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chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Sestze posted:

Ah, that's a relief.

That being said, even twitter is unsure of whether or not they will enforce this rule.
https://twitter.com/whitneyarner/status/1312161602645364736

My last account got banned for "violent threats" because I said Trump dying of a heart attack would be a net positive.

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Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

@MrTooDamnChris has a solution

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/TonyAtamanuik/status/1312165469567119361

Paper Tiger
Jun 17, 2007

🖨️🐯torn apart by idle hands

https://twitter.com/boring_as_heck/status/1312159609843412992

Arsenic Lupin
Apr 12, 2012

This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.


https://twitter.com/lukeisamazing/status/1311766746764840961

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/immolations/status/1312171176664330241?s=20

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

zoux posted:

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

I always thought that was a weird quote cos like, yeah totally I absolutely would be yeeting people in and out of the afterlife all day if you gave me the buttons.

It'd be like "ah gently caress christ come on you got this all wrong they shouldn't be dead, that rear end in a top hat should be, and that one, why's that guy got cancer he's done nowt wrong, give it to this prick instead"

What I'm saying is I could definitely do a better job than whoever's running the thing at the moment. And that's why I think I should be considered for the position of arbitrary fate decider. God, if you're listening, email me about it.

OwlFancier has a new favorite as of 02:58 on Oct 3, 2020

Parallelwoody
Apr 10, 2008


However, I will contend that you shouldn't have the job, based solely on this: It should go to me. I won't do it better, but I will do it funnier.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

I'm not saying I'm above repeatedly reincaranting margaret thatcher into the bodies of people midway through falling off tall objects.

Parallelwoody
Apr 10, 2008


Alright based on that I'd be up for a co-manager type situation.

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/fortunatefolly/status/1312170534679977984

https://twitter.com/SpencerAlthouse/status/1312211105813458944

ultrafilter has a new favorite as of 03:29 on Oct 3, 2020

RichardA
Sep 1, 2006
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Dinosaur Gum

OwlFancier posted:

I always thought that was a weird quote cos like, yeah totally I absolutely would be yeeting people in and out of the afterlife all day if you gave me the buttons.

It'd be like "ah gently caress christ come on you got this all wrong they shouldn't be dead, that rear end in a top hat should be, and that one, why's that guy got cancer he's done nowt wrong, give it to this prick instead"

What I'm saying is I could definitely do a better job than whoever's running the thing at the moment. And that's why I think I should be considered for the position of arbitrary fate decider. God, if you're listening, email me about it.

My interpretation of the quote goes something like.
"Sure some people deserve to die. And some dead people deserve to live. Can you bring people back to life? No? Then you shouldn't be too eager to kill people. For even the wise can make mistakes.

LordSaturn
Aug 12, 2007

sadly unfunny

I don't want him to die, but only so his rotten body can be immobilized and in pain for the rest of his natural life. I could justify this but it would probably count as "evangelizing"

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

I remember being young and insulated enough to think that decorum and proper process was some higher elevation to stand by in uncertain times; it was a way to project stability, consistency, integrity, and nobility in the face of evil. And hey, it wasn't too bad for the PR either.

Then my face ate dirt for the first time and realized that a lot of these fuckers can and would kill me based on the most arbitrary of factors, and that by not fighting back I was enabling them to do so.

I snapped out of that poo poo real loving fast.

Gandalf can tut tut me all the gently caress he wants from his choir of heavenly buttplugs. If someone declares people with your qualities an enemy, you're not being a hypocrite by treating them like one in-turn.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

I seen the movies gandalf stabbed the poo poo out of some orcs.

Shy and Shameless
Jul 15, 2015

Raised by birbs

mind the walrus posted:

I remember being young and insulated enough to think that decorum and proper process was some higher elevation to stand by in uncertain times; it was a way to project stability, consistency, integrity, and nobility in the face of evil. And hey, it wasn't too bad for the PR either.

Then my face ate dirt for the first time and realized that a lot of these fuckers can and would kill me based on the most arbitrary of factors, and that by not fighting back I was enabling them to do so.

I snapped out of that poo poo real loving fast.

Gandalf can tut tut me all the gently caress he wants from his choir of heavenly buttplugs. If someone declares people with your qualities an enemy, you're not being a hypocrite by treating them like one in-turn.

I further seem to recall from one particular group the unofficial slogan of, "gently caress your feelings." Could be misremembering, tho.

