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Dr Christmas
Apr 24, 2010

Berninating the one percent,
Berninating the Wall St.
Berninating all the people
In their high rise penthouses!
🔥😱🔥🔫👴🏻

Medullah posted:

Maxwell released some stuff yesterday "proving" Bill Clinton among others spent time in pedophile island. Had a Trumper text me "So much for the flawless Democrats!!!!" like there's the same level of cultish love for Clinton as there is for Trump. I think the bulk of Democrats actually don't like the Clintons and would be happy to see a child molester jailed no matter who it was.

Lefties love the Clintons, along with other luminaries and thought leaders like Bill Maher, Rahm Emmanuel, and Joe Biden.

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Golbez
Oct 9, 2002

1 2 3!
If you want to take a shot at me get in line, line
1 2 3!
Baby, I've had all my shots and I'm fine

Medullah posted:

Maxwell released some stuff yesterday "proving" Bill Clinton among others spent time in pedophile island. Had a Trumper text me "So much for the flawless Democrats!!!!" like there's the same level of cultish love for Clinton as there is for Trump. I think the bulk of Democrats actually don't like the Clintons and would be happy to see a child molester jailed no matter who it was.

They can't comprehend anything less than total devotion to dear leader.

RagnarokAngel
Oct 5, 2006

Black Magic Extraordinaire
I've seen an active attempt by Dems to rehabilitate Clinton, I think it was a big push when Hilary was running. But ultimately most millenials are too young to remember Clinton very well so there's not much attachment with Hilary out of the spotlight.

Edgar Allen Ho
Apr 3, 2017

by sebmojo

jivjov posted:

Yeah, Hollywood being fully of child diddlers is not a crazy conspiracy, that's just actually a thing that happens. The conspiracy stuff is whats involving pizzeria basements and poo poo.

That's what I've noticed about a lot of conspiracy theories, they're making things too complicated. "People with a lot of power/money/influence are awful and get away with it because of said power/money/influence" is as deep as it needs to go.

A conspiracy that can be exposed and beaten somehow is vastly less scary than reality, a lot of the time. You can bring down Hillary's pizza pedo ring. Confronting "rich and influential people can get away with heinous things by using their money and influence" is a nearly insurmountable problem.

jivjov
Sep 13, 2007

But how does it taste? Yummy!
Dinosaur Gum

Dr Christmas posted:

Lefties love the Clintons, along with other luminaries and thought leaders like Bill Maher, Rahm Emmanuel, and Joe Biden.

liberals love the clintons and Biden. Leftists recognize that we haven't had a candidate or elected official more than a couple inches left of center in decades. Even everyone's favorite radical Marxist socialist Bernie Sanders isn't that far left of center.

PeterCat
Apr 8, 2020

Believe women.

tek79 posted:

IIRC right-wing conspiracy nuts think a bunch Hollywood "elites" are part of a secret cabal of pedophiles.

After the revelations regarding the BBC, why would a ring of Hollywood pedos surprise you?

Edgar Allen Ho
Apr 3, 2017

by sebmojo

PeterCat posted:

After the revelations regarding the BBC, why would a ring of Hollywood pedos surprise you?

The untrue part is more that they're a baphomet-worshipping cabal of marxo-liberals who are also pedos, not that rich people help each other get away with heinous poo poo

tek79
Jun 16, 2008

PeterCat posted:

After the revelations regarding the BBC, why would a ring of Hollywood pedos surprise you?

It honestly actually wouldn't. I probably could have added to my previous post that (like other posters have alluded to) it's taken to a whole other galaxy-brain level with the more conspiracy minded right-wingers and I figured they'd be the people most likely posting the Hollywood=pedophiles meme stuff.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

All right this thread had a good run, but nothing will ever top the stupidity brought to you by my childhood friend's mom



Mods please close thread and gas

Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

VitalSigns posted:

All right this thread had a good run, but nothing will ever top the stupidity brought to you by my childhood friend's mom



Mods please close thread and gas

oh god my brain. anyway i look at it, its terrible. worst part is i know this dumb gently caress probably thought this was a deep burn.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

oh yeah, we're from Oklahoma too, no excuse for thinking that McVeigh's death sentence might have been for property damage

Invalid Validation
Jan 13, 2008




They didn’t know cop precincts and Target were federal buildings.

