Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon She'll get you back for this, you know. Especially posting a photo of it. You're in deep trouble, Mister.

@wt8p Nice job!

@malwaretech Yes, exactly. Most people in West Virginia are of that mindset. If you drive a nice car and wear a suit, you are automatically assumed to be honest and trustworthy. If you are rich, you can do no wrong.

This comes from a fundamental belief that rich people are blessed by God. That's why they're rich. Conversely, the poor are cursed. That's why they're poor.

All kinds of bad stuff results from this, invariably resulting in West Virginians getting screwed over. And they did it again by overwhelmingly supporting Trump.

In a way it's understandable. People here have no experience of rich people. Most have never met one. So their image of a rich person is a poor person's imagination of a rich person.

I'm not originally from here, I'm from Los Angeles / Hollywood / Beverly Hills and grew up surrounded by the rich and famous. That the rich and famous have the same flaws as they, the same percentage of jerks, assholes, and criminals, is unimaginable to the folks around here.

@ravenonthill Here is where the governor needs to step in. He can quarantine her by force with the stroke of a pen. No ifs or buts, already settled by the U.S. Supreme Court long ago.

@1finekitty Probably DeSantis.

@black_intellect Yup. They were duped by bad actors. Maybe they know it, and they're mad, and this might override the resistance to admitting error.

I'm now privileged to have experienced two Sputnik incidents in my lifetime.

I was very young for the first one but my father explained it to me. It's possible that the incident got me interested in space and ultimately on an astronomy career path, later switched to engineering when I was 19. What's this space stuff?

@lauren Good grief. I've never even heard of that movie. Hahaha.