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin
https://twitter.com/LolOverruled/status/1312252685471617024

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

:tinfoil:

https://twitter.com/wills_account/status/1312236058931650562

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Someone else has his phone and purposely put the typo in in a lame attempt at impersonation.

You know Donald Trump didn't write that because the tweet has the word "love."

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.
https://twitter.com/ByYourLogic/status/1312214321640861697?s=19

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1312258997832036352

The Neal!
Sep 3, 2004

HAY GUYZ! I want to be a director

zoux posted:

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

Gandalf said, seconds before sending Frodo on a suicide mission to destroy the One Ring to kill Sauron.

Content:

https://twitter.com/Merman_Melville/status/1312104063777996803?s=20

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.
https://twitter.com/RachelMComedy/status/1312242663844966400?s=20

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/sometimesbklyn/status/1312182362399145984

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.
https://twitter.com/AlexFirer/status/1311961702116683781?s=20

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Skwirl posted:

You know Donald Trump didn't write that because the tweet has the word "love."

Nah trump says that sometimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVjWVzFIPrk

Veni Vidi Ameche!
Nov 2, 2017

by Fluffdaddy

Mark Hamill was such a mediocre actor that I can’t believe how goddamn good he is at the voiceover game. I don’t watch the cartoons so I didn’t get a taste of his joker until I played the Arkham games. Holy poo poo does he kill it.

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Veni Vidi Ameche! posted:

Mark Hamill was such a mediocre actor that I can’t believe how goddamn good he is at the voiceover game. I don’t watch the cartoons so I didn’t get a taste of his joker until I played the Arkham games. Holy poo poo does he kill it.

Hamill is honestly a pretty good actor but being saddled with Luke Skywalker really hosed over his chance at a career after that. He's able to excel in voice acting because he's allowed to act instead of being Luke Skywalker Again.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

ImpAtom posted:

Hamill is honestly a pretty good actor but being saddled with Luke Skywalker really hosed over his chance at a career after that. He's able to excel in voice acting because he's allowed to act instead of being Luke Skywalker Again.

He was great as Cocknocker

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat
He's now typecast as the nemesis of one Jackie Daytona.

Push El Burrito has a new favorite as of 10:32 on Oct 3, 2020

Rauri
Jan 13, 2008




Push El Burrito posted:

He's now typecast as the nemesis of one Randy Daytona.



You're good people, everyone should watch What We Do In The Shadows (movie and show).

Vanadium
Jan 8, 2005

Christ, the Gandalf quote is just saying "don't kill Gollum because you're gonna need him to bite off your fingers to yeet the ring into the volcano, also I'm a wizard and speak in stupid puzzles". It's not a universal principle.

frankee
Dec 29, 2017

https://twitter.com/couple_images/status/1311379234372366339?s=19

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

Vanadium posted:

Christ, the Gandalf quote is just saying "don't kill Gollum because you're gonna need him to bite off your fingers to yeet the ring into the volcano, also I'm a wizard and speak in stupid puzzles". It's not a universal principle.
...given JRRT's strong Catholicism it likely was intended to be a universal principle?

Josef bugman
Nov 17, 2011

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It depended. I suspect that "everyone deserves to be treated like humans" and "unfortunately sometimes this involves putting them in the mother loving ground" is a constant issue.

Mauser
Dec 16, 2003

How did I even get here, son?!

Push El Burrito posted:

He's now typecast as the nemesis of one Jackie Daytona.



That whole episode was just amazing.

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Rauri posted:

You're good people, everyone should watch What We Do In The Shadows (movie and show).

They're so loving good.

Son of Rodney
Feb 22, 2006

ohmygodohmygodohmygod

I literally only found out there's a series 3 days ago, after years of telling everybody I knew how good the movie was. I'm so hyped to watch it.

Atticus_1354
Dec 10, 2006

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DACK FAYDEN posted:

...given JRRT's strong Catholicism it likely was intended to be a universal principle?

Yes catholics are against murder but absolutely allow killing in defense and in war. A catholic would have a hard time claiming to be a conscientious objector based on catholic theology and church tradition.

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Tenebrais
Sep 2, 2011

It seems a pretty straightforward take on the death penalty, which was a political issue in the UK around the time Tolkein was writing.

I think one's general opinions on the death penalty aren't really applicable to the leaders of nations.

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