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Tyranthraxus posted...

You ever notice how literally no one ever is like "I was a huge trump supporter in 2016 and 2020 but here's why I'm voting Biden now."

I listen to a progress radio channel that takes calls from anybody/everybody and treats Republican callers with respect until they just go on MAGA nonsense rants & lies (though sometimes they also give them room to hang themselves and counter), but even from sane Republicans calling in I think I could count the amount who have said they are voting Biden as a rejection of Trump on one hand. Mostly they say they're just not going to vote.

DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC posted...

Pratt said employers can still provide lunch breaks and rest periods if they choose to, and his business a landscaping company will continue to offer those breaks. Pratt is also the sponsor of a bill that would weaken the state's child labor laws.

And the penny drops.

So that's where I left that other shoe.

It's still far out from the election and a lot of things will change/happen before then.

If this was 2 months out I'd be worried, right now it's people talking about how the sky is falling.

Mecha_Sonic posted...

the democrats lost their party advantage over the past 10 years, which is part of the problem

used to be obama could just rely on turnout to beat someone like mitt romney, even though romney won on persuasion by capturing independents the dems just had more votes. now the democrats don't have the advantage anymore. blame whatever you want -- gamergate, right-wing radicalization, the 2016 DNC shit, russian propaganda, dems being real bad at politics, media vibes, take your pick

And yet since 2018 Dems have been outperforming in both standard and special elections that polling and news pundits kept crowing they were doomed to lose.

Especially since Dobbs the Dems who have incorporated bodily autonomy/loss of rights into their stances have largely done well and either had electoral victories or came far closer than most were giving them credit for.

Those are results I can actually rely on for predicting future elections as Trump & the GOP's extremism only intensifies, not diminish.

VGAddict90 posted...

Paxton ADMITTED to preventing 2.5 MILLION mail-in ballots in Harris County in 2020 from going through so Trump would win Texas.

Admitted is a pretty nice way of saying he bragged about stealing the election for Trump and says Trump only won TX cause of him.

Alucard188 posted...

I still can't believe you guys have a system that allows a twice Impeached ex-president, with four criminal trials, and 91 indictments, to even come within spitting distance of a polling station, never mind actually running for the highest office in the country. Like, fucking hell.

Actually, the truly absurd thing is in most states he wouldn't even be allowed to vote for himself if convicted, however he could still become POTUS.

Ruvan22 posted...

Take a screenshot of the picture while you have it open, sometimes that reduces the image size

Thanks I'll give it a try.

Heineken14 posted...

I'm hesitant to do it, but fuck it. Imagine if this was going on in California right now. It would be all over the news, but haven't heard that much about this.

Yep, I wonder if Trump will say TX should have raked their leaves, or raking the leaves was the problem, forget exactly what his stupid ass said.

Heineken14 posted...

That's insane. Thankfully seems only 2 people have died so far, which seems incredibly low for not only how large this is but how fast it is moving.

Fortunately the panhandle is the most sparsely populated part of TX. It's also the part of the state prone to tornados.

Scardude posted...

It's been around since the 1930s and part of the black movement. Any guesses why the conservative movement stole the vocabulary?

This. Right-wing racists stole the word and used it to ultimately become an all-encompassing "safe to use" bigoted term for any demographic they don't like.

Unfortunately, a lot of people are susceptible to right-wing messaging and adopt their narratives, even when not right-wing or apolitical themselves.

TendoDRM posted...

There are 15 year olds who have heard of Enrique Iglesias?

Why not? When I was 15 I knew about plenty bands that were already largely irrelevant before I was even born.

Perhaps her parents are fans and they got her into being a fan. It's not that deep.

Blue_Popo posted...

Wonder if this means mcu miles has to be multiversal...despite his existence being teased

Well The Prowler that Donald Glover plays, shown in Spiderverse, is also briefly in a Holland movie, though he's just Aaron and he doesn't have a role beyond pointing Peter towards Vulture cause he doesn't want those crazy guns in his neighborhood.

He was a criminal and perhaps was The Prowler at night, however in that movie he just seemed like a low-level criminal.

But since he exists there, it means there's probably a Miles.

andel posted...

and somehow managed to lose literal georgia.

And Arizona.

pegusus123456 posted...

Well, there was also that time he promised her dying father he'd leave her alone when her dad said that being involved with him would get her killed.

Damn, that's an epic fail on my part.

Yeah, ok, he did ultimately lead to her death because he couldn't leave her alone.

Not that I blame him, if I was dating Emma Stone it'd be hard to stay away.

But I will say, he did try to keep her out of it by webbing her to a police car. She freed herself and then put herself in harm's way, had she stayed webbed to the cop car she likely would have survived.

Prismsblade posted...

It was alright, same as the first, although the plot twist later concerning the cause of the shattering didn't make much sense. Whats so special about spiderman that certain events in his life absolutely had to happen to prevent the collapse of the freaking multiverse?

