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Damn, looks like Sam's Club will start winning this competition.

Yes, I don't care, honestly.

I block people myself and feel no shame in it because I feel it's justified whenever I do it. If others block me for a reason they feel is justified, then so be it.

Unless you're a shitposter/troll blocking people to escape having your posts marked, it's just a form of molding the experience of this site into what you want it to be.

Null_Gain posted...

Having never heard the original, Beyonce's version is pretty ok, if not for a little unintentional hilarity with the lyrics. The guitar and beat part of the song is solid.

I tend to not like county to begin with so maybe Beyonce's version not sounding like the original is a plus for me.

Dolly Parton isn't typical country, or at the very least she's not part of the reason so many people love to hate on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiu1hPdJk-Y

LinkPizza posted...

Wasnt there two versions of this line? Or they removed it or something? I remember there being something about thats specific line

As I mentioned, it was either the pilot or first episode. I believe they treaded the waters a little too strongly and had to be tampered into a more "palatable" show.

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STFU was not allowed on this site for the longest time. It's only recent (maybe a few years) when it's been allowed.

Like, I never saw anybody say it on Politics because we understood it to be a moddable offense, or at least assumed it to be. I didn't see people saying that so heavily until I came to CE.

It seems more like the mods have laxed the rules.

Rosstin316 posted...

I highly doubt being a verb is what makes it okay, otherwise everyone would be telling everyone to kill themself.

In a post which I think is literally 2-4 after the one you quoted I followed-up by saying "it's basically a glorified way of telling someone to "shut up"".

I was pointing out the difference between a verb and a noun, in a follow-up post I mentioned how ever verbs can get you in trouble, and elaborated on how STFU is just a glorified "shut up".

radical_rhino posted...

Stop is a verb. As in stop being a bitch. Would that be allowed?

No, because you're still deciding that they are "being a bitch". "Being a bitch" is a state of being/existence, telling someone to stop is a command/verb which they do not have to adhere to. Declaring someone is/isn't something is dictating their state of being, it is not a request, command nor a suggestion.

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I'm guilty of not hating it.

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Lmao fuck that band and anything they even attempt to do.

Ilishe posted...

You know, this is a very hurtful post to those of us who celebrate Easter as the holiest of days.

It's nobody's fault other than that of modern Christianity that Easter is so memeworthy.

It's supposed to be about The Resurrection, and yet people celebrate it by hiding colorful eggs for children to find which can either bring despair or fortune.

ai123 posted...

So people hate the song because they don't like her presentation of her real life relationship? I did not know people were such sticklers for (what they see as) biographical accuracy in music.

I get what you're saying, however I can also see the other side of it. It would be like if a right-wing piece of shit (Lara Trump) covered a pro-feminist song with a "actually women should be happy they even get to be in the kitchen" slant.

I haven't heard Beyonce's cover, however I do know about the original and if what people are saying about her lyrical changes are accurate, it seems like an apt comparison.

She is of course entitled to feeling like she needs to defend Jay and/or her marital commitment to him, I cast no judgment upon her for that as it's her life.

littlebro07 posted...

https://twitter.com/palominoomg/status/1774086853349589073?s=46&t=C0FPgnVerEgJPPKABEiBig

lmfao and these are the same people who say the left get triggered all the time

Meanwhile these poor terrified people are offended by literally everything

They're also the ones who complain about "everybody wants to be a victim" while turning every issue into how they're actually the victim

LonelyStoner posted...

After he approved the sale of bombs to Israel I dont see any of his humanitarian actions as genuine.

Right, because we all know how foreign policy failures bleeds into separate domestic issues.

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The other day I had some Gen z coworkers happy dancing to Viva La Vida cause they didn't know the context of the lyrics and it was pretty funny watching them happy dance as someone who does.

Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?

These are the real questions we seek answers to.

Wtf, BB

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Theres also Orochimaru and Voldemorts snake affinity

Fair

It's reassuring that it's not really the case, however I'm still gonna laugh a the Insta posts of Americans claiming they spent the night at a friend's house whose parents came from the region and how they just ate dinner without inviting them or even taking them into consideration.

