True and dangerous. I hope for her sake that Rosie O'Donnell stays in Ireland
Trump wants to destroy the economy so that he can declare martial law and imprison all the people on his enemies list.
Obviously immoral. But if this is a thing going forward, both sides should be afforded the same privileged. Perhaps in a murder trial, for example, the defendant should be able to generate confessions from examples of other possible killers to help their case. Lots of ways of making this fairer
Yum yum. Delicious serving Ms crackerbarrel!
another Ruth E. Carter look. absolutely beautiful
The open fighting between India and Pakistan looks as bad as it's been in a long long time. India claiming to have hit nine targets inside Pakistan, Pakistan claiming to have downed two jets and hit an airbase. Every possibility things get worse from here.
Good observation! I’ve seen too many people claim that there’s every possibility things get better from here— which I think is far too optimistic. Sure, technically speaking, things could get better. But as you say, they could also get worse. Both are possible but the latter is more possible
Tankies are one of the biggest threats facing society on par with goblins and mothman
Because they don’t exist? Or because they are fun and cute parts of media? Either way, AGREE
i got some vaccines today while i still can because that's where we are as a society
Oh no. Are they going to be banned soon?
found this image in my meme folder from 2021 lol
Funny! Not super tasteful - but that wasn’t a very tasteful time in our history.
I think we get used to stuff, like the proverbial frog in the pot, and lose track of how absolutely humiliating it is to have a belligerent, altered buffoon representing our nation and spewing gibberish on the world stage. But sitting him next to a normal person brings it home.
Sorry can you explain what an altered buffoon is. Otherwise agree with your sentiments entirely!
Quarantining New Jersey? Finally some change we can all get behind !
BREAKING: Newark Airport is a full-blown disaster—800+ flights canceled, 5-hour delays, and the FAA bleeding staff like a severed artery.
This isn’t just Newark—it’s a nationwide meltdown in real time caused by a rotting, underfunded system.
And guess what? It’s about to get worse.
I think some of you need to develop more ways of socializing outside of romance/hook ups. Make non kissing friends before making kissing friends at least. Join a bird watching club or something.
100% true. I also think we need to normalize kissing your friends platonically! This is historically very common in many societies around the world and is honestly super fun
they are currently ignoring a supreme court decision and no one cares or is doing a single thing about it, its just so goddam infuriating
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Why? If Roberts wanted to enforce his ruling, he could. Notice he hasn't said one single thing about Trump ignoring his Court. The Court won't even bring up cases related to this one. If we gave Roberts a military, he'd use it against us, not Trump.
Not a bad point! But on the other hand, it’s often said political power comes from “the barrel of a gun.” What can the Court do when trump refuses to recognize their decision (as is happening now)? Supreme Court army is the obvious answer imo
True! Just like my anxiety. That said, I think it's great Mr. Duck is able to stay so still all day. He is an excellent at meditation, despite his agoraphobia. Even seasoned monks would find this difficult!
I'm so mad! I think we need to give the Supreme Court their own section of the military (NOT controlled by the "commander in chief") to enforce their judgements. Possibly John Roberts could lead?
Man goes to the therapist
"Therapist I'm depressed"
Therapist asks why
"Therapist they made Snape black"
Therapist says there is a solution. Harry Potter is on the television tonight. There will be black Snape on it
"But therapist– I am black Snape"
I keep my head down and turn out good work and I just barely made rent this month, but a lady calls a kid the n-word at a playground and she raises a half-million dollars in a week. I don't get the world, and I don't like it. We are surrounded by rotten dogshit assholes and they're thriving.
