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Nigmaetcetera posted:Politics are not funny, they are intensely loving stressful, bordering on triggering PTSD. They're an existential battle of the utmost seriousness between good and evil, a battle good is destined to lose eventually, probably soon. Ha ha ha, so funny. Nah, politics in general is boring as poo poo and a long rear end grind, not so much good and evil as accounting. And meetings. You know what's funny as poo poo? watching nazis vote over what shade of green the park benches will be painted this fiscal year.
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eSports Chaebol posted:i distinctly remember as a kid thinking, "wow theyre replacing Craig Kilbourn with some guy ive never heard of? and Kilbourn is taking Five Questions with him? heh, good luck 'jon stewart'". biggest L opinion of my lifetime probably I was sad when Craigy Ferg left, but decided to continue watching and give a solid chance to the new, chubby, likeable, british guy with suspiciously positive energy. "James Corden", you say? alright! that was, as the kids say, quite an "L" for me, fr fr no cap
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yeah politics by and large are not these titanic battles with epic votes. it’s the mundane machinery of everyday. the biggest decisions are made on shadow dockets, in closed door meetings and by way of path dependency from minor decisions. the good thing about the daily show is that it made this boring rear end poo poo somewhat relatable and interesting. political apathy is some cursed poo poo and it largely favors the rich and elderly. the show sure as poo poo ain’t revolutionary agitprop but there’s definitely some positive influence that a vaguely progressive, broadly popular TV show can have.
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Splorange posted:Nah, politics in general is boring as poo poo and a long rear end grind, not so much good and evil as accounting. And meetings. Well I'm deadly afraid of anything to do with it. Haven't you seen holocaust documentaries? It could happen here! All the bad things could happen here! And it is only through constant vigilance that evil is momentarily held at bay, but it doesn't always work and sometimes republicans get elected anyway. It's only a matter of time before the right wing strips us of all our freedoms and everything we cherish and force us to worship their false god. Ok I'm getting a little worked up. Maybe I'd find it less stressful if it weren't an election year and Donald Trump had died of autoerotic asphyxiation in the 90's.
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Nigmaetcetera posted:Well I'm deadly afraid of anything to do with it. Haven't you seen holocaust documentaries? It could happen here! All the bad things could happen here! And it is only through constant vigilance that evil is momentarily held at bay, but it doesn't always work and sometimes republicans get elected anyway. It's only a matter of time before the right wing strips us of all our freedoms and everything we cherish and force us to worship their false god. Ok I'm getting a little worked up. Well, you should've given a poo poo about those benches years ago. It's the gateway decisionmaking into barbed wire and guard towers.
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I voted not to paint the benches because they looked fine and only really need painted every other year anyway.
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Nigmaetcetera posted:I voted not to paint the benches because they looked fine and only really need painted every other year anyway. And now we know who to blame.
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y'all seem like fun people to be around
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Nigmaetcetera posted:Well I'm deadly afraid of anything to do with it. Haven't you seen holocaust documentaries? It could happen here! All the bad things could happen here! And it is only through constant vigilance that evil is momentarily held at bay, but it doesn't always work and sometimes republicans get elected anyway. It's only a matter of time before the right wing strips us of all our freedoms and everything we cherish and force us to worship their false god. Ok I'm getting a little worked up. take a break, walk, etc
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if you write something like that it's time to take a fifteen
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I. M. Gei posted:y'all seem like fun people to be around / 
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Nigmaetcetera posted:I voted not to paint the benches because they looked fine and only really need painted every other year anyway. A cowardly decision
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cumpantry posted:if you write something like that it's time to take a fifteen I’m fine, just dealing with severe insomnia and family drama right now. Edit: I was being a bit alarmist, I admit it. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) Nigmaetcetera fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Feb 16, 2024 |
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Praxis is when people who discovered socialism online in 2017 decide to leave their posting stations and participate in low-risk "activism" like slipping photos of Thomas Sankara into japanese light novels at the liberry for other weebs to find
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the daily show sure is a lot funnier than the people who watch it 
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Nigmaetcetera posted:I voted not to paint the benches because they looked fine and only really need painted every other year anyway. Look at this goon do hates job creators
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Poohs Packin posted:Praxis is when people who discovered socialism online in 2017 decide to leave their posting stations and participate in low-risk "activism" like slipping photos of Thomas Sankara into japanese light novels at the liberry for other weebs to find praxis is when you agree to do it my way
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From what I can tell "praxis" means ordering bad lattes in local cafes that will only be in business for a few months that provide dumbed down pamphlets on socialism and JO crystals etc, so that you can tell everyone they should read The Literature. At least this is from everyone I've met that has ever used the term with a straight face anyway. Edit: I've been informed praxis is when you tell people they need to do praxis. syntaxfunction fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Feb 18, 2024 |
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Praxis, or Praxis points are just what skill points in the newer Deus Ex's are called. If you explore thoroughly you can have enough praxis to max out your Adam Jensen.
