Of course social media didn't exist the same back them to generating rage-bait clout wasn't really a thing.
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Of course social media didn't exist the same back them to generating rage-bait clout wasn't really a thing.
This is why I say public office should require an aptitude test and background checks.
Maybe add a big hat.
That's the worst part, they were *teaching* medicine. But yes.
And a big part of was either Labor or Independents challenging "safe" LNP seats and winning. The same thing can happen in America. Look at the movement behind Mamdani.
It happened this year in Australia. Total wipeout of our GOP equivalent. Of course the Labor Party have a lot of problems, but still.
I'm old enough to remember when everyone was disappointed with the prequels and now there's some kind revisionism that makes out they were great, often coming from people born after the fact. The sequels have problems too but I like them. Anyway it's make-believe about space wizards.
In Australia they do a little tattoo inside the ear. And yes for male cats, it's kinda obvious.
That was discussed also, but essentially their own bigotry was more important that actually doing medicine.
It's because the business is all about building a cult of personality. A million years ago I was doing a luxury car owner survey and spoke to a lot of them. They had high incomes, but spend literally half of it on a new car each other year because they had to appear to be successful.
Orphan Black is so good. One of my favourite parts is when a given clone is pretending to be another clone and the layers of acting involved.
Same, my father is around her age and can use online banking without a problem. I had a colleague describe it as "weaponised incompetence" and she wasn't wrong.
Or even "I can just take the payment now over the phone" "ooh..I've never done that before.." "Do you have your bank card?" "yes" "just read out the numbers to me" "ooh..I've never done that..I don't know how" This carried on for a while.
feeling stressed, made a whale 🧶
My job is phasing out cheques (in line with cheques being phased entirely in Australia by 2030) and I've had some interesting conversations with older people who can't imagine paying for things any other way.
I've seen people talk about learning medicine from doctors who would refuse certain treatments, not because they didn't think they worked but because the patients didn't deserve it.
Oh Toum is great. There's Lebanase grocery/cafe next to my apartment that sells it fresh (and lots of other great things)
I can investigate in my own time.
Oh didn't know about that. Boo.
*puts on Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage* "This sounds like that soundtrack.." "You mean the soundtrack to The Proposition, by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis? I can put that on after"
Yeah. My ex was once "can you put on the the one..the British..hip hop..with the fire" It took me a bit to get it.
And Orville Peck did a banging cover of Papa Was a Rodeo on Stampede.
Playing Mezzanine for a guest "so this singer was vocals in Cocteu Twins" "who are they?" Treasure on next.
I have all three in vinyl. Blue Lines is probably my favourite.
I will admit I don't know that much about guns but I don't think you would swing a breech-loaded rifle around like a modern machine gun.
It's like now you even just *think* about something and you get a targeted ad for it.
A fascinating thing is the unprecedented amount of data collection means there will be little doubt as to what happened. Currently historians have to work with "well we *we're pretty sure* this is what happened"
I see what you did there.
It Superman as Superman should be. Although Mr.Terrific was more fun.
I'm in a bit of delicate state and I've watched this film twice and it has helped.
I love how right wing mouthpieces get their names from some kind of ludicrous random generator.
It was also gritty texture that bothered me. There used to heaps of Starbucks in Melbourne and almost all of them closed suddenly about 20 years ago since we actually have real coffee here.
It's hard flirting with young people.
Those macs looked pretty but fucking hell being in a room of a dozen of them was so hot. Maybe take the tech step just after CRT monitors became obsolete.
It's rather good. Self-actualised violent robot trying to keep incredibly hopeless polyamorous derps alive.
Which strangely is the only reason I can remember his deadname.
Correcting my mother on misnaming her sister and the weird thing is her new name is a trans friend's deadname.
I've never drunk Alize and I doubt I'd like it, but a lesbian I worked with told me about a bar she also worked at and it was the drink of choice of fuck bois who just wanted to stand around with a brightly coloured drink (and not drink it)
There is a term used in Australian politics that might apply to American politics right now. It's On.
I love how someone/people went to the effort to itemise every detail for people who didn't know anything about videogames could understand how ridiculous it was.
It's really obvious when he's in his golfing/casual clothes. He looks like he's melted.
Heh having a 2 hour conversation with my sister about my ex-boyfriend and her, as I describe her being devoid of pity, and one of her ex-boyfriends wanting to beat up me ex.
I've described it as "weird charisma" but yes, there's a sauce holding all of this together and none of them have it and once he's gone, things will unravel quickly.
Well £3k would probably get you a Land Raider these days but they're out of stock.
This show is really fun. If thr set is mostly the same, Canadians should attend. You'll find out why.
