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Splorange
Feb 23, 2011

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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Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

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

also Kilbourn's late night show sucked and he got replaced by Craig Ferguson who was one of, if not THE best. really cursed career lol

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

Vegetable
Oct 22, 2010

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.

Nigmaetcetera
Nov 17, 2004

borkborkborkmorkmorkmork-gabbalooins

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.

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.

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.

Splorange
Feb 23, 2011

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.

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.

Well, you should've given a poo poo about those benches years ago. It's the gateway decisionmaking into barbed wire and guard towers.

Nigmaetcetera
Nov 17, 2004

borkborkborkmorkmorkmork-gabbalooins
I voted not to paint the benches because they looked fine and only really need painted every other year anyway.

McGavin
Sep 18, 2012

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.

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

CHIEFS

BITCH



y'all seem like fun people to be around

cumpantry
Dec 18, 2020

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.

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.

take a break, walk, etc

cumpantry
Dec 18, 2020

if you write something like that it's time to take a fifteen

hot cocoa on the couch
Dec 8, 2009

I. M. Gei posted:

y'all seem like fun people to be around
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Just Chamber
Feb 10, 2014

WE MUST RETURN TO THE DANCE! THE NIGHT IS OURS!

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

Nigmaetcetera
Nov 17, 2004

borkborkborkmorkmorkmork-gabbalooins

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

Poohs Packin
Jan 13, 2019

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

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

the daily show sure is a lot funnier than the people who watch it :woof:

Haptical Sales Slut
Mar 15, 2010

Age 18 to 49

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

Klyith
Aug 3, 2007

GBS Pledge Week

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

syntaxfunction
Oct 27, 2010
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

itry
Aug 23, 2019




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.

ninjoatse.cx
Apr 9, 2005

Fun Shoe

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.

At least this is from everyone I've met that has ever used the term with a straight face anyway.

This estimation involves way too much time outdoors.

cumpantry
Dec 18, 2020

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.

Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
ESCULA GRIND'S
#1 SIMP

syntaxfunction posted:

lattes!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

Poohs Packin
Jan 13, 2019

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.

Dang It Bhabhi!
May 27, 2004



ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
ESCULA GRIND'S
#1 SIMP

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

ninjoatse.cx
Apr 9, 2005

Fun Shoe

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.

This wouldnt have been a problem except the owner lived a whimsical rear end schedule-less life.

tax dodging leftists horse shoe theory blah blah

A Strange Aeon
Mar 26, 2010

You are now a slimy little toad
The Great Twist

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::

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Can't really determine something's praxis until it drives some nutcase to commit an act of violence.

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

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

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

how about that daily show, though? any good clips yet? :woof:

pencilhands
Aug 20, 2022

Jon Poofart

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

pencilhands posted:

Jon Poofart

possibly the worst post in this thread. what happened pencilhands? you were on a roll there for awhile

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

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

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

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

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phjk0k_CQN8

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

rotinaj
Sep 5, 2008

Fun Shoe
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

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

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?"

Vegetable
Oct 22, 2010

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.

Nigmaetcetera
Nov 17, 2004

borkborkborkmorkmorkmork-gabbalooins

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.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
It is okay to be mean to America

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Dandywalken
Feb 11, 2014

cumpantry posted:

if you write something like that it's time to take a fifteen

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