I think we generally undervalue the timing of its release too. Home internet was hitting its stride in a major way. Forums & fanfic were exploding. People could endlessly engage & fantasize about it all with others that were just as excited.
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I think we generally undervalue the timing of its release too. Home internet was hitting its stride in a major way. Forums & fanfic were exploding. People could endlessly engage & fantasize about it all with others that were just as excited.
Really says a lot about NYT editors that this story isn't on the front page
Imagine going into work knowing you're tearing children from their families, detaining them without regard for their safety or well-being, with the goal being to throw them out like trash. All for less than a retail manager's salary. And not immediately killing yourself.
I disagree with nostalgia being an inherent weakness. My nostalgia is being taught to "treat others the way to be treated", feeling like we were learning from our past, & moving to something better. To get uncomfortably real, it's the reason I can maintain any hope that will be true for my kid.
No, no, no. You see, they're simply misinformed voters that care about inflation!!!! They're just smol lil guys that could never do anything wrong or be held responsible for anything, ever.
"Nothing matters" because the entire Republican party, Dem leadership, social media, and most traditional media, support or sanewash Trump. Sure get mad at people shouting at the void while you have the privilege of an audience within an institution which has gleefully run interference for him.
Idk, if there was ever a cardinal rule for dealing with humanity it's: Never underestimate our ignorance or the pride we take in it.
I'm gonna be much cruder than the other comment. Vickie Paladino is a dumb racist cunt.
I'm nearly as impressed at how bad they are at texting as they are at driving. They never had to text on a T9 keyboard and it shows. .... This is the oldest thing I've ever said and I need to lay down.
Scott is always meant to be a bit of a scumbag. He sees himself as a "nice guy" and over the course of story realizes he's actually a dick and needs to change. Still poppy and cool movie! I like Brie Larson's version of Black Sheep more than the original.
Together, We can bully every MAGA person we encounter with the full intention of getting them to do us all a favor.
I could be one but also I may just be a stoned asshole
Have you heard anything about undocumented victims of sex crimes being targeted if they filed a report in the past? SWIM was assaulted shortly after arriving in NYC. She went to the police and did a rape kit. Her lawyer suspects those records were how she was IDed in the first place.
A Trump voter imprisons your neighbor it’s law and order. Kicks their gay kid out its religious conviction. Shoots you dead it’s self defense. Kidnaps you, it’s border security. Invades your town, it’s fighting crime. Tell them you don’t like them anymore, it was all just “political views.”
Oh my God I hated the brain dead reasoning of the entire Jaeger family in the last season.
WHICH ONE MICHAEL
I think that's the game we always play because the reality is even more unattainable. We'd have to reckon with the "why" instead of the "how". But that would require honest introspection on a national scale and we'd rather die than do that.
It honestly blows my mind. We're in the midst of the government explicitly saying they're going to violently target LGBTQ, PoC, while signaling anyone that isn't a MAGAT is fair game. And people are really like "yeah it's a smart time to disarm under that same government."
"If you can't even throw out a Sieg Heil at the presidential inauguration or sell your AI that calls itself MechaHitler to that president without being called a Nazi perhaps the left has gone too far?" -inevitable opinion piece coming soon
Well I'm gonna go watch her get shot in the neck again
May I kindly suggest your editor consider the positive effects they could have on the world by leaving it
Counter: condescending paternalism is a valid response when millions of adults act like fetal alcohol syndrome toddlers with TBIs. And also when the kid repeatedly tells you they're going to hurt other kids. Respect for these people should be the lowest priority in any of our lives.
How much of a broken person does someone have to be to give a shit about Cracker Barrel branding? Let alone make it a political issue against an imaginary enemy and forcing everyone to engage with their public persecution fetish.
Are we like this because of the language or because the seas protect us
Just adds insult to injury to have seemingly perfect teeth and get confused for a guy that's 70% gums and 30% halitosis.
AAW (As a White): This is beyond the pale. We've reached mayonnaise.
Referring to a mediocre breakfast restaurant as your culture and heritage is one of the whitest things I've ever read.
I recently went to an A&W for the first time in decades... Let the nostalgia live as nostalgia.