The one I remember best is a girl talking about how her friend said "I'll be right back", and after 30 minutes or so she wonders where she went so she goes down the stairs from her room, to see her friend and her family eating dinner lol.

I think not liking it speaks volumes about a person.

Doe posted...

I was like 9 when the show first aired, and there's an episode where Mordecai tells Rigby "dude I'm gonna say it!" and Rigby says "no no no please" and Mordecai says "I'm pissed." And I thought my life was gonna end because Mordecai said pissed and my grandpa might have heard

It used to be way worse. Can't remember if it was the pilot or just super early into the show, however I remember being shown the show and either Rigby or Mordecai is like "dude, how in the h are were going to fix this s?" H = hell and s = shit.

They toned it down for most of the show.

Foppe posted...

Not covering the feet feels like something will come and eat them.

Oh you Scandinavians and your whimsical kaflingengildorf folklore.

No

The only even reasonable comparisons are that ninjutsu/genjutsu is magic and the main trio as kids has 2 guys and a girl. But even the magic isn't comparable in either function nor activation and a trio is just a trio.

It's a shame I know this can't be universally condemned in our current political climate.

wackyteen posted...

Meanwhile, Democrats have claimed House Republicans are stalling funding for border security in order to help Trumps poll numbers heading into the November race.

"Democrats have claimed"

No, Republicans themselves have literally boasted about holding it up and made it clear that they're not moving forward cause Trump doesn't want them to.

Man I just saw that came from Mediate. Pretty disappointed in them there, one of the publications I normally respect the most presenting information like CNN would.

I don't understand why it's so hard for the media to make Republicans take ownership and responsibility for their actions. Shit they literally brag about doing.

Shadowblade posted...

Lol well k.

Just saying, that's the difference.

Of course, you also can't tell someone to go do something violent to themselves, just that telling someone to stfu is just a strongly-worded "shut up".

Mechu posted...

I agree with their point that it shouldn't have been called "Andor". Probably one of the biggest reasons it underperformed IMO.

Should have called it Andorlorian

I forget the comedian, however he was talking about how Maury was the best because he made it a point to always get the names of black guests correct. He jokes about how that guy could have numbers in his name and Maury would still get it right.

I didn't watch the show well-enough to know how accurate that is, it's just the only thing I can share.

Umbreon posted...

Jesus: Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.

These clowns: Flogging and stoning women to death is defending human rights (Because we don't view women as human). We represent God!

While Muslims recognize Jesus as a prophet, they do not recognize him as the prophet whose teachings they are meant to ardently follow.

Telling someone to shut the fuck is a verb, you're telling someone to do something. When you're calling someone a bitch, you're trying to establish that that's what they are as a noun. That's the difference.

Prestoff posted...

Yeah, I'm honestly shocked just how good of a show Andor was and how pissed I was I didn't watch it day 1. And it wasn't really nonsense, the show wasn't really in your face about getting it's point across because it was a show don't tell kind of series. I had someone on a different forum explained to me what was the purpose of Andors childhood flashbacks.

I appreciate that and same. I think it was episode 2 or 3 where I was already super invested because of how different it is from every other SW product/storyline. So many unexplored aspects of life under the Empire and unconventional/behind-the-scenes characters making things happen. Learning about different cultures on other worlds

Lonestar2000 posted...

Speaking of this what's with random strangers who smile at you? It's fucking creepy.

You mean being friendly?

Prestoff posted...

it wasn't so much genocide but the fact that the planet Andor came from was environmentally destroyed by the empire because because of a mining disaster they caused and abandon it as is. The whole point was to show how the empire treats things under its rule, where they insert themselves in everything like eroding customs and cultures of the indigenous people of a planet and unjustly arresting people for whatever reasons, which is suppose to be ironic because that's how Andor got arrested and not because of his involvement with the heist. The whole main point of the show is to show what actually sucks about the Empire and why people actually want to rebel against them.

I get all that, it's one of the things I like most about it. And actually, I realized how nonsense that portion of my post was and will rectify.

Irony posted...

My normal face is a scowl

Similarly, people say what to me is my neutral face "looks mad".

