this country is so fucking cool

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      My money says this guy can’t even close his closet door anymore for all the skeletons.

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      Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, loves talking about his creepy spy app he and his son have on their phone that alerts the other if they visit naughty sites. So the writers of this proposal and all that vote for it would be happy to put the same program on their devices and computers, right? And tie that straight to a public feed we can all see? Great Great.

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        See when I read this story it isn’t really that bad.

        They believe porn is bad and use the app to keep each other accountable. I don’t really have an issue with that. You do you.

        But when they start trying to enforce that view through the government it’s obviously not okay.

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          Aside from it being creepy as hell to do that with your son (who probably didn’t have a say in the matter) this is a massive national security risk. Spyware on a Congress member’s phone? Not a great idea.

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            I’m imagining they have government issued phones and private phones. The government issued one for sure wouldn’t be allowed to have that shit on it.

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              That sounds reasonable and so it’s probably not even remotely close to what actually happens.

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                The craziest thing about the Hillary Clinton private email server was not that she had it, but that her predecessors also used private email for government stuff as Secretary of State. Not a one-off, but the norm. Absolutely nuts.

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              Can you imagine that IT request?

              “In having trouble installing this app on my phone. It’s so my phone can be remotely monitored to make sure I’m not looking at porn.”

              “Could you just not try to look at porn on that phone?”

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                “Sir, you have a federal government IT department. Which federal agency do you want to tell your family if you watch porn? Don’t worry they already monitor your personal devices too.”

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              Do you think Congress has the digital literacy and self discipline to keep separate phones and actually keep business separate between them?

              Wasn’t it just recently that a congressman was found hoarding gold bars? What phone do you think he negotiated those from?

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          It’s creepy because it’s his son, and he clearly is only doing it to control his kid.

          You think the dad doesn’t have a second device that’s dedicated to wanking?

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            How dare you demand him by suggesting he has a masturbation phone.

            It’s a Grindr phone…

            Which only feeds his toxicity as no one on Grindr wants anything to do with this PoS.

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          I don’t have a problem between 2 consenting adults but monitoring a parent is creepy and weird. It’s likely a case of him trying to set an example and prove he too is compliant, to his son, but it’s just weird.

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            Just watched the Duggar documentary. This is shit they “voluntarily” do. If you don’t, you’ll likely suffer the ire of the elders and people in power.

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              And, as we learned from that same documentary, it’s pretty easy to get around it. If that homeschooled sicko Josh can figure out how to partition his devices, I’m guessing plenty of others have figured it out, too.

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          I don’t have a problem with their abstaining from porn, having personal feelings about its value or morality, or even using each other to remain accountable. I do think it’s a little dumb to put spyware on your device intentionally and to share with your child when you accidentally fall to temptation exactly what sort of smut you enjoyed. But that’s all them. Not my problem.

          As you said the problem is when you’re legislating to restrict others from something you have a personal issue with, particularly when that thing is completely personal. So if they’re going to butt their way into the personal habits or desires of the general public, surely they have no problem sharing their own habits and desires with the public in return. And, in real time. I want to see what senators are jerking it to on their potty break during session.

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        creepy spy app

        The only thing that spy app is making them do, is hiding a second phone from everyone. Guarantee it.

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          But the differences are slight. Maybe won’t go as far down the oppression of women rabbit hole, but not for lack of trying. Merely because, I hope, our society is to far past that for them to drag us back that far.

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            Merely because, I hope, our society is to far past that for them to drag us back that far.

            These women in Iran just before the Islamic Revolution in 1979 probably thought they were too far past it, too.

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                Iran. Even if the British and American interference was abhorrent, an Islamic Fascist state wasn’t the only alternative they had.

                Putting all the agency (and therefore responsibility) in imperial powers is also a form of imperialism.

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                Iran caused that revolution. They were fed up with a leader seen as a western puppet so they replaced him with religious extremist.

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        We aren’t speaking Arabian. It’s like “naan bread”, sure, naan means bread but not in this language and we’ve lots of other breads…If you just say Rye a Canadian will hand you a glass of whisky not a loaf of bread.

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          That’s still a bad example. We don’t say that “I drive a XYZ car” since car is implied and we can just say “I drive a XYZ”

          Check with any XYZ standing for a manufacturer like Toyota, Tesla or a model like Corolla, 911, etc.

