Lurker > StarSpangled

You shouldn't do this anywhere. Unfortunately, Japan is one of the places that people are more keen on doing this in.

Wonder if this is just an excuse to keep women out.

I liked him in the acapella Key and Peele skit. The way he just casually brushes Peele off while still being genuinely friendly is amusing.

And huh, TC, KhlavicLanguage is warned. What'd he do?

Chad

Whiterun_Guard_ posted...

Is it me, or did he not explicitly say to nuke Gaza?

"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) offered a baffling comparison of Israels war on Gaza to the U.S. decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan during World War II, telling Israel to do whatever you have to do to finish the military campaign."

Speaking to NBCs Kristin Welker on Meet the Press Sunday morning, Graham made the argument that Israel would be justified in slaughtering civilians in Gaza by likening the situation to the U.S.s war with Japan eight decades ago. He suggested Israel would be right to flatten the Gaza striphome to 2.2 million Palestinians, half of whom are childrensimply because the U.S. did it to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the 1940s.
So when we were faced with destruction as a nation after Pearl Harbor, fighting the Germans and the Japanese, we decided to end the war by bombing Hiroshima, Nagasaki, with nuclear weapons, Graham began.
The senator continued to call the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the right decision by the U.S. That decision ended the war with Japan, but killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians between the initial blasts and the deadly radiation that followed.

Give Israel the bombs they need to end the war they cant afford to lose, and work with them to minimize casualties, Graham insisted.
It was unclear how he believed the U.S. and Israel could work to minimize casualties, since bombs tend not to discriminate between civilians and militants upon detonation.
Grahams comments were so extreme that even Welker was taken aback, unsuccessfully attempting to interject as the senator talked over her.
Can I say this? Graham continued. Why is it okay for America to drop two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end their existential threat war? Why is it okay for us to do that? I thought it was okay."

He didn't literally say "nuke Gaza". But it's pretty clear what the message he's trying to send.

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What'd you do?

Revealing the title might be spoilers. It's Monster (2023) by Hirokazu Koreda. And no, it's not based on the manga. But it was pretty powerful.

What happened in here

mazingetter posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f2bbd125.jpg

pudgy

Whiterun_Guard_ posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/eab4f8e6.jpg

This is what those politicians want to happen in Gaza
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sen-lindsey-graham-suggests-nuking-gaza-calls-hiroshima-the-right-decision/

So is this an actual Hollywood screenwriter who got caught doing something illegal or not

WingsOfGood posted...

I don't know that it is bigger. But is it more popular with kids is a different thing.
How do you know this? You ask kids what they are into and they say some anime or manga.

I both feel that not many people here interact with kids and that depends on where one lives. I can still see more... domestic product focused areas still having comics be more popular among kids.

WingsOfGood posted...

Neither the title or the OP mentioned sales.
You seem to have just thrown that out there because?
And who says comic sales are even bad? Infact right now many comics are getting 3rd or even 4th printings. I know this because I am not just talking about my butt, I am actively buying comics and also watching anime.

How do you quantify manga being bigger than comics then? I remember this whole concept of manga becoming bigger than comics happened after articles showing just how much more manga was selling than comics. Before then people just default assumed comics was bigger than manga.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Yeah. A new one launched just this March called Goze Hotaru which I've tacked onto my reading list but haven't gotten around to it yet.

If you stretch the definition of "original" and "manga" a little to include doujins, there's enough for several lifetimes.

Doujin is more similar to webcomics and both are considered seperate to big commercial manga and comics.

Tyranthraxus posted...

There's tons of isekai manga. It's just that the most popular isekai animes are LN adaptations.

Original manga? Most isekai manga I've seen are also adaptations to the LN and don't seem to last very long, usually itself just an accessory to the anime.

Unless we're using piracy as an example of something that increases sales (which it could be an argument for), then piracy isn't a factor since the whole rationale about manga being bigger than comics is due to the higher sales and revenue ie paid copies.
In any case, one of the reasons for this is that manga is more visibly varied. Yes, shonen is the main bigshot among mangas but there are still a lot of other genres that are big and even among shonen there are a variety of different premises and genres.
I again post the words from a Batman writer:

Its not too hard to figure out, really, he said. Theres a lot of dedication, passion, and craft in manga comics. And thats missing, almost entirely, from the Big Two. Marvel and DC still run the store here. They still are the market leaders. And unfortunately, there is no variety there. Theres nothing really different. Theres not something for everybody the way there is in manga.
I mean, in Japanese manga theres golf comics. Theres not one comic about golf. Theres multiple [manga] about golf. And Ive made reference on these videos to one of my favorite manga, which is about fishing. Its just about fishing. Its not about vampires fishing on another planet or witches fishing or fishing after a zombie apocalypse. This is about guys fishing. Surf casting and whatever. Fishing from boats, fishing on the shore, fishing from the banks of rivers, and the stories are fascinating, and beautifully drawn, and beautifully realized.
But here, what do we get? We get superheroes and poorly done superheroes. There really isnt anything else at the mainstream companies. Its superheroes, superheroes, superheroes.
Why, why would you want to read this crap if you had a choice of reading a genre that you prefer, be it horror, or mystery, or espionage, or golf? When theres only one flavor in American comics, of course Japanese comics are going to win the day.
He went on, The biggest problem here is that all I see American comic book creators, the people in the mainstream do, is complain about manga. Well, why dont you learn from manga? Why dont you look at what manga is doing and do that? And I dont mean draw people with huge eyes and lots of speed lines. Do more varied stories, do more complex stories. Put more effort into the artwork. Put more effort into the craft.
While he thinks comic book writers ought to look toward manga, he doesnt mean just copy it. If they try to copy it just like they did in the 90s here in the United States, theyll just get it all wrong. They dont know what theyre doing. They have no interest. Theyre just complain about it, as if thats going to get them any more readers. . . I dont see the mainstream, the Big Two ever catching up, he said.

