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- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 23 hours ago:
Did you forget about the election?
Immigrants from Springfield, Ohio are eating cats and dogs.
And now Trump is moving for mass deportations.
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
The fucker paid for Pennsylvania votes last election. Literally paid for them.
He grew up in Apartheid South Africa and calls his African American workers ‘Plantation’ and none of them can move up the ladder in any of his companies.
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
See for yourself.
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
Biden was a Charismatic leader?
- Comment on Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture 1 day ago:
He’s pretty good at buying out the election and consolidating power.
- Comment on Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture 1 day ago:
Did you see it?
- Comment on Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture 1 day ago:
Hitler looked better at doing it.
Elon Musk was incredibly uncoordinated in his display.
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
What we have here is Elon Musk helping out on Trump’s branding.
Even Team Trump, as fascist as they are, are being run by entire teams of teams. The spokespeople are just that, speakers.
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
If there is a leader, any leader at all, who’d try to lead the progressive cause? And one that people would really behind?
That’d be a good first start. Even celebrities like Jack Black.
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
No. I’m just aware of the need for a charismatic leader.
Civil rights had Martin Luther King. Among other leaders. The idea of doing this without leadership is the fundamental flaw.
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
Cool.
Give me a name.
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
And who will lead this revolution? Biden? Kamala?
Go on. Who is the leader?
- Comment on The fact that this is a real image is infuriating 1 day ago:
Frustrating but predictable.
Personally I’m pretty happy with how fucking awkward Elon was while doing it. The whole gif is really cringe.
- Comment on The more you know 1 month ago:
Abe Lincoln famously warned us about how people make up shit on the Internet.
- Comment on The more you know 1 month ago:
Well it wasn’t good enough for her.
- Comment on Why did the pope announce anime mascots? 2 months ago:
It’s pretty simple really.
- Comment on Why did the pope announce anime mascots? 2 months ago:
The big reveal is a huge wtf to my brain.
- Comment on Why did the pope announce anime mascots? 2 months ago:
The Jubilee is a time of celebration for Catholics.
Traditionally, the Jubilee is held every 25 or 50 years and is a time to celebrate progress, free slaves (back when slaves were legal), forgive sins, etc etc.
In a great celebration, it makes sense to add a bit of pop culture flair. It’s also common to focus on children and youth outreach during the Jubilee and an anime character does a lot for that.
- Comment on When we started burning coal it was called the industrial revolution. Was there a name when we started burning oil? The car revolution? 3 months ago:
At least in the USA, it is known as the Robber Barron period as the extremely wealthy monopolized everything.
- Comment on Do you agree with my unpopular opinion about height in fencing? 5 months ago:
Foil here. Tall people suck to fight against. Skilled tall people were straight up impossible.
And I at least have right-of-way to deal with tall people. Eepee don’t got that, its all stupid hand-jabs or foot-jabs (as far as I can tell as a Foil-ist, lol).
- Comment on Do you agree with my unpopular opinion about height in fencing? 5 months ago:
that short fencers are usually quicker and dodge easier.
Lulz.
No. It’s that shorter fencers must doge quicker to compete.
In my days in College, as a 5’9" average guy, I wasn’t much faster than anyone else. And without any reach I couldn’t keep up vs the taller people either.
Just being shorter doesn’t make you faster.
- Comment on What is the conservative view on how intersex people should live their lives 5 months ago:
Something that’s turned me off of “modern” conservatism is that “modern” MAGA assholes simply refuse to believe that intersex people exist.
A reasonable Conservative following Jesus’s word should note that Jesus hung out with the leapers, Jesus not just condoned but celebrated heretics like the Samaritans, and Jesus always favored the “outsider’s opinion”. A true Christian should always be accepting of others, including Intersex people. Especially intersex, they are creations of God and if you believe that God is good then the creation of God is good.
The problems occur when the assholes start to think that Intersex is bad, anti-conservative, anti-religion or some shit. Then all of a sudden you trigger the fight-or-flight response and Conservatives lash out. There’s also a degree of historic anti-gay writings in the Bible (ex: Sodom, as well as some writings from Paul), that somehow get wrapped up into intersex issues (somehow gay == intersex in some unstudied people’s brains?!?!? Or something).
In any case, I feel like the religious interpretation is clear. Every person is holy, outsiders are welcome. If you need to denegrate Intersex individuals and call them diseased (like the Leapers of Biblical time), whatever, that’s still a group of people Jesus explicitly called out as holy, as the Leapers were more ready and willing to accept Jesus’s preaching than the Pharisees.
- Comment on Big booty meteorologists are best meteorologists 8 months ago:
I thought I’d share with you that someone really liked your post and shared it on a sublemmy I moderate: lemmy.world/post/15449701
I also like your post. I realize you’re in a shitposting topic so maybe everyone else is just… well… shitposting. But its still good to see experienced posts like yours.
- Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era 8 months ago:
Only after the Delaware court forced him to.
- Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era 8 months ago:
They didn’t sell it to Elon.
Elon sued them and took Tesla over in court.
- Comment on What’s one miscast role that irks you in an otherwise perfect film? 8 months ago:
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World / Michael Cera as the titular character.
Yes, Michael Cera is great at portraying awkwardness. But… I don’t think Michael Cera’s awkwardness was the right kind of awkwardness that Scott Pilgrim had. But maybe that’s just me.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Human hermits?
- Comment on Or we could do metric time 8 months ago:
The 13th month should be called eleven, because it’d come after December (10), our 12th month.
- Comment on What characterizes feminine strength? 9 months ago:
Though there aren’t many female heroes in history, the few that existed made huge marks.
St. Olga of Kyiv famously slaughtered (!!!) her enemies (the Drevlians) to protect Kyiv and avenge her husband. She then converted to Catholicism and spread the message to the Slavs. And her lineage then founded Moscow. She’s considered the reason why Catholicism spread to the East, despite a patriarchy at her time.
But perhaps bloody stories of revenge and the spreading of the good word (a trope of the Middle Ages I know, but she’s known for it), is a bit “Just a man with different bits”. Still, she was smart, she was cunning, she was ruthless, she conquered, she ruled.
Perhaps a more traditional “Feminine Strength” is St. Joan of Arc, who raised an army and marched with them, though she never really won battle accolades or ruthless terror like St. Olga. St. Joan of Arc comes from humble beginnings and rises to become a leader of a movement in the 100 years war. Despite being tried for being a witch, she never gave up on her values and is widely recognized as a key figure in her time.
I think Joan of Arc is closer to what the English-speaking world would consider feminine strength. St. Joan of Arc never betrayed anyone, and largely served as an inspiring figure. (As opposed to the cunning St. Olga who has multiple atrocities in her name).
