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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 75 points 6 months ago

The same government can't even be trusted to reliably fix a pothole.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago

Boomer humor. Government did something imperfect or not to MY personal standards therefore the whole thing is shit. Hahahahhahahahahaha aren't I funny?

/s

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago

No, the whole thing really is shit.

[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Feel free to go live off the grid and no longer enjoy all the everyday qualities of life that are a result of government that you take for granted.

If your spouse or child were imperfect would you also toss them in the trash?

[-] DriftinGrifter 30 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

this is such a fucking strawman holy shit

Edit: just looked through your comment history, honestly you should probably live off the grid you are a net negative to society

[-] Nutteman@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago
[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Imagine wasting your life reading other peoples post history on a site that doesn't matter.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

How's it feel to me the old man screeching about the way elvis moves his hips.

[-] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Okay, then just go ahead and whip out a better system. I'm waiting lol

[-] toffi@feddit.de 10 points 6 months ago

Do not execute people.

Wow that was easy.

[-] antidote101@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Just don't live near Robert Bedella or Jeffery Dharma! Simple!

Or Jimmy Savile...

....or Jack the Ripper. Or any number of people who are lifetime murderers, rapists, torturers, criminals.

Simple!

[-] toffi@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah because we've only two forms of punishment: slap on the wrists or execution. There's nothing in between.

[-] ImADifferentBird 21 points 6 months ago

Nah, boomers love the death penalty. Which seems paradoxical, considering how they hate government.

[-] tiefling 3 points 6 months ago

Because conservatives view government as a cudgel rather than a social net

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