Also isekai isn't really a manga thing. That's an anime/Light Novel thing.

Soft!

https://abcnews.go.com/US/harvey-weinstein-conviction-overturned-new-york/story?id=109621776

They look so trashy too.

ImagineUsngAlts posted...

Ugh I was wondering if theyd do that induced psychosis garbage plea. I remember they tried that in that Jewish womans murder.

On the bright side that case did get France to make a new law stating drug induced psychosis doesn't give qualified immunity anymore.

I remember seeing this a few days ago. Thats a crazy amount. That is 1/8th of Vietnams entire GDP.

This is closer to the point of fable than the fable itself. The point of the fable is slow and steady wins the race, while most people think the message is closer to don't be overconfident and arrogant while here the rabbit appears to be distracted for various reasons making the message of "being slow and steady" more clear.

modena posted...

Think about the plumbing issues.

That wouldn't work in the U.S either. The political divide and gun violence would cause it to implode.

Depends on the state.

Holy shit, did she tank the country's economy with that amount?!

Enclave posted...

The vast majority of people who have issues with Biden aren't planning to vote Trump or even not vote. However any time a thread shows up that's critical of him you often have people IMMEDIATELY bring up Trump and act like whoever is critical of Biden is a MAGA idiot.

It's absolutely ridiculous.

Wrong topic?

Link_of_time posted...

4chan does come from a time before online safety was priority. The online terminology for a /b poster literally has a mod-able slur. These days the internet is basically a modern suburb.

And thats exactly the reputation of horrible-ness 4chan is known for that even sites like Reddit generally curb (not completely of course). I will note that it isnt a /pol/ thing though. That kind of edgy hateful culture has been baked into 4chan since the start. Most places do seem to hate the obvious /pol/ users themselves for their obvious agenda pushing that goes beyond their natural sociopathy.

Link_of_time posted...

Reddit is that, but with floaties on. Also, when ppl refer to 4chan and their horrible-ness, they're actually talking about /b Random; which is a board on 4chan. Most of 4chan's reputation stems from that board, as the rest of the boards on 4chan are pretty normal.

Even random boards like the Pokemon, cartoon, food, and even the lgbt board has lgbt and Ableist slurs just being a normal part of the culture. Apparently mainstream racial slurs are actually modded but the most basic coded dogwhistles that will get an insta-suspension here are extremely common too.
4chan has its uses for finding info of the most obscure stuff that isn't brought up anywhere else but yeah, not really a place to actually use regularly.

Third world

All in all everything about this sounds like a Missouri incident.

3rd world shit

streamofthesky posted...

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/as-suspects-in-long-island-body-parts-case-remain-free-critics-urge-bail-reform-laws-change/5208535/

NY has absolutely fucking crazy "bail reform" laws where the list of "nonviolent" offenses is absolutely mind-boggling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XE2-GxUzzQ&t=0s

On top of that, Alvin Bragg has consistently declined to charge people to the full extent they should be and released violent felons. It reached the point that the based DA in Arizona refused to extradite a criminal back to him, b/c they figured he'd release the guy yet again.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/soho-hotel-homicide-suspect-extradition/

Murder is surely a violent crime though. I really can't see how they'd put murderers back on the streets unlike they have some kind of extreme stand your ground laws which I'm not aware of. That's seriously uncivilized and lawless.

Zikten posted...

He is out now but he was locked up for years. Supposedly she apologized and said cops coached her to accuse him. She may or may not have sent him money or something

oh yeah I remember that, that is the most libelable case imaginable

Isn't that one of the states that tries to ban porn to protect the children though?

streamofthesky posted...

The bad news: They didn't get far enough away to reach a state w/ a DA that would refuse to extradite them to NY, so they'll probably be back on the street by this weekend. Pretty much guaranteed if it's Alvin Bragg's district.

Why? What protects them from homicide charges?

lilORANG posted...

I thought that lucky book was banned bc the author sent an innocent dude to prison

Wow, wtf?

tf

Work in their favor? Does NY have stand your ground laws?

Shithole court

LonelyStoner posted...

I think I wouldve opted for assisted suicide way before then.

Pretty sure that wouldn't have been legal back then.

Sorry to hear that TC. Best wishes to both of you.

Rest in peace to an inspiration.

That's beautiful.

The nest design is actually really pretty though. Like scales.

what

Compsognathus posted...

Like there is a lot weird here, but the less obvious thing is that Lois and Lucy are sisters and their kids would be cousins.

Yeah, that was the reason I posted that lol. I got these from the old Superdickery site.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1ed7b020.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/452bb732.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/55cff865.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bb9b58d8.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/16ba21c1.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/35b24ce8.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5c32ebc7.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/64edcad4.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/686a809b.jpg

I have screencaps

A renaissance.

havean776 posted...

He was "just asking questions" about what was wrong with being red pilled?

What did he say exactly? The definition of redpill is that the problems with society is due to women so I'm not sure how he could try to justify that.