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Postby Aclion » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:14 pm

Caracasus wrote:
Ifreann wrote:"I think we need better investment in public transport"
"And yet you use a car. Interesting."
"Yes, I use a car because public transport is rarely a viable alternative. That's why I want more investment in public transport."
"Look, I was just trying to smugly make you seem like a hypocrite"
"And yet you proved my point for me. Interesting."


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"Peasant! Thou claimst to hate feudalism, yet thou uses pitchforks created under feudalism to storm the lord's castle! Interesting!"

I love how we're just pretending New York City doesn't have a mass transit system.
If New York's transit system isn't good enough how can one ever expect that investment will ever get people to stop using cars?
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Postby Thermodolia » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:15 pm

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Thermodolia wrote:It was a previous post in this thread.


That’s not even the cringiest part of the post. “Socialism is a form of Marxism”.

Ya don’t get me started on that. I’ve tried to correct that kind of thinking to no avail
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Postby Torrocca » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:15 pm

West Leas Oros 2 wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:It was a previous post in this thread.


That’s not even the cringiest part of the post. “Socialism is a form of Marxism”.


It gets even worse with the quora link that's full of "jokes".
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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:15 pm

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Thermodolia wrote:It was a previous post in this thread.


tfw your dog whistle accidentally turns into a vuvuzela

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Postby Torrocca » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:15 pm

Aclion wrote:
Caracasus wrote:
Some muddy field somewhere in Europe, Medieval times

"Peasant! Thou claimst to hate feudalism, yet thou uses pitchforks created under feudalism to storm the lord's castle! Interesting!"

I love how we're just pretending New York City doesn't have a mass transit system.
If New York's transit system isn't good enough how can one ever expect that investment will ever get people to stop using cars?


... The investment would allow it to improve and become even more extensive?
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Postby Liriena » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:16 pm

West Leas Oros 2 wrote:
Liriena wrote:OP tried to start a two-minutes hate on AOC based on unproven (and politically motivated) accusations of campaign finance violations by people from her inner circle, and spectacularly failed as soon as everybody noticed that all the sources on it were basically making a mountain out of an ant hill. Cue their saltiness because people don't want to spend dozens of pages discussing a nothingburger.

Of course. AOC has become the number one scapegoat for rightists because “reeeeee commie!”

My favorites by far are the smug right-wing idiot pundits who try to own her on Twitter. Every single time they try to put her on the defensive, she turns it back around on them and turns them into corncobs.

And she still hasn't replied to Ben Shapiro's daily "u dtf?" messages, that whore!
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Postby Proctopeo » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:17 pm

Ah, it seems we've progressed into the circlejerk era of this thread.
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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:17 pm

Torrocca wrote:
West Leas Oros 2 wrote:That’s not even the cringiest part of the post. “Socialism is a form of Marxism”.


It gets even worse with the quora link that's full of "jokes".

“Hahahaha! Get it, because she a commie and commie = stupid and wants FREE STUFF ecks dee!”
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Postby Liriena » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:17 pm

Torrocca wrote:
West Leas Oros 2 wrote:That’s not even the cringiest part of the post. “Socialism is a form of Marxism”.


It gets even worse with the quora link that's full of "jokes".

Obligatory.
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Postby Liriena » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:18 pm

Proctopeo wrote:Ah, it seems we've progressed into the circlejerk era of this thread.
Carry on, just make sure to clean the walls and wash your hands when you're done.

Washing your hands is bourgeois.
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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:18 pm

Proctopeo wrote:Ah, it seems we've progressed into the circlejerk era of this thread.
Carry on, just make sure to clean the walls and wash your hands when you're done.

You wash your hands afterwards? Also, how do you get it on the wall? That’s pretty impressive actually...
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Postby Liriena » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:19 pm

West Leas Oros 2 wrote:
Proctopeo wrote:Ah, it seems we've progressed into the circlejerk era of this thread.
Carry on, just make sure to clean the walls and wash your hands when you're done.

You wash your hands afterwards? Also, how do you get it on the wall? That’s pretty impressive actually...

If I didn't know any better, I'd suspect that Proctopeo is making a Gigi Gorgeous reference.
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Postby Torrocca » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:20 pm

Liriena wrote:
Torrocca wrote:
It gets even worse with the quora link that's full of "jokes".

Obligatory.


Okay, now that is funny. In the sort of pathetic, cringy way that it exists, of course.
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Postby Proctopeo » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:20 pm

Liriena wrote:
Proctopeo wrote:Ah, it seems we've progressed into the circlejerk era of this thread.
Carry on, just make sure to clean the walls and wash your hands when you're done.