PhantomOfTheCopier
Aug 13, 2008

Pikabooze!

VitalSigns posted:

Mods please close thread and gas
It won't take. We wear masks.

wizzardstaff
Apr 6, 2018

Zorch! Splat! Pow!

Invalid Validation posted:

They didn’t know cop precincts and Target were federal buildings.

It’s probably referring to Portland, where protestors have spray painted a federal courthouse and broken some windows.

Invalid Validation
Jan 13, 2008




Guess we need to put those dastardly El Barto’s to the electric chair.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

Actually come to think of it, it makes a lot of sense that to conservatives the horror of OKC or 9/11 was the loss of all that precious precious property

Laterite
Mar 14, 2007

It's Gutfest '89
Grimey Drawer
I definitely get a lot of stinkeye from even supposed progressive friends whenever Bill Clinton comes up in conversation and I mention how I've hated him and his suckass third way compromises for 25 years.

Invalid Validation
Jan 13, 2008




It breaks their brains when you don’t automatically side with the person just because they’re part of the only two parties you can choose from.

ILL Machina
Mar 25, 2004

:italy: Glory to Italia! :italy:

Ayy!! This text is-a the color of marinara! Ohhhh!! Dat's amore!!

a fatguy baldspot posted:

i mean theres a reason they had to come up with their own wikipedia

Mystery: Why Do Non-Conservatives Exist?

ILL Machina
Mar 25, 2004

:italy: Glory to Italia! :italy:

Ayy!! This text is-a the color of marinara! Ohhhh!! Dat's amore!!

wizzardstaff posted:

It’s probably referring to Portland, where protestors have spray painted a federal courthouse and broken some windows.

They set a fire or two inside the fence and threw what barr called "professional fireworks" near the building calling them "explosives". In his hearing one of the GOP maneuvers was to let Barr repeatedly say he didn't think the courthouse would still be standing if they hadn't intervened.

I'm pretty sure it's not made out if wood.

The DNC HQ in AZ was firebombed and destroyed...but I guess it's not a federal building.

Tomberforce
May 30, 2006

Tequila25 posted:

Take the label off. Just copy the text of the article, remove any mention of Snopes and include the links cited.

Nah you've got to film yourself reading it out while sitting in your car out in the forest and back it up with a snappy meme or two. That's the standard of evidence required at the moment.

Dameius
Apr 3, 2006

Tomberforce posted:

Nah you've got to film yourself reading it out while sitting in your car out in the forest and back it up with a snappy meme or two. That's the standard of evidence required at the moment.

Doesn't count unless you have polarized wrap arounds.

Dr. Arbitrary
Mar 15, 2006

Bleak Gremlin

ILL Machina posted:

The DNC HQ in AZ was firebombed and destroyed...but I guess it's not a federal building.

That one sucks. I know the guy who did it. I think it's schizophrenia, but he started to get out of sync with reality about four years ago.

mllaneza
Apr 28, 2007

Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1952




sweart gliwere posted:

Snopes pretty much always has their stuff sourced well, and they only use legit sources for important issues. Tell them to treat it like Wikipedia?

Pull up all of their sources and pretend you did original research.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011



Kroger's is faking the coin shortage in order to kill cash

No I won't pay with exact change I must hoard coins like an unsuccessful dragon who sleeps on a pile of nickels and dimes

VitalSigns fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Aug 3, 2020

F_Shit_Fitzgerald
Feb 2, 2017



What a mad lad....costing a store money because you were mildly inconvenienced. Truly an unsung hero of our times.

RenegadeStyle1
Jun 7, 2005

Baby Come Back
Im just never going to buy anything and starve to death to own the libs.

Also im not sure that plan even works, they pay the fee if you make the whole thing on your card or charge 50 cents so either way they're paying the fee.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

RenegadeStyle1 posted:

Im just never going to buy anything and starve to death to own the libs.

