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I'll be watching the USWNT when they play at a reasonable hour. Their first couple games are on at 9 PM Eastern, which is totally doable.

EthanSilver posted...

And that would be different than the modern GoP how?

It's a weird take for me, when their gold boy is idiotic Trump.

Shit takes, top to bottom.

what argument are you looking to have, my dude?

I live in a borough that has more people than Wyoming

CE is primarily liberal and left, and pretty much entirely so among people you would actually want to have a conversation with.

It is, simultaneously, plagued by dogshit rightwing shitposters and shitstirrers.

These facts can coexist

Hayame_Zero posted...

I do, but I don't know how much in solidarity I am if I'm still subbing to streaming services.

They aren't asking for a boycott (at the current time)

Irony posted...

Whatever SNL writers make is too much for what I guess is "screenplay"

When you argue to pay them less, you argue that NBC should take more.

Kradek posted...

I would need to see some proof that they're actually incurious about it.

This too. I can understand why the claim is being made, but I think we should be careful that our premise is actually true here.

CommonStar posted...

It does not matter whether or not you like their writing or acting. That is not the point at all. The work they do generates money for these huge ass companies. They should be fairly compensated for that work.

That's right.

100%. Solidarity forever

This is a quote of the post that got modded in that topic, I'm not really sure what was moddable about it:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80509773/974863066

It's wrong, but we typically allow people to have bad opinions

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NightingaleMD posted...

On one hand I do believe a lot of his prosecution is political

How much of the GOP primary electorate (the most motivated and active Republican voters) believes the same? Why, after all this time, would a campaign finance charge be what changes their minds about him?

NightingaleMD posted...

A lot of his base is galvanized by criminal charges but I suspect as he actually goes to prison/trial progression that vocal minority becomes more and more minor.

Are they a minority?

If you won't talk policy, talk horserace: is there a convincing story of the GOP primary electorate picking this guy over Donald Trump, who consistently polls above 50%?

Here's a poll
https://pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/2024-gop-primary-election-tracker

• The bulk of the GOPs electorate (56%) would back Trump if the primary or caucus were held in their state today, compared with 17% who would support DeSantis.
• Ramaswamy is backed by 8% of the partys potential voters, followed by Pence with 7% and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and Christie with 3% each.

He's going to lose

This article does not cite a poll, just crowd sentiment among evangelicas at a Tucker Carlson event in Iowa.

Beat It is about running away too

VFalcone posted...

Because history doesn't matter. I'm GenZ, only by 4 months but even I still understand that.

Knowing your history isn't going to get the average Z a damn job and pay the bills. That's what matters. Knowing my history? Knowing my ancestors? Learning about the A.D.-1950s? Will that get me $25/hour?

If not, I won't waste my time. GenZs are already poor and depressed as hell to begin with.

I think this is an extreme version of something that isn't entirely untrue. Gen Z faces a couple forces when it comes to history education:

1. the cost of education and housing have gone up, which places a higher pressure on getting "marketable" skills out of one's education
2. History departments, the most surefire way to put one's history degree to paying use in the past, have seen major cuts in the last decade.

So, these are not things that encourage the study of history.

At the same time, Gen Z has more outlets and avenues for studying history outside of traditional education. It's very easy to go down a Wikipedia rabbit hole, a Youtube rabbit hole, even a TikTok rabbit hole, and come away with a better knowledge of history. And online sources can at times do a better job of connecting history and historic forces to present day issues than high school history classes that famously are geared towards rote memorization and standardized tests.

TFW

Man that fight took me so many tries. Good thing the music rocked.

GranolaPanic posted...

Is that legal? Wouldnt it qualify as buying votes or vote bribery?

Giving incentives for donations is legal, but you gotta be clear that it's a donation

https://twitter.com/Ethan_Booker/status/1680207397451706368

Anyways the reason it's doing so well is the same reason conservative books routinely top best seller lists
https://twitter.com/randygdub/status/1679967049412648960?s=19

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/meta-threads-engagement-has-dropped-off-sensor-tower-similarweb.html?&qsearchterm=thread

The problem with Threads is that it is full of people who post on Instagram and Facebook, instead of people who post on Twitter.

the one implies the other

Because I understand not wanting to take TC's word for it:
https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1679199589419610132

PAGamerG posted...

