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ikanreed posted:J*****g jelking?
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Jun 21, 2023 16:59
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FrancisFukyomama posted:I wonder if there’s a state dept official whose job it is to reassure foreign govt that no the president just has dementia please disregard his statements That sounds like a fun job. "I'm sorry Mr. France, he didn't mean it."
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Jun 21, 2023 17:16
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ikanreed posted:Only okay us president was a dictator too you mean when a leader does good things sometimes the electorate wants them to keep leading despite political norms? no that cannot be, it is all a sham rigged vote to keep an evil tyrant in power
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Jun 21, 2023 17:18
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ikanreed posted:Only okay us president was a dictator too foreign policy is the only part of government the constitution grants complete control to the president and they dont control that at all
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Jun 21, 2023 17:21
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Frosted Flake posted:I think that's what this book is arguing, Generation X and the Rise of the Entertainment Subject ehhh i think its a bit of a stretch to say this only started with gen x cowboys and spacemen were such well established tropes for the boomers one of the most significant pop culture franchises of our own childhoods is literally about toys based on those archetypes fighting each other for the attention of a child
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Jun 21, 2023 17:25
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Mantis42 posted:this is just like when the nazis put a jewish guy in charge of the panzers Ukraine thread is thataway buddy
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Jun 21, 2023 17:37
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personally I find the red army and the wehrmacht to be somewhat different (not a dig at Neurolimal tho)
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Jun 21, 2023 18:05
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Some Guy TT posted:ehhh i think its a bit of a stretch to say this only started with gen x cowboys and spacemen were such well established tropes for the boomers one of the most significant pop culture franchises of our own childhoods is literally about toys based on those archetypes fighting each other for the attention of a child Probably, but the cowboys and spacemen toys of the 50s and 60s were at least representations of real people, or roles for children to aspire to. Congress stepped in and decided that cartoons shouldn't be literal representations of toys, and so Saturday morning cartoons sucked for the next couple decades until Reagan allowed them to be glorious 30-minute toy commercials once again. Then we had films like the Brave Little Toaster and the Toy Story franchise to reinforce the concept of forming parasocial bonds with inanimate objects, a phenomenon which doctors previously only observed among people living in extreme isolation. They're not just disposable distractions, they have their own quiet feelings and even if they don't actual reciprocate your love for them, they're at least consistent and could dependably remain exactly how you left them, unlike people in this chaotic world. Creating a feedback loop where a focus on toys stunt our social development and ability to form meaningful relationships. Which companies have kind of encouraged as a substitute, even into adulthood. Look just buy your kids stuff if you don't want to spend time with them.
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Jun 21, 2023 18:26
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FrancisFukyomama posted:I wonder if there’s a state dept official whose job it is to reassure foreign govt that no the president just has dementia please disregard his statements couldnt you just release that audio though, like if Xi dropped a tape where Blinken is like, 'hey sorry about the president man we dont even let him into the real briefings anymore even since hes so far gone, hes just talking for the cameras at home' i think that would be probably pretty bad for the us
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Jun 21, 2023 18:33
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There's a pleasing symmetry in how the American leadership is unable to imagine other countries as having agency and thus is never able to communicate constructively, and the way Chinese leadership is unable to imagine the US being run by literal morons and maniacs and thus there is no method of communication that will ever work. It's like they keep giving them the benefit of the doubt because they're convinced there must be some kind of reasoning governing US actions, it's not possible for them to be as stupid and inept as they seem
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Jun 21, 2023 18:38
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Slavvy posted:There's a pleasing symmetry in how the American leadership is unable to imagine other countries as having agency and thus is never able to communicate constructively, and the way Chinese leadership is unable to imagine the US being run by literal morons and maniacs and thus there is no method of communication that will ever work. It's like they keep giving them the benefit of the doubt because they're convinced there must be some kind of reasoning governing US actions, it's not possible for them to be as stupid and inept as they seem oh I think the cpc leadership knows exactly what they’re dealing with
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Jun 21, 2023 18:42
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im the two or three ducks that remembered they can swim and just cross the water instead of using the crowded land bridge
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Jun 21, 2023 18:47
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Frosted Flake posted:I think that's what this book is arguing, Generation X and the Rise of the Entertainment Subject I think the last movie we had where the US military were the villains was James Cameron's lunatic Navy Seals in The Abyss. And he only gets to continue that trend with the Avatar movies because he is a singular talent. All other filmmakers have been completely co-opted. You can't make a movie now where cops or troops are anything but good. The Stranger Things hacks reflect this because they didn't change anything. They don't have the balls or the skills to deconstruct their source material, so it's just slavish imitation.