Very unjust. That said, money is rarely a understood as a reward for moral character– in fact it's often the opposite! Might be better to shrug our shoulders and just "keep on keeping on"
kinda wild that there was an 18th century french trans woman diplomat and spy who lived openly as a woman and had almost celebrity status and we never talk about that
Cool! Probably fell out of favor because she was a representation of the Ancien Regime. Not very popular folks once ol' Robespierre showed up. If only they could have worked together!
if you say tankie unironically you are not a serious person and your opinion should be immediately discarded
True! For years I thought it was just how Scottish people said "thanks" lol
Weird how the lonely alienated men never turn to community or labor organizing. Che. Black Panthers. Etc as good role models or showing them how to combat capitalist alienation. Showing them how to have a real positive pro social impact they can see with their eyes. Weird how no one mentions this
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Isn’t that just what a code of conduct is for lmao
Yes— but rules are often broken, even in the best DSA chapters
kamala almost won an election because a pop album came out at the right time.
Without Charli she would have lost 49 states! Unbelievable
Just got off the phone with Mrs Sicknick and just more slaps in the face with this settlement. She asked "why did my son die" (in response to all the whitewashing that is being done about January 6th) if it was a day of love, why is my son dead"
Total miscarriage of justice
Tragic and I’m very sorry to hear. January sixth was not February fourteenth. Important that we recognize this
Good point! But I wonder if we encourage lonely young men to organize it might lead to an epidemic of “DSA guys” making other folks feel uncomfy at meetings. Maybe worth finding a middle ground— possibly a set amount of slots in organizations for reformed incel and the like
Humans, after like 4,000 years of sending their teen sons off to kill and die for the reward of getting to knock up a teen girl: What's with the boys amirite
Lol! Roman citizens also usually got some land to till, but that just adds more problematic aspects to the equation.
It's cool, and feels amazing, to realize that we're going to have a recession because the president thinks that kids have too many dolls now. It's obviously very stupid, but feeling like you should/do have the right to discipline other people's kids is also a core conservative value.
Why is he so intent on going after our children? Because they can't vote? Understandable short term thinking, but very stupid when you consider these children likely have parents.
talking to europeans is crazy sometimes because their average day consists of picking flowers in a magical forest before they retire for the evening in at a 800 year old winery and they'll be complaining about shit to you like "ughhhhh my landlord wants FOUR riddles this month 🙄"
They actually just play a lot of Counterstrike and stuff, in my experience.
When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.
When the topic is my cat, the conflict is like, "where's my damn dinner!"
Very keen observation. I really do think the folks in the EU should consider buying big billboards in metropolitan areas which offer scientists cool opportunities. Might cause a diplomatic "stir," but probably worth it!
It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.
men get wildly mad when a woman applies the smallest iota of objectification to them
Historically plus size folks have been discriminated against for wearing long shorts/capris, but that's no excuse. That said, we do live in a very tense political moment, so I hope all of us can forgive each other and move on
Jokes and stuff sure but in all honesty, I don't want Star Wars Day anymore. Star Wars was once a thing. Now it's commodified, Disney slop content (Exception Andor). The soul of it is gone. It's always been about toys and merchandise, but Lucas really did care about it. Disney doesn't, why should I.
Agree. Loved it all until recently and own thousands of dollars of merch. But it just feels weird and impersonal now. I'd like to support a more egalitarian popular media franchise instead.
“you can doomscroll, but you cannot scroll away from fate”
-anonymous chinese proverb
Probably written on a scroll too! That's the old school version of "doomscrolling" – reading too many scrolls. Uh oh, my eunuch read to many scrolls on the hellsite (library) and now he's a nazi!
I stopped expecting things to make sense in this world when I found out bananas are berries and strawberries aren’t berries
Berries or fruits; Girls or boys. The earth, the moon, etc. We're all just made of stardust! No big deal!
this movie tariff is so bizarre. does trump think the movies come in on ships?
Depends on the format but film must travel on something. Big rolls of it, usually, if its analog. I'd guess they transport them on planes though. Possibility for smuggling?
Uh, ok, we’re on like the 4th iteration of this and wtf is going on?
Trump: "A young lady -- 10 year old girl, 9 year old girl, 15 year old girl -- doesn't need 37 dolls. She could be very happy with 2 or 3 or 4 or 5."