Giant_Aspirin posted...

Cassian himself is probably the least interesting character in the show.

I disagree on that. He's the most "regular dude existing within the system" that the series has ever shown. Like when he killed those corporate guards, it was out of self-preservation, not because he's some homicidal sith/Imperial officer cruel desire.

Also how he gets used as a pawn that just wanted to be a mercenary and ends up actually believing in the cause.

The whole stuff about them being from a planet that if I'm not mistaken was genocided of their people, making his origin so mysterious. Not sure how I feel about that, hoping there's more to it for it to really make an impact beyond "Empire genocided my race". Yeah, sure, but they've done that before. I'm hoping there's something more, I guess.

LeoRavus posted...

I've never put sausage gravy on my fried chicken.

Shame, it is amazing.

I also like it with crispy hash browns and scrambled eggs.

Oh, and the biscuits and gravy, of course.

Foppe posted...

Biden quietly signs off on more bombs and warplanes for Israel.
Transfers include 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs, 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, and 25 F-35A fighter jets.
The sales have not been notified publicly, and there are no corresponding announcements on the Defense Security Cooperation Agency's website where such notifications are normally posted.

Ugh, why the fuck is it so hard for my country's government to do the right thing on this.

Stop fucking funding this genocide.

ClayGuida posted...

Beto is the only Texas candidate to ever visit every county in the state, which is a fuck ton. He still got smoked in every election.

This whole 'reach out' to people is pretty stupid imo. Yes it's important to a point and to build a following, base, or whatever, but I don't believe it'll win over as many voters as say the next 10 Democratic candidates doing it as well.

Listening to a person speak 1 time and then never again isn't how you win these people over. Trump visits the same states over and over and over. Now he's not visiting every county of every state, but he does visit Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania extremely often. He's not just visiting swing states, he's visiting easy red states. Now granted that could be because of the primaries, but while I do think Dems need to stop allowing Republicans to run unopposed, but they also need to start having every candidate meet with every possible constituent and then their successor do the same, and so on.

Meeting these people often is key and Dems are basically punting because of 'costs'.

Small tangent I know, but my mind kind of fixated on Beto being a fucking failure and then his successor being even worse and how it's annoying that Dems are refusing to run in certain Republican strongholds.

Losing by 40 is better than losing because you chose not to enter.

For the record, Beto lost by 2.7% to a Republican incumbent who won their first election as a nobody by 15%. That's the closest any Dem has come to winning the Senatorial seat in a very long time. It's weird to use him as a failure or what not to do when no one else has come as close as him to unseating a Republican incumbent.

What is he showed is that the the right idea, he just needed a better campaign overall.

Obama is also famous for his "50 state strategy", where he intentionally visited every state regardless of how much of a Republican stronghold they are, a strategy I've heard various political strategists laud.

The overall point of my post is you find out what people actually care about by actually talking to them and especially in competitive districts within red or purple states the Dem party has ignored that. The Republican party also ignores their populace because we know they just don't care, so that opens potential for converted voters.

Also running candidates even in districts where Dems aren't expected to win can still help down ballot.

As mentioned the Dems are running candidates in 119 of 120 seats in NC. Trump only won that state by 77k, the prediction is that the increased incentive in bringing out Dem voters could flip the state.

ai123 posted...

God knows I hate the UK Tory party, their nasty racism, dismantling of the welfare state, and authoritarianism. In many ways they are no better than the Republicans.

But any member who said they wanted to execute children would be kicked out of the party in an instant and universally reviled.

Exactly. No matter how bad it gets in various European nations, there's still some noticeable difference between them and the GOP.

Zikten posted...

I think that if we held the territory for long enough, religion would die out and the place would calm down even after left.

I've never seen such wishful thinking before. That would have never happened.

Humble_Novice posted...

https://twitter.com/mjfree/status/1773116119403896836

It was so nakedly corrupt from the very start. Surprised they actually ousted him, this audience backlash is perhaps the most substantial the mainstream media has ever faced in my lifetime.

