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We get hosed up and take pride in our survivors, but like don't like talk to them or ask them what they think should happen
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Junkie Disease posted:We get hosed up and take pride in our survivors, but like don't like talk to them or ask them what they think should happen Our culture isn't interested in people, it's interested in mascots. Nice, quiet mascots that we can project whatever beliefs we want on to them without the pesky risk of them contradicting us. It's why Americans love ARE HERO ESSENTIAL WORKERS, but get pissed off if any of them try to ask for basic decency or fair wages or for people to wear a mask.
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Dec 22, 2021 12:16
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Remember when jet flyovers for Essential Workers were a thing, and a Canadian pilot died?
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the_steve posted:Our culture isn't interested in people, it's interested in mascots. those gold star family scumbags gave trump covid! teh SURVIVORS are important heroes that went through a terrible tragedy! david hogg is a scumbag trying to take advantage of a terrible tragedy! teh UNBORN are precious baby angels with all the same thoughts and feelings as you! babies are gross, keep your legs closed, bitch!
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Fortunately we weren't doing Christmas at our house this year, so when my mom's husband started talking about how Joe Rogan and Dana White cured themselves of covid using natural supplements, and how Candace Owens and Ben Carson were incredibly smart, I was able to say "Well I guess I'd better get going." e: He was specifically talking about Ben Carson being incredibly smart about politics, I should clarify. Ben Carson is incredibly smart when it comes to his profession, which isn't politics. Oooh you could do this for lots of things about basic hygiene and safety. "Normal" people: checking to make sure their chicken is cooked properly "Conspiracy theorists": happily eating raw chicken "Normal" people: washing their hands at the sink after taking a poo poo "Conspiracy theorists": happily eating potato chips with poo poo covered hands "Normal" people: driving slowly and carefully on the ice with their seatbelt on "Conspiracy theorists": happily doing 75 mph while not wearing a seatbelt over icy roads ...oh wait, that last one actually happens quite a bit around here.
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Dec 25, 2021 23:45
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Someone do a follow up with the bottom image replaced with people on ventilators while the “normal” people keep shopping
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My family had my sister wearing a “Let’s Go Brandon” hoodie. No one mentioned a drat thing which probably pissed her off. My wife’s family just had my sister in law talking about how awesome Joe Rogan is. My brother in law (who loves Ayn Rand and has a “The South Was Right” book) was surprisingly quiet with the bullshit.
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Dec 26, 2021 00:25
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They’re probably working through having to be mad at Trump about the boosters
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Dec 26, 2021 00:30
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I feel like 'Lets Go Brandon' is a self own where most people would be laughing at you and not with you. Aren't you supposed the big tough people? Why are you scared to say a naughty word?
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duffmensch posted:They’re probably working through having to be mad at Trump about the boosters I love how Ben Garrison is over Trump too
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Dec 26, 2021 00:40
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The white dots are corona virus.
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HootTheOwl posted:I feel like 'Lets Go Brandon' is a self own where most people would be laughing at you and not with you. It's so weird considering that even something like "that frickin Cheeto in the white house" has more teeth, as an insult. I thought you were supposed to hate this guy, and you won't even say gently caress him?
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HootTheOwl posted:I feel like 'Lets Go Brandon' is a self own where most people would be laughing at you and not with you. They just want to be asked about it, so I never ask. It's great! My dad tried to float it past me and I reacted like he'd said nothing. That little look of deflation is lovely. Just, decadant.
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The appeal is getting away with a "transgressive" phrase in polite society and thinking they're triggering the libs. It's a code phrase and shibboleth to indicate their support and group identity while providing plausible deniability.
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DarkHorse posted:The appeal is getting away with a "transgressive" phrase in polite society and thinking they're triggering the libs. It's a code phrase and shibboleth to indicate their support and group identity while providing plausible deniability. Yeah, despite all their bluster most of them don't have the guts to wear shirts or fly flags that straight up say "gently caress JOE BIDEN." They also probably hope/fantasize that someone will ask them what their shirt means while they're out and about too, hence why that one poster's sister was upset when nobody mentioned it. Also apparently somebody said "Let's go Brandon" to Biden and he was like "Yeah man, let's go Brandon!" which my mom's husband thought was the funniest thing.
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Twelve by Pies posted:Yeah, despite all their bluster most of them don't have the guts to wear shirts or fly flags that straight up say "gently caress JOE BIDEN." They also probably hope/fantasize that someone will ask them what their shirt means while they're out and about too, hence why that one poster's sister was upset when nobody mentioned it. My boss, who is convinced everyone who doesn't tongue-bathe Trump's feet worships Biden, said it to me a couple of weeks ago and I replied with "yeah, gently caress Joe Biden" and he was legitimately taken aback that I would say it out loud and that a leftist would say such a thing. I told him that "Let's go Brandon" was for cowards and he's been huffy about it ever since.
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Devorum posted:My boss, who is convinced everyone who doesn't tongue-bathe Trump's feet worships Biden, said it to me a couple of weeks ago and I replied with "yeah, gently caress Joe Biden" and he was legitimately taken aback that I would say it out loud and that a leftist would say such a thing. Reminds me of those people who used to say "If we put Trump in jail we should put Clinton/Obama/Whoever in jail and get surprised when you agree 1000%"
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Twelve by Pies posted:Yeah, despite all their bluster most of them don't have the guts to wear shirts or fly flags that straight up say "gently caress JOE BIDEN." They also probably hope/fantasize that someone will ask them what their shirt means while they're out and about too, hence why that one poster's sister was upset when nobody mentioned it. Edit: Tucker Carlson apparently looks uncannily like the psycho from Offerings  Also like a dog that's been shown a card trick DarkHorse fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Dec 26, 2021 |
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Dec 26, 2021 15:53
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Tucker always looks like he is mid debate on, "Fart or Shart?" to himself.