It's the guns (it's the guns) but also the entitlement to own them encourages the behaviour to use them (it's the guns)
If that's a collection plate, then..
I was around then and yes it has changed, but that's not bad. Also no Nazi Roombas.
Just got a targeted ad for a weed removal fork. That was unexpected.
Well he was pretty blunt about how didn't give a shit about tie-in comics he had nothing to do with.
It works both ways.
I somewhat doubt he even knows what's written on the caps they put on him.
Yeah and the bruise and the swollen ankles. Something doesn't look right, which is why people actually puppeteering him are probably rushing to get their stuff done because without the thread of his weirdo charisma it will all fall apart rapidly.
It's particularly noticeable in his casual appearances when he's just in a polo. He looks like he's melting.
He looks like he's lost a weight rapidly, which might be something like Ozempic or he's actually very ill.
Yeah it's pretty clear that it's not good tech.
That's totally going to be a thing. It will be this generation's Fake Moon Landing.
Like it's an explicit point that the Palantirs aren't used because they're compromised and will give misleading information.
Given his track record he probably had someone read out the wikipedia article to him.
Naming your evil surveillance company after the evil surveillance device in a fantasy novel is a bit of flex, gotta say.
Oh no you've been added to "Politics" this will change everything.
That's the heart of it. He's clearly not healthy (in mind or body) and it's only his bizarre charisma that's holding it all together.
When I saw the headline Antonin Scalia had died I reflexively said "good"
You really can't compete with perfection.
In regards to a lot of replies, I will actually consider this from a different point of view. I do see this as testing martial law and the Epstein files won't matter one way or another. Because I can do that, take in new information and reconsider my opinion.
Yeah that one is particularly cringe.
I am really bored of silly names for him, even when it's just done with choice of capitals. Just say his name.
There's the Konrad series set in WHFB that have what are essentially Khornate Daemonettes, although they're some form of mutated human.
I'm not familiar with Pharos but Ian Watson's Space Marine is gay as tits.
That is a small part of it, but there's a lot more going on.
I am in somewhat distressed state and I have put a flamenco record on. I'm not sure this was a good decision.
Hey Yevi.
Their loss. The Magicians was one of the best scifi/fantasy shows in recent years. And that's bringing in the episode where the entire cast sing Under Pressure to break a colleague out of a demon's spell.
And it's all happening in plain sight.
Almost certainly.
I agree. The "this is a distraction" rhetoric generally just clogs things up but in this case I actually think having masked goons roam the streets is nothing other than a distraction.
Because everyone carries their drivers license, birth certificate, passport and a utilities bill with their address on it with them at all times.
His coat doesn't fit him and it looks cheap. I'm no Derek Guy but I do know a lot about clothes. Also what's with that bracelet?
I kind of stopped caring about his plight after "real estate agent"
"William are you wearing a pink Keffiyah?" "Yes it matches my pink belt and sneakers"
I'm in my 40s & I kinda like the wide leg Japanese jeans I got recently. But of course, I have little concern with fashion. I put every look together to be something of a mirage. "was he wearing that?"
Pirro's wig is looking really ragged.
I knew someone who made a scale statue of a Space Marine and when you see it it's like, that thing could fit maybe 3-4 SMs and they'd be crouching.
A friend and I keep track of Trump bullshit and of course it's been stretching back a decade now and it's always "hey do you remember that time.."
But of course the gist of it was Discworld has plenty of trans/NB characters portrayed positively so the idea that TERFs would try to claim it for them shows them for the vampires they are.
It does give us a realistic idea of how big a Rhino would actually be to be though. I don't think 11 Space Marines would fit in that.
Looking like Rhinos is cool but I'm not sure if specifically Blood Angels Rhinos is super ideal.
Hmm never thought of that. How would Fisherman's Friend work, do you think?
That's what I was thinking of.
*good piece. Ugh, morning typos.
Yeah I was going to reply and then I realised the OP and was "oh this redundant"
The true history of John Wayne is pretty wild.
Yeah I read a book piece recently about my McConnell used every dirty trick possible to stymy Obama in that narrow window he had majority in both houses. It's all cheating and dirty tricks for them.
Wasn't it over in, I think either Oregon or Washington state, that the Dems had a majority but couldn't pass gun reform legislation because the GOP refused to attend congress so there was never quorum? So this strategy is apparently fine for them.
I wonder what history will tell of that crazy-eyed weirdo and his red Cybertruck.
A horse walks into a bar. People leave, realising the danger inherent in this situation.
Nothing quite like sitting in the lounge room with guests & jazz ciggie being passed around and I hear the distinct low patter of him bringing in a kill. She says "the cats home!" I've already jumped out of my seat to intercept before the guests see the huge rat he's carrying.