Possibly he is using AI to create these responses? Could account for the repetition and strange speech pattern. Disturbing if so!
hbo coming out saying if you’re pissed off about rowlings political views then @ her is wild
The fact that they already feel like they have to distance themselves from her is wild, because she's going to keep upping the ante, and also the more they distance, the more likely she is to notice and get mad about it. Just a totally foreseeably stupid project.
Sad to say but I guess they're really "All About the Benjamins." Doesn't seem like HBO or their parent company Warner Bros Discovery have any moral convictions at all
Only collective action defeats empires! That's why unions are so important.
Finally! Enough pollen off the car to apply the second generation of this bumper sticker.
#MaytheFourthBeWithYou
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
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I never even wanted to eat pickles until I came out and started spiro.
I still don't care for them but damn do I want salt!
That’s fascinating!
The rubber band trick to get a better grip on the top of a jar, or (even better) a jar-opening tool that has a grippy silicone edge. Absolute lifesavers
Interesting! Thank you
eating an edible and watching the king (2019)
Lot of angry dudes in that movie, as I recall. Good acting but I don't know what the big deal is. Fighting over some french fields in the year thirteen-something. And the English guys are really just a different family of French guys. Get a grip fellas!
realize i have a collection of pics of me just like, standing next to cool graves
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i mean, 76 isnt *that* old - but yes the general phenomenon of people born in the 1880s living until the 60s and 70s is nuts, imagine seeing the world change that much
Very true. Picasso (problematic!) might have been a big fan of the Mary Tyler Moore show. That's the beauty of time. Amazing!
Interesting that Apollinaire's wife lived so long. Would have loved to ask her what she thought of The Big Bopper
NP, as a trans woman a) the loss of muscle mass is real, I can no longer open jars like I used to, and b) pickles are very important to me.
Girls love pickles! That's awesome
I have one of these. Works really well:
"SWING-A-WAY" funny! some kind of joke there. Probably about bisexuality, I suppose. Excellent recommendation. Thank you!
There are tools we can use for opening jars! Meanwhile guys in the manosphere are useless tools.
Haha FACTS
Try knocking the edge of the lid on the edge of the sink/a bench once or twice. Once you’ve got a wee divot knocked into the side of the lid it’s much easier to open.
Thank you!
Good example of why high unemployment can actually be very good for a society! I think if we isolate and economically disenfranchise more problematic young men that could go a long way to fixing things
I think this comes from a good place but I disagree. A common thread in deradicalization stories is stigma: Once people start losing friends and jobs they reconsider their beliefs.
Obviously you should try to be nice to people but you also need to draw a line where you won’t engage anymore.
I'm supposed to give a shit about "male loneliness crises" and "threatened masculinity" and "feminism gone too far" when the actual plot of that Margaret Atwood book is actually being mainstreamed in a full-blown Western natalist across the fucking political spectrum.
"The declining birthrate is a serious issue which we must address. It is a civic duty to have children. It might sound scary, but we should consider making this kind of thing like a tour of duty" isn't subtle, and while it sounds almost like a joke, Vaush takes pains to clarify he's serious.
So many plots of so many books are happening IRL right now. It's honest shocking. And yet– the plot of the biggest/most popular book (the Bible) still yet to happen 🙄
Would love to live in an enormous car. And be small like a borrower. Imagine taking a nap in front on that beautiful leather heated seat–with the cool breeze from the fan blowing. HEAVEN! Honestly a big fantasy for me
Sometimes it feels like we all live in an enormous car and they keep yelling “we’re defunding the brakes!”
perfect pita pockets
Not bad! But not perfect either. Just in all fairness. Be honest with yourself Jamelle. But I appreciate the effort
Yes! I'm quite doughy, and a little shy. But I have a wonderful "GF" who is beautiful and sexy. She likes me even when I can't open a damn pickle jar 😆
Big book month for me. No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain comes out next week...
All Gay Roads Lead to Rome! An alternate title. Just in jest, of course. All respect to your lovely book which I'm looking forward to
This is a good and important point, but I’m beginning to worry about just how much mutual aid we’re going to need. Should we consider courting billionaire donors? The other side has
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