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Topic	1859 New York Times article on the abolition movement
ElatedVenusaur 11/15/21 2:27:18 PM #4	emblem boy posted... Yeah, it's quite depressing. But fuck me, I've become cynical enough over the past few years to the point where I've started thinking that's the only option. It's hard to pushback against grievance politics from the right. But they'll keep doing that shit regardless of how much people talk about race issues Yes, I'm sure the problem would have been solved by now if not for all the meddling folks like MLK and Malcolm X and Huey Newton got up to. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	1859 New York Times article on the abolition movement
ElatedVenusaur 11/15/21 2:05:14 PM #2	Fascinating read in context of what would happen October of that very same year. ~~John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.~~ --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Gimme your favorite trans-gender pornstars
ElatedVenusaur 11/15/21 1:34:52 PM #18	TotalTimhead posted... Are there any F to M trans porn stars? There are plenty of amateurs, if you dig. As for TC: Alysa Etain might be your cup of tea. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	They made The Beatles game, hacking Super Mario Bros 2
ElatedVenusaur 11/15/21 1:32:43 PM #5	Oh yeah, I saw that. Using SMB 2 US is a stroke of brilliance, since it already had four playable characters and was really trippy. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Are the Detroit Lions the most pathetic sports franchise in all of America?
ElatedVenusaur 11/14/21 10:42:18 PM #39	Yeah, the Lions are really bad. They have been perpetual also-rans for the better part of six decades. The last time they so much as sniffed a Championship was in 92 when they got absolutely clowned by Washington, which easily beat my Bills in the Super Bowl. They broke perhaps the best RB ever in Barry Sanders and one of the greatest WRs: Calvin Megatron Johnson. They just traded their long-running franchise QB Matt Stafford to the Rams for future picks and QB Jared Goff(who is truly wretched) because both Stafford and the Lions agreed that the Lions would likely not be competitive in what remained of his career. Stafford is balling out like never before in a offense better than any the Lions could have ever built, while the Lions are popping open the champagne because they tied the Steelers. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	This winter is going to be the worst COVID crisis
ElatedVenusaur 11/14/21 10:37:57 AM #40	It's always been incredible to me how so many people just don't care about themselves or others. Throughout this pandemic. It makes me awfully pessimistic about the future of this country. In any case, I got a flu shot for the first time and I've already got my booster(Connecticut is letting grocery store workers participate in the first wave this time, which they should've have done in the first place because I got texts about some one new getting COVID goddamned constantly last year! It was terrifying). Even here, in liberal ass CT, lots of people just don't bother wearing masks inside. It's sad and discouraging. But then, even our elected leaders seem to be of the mind that this will all be over if we just believe hard enough that things are back to normal. And don't be a hero, TC. Heroism is supposed to be a temporary thing, not a permanent gig. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Night of the Living Dead
ElatedVenusaur 11/14/21 12:19:33 AM #13	DirectedVerdict posted... OG black and white one, and it's not even close. It's a shame its ending is still so believable. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Lets go on an adventure together
ElatedVenusaur 11/13/21 9:20:47 PM #24	Harpie posted... its me Im an egg Its okay Harpie, if you want to be a boy, you can just be a boy! Isnt it great? Cant wait to see your first scruff pics! ~~Im kidding, but egg is a slang term for a closeted trans person.~~ --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Lets go on an adventure together
ElatedVenusaur 11/13/21 9:06:08 PM #4	Deviled eggs are incredible food. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Ordered some shoulder sweaters
ElatedVenusaur 11/12/21 11:50:36 PM #11	The trans pride colors are pretty great, and the lesbian ones are decent too. Sorry about...that. Yellow is the worst. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	would you ever beat your kids?
ElatedVenusaur 11/12/21 11:49:24 PM #2	There's zero evidence violence is at all needed in child-rearing, and reams of evidence that support it having terrible long-term impacts on people. There's zero reason to ever use violence to discipline your child. Also, read this, about how immensely horrible American Evangelical Christian child-rearing culture is: https://theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/ministry-of-violence-parts-iiii It's, uhhh...not for the faint of heart. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	ohio looks to ban abortion
ElatedVenusaur 11/12/21 11:45:27 PM #19	My sense is that things are only going to get worse before they get better. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	So what does CE think about colonizing mars?
