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CuddleCryptid
Jan 11, 2013

Things could be going better

Panfilo posted:

“protests” aka Jihad

Ah it's like 2002 all over again

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Devorum
Jul 30, 2005

InsertPotPun posted:

i never met a veteran
who fought for socialism
i've met a bunch who lived because of it
and killed themselves for lack of it.
"that's different!!!" shouted at full volume

I got marked down on a USAF EPR once for "setting a bad example as an NCO" because I was telling Airmen stuff like this.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!


Holy poo poo, THAT brings back some memories. I remember when those were all the rage after 9/11. Any day now, every brown person in the country was going to do a suicide bombing at YOUR local Cracker Barrel.

Crunch Buttsteak
Feb 26, 2007

You think reality is a circle of salt around my brain keeping witches out?
The two hidden pillars of Islam, "lie, cheat, steal" and "get Whitey"

Neito
Feb 18, 2009

😌Finally, an avatar the describes my love of tech❤️‍💻, my love of anime💖🎎, and why I'll never see a real girl 🙆‍♀️naked😭.

But why wouldn't the tur-ists attack the Pigshit County Local Cheese Festival and County Elections? Almost 400 people show up most years.

CuddleCryptid
Jan 11, 2013

Things could be going better

Corn can be used to create biofuels to drive tanks, therefore my corn field is a strategic target for terrorists

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

Neito posted:

But why wouldn't the tur-ists attack the Pigshit County Local Cheese Festival and County Elections? Almost 400 people show up most years.

They said major cities, like Democrat Run dystopias such as Chicago or New York. You know, sanctuary cities

The Islamic Shock
Apr 8, 2021

Neito posted:

But why wouldn't the tur-ists attack the Pigshit County Local Cheese Festival and County Elections? Almost 400 people show up most years.
If a terrorist group had a mind to validate this bullshit fear by actually attacking a small-town gathering like that with the intention of driving the right further insane with fear and anger, they'd probably be pretty successful.

BiggerBoat
Sep 26, 2007

Don't you tell me my business again.

Devorum posted:

It's funny because the US military is the largest, most successful social welfare jobs program in our nation's history.

I had the same reaction.

Government owns the means of production. It's paid for by tax dollars. Enlisted get free education, health care and sometimes a pension. Let's see who enlists to risk their lives for 17 bucks an hour or whatever the median wage is in this loving country. The military (and cops) these people worship are the two most "socialist" institutions in the entire country.

God drat, that is willfully dense.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!

The Islamic Shock posted:

If a terrorist group had a mind to validate this bullshit fear by actually attacking a small-town gathering like that with the intention of driving the right further insane with fear and anger, they'd probably be pretty successful.

Are you suggesting these hypothetical terrorists should try this in a small town?

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

BiggerBoat posted:

I had the same reaction.

Government owns the means of production. It's paid for by tax dollars. Enlisted get free education, health care and sometimes a pension. Let's see who enlists to risk their lives for 17 bucks an hour or whatever the median wage is in this loving country. The military (and cops) these people worship are the two most "socialist" institutions in the entire country.

God drat, that is willfully dense.

In their view, the military isn't socialist because the people who get those benefits earned them, while their version of socialism assumes people just get free poo poo for doing fuckall on their end.

DarkHorse
Dec 13, 2006

Nap Ghost

Panfilo posted:

In their view, the military isn't socialist because the people who get those benefits earned them, while their version of socialism assumes people just get free poo poo for doing fuckall on their end.

Proof these people haven't been in the military because lol

PneumonicBook
Sep 26, 2007

Do you like our owl?



Ultra Carp

DarkHorse posted:

Proof these people haven't been in the military because lol

Look my Xbox wasn't going to play itself on deployment okay?

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Edgar Allen Ho
Apr 3, 2017

by sebmojo
I'm 110% in favour of people getting free poo poo for doing gently caress all. 5% of everyone is going to spend their UBI on weed, taco bell, and video games. Ok? Where's the problem? Sounds like an awesome deal vs government funding going to bombs.

e: I'm also 110% not in favour of pretending Kermit is far right. He is not.

