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ToxicSlurpee posted:It was a failure for the rest of the world because they started it. The real truth is that it was a success for the U.S. because we hung back until most of the world powers had wrecked each other, then jumped in on the winning side. That way, we got to win a war and come out as the only powerful country still standing.
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Jurgan posted:The real truth is that it was a success for the U.S. because we hung back until most of the world powers had wrecked each other, then jumped in on the winning side. That way, we got to win a war and come out as the only powerful country still standing. We also got a rather significant amount of help from said wrecked nations. Though really a ton of the heavy lifting in Europe was done by Russia.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 02:36 |
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ToxicSlurpee posted:It was a failure for the rest of the world because they started it. This except American economy. Without that the noble worker's war on the eastern front would've been very different. Millions more of them would've starved without evil capitalist food aid and they'd never have made it to Berlin without our massive lend-leasin' welfare.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 02:41 |
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ToxicSlurpee posted:We also got a rather significant amount of help from said wrecked nations. Though really a ton of the heavy lifting in Europe was done by Russia. Oh, I know, when it comes to winning the war. But because we had no home front (except Hawaii, I suppose), our economy and infrastructure were unaffected or even boosted. So when it was over, we were the most powerful country more or less by default.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 02:42 |
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Instead, it is counterproductive and weird.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 02:50 |
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Nah it's pretty much abuse. If a small child is upsetting you and your only recourse is assault, you've got issues.DeusExMachinima posted:This except American economy. Without that the noble worker's war on the eastern front would've been very different. Millions more of them would've starved without evil capitalist food aid and they'd never have made it to Berlin without our massive lend-leasin' welfare. It's possible that "America single handedly won the war" can be complete bullshit while "The USSR single handedly won the war" can also be bullshit. If someone wanted to make a macro of a US sailor handing off some cargo to a Soviet dock worker to get all patriotic over, I don't think anyone would complain
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 02:55 |
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"I was spanked as a child and I turned out just fine." - A Person Who Advocates Inflicting Physical Violence On Children
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 03:54 |
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I saw a right wing fwd fwd fwd featuring Vilerat pop up in my timeline. There's some irony on that https://twitter.com/Rene_gadeCowboy/status/684522021695307776 e: Renegade Cowboy ⚓️ @Rene_gadeCowboy 28s28 seconds ago "how about you F off and worry about your own tweets" FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:I saw a right wing fwd fwd fwd featuring Vilerat pop up in my timeline. "I knew Sean Smith. Sean Smith was a friend of mine. Sir, you're no Sean Smith."
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 06:43 |
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Jurgan posted:Double Jeopardy. I haven't read that much about it, so there could be relevant details I'm missing, but from what I remember they were convicted, served a sentence, got out, then a federal official said "nope, I found a federal law that has a mandatory minimum, so back to jail you go!" It's a pretty sketchy way to keep someone in jail. Of course, that doesn't justify the reaction, and the people in jail have outright said "we don't support this protest." It's pretty obvious they were just looking for an excuse to screw with the feds. From what I've read: arson on federal lands has a five-year minimum sentence, the trial judge said that was too harsh and sentenced them to a few months, the prosecution appealed because the trial judge refused to follow the law, and every higher court that looked at it went "are you crazy, they set fires that nearly killed someone, why are you ignoring the law" and gave them the proper sentence. It's not double jeopardy to appeal an unlawful verdict and get a higher court to sentence the defendant according to the law.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 07:08 |
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FB fwd about the yallqaeda peoplequote:Bundy Refuge Takeover.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 07:16 |
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Vargatron posted:Every generation has the notion of "those loving kids" ruining everything and being entitled. This is not a new concept. Boomers tend to do it at a greater rate to cover up how they are the most worthless self centered draining generation ever.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 07:54 |
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Ron Jeremy posted:FB fwd about the yallqaeda people "I don't agree with these guys but I agree with these guys."
