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teen witch
Oct 9, 2012
Q: Will there be a separate Trump thread? Or are we back to days of yore with one hellthread?

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teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Mummy Xzibit posted:

13 dead in a bar in Thousand Oaks, so far.

gently caress.

On mobile but the gunman is dead as well, set your meters to “not white”

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012
If you vote for Trump as a protest vote then congrats you need your head kicked in for being a Nazi. If you support a Nazi by giving them your vote, you’re a Nazi supporter sorry I don’t make the rules.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Also Ford is laying off 25k, and I was one of them. Its going to get bad.

I’m so loving sorry man. This is horrifyingly hosed, you didn’t deserve this and I hope you get back on your feet.

Between this and what’s happening at the border, I don’t know. I’m honestly at a loss for words and concrete thoughts for this...emptiness. My brain wasn’t wired for this.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

At this point this administration is going to have this clip tattooed on to me for all time:

https://youtu.be/VsJc2ZhbXIg

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012
Regarding Tumblr, they’ve known for years about adult content hemorrhaging on the website. There are been pornbots for at least the past three years, kiddie porn for probably around that length (not to mention the WEIRD pedo community), and the nsfw filtering is a mess and isn’t keen on LGBTQ people. While sites and scripts like tumblrsavior have helped, it shouldn’t be up to the users to fix what’s broken (or the Bethesda Approach).

I hate that I’ve had an account for nearly a decade, chronicling through my freshman year of college, graduating, working, moving abroad until now, and all of that will likely go away in a second. It’s odd to feel so sentimental but hopefully I can find a way to back it all up. I’ve only lurked SA for longer than having a tumblr.

But cool that they let nazis run rampant and did NOTHING. Silicon Valley being swallowed by a sinkhole would be a net loving positive.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Groovelord Neato posted:

so the new antisemitic thing on twitter is to use the grey alien emoji as shorthand for jew. very cool.

Source? Not casting doubt but I want to be armed if I come across it.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Ah, I’m on mobile and missed it. Thanks for the depressing heads up.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

TheWordOfTheDayIs posted:

People who legit think Pewdiepie is some kind of secret nazi are stupid as hell. The dude just makes jokes and meme videos, and he only does that because he got bored with video games.

He really isn’t secretive about the being a racist thing.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Fritz Coldcockin posted:

I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but racists often deny being racists!

No no no no see he’s just being realistic about racism. Like some some sort of a racial...realist.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

TheWordOfTheDayIs posted:

I just don't understand how this guy is getting lumped in with nazis by this thread full of people I usually agree with.

I mean, I guess if making a comment disagreeing with another comment is "carrying a tiki torch", well poo poo, time to abandon thread

He’s willfully lumping himself with Nazis and racists. No one is forcing him in that door, he’s strolling right in.

Men kanske, du förstår inte. Även inom Sverige, ett land som hade negerbollar - han är en jävla rasist.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

DandyLion posted:

They separated the word 'Neo' and 'Con' so we can infer that he was supposedly their 'One' savior type figure a-la the Matrix, where 'Neo' refers directly to the character name, and 'Con' refers to 'conscript' as in he was pressed into service by the heritage foundation.

Sir this is a McDonald’s.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

selec posted:

When had Lucy ever let us kick the football/actually rebuild poo poo?

That is never going to happen, so arguing like it’s a possibility is loving silly.

You don’t get off crack by deciding if you smoked it out of a different pipe it’ll be different, but crackhead warmongers are here telling us exactly that. Look, America has a crack problem, and we only ever express that pathology in one way. And wishing it were different will not make it so.

So get off the loving pipe cold turkey and get your poo poo together before you start pitching more war.

Unfortunately the timing of getting off crack has a high chance of maybe posssiiibllyyyyy leading to a teensy genocide.

I’m all for getting off crack, but to think that this is a net positive is loving delusional (woof redtext alert). The bitter truth is that there is no right answer to this.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

selec posted:

“I’ll quit next week I gotta deal with some poo poo right now” is something everyone who loves an addict has heard a hundred times. And it’s always been and always will be a lie.

Quitting is quitting and you don’t do it half-way. If you smoke cigs and you’re in recovery for alcoholism, you can’t just pop into a bar to buy a pack like nothing bad will happen.

Weirdly enough as someone who has dealt with addiction issues, understanding the underlying issue behind the addiction and treating that helped me way more than cold turkey quitting (god that’s an awful pun). Resolving and working on that gives me the strength to have a semi normal relationship with food - not abruptly saying “I DECLARE NOT EATING DISORDER”.

