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Are you refering to the Ping Pong tournament that he ran in the Quảng Ninh province of Vietnam? I heard that, after the tournament had finished, he thought it would be nice, in the spirit of friendship, if each team sang the national anthem of another. Well, needless to say, this caused a bit of tension, and many lyrics were, accidentally or not, mangled. This lead to tempers flaring, quite a bit of shouting, and, I’m sorry to say, the tension spilled over and a fight broke out between the US and Vietnamese teams.

The incident was later refered to as the Dick Bong Hạ Long Ping Pong Sing Song Ding Dong.

You can buy repair kits to fix those little bullseye chips from getting hit by rocks. They basically force a clear resin in, binding it together and making it clear again. It’s worth keeping one around just in case.

You are looking at this as some massive and dramatic plot that only states can possibly influence, and will necessitate massive violence. Your last paragraph shows the inevitable conclusion of that misaprehension, you cast around for a solution you, individually, can implement, find none, and sink back into paralized inaction. Functionally, you give up. Thus is exactly what fascists require of you. Thus is how they remain strong, and prevent dissent.

The truth is, it’s smaller actions that will have the real effects. If trump were to drop dead this minute, the fascism would not end. It might receed as they regroup, but has sunk deep into American life now. It is that societal malaise that is driving this, and trump and his cronies are just symptoms of it. The only way that will change is by the steady, hard, work of individuals like you reaching out to the people you can reach, helping them to see that there is a better way, and helping them embrace it. It is by building a groundswell of support like that, that the poison can be neutralized and American life brought back from the brink. In doing so, you deprive fascism of the one thing it mist needs: the appearance of strength.

You say “Engaging the apathetic won’t work” as though it us a truism, but as trump pushes further, as the economy breaks down further, as their friends, neighbours, and loved ones disappear, as life becones less tolerable, it becomes harder to ignore it all, and those who were apathetic will find themselves looking for a solution too. Leave them, and they can easily be swept up by those offering the illusion of strength and power. Instead you, and people like you, need to be talking to them, pkanting the seeds of doubt in their minds, showing them that this is all a sham, that there is a better way. Build support, and support each other. As the numbers grow it will become less and less comfortable for those who support fascism to express that in public. This is going to be rough, but it doesn’t have to be cataclysmic.

American fascism will fall, of that I am certain. The only questions are when, and how much damage it does in falling. If enough of the American public can find common cause and work together they can bring that moment forward, and minimise the damage. Fail to do so, and there might not be anything recognisable left afterwards.

Are you saying it’s imaginary, rather than real? Maybe that’s why he’s sitting on a flat panel, to help square up his butt and make it real again.

After the third or fourth unfortunate “accidental discharge” incident it was deemed wise to implement a comprehensive butt rejection protocol on all control panels.

What are you on about? His ass is absolutely real.

Trump has said on Sky News that he doesn’t believe him 🤦

I’d say I need a steadying drink after reading that, but if I took a drink every time trump said something insane my liver would have perished long ago.

The sad thing is, he has to not believe that, as otherwise he’d realise he’s been a fool, and his ego cannot counternance that.

Nothing is going to be easy, but the rest if the world is looking to you, the American people, to, at least, blunt this problem as you’re the only ones with the power to do so without a conflict that us likely to go global.

The poison goes deeper than just trump though. It’ll take a societal level change to truly fix, so general strikes, protests, civil disobedience and such are all good, but actually just finding ways to reach the huge chunk if the electorate that doesn’t seem to care about it, and bring them round to seeing the problem would make a huge difference. Talk to the disengaged folk around you, find ways to help them and gain their understanding. That way it’s not just the ardent against an apparently rising tide of fascists, but a majority rising up against the evil within. Fascism wins for only as long as it can portray itself as strong. Humble it with numbers.

If you want to have an existential crisis, go to a bar.

Profound wisdom indeed.

Only because it’s frozen solid!

It’s all fun and games until the butt wiggle starts. Then it’s fun, games and a playful mauling.

Before I clicked on the post, I wasn’t quite sure how you’d make a skateboard lamp. I like what you’ve done.

This is the way. I check my emails twice a day, once in the morning, so I know if any issues arose overnight, and once after lunch. Constantly checking your mail is a massive drain on efficiency as you’re constantly mentally context switching.

If something catastrophic happens, someone will ping you on chat. Once you get over the initial anxiety that you might be “out of the loop”, it becomes a lot easier to maintain focus and be much more productive for much less stress.

When you do check your mail, remember, just like in a test, read everything before you start replying! The conversation will progress, so you don’t want to reply to an earlier mail if a later one supercedes it. Sorting most recent first helps with this.

gogrepoc works for me.

Please don’t give them ideas.

Complete BS.

Finally answering the age old question once and for all.

I wasn’t sure how many /s’s to put. I counted at least three reasons, but decided one would stand for all.

Being Cuban in the presence of ICE is obviously suicide. He should have just been American instead.

/s

Better hope they don’t sit down too hard, or they might get more of that excitement than they’re ready for! I’ve heard “without a base, without a trace”, but this is more “sit on a shell, welcome to hell”.