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 08:50 |
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Ron Jeremy posted:FB fwd about the yallqaeda people Jesus. Already? That was loving fast.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 10:17 |
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TheKennedys posted:"I knew Sean Smith. Sean Smith was a friend of mine. Sir, you're no Sean Smith." The worst was when some anti-Hillary ad put words in the mouths of the victims, having them complain about the Benghazi hearings from beyond the grave. The assumption was that of course they'd support this endless political theater. VitalSigns posted:From what I've read: arson on federal lands has a five-year minimum sentence, the trial judge said that was too harsh and sentenced them to a few months, the prosecution appealed because the trial judge refused to follow the law, and every higher court that looked at it went "are you crazy, they set fires that nearly killed someone, why are you ignoring the law" and gave them the proper sentence. It's definitely not double jeopardy in the literal sense. However, at least this time there's some clear reason for the protest beyond "I don't wanna pay taxes!"
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This one is related to the Philippines, so I need to give some quick backstory here. The presidential race is on, and one of the most popular candidates is the mayor of Davao City, Rodrigo Duterte. He has a lot of cheerleaders, from all sides, because he runs one of the cleanest and most livable cities in the country. However, even my liberal friends have a blind spot for the horrible things he does, because they somehow manage to spin these into making him look badass. There's a lot of terrible surrounding him, but the one specifically relevant here is that he has ties to armed vigilante groups that kill suspected criminals, is suspected of funding or even running them, and has openly expressed sentiments supporting them. I can see why he appeals to some people because there are some cool things he supports no other politician in the Philippines openly does, like gay marriage and federalization, buuuut... it's one thing to have a friend who supports him, and another who flat out writes about the merits of extrajudicial killings.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 16:02 |
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Literally "to fight crime, you have to become crime" with bonus Are Chilren. e: And of course there's right wing memes that miss the point of that original quote. Guavanaut fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:My grandfather served in the Army during WWII. I asked my father if he ever said anything to him about it or he ever mentioned what he did over there. It's the same thing with my grandpa. He served in the Navy and was on an aircraft carrier that got kamikaze'd, but we only heard about that through others, and when people did interviews with him. He got to go on a trip to DC to go to the WW2 memorial two years ago, and while surrounded by a bunch of other vets, he apparently talked everyone's ear off about the war. The volunteers told our family "He told so many amazing stories!" we were like "What? He never told us any of them." I suppose a lot of military guys don't really feel like non-servicemen can relate. Argue posted:This one is related to the Philippines, so I need to give some quick backstory here. The presidential race is on, and one of the most popular candidates is the mayor of Davao City, Rodrigo Duterte. He has a lot of cheerleaders, from all sides, because he runs one of the cleanest and most livable cities in the country. However, even my liberal friends have a blind spot for the horrible things he does, because they somehow manage to spin these into making him look badass. There's a lot of terrible surrounding him, but the one specifically relevant here is that he has ties to armed vigilante groups that kill suspected criminals, is suspected of funding or even running them, and has openly expressed sentiments supporting them. Isn't the southern part of the Philippines the most dangerous area? I've visited Manila once, and have several Filipino friends, and all of them say "stay the hell away from the south islands. You'll get kidnapped." It wouldn't surprise me that someone like that would come from there. seiferguy fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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seiferguy posted:Isn't the southern part of the Philippines the most dangerous area? I've visited Manila once, and have several Filipino friends, and all of them say "stay the hell away from the south islands. You'll get kidnapped." It wouldn't surprise me that someone like that would come from there. Yes, it is, but it sort of feeds into the legend that this candidate has built insofar as Davao City has a reputation for being safe despite being on the island that has the most activity from Islamic insurgents, Maoist insurgents, and general criminality.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 16:59 |
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So I wonder if whoever made this actually saw First Blood
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 20:26 |
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SpeedyCow posted:So I wonder if whoever made this actually saw First Blood To be fair, I don't think whoever made that movie saw First Blood.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 20:48 |
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Eh, I can agree with this, so long as you put the spanking into context. I was spanked all of once in my life. I was four years old, I unbuckled my seatbelt in the car, my mom pulled over swatted my rear end twice, then after I calmed down she sat me down and explained to me why what I did was dumb as hell. It probably could have been done without the spanking, but knowing the kind of kid I was, the lesson wouldn't have stuck nearly as hard as it did.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:11 |
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SpeedyCow posted:So I wonder if whoever made this actually saw First Blood It doesn't matter if you've seen first blood it only matters that you feel what Rambo is: a metaphor for American greatness, rising again like a phoenix from the ashes of vietnam.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:18 |
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Technical Analysis posted:Eh, I can agree with this, so long as you put the spanking into context. I was spanked all of once in my life. I was four years old, I unbuckled my seatbelt in the car, my mom pulled over swatted my rear end twice, then after I calmed down she sat me down and explained to me why what I did was dumb as hell. The message would be far more direct if she just slammed on the brakes.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:23 |
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Brawnfire posted:The message would be far more direct if she just slammed on the brakes. Soooo, you're against spanking but in favor of disciplining children by potentially giving them severe head injuries?
