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Topic | Biden new student loan forgiveness plan detailed a bit. |
ScazarMeltex 04/12/24 2:00:08 PM #23 | pikakaeru posted...
student loan forgiveness is a burden on blue collar workers unfairly. instead they should limit how much colleges costWe can do both. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | What happens to the GOP when Trump loses in November? |
ScazarMeltex 04/12/24 11:13:11 AM #7 | legendary_zell posted...
Two days of the hyper establishment types pretending to soul search.This. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | i want to like Shogun |
ScazarMeltex 04/12/24 10:28:04 AM #21 | BB_mofo posted...
I remember hearing that most historical seppukus were just an execution disguised as ritual suicide. The samurai only pushed their blade into their abdomen enough to make the lightest of flesh wounds to show that they were going to disembowel themselves, but then the "assistant" steps in and beheads them.That mostly fell on who was the second, the guy who beheaded them. Seppuku was essentially the Japanese version of the Roman General falling on his sword. You fucked up in such a spectacular way that the only way out was death. Because disembowling is such a fucking horrific way to die and most people can't finish the process you have your second, or kaishakunin, who watches you. Usually you would insert the blade and pull, far enough that the process is irreversible and you'll die regardless, and only then does the second make his Kaishaku cut, removing the head and ending the suffering. Now as to how often it went that way? Who knows, there isn't a ton of documentation on it. Usually you would name someone who you were close to to be your second, so they would want your suffering to end as quick as possible. If you had someone who hated you though it could go very badly and be dragged out. I tend to side with ssjevot on this though, the notion that these guys were all running around killing themselves all the time is fictional. Did it happen? Sure. I train a couple of different Koryu (pre Meiji Restoration martial arts) schools of Iai. Mugai-Ryu and Muso Jikkiden Eishen-Ryu and it was common enough that the Kaishaku cut is in the curriculum of Eishen-Ryu. There are also versions of it in the lines of Toyama Ryu, which is the post Meiji Era school of swordsmanship taught to Japanese officers when they started carrying katanas again. There are several versions, but only for the act of Kaishaku, the others are for executing prisoners. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | i want to like Shogun |
ScazarMeltex 04/11/24 11:03:30 PM #15 | DoesntMatter posted...
i'm always down to read about wild ass shit that nobles throughout history got up to. give me a teaser.The entire Forbidden City essentially ran on the labor of Eunuchs, for one. One of my favorites is about Zhengde. Zenghde became emperor when he was 13 years old, and he wasnt quite done with the days of childhood. He still liked to make believe, and because he was the emperor, everyone else had to go along with it. He would force his ministers to dress up as merchants so that he could pretend he was a commoner visiting their shops. This, under Emperor Zhengde, was an imperial duty. Anyone who would not play make-believe with him was removed from their post. He built a 200-room building called the Leopard Quarter next to the imperial zoo. He and his friends would spend their time there drinking and hunting the animals in the zoo, pretending they were in the jungles chasing wild game. Zhengde also told his people that he had an identical double named General Zhu Shou. He would give orders for them to pass on to Zhu Shou. Then he would change his clothes and come back out, now forcing everyone to call him Zhu Shou. His men would have to tell him his own orders, and he would pretend to be surprised. For an imaginary person, Zhu Shou was actually a pretty capable general. Zhengde stayed in power until he turned 29. In the end, though, the liquor got him. Drunk out his mind, he fell out of a boat. The cold water left him with an illness that ended his life. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Survivors of the Al-Shaifa hospital describe a massacre committed by the IDF |
ScazarMeltex 04/11/24 10:31:27 PM #1 | EDIT: Also I spelled Al-Shifa wrong in the topic title on accident
https://twitter.com/Mondoweiss/status/1778407936286392350 Some grim shit. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | i want to like Shogun |
ScazarMeltex 04/11/24 10:29:53 PM #10 | DoesntMatter posted...
but i dunno, 8 episodes in and i'm basically only still watching it because i don't like leaving things unfinished and because Mariko is incredibly gorgeous. i am really not into the whole big emphasis on all the rituals and etiquette and societal expectations and stuff. it wasn't really like that in history, was it? seems kinda overblown or flanderized or whatever. like, it makes me think of Worf and his whole hyper-focus on being a "proper" Klingon and doing all the things he's been taught Klingons are supposed to do, but then you get some exposure to actual Klingons and you realize that they mostly don't give a shit about all that, lol. and all the instances of seppuku and of people wanting to die and wanting to commit seppuku. i can't imagine that that was actually ever as widespread as a lot of popular media makes it out to be. a civilization wouldn't be able to survive if a large portion of its citizens were so eager to off themselves over the slightest of faux pas. it's ridiculous and ngl, kind of uncomfortable to sit through. i don't like thinking about that kind of thing. Any extremely hierarchical society is going to be full of ritual and social expectations. Go read about some of the wild ass shit that went on in the Chinese Imperial Court. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | RIP AEW (spoilers) |
ScazarMeltex 04/11/24 7:42:36 PM #7 | Bad_Mojo posted...