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syntaxfunction posted:From what I can tell "praxis" means ordering bad lattes in local cafes that will only be in business for a few months that provide dumbed down pamphlets on socialism and JO crystals etc, so that you can tell everyone they should read The Literature. This estimation involves way too much time outdoors.
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itry posted:Praxis, or Praxis points are just what skill points in the newer Deus Ex's are called. If you explore thoroughly you can have enough praxis to max out your Adam Jensen.
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syntaxfunction posted:lattes!!!!!!!!!!! lol
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According to the eco cafe i worked for in college praxis involves forcing broke students to track you down physically to get paid under the table. This wouldnt have been a problem except the owner lived a whimsical rear end schedule-less life.
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did you go around to everyone there and ask if you were doing a praxis "according to the cafe" is a vague statement that borders on nonsense. edit: you just got praxissd
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Poohs Packin posted:According to the eco cafe i worked for in college praxis involves forcing broke students to track you down physically to get paid under the table. tax dodging leftists horse shoe theory blah blah
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itry posted:Praxis, or Praxis points are just what skill points in the newer Deus Ex's are called. If you explore thoroughly you can have enough praxis to max out your Adam Jensen. Finally, a definition of praxis I understand! ::throws away Gramsci's Prison Notebooks::
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Can't really determine something's praxis until it drives some nutcase to commit an act of violence.
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super sweet best pal posted:Can't really determine something's praxis until it drives some nutcase to commit an act of violence. possibly the most correct post in this thread
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how about that daily show, though? any good clips yet?
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pencilhands posted:Jon Poofart possibly the worst post in this thread. what happened pencilhands? you were on a roll there for awhile
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TrashMammal posted:possibly the worst post in this thread. what happened pencilhands? you were on a roll there for awhile He got blocked up what with the opiates
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MrQwerty posted:He got blocked up what with the opiates a fate they surely would have been spared if only jon stewart hadn’t passed the daily show off to this rear end in a top hat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phjk0k_CQN8
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TrashMammal posted:a fate they surely would have been spared if only jon stewart hadn’t passed the daily show off to this rear end in a top hat I saw Trevor's documentary and he's by all accounts a great guy, but those were some big clown shoes to fill Likeable guy, but not nearly as funny as Jon. Maybe could've taken over one of the late shows with celebrities and music, not politics
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I will never understand why they didn’t work Trevor in as a correspondent for a while beforehand and then have him graduate to the desk
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rotinaj posted:I will never understand why they didn’t work Trevor in as a correspondent for a while beforehand and then have him graduate to the desk My memory is fuzzy, but I thought he was a correspondent first? Just for a strangely short amount of time before taking over the host job. edit: Yeah, google tells me he joined as a correspondent on December 4, 2014. In March 2015 he was announced as the new host. I remember thinking, "The new guy?"
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He was a total out of left field choice. Not American, total newbie on the show, not particularly outstanding during his time there, no track record to speak of. Dude must have just nailed his interview or something.
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Vegetable posted:He was a total out of left field choice. Not American, total newbie on the show, not particularly outstanding during his time there, no track record to speak of. Dude must have just nailed his interview or something. The whole not being American thing bothered me a little. It's a show about exposing the evil and hypocrisy of the American government and the backwardness and stupidity of American culture. It seems mean spirited when an outsider does it. I'm probably just being oversensitive.
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cumpantry posted:if you write something like that it's time to take a fifteen
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