Yeah, while it was implemented, it relies on a sort of self endorcement to work… and what seems to happen is more along the lines of ‘don’t ask don’t tell’.

And agree - in an ideal world, all politicians’ investments should be managed by an independent third party to avoid conflicts of interest along with prevention of insider trading.

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Not sure if /s or not but The STOCK Act is explicitly to prevent insider trading for members of Congress…

I was going to say “forget shame, this is illegal!” And then remembered that hasn’t stopped them either…

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Probably got blasted by the magat regime

Ehh… When you are talking about poverty-level income, I wouldn’t think it would matter too much…

But… but… This was the half-assed master plan to replace Obamacare that they finally thought of! It’ll definitely work! … right?

You don’t have to actively engage with your neighbors, or just do so sparingly. You are in control of your life and (generally) what happens with it.

It does sound like a lot of people you associate with just hang out with you to make themselves feel better by being ‘above’ you in their eyes. I would try to cut these people out of your life and try to find other like-minded people who may understand you and your situation better.

The US has a terminal disease: hubris. This is what it’s like to live in an empire in decline.

This is exactly what I thought of Russia after their failed invasion of Ukraine. Generally regarded as a super power prior, they put on display how atrophied their millitary had become by not being able to steam roll Ukraine.

“Let’s avoid future attacks by preemptively striking another country’s military base!”. Gee… I wonder how that would go.

I mean… the sole point of the coin was to facilitate hiding bribes in a sea of other transactions…

Woah, woah! I’m just trying to have a good time, not die…

To be fair, over time, Ukraine has received a ton of funding and supplies to help it’s defense. However that doesn’t explain how Russia wasn’t able to just roll over Ukraine in a few months, had they actually planned and maintained their millitary.

Yes

We can’t just claim that an undesirable outcome is the likely really of election fraud… I do wish the result was different but sewing a rumor that has no credible basis in reality serves minimal value.

They are more like water based paint sticks that they can draw with that can wash away (fairly) easily

Why?

It does seem some context is missing/over generalization of actions and events. I would be surprised that your mutual friends would side with her given the above events unless they were her friends first and felt an obligation to stick with her.

That said, if what Is posted is truly accurate, then your are not the asshole. It seems you acted reasonably and had reasonable expectations. Some people can’t handle a long distance relationship (me included) and start having insecure thoughts about the relationship and try to “read between the lines” despite there not being anything there.

I had this happen with a mobile game ad. It was an ad for Tiktok but was promoting the Pokemon games channel on Tiktok so I was very confused what the intention was