And why were said events so inconsistent? A peter has to become spiderman but not always, a peter has to die but not always, and the police chief of somebody close to them has to die except if they dont have one or they never become chief.....which shouldnt matter at all in regards to him having to die is enough to brake the cycle because....plot and so Miles can be in the right even though hes certainly not and just being selfish.

It's because Miles was never meant to be Spiderman. The spider that bit him wasn't even from his universe, so the universe that spider was from has no Spiderman. As the other universe shows he may have ultimately became the Prowler and the fact that the colors of his Universe were Prowler colors until he was bitten by the spider, which then became red & blue, helps support this.

pegusus123456 posted...

Like yeah, your high school sweetheart dying in your arms isn't the best, but Holland Peter lost his uncle, got dusted for five years, lose his mentor, indirectly killed his aunt, then had his entire existence erased.

Holland loses Aunt May in the iconic scene, that's one of the things that sets him apart from the rest. We never see an Uncle Ben in his timeline and people noted how refreshing that was after the first movie because the other 2 made sure to include that and until No Way Home people thought he wouldn't even get the "great power" speech.

And that last one is his fault, so while it sucks it only happened cause he was trying to get into college, as Strange lambastes him for. Yeah, he was just being a dumb teen, but the worst thing Garfield did to make misfortune happen (ultimately Gwen's death) was just because he didn't remember 1 fanboy he said a sentence to after saving him. Like bro, he saves a lot of people, calm your tits, Max.

Blue_Popo posted...

Mcu holland lost quite a bit, his mentor and his aunt. Hes on par with garfield. Big losses plus alone

It's not about comparing the loss, it's about pointing out the differences between universes that show not every single detail, such as a captain dying, is something they'll all experience.

Though you do also bring up a good point, in that only Holland lost someone on Iron Man's level, every other Spiderman we've seen was not part of a group and didn't have the iconic Stark-Spiderman relationship from the comics.

Blue_Popo posted...

I am so glad they went with Spot. He works so well in animated and the things he can do are interesting. Live action I feel he would be hard to adapt

Yeah, it was pretty clever to take one of the biggest joke enemies from Spiderman's comics (which they reference in the movie), and turn him into one of the most badass villains. I also like his personality, that beginning in the convenience store when trying to steal the ATM was great.

Not only does the suit look good, they even brought Eddie Brock over from the MCU to take photos.

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

Wheres Henry Cavill? Isnt he in this?

He is specifically not in this.

Auto_Chrisbot posted...

The worst part of the Whedon Cut of Justice League was Superman smiling. Superman shouldn't smile, he should brood and be angsty.

Do you also think Batman is meant to be a barrel of laughs and good vibes?

Were_Wyrm posted...

The healthiest person the doctor has ever seen, phenomenal health, too healthy even.

If only he had never eaten ice cream he could have lived to 400!

Touch posted...

Pretty much Sneakerheads. Same as collectible cards or action figures or even rare old videos games or whatnot.

Also rarity/supply but in general it's the Sneakerheads driving up the hype

Glob posted...

I cant speak for everybody else, but for me it boils down to me wanting them more than the cheaper counterparts. Sometimes thats the look, the comfort, the quality, etc. Usually its a combination of things.

However, I will admit that part of the value comes from the perception of value. By wearing clothes and shoes that people recognise as having value, they perceive you as more successful. This can help you to be more successful. Ive genuinely
found that my career has come on leaps and bounds since I started wearing more expensive things.

Appreciate the responses

Blue_Popo posted...

Maybe i am not remembering correctly but it was stated that when someone that is a captain in aspidermans life dies, its a canon event. Seems like the closest thing for mcu peter is tony stark. Had an authority role in his life and the same dying position as the captain's of the others. Aunt may was his uncle ben/prowler/peter parker

That's only if they have a close relation to a Captain, who seems to almost always be the father of Spiderman's girlfriend, and in the case of Miles his father.

McGuire and Holland don't have any ties to Captains, not even through their girlfriends.

Likewise, people who have the captain's death as their canon event may not necessarily have Uncle Bens who die and give the speech.

Garfield got fucked over hard cause he had both happen to him AND lost Gwen, which is probably another canon event that doesn't happen to everybody, as once again we see Spidermen who don't even interact with a Gwen Stacey and as far as we know doesn't exist in that universe.

The neat thing about the Spiderverse is that they're not just carbon copies where every detail is there and carries over to every other universe, yet many of them share a ton of similarities.

Oh, almost forgot, Spidergwen doesn't even have/lose an Uncle Ben, her big loss was Peter Parker, her best friend, after he became the Lizard.

pegusus123456 posted...

I don't know that the movie meant to imply that every Spider-Man has all of the canon events, just that there are certain events which can't be changed if they're going to happen. Like Gwen is relieved when her father quits being a police captain because that means she's not going to lose him in that canon event, but she's not subsequently worried that her universe is going to collapse.