ElatedVenusaur 11/12/21 11:19:53 PM #6	It's completely impractical for the foreseeable future. To maintain a colony on such an inhospitable planet would be an extremely difficult undertaking requiring our most advanced tech and a constant flow of supplies going from Earth to Mars. The supply chain would be of irregular length: it would be especially dangerous if a problem arose when Mars was furthest away and supplies(and help) would take the longest to get there. Like, you need to shield the colonists from radiation, keep them supplied with oxygen, food, tools, construction materials, etc. etc. And you have to somehow keep all that dust from mucking everything up. Just spitballing off the top of my head. A moon colony would be easier, but only because the supply chain is shorter. It would still be near impossible at best with current tech and capabilities. In both cases, the much weaker gravity would make returning to Earth difficult for colonists(if it's possible for them to adjust back to Earth gravity at all), and the long-term effects on a human body from living with such weak gravity aren't really known at all, but they're probably bad! --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	On a scale of 1/10, how likely is it that this girl is in to me?
ElatedVenusaur 11/12/21 10:56:44 PM #4	She seems to see you as a friend: if she was crushing on you, she probably wouldn't have told you she had a crush on one of her professors. You seem to have a healthy conception of the relationship though. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	CNN to revert back to being "100% news"; firing a lot of staff/talent.
ElatedVenusaur 11/12/21 10:47:26 PM #23	This is silly, because literally nothing and no one is unbiased lol. But I'm sure this old white dude worth ~$200 million is! --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Post memes here 12.0
ElatedVenusaur 11/12/21 1:47:38 PM #44	josifrees posted... whenever I see my 4 yo daughter playing games I say are ya winnin daughter and crack up I mean, why be a parent at all if you're not going to be a meme? I would say you're doing it right. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Post memes here 12.0
ElatedVenusaur 11/12/21 12:03:52 AM #33	Here, have some more... Wholesome. And not trans related, but certainly awesome-related: --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Post folk/acoustic/chill music here
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 11:42:38 PM #35	Zheanna Erose - Sola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW3VOVh4rlg --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Post memes here 12.0
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 11:09:37 PM #25	Have a trans lesbian meme. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	Do you feel as if you're a success in life?
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 10:22:18 PM #34	34, work in progress. Being trans is rough. Having an anxiety disorder piggybacking on that trauma made it worse. But Ive built an excellent support structure, Ive been doing great in school, and Ive accepted my truth and am working towards living it 24/7! Tomorrow is my time. --- I'm Queen of Tomorrow baby! She/her
Topic	So I've done soft goth, what should I try next?
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 9:58:20 PM #75	Boo, one of the least good options won. --- She/her
Topic	Are we living in The End Times?
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 8:03:58 PM #11	No, just at beginning of a new Dark Age. --- She/her
Topic	Nancy Pelosi privately criticized the billionaires tax plan as a PR stunt
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 4:39:04 PM #2	Least surprising news ever. --- She/her
Topic	Is it ethical for Byleth to date their students?
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 4:20:16 PM #50	gunplagirl posted... Catherine and Shamir are definitely into each other even if it'll take forever for one of them to finally admit it to the other. Honestly I'm a big Marianne fangirl. So cute and flustered and has to work so hard to say something she means, but you know she really means it. If you can reassure her through her doubts and fears though, she shines so brightly. <3 I like Bernie. Especially her post-skip battle victory line, where she sighs in relief and says, "Still here." It's obviously not easy for her to exist in the moment or to fight in a war, but she's still there, toughing it out. It has great energy, IMO. ~~Byleth's "Here is something to believe in!" crit quote is an all-timer, IMO.~~ --- She/her
Topic	Where we eating for free today, my veterans
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 2:54:49 PM #29	It's lame how little we do to help veterans, and even lamer that we keep generating more at a steady clip to no gain for anyone except defense contractors, corporate interests and evil power-mongering ghouls. Happy Veterans' Day regardless. This is, of course, armistice day as well: on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the guns fell silent on the Western Front. --- She/her
Topic	Does your employer give you PTO on holidays other than Christmas and Thanksgivin
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 2:50:38 PM #2	LOL no. The only holidays that are treated as special by Whole Foods are Thanksgiving and Christmas. The latter is primarily volunteer-based and you get double-time if you work. Christmas is the only day the store is closed(you do not get money for this). All other holidays are time-and-a-half. --- She/her
Topic	Woman has fucked 712 guys. Plans to bring the total to 1,000 before year is over
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 2:00:46 PM #59	I wish her luck in her endeavor, and hope she is having safe sex. --- She/her
Topic	Will people start using the Rittenhouse Defense to kill neo-Nazis and shit?
