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Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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StrixNebulosa posted:

That's true, but it doesn't explain why C-SPAM is still so unreadable. Once they added the animated background I gave up on going in there.

Quarantine is an effective moderation method

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StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Fojar38 posted:

Quarantine is an effective moderation method

:confused:

What's Quarantine?

lozzle
Oct 22, 2012

by zen death robot

StrixNebulosa posted:

:confused:

What's Quarantine?

You lock all the crazies and dumbasses in a room and throw away the key.

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

StrixNebulosa posted:

:confused:

What's Quarantine?

Meaning the terrible threads are quarantined in C-SPAM.

silvergoose
Mar 18, 2006

IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS




StrixNebulosa posted:

:confused:

What's Quarantine?

An action you can take in Pandemic with some expansion or other.

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

GalacticAcid posted:

Meaning the terrible threads are quarantined in C-SPAM.

Ohhhh, okay, got it, thank you. Now I feel dumb.

punk rebel ecks
Dec 11, 2010

A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

Xae posted:

And stop being a dumbass who won't read articles because you don't like a publications politics. The Economist is a well respected publication when it comes to economics.

Well respected by neo-liberals.

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES
Uh oh. Here comes the "someone said neoliberal" meltdown.

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

GalacticAcid posted:

Meaning the terrible threads are quarantined in C-SPAM.

This pretty much~

There's only one good thread and its put out enough content such as corncobbed

computer parts
Nov 18, 2010

PLEASE CLAP

GalacticAcid posted:

Uh oh. Here comes the "someone said neoliberal" meltdown.

That's the one word filter that should've stayed.

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

computer parts posted:

That's the one word filter that should've stayed.

The first appearance of that was magical.

PostNouveau
Sep 3, 2011

VY till I die
Grimey Drawer

computer parts posted:

That's the one word filter that should've stayed.

What was it?

lozzle
Oct 22, 2012

by zen death robot

Lastgirl posted:

This pretty much~

There's only one good thread and its put out enough content such as corncobbed

The Hillay Toxx thread, natch. :smug:

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

PostNouveau posted:

What was it?

N-word, I think.

silvergoose
Mar 18, 2006

IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS




PostNouveau posted:

What was it?

neoliberal -> n-word

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES
Lmao here's the first USPol post that got the neoliberal -> n-word filter.

So it read "Deray McKesson is a pure n-word shock troop and Teach for America stooge."

OddObserver
Apr 3, 2009

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

Assange isn't alt-right, (((establishment))) aside. The guy who ghostwrote his autobiography has a great essay in the LRB about working with him. He's a raging, pathological narcissist with a clinical lack of empathy, but insofar as he has any coherent ideology at all it's that all large organizations, especially governments, are persecuting him.

He seems to have a mysterious soft spot for Putin.
The paycheck may help some, I guess.

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

lozzle posted:

The Hillay Toxx thread, natch. :smug:

safest toxx you'll ever do in your life :ocelot::grin:

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Assange (who is far left) adopting far right rhetoric and broing up with Putin, a far right leader, is basically living proof of horseshoe theory.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

BiohazrD posted:

This is the worst idea I've ever seen

No. Donald Trump being this close to becoming President is the worst idea I've ever seen.

ComradeCosmobot
Dec 4, 2004

USPOL July
The laughs keep coming (look at the bottom of the page)

Of course, to be fair, we shouldn't be laughing really, given what Lowtax has posted about SA. (The ad-supported Internet is finally slowly dying.)

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

Lastgirl posted:

safest toxx you'll ever do in your life :ocelot::grin:

No that was the Hillary indictment thread.

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

Fojar38 posted:

Assange (who is far left) adopting far right rhetoric and broing up with Putin, a far right leader, is basically living proof of horseshoe theory.

Nope. I've seen this asserted elsewhere and it's dumb as hell.

Julian Assange is not "far left."

