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i am harry posted:The mind is stretchy, malleable, and open to subtle, repeated suggestion, so probably as adversely as all the lies and constructions of the average person's social media webs. That's an elegant and descriptive way of describing what I meant. I was pointing out this poo poo makes some of some of us depressed so just think what it does to the believers. It ties into my OP. I think the effect of this stuff is underestimated. It makes people who know better sad and depressed and makes the believers angry and paranoid. It's bad poo poo and does more harm than people think.
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SedanChair posted:This would quickly become the most depressing thread in all the forums as goons painstakingly revealed the neoliberal agenda and unintended consequences behind everything. Yep, depression is an illness, not a mood.
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Seriously, if you're having suicidal thoughts, changing the news you read or things like that won't help by themsleves. Get therapy and medication if you can afford it. Getting actual medical treatment for my depression is one of the best decisions I've ever made in my entire life.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:Seriously, if you're having suicidal thoughts, changing the news you read or things like that won't help by themsleves. Get therapy and medication if you can afford it. Getting actual medical treatment for my depression is one of the best decisions I've ever made in my entire life. The stigmatization of mental illness in this country is pure evil and contributes to the problem in ways immeasurable. Everyone newly on healthcare should really take advantage of it and see someone just to talk, whether or not you have any perceived issues. Feels great.
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Sarah Palin took pictures of her son stepping on the family dog, and tried to paint it in a positive light  http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovemen..._stepping_stone quote:Sarah Palin's social media team might be taking some time off this New Year's week. The 50-year old Republican firebrand yesterday posted photos of her son Trig to Facebook that are eliciting strong commentary, and they have yet to be deleted.
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Jan 2, 2015 18:23
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CommieGIR posted:Sarah Palin took pictures of her son stepping on the family dog, and tried to paint it in a positive light  , and thought the commenters were just mean.Then I realized that it said 'stepping on' 
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Jan 2, 2015 18:26
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BiggerBoat posted:That's an elegant and descriptive way of describing what I meant. The long term effects are absolutely poisonous and I think it should be hard to overestimate them. It's a whole industry designed around blaming a specific group for all of the ills in your life and you can stay immersed in it 24 hours a day, like many do. I wrote more poo poo after this several times and kept deleting it because when I read it back it sounded over the top. But really, whole communities isolating themselves and making their defining characteristic hate for another group is scary as gently caress, and historically ends badly.
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Jan 2, 2015 18:29
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Then I realized that it said 'stepping on' Because the family dog is just a stumbling block. As if anyone didn't know, Sarah Palin is trash.
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CommieGIR posted:Because the family dog is just a stumbling block. I've been tripped enough time by my knee-height dog coming to stand directly behind me to say yeah, I kind of see the joke she was going for. Still shouldn't step on your dog, trigonometry.
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Jan 2, 2015 18:37
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"Step on no pets" is a palindrome. A palindrome. 
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InequalityGodzilla posted:I've been tripped enough time by my knee-height dog coming to stand directly behind me to say yeah, I kind of see the joke she was going for. Still shouldn't step on your dog, trigonometry. Yeah, I get the joke. But then, I see the photo.
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Jan 2, 2015 18:47
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InequalityGodzilla posted:I've been tripped enough time by my knee-height dog coming to stand directly behind me to say yeah, I kind of see the joke she was going for. Still shouldn't step on your dog, trigonometry. Dogs get underfoot, and I've joked about punting over a dozen pugs. Never would I do it, then upload it to Facebook to be uplifting. That said, who is more trash? The trash, or those who follow trash?
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:Dogs get underfoot, and I've joked about punting over a dozen pugs. Never would I do it, then upload it to Facebook to be uplifting. The trash is Sarah Palin. So it's Palin, the trash.
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FMguru posted:"Step on no pets" is a palindrome. #illuminati
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My dogs get underfoot all the time, and have been kicked/kneed accidentally plenty of times. But come on, how are you going to actively encourage your kid to stand on top of the dog. That's just terrible.
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Intel&Sebastian posted:#illuminati Not so loud, do you want AddMEonFacebook to show up?
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Technical Analysis posted:My dogs get underfoot all the time, and have been kicked/kneed accidentally plenty of times. But come on, how are you going to actively encourage your kid to stand on top of the dog. That's just terrible. Well you see the Bible says animals are lesser beings something something Christianity something Alaska.
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Jan 2, 2015 19:46
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CommieGIR posted:Well you see the Bible says animals are lesser beings something something Christianity something Alaska. Big gulps, the Constitution, are troops, not my president, I bought Todd gas cards for Christmas
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People shouldn't encourage their kids to step on pets, especially a developmentally disabled kid who will now have to be "untaught" to do this at some point, but come on. It's a big dog, it just sat there. It didn't appear to be hurt. When people on the left get outraged about stuff like this it's embarrassing.
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Jan 2, 2015 21:03
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beatlegs posted:People shouldn't encourage their kids to step on pets, especially a developmentally disabled kid who will now have to be "untaught" to do this at some point, but come on. It's a big dog, it just sat there. It didn't appear to be hurt. When people on the left get outraged about stuff like this it's embarrassing. Animals are actually pretty damned good at hiding injuries.... But people should be outraged methinks.
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beatlegs posted:People shouldn't encourage their kids to step on pets, especially a developmentally disabled kid who will now have to be "untaught" to do this at some point, but come on. It's a big dog, it just sat there. It didn't appear to be hurt. When people on the left get outraged about stuff like this it's embarrassing. I think it's perfectly valid to point out that lovely people like this belong as far away from the levers of power as possible. If you find yourself getting embarrassed by the things that other people that you don't even know are saying, perhaps the problem is with you?