Also im not sure that plan even works, they pay the fee if you make the whole thing on your card or charge 50 cents so either way they're paying the fee.

Swipe fees are a percentage, and usually there's a minimum so stores don't like you swiping for less than a certain amount.

But yeah if you pay $20 in cash and swipe for $0.35 then the store is saving money on the entire transaction.

Hm I'm starting to think conservatives aren't that smart

Edgar Allen Ho
Apr 3, 2017

by sebmojo

RenegadeStyle1 posted:

Im just never going to buy anything and starve to death to own the libs.

Also im not sure that plan even works, they pay the fee if you make the whole thing on your card or charge 50 cents so either way they're paying the fee.

Antifa AOC claims we need to buy food to survive, but she once worked at a food service establishment. Curious how the libs don't investigate. Frankly if God wanted us to eat food we would have been born with food in our stomachs. #wwg1wga #fauxmine

tek79
Jun 16, 2008


Oh, I'm totally going to do this! Love it! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!

*Doesn't ever actually follow through on doing this*

letthereberock
Sep 4, 2004

VitalSigns posted:



Kroger's is faking the coin shortage in order to kill cash

No I won't pay with exact change I must hoard coins like an unsuccessful dragon who sleeps on a pile of nickels and dimes

From the same people who brought you “if we all don’t buy gas on the same day it will bring the oil industry to its knees and they’ll have to lower gas prices! I am good at economics!”

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS
I love that one because anyone with any sense is literally paying for everything with credit cards for points, not doing so is not very capitalistic of him.

killa-pope
May 21, 2008
I mean, they have a point - most Krogers do still have some small amount of change. We just need it to keep the self checkouts running.

Also Kroger is the dumbest example possible because your change gets loaded to the rewards card. They should focus their ineffective spite on the companies with “We round up!” signs.

PeterCat
Apr 8, 2020

Believe women.

I feel like I'm having an old man moment. There are stores out there that don't have change?

No currency in the store?

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
There are stores that are politely asking people to use card and NFC phone payment wherever possible, because of Covid (((Gyorgy $oro$$$))) mark of the Bea$t.

This is of course the worst imposition since wearing a piece of cloth.

jivjov
Sep 13, 2007

But how does it taste? Yummy!
Dinosaur Gum
Yeah, going pure cashless has been fought legally as discriminatory against lower income folks who may not have a bank account, plus the whole "this note is legal tender, good for all debts public or private" thing

CuddleCryptid
Jan 11, 2013

Things could be going better

PeterCat posted:

I feel like I'm having an old man moment. There are stores out there that don't have change?

No currency in the store?

My understanding is that because people weren't shopping in person and also the Mint being short staffed during covid the endless circulation of physical currency is messed up and now places are having issues keeping up supply.

I guess coins aren't as easy to make as paper money, although it seems like it would be backwards since we use weird cloth bills

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

In the occupation of Iraq there was a huge shortage of US coins because shipping them overseas is extremely expensive, so the post exchange made change in scrip, basically cardboard pogs with coin denominations on them.

I found a bunch clearing out the attic at the beginning of covid.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

jivjov posted:

plus the whole "this note is legal tender, good for all debts public or private" thing
As any sovereign citizen will tell you, that's only for debts, not transactions.

Which is true at least in parts of the UK, legal tender means if you offer to fully pay off a debt to someone in legal tender, they can't sue you for failing to repay. You can run a store that only accepts dollars or bitcoins or purestrain gold if you really want, but you can't decide to pay your corporation tax in that.

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Sarcastro
Dec 28, 2000
Elite member of the Grammar Nazi Squad that

Guavanaut posted:

As any sovereign citizen will tell you, that's only for debts, not transactions.

Which is true at least in parts of the UK, legal tender means if you offer to fully pay off a debt to someone in legal tender, they can't sue you for failing to repay. You can run a store that only accepts dollars or bitcoins or purestrain gold if you really want, but you can't decide to pay your corporation tax in that.

It's true in the U.S. as well, and anyone who says otherwise really needs to go back to the books and look up what "debt" means.

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