I don't believe a word The Young Bucks say. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Rowling got beef with Harry and Hermione. |
ScazarMeltex 04/11/24 3:32:37 PM #83 | MEGAsoldier posted...
I can tell you are new here but the only people who stick around these topics past 50 posts are the folks in the CyricZ group, the only 3 paths you have left areHe could try not carrying water for a bigot. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Rowling got beef with Harry and Hermione. |
ScazarMeltex 04/11/24 3:10:09 PM #54 | CyricZ posted...
She won't forgive them?So it's worthless as an academic report. Imagine having all the money in the world and the massive advantages and privileges that gives you. Imagine having the good will of an entire generation because you wrote a book series that is beloved by them. Imagine squandering all of that because you can't not be a hate filled bigot. It literally makes her mad that trans people exist. She could be doing whatever she wants, she has enough money to indulge every whim and instead of enjoying it she spends her time thinking and talking about how trans people are monsters. It must be a miserable fucking existence. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Trump Trials General Part 14: Dawn of the criminal trials |
ScazarMeltex 04/11/24 1:02:58 PM #177 | Zikten posted...
I'd be satisfied with rest of his life house arrest, and no internet allowedNo. He has to go to jail. There have to be real and tangible consequences for his actions. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Edward Snowden Sides With Musk |
ScazarMeltex 04/10/24 9:22:18 PM #66 | Yazarogi posted...
Motherfuckers acting like they didnt know about the Patriot Act 1 & 2Or fucking COINTELPRO. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Let's talk Magic: The Gathering Arena |
ScazarMeltex 04/10/24 6:45:31 PM #41 | Robot2600 posted...
i got out when they switched to shorter lifespans for FNM and removed lightning strike and elvish mystic and all that.I sold out my collection for 5k during the Collected Company standard meta. Also, I agree that Commander is garbage. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Arizona Supreme Court votes to uphold states 1864 abortion ban. Voters this... |
ScazarMeltex 04/10/24 6:10:19 PM #111 | CyborgSage00x0 posted...
Remember after Obama won his 2nd term, and the GOP did an internal investigation on why the public doesn't like them? And the report came back saying people view the GOP as only for rich, old white men that are out of touch with the public?That's also why they've doubled down on gerrymandering and suppression. When that doesn't work they simply screech "fraud". The time is coming when they'll simply ignore the results of elections and simply refuse to relinquish power. Then we'll have a choice to either remove them via force or accept their boot. If Jan 6th had been planned and executed by competent people it would have played out very differently and we'd already be there or at least have had that fight. Luckily the inherent superiority complex that comes with being a fascist makes them unable to properly judge a threat to them. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Edward Snowden Sides With Musk |
ScazarMeltex 04/10/24 3:36:35 PM #52 | tremain07 posted...
Progressives love Snowden and assange and demand pardons for both men because freedom of the press means they bare no responsibility for anything they leakMy dude, I'm as hard a leftist as you'll get around here and I loathe the both of them. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Edward Snowden Sides With Musk |
ScazarMeltex 04/10/24 10:01:59 AM #31 | Irony posted...
He's currently in prison in the UK. Currently he is pending an appeal to be extradited to the US, but the UK said they'll extradite him if the US promises to give him a fair trial and not murder him via like lethal injection or something.Assange? Yeah fuck him. Wikileaks leaked the names of LGBTQ people who live in places where that's a death sentence. It should also be noted that both DNC and RNC emails were hacked but only the DNC's got leaked. Also, he's a rapist. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Ah yes. The apolitical Helldivers 2 |
ScazarMeltex 04/10/24 9:55:55 AM #33 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
Because it requires and understanding of nuance and thinking beyond the surface of a thing. Those are not things conservatives are good at. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Arizona Supreme Court votes to uphold states 1864 abortion ban. Voters this... |
ScazarMeltex 04/10/24 7:34:30 AM #82 | SpawnShadow posted...
