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lol no such thing as the supernatural

Evening_Dragon posted...

The context changes wildly depending on quality of parents.

Well sure.

averagejoel posted...

how exactly does pointing out that both sides use propaganda aid the wrong side?

Because it's obfuscating the truth by pointing out similarities between both sides.

And if every side in every war does it, then what are you actually aiming to do by reminding people that Ukraine does it to? It's like reminding people that both sides of an issues eat food.

And your take on this conflict is "it's decades of complex geopolitics and Ukraine really does have some Nazis in it"

imo we shouldn't forget any evil people

He's garbage

I'm so sorry to hear this. At least she'll be able to go out on her own terms.

tamagucci posted...

no one is saying that but you.

Everything is said for a specific reason. Why are people pointing out that both sides use propaganda? What purpose is it serving? Why do people who pull nitpicky bullshit tend to avoid sharing their personal opinion on whatever issue is being discussed?

The Russians, like any wrong side on an issue, eat this kind of shit up.

VIXVLV posted...

Everything is a conspiracy to keep the Bern down. Just like it is with Trump. Mostly because populism is a cancer.

Show us where Bernie touched you.

The entire country is about to collapse forever and you want to stay the course versus the fascists.

Solution_45 posted...

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tamagucci posted...

no it doesnt shut the fuck up.

Ukraine is right. Russia is wrong.

DoDontTry posted...

I agree but given the rules we have in place now, he is still our country's best realistic chance at saving itself followed by AOC. You can't disqualify his following.

I'd easily vote for him if he ran. I'm just so tired of old people.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/7/5/AANJzyAADuLX.png

DoDontTry posted...

Are you Bernie's doctor?

He was born in 1941.

You should be disqualified from office the moment you turn 65.

DoDontTry posted...

He is at least 10-12 years old younger mentally than Joe Biden and 15 years younger than Donald Trump

They are all too fucking old physically

He's too fucking old

TrowaBarton7 posted...

This is good advice. It's truly bizarre how there is a severe lack of nuance when talking about the world's second largest economy.

The world's first largest economy fucking sucks as well.

There truly aren't enough "normal" looking people in media, real or animated. Ugly or fat people are always relegated to small side roles, probably as some sort of comic relief or minor villain.

averagejoel posted...

both sides do spread propaganda though. it's a fact of war. recognizing it is not the same as sympathizing with russia

Who fucking cares then? Russia is still completely in the wrong and needs to lose. "Oh but everyone in every war spreads propaganda". Ok and? All this kind of shit ever does is aid the wrong side. Stop doing it.

Republicans: "Gas prices are too fucking high, Biden. Fix it now."

Also Republicans: "Biden and his big government shouldn't be telling businesses how to operate. They can't just wave a wand and lower prices."

BTH_Phoenix posted...

If a kid's hiding something, it's probably bad.

Or they're LGBTQ+ and their parents will beat them and restrict their freedom if they find out. Or it's bullying and the parents will blame the child for not being tough enough. Or lots of things shitty parents might react to incorrectly.

It's really "Parents should be good enough parents that children don't fear telling them things."

It's not the child's responsibility to fix the relationship.

I got hit with a NKL for this yesterday in some random dead topic. Someone's mass marking or some shit.

g0ldie posted...

this is the kinda thing that, if it happened in a high school basketball game, the winners would be reprimanded.

Good thing these are grown women then

Said by people who have forgotten their childhood or grew up extremely privileged.

averagejoel posted...

first: I generally choose to engage directly with the words presented to me, without attempting to prescribe intent.

second: whether or not the reasons for the war are valid is a completely different conversation that doesn't seem particularly interesting or fruitful to me. feel free to have it with someone else though.

there is an actual decades-long conflict between the two nations here. this war, unlike the wars started by the US over the past ~30 years, is not over nothing. there are complex socioeconomic factors that resulted in this war whether or not you consider them "valid" resaons

Dude, Russia is not communist. You don't need to defend them.

If someone said America had no reason (which is often a non-literal phrase) for the War on Terror, you wouldn't be here typing up paragraphs of "well ackshually both sides"

The war is over nothing. Putin is wrong. And we'll all be better off when he is gone and Russia is in open revolt.