Kinda loved Michael Shannon in Man of Steel. Jason Isaacs in The Death of Stalin. Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream. Michael Caine in Children of Men.
How many times does a pundit or media outlet have to "fall for it" before saying they're doing it because they want to. I just don't understand giving anyone running cover for this administration the benefit of the doubt.
"X group is willing to throw it all away for Donald Fucking Trump" is like half the shit that happens now. It never starts making sense and is always dumb as shit.
Just the shit RFK Jr alone is pushing should be more than enough ammo to campaign on "Republicans want to ensure your child suffers and dies."
Yesterday I sent your channel to a Yemeni friend of mine. Hyped ya up and everything. Then you turn around and say this?
"I am the strongest and bravest boy you've ever met but also a man asked me for a dollar and I nearly killed myself out of fear. Please send the military." Crime is irrelevant anyway. This shit is to flex their monopoly of power and continue to probe the boundaries of what they can get away with.
LEOs & NG are still free to choose what they do next. Maybe that means getting harassed, reprimanded, fired, or even charged for refusing to take part. Not ideal but still a choice. If they choose to be a party to Trump's unconstitutional bullshit they shouldn't be trusted or sympathized with.
MAGA & Vatniks deserve to Ouroboros each other's dicks until the end of time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyOg... IIRC this was a fun recount of the situation and treats the man in question with quite a bit of respect.
actually, this feels like it might be a slur in Dutch, my bad
fcuk yuo bor
Agreed but also there are gems like "Man refuses to stop playing guitar in Starbucks. Will not relent."
If it goes the way of every satirical subreddit to exist there will be unironic supporters soon enough
He's the greatest narcissist since Narcissus and the biggest toddler since Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.
Can you truly call yourself a god fearing American patriot if you haven't risked it all on Rattlesnake Thrussy?
business.time.com/2007/07/10/c... It's an infamous quote from the former CEO of Citigroup from right before the recession. “When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing,”
Everyone needs to have an honest conversation with themselves about what they'd actually do if they saw a Nazi.
"As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance. We're still dancing." Feels like we're just watching this mentality be repeated
And no, it's not a mask slip or denial of trans people. My conspiracy theory is some of the ultra combative accounts that look like a bingo card of leftist caricatures are actually right wingers trolling. Allows them to circumvent most of the insta-blocks they'd otherwise get. 2/2
That's not my take. bsky.app/profile/tras... I was replying to this post & mimicking it to try and show we shouldn't change our values because a person yelling at us also happens to share some of those values. 1/2
Ah, they blocked me last week after this reply to their "I left the left because of online leftists" skeet. So I don't see any of the context beyond the screenshot you quoted. 🤷 bsky.app/profile/tras...
IDK... when a group of politically aligned people have directly worsened or caused suffering on a global scale based on "cost savings" in just a few months I kinda think there is a bad guy. If those decision makers got Thanos snapped 6 months ago millions of people don't suffer or die.
They for sure do. They just really get off on doing nazi stuff with the thinnest veil of plausible deniability. They love making their critics argue reality instead of defending their position.
Crazy that they kinda leave that 35k/year comment as if that person is comfortably "getting by" instead of constant anxiety about how they're going to pay for something.
But conservatives seem unable to imagine that they're ever responsible for their decisions. Or that they may have been wrong. Or, worst of all, admit they got played for fools by the extremists. No shortage of "the left made us do this" articles online. Where are the self reflection pieces?
Reminder that they literally are trying to kill our kids.
Yeah, jeez, no idea what that would look like.
"The fuck is a biblical name?????"
Definitely a lot of those too. Frankly, there's no shortage of reasons they suck shit.
This is the thing blocking millions of conservatives from changing their views. Their ego cannot handle being wrong even if every choice they make creates a bigger fire.
We're a dumb fucking country
They aspired to be like Boris Badenov.
Marketing is like the Schrodinger's cat of services. It's the most important thing for but also may not actually work at all. It's the priority to spend on until it's the first big cut in a downturn.
Exact use of the 300 character limit. Everyone is really impressed. Really proud of myself. Please clap.