It's almost like it's not actually "free" for anybody in countries where people think it is and what actually happens is taxes instead of predatory insurance rates/practices are used to both pay for and allocate healthcare to the people of the state.

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"Proudly ignorant and refuses to learn" is an excellent description for both TC and everyone who sees logic in what they say.

ai123 posted...

Just going to highlight two quotes from that article:

they supported the death penalty for women who seek abortions or use IVF, including pregnant minors.

Brown went on to say that they will never be okay with abortions in the instance of incest or rape

So, let's get it straight: they want to execute minors who abort a pregnancy that results from incestuous rape. Because they believe in the sanctity of life, they want to kill children who are victims of the most serious and heartbreaking violation.

And people vote for scum like that because 'the border', or 'Biden's gas prices' or whatever.

Fucking hell.

Yeah, this country is pretty fucked politically.

While various European comparisons do have a rise of fascism and right-wing extremism, it seems like the U.S. still takes the cake in how shitty it's right-wing party & voting populace is. Cause even Meloni's policies sometimes actively work towards helping Italians while actively discriminatingly against non-Italian born people, whereas the GOP just convinces its base that hating others is a worthy substitute for healthcare and rights.

From where I sit no matter how bad the non-American equivalents are, the GOP seems to be worse.

This is of course only representative in comparable nations, obviously there's worse nations out there because their state's situation has been in decline for a long time and only getting worse.

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I wish, if they were actually judged on their policies and the things they openly talk about wanting they'd get far more condemnation than the annoying leftists on social media who inevitably get the brunt of the criticism from these "Free thinkers".

Smackems posted...

But people love to paint the other side with the absolute most extreme shit and pretend that's all of that side while they completely ignore everything extreme and stupid on theirs. Applies to every side

Show us just 1 "good" Republican left in Congress, who doesn't rally behind everything Trump wants, who doesn't talk up a good game and then just vote on the extremist bullshit Republican legislation always is.

People like you and center-right media keep trying to paint this "extreme minority within the Republican Party", when this is the Republican party. Any decent ones have already left and even the ones currently leaving aren't all that decent, they're just sick of this or were offered more lucrative opportunities.

And if you want to say "well they're just performing or putting on a show", then who are they putting on the show for? Their rabid and deranged base. So if you're going to call the politicians fake in what they say and do, then that means their base of voters, who they seek to appease to ensure continued power, are the real deal and actually want the Christo-fascist state the Republican Party is openly working towards.

People are not wrong for pointing that out.

MrDrMan posted...

Conservatives are terrible. Abortion should be a right. The war on immigration is wrong and blatantly racist. I could go on. With that being said, conservatives at least are upfront. Ignorant or not they dont hide position.

Liberals are terrible because they pretend to be these moral beacons until the charade falls. Anyone with a differing viewpoint is misogynistic, racist, ignorant, etc. This crowd is beyond disingenuous. The actions never match the words and I just can not respect that. This topic will prove that. Give it time.

They are both terrible truly.

Conservatives are literally rallying around Christo-fascism and openly talk about revoking rights and recognition of personhood for millions, wanting to make Christianity the law of the land in some deluded version of a Christian Iran, and as expected this person has more ire and words about liberals lol.

Y'all are so predictable.

joaquintall posted...

One FB friend posted Trudeau in a clown wig, with a sticker on gas pumps saying "I did that".

Wasn't that a U.S. thing like 3 years ago? I know our chuds are slow too, but even sloths show faster thought processing.

Had to snooze the guy for 30 days.

Yeah, it's a sticker of Biden pointing and saying "I Did That". Trumpers were putting it on gas pumps when gas was artificially inflated by Saudi Arabia in the 2020 electoral year.

YellowSUV posted...

Is there any actual point to building this besides the fear factor?

The only one I can see is that the military will use the roads to memorize the route & layout, which would make vehicles surrounding the palace more efficient were they to commit to attacking.

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For millions I'm sure it is on that level.

However, past fascist leaders have exhibited the same traits and situation that Trump is emulating with MAGA. I think for far more it's more of a political dedication to a fascist leader, one that demands loyalty and purity tests. That normalizes violence as acceptable political action.