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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014



Senate GOP, led by paul ryan, planning on using FB live to film scenes of them torturing @SenSchumer "late into the night"

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Serf
May 5, 2011


Accretionist posted:

Has anyone gone full bore on, "This will kill American citizens," rhetoric yet?

Because I'm pretty sure repealing the ACA will kill women and children and for what?

the republicans will say the only people affected will be welfare queens and shut that argument down entirely

Fiction
Apr 28, 2011

consumed by normies posted:

lol thanks for this post i just got a pm from Probated MIGF


which reinforces my original post imo

lol migf breaking character/being mad

GlyphGryph
Jun 23, 2013

Down came the glitches and burned us in ditches and we slept after eating our dead.

Fiction posted:

lol migf breaking character/being mad

He only sends me PMs to talk about good video games. I tried to convince him to run an LP when he gets off probation because I honestly want to see the horrible dystopia he would create.

Serf
May 5, 2011


GlyphGryph posted:

He only sends me PMs to talk about good video games. I tried to convince him to run an LP when he gets off probation because I honestly want to see the horrible dystopia he would create.

it would be tough waiting 30 days between each update tho

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/818471982941478912

Lord of Pie
Mar 2, 2007


GlyphGryph posted:

He only sends me PMs to talk about good video games. I tried to convince him to run an LP when he gets off probation because I honestly want to see the horrible dystopia he would create.

The Germans have probably made a Rahm Simulator that he would enjoy

Serf
May 5, 2011



ah good, this is the yglesias I'm used to saying dumb poo poo

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib

lol fb live

i guess i shouldn't expect any more from the dems but i hate ostensibly leftist groups (like the dsa chapter nearest me) that use facebook as their main organizational platform bc it just means ill never get involved with them

Segmentation Fault
Jun 7, 2012

big black turnout posted:

lol fb live

i guess i shouldn't expect any more from the dems but i hate ostensibly leftist groups (like the dsa chapter nearest me) that use facebook as their main organizational platform bc it just means ill never get involved with them

this leftist group is using an incredibly popular platform for communication and organization. this annoys me, guess I'll go back to doing absolutely nothing

Segmentation Fault
Jun 7, 2012
it sure is a good thing that the DSA does this thing I don't like because then it means I have an excuse to keep not doing anything to better the state of affairs

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib
nah it just made my local dems more appealing but seriously lol at using a service that will happily fork over your entire life to organize leftist activities under a trump presidency

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
...especially after the Facebook Live-broadcast sit-in of the House Floor

Segmentation Fault
Jun 7, 2012

big black turnout posted:

nah it just made my local dems more appealing but seriously lol at using a service that will happily fork over your entire life to organize leftist activities under a trump presidency

it is entirely possible and encouraged to create dummy facebook accounts

Gynocentric Regime
Jun 9, 2010

by Cyrano4747

big black turnout posted:

nah it just made my local dems more appealing but seriously lol at using a service that will happily fork over your entire life to organize leftist activities under a trump presidency

Complaining about using Facebook to organize in 2017 is like complaining about Communists newspapers in 1925

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib

Glazier posted:

Complaining about using Facebook to organize in 2017 is like complaining about Communists newspapers in 1925

communist newspapers being famous of course for selling their subscribers personal info and allowing third party companies to mine their private correspondence as well as running unlicensed psychological testing on them

Gynocentric Regime
Jun 9, 2010

by Cyrano4747

big black turnout posted:

communist newspapers being famous of course for selling their subscribers personal info and allowing third party companies to mine their private correspondence as well as running unlicensed psychological testing on them

http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug

big black turnout posted:

nah it just made my local dems more appealing but seriously lol at using a service that will happily fork over your entire life to organize leftist activities under a trump presidency


look out behind you

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Serf posted:

the republicans will say the only people affected will be welfare queens and shut that argument down entirely

And so Democrats return to the well-trodden trail of depression politics and why-botherism.

Serf
May 5, 2011


steinrokkan posted:

And so Democrats return to the well-trodden trail of depression politics and why-botherism.



I advocate for fighting tooth and nail against the republicans, but I don't hold any illusions about actually winning

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013


Decades of majority Republican rule will be fine, everybody.

Nameless_Steve
Oct 18, 2010

by Pragmatica

Serf posted:

the republicans will say the only people affected will be welfare queens and shut that argument down entirely

That's short-sighted. The argument wins in the long run, when people actually do start dying from Trump's actions on health, the environment, and foreign affairs.