Sliding scale from "If I put it out into the universe it will come back to me." to "actively reminding myself of my desires will help me achieve them." That can break down again from those that mean it like "be kind to others and they'll be kind to you." vs "I thought about Lambo, give me Lambo."
How more many times are they gonna declare a war of elimination against everyone else before it's taken seriously?
That would be for those of us that have already experienced it. A new generation will only know the slop. I think of the younger Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids that already lost typing as a skill. It blows my mind seeing teenagers struggling to type and only using two fingers.
I despise living in a country where the plot of "Designated Survivor" is currently our best case scenario.
THEY. WANT. TO. KILL. YOUR. KIDS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Dude, I talked to my parents so many times about this. Repeatedly guided them rescues and reputable breeders. "We picked up a dog today! From a nice Amish family!" Ok, cool, I'll just go fuck myself after I finish up another email reaching out about a dog on your behalf.
I've been atheist/agnostic since declining to get my confirmation in the Catholic Church around the age of 13. I nearly crossed myself in response to this. Pure horror & sorrow. Let Paradise be real so you may know the peace & joy you were denied in this life.
SWIM has a friend that received a court summons about their immigration status. Their lawyer suspects the federal government looked through NYPD records. 15 years ago she was assaulted. She filed a police report. Did "what you're supposed to" Reporting her own rape is being used against her.
When your instablock sense is tingling
The spiciest of angry leftists online takes I've seen have come from anime profile pictures claiming to be trans. I can see the same justification for moving away from the left as for being anti-trans using this reasoning. Idk, seems like a lazy republican way to think.
"Racism, sexism, and economic inequality? How DARE you suggest I don't care about those causes!? I care DEEPLY about continuing them all!"
I will burn everything to the ground before I allow that disgusting accent to become the norm again
Oh my God. I repeated corpse. I must commit seppuku.
You gaze upon the corpse of the English language and spit on its corpse by calling that abomination a sentence.
But... Muh access?
We can call it out all day, every day. Few things get any traction in MSM unless a Republican talks about it or a Dem punches left.
Plus, like, *gestures broadly at everything* Republicans have decided that no one is a Nazi if they weren't literally one during WWII. But also present those Nazis as misunderstood. Also call anti-nazis the "real Nazis". Starting to think lying bigoted cunts don't really do good faith.
Forever in awe at how dumb & pathetic we are.
The general assumption of hyperactivity being *physical* is why no one even considered a diagnosis for me as a kid. Meanwhile my brain was doing the "wanting to die for not having a novel experience" thing everyday. I was in my late 20s when I first got on Vyvanse and that shit changed everything
Kicking & screaming and long after they rationally should
There's an opportunity for (multi)generational virality if mid-interview turns into a Game Changer segment.
Reminded me of a group of followers I got a month ago
"The M's count different when Baby divides the pie"
Microsoft never buys Bungie, Halo is a niche game but never becomes the juggernaut it did. Destiny doesn't get made. I go outside more in my 20s.
How could you say something so cruel about their best friend!?
There's a kind of person that works their entire life to deny the struggles of others while never shutting the fuck up about how persecuted they are. "Please stfu about being a quadriplegic as if I don't know struggle. I once stubbed my toe." I believe the academic term for them is "assholes".
DNI Tulsi Gabbard retweets Roger Stone praising her on Alex Jones. (Read that sentence, IC ppl in Five Eyes) Roger Stone was in direct contact w/the GRU hackers who dropped the Clinton emails, just to be clear. He knows full well whose campaign Russia reached out to. These people are brazen liars.
One of the things I miss about living in the city is slapping the shit out of cars stuck in gridlock that felt the need to lay on the horn.
First they came for the ninja and I did not speak out because I was not a ninja. Then they came for the ronin and I did not speak out because I was not a ronin. They they came for the samurai and I did not speak out because I was not a samurai. Then they came for me
Americans in positions of influence have widely decided that our country, neighbors, & the world are all worthless in comparison to their next paycheck or bonus.
My parents stressed about me living in NYC but kinda forgot that the murder rate was like 2k+ when they would come into the city at 15 to smoke weed.
The kind of person that made their AIM away message "There's beauty in the breakdown xXxXx"
Same