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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 01:51pm

  Hey, so, weren’t you the guy saying the government should decide what counts as “real” news and who counts as “real” journalists?

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 01:49pm

  it’s because there is evidence of fraud

  Trump and his cronies claimed this five-and-a-half years ago after he lost the election. They were effectively laughed out of every court in which they made such claims because they had no evidence to support those claims. Trump even demanded that Georgia election officials “find” (i.e., fradulently declare the existence of) enough votes to give him the win in Georgia and shift the Electoral College in his favor. (And don’t say “he didn’t say that” because we’ve all heard the recording of him asking for exactly that.) You can claim the 2020 election had widespread fraud, but until your evidence is stronger than “trust me bro”, your claims have as much truth to them as Trump’s. The 2020 presidental election was, like every such election before it in modern times, safe and secure. I’m sorry that you can’t accept the truth⁠—but that alone isn’t enough reason for me to accept your lie.

• On the post: The SpaceX IPO Sends Elon Musk And Trump’s Starlink Cronyism Into The Thermosphere

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 01:44pm

  Hot DAMN you are not smart.

  Every accusation, a confession.

• On the post: The SpaceX IPO Sends Elon Musk And Trump’s Starlink Cronyism Into The Thermosphere

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 01:43pm

  He’s neither of those things, actually.

  Yes. Yes, he is.

  remember when you guys pretended a wave was a nazi salute, and then like 2 years later you nominated a literal fuucking nazi for senate like it was no big deal?

  Remember when you could spell common words like “fucking” without issue? Also, I didn’t personally nominate Platner, and I still have plenty of reservations about him⁠—not the least of which is his supposed years-long incuriosity around his totemkompf tattoo⁠—but as far as I’m aware, he doesn’t actually hold or express any Nazi ideals. By comparison, Elon Musk has espoused support for eugenics, cancelled financial aid to African nations based on “anti-DEI ‘principles’ ”, and expressed plenty of bigoted opinions on Twitter (including his calling one of his children a “murderer” because she’s transgender). Also, who the fuck waves their hand like you say Elon did? That shit looked like a Nazi salute from every conceivable angle you could find. I’m sorry that it’s hard for you to accept that he’s not even at all subtle about his white supremacist ideology, but that’s your problem. I don’t gotta worry about defending Nazi salutes because anyone who does that shit gets on my shit list forever, and Elon was there well before he did a sieg heil in support of Trump.

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 11:59am

  “GQP”, “tRumpanzees”…is this really what slightly-left-leaning centrists think is funny or smart?

• On the post: The SpaceX IPO Sends Elon Musk And Trump’s Starlink Cronyism Into The Thermosphere

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 11:58am

  Okay but Elon Musk is an idiot and a racist, though.

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 11:54am

  he pointed out that the 2020 election was shown to have been quite secure

  To anyone thinking of pulling out some bullshit about how the 2020 election was “stolen” or “rigged”: Present stronger evidence than anything the Trump administration presented in its five dozen losses in court over this matter or stay quiet⁠—I don’t care which.

• On the post: And Now Basically Everyone In This LEGO Dispute Looks Sketchy

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 08:14am

  As someone who hates the “should of” mistake and its “would of” and “could of” siblings: I know what people are saying when they use that construction, so I don’t care enough to correct someone using it on social media or whatever. If we were talking about writing a book/story or something professional and I was an editor? Yes, I would care enough to correct the writer. But casual bullshitting on Facebook? Who gives that much of a shit, dude.

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 08:10am

  People like him don’t justify, they just claim the bad stuff never happened at all.

  To wit: Trump’s first term ended with him continually denying that the pandemic was a pandemic⁠—even after he caught COVID-19 himself.

• On the post: Judge Says Trump’s Attempt To Rewrite History At National Parks Is Illegal

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2026 @ 08:09am

  What, no treatise on how the Trump regime was in the right for literally whitewashing history?

• On the post: American Diabetes Association Fucked Up Real Bad Trying To Placate Trump Administration

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2026 @ 05:45pm

  That’s not clear at all, because Vance would become president.

  On one hand, he’s more competent than Trump. On the other hand, he doesn’t have any real political instincts, any of Trump’s inexplicable charm, and any of Trump’s ability to bullshit his way through life. Vance as president would be bad, but it wouldn’t be worse than Trump because Trump is destructive and cruel to feed his ego, whereas Vance is a dumb asshole who would stumble along until the end of his time in the White House.

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2026 @ 05:41pm

  The cops removed them for trespassing; that is, being on private property after being ordered to leave by those currently renting it.

  And why did the renters, who were in fact the ADA, ask those people to leave?

