Yes

At this point, it just feels like I’m punching down. So I’m gonna go ahead and stop, because you clearly are not equipped to meet me where I am.

Please continue spamming the same link with the same commentary. They are sure to listen to you if you just scream louder. You aren’t swinging at ghosts at all. :)

“Old” is subjective, and I’d still say they’re old and have been repeated ad nauseum, but you definitely left out the context that would cast doubt on your initial message. This is intellectually dishonest.

I wish you’d quote what I said about the thesaurus and take that into consideration, too. There are other words besides “internally appointed CEO” and “cult.” It’s literally just spam for spam’s sake. We get it dude, you’re mad at the church. Go be mad at it someplace other than a news thread.

You don’t come across as someone who cares about these issues or the people who have been hurt by the church. You come across as someone exploiting death for the sake of argument, which makes you no better than the Catholic church by your own admission.

Now fuck off back to r/atheism and quit spamming lemmy news threads with edgy drivel.

Yeah yeah yeah you’ve spammed the same thing all over the thread and I don’t give a fuck. We all know the issues with religion.

It’s already been shown elsewhere you’re sensationalizing old stories to turn another person’s death into your soapbox. It’s crass, and it turns people away from your message. If you’re going to use someone’s death as a jumping-off point for pointless masturbatory anti-religious rhetoric, be prepared for people to see it for what it is and you for what you are. Or at least use a fucking thesaurus dude.

There’s a time and place to be a euphoric neckbeard. This is neither.

The patient is a 78 year old orange female who presents with multiple complaints. Chief complaint: immigration. Secondary complaints include Joe Biden, transgender people and the Clintons.

General: Patient is awake, but not woke. Patient is oriented to place and time but neither person nor event. Patient believes he is male despite recent executive orders and believes that Joe Biden is still the president of the United States.

Head: The head is normocephalic and atraumatic without tenderness, visible or palpable masses, depressions, or scarring. Hair is of normal texture and evenly combed across the scalp to conceal male pattern baldness.

Eyes: Visual acuity is 20/20 without corrective lenses. Conjunctivae are clear without exudates or hemorrhage. Sclera is non-icteric. EOM are intact, PERRLA. Fundi appear normal including optic discs and vessels. No signs of nystagmus. Eyelids are normal in appearance without swelling or lesions. No soul is visible behind eyes.

Ears: The external ear and ear canal are non-tender and without swelling. The canal is clear without discharge. The tympanic membrane is normal in appearance with normal landmarks and cone of light. Hearing is intact with good acuity to whispered voice, particularly if you pretend to be his daughter and whisper dirty things. Patient will not allow physical examination of right ear.

Nose: Nasal mucosa is dry and irritated, consistent with signs of cocaine and inhalant abuse. The nasal septum is midline. Nares are patent bilaterally.

Throat: Oral mucosa is pink and moist with good dentition. Approximately one half of a McDonald’s quarter pounder is lodged between incisors. Tongue normal in appearance without lesions and with good symmetrical movement. No buccal nodules or lesions are noted. The pharynx is normal in appearance without tonsillar swelling or exudates. There is an unusual amount of semen present in posterior oropharynx. Lab analysis confirms foreign DNA belongs to various Russian state officials.

Neck: The neck is supple without adenopathy. Trachea is midline. Thyroid gland is normal without masses. Carotid pulse 2+ bilaterally without bruit. No JVD. The gobbler is intact.

Cardiac: The external chest is normal in appearance without lifts, heaves, or thrills. PMI is not visible and cannot be palpated due to presence of excess truncal adipose tissue. Heart rate and rhythm are normal. No murmurs, gallops, or rubs are auscultated. S1 and S2 are heard and are of normal intensity despite millions of prayers.

Respiratory: The chest wall is symmetric and without deformity. No signs of trauma. Chest wall is non-tender. No signs of respiratory distress. Lung sounds are clear in all lobes bilaterally without rales, ronchi, or wheezes. Resonance is normal upon percussion of all lung fields. Unfortunately.

Abdominal: Abdomen is soft, symmetric, squishy, and non-tender without distention. There are no visible lesions or scars. The aorta is midline without bruit or visible pulsation. Umbilicus is midline without herniation. Bowel sounds are present and normoactive in all four quadrants and in patient’s mouth. No masses, hepatomegaly, or splenomegaly are noted. Excessive abdominal fat.