They think it will work out this time for sure. They sound a lot like those people pushing for "real" communism

Trelve posted...

Not really. They only turned against the war when they found out they might be conscripted? They were perfectly fine with turning Ukraine into a crater when it didn't affect them.

Were they really perfectly fine with it? Is the invasion popular amongst the people?

TerraSeeker posted...

A high schooler would have to be disconnected from the current culture to not know that people can feel attraction to the same sex. Seems like a rather dumb poll.

This rather dumb poll is a cornerstone of the current GOP platform.

Donald Trump murdered over a million people in cold blood and we still allow him freedom. America is cruel and unjust.

She's right. If children want to choose to be straight and identify as cis and use pronouns, then they should wait until they graduated high school. A child should not be taking part in adult activities like being attracted to the opposite sex. Schools should be teaching 16 year olds Algebra 2, not what sex or a woman is. That's a parents job.

/s

Jesus, no wonder LGBTQ+ kids are terrified to come out around conservative parents

We don't teach kids anywhere near enough about LGBTQ+ people. These people have children that they send to schools. To call their innate identity a fetish that is completely inappropriate for children is a massive slap in the face.

I wouldn't be surprised if the next step of these fascist proposals would be to forcibly relieve LGBTQ+ people of child custody.

Literally no downside

It would be deadlier than it was if it happened now

He fucked around and found out

Careful. People that are totally not racist are going to come here and claim they just really hate it when people tell others how to live. But if they were racist, which they aren't, it would be someone else's fault for being so annoyingly anti-racist.

Agent_Stroud posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/7/1/AAR6WtAADZNH.jpg

My dude, this worthless bitch is an actual fascist. She can't even deny it like a Republican.

averagejoel posted...

first: that isn't what's happening here

second: russia did not invade "for no reason." I get that Iraq and Afghanistan may have skewed how you perceive wars abroad but you really shouldn't conflate that with reality

I think he means "no valid reason", which is correct.

Fuck Letitia Wright

These motherfuckers put Game of Thrones ahead of Better Call Saul, and put Better Call Saul 30 spots behind Breaking Bad.

At least Mad Men and Twin Peaks are high and Columbo made the top 50.

Why don't you want current events on the news?

Dan_Haren- posted...

Again you're completely missing the point. It serves me no purpose to explain it to you further, I've clearly explained my point in my previous posts.

I'm not missing the point. If everyone worked hard and smart and had the right skills, you'd still have millions of people that didn't hit the six-figure or higher lottery. Someone will always have to be a lowly subordinate and they deserve to not live paycheck to paycheck.

Can't believe The Last of Us adaptation is post-apocalyptic zombie shit.

JOEL needs a CAR

There was a big focus on protecting the LGBTQ youth. Saw a lot of LGBTQ children and/or parents. Heard quite a few scholarships handed out to trans kids and others.

It was pretty wholesome.

KobeSystem posted...

not everyone needs to make 500k a year
some people just want to live a decent life, pay their bills, and party on the weekend or take their family to sunsplash without having to work 2 jobs
people working full time 40 hrs a week shouldnt have to live paycheck to paycheck in the richest country on earth especially when theres others out there buying yachts(plural) worth more than 3 generations worth of income.
not even gonna mention the health care crisis

im upper management at one of the biggest retail businesses in the world and i get to see the greed first hand

also to the brainlets mentioning how we have it so good compared to other countries...the irony lmao. especially when countries like ours helped perpetuate some of these situations. see: latin america

People will argue that our homeless have it better than other homeless, like that matters to someone if they are literally in that position. They don't think we're the greatest country in the world because we have trillions of dollars to at least make sure no one suffers. They think it's because us having a hyper-rich 1% proves that "anyone can do it in this land of opportunity."

Ah, so Amazon has a bunch of cheap nonsense they don't want to hold onto all the way until Thanksgiving.

tremain07 posted...

it really does seem like right wing authority is taking over the world what's causing everyone to run to the right?

The far-right will blame it on rampant unchecked wokeism.

"You made me do this!!!!!"