In any case, I imagine it's going to turn out that canon events are actually bullshit.

Yeah, the point of Spider verse is that many universes share canon events, however they don't all exist simultaneously.

The Stacey's didn't even exist in the McGuire or Holland universe and Holland didn't have the "with great power, comes great responsibility" speech from his uncle, but his aunt.

So many universes have a captain whose death is a canon event in making Spiderman who they are, however others have different canon events since they have no connection to a captain.

They still wear clothes under those robes.

But, yes, fuck her crazy ass and whatever she's saying. She was part of the insurrection, sack of shit should be sitting in a jail, instead she's working towards making next time successful.

Blue_Popo posted...

Side note: was the captain who dies in mcu spiderman world iron man? Hes the closest thing

Which captain? Captain Stacey?

And yes I concur with the rest of your post.

I wish I could post photos of mine. I guess my phone's camera is too hi-tech for GFAQ's comprehension and I don't know how to reduce the quality so it can be posted.

Hopefully I'll be able to get a sleep study someday because I know I need it.

Or I'll stop breathing while sleeping and never resume. That works too.

It's pretty awesome, yeah.

The part where Miles & Gwen are just sitting together upside down and it flips your perspective of the city was one of my favorite parts, getting a glimpse into something unique they do so casually cause they can.

Also the colors of the different universes was sweet.

Came in expecting it to be a joke about having a belly button, but damn that sucks, TC.

I read the name and thought this was about Gabriel Iglesias, was gonna ask if Fluffy is ok.

He literally alreay beat him in 2020 and Trump has done nothing to garner new voters.

Calm your tits.

Look, all I'm saying is I've seen plenty reports of people fleeing/betraying the Russian army, and I haven't heard any similar stories from the IDF.

Even though they are objectively less severe repercussions for doing so to the Israeli government than the Russian government.

Roachmeat posted...

Still?

I thought they knew the direction things were going when modern remakes zipped up Yuffie (Kisaragi). Even ninjas can't have their flys halfway open anymore.

I was just watching my friend play the Yuffie dlc to prepare for Rebirth and her shorts are still unbuttoned and slightly unzipped.

Though looking at her rebirth design, it seems she's even got a belt now to accentuate how zipped up her shorts are now lol.

Why did you censor gamers?

Glob posted...

Im not denying that theres some expensive, yet terrible, products out there, shoes or otherwise. Theres also some really nice stuff which is pricey.

But my point is, what puts the value into the shoes at all? Because Sneakerheads are willing to pay that much? Branding such as in this case cause of Kobe? Rarity/supply? Material that comes from hard to reach places such as the Amazon or Mariana Trench?

I just don't get where the value comes from.

Also, it should be pointed out, that they're not only coming for contraception, but indeed want to end recreational sex as well.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/the-end-of-recreational-sex

Obviously very biased wording and point of view in the article, however the information is accurate.

Here's a much shorter, mainstream source on it

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/alabama-ivf-sex-aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rcna141033

Is it because one amendment undoes prohibition?

This is what Republicans want to be happening over here.

mercurydude posted...

It was his aggressive homophobia that got them to change their tune before their orange cult leader even commanded them to.

The irony of this being that they're also the type of people to share pictures of shirtless Putin riding a horse and commenting how manly he looks.

darkace77450 posted...

His attempts to deflect are obvious, but his method of deflection (banning stock trade for Congresspeople) is something we should all be pushing for.

I can get behind banning stock trading for them.

That's fine, Biden should feel pressured to listen on the issue.

darkace77450 posted...

Make no mistake, he's an awful person and his trumpeting of these reforms is at least partially cynical, but he's right. So is AOC when she pushes for the same reforms. But Pelosi said no, so no.

But the probe into Hunter is bullshit and has been obviously so since 2020, the probe into Gaetz (which is what he seems to be complaining about) is most likely legit.

What is he right about?

Why? Did she recently suffer a traumatic head injury?

LoZguy709 posted...

Any indication if this mainly motivated by political reasons or personal financial reasons like the real estate values depreciating where weather/climate issues are most concerning?

If the former, great and I hope they move to swing states. If the latter, I really wish we could force them to stay and live underwater.

The ability to live in FL is definitely fucked and has been for years, however as DeSantis has turned the state into a racist Christo-fascist shithole there have been people leaving to escape it and people moving there to embrace it.

Aww, adorable kitties.

Nothing to apologize for, no offense was taken.

solosnake posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/13932fc4.jpg

Sorry, but she's not close lmao

Eh, Hurley just has better skin. I'm not saying she's bad or anything, just saying there's almost assuredly hotter out there, even if they're not celebrities.

But whatever, wasn't meaning to criticize your taste, so I'm now realizing this is largely an unnecessary conversation I started. Probably just being pedantic.