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imagine there's a dog in a suit as space CEO pic here. PhazonLink fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Apr 9, 2019 |
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wat ... ia ia cthulu ftagn, may the Eater of Dreams make us pure
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Apr 9, 2019 05:07
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I hate Ben Shapiro and Charlie Kirk so god drat much. They are always so smug while being the dumbest people with the stupidest arguments and basically nothing they say is ever in good faith.
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Apr 9, 2019 05:10
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Love that there's more accountability in EVE's fictional government than there is in the real US government.
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Apr 9, 2019 05:11
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I imagine that hundreds or thousands of people will be killed in Trump’s death camps, at which point they will blame Democrats for not letting them teargas them at the border.
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Apr 9, 2019 05:13
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nine-gear crow posted:Imagine being so hosed in the head that you think dying because you can't afford available healthcare is an infinitely better solution than dying because you're not able to have access to healthcare period. Related: Something else occurred to me. I've heard for years about that dumb argument about how people can't be against capitalism if they have iphones. But I've mostly been fine answering that argument with that Matt Bors comic. But it didn't occur to me until recently how much dumber that argument is when you realize that they're defending the idea of capitalism by pointing to the benefits of actual sweatshop labor. Aside from being hilarious, wasn't this something capitalism was supposed to avoid?
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Apr 9, 2019 05:15
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Mr Interweb posted:Related: Something else occurred to me. I've heard for years about that dumb argument about how people can't be against capitalism if they have iphones. But I've mostly been fine answering that argument with that Matt Bors comic. But it didn't occur to me until recently how much dumber that argument is when you realize that they're defending the idea of capitalism by pointing to the benefits of actual sweatshop labor. Aside from being hilarious, wasn't this something capitalism was supposed to avoid? But look at how global capitalism created jobs for all those netmakers.
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Apr 9, 2019 05:19
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Stereotype posted:I hate Ben Shapiro and Charlie Kirk so god drat much. They are always so smug while being the dumbest people with the stupidest arguments and basically nothing they say is ever in good faith. I had never heard Shapiro talk until I saw a clip of his podcast visit with Alt-Right Uncle Joe and holy poo poo I want to stuff that kid in a loving locker. "You can't hit me that would be violating school code and decorum sir...." Oh and I'd add some swirlies
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Apr 9, 2019 05:22
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BrandorKP posted:Madison Grant. Thanks for this post. This clicked a lot of things in my head that I've been pushing around, mostly around the feeling that while there policies and actions are explicitly stupid and dumb as gently caress from a "if that was your stated goal, that isn't how you do it", there was an underlying logic to them that made them more than just trying to The Secret their way into a good economy or something. These are highly destructive actions taken by an actor thinking they can walk away from the twin towers collapsing and they now own the largest building in town.
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Apr 9, 2019 05:37
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Mahoning posted:Snopes debunks basically their entire worldview. Of course they call it fake news. I'll note the guy (on Facebook when I posted that) also said "he had friends in Montreal that had experienced this supposed claim". At which point I just sort of went "Well, what more can be said then?" Either he did in some way and I have no place in the discussion, or he's lying or deluded and there's no point in any sort of discussion. I just wanted to see if Snopes had started suffering any sort of rot when I wasn't looking.
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Apr 9, 2019 05:44
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Yuzenn posted:I had never heard Shapiro talk until I saw a clip of his podcast visit with Alt-Right Uncle Joe and holy poo poo I want to stuff that kid in a loving locker. He kept misgendering a transgendered woman on air (who used to an Army Ranger, or helicopter pilot, or something badass) and she was like 'you call me 'sir' one more time and you're leaving in an ambulance.' Shapiro squeaked out a 'well that's a little inappropriate don't you think' or something equally weaselly. It's sad that he's the intellectual beacon of the right, because he is both a moron and totally intellectually dishonest. LeeMajors fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Apr 9, 2019 |
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Apr 9, 2019 05:53
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he then tried to sue her then wimped out.
