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2piradians

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  • 'The president is an idiot': Senator unloads on Trump's 'really dumb' obsession

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  • The dumb also seem to think they can partake in his life of spoon-fed privilege and avoid all consequences. I will never understand how he got these people so duped.

    Same with how so many religious admire such an amoral, vile, rapist and thief. He's well beyond false idol status with tons of them.

  • DHS twenty years after 9/11: Looking back and looking ahead | Brookings

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  • Patriot Act, DHS, TSA immediately come to mind. Al Qaeda succeeded with much more than a mass murder and destruction of buildings.

    It's easy to say we did it to ourselves, which is somewhat true, but none of the above was decided by referendum. Never overlook the panicked, knee-jerk politicians who gave no thought to long term consequences of the shit they passed in the early 2000s.

  • I did not care for the Godfather

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  • Fully agree about the attention span stuff. I kind of think TV drove it initially, especially animation.

    After a season or two The Simpsons started to pick up pace, and for its time it was kind of frenetic. South Park picked up that ball and ran with it. Then when Family Guy came along I thought this is nuts, and I wondered if there wasn't an active effort to erode attention spans on a large scale.

    There are plenty of other examples outside animation, but I picked those because they're still well known.

    I consider myself fortunate to have seen the progression first hand. And to have had an older boss way back who had an infectious love for well made art, particularly in films.

  • What did you stupidly believe as a child?

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  • Along those lines...my dad worked hanging drywall in new houses. I went to work with him many times. He busted his ass all day, sweating and covered in gypsum dust, blazing heat with hardly any ventilation, to bring home little pay.

    On one of the rides in to work with him it occurred to me that if pay were decided by level of effort, he would be rich. Guys that wear ties to work and sit in air conditioned offices with their pencils and pens...they were living the easy life and making much more than their worth as I saw it.

    Honestly that naivety hasn't fully left me in adulthood. I have more appreciation for many office jobs, but the people who put their bodies on the line for work in shitty conditions are not paid nearly enough by and large. It's a fucking criminal arrangement.

  • You're really old if you remember this

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  • My grandparents' beautiful wood console TV also had the more rare horizontal hold. I have many fond memories of watching Gunsmoke, Star Search, and Wheel of Fortune on the thing with my grandad.

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    12 takeaways from Jack Smith's closed-door testimony

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  • Or if Garland was on the SC instead of one of the sycophants

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  • I can't stand it either. At least in most cases you can give a throwaway email to get the better pricing. It's kind of the devil you know at this point.

    Dynamic pricing, on the other hand, is true evil as I see it. Adjusting prices on the fly to suit whatever arbitrary condition is set by corporate jerkoffs...it's price gouging in real time.

  • What's your kinda-unimpressive 'claim to fame'?

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  • I fully agree, but somehow he's a charismatic asshole

  • What's your kinda-unimpressive 'claim to fame'?

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  • No matter how many records James sets, Jordan will always be considered the greatest. Maybe it makes him sullen, but he should have worked on being more charismatic instead.

  • Whats the worst baby name?

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  • Perhaps not the worst, but I've had it with anything that rhymes with Aiden

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    I have never once considered this, or seen it written or heard it said.

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  • Satire on social media makes for tons more whooshes than I would expect. Especially when it's so obvious it's practically wrapped in a bow, like yours.

    If only a little more thinking took place, as with so many things.

  • Waco man yelling racial slurs accidentally set himself on fire while trying to burn down victim’s home: affidavit

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  • With a little meth, probably.

  • MAGA Panics Over ‘Politically Motivated’ Brown Shooting

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  • ...robots which the bumbling Musk recently exposed, but the conspiracy theorists don't want to talk about that. We weren't duped, stick to your guns!

  • ‘What is this, the Soviet Union?’: Senators rip Trump’s call to limit doll purchases

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  • Firewood Banks Aren’t Inspiring. They’re a Sign of Collapse.

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  • I didn't know about these.

    ...and with that I learn about wood banks from a writer that scolds other writers for writing nice things about the generous aspects. There's nothing to contrast.

  • Firewood Banks Aren’t Inspiring. They’re a Sign of Collapse.

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  • I didn't know about these. Two things can exist at once: The system is failing these people, and people who donate time/effort/wood/money to help others are very generous.

    I don't like that the article minimizes the altruism. Prepping firewood is hard work, and it's a hell of a nice thing to do for others.

  • Pete Hegseth Is Seriously Testing Trump’s ‘No Scalps’ Rule | Lawmakers are finally waking up to the problems the defense secretary has created.

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  • Twerking on Trump's ego like the rest of em

  • Mike Johnson says lawmakers should be able to continue owning stocks

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  • I wonder if Johnson is honest with himself about being a vile, corrupt piece of shit. Or if he kids himself that he's righteous and doing good things in Congress.

    When all this is over for maga, he'll still carry the Trump-sized hand impression up his puppet ass for the rest of his days. History will paint all of them exactly as they are.

  • Can anyone confirm? Am British so idk

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  • My one visit to Boston (American) was for part of a day. The people were nice, food was good, and the harbor was very accepting of the loose tea I threw in it.

    But I'm glad it was during summer.