Bushiz
Sep 21, 2004

The #1 Threat to Ba Sing Se

Grimey Drawer

Fojar38 posted:

Assange (who is far left) adopting far right rhetoric and broing up with Putin, a far right leader, is basically living proof of horseshoe theory.

assange isn't and never was far left because assange doesn't have a political ethos or ideology whatsoever other than "gently caress you, pay attention to me"

Like there's a difference between "far left" and "hates america" despite what fox news would have you believe

woke wedding drone
Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
Fun Shoe
I think the VP debate could be boring, but I hope Kaine's strategy is just hitting Trump over and over and over again on misogyny and bigotry and general ugliness. Make Pence defend it or try to change the subject. Draw a contrast between Pence's evangelical holier-than-thou attitude and...Trump.

Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




Bushiz posted:

assange isn't and never was far left because assange doesn't have a political ethos or ideology whatsoever other than "gently caress you, pay attention to me"

So... he is Australian Trump?

computer parts
Nov 18, 2010

PLEASE CLAP

Furnaceface posted:

So... he is Australian Trump?

Australian Jill Stein.

woke wedding drone
Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
Fun Shoe
Assange is probably the most prominent example of a guy who acts like all political parties are the same because he is too cool to believe in things.

A Fancy 400 lbs
Jul 24, 2008

Furnaceface posted:

So... he is Australian Trump?

Isn't that position taken already by Rupert Murdoch?

patonthebach
Aug 22, 2016

by R. Guyovich
Can someone explain what this October Surprise thing is to someone that isnt American?

ComradeCosmobot
Dec 4, 2004

USPOL July

patonthebach posted:

Can someone explain what this October Surprise thing is to someone that isnt American?

Wikipedia has you covered.

woke wedding drone
Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
Fun Shoe

patonthebach posted:

Can someone explain what this October Surprise thing is to someone that isnt American?

A last minute scandal or piece of breaking news that could change the outcome of the election.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



patonthebach posted:

Can someone explain what this October Surprise thing is to someone that isnt American?
I think it actually happened once, but basically our elections are fixed by statute instead of being called more or less whenever or "at least every X years" etc. So it's meant to describe some dramatic information that comes in just in time to gently caress up the election - which can be meaningful since if it's RIGHT Before the election, an obvious falsehood might not be disproven or the like in time.

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART

patonthebach posted:

Can someone explain what this October Surprise thing is to someone that isnt American?

The idea of a big, unexpected event that occurs late in the election cycle that could potentially swing the election. Various events from past campaigns are sometimes pointed out as "october surprises," particularly Iran not releasing the hostages in 1980 which is a major reason why Carter lost, but it doesn't really fit the definition of being something totally unforseen. In reality, there hasn't really been any "October surprise" big enough to swing an election.

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

patonthebach posted:

Can someone explain what this October Surprise thing is to someone that isnt American?

It's a vile sex act

Kerning Chameleon
Apr 8, 2015

by Cyrano4747

Pakled posted:

The idea of a big, unexpected event that occurs late in the election cycle that could potentially swing the election. Various events from past campaigns are sometimes pointed out as "october surprises," particularly Iran not releasing the hostages in 1980 which is a major reason why Carter lost, but it doesn't really fit the definition of being something totally unforseen. In reality, there hasn't really been any "October surprise" big enough to swing an election.

The one most people remember these days would be the Economic Downturn in 2008... which happened in September... and McCain was floundering anyway.

lozzle
Oct 22, 2012

by zen death robot

Lastgirl posted:

safest toxx you'll ever do in your life :ocelot::grin:

Hey man I specifically waited till the nadir of her campaign (Pneumoniagate) so that I could pretend I was taking any sort of risk. :smug:

Quinton
Apr 25, 2004

Another summary the the last 7 days of Trump's Excellent Campaign:
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-bad-week-22102782a06b

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

ComradeCosmobot posted:

The laughs keep coming (look at the bottom of the page)

Of course, to be fair, we shouldn't be laughing really, given what Lowtax has posted about SA. (The ad-supported Internet is finally slowly dying.)

One of Radio Free GOP's sponsors is a forum called Ricochet, which was described as "the best center-right forum on the internet, no trolls guaranteed", but also that you're supposed to pay a monthly subscription to post there.

I found the idea fascinating. For one, I think I would be okay with paying a monthly sub to SA if it meant keeping the lights on for the amount of entertainment I get from this place, but for another, what is a "center-right forum with no trolls" even going to look like? Is that where Amergin copy-pastes our counter-arguments to?

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CAROL
Oct 29, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
What does keep loving that chicken mean, friends?

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