However, international geopolitics does not lend itself well with a crack metaphor.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Comstar posted:

No Democrat will be able to leave Afghanistan without being labelled a snivelling coward by Fox News and the Right Wing War Machine.

Trump can actually do it. He'll gently caress it up, but he can do it. Doing it fast might make the in-country elites more willing to negotiate, though I think no matter what Trump does it's going to end up with Helicopters evacuating off the top of the Embassy. Only this time they won't be taking any refugee's with them.

Is it good that we GTFO Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria under the terms Trump sets, even if it means we leave? Do we leave by any means necessary or do we try, and actively TRY, to do the right thing?

The thing is with all of this, is that it’s a trolley problem except over an entire city and a loving poo poo for brains is somehow allowed to drive multiple trolleys. Also it’s rush hour traffic. There is no right or correct answer, morally or otherwise.

Most people here, minus one or two reprehensible dipshits, are on the same page: The US needs to stop loving around with other countries. HOW we get there, is an entirely other story.

No matter what option we take, is covered in the blood of mostly innocent people. We will never morally win any of this.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Pollyanna posted:

This could have been me or my brother or my sister.

:glomp: Wish there was a better hug smilie but I know that pit in the stomach feeling well.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

And once again, nazis are fine though.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Lightning Knight posted:

You quoted the post it’s in my dude.

I don’t think you’re going to convince a guy like him LK.

But yeah, Aziz’s behavior is pretty common, ditto with the “instead of apologizing, I’ll double down on lovely behavior. Certainly this is a beneficial idea!” tactic. Check out local music scenes, they’re rife with it.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Lightning Knight posted:

Find me one actual specific case of “Twitter outrage mobs” going after someone who credibly didn’t do whatever they’re accused of. I’ll wait.

The only person I can think of right now who could make a credible case he got a raw deal in this kind of scenario is Keith Ellison and he hasn’t complained in public about it whatsoever because he’s actually good.

CK will have an actual comedy special or movie again by the end of 2020, and you know it.

CK can do shows in the cellar but Christ he should wait like a loving decade before showing his face again. There are kids serving sentences longer for an oz of weed than his little “ok I’m not a creep anymore plz accept me society!!!!” schtick.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012
Holy poo poo Justine Sacco worked in PR and made a very public twitter post about hopefully not getting AIDS as she traveled to Africa. Not gonna lie, if your in PR and pull that, you sort of need to be fired on professional incompetency alone.

Like that girl committing suicide because Steven Universe fans, much like fandom as a whole, is riddled with toxic weirdos who need to get a serious grip, that’s hosed. But if you’re in PR and get caught making racist jokes like that, that actually makes sense to be fired, as your job is to prevent people and entities from making racist whoopsie doodles.

E: oh she got her job back and is filthy rich. She’s sleeping easy at night.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Ate My Balls Redux posted:

Yeah. Like I don't think she was intending it to be as racist as it came out, but she had spent the whole trip pressing her luck on bad jokes denouncing people of various countries and pushed even further.

But LK saying there were no consequences is loving ridiculous. Losing your job is a huge consequence.

How can you not have an AIDS joke specifically about Africa not sound incredibly racist? Like how do you maneuver around not sound racist at something like that and thinking you can pull off a cunning stunt like that.

Her losing her job is a pretty justified consequence, despite severity. I don’t want someone who is videotaped picking off scabs and throwing them into a fryolater with food for customers to be working at a local fast food joint because it calls to question their professionalism, awareness and conduct. And being known as “the company with the scabby fry cook” is not something one wants.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

ummel posted:

There's so much of this in healthcare tbh. The new favorite is dismissing immigrant patients because "they're not paying for this."

Nurse culture is toxic as gently caress, fight me.

100 percent this and it’s frightening as gently caress to see glimpses of it on Facebook. Bigotry in healthcare literally leads to people dying and is it EVER a thing.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

TulliusCicero posted:

Decorated General and Defense Secretary calling the President grossly incompetent and calling for military to defend the Constitution no big deal, perfectly normal and cool day in the United States of America :suspense:



This uh, actually seems pretty huge

Mattis has plenty of blood on his hands but at this point I’ll take his low key “Did anyone hear a bird call “coup” just now?”. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’ll lead to much.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

KickerOfMice posted:

No, and I hope he doesn't. Let that lameass crack bounce off and clatter uselessly to the floor.


:rolleyes: This reeks of "I need headlines and attention."

It’s really loving pathetic at the end of the day. Like, dude take a loving hint.