• On the post: And Now Basically Everyone In This LEGO Dispute Looks Sketchy

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2026 @ 05:33pm

  You have made my choice clear.

  Then let’s see you enforce it.

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2026 @ 04:01pm

  Yes, yes, you think you’re James Bond and Q and whatever other super spy fantasy you can think of. Don’t you get tired of pulling this schtick?

• On the post: And Now Basically Everyone In This LEGO Dispute Looks Sketchy

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2026 @ 11:13am

  Are you, by any chance, a BAM employee?

• On the post: And Now Basically Everyone In This LEGO Dispute Looks Sketchy

  

  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2026 @ 11:12am

  I’m just going to think you’re a moron.

  You’re really going to think that because I said “Legos” instead of “LEGO™ Bricks™”™, despite telling you that I’ve heard plenty of people call them “Legos” and I’ve known exactly what they’re talking about when they do. Really. Isn’t more idiotic to play word police like you’re trying to do? Because this “I’m going to insult you for not using the exactly correct corporate term for this child’s toy” shit is kind of fucking ridiculous. And for the record, I’m not going to stop calling them “Legos” because you insulted me. If anything, you’re making my decision on the matter far, far, far easier than you would have if you had shown an ounce of respect for other people instead of insulting them for how they refer to Legos. But please, keep saying you’ll die on this hill. The real question is whether you’ll find anyone willing to bleed out next to you.

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2026 @ 02:28pm

  It was pointed out to you several times that that’s just how the language works, yet you continually insist that it’s somehow a corporate thing?

  I insist on that because only a corporate stooge or an attorney in that corporation’s legal department would care this much about the precise terminology used for the product in question and whether some rando on the Internet is using said precise terminology. You seem to think I am the one going “everyone has to call them Legos now”. I’m not. If someone refers to Lego pieces as “LEGO™ Bricks™”™, I don’t care. I’m going to keep calling them “Legos” and everyone else can call them what they want. What I care about is this really weird insistence from you that anyone who doesn’t use the exact same terminology that the corporation uses (and asks everyone else to use) is somehow worthy of condemnation or scorn. So I don’t call them “LEGO™ Bricks™”™. Unless you’re a corporate stooge or a trademark lawyer, why do you care when you still know what I’m talking about?

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2026 @ 02:21pm

  You may have a point there about it being an identifier. There are other manufacturers of interlocking plastic bricks out there.

  And I’m sure there are people who refer to such bricks that aren’t LEGO bricks as “Legos”. What are you gonna do, sue them into oblivion? I guess Nintendo will have to do the same thing to all the parents who referred to gaming consoles as “Nintendos” instead of actual full brand name. Maybe whatever company produces brand-name Band-Aids bandages should start suing people who refer to all adhesive bandages as Band-Aids. Do you really not see how weird it is to get hung up on how people refer to Legos even though you know exactly what they’re talking about?

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2026 @ 02:17pm

  If people call them “LEGO bricks”, fine. But I’ve always heard people call them “Legos” or “Lego pieces”, and I’ve used the same terminology myself for as long as I’ve known about Legos. The weirdness about all this language policing around what is effectively a trademark is that in this context, you still know what I’m talking about if I say “Legos”. Why be so goddamned anal about people saying “Legos” unless you’re literally part of the company that makes Legos? Seriously, it’s weird as hell to care so much about how people refer to Legos on a blog that isn’t even dedicated to Legos. Like, do y’all do this kind of weird language policing “use the exact trademarks” shit if some rando on Twitter calls them “Legos”?

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  Stephen T. Stone ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2026 @ 10:02am

  you and StS are assuming that an American-English specific usage of ‘legos’ is the way ‘everyone knows’ it is said

  It’s how I’ve always referred to them. It’s how my parents always referred to them. It’s how my brother, my best friend, and other family members and acquiantances have always referred to them. I’ve seen and heard more people refer to them as “Legos” or “Lego pieces” than I’ve ever seen or heard them referred to as “LEGO™ Bricks™”™ or whatever corporate branding you apparently want branded on my forehead as a warning to everyone else. I’m sorry that I’m not using the correct legally-required-for-talking-about-plastic-bricks terminology, but I’ve spend 40-plus years of my life hearing and seeing them referred to as “Legos” and I’m not going to stop referring to them as “Legos” because you have more of “A™ LEGO™ Stick™”™ up your ass about trademarks.

  you’re just wrong

  No, we’re different. If I told you I bought “a Lego set” or I was “putting together some Legos”, would you really not understand what I was saying and demand greater clarity by way of correct trademark usage? Seriously, I would get being this level of anal about a press release, but you’re being really fucking weird about something that really doesn’t matter outside of lawsuits and hardcore hobbyist circles.

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