Also American here. The very stupid but correct answer is that America is an ally of Europe when the president is a Democrat, and America is not at all an ally when the president is a Republican. Which sadly means we cannot be a trusted ally and Europe would be wise to buy weapons elsewhere and create alliances elsewhere.

HOLY CRAP I can move my taskbar again! Thank you for letting me know, I had long since given up

My anus is bleeding

My kids absolutely love life and are majorly excited about everything.

If you eat the bread ends, you will grow hair on your chest

Obama won in 2012. Trump won in 2016. Then a bunch of his voters switched and Biden won in 2020. And then a bunch of his voters switched to Trump in 2024.

It seems inarguable that a critical number of voters are absolutely capable of changing their minds.

Real Facebook ads for anyone curious

A few years ago I made a Facebook post jokingly pointing out how the ads on Facebook include ads for fake rolexes and illegal drugs (including a screenshot of the ads) and Facebook took down my post on the stated grounds that I was violating someone’s trademark.

I can confirm people have been pointlessly tapping soda can lids since decades before the existence of Youtube.