Found a link to the set

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Guys if you were white and a teenager you were likely racist and sexist and homophobic we do not need a public penance here in the trump thread

Fixed that.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Data Graham posted:

Why ... why would he tweet that if he tweeted the all-caps one an hour ago

Is his memory really doing this

Ringing in the new year with a stern reminder of “the President is openly and violently ill”

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Dollars to donuts her dad is dead by 2020. Also: who the gently caress cares about her donor dad? 100 bucks? That’s practically poor.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

tehinternet posted:

Idk, I see it as equally likely that he married super loving rich and has been surrounded by FYGM to the point that it’s crept into his worldview.

Uh, Kanye was insanely famous far before Kim came into his life.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

VanSandman posted:

Honestly more restrained than I thought.

...for now. Will Romney kiss the ring again while flipping it’s bearer off?

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Shifty Pony posted:

It is the Ben Shapiro school of "debate". Gish gallop out a bunch of questions, demand shifting and strangely precise answers so you can pick them apart, and keep it up until you find a "mistake" or your opponent gets annoyed in any way at which point get holier than thou and claim victory by Logic.

Keep in mind with this argumentative style that they are not looking to be convinced, swayed, even a slight change of heart. To them it is not a personal matter or even a matter of any ethics or morality: it is a game and they intend to win. They are the obnoxious DM and you are the player wondering why the hell you even bothered showing up to their sad little power play. They press your buttons to win their points, win win win at any cost...but all according to the “rules”, whatever they may be.

These are people not worth engaging with, these people are assholes.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Harik posted:

https://twitter.com/AndyBCampbell/status/1081299900187492354

BRB trying to find my violin, it's so small I keep losing it.

for someone who pontificates about being the pinnacle of western masculinity or whatever, he’s a loving wiiiiiiimmmmmmp

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Jedi425 posted:

USPOL Winter: The United States of Emergency

CUZ this is MY United States of EMERGENCY

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

BigglesSWE posted:

My parents came home from an America holiday just now. Apparently they got real lucky because they didn’t see any difference at the airports (didn’t fly through Atlanta) but my mom, who came down with a severe cold, had to go to the doctor, and ended up paying 400 USD for some medicin and pep talk. The same treatment in Sweden would cost something like 20 USD, but I’m sure the advantages of your system will present themselves in the upcoming decade or so.

Yeah, the healthcare coverage doesn’t apply in the states...but there is NyQuil. Sweet, sweet NyQuil. I bring it back every time I visit my mom, Alvedon my rear end. However, I’ve never feared getting sick in Sweden, knowing that I won’t be economically hosed, whether with medical expenses or with missing work. My abortion was maybe 60-80 USD max? Literally life saving (ha), and I wasn’t shamed or treated like filthy immigrant trash because of it.

JFK was poo poo a week or so ago but that also was partially because the Norwegian counter took FOREVER to process check ins and I saw some nutty screaming matches between check in staff and customers. Nearly missed my flight. Can’t wait to loving deal with Atlanta today because my workplace opted for some convoluted three leg trip back to Arlanda, which my colleagues and I will probably miss because of TSA lines being 3+ hours long.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Antifa Turkeesian posted:

If your school colors are black and white, why would you paint your face entirely black or use white only to give yourself exaggerated lips?

Truly, a mystery. Let me put on my conical white thinking cap with eye slits.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Dude must have not experienced much if those poor widde boys experienced such a fright!

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012
Hi random creep! I’m friends with several sex workers and friends with many more work within advocacy for sex workers and the rapist pimp is not looked highly upon despite having a platform vaguely related to sex work.

Even though he says things about sex work when other politicians are essentially absent on the issue, doesn’t mean he has the workers best interest in mind, especially for being a RAPIST BROTHEL OWNER.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012
The rapist pimp is a literal workplace hazard for SWs and perhaps this is a bridge too far, but I’m happy the rapist pimp is dead.

teen witch
Oct 9, 2012
broke: decorum
woke: inartful

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teen witch
Oct 9, 2012

Kale posted:

It occurs to me now that she was likely referring to Benjamin Franklin and money instead of the common Jewish name Benjamin which kind of changes the read of the tweet completely. Assuming that's the case yeah there's no anti-semitism whatsoever, the comment is fine and there's nothing to apologize for. Realistically all she needs to do in that scenario is just clarify that and be rid of the ambiguity and that's it, anyone that tries to push the issue further (probably Republicans) then gets cast in bad faith and essentially status quo.

Kale are you telling me you didn’t perhaps, google the reference she made?

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