what you described are “An Archedemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride” and “Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie”.

My love for unions eclipses my hatred for the TSA on this one.

The Thumper from Tribes. Most people went with the Spinfusor because of the linear projectile, but once you learn to account for the arcing shots the Thumper was better.

Yup. In multiplayer, I used to blow a crater in the floor with explosives and then sit in the hole with the rail gun, shooting people through the floor.

This might be one of the few cases where the Supreme Court might rule against Trump because it means they keep their power.

Remember, if you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t.