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:28 |
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Willatron posted:Soooo, you're against spanking but in favor of disciplining children by potentially giving them severe head injuries? Did I stutter?
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:32 |
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If your child takes off their seatbelt the appropriate thing to do is throw on the handbrake and turn the wheel to the left real fast.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:33 |
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Technical Analysis posted:Eh, I can agree with this, so long as you put the spanking into context.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:42 |
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kill the child and make a new one whenever they make a mistake, they are not of good genetic material if they don't follow your orders exactly to the T
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:45 |
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I have spanked my children. Kids, especially in the 2-4 range, just aren't particularly rational. You can correct, you can reason, but at a certain point they need to be corrected in a way that reaches them. A swat on the hand or the butt works. It doesn't have to be a ceremony of punishment like pulling down the pants or getting a switch. Just a quick swat. Also, there's a spectrum of correction imo. Spanking or any sort of pain is really on the far side of it. It should be reserved for the most necessary situations because if it's used for less, there's nowhere else to go from there.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:50 |
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BUBBA GAY DUDLEY posted:If your child takes off their seatbelt the appropriate thing to do is throw on the handbrake and turn the wheel to the left real fast. Nah, what you do is deliberately create a messy crash that they die in. They'll never unbuckle their seat belts ever again after that.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:50 |
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"Terrified parent punitively strikes child before better judgement reasserts itself," is substantially easier for me to relate to than "terrible parent utilizes lifelong program of physical attacks in order to cow child into obedience." e: obviously the appropriate course of action is to stare at the child, shriek wordlessly, stomp on the gas, and drive directly into the nearest immovable object
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:51 |
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RabbitWizard posted:I'm sure people sharing that kind of images always "put it in context" when they cause physical pain to their children.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:54 |
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RabbitWizard posted:I'm sure people sharing that kind of images always "put it in context" when they cause physical pain to their children. Hey now, I'm sure when the kid acts out and they are angry and frustrated that will apply an appropriate amount of calm, controlled force that couldn't possibly cause harm.
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# ? Jan 6, 2016 21:57 |
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# ? Jan 7, 2016 01:35 |
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I've seen the 'Obama fake tears' thing from people on the right in the Freep thread, but I've only seen it from people on the far left on my own facebook, in the form of "if he had those tears genuinely due to domestic gun crime, he should be in constant floods due to all the children he droned and murdered by proxy in Syria" "yeah, I bet he had onion on his fingers"
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# ? Jan 7, 2016 01:49 |
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I used to be you had to have two trained psychologists administer a test to determine psychopathy. Now it's just "did he do a thing from a pop-body language book!?"
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# ? Jan 7, 2016 02:01 |
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Ron Jeremy posted:I have spanked my children. Kids, especially in the 2-4 range, just aren't particularly rational. You can correct, you can reason, but at a certain point they need to be corrected in a way that reaches them. A swat on the hand or the butt works. It doesn't have to be a ceremony of punishment like pulling down the pants or getting a switch. Just a quick swat. The people who post memes like that aren't really defending that kind of thing, though. They're usually defending stuff like, "when my pa was angry we used to get the belt and we turned out just fine! <punches 8 year old>"
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# ? Jan 7, 2016 02:09 |
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I wouldn't be surprised if all Presidents, except maybe Ford (because he didn't actively try to become President)* and Carter (because come on)*, have been psychopaths. It's not really material. * I realize that, to the public eye, this is also true of Frank Underwood. * Carter's convincing lifetime of acting like a man of integrity and honest conviction might just mean he's the biggest psychopath of all. Mellow Seas fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Jan 7, 2016 |
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