Basically, race is genetic

This is not true. There are a lot of things that you should read on this subject, here are a couple I came across in a brief search that might make for a good starting point:
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history/2019/02/race-and-ethnicity-explained#
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-is-a-social-construct-scientists-argue/
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/is-race-real/

darkace77450 posted...

You ever hear the phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps"?

Yes, and I disagree with it. Don't you?

I think it's a mistake to treat racial identity as a matter of genetic history rather than sociology and culture.

chaos_knight posted...

You mean extras? Literally anyone can do those roles.

Setting aside the large group of people between A-listers and extras, the producers want to screw over the extras too
https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1679575964601180162?t=BL-wQ2dl6YaBqMPygWOq1A&s=19

So are you a machine that makes idiots or a particularly stupid machine?

I mean, I also want to extinguish, destroy, etc. the right.

https://twitter.com/atRachelGilmore/status/1679577209311297536

Reminder, now more than ever, not to spread their content.

Edit: its. I have brought shame upon Strong Bad, who taught me this rule through song so many years ago.

Often, no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs?wprov=sfla1

VirtuousWrath posted...

Who cares, charity is charity

Is it? Are all causes equally worthy? Should we leave it to the ultra wealthy to determine which causes are deserving of charity?

FactsKeepHurtin posted...

Donating to a charity allows them to put their money towards a specific mission they support. Giving more taxes to the US Government allows them no control over how it's spent.

Should we afford more control over how resources are spent to the wealthy?

Consider Bill Gates' role in US public education, or African public health. Does he have special expertise on these subjects? Did people vote for him to have outsized say on them? Are we certain that his influence is in a positive direction?
An article on this subject
https://jacobin.com/2015/11/philanthropy-charity-banga-carnegie-gates-foundation-development/

Torgo posted...

Again, I think it's super important to de-personalize this.

The right and the pro-billionaire defenders want to make this about unjustly punishing the "good" billionaire, and look how unfair and bigoted those leftist socialists are that just hate billionaires for being rich!

This is about the systemic impact of allowing a handful of individuals to control that much wealth. Even with the best intentions, a few well meaning but misinformed or mistaken billionaires can negatively effect our entire economic or political system. That says nothing about the effects of those intentionally doing harm in the service of personal goals.

This is the way to think about it: as a problem of structures and institutions rather than individuals.

For a comparison, it's like when a cop shoots an unarmed black person and people get into arguments about whether that cop is, personally, racist. Sometimes the cop is black, and this is pointed to as disproving the whole idea of racist policing. But the internal feelings of an individual cop don't really matter.

Unemployment is like 3 percent. There has never been a better time to be lazy at work.

https://twitter.com/JeffTopolski/status/1678985212536180737

Bump

https://twitter.com/dinfontay/status/1679073057862832128

InternetHippo is a joke guy (meant in a positive sense). It's a funny joke, but it is important not to believe everything you see online.

For me: Odyssey>Origins>Valhalla

But I can get why people prefer the focused storytelling of Origins.

Receiving positive feedback from Wall Street since the WGA went on strike May 2, Warner Bros Discovery, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Paramount and others have become determined to break the WGA, as one studio exec blatantly put it.

To do so, the studios and the AMPTP believe that by October most writers will be running out of money after five months on the picket lines and no work.

The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses, a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it a cruel but necessary evil.

https://deadline.com/2023/07/writers-strike-hollywood-studios-deal-fight-wga-actors-1235434335/

Question: necessary for what? What goal would be accomplished through such an approach?

A helpful account: https://twitter.com/got2gonyc

Recent Hitman trilogy

Yeah sure why not

Golden Sun

Nevertheless, this example is pretty striking
https://twitter.com/SportsLawGuy/status/1678878609077878784

Setting aside the racial dogwhistling, which is par for the Paul course, here is a self-proclaimed libertarian upset about people being allowed to accept money from willing sponsors.