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 1:57:23 PM #33	Nah, if you kill a neo-Nazi, all you have to look forward to is a summary execution. --- She/her
Topic	Cam Newton has signed with the Carolina Panthers
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 12:44:37 PM #5	He's certainly better than Sam Darnold. --- She/her
Topic	What's your opinion about lesboys?
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 9:57:50 AM #34	JACKBUTTMOMMY posted... Im one but Im only a man sexually. Its completely possible for a transgender person to be attracted to their opposite sex. One of my favorite trans memes: I used my own configuration, but it works no matter what. The day I befriended the first lesbian friend was the day my egg starting cracking. --- She/her
Topic	Is it ethical for Byleth to date their students?
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 9:22:39 AM #27	CyricZ posted... It really isn't. That's why I dated Catherine despite the massive "I like girls" vibe I got from her portrayal. It's criminal she's not a gay option. She has such aggressive butch energy. Hell, she and Shamir ought to have been gay options ~~and Alois. Tell me you don't love that sweet, weird man.~~ --- She/her
Topic	Have any long running shows managed to get BETTER after becoming complicated?
ElatedVenusaur 11/11/21 12:37:43 AM #36	Bojack Horseman. It gets really complex in its morality and exploration of its characters and themes but threads the needle very skillfully. ~~It both explains, for example, why Bojack is the way he is and gets you to empathize with him while holding him accountable for being a toxic pile of equine garbage.~~ --- She/her
Topic	lowtax died
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 10:44:51 PM #21	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Have you seen anywhere that has healthy political discussion? Because that doesn't exist. Overall though, it's a much better place for specific discussion of games, sports, movies, books, etc. etc. I've found the automotive and tech forums really helpful resources too. And the Ask/Tell forum can be great for all sorts of things. $10 well spent, my friend. Very well spent. --- She/her
Topic	lowtax died
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 10:36:55 PM #18	Yeah, he was human garbage. Not going to weep for him lol. The forums are in better hands now anyway. That forum got me into Paradox games and is my go-to place for discussing Football. Just, uhh...stay out of GBS. And FYAD. And Debate&Discussion. And probably C-SPAM too. --- She/her
Topic	Is it ethical for Byleth to date their students?
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 10:33:50 PM #16	DeadBankerDream posted... How is Rhea a literal monster? She's in the same game as Edelgard. ~~Crimson Flower Rhea is literally fanfiction writing and doesn't count.~~ She makes perfect sense there. Because Byleth is partly her mom, and Byleth is actively working to destroy everything she's built and kill her. It's not the least bit surprising she's not taking that very well, especially if you happen to kill Seteth and Flain, her only surviving family that isn't trying to murder her. --- She/her
Topic	Why does the bible make poor people seem so great?
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 10:25:33 PM #15	RustyFerret posted... Because Jesus loves the poor and downtrodden. In pagan Rome, the poor were looked at with scorn and assumed that they had angered the gods somehow and deserved to be in that state. Yeah, OG Christianity was explicitly a Messianic reaction to the occupation of and (relative) impoverishment of Israel and Judah(Palestine). Jesus' followers were primarily the dregs of society: workmen like farmers and fishermen, tax collectors(they were 1000% worse back then), prostitutes, etc. It protested Roman oppression as well as the complicity of the Jewish elites, particularly the clergy. Jesus literally tells a rich man that he must abandon his possessions to follow him("it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" and no, that wasn't a metaphor), he tells his apostles the old woman throwing her last copper into the collection plate is vastly more generous and worthy than the rich man throwing in multiple gold coins, and is enraged by the presence of money lenders in/around a temple. Jesus basically went around telling the oppressed and downtrodden that they were the best people and that the elites sucked, which is how he wound up on a cross. Perhaps he even suggested that something should be done about it in the here and now.... It wasn't until Constantine that the religion became co-opted into a means of social and political control, and even then, it did put increased moral constraints on rulers, particularly in Western Europe where the Church was influential and independent. --- She/her
Topic	Customer throws soup in worker's face after being offered a refund.
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 1:37:50 PM #6	The worst human beings, these entitled ass customers. --- She/her
Topic	Is it ethical for Byleth to date their students?
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 1:06:57 PM #4	I think you mean Edelgard, ~~for wanting to burn it all to the ground.~~ --- She/her
Topic	For those who attended HS in the US, how was Hiroshima covered in history class?