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Jun 21, 2023 18:51
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Last I heard the Biden regime is basically high school cliques with the Obama people and the Clinton people who hate each other. I read Little Ameirca: The War within the War for Afghanistan and that was and thats exactly how it came off. Like there was one guy in the Clinton camp that seemed to somehow actually have some good ideas, but he was a bit of an rear end in a top hat so no one ever listned to him. I remember being very distressed reading it like over a decade ago now and realizing theres no eacaping high school clique bullshit
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Jun 21, 2023 18:54
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Slavvy posted:There's a pleasing symmetry in how the American leadership is unable to imagine other countries as having agency and thus is never able to communicate constructively, and the way Chinese leadership is unable to imagine the US being run by literal morons and maniacs and thus there is no method of communication that will ever work. It's like they keep giving them the benefit of the doubt because they're convinced there must be some kind of reasoning governing US actions, it's not possible for them to be as stupid and inept as they seem the us is a nutjob with his finger on the trigger, deescalation is the right thing to do
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Jun 21, 2023 18:55
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the senate must approve treaties and ambassadors but other wise the president does have a lot of unilateral power in theory. trump did not seem to tho
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Jun 21, 2023 18:57
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Last I heard the Biden regime is basically high school cliques with the Obama people and the Clinton people who hate each other. so like veep then
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Jun 21, 2023 19:02
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ikanreed posted:Only okay us president was a dictator too lincoln and fdr were. maybe washington
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Jun 21, 2023 19:08
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if you say 'oh no a dictator is when a political party installs a personality through non democratic means, not when a personality legally wields immense power' ok bush and trump. republican gerrymandering, voter ID, lawsuits, supreme court appointed by the guy's dad judging in favor of the state run by his brother, and so on. you can't define dictator without grabbing a few presidents unless you use racism
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Jun 21, 2023 19:11
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mawarannahr posted:three years ago All the comments I'm seeing are in support of the police. I wonder what the reaction would have been if T Square had happened now with videos instantly up on YouTube. How much do we know of the domestic Chinese reactions at the time?
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Jun 21, 2023 19:13
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je1 healthcare posted:Brave Little Toaster This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I can't remember much about it, though. I remember a scene where sapient appliances are being crushed and thinking it was really disturbing. edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UfsEj7AOGI jesus christ lol, it's even more hosed up that I remembered
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Jun 21, 2023 19:17
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:I think the last movie we had where the US military were the villains was James Cameron's lunatic Navy Seals in The Abyss. And he only gets to continue that trend with the Avatar movies because he is a singular talent. it’s really cool how all the network tv sitcom guys from a decade ago all play operators now.
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Jun 21, 2023 19:47
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dictator is just a slur liberals use for governments they don’t like
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Jun 21, 2023 19:48
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euphronius posted:dictator is just a slur liberals use for governments they don’t like
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Jun 21, 2023 19:52
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https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/1671582963396485142
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Jun 21, 2023 20:32
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who made the complaint
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Jun 21, 2023 20:35
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This forced labor narrative is the dumbest loving poo poo. There is no proof whatsoever and makes no economic sense for China to do anything like that. There is more proof of child labor and convict labor in the US.
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Jun 21, 2023 20:36
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je1 healthcare posted:Probably, but the cowboys and spacemen toys of the 50s and 60s were at least representations of real people, or roles for children to aspire to. Congress stepped in and decided that cartoons shouldn't be literal representations of toys, and so Saturday morning cartoons sucked for the next couple decades until Reagan allowed them to be glorious 30-minute toy commercials once again. this is a subtle distinction between chinese media and american media i dont think is appreciated often enough is the extent to which their movies and tv shows present plausibly real people even in more scifi kinds of settings the trailer for netflix three body really put this into stark perspective because theyre clearly toning down the hard science stuff for superhero bullshit and thats just like a hell of a metaphor for how either of these countries do anything these days
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Jun 21, 2023 20:39
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slave to my cravings posted:who made the complaint america
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Jun 21, 2023 20:49
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https://twitter.com/michaelxpettis/status/1671515802787278848 https://twitter.com/michaelxpettis/status/1671515807447228416
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Jun 21, 2023 20:50
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china has mass youth unemployment and is busy getting jobs for all the uyghurs instead. german automaker sales are crashing because of chinese evs, but what they should really be worried about is the crash falling from the moral high ground if they are proven to use 10% xj cotton in the seat covers. they need for these cars to be very ethical so that someone buying a new gas car in 2024 to drive using whatever fuel source europeans are buying doesn’t have to make an unethical purchase. this all makes perfect sense and proves that (???)
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Jun 21, 2023 20:52
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michael penis
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Jun 21, 2023 20:52
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https://twitter.com/kaushikrj6/status/1671577321529294848
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Jun 21, 2023 21:05
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yellowcar posted:michael penis this is gay actor michael penis
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Jun 21, 2023 21:13
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yellowcar posted:michael penis He's named after his dad's penis.
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Jun 21, 2023 21:21
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Some Guy TT posted:https://twitter.com/michaelxpettis/status/1671515802787278848 love that guy cause he's always wrong
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Jun 21, 2023 21:23
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https://twitter.com/Orgetorix/status/1671604457841328128
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Jun 21, 2023 21:42
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Ytlaya posted:This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. the air conditioner getting so mad it dies scared the hell out of me.
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Jun 21, 2023 22:14
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https://twitter.com/AlternatNews/status/1671427144566677504
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Jun 21, 2023 22:53
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Some Guy TT posted:speaking of which crypto ftw
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Jun 22, 2023 01:08
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