Serf
May 5, 2011


Nameless_Steve posted:

That's short-sighted. The argument wins in the long run, when people actually do start dying from Trump's actions on health, the environment, and foreign affairs.

you're still acting like things matter

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them

Serf posted:

I advocate for fighting tooth and nail against the republicans, but I don't hold any illusions about actually winning

the only honorable death is one in battle fwiw

Serf
May 5, 2011


bump_fn posted:

the only honorable death is one in battle fwiw

if there is an afterlife, I hope it is valhalla and I want to go there

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Serf posted:

you're still acting like things matter

the post-truth idea only took off because the controversies between the tow parties have been mostly immaterial, hypothetical. once actual effects hit the ground, we'll see some of that sweet immortal science, some of that dope dialectics.

Serf
May 5, 2011


steinrokkan posted:

the post-truth idea only took off because the controversies between the tow parties have been mostly immaterial, hypothetical. once actual effects hit the ground, we'll see some of that sweet immortal science, some of that dope dialectics.

I'll believe it when I see it

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


Serf posted:

if there is an afterlife, I hope it is valhalla and I want to go there

sounds pretty poo poo imo, itd be like dying on the job then discovering the afterlife is being stuck in that job more as a "reward", very coporate america

Nameless_Steve
Oct 18, 2010

by Pragmatica

steinrokkan posted:

And so Democrats return to the well-trodden trail of depression politics and why-botherism.



That's actually perfect

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Agean90 posted:

sounds pretty poo poo imo, itd be like dying on the job then discovering the afterlife is being stuck in that job more as a "reward", very coporate america

I think theoretically all those dudes were supposed to love fighting so much that they'd rather do it than anything else, but what if that was a lie? The culture was dominated pretty thoroughly by warlords etc and it was really in their interest to make sure everyone THOUGHT fighting was what a real man loved to do.

Like, what if American culture was carefully curated by business interests such that "manhood" means you loving love proofreading documents and never want to take breaks, and if you wanted to spend your time doing literally anything else you were considered "less manly" and weak

Nerses IV
May 4, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

loquacius posted:

I think theoretically all those dudes were supposed to love fighting so much that they'd rather do it than anything else, but what if that was a lie? The culture was dominated pretty thoroughly by warlords etc and it was really in their interest to make sure everyone THOUGHT fighting was what a real man loved to do.

Like, what if American culture was carefully curated by business interests such that "manhood" means you loving love proofreading documents and never want to take breaks, and if you wanted to spend your time doing literally anything else you were considered "less manly" and weak

Haha, yeah, what if

Serf
May 5, 2011


valhalla just sounds like the most interesting afterlife

what is the most likely afterlife is Irkalla where poo poo is the same as it is here just more depressing and it never ends

The Saurus
Dec 3, 2006

by Smythe

Serf posted:

I advocate for fighting tooth and nail against the republicans, but I don't hold any illusions about actually winning

lol capitalism is collapsing all around the world. Now is the time to be preparing for the transition to socialism with all of our energy!


The time is near, the cause for celebration is great!

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib

loquacius posted:

I think theoretically all those dudes were supposed to love fighting so much that they'd rather do it than anything else, but what if that was a lie? The culture was dominated pretty thoroughly by warlords etc and it was really in their interest to make sure everyone THOUGHT fighting was what a real man loved to do.

Like, what if American culture was carefully curated by business interests such that "manhood" means you loving love proofreading documents and never want to take breaks, and if you wanted to spend your time doing literally anything else you were considered "less manly" and weak

i think this is called the protestant work ethic

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


loquacius posted:

I think theoretically all those dudes were supposed to love fighting so much that they'd rather do it than anything else, but what if that was a lie? The culture was dominated pretty thoroughly by warlords etc and it was really in their interest to make sure everyone THOUGHT fighting was what a real man loved to do.

Like, what if American culture was carefully curated by business interests such that "manhood" means you loving love proofreading documents and never want to take breaks, and if you wanted to spend your time doing literally anything else you were considered "less manly" and weak

Serious post: from What i know the Viking warrior culture is given undue importance due to German fascist movements. The dudes who were full time warriors would govern/assist with governing and for everyone else raiding was just something you did between growing seasons. As a consequence I bet there were plenty of dudes thinking "wow this sucks poo poo, I wish I stayed home huddled with my wife and 4 sheep for warmth" while they bleed out. Also the whole "warlord leading an off season raiding party" was not unique to the Norse, though their expert sailing was.

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
wtf am i reading

Serf
May 5, 2011


Pomp posted:

wtf am i reading

the inevitable. democrats know our time is done on this plane and so we look to the next one

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them

Pomp posted:

wtf am i reading
its u

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
i know we're all bleeding heart leftists and we're all real weary of war and bloodshed

but let's be clear on one thing: fighting loving rules

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Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:
dem suicide cult thread

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