Edgar Allen Ho fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Oct 12, 2023

CuddleCryptid
Jan 11, 2013

Things could be going better

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

I'm 110% in favour of people getting free poo poo for doing gently caress all. 5% of everyone is going to spend their UBI on weed, taco bell, and video games. Ok? Where's the problem? Sounds like an awesome deal vs government funding going to bombs.

I'm laughing thinking of those care boxes new parents get in places like Norway that contain all kinds of supplies and whose box can be used as a crib, except it's a care package of mountain dew, a oz of prerolls, and a bag of doritoes given to anyone who purchases the next halo game.

Brawnfire
Jul 13, 2004

🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
https://linktr.ee/Cylindricule

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

I'm 110% in favour of people getting free poo poo for doing gently caress all. 5% of everyone is going to spend their UBI on weed, taco bell, and video games. Ok? Where's the problem? Sounds like an awesome deal vs government funding going to bombs.

Haven't you heard? Weak men create bad times!!!1

Silly Burrito
Nov 27, 2007

SET A COURSE FOR
THE FLAVOR QUADRANT

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

I'm 110% in favour of people getting free poo poo for doing gently caress all. 5% of everyone is going to spend their UBI on weed, taco bell, and video games. Ok? Where's the problem? Sounds like an awesome deal vs government funding going to bombs.

e: I'm also 110% not in favour of pretending Kermit is far right. He is not.

I don't know, he himself says that it ain't easy bein' Green.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
Wow, that hypothetical liberal sure is owned.

Neito
Feb 18, 2009

😌Finally, an avatar the describes my love of tech❤️‍💻, my love of anime💖🎎, and why I'll never see a real girl 🙆‍♀️naked😭.


This is the quintisential conservative. No evidence for a thing taht they just made up, no idea why people do the thing he disagrees with, but just adamant it must exist.

DarkHorse
Dec 13, 2006

Nap Ghost

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

I'm 110% in favour of people getting free poo poo for doing gently caress all. 5% of everyone is going to spend their UBI on weed, taco bell, and video games. Ok? Where's the problem? Sounds like an awesome deal vs government funding going to bombs.

Im reminded of the NRA (not that one, the national restaurant association) fighting tooth and nail against having the minimum wage go up, arguing it would kill small business owners like mom and pop restaurants

... and then proceed to have the best decade on record because (gasp) people could afford to go to restaurants more

UBI works the same way

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!

DarkHorse posted:

Im reminded of the NRA (not that one, the national restaurant association) fighting tooth and nail against having the minimum wage go up, arguing it would kill small business owners like mom and pop restaurants

... and then proceed to have the best decade on record because (gasp) people could afford to go to restaurants more

UBI works the same way

Unfortunatey, business owners are like cats when it comes to learning or acknowledging this.

"I'm hungry broke!"
"There is literally food profits right there."

"My bowl wallet is completely empty!"
"I am looking at the food money right now! It is all but overflowing!"

"Nobody wants to work anymore!"

Neito
Feb 18, 2009

😌Finally, an avatar the describes my love of tech❤️‍💻, my love of anime💖🎎, and why I'll never see a real girl 🙆‍♀️naked😭.

A lot of the kind of people who start a business aren't starting a business because they like running a subway or a phone repair place or whatever. They're doing it because they want to be the boss, and part of being the boss is being able to deny people money.

Dameius
Apr 3, 2006

Neito posted:

A lot of the kind of people who start a business aren't starting a business because they like running a subway or a phone repair place or whatever. They're doing it because they want to be the boss, and part of being the boss is being able to deny people money.

BiggerBoat
Sep 26, 2007

Don't you tell me my business again.

DarkHorse posted:

Im reminded of the NRA (not that one, the national restaurant association) fighting tooth and nail against having the minimum wage go up, arguing it would kill small business owners like mom and pop restaurants

... and then proceed to have the best decade on record because (gasp) people could afford to go to restaurants more

UBI works the same way

See also: GIving people $1600 not to work caused all this rampant inflation!"

Supply chains? What are those?

It's also all Biden's fault even though the majority of the money came from the Trump administration. He even delayed the payments so they could stamp his signature on the checks.