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 12:57:59 PM #21	Yeah, the Pacific theater was barely touched upon, in my experience. No mention made of us mistranslating their response to our solicitation of surrender, no discussion of the extensive fire bombing campaigns we launched against Japanese civilians, no recognition that they barely had time to wrap their heads around Hiroshima before we dropped the second one on Nagasaki, and not really much reference to the role the Soviets breaking their non-aggression pact and invading Manchuria had. Just rote parroting of Japanese nationalist rhetoric about total communal resistance that doesn't pass the smell test. I do remember reading Sadoko and the Thousand Paper Cranes in 4th-grade. And my China and the Pacific Rim class(which the teacher made Japanese history. good move: too broad a focus for a high school class) incorporated the Japanese film Barefoot Gen, about the bombings. Literally better encapsulation of the horrors of the atomic bombings than anything else I encountered. --- She/her
Topic	Remember the ULTRA BEASTS from Pokemon Sun/Moon
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 11:39:52 AM #6	Ah, that misses the USUM ones: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Blacephalon_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Its signature attack is Mind Blown, a 150 BP fire-attack that involves it firing its head at the opponent, which then explodes. The user takes 50% of its max HP(rounded down) in damage. https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Stakataka_(Pok%C3%A9mon) And Stakataka, which is a collection of brick-like organisms. And finally Poipole and Naganadel: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Poipole_(Pok%C3%A9mon) https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Naganadel_(Pok%C3%A9mon) They're all fantastically weird. --- She/her
Topic	Have any long running shows managed to get BETTER after becoming complicated?
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 11:27:30 AM #5	The Venture Brothers. Of course, it's easier when you have the same two guys writing the whole series. Edit: Also, feel I should put in a disclaimer and say that there are parts of early seasons that are very much reflective of it having been written by two dudes in the aughts. But it's still good. And it gets so much better. --- She/her
Topic	CPI up 6.2% in Oct as inflation hits broad range of products
ElatedVenusaur 11/10/21 11:24:01 AM #9	JuanCarlos1 posted... So the poor and the middle class are poorer, while the rich raking in those profits from higher prices cause I assume the net margin profit is bigger anyway despite higher operating cost. Don't worry, they'll probably institute austerity no later than when Republicans retake Congress to make sure the richies wealth is unaffected. --- She/her
Topic	how attractive do you find this girl?
ElatedVenusaur 11/09/21 6:58:45 PM #22	Shes hot. Literally Dawwwwd IRL, like a dork. --- She/her
Topic	Leonardo DiCaprio will play Jim Jones in Jonestown film
ElatedVenusaur 11/09/21 5:33:45 PM #17	Thats fantastic casting. Leo oozes charisma and does evil really well. --- She/her
Topic	Wanting to leave LA to move near NY
ElatedVenusaur 11/09/21 1:49:43 PM #31	SwiggitySwoogit posted... Bronx is cheap and technically NYC. Upstate NY like Poughkeepsie ain't that expensive and is under 2 hours on MTA. Like half of NJ is under 2 hours to NYC by bus or train. Bridgeport and Danbury are also under two and cheap. Every cheap place I've listed so far sucks though. Bridgeport is depressing. And also Metro North is trash, but it's probably as close as you can get without property prices being insane. ~~New Haven is better but quite a bit further, of course.~~ I don't know very much about Danbury, but I'll just assume it sucks because it's a city in CT. --- She/her
Topic	The straights still aren't okay
ElatedVenusaur 11/09/21 1:22:34 PM #67	Jealous. Thats some goals there! --- She/her
Topic	What are you listening to right now?
ElatedVenusaur 11/09/21 11:18:25 AM #249	Courtney Barnett - If I Don't Hear From You Tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-NmWxIeCSA --- She/her
Topic	Biden's approval rating is dropping like shit from a faucet.
ElatedVenusaur 11/08/21 9:33:46 PM #50	Off the top of my head, Biden campaigned on stuff like raising the minimum wage, forgiving some student loan debt, waving the patents on COVID vaccines, prescription drug price controls, lowering the Medicare eligibility age, taking action on climate change, etc. etc. etc. Lots of those things are really popular, but Biden hasnt even done the things he doesnt need Congress for! --- She/her
Topic	Is Bellossom a good Pokémon?
ElatedVenusaur 11/08/21 9:25:58 PM #25	Doe posted... Isn't Politoad infamous for having Drizzle Yeah, but Pelipper does that better. --- She/her
Topic	Biden's approval rating is dropping like shit from a faucet.
ElatedVenusaur 11/08/21 8:11:12 PM #34	uwnim posted... Thought he only wanted to do one term. LOL no. Biden will stay in office until hes term limited or dead. Or loses. The way hes going, Trump might actually win the popular vote in 24. --- She/her
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