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I don't know about "outraged" but yeah I'd be concerned for any dog being stepped on who is also in the care of the family unsound enough to end up in that retarded party fight incident. Not like "call the cops" concerned but "someone close to them should probably explain dogs don't enjoy this" concerned.
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beatlegs posted:People shouldn't encourage their kids to step on pets, especially a developmentally disabled kid who will now have to be "untaught" to do this at some point, but come on. It's a big dog, it just sat there. It didn't appear to be hurt. When people on the left get outraged about stuff like this it's embarrassing. Turns out people on the left like to blow things up into more than they are just to get outraged too. You'd think she was taking pictures of Trig kicking the dogs or beating them with a bat the way some people are responding. At least it's outrage about treating pets nicer in contrast to getting mad about mustard or using a knife and fork to eat pizza. They just need to crank the outrage back from screaming bloody murder to "she... really shouldn't let Trig do that". zeroprime fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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Ok, who exactly is screaming bloody murder? I want to know so I can go make fun of them. You do have a few examples, right?
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beatlegs posted:It didn't appear to be hurt. When people on the left get outraged about stuff like this it's embarrassing. The distressing thing is that she saw her son endangering their dog, and rather than correct his behavior (like nearly any compassionate human being would), she took photos and uploaded them to social media. Nobody's outraged, the dog was apparently unharmed. But this is getting attention because it's emblematic of her choosing a photo op over good parenting. It's probably the most Palin thing she's done recently. E: the normal reaction is "don't stand on the dog!" but Palin's is "I should photograph this." Because her stupid brain is wired wrong and poorly. moths fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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moths posted:It's probably the most Palin thing she's done recently.
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When your entire family causes a drunken street incident where sons are fighting dads and multiple people are yelling "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?!" you lose the benefit of the doubt with me. This is not a joke.
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FMguru posted:I dunno, it's hard to compete with "Sat in her stretch limo while the rest of her family turned a neighborhood block party into a no-holds-barred hillbilly punch-em-up brawl", y'know? Yeah, I don't think they're going to be able to top that until one of the kids inevitably gets caught smoking meth
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Yeah, as much as I feel bad for the dog and think Palin is an rear end in a top hat I'm mostly just feeling a little icky that a developmentally disabled kid has parents that are lovely enough that when he steps on the dog they don't tell him that's bad but instead think it makes for a great Facebook post and positive life lesson. Thank God that kid is rich because he'd be hosed otherwise.
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Clubbing a fish to death (instead of just killing it humanely) on television probably comes closest in theme, the theme being she shouldn't be allowed around animals or cameras.
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STAC Goat posted:Thank God that kid is rich because he'd be hosed otherwise. He is living proof as to how well Abstinence works as a Sex Ed plan.
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CommieGIR posted:He is living proof as to how well Abstinence works as a Sex Ed plan. I'm pretty sure he's Palin's youngest kid, not the unplanned grandson from a teen parent. If I'm wrong I should apologize for calling him developmentally disabled.
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STAC Goat posted:I'm pretty sure he's Palin's youngest kid, not the unplanned grandson from a teen parent. Oh, woops, my bad. Either way, Bristol is a winner quote:Palin and Johnston's son, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, was born in December 2008.[60][61] She denied claims that her mother's pro-life views influenced her decision to give birth to and raise her son Tripp: "It doesn't matter what my mom's views are on it. It was my decision."[62][63]
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moths posted:The distressing thing is that she saw her son endangering their dog, and rather than correct his behavior (like nearly any compassionate human being would), she took photos and uploaded them to social media. I agree her 1st reaction should have been to stop it from happening, but some are calling it animal abuse, which is dumb. But yeah I agree it reveals her lovely priorities, ie "Ooh I should take a photo of this! It will piss off lefty animal lovers and once again make me a big hero to my fans".
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I really don't think she did it as a troll. Kind of like when she uttered "blood libel" I really doubt she was trying to piss off jews. Both are just way too calculating for someone who doesn't understand that grifting Republicans is supposed to be kayfabe.
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CommieGIR posted:Oh, woops, my bad. Wait, the kid is named Trig and the grandson is named Tripp? No wonder you confused them. That's just weird. Do those names mean something in Alaska or something or did she really just name her kid some random noise that sounds like her baby brother's random noise name? But yeah, all the Palin children seem to be pieces of work. Which is probably to be expected given their parents. Which is why I just feel bad for the youngest. He's young enough that he's still an innocent in this trashy family and he's got the built in disadvantages. It sucks for him. She could have been President.
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The lesson learned from this page should be that there is absolutely no qualifier, political or otherwise, that will stop a set of internet comments from being really really lovely.
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Good Citizen posted:Yeah, I don't think they're going to be able to top that until one of the kids inevitably gets caught smoking meth Intel&Sebastian posted:The lesson learned from this page should be that there is absolutely no qualifier, political or otherwise, that will stop a set of internet comments from being really really lovely.
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STAC Goat posted:Wait, the kid is named Trig and the grandson is named Tripp? No wonder you confused them. That's just weird. Do those names mean something in Alaska or something or did she really just name her kid some random noise that sounds like her baby brother's random noise name? They're dog whistles for the white supremacists in the valley. vvv Really? The German "Heritage" school didn't tip you off? vvv Gynocentric Regime fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Jan 3, 2015 |
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Hasters posted:They're dog whistles for the white supremacists in the valley. As someone who's lived in Anchorage all my life, this is news to me.
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