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DarkHorse posted:It was a sports thing and the crowd was chanting "gently caress Joe Biden" and the anchor either misheard or was trying to cover it up and reported they were saying "Let's Go Brandon!" Yes but also a cop called into Santa tracker and said it
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Dec 26, 2021 20:47
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I like the guy on the right sliding ever further to the right as time goes on
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Dec 26, 2021 21:13
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Just keep the guy on the left's expression the same and have him saying gently caress Joe Biden and it's more accurate
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Dec 26, 2021 21:40
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Aww, they're finally trying to invent a reaction they didn't get.
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Not RWM but RWM adjacent: you gotta hand it to him Edir: correction to my previous post, you don't gotta hand it to him
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If you can wait in line to vote, then you can wait in line for bread and other staples. Wait that's communism!!
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Weatherman posted:If you can wait in line to vote, then you can wait in line for bread and other staples. Wait that's communism!! There's also the GOP preference to shorten early voting periods and eligibility. So, imagine everyone trying to get COVID tests on one day.
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Waiting in line at the grocery store sounds like communism!
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OSHA is for pussies??? ?Fun? Conversation I had last night. ************** ************** ************** Me -What FARS do you recommend? Me - I have to fix my roof and don’t want to die TheLogicalOne - Stop being a pussy TheLogicalOne - You won't do work that's risky but Ive got the chip. Me - *Won’t do work that is risky without proper safety equipment. Me - Please learn the difference between being safe and being unwilling to work. TheLogicalOne - There is no such thing as proper safety equipment. Astronauts have billion dollar budgets to ensure their safety and even their rockets explode sometimes ************** I’ve removed most of my responses starting here. I was at a loss of how to respond so I started trolling them about Space Center tickets/tours/breakfast with Astronauts offers. If anyone wants the full conversation I can post it. ************** TheLogicalOne - You're very life in every technology that you enjoy is a result of people taking risks without the proper safety equipment TheLogicalOne - No I'm not that's what safety is it's an attempt to mitigate risk and one of the problems that is often encountered is that you create greater risks if you have to use gloves because there may be a risk of electrocution then you're going to be less dexterous and risk more. If you have to wear a mask you aren't going to get as much oxygen. Risk and safety go hand in hand. TheLogicalOne - The best way to manage risk is to not be a p**** I'm not even kidding when I say that I know that it sounds like a meme. What is a person who works in an environment that completely ignores OSHA regulations on a regular basis like literally every other company in the world I can assure you the safest way to do something is to do it quickly to get in get what you need done and get out. The more agile you are the more dexterous you are able to be the better and the quicker you're going to get in and out without injury TheLogicalOne - Really it's the same as riding a bike. The slower you take it the more cautiously the more risk-averse you are the more likely you're never going to achieve a speed where you will actually be able to balance TheLogicalOne - And here's a really fun piece of information for you. This is something that exists from the ground up it's not companies demanding too much of their workers it's workers who say I don't want to put on the f****** harness every time I go up to change a light bulb TheLogicalOne- If it were the employees being whiny little b****** all the time the company would fire them. But the fact of the matter is the company looks for and aims for people who will take risks. Me - FARS is like a seatbelt, it doesn’t lower your risk of a crash but it makes one less likely to severely injure you. TheLogicalOne - Yes and even that seat belt is a risk versus reward scenario there are people who have died because they can't get out of their car quickly enough because the seat belt has malfunction ************** ************** **************
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GrunkleStalin posted:TheLogicalOne - Yes and even that seat belt is a risk versus reward scenario there are people who have died because they can't get out of their car quickly enough because the seat belt has malfunction God if I had a dollar for every time I saw this argument over the last two years
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I know I see dozens of cars on fire or plunged into icy waters every day, but practically no collisions. Why are we preparing for collisions when everyone's drowning and burning to death? Madness
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It started off as risk compensation, the idea that if you make cars safer then people will drive more recklessly and the number of deaths will remain the same for reasons. A huge part of it was from the anti-tax and anti-regulation movement of the 70s. ""If you force vehicle manufacturers to spend more making safer vehicles then people will just ram into one another for fun" - A Scientist" - A Vehicle Manufacturer
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How fun would that be though, if cars were safe enough the world could actually be bumper-cars
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GrunkleStalin posted:Risk and safety go hand in hand. This sentence is true (safety is about assessing risk and then mitigating as needed). Somehow they are saying it to mean the exact opposite though.
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It is somewhat true. Introducing pads and safety equipment to the NFL probably increased the intensity of hits and increased injuries. However, that is due to the financial incentive placed on the players to hit the hardest and any weird bounty systems. Unless there was a financial reason to drive recklessly, safety measures would not increase crashes.
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It's somewhat true for boxing too, gloved boxing encourages blows to the head that would break your fingers bareknuckle. Not for motor racing though, where people have been driving recklessly for money since someone figured you could put an engine on wheels, and safety improvements (both physical and the rules of racing) still improve safety. 
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