Washing your hands is bourgeois.

No wonder health in communist countries is poor.

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Proctopeo wrote:Ah, it seems we've progressed into the circlejerk era of this thread.
Carry on, just make sure to clean the walls and wash your hands when you're done.

You wash your hands afterwards? Also, how do you get it on the wall? That’s pretty impressive actually...

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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:21 pm

Liriena wrote:
Torrocca wrote:
It gets even worse with the quora link that's full of "jokes".

Obligatory.

The Paul Joseph Watson, talking about rightist comedy? Now that’s funny.
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Postby Vassenor » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:25 pm

Aclion wrote:
Caracasus wrote:
Some muddy field somewhere in Europe, Medieval times

"Peasant! Thou claimst to hate feudalism, yet thou uses pitchforks created under feudalism to storm the lord's castle! Interesting!"

I love how we're just pretending New York City doesn't have a mass transit system.
If New York's transit system isn't good enough how can one ever expect that investment will ever get people to stop using cars?


I love how we're just pretending New York City is the entire United States.
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Postby Ifreann » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:26 pm

Aclion wrote:
Caracasus wrote:
Some muddy field somewhere in Europe, Medieval times

"Peasant! Thou claimst to hate feudalism, yet thou uses pitchforks created under feudalism to storm the lord's castle! Interesting!"

I love how we're just pretending New York City doesn't have a mass transit system.
If New York's transit system isn't good enough how can one ever expect that investment will ever get people to stop using cars?

By making the transit system better.

Or are you going to tell us that the transit system in New York is the best transit system that can possibly exist and cannot possibly be improved on?
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Postby Torrocca » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:31 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Aclion wrote:I love how we're just pretending New York City doesn't have a mass transit system.
If New York's transit system isn't good enough how can one ever expect that investment will ever get people to stop using cars?

By making the transit system better.

Or are you going to tell us that the transit system in New York is the best transit system that can possibly exist and cannot possibly be improved on?


Improving things is heresy, peasant! Go back to your hovel!
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Postby Aclion » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:36 pm

Vassenor wrote:
Aclion wrote:I love how we're just pretending New York City doesn't have a mass transit system.
If New York's transit system isn't good enough how can one ever expect that investment will ever get people to stop using cars?


I love how we're just pretending New York City is the entire United States.

No one is pretending that. The controversy is related to her preference towards a car when traveling in NYC. You know, the place she lives in works in and represents.
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Postby Ifreann » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:38 pm

Aclion wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
I love how we're just pretending New York City is the entire United States.

No one is pretending that. The controversy is related to her preference towards a car when traveling in NYC. You know, the place she lives in works in and represents.

I guess the transit system in NYC was not sufficient for her travel needs and those of her campaign.

Maybe someone should, like, push for improving it.
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Postby Caracasus » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:40 pm

Aclion wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
I love how we're just pretending New York City is the entire United States.

No one is pretending that. The controversy is related to her preference towards a car when traveling in NYC. You know, the place she lives in works in and represents.


Might have something to do with all those death threats she's been getting. It's probably a bit harder for some white supremacist arsehole to shoot her if she's in a car than it would be if she's at a crowded underground platform.
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Postby West Leas Oros 2 » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:41 pm

Torrocca wrote:
Ifreann wrote:By making the transit system better.

Or are you going to tell us that the transit system in New York is the best transit system that can possibly exist and cannot possibly be improved on?


Improving things is heresy, peasant! Go back to your hovel!

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Postby Ifreann » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:41 pm

Torrocca wrote:
Ifreann wrote:By making the transit system better.

Or are you going to tell us that the transit system in New York is the best transit system that can possibly exist and cannot possibly be improved on?


Improving things is heresy, peasant! Go back to your hovel!

I will go back to my hovel, and I'll improve it!
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Postby Free Arabian Nation » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:43 pm

Torrocca wrote:
Ifreann wrote:By making the transit system better.

Or are you going to tell us that the transit system in New York is the best transit system that can possibly exist and cannot possibly be improved on?


Improving things is heresy, peasant! Go back to your hovel!

Jokes on you, Hovels are cozy af.
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Postby Aclion » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:43 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Aclion wrote:No one is pretending that. The controversy is related to her preference towards a car when traveling in NYC. You know, the place she lives in works in and represents.

I guess the transit system in NYC was not sufficient for her travel needs and those of her campaign.

Maybe someone should, like, push for improving it.

It's already faster, safer and cheaper than Uber, what other advantage could get her to make the switch?

Meanwhile Biden and Harris are bumping into either on the train.
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