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Apr 9, 2019 06:00
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LeeMajors posted:He kept misgendering a transexual woman on air (who used to an Army Ranger, or helicopter pilot, or something badass) and she was like 'you call me 'sir' one more time and you're leaving in an ambulance.' Shapiro squeaked out a 'well that's a little inappropriate don't you think' or something equally weaselly. specifically, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgQy70_LPS4 edit: also I think "transgender" is preferred to "transexual" nowadays since gender and sexuality are different things, but I am by no means an expert on trans issues Pellisworth fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Apr 9, 2019 |
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Apr 9, 2019 06:01
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Edit: whoops
Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Apr 9, 2019 |
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Apr 9, 2019 06:03
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Pellisworth posted:edit: also I think "transgender" is preferred to "transexual" nowadays since gender and sexuality are different things, but I am by no means an expert on trans issues Fixed. I waffled for a second and didn't bother googling. I think you're right on that. No offense intended. Also, it's amazing, rewatching Ben Shapiro get loving destroyed on-stage, that all the recommended videos are BEN SHAPIRO DESTROYS WITH FACT AND LOGIC on the sidebar. God, gently caress youtube. LeeMajors fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Apr 9, 2019 |
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Apr 9, 2019 06:07
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Man, eve online is my favorite game to hear about that I never want to play ever Like that guy who cut the power to a rival faction's leader's house right before launching an attack, or vilerat recruiting potential diplomats via it, or the guy fleecing 100k worth of ingame currency in a massively elaborate scam, or this poo poo Love it love it love it
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Apr 9, 2019 06:08
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the exact exchange is: Shapiro: "what are your genetics sir" Zoey: "you cut that out now, or you'll go home in an ambulance" Shapiro: "that seems mildly inappropriate for a political discussion" eat poo poo Shapiro, it's egregiously inappropriate to deliberately misgender a trans woman for any reason, them's fighting words
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Apr 9, 2019 06:10
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Captain Invictus posted:Man, eve online is my favorite game to hear about that I never want to play ever I tried to play it and lost interest before my free trial ran out, but reading about it was funny.
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Apr 9, 2019 06:13
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Pellisworth posted:specifically, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgQy70_LPS4 It's incredibly inappropriate that the host didn't nip that in the bud before it got to the point where she had to stand up for herself. We all know what happens when people from targeted minorities have to stand up for themselves. 
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Apr 9, 2019 06:14
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Stickman posted:It's incredibly inappropriate that the host didn't nip that in the bud before it got to the point where she had to stand up for herself. We all know what happens when people from targeted minorities have to stand up for themselves. That was the logical conclusion of that exchange. Putting that pedantic garden gnome on-stage with a trans woman was the recipe for that confrontation. It drew eyes. Zoey Tur is stronger than I'll ever be, because that exchange gets me boiling years later.
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Apr 9, 2019 06:17
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Stickman posted:It's incredibly inappropriate that the host didn't nip that in the bud before it got to the point where she had to stand up for herself. We all know what happens when people from targeted minorities have to stand up for themselves. Isn't Dr. Drew poo poo, anyway?
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Apr 9, 2019 06:18
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Yes he is. Just look at one of those teen mom season ender things for an example.
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Apr 9, 2019 06:26
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Drew had some shaky tendencies but used to mostly stick to semi clinical diagnoses. Like "you have an addictive personality and are seeking thrills through your bad relationships now that you're sober." Modern Drew is all about the attention and being the Adult in the room which means he's over extended to disciplines he has no reason to speak on and it's total poo poo he let Benji ramble on without shutting him the gently caress down. Teen Mom is probably the least harm he's done in a show. Celeb Rehab was loving atrocious and exactly the kind of thing he would be aghast at were he 90s Drew. Like didn't 3 people from the first two seasons end up dead or super hosed up??? FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Apr 9, 2019 |
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Apr 9, 2019 07:32
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At least with Mar-a-Lago guests I've finally identified a demographic that might actually have a use for the ScotteVest.
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Apr 9, 2019 07:37
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CubanMissile posted:At least with Mar-a-Lago guests I've finally identified a demographic that might actually have a use for the ScotteVest.  ALL THESE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
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Apr 9, 2019 07:41
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Yuzenn posted:I had never heard Shapiro talk until I saw a clip of his podcast visit with Alt-Right Uncle Joe and holy poo poo I want to stuff that kid in a loving locker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYro9ZOSno
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Apr 9, 2019 08:03
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nine-gear crow posted:Imagine being so hosed in the head that you think dying because you can't afford available healthcare is an infinitely better solution than dying because you're not able to have access to healthcare period. I've found this to be a good priemer on why people on the conservative right feel this way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzNANfNlTs They don't believe the same things you do. Their worldview is structured entirely differently. And if you find it isn't well... then time to worry about yourself.
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Apr 9, 2019 08:13
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Captain Invictus posted:Man, eve online is my favorite game to hear about that I never want to play ever I tried but could never get into EVE Online. But my favorite thing about it is that Goons pissed off so many people in it that you still get the occasional unhinged rant online when people realize you're a goon or part of a goon group. And what was the evil secret Goons used to create their armada? Simply: being nice to new players.
