One of the things about modern life that shatters communities is the lack of consistent difficulties that bind people together

What were some times where you were pretty blatantly only exposed to one side of an argument?

In a political philosophy course at University as an undergrad, we read Locke's first treatise on government, which attempts to refute Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, without having actually read Filmer's book first.

The French arrested Durov as a diversion so that we wouldn't notice this happening right under our noses....

This is less common than the headline suggests, but still way more common than it ought to be.

'Bout to cook some chicken breast to 142°F over the next few hours. Critics are missing out.

Someone put a Trump sign up in my lawn. This is the first un-neighborly act I've received living in the UP

YouTube after I talk about being poor on my cell phone:

Woman: “Wow he is probably looking for something to eat.”

Bear: “Lord, I don’t know how you did it. But each day I see something that leaves me in awe at your creation.”

Chicken nice and pink

Gang my dysfunctional alcoholic Philadelphian in-laws are all staying with us for four nights over labor day weekend. 17hrs in and I am losing my freaking mind. Please send prayers for my strength and patience in this trying time.

Cowards

It's over

I finally have skin in the game

I've come to think that reacts might not generally be a healthy form of communication. Will be disabling them for a bit and evaluating what happens as a result.

Comrades of the Digital Collective! The Central Committee for Online Communication has uncovered a grave threat to our revolutionary discourse - the insidious spread of emoji reactions. These gaudy hieroglyphs of late-stage capitalism have no place in our austere digital commune.

From this moment forward, all emoji reactions are deemed counter-revolutionary and shall be purged from our chat room with the efficiency of a well-oiled tractor. The use of communist snowmen, peninsular symbology, elaborate reaction GIFs, or even simple displays of a thumbs-up will be met with swift justice. Comrades caught indulging in these bourgeois extravagances will face re-education via a comprehensive study of "Das Kapital" - yes, that's right, all four volumes.

Remember, true revolutionaries express approval through vigorous typed applause: [CLAP CLAP CLAP]. Our conversations shall be as stripped of frivolity as our brutalist architecture. Embrace the utilitarian beauty of plain text, comrades! The only reaction we need is the reaction of the masses against their oppressors. Long live the revolution!