Genital/Rectal: Rectal tone diminished, likely due to presence of foreign body in rectum as reported by patient. Seminal fluids are present in rectal canal. No external masses or lesions. Stool is normal in appearance and taste per patient’s own reporting. guac negative.

External genitalia is normal in appearance without lesions, swelling, masses or tenderness. Vagina is pink and moist without lesions or discharge. Cervix is non-tender without lesions or erosions. Uterus is anteflexed, non-tender and normal in size. Ovaries are non-tender without palpable masses or enlargement.

Spine: not present upon evaluation.

Extremities: Upper and lower extremities are atraumatic in appearance without tenderness or degormity. +3 pitting edema bilaterally at ankles. Full range of motion is noted to all joints. Muscle strength is 5/5 bilaterally. Tendon function is normal. Capillary refill is less than 3 seconds in all extremities. Pulses palpable. Unsteady gait noted. Likely fall risk. Recommend use of ambulatory aids.

Neurological: Patient has trouble forming coherent thought. Motor function is normal with muscle strength 5/5 bilaterally to upper and lower extremities. Sensation is intact bilaterally. Reflexes 2+ bilaterally. Cranial nerves are intact. Cerebellar function is intact. Memory is normal and thought process is intact albeit stupid.

Psychiatric: Bizarre and unusual affect. Poor judgement and insight. Patient hallucinates Haitian ghosts and claims they will cook his pets. Patient meets SABU criteria (suicidal, homicidal and genocidal ideation concurrently).

All findings unremarkable and at patient’s recorded baseline. Patient discharged to oval office in care of Peter Thiel.

Oh god this was good, it nearly got me. Flawlessly executed. The wanton capitalization is just. Perfect.

I heard that he was a convicted pedophile and the recipient of the world’s first rat penis transplant.

Should I start to scrub everything off the internet of mine?

Since November, I have been operating under the assumption that the answer to that question is “yes.”

Doubly so if you’re immigrant/queer/bipoc/disabled.

Regarding everything else you asked:

I would say it depends on if the tattoos are political or likely to draw attention from the police or your local Karen. I feel like tattoos are ubiquitous enough now that you might be okay there. With all the immigrants being abducted around the country lately, it seems readily apparent that it isn’t actually about the tattoos, and the administration isn’t really doing much to dispel the notion that it’s anything but overt racism and xenophobia. Of course, if the shit actually hits the fan, who knows?

Protect the vulnerable if at all possible. That goes without saying. No one’s obligated to martyr themselves or anything, I’m just saying don’t lose your humanity in all this. I’d like to think that this isn’t going somewhere unrecoverable, and I do still have some hope, but we aren’t entirely in charted waters here.

If you just want some shit to do, I would look at reviews for books with the “prepping” tag and see which ones are highly rated. It’s good to have reference material that isn’t dependent upon the internet or digital storage. If you have the room. I would also include books about gardening, farming, animals, camping, homesteading, DIY shit. Of course, that could end up being quite a library, and digital is far more portable. Depends on where you are and if it’s the kind of place you’d wanna leave if shit got bad.

Have a group. People you can sincerely trust with your life. The more local they are, the better. If real civil unrest kicks off, you’re not going to want to move alone. Talk to them about it. Make a rough plan as a group. Include food, water, shelter, power if at all possible, transportation and personal defense in that plan. If you don’t know how to use a firearm, it’s not a terrible time to start.

If you are in the city, you and the group should at least have a plan for how to get out. Even in a real civil unrest situation, cities may not become hellscapes that are more dangerous than they’re worth, but I do think it is incumbent upon us to consider that possibility.

Backup power is not a bad idea to look into, not just for civil unrest but because the administration has already shown that we should expect natural disaster response and funding to be meager at best. And the weather ain’t getting better.

Until shit gets “get everyone and get out” bad, digital privacy is paramount. I would not trust American corporations to protect your privacy.

I keep wanting to end this with “and then hopefully we look back on this in four years and realize we were being sensationalists.” But nah, shit is actually getting pretty fucked up out there.