The best thing about online games is the opportunity for Mats, and others like him, to be who he truly was. Once you find the right group of people, it doesn't what color your skin is, what's between your legs, what your physical advantages/disadvantages are. All that mattered was your character and your determination. And you aren't limited by your geography even. You can interact with people all over the world and enrich yourself along with enriching themselves by providing a brief glimpse in each others lives. It's actually a beautiful thing how many stories there are like this one there are out there. Games like WoW enabled Mats to be the person who he truly was before he passed. It's a bittersweet moment for the parents. I hope it gives them the closure they need.

This guy is going to start WW3 because he needs to stay in power, and Biden is too much of a chickenshit to rein him in.

Please tell me this is a joke. I legitimately don't know if it is or isn't.

Since ChatGPT learns from internet users, does that mean the majority of internet users are autistic?

Republicans on Tuesday assailed the hearing, with outright denials about the impact abortion laws have on the medical care women in the U.S. have received, and called the hearing a politically-motivated attack just weeks ahead of the presidential election. Republicans, who are noticeably nervous about how the new abortion laws will play into the presidential race, lodged repeated complaints about the hearing’s title, “How Trump Criminalized Women’s Health Care.”

If you're worried about how your policy will look like at time of election as it will be overwhelmingly unpopular than maybe don't defend it and change policies?

Seek professional help. Have her find a good OBGYN and go over what's going on with her body. Could be hormone imbalances or her mental state is affected from everything she's been going through. Don't take advice from random strangers here.

Same reason people love raw cookie dough. They just like the taste.

You all heard the man. Get off your asses and your lives of leisure to go fight and die for some random oil company!

Israel loves Hamas. Let's them justify their persecution of the Palestinians and the ongoing genocide. They don't want to end Hamas until after they end the Palestinians. That way they get more land to colonize.

To increase engagement, I propose we have some idiots volunteer to respond to every scientific article and achievement on Mastodon with ridicule and skepticism.

People get sick, yes.