If giving people $2000 over 3 years is enough to tank the economy, then I can't think of a bigger indictment against capitalism since my only takeaway from that is that 90% of us must remain poor for it to work.

Invalid Validation
Jan 13, 2008




Grocery stores fuckin love food stamps but politicians want to always defund them. You’d think corporations would lobby harder to make them shut the gently caress up since it’s free money.

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS


Uhhh if this hadn't been my uncle I would have thought it parody.

Neito
Feb 18, 2009

😌Finally, an avatar the describes my love of tech❤️‍💻, my love of anime💖🎎, and why I'll never see a real girl 🙆‍♀️naked😭.

Medullah posted:



Uhhh if this hadn't been my uncle I would have thought it parody.

gently caress me I'm so BBBY poisoned I immediately thought this was an ape meme.

CuddleCryptid
Jan 11, 2013

Things could be going better

^^^ lmao same

Medullah posted:



Uhhh if this hadn't been my uncle I would have thought it parody.

I was confused by this for a minute because it sounded like they were saying there's an army of foreigners getting into the country to buy stock options.

After The War
Apr 12, 2005

to all of my Architects
let me be traitor
I love when people who live in countries that have to import most of their goods, including food and medicine, demand "closer borders." Bonus points if they're an island.

abelwingnut
Dec 23, 2002


initially thought they meant buying shares of the uk as if it was publicly traded or something and was very confused.

Dameius
Apr 3, 2006

abelwingnut posted:

initially thought they meant buying shares of the uk as if it was publicly traded or something and was very confused.

The UK operates under admiralty law as a corporation you see...

Neito
Feb 18, 2009

😌Finally, an avatar the describes my love of tech❤️‍💻, my love of anime💖🎎, and why I'll never see a real girl 🙆‍♀️naked😭.

Dameius posted:

The UK operates under admiralty law as a corporation you see...

What is an island but a really big stationary boat?

BalloonFish
Jun 30, 2013



Fun Shoe

abelwingnut posted:

initially thought they meant buying shares of the uk as if it was publicly traded or something and was very confused.

Same. I thought it was making some point about rampant privatisation of public services - either for or against.

Nope, just a lion on a WW2 destroyer...

E: I was really hoping it would be another case like the BNP poster using an image of a Spitfire from a Polish squadron and that it would be a Japanese ship or something, but it does seem to be a British cruiser. So they learnt that at least.

BalloonFish fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Oct 13, 2023

Killer robot
Sep 6, 2010

I was having the most wonderful dream. I think you were in it!
Pillbug
I saw this one come up today.

F_Shit_Fitzgerald
Feb 2, 2017



Killer robot posted:

I saw this one come up today.



Eleventy billion.

e: Incidentally, it says something about our "values" as a country when our Declaration of Independence states, "All men are created equal and are endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".

Now, a long conversation can be had about the "all men" part, and whether our revolution actually liberated anyone except white, landowning men. However, it seems odd to me that these rights are "inalienable" and absolute as long as you immigrate the """right""" way and are on one side of an arbitrary line (the border), but not if you're not.

Seems like inalienable rights should apply to...gee, I dunno... everyone equally?

F_Shit_Fitzgerald fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Oct 18, 2023

Mooseontheloose
May 13, 2003

Killer robot posted:

I saw this one come up today.



Yet another cover song, I heard this before 20 - 25 years ago.

Teriyaki Hairpiece
Dec 29, 2006

I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.
Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings, Hamas agents

Elephant Ambush
Nov 13, 2012

...We sholde spenden more time together. What sayest thou?
Nap Ghost

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

Eleventy billion.

e: Incidentally, it says something about our "values" as a country when our Declaration of Independence states, "All men are created equal and are endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".

Now, a long conversation can be had about the "all men" part, and whether our revolution actually liberated anyone except white, landowning men. However, it seems odd to me that these rights are "inalienable" and absolute as long as you immigrate the """right""" way and are on one side of an arbitrary line (the border), but not if you're not.

Seems like inalienable rights should apply to...gee, I dunno... everyone equally?

They meant white men who aren't poor and they still do. Also the Declaration isn't legally binding

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Aztec Galactus
Sep 12, 2002

Thomas jefferson, just like Jesus, can be discarded as too woke

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