At least, it's possible for as long as the chuds still have a use for you. Once they no longer need "one of the good ones" around, Jenner will be shipped off to the gas chambers just like all the other LGBTQ+ people in Project 2025's vision of America. I bet dollars to donuts she'll have the gall to act surprised, thinking that her fascist pals somehow wouldn't betray her the same way she betrayed the LGBTQ+ community in siding with Team Fash.Oh absolutely. They always do. Same thing will happen to Ben Shapiro, motherfucker is Jewish and has been carrying water for the Nazis for years. Candace Owens, anyone who doesn't meet the criteria will be toast once they no longer need them to help mainstream their bullshit. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Texas Republicans Call For Execution of Women Who Receive Abortions, IVF |
ScazarMeltex 04/10/24 7:29:01 AM #35 | EPR-radar posted...
IVF is a recent part of the US abortion wars because Roe got overturned. That let red state maniacs enact draconian anti-abortion laws which also end up affecting IVF because of the absurd underlying premise that a zygote has more rights than a woman.Yeah and rather than realize "maybe we fucked up" and backtrack they went "well I guess we hate IVF now". The dems need to campaign on this shit. Just show these videos and end the ad "this is the republican party". --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Arizona Supreme Court votes to uphold states 1864 abortion ban. Voters this... |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 8:05:47 PM #74 | Takuya_Lee posted...
Not for her due to how she identifies.Caitlyn Jenner exists. It's always possible to grift chuds especially when they can hold you up as "one of the good ones". --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Famous free speech lover Elon Musk |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 8:04:20 PM #15 | CRON posted...
He's literally unable to grasp the basics of human interaction and socialization. Why the fuck is he trusted with owning a global communications platform based on human interaction and socialozation?Because capitalism is stupid. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Ah yes. The apolitical Helldivers 2 |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 8:03:11 PM #11 | These are the kind of people that you need to explain to that Starship Troopers was satire.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | US has seen no evidence that Israel has committed genocide - Defense Secretary |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 5:36:04 PM #14 | "Because we didn't look"
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Arizona Supreme Court votes to uphold states 1864 abortion ban. Voters this... |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 3:38:26 PM #41 | Takuya_Lee posted...
...what grifter money? Neither side likes her.Doesn't matter. "Why I left the left" is always an easy grift to get money out of chuds. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | will you watch the new "Civil War" movie this friday? |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 3:35:28 PM #37 | NoxObscuras posted...
Not sure. The trailers don't really give that away. Just that California and Texas are allied on one side and Florida is leading the other side. I'd imagine they tried not to make it too close to real life, so it probably won't be Democrats vs RepublicansThe article I read is that there is a president in his 3rd term who is refusing to vacate the position. Texas and California are leading the side attempting to remove him. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | New porn girl just dropped: amber angel |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 3:33:11 PM #17 | hereforemnant posted...
"girl" with those braces is really dangerous territory mateYep. That shit is creepy. Always has been. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Jacobin: uncommitted movement is hugely popular |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 1:06:50 PM #12 | As a communist I can tell you that Jacobin is whole heartedly full of shit and not to be trusted.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Black GA voters sending message of Gaza to Biden not voting |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 1:03:51 PM #33 | I don't want to hear shit out of them if Trump wins and crushes their protests the next time a cop murders one of them.
I get it, I loathe America's Israel policy, which essentially amounts to "here are weapons to commit a genocide against Palestinians". Problem is, Trump's policies will be worse, for both the Palestinians and for Black people here in the US. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | "Fallout" TV show premiering early (tomorrow) |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 10:28:33 AM #3 | Oh shit.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Why did the topic about whether Sotomayor should retire get deleted |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 10:28:15 AM #21 | Lol, that's about a bullshit moderation.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Guess Who Trump Just Turned On? |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 10:27:04 AM #27 | UnsteadyOwl posted...
Not sure if Trump believed it. It seems like some strategist told him that he can't publicly support a nationwide ban if he wants to win the election. In his statement he pretty much said he supports leaving up to the states so that Republicans can win, not for any ideological reason.Here's the thing, it doesn't matter if he believes it or not because he's lying. Nothing a republican says is in good faith. He would absolutely say this so he could win, then go ahead and push for a national ban anyway. Just like they all used to say " we don't want to punish women who get abortions" and "we'll make exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother" and they turned around and did the exact opposite. The dems have to stop treating the GOP as good faith opposition and start treating them as what they are. Lying fascists pieces of shit. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | NYPD Officials Orchestrated Smear Campaign of Critic Using Details Of Her Rape |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 10:22:48 AM #6 | When we say all cops, we mean ALL cops.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | High Calorie Woman knocks herself out in MMA match |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 8:00:34 AM #46 | Umbreon posted...