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Apr 9, 2019 10:18
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Alkydere posted:I tried but could never get into EVE Online. But my favorite thing about it is that Goons pissed off so many people in it that you still get the occasional unhinged rant online when people realize you're a goon or part of a goon group. And what was the evil secret Goons used to create their armada? be nice to new GOON players. gently caress the rest for lulz and profit.
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Apr 9, 2019 10:49
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Alkydere posted:I tried but could never get into EVE Online. But my favorite thing about it is that Goons pissed off so many people in it that you still get the occasional unhinged rant online when people realize you're a goon or part of a goon group. And what was the evil secret Goons used to create their armada? I played for about a year and goons were probably the nicest group of people I had ever encountered in an MMO. Other than naming their main station Jerusalem because they were in JU- and calling mining and ratting, jewing. From what I've read since then, they've moved on from that name and purged a lot of the right wing shitheads. Though that might be because they've been skullfucked by like every other alliance out of Deklien and JU-.
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Apr 9, 2019 10:58
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Canuckistan posted:be nice to new GOON players. gently caress the rest for lulz and profit. Still a step above everyone else given apparently every other alliance is run as you might expect an organisation of power-mad turbnonerds would be.
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Apr 9, 2019 11:04
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Alkydere posted:the evil secret Shouldn't that be the terrible secret? 
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Apr 9, 2019 11:07
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Alkydere posted:I tried but could never get into EVE Online. But my favorite thing about it is that Goons pissed off so many people in it that you still get the occasional unhinged rant online when people realize you're a goon or part of a goon group. And what was the evil secret Goons used to create their armada? When I did the free trial, they were only super-nice to new goon players (they gave me a ton of free poo poo), but told you to try to scam non-goons.
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Apr 9, 2019 11:10
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Cornwind Evil posted:I'll note the guy (on Facebook when I posted that) also said "he had friends in Montreal that had experienced this supposed claim". He likely saw someone online who said they live in Montreal and had experienced it. Whenever that sort of topic gets posted on conservative spaces you get a ton of people pretending to live in the area or be one of the affected group and to have seen it first hand.
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Apr 9, 2019 11:29
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I was on the CSM for a while. The best thing about it was that it underlined beautifully how little the devs understood either their own game, or game design in general (I am a game designer).
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Apr 9, 2019 11:40
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LeeMajors posted:He kept misgendering a transgendered woman on air (who used to an Army Ranger, or helicopter pilot, or something badass) and she was like 'you call me 'sir' one more time and you're leaving in an ambulance.' Shapiro squeaked out a 'well that's a little inappropriate don't you think' or something equally weaselly. How do you curtail this intellectual dishonesty for money behavior? I keep coming back to having actual journalism be a louder voice instead of this " whatever gets us ratings" bullshit we currently have. Not sure how to do that though.
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Apr 9, 2019 11:54
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syntaxrigger posted:How do you curtail this intellectual dishonesty for money behavior? Dismantle capitalism
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Apr 9, 2019 11:59
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Cornwind Evil posted:Honestly didn't know where to post or ask this, but since this is the US Politics thread and it ties into an aspect of U.S politics that's become a massive battleground, I thought I'd ask. This one floored me as well. I learned about Snopes from my GRANDFATHER in the 90's ffs. It's just a myth debunking website. Turns out, conservative people get taken a lot by myths, so rather than allow their world view to be challenged, they just question the source of correct information. I don't know when, specifically, they started calling it a biased source, but I want to say sometime mid-bush administration. It could have been earlier when conservatives were getting into "global warming denialism".
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Apr 9, 2019 12:00
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The thing mentioned a while back about how Trump is ultimately an attention whore who considers ratings the most important thing in the world actually explains a lot. For starters, it's a better political strategy than the Hillary Clinton style of lowering expectations and doing the bare minimum and expecting to be crowned for it. But it also explains why it's breaking so many liberal centrist brains; they've come to expect the ideal President to be one that stays out of the headlines except to occasionally show up smiling to assure them everything is fine and they don't have to change anything, and having a President saying and doing horrible things on a daily basis demanding their attention feels like a constant barrage of personal attacks. Which is kind of the point. His base likes him because he hurts the people they hate, and he knows this and makes sure to make a point of it every single day.
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syntaxrigger posted:How do you curtail this intellectual dishonesty for money behavior? This is clearly one of the fundamental problems with democracy. Stupid and ignorant people get to vote. When you end up with a system gerrymanders towards stupidity and ignorance and allows a party to prosper of that stupid, ignorant vote and then legislate to promote stupidity and ignorance, that's a real problem.
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