          If there’s enough understanding of the concept, no need for clarification. Everyone knows naan is a bread. Unless you are asking a question in Japanese, just drop the bread (and law for Sharia)

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      I’m in Wyoming. There’s only ten of us here. The goth search was mine. The rest didn’t bother with PornHub after I explained that “bear sex” wasn’t going to give them the result they were expecting.

      Idaho’s “dildo ride” absolutely tracks. I have been wearing a Bad Dragon cap for weeks (it’s an amazing hat) and it was a ~50 year old woman on the Idaho side of the mountain who recognized the logo.

      EDIT: I am not joking. The caps are sick.

      https://bad-dragon.com/products/caps

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        Damn, that IS a killer hat. Almost tempted to get one myself. But having no other actual affiliation with BD, it would make things super, super awkward once someone actually recognizes the logo.

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          Just smile, wink and walk away. I don’t own any of their proper products but I wasn’t going to pass up on a hat that nice, at that price.

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          Wasn’t it recently that we hit the mark where more native Hawaiians were living outside of Hawaii than were on the islands? It’s sad how the way their economy and obviously real estate is set up makes it difficult to live on the islands.

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      Nudist for Oregon and Sensual Sex for Washington make the PNW seem so wholesome and well adjusted. I wonder what BC is.

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          “Nova Scotia likes “facesitting”.”

          Welp, I won’t be watching Oak Island the same way again…

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          Portland sounds both awesome and awful at the same time. Like there was a rebellion during the BLM protests where they took over some city blocks, which is cool. But things were bad enough that they caused a rebellion during the BLM protests where they took over some city blocks, which isn’t very cool.

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      Is the car sex in Arizona because it’s taboo to touch anything on the inside of a car in the summer? Like instead of the thrill of maybe getting caught that exhibitionists get, it’s the danger of accidentally burning yourself on the metal clasp of a seat belt?

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        I live in CO and a guy once (well, several times for months) told me I should be a dominatrix, not realizing my disdain was mostly exclusive to him, not men in general, but now I’m thinking I missed out on a lucrative career option. Well dang.

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            I’m not actually sure, but I’ll be 40 this year and I’m tired. I think I’d just end up being like, “yeah you were super bad, disobeying me and shit, your punishment is to fold the 4 loads of laundry I haven’t dealt with this week.” Also, there are a lot of things that can be dangerous in the hands of an amateur, and while I’m not opposed to hurting someone who wants it, I wouldn’t feel comfortable until I’d done a lot of training and practice, and ehhhh. I’d rather do other things these days.

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            Considering the popularity of “dommy mommies” I imagine older women are accepted in those circles.

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      You know what, New Mexico, not gonna tease you, you’ve got a high native population and it probably does suck rarely seeing folks that look like you in porn. Same for you Hawaii.

      Actually I feel like in a less sympathetic way Indiana gets the same treatment.

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      Actually looking at their other stats are shocking. Like I’m actually really surprised with how much lesbian content blows other searches out of the water women are significantly more likely to search it than men. Same for trans porn.

      Also props to milfs for being the number 2 search term. Mom bods really are having their day

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      I don’t want to engage in slander, but just extrapolating from previous conservative projection, that guy has a 15 year-old Honduran boy chained in his laundry room.

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    Let’s take bets on who’s getting caught first! Drag queens or some god-fearing dude??

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      Don’t pretend for a second itll actually be enforced against the in group

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    Everyone involved in pushing this law should be barred from working in government, and fined for wasting our time.

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      Just let them pass it then search their browser history. You know the only reason they’re so concerned about it is they’re ball’s deep into it.

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    I wish I didn’t live in my COMMUNIST blue state where I can freely watch porn, read books, receive healthcare, feed hungry kids, breath clean air, turn around in driveways without getting shot and an abortion if I or my 10 year old daughter gets RAPED! I would MUCH rather live in a Red State where it’s only legal to shoot homeless people, go to church and breath fumes from the coal plant next door unless it gets too cold and I freeze to death!

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    FREEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOM 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟🍟

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    Taking bets on how long it takes (not if, but when) this man is hacked and found to be absorbed in the exact thing he’s trying to ban.

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      That’s the thing… The bill is for 18+. What they are doing is funnelling sex fiends to the children their cabal sells. Epstein lives through celebrities and politicians.

      Sadly that’s probably true.