Why the fuck would she charge so recklessly? You're that big you let the speedy fighter come to you and you fuck them up on the counter.Yeah, the better play for the larger fighter is to control the outside of the ring to cut the smaller fighter's angle of approach and then, once they are committed you can just throw all the weight into them. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Town in Alabama hasn't held an election since 1965 |
ScazarMeltex 04/09/24 7:56:25 AM #31 | Seems like the 2nd amendment was created to deal with fuckery like this.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Biden Campaign Off to a Good Start With Abortion Ad |
ScazarMeltex 04/08/24 7:14:03 PM #86 | ButteryMales posted...
I'm not okay with suffering. That's why I'm not voting for genocide.Voting for Trump votes for genocide and fascism. Not voting at all enables genocide and fascism. You'll have a nice view from that moral highground though as everything burns down around you. At least, until the fire reaches you. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | What's the consensus on going into Iraq? |
ScazarMeltex 04/08/24 3:38:05 PM #48 | SHRlKE posted...
if thats the case then why are the Taliban back in power? The west tried to train a new Afghan army of which the northern alliance were a part of but it never worked out. In not sure my faith in your plan is as great as yours.It's almost like there is a difference in the perception of a group placed into a position of power by outsiders vs one who put themselves there with a bit of outside help. No Government that we put in power there was going to be viewed as legitimate by the populace. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | The Vatican says abortion and gender theory are grave threats to human dignity |
ScazarMeltex 04/08/24 3:33:15 PM #14 | I would posit that an organization that's covered up the systemic rape of children perpetrated by their representatives a much graver threat to human dignity, but maybe that's just me.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | What's the consensus on going into Iraq? |
ScazarMeltex 04/08/24 12:50:08 PM #26 | Trelve posted...
There's definitely an argument to be made for going into Afghanistan after 9/11 but not Iraq.Even with Afghanistan we didn't need boots on the ground with a 20 year occupation afterwards. We could have supplied, equipped, and given air support to the already existing anti-taliban faction, The Northern Alliance, and gotten things done just as well. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | RFK Jr. campaign admits they are there to keep Biden from winning |
ScazarMeltex 04/08/24 12:46:05 PM #13 | Yeah dude is gonna take votes from Trump, not Biden.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Looks like its gonna come down to 7 states to decide if Trump wins or not |
ScazarMeltex 04/08/24 12:44:04 PM #42 | Almost like the electoral college is a pointless and outdated institution that is only still in existence because it gives an advantage to the GOP.
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Boomers Deliver Surprise Strength for Biden |
ScazarMeltex 04/08/24 11:15:15 AM #22 | Maybe openly saying that you want to cut the social welfare programs that boomers rely on is bad for the GOP?
--- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | Good luck trying to defend Trump now, Pro-Lifers |
ScazarMeltex 04/08/24 9:53:10 AM #2 | Here's the thing. Nothing Trump, or any GOP candidate for any office is to be trusted. They'll say this shit and then push for a national ban once in office.
They always said they didn't want to prosecute or punish women who had abortions and then that's one of the first things they started pushing legislation on once Roe was overturned. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | WrestleMania 40 night 2 discussion topic *spoilers* |
ScazarMeltex 04/07/24 9:08:54 PM #117 | ironman2009 posted...
i feel like randy orton has to be up there with rey mysterio as the oldest active wrestlers in wwe. is there anybody older?Randy's only 44. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | WrestleMania 40 night 2 discussion topic *spoilers* |
ScazarMeltex 04/07/24 8:09:10 PM #86 | DarthDemented posted...
So who is Cody gonna have come out to prevent interference from the bloodline? Established star? Super secret guest?I'd like to see everyone that the Bloodline has fucked over in the past few years. KO, Zayn, Orton, Drew, Jey, and Rollins. Let it be the whole roster coming out as being sick of the Bloodline's shit. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | WrestleMania 40 night 2 discussion topic *spoilers* |
ScazarMeltex 04/07/24 7:20:15 PM #39 | Cartoon_Quoter posted...
In the same vein, on a scale of 1 to Vince Russo, how overbooked is the Main Event going to be?I'd rather see all the active wrestlers that the Bloodline has fucked over come down to back up Cody. Sami, KO, Jey, and Rollins. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | WrestleMania 40 night 2 discussion topic *spoilers* |
ScazarMeltex 04/07/24 7:14:37 PM #35 | ironman2009 posted...
is he a good singles wrestler? only time i've ever seen him was that tag match last night.Yeah. He can go. Most of his career has been as a singles dude. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
Topic | WrestleMania 40 night 2 discussion topic *spoilers* |
ScazarMeltex 04/07/24 7:06:03 PM #24 | cjsdowg posted...
I wonder what Seth is going to wear. If he wins, I want DP to cash in.Honestly, even if he loses and Drew comes out on top I want DP to cash in. Dude has had the briefcase long enough, let the dude cash in. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed |
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