Lashing out with violence is definitely ingrained in most people as part of the fight/flight/freeze response, which then gets shaped by experience, etc.

“Beating the shit out of people for fun” is waaaaay further down the line in terms of behavioral development, personal experience, and cultural influence, for sure.

There are some ingrained behaviors, instincts, emotional reactions, etc. While we’re not fully blank slates, there is definitely a lot of room for influence to shape children into different sorts of adults.

Mine does, yeah. Normally I wouldn’t put it on the network, but I’ve just not had a decent place where I could plug it into my PC.

It could just be my model is old enough they don’t bother trying to gimp it remotely? Who knows.

I’ve been using a black and white toner Brother printer I got in 2013 and it’s still chugging along. My 3rd party toner cartridges also work well. Sucks your color ones aren’t though.

Feel like I’m in between.

I usually wear simple, single color Tshirts, a light jacket, and one of a small stock of pants.

In a sense I dress just for me - easy and simple means I don’t have to spend time choosing, which I do like. A light jacket let’s me easily get warmer or cooler without having to completely change.

In another, I dress for others - I don’t wear graphic tees very much since high school because I don’t want anyone judging me for what I like, or misunderstanding and prejudging me. With plain tees, I just don’t have to deal with that particular social anxiety.

A lot of us thought this would happen if Trump won again. I don’t think any of us thought it would get this bad this quickly, but definitely within his 2nd term.

Just to be clear, when I say I blame Democrats, I mean I blame the Democratic party, the Democrat leaders (Pelosi, Schumer, etc), and their apparatus. I can see how you thought I was blaming voters, but I assure you that’s not what I meant.

And yes, I agree. The GOP are officially fascists by virtually any definition of the term.

I’m not sure the specific blame the above commenter is referring to, but I blame Democrats for two things.

1. They failed to recognize and truly fix systemic problems because the actual solutions aren’t market-oriented.

2. They dragged their heels on prosecuting Trump when he was out of power long enough for him to escape any liability and ultimately establish… this.

Should be. But isn’t.

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