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by Brunswick-upon-Raritan » Sun May 31, 2020 6:12 am
by Snakeden » Sun May 31, 2020 6:14 am
The Alma Mater wrote:To rephrase: in much of the rest of the world, the dems and the republicans would be considered a single party on the right side of the spectrum. It is just that in the USA 90% of the spectrum is ignored; so they seem to be on opposite sides there. Kinda like saying violet and purple are very different colours; which is true - but if one looks at a spectrum that also contains yellow, green, red etc. they seem much more alike.
Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:Years are arbitrary demarcations of time. The only things that obey years are the seasons.
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Sun May 31, 2020 6:24 am
by Gormwood » Sun May 31, 2020 6:26 am
Snakeden wrote:
You know those moments where you could have an "I told you so" to someone/the world but you can't bring yourself to take it because it'd feel so bad?
Yeah.
by San Lumen » Sun May 31, 2020 6:26 am
by Brunswick-upon-Raritan » Sun May 31, 2020 6:27 am
Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:Snakeden wrote:
As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.
The subtropics. Not quite as crazy as the tropics.
There's the November elections you can foresee. But nothing else "on the calendar" and no reason that disasters should happen in 2020. What you're suffering from is fatalism, it's an understandable reaction to bad times but it's not actually true. Things could more easily get better than worse!
by N7eternia » Sun May 31, 2020 6:27 am
Gormwood wrote:Snakeden wrote:
You know those moments where you could have an "I told you so" to someone/the world but you can't bring yourself to take it because it'd feel so bad?
Yeah.
All the people who bitched about Karpernick kneeling during the anthem are probably too busy trying to protect their properties right now to register the irony they tempted.
by Shrillland » Sun May 31, 2020 6:27 am
Brunswick-upon-Raritan wrote:Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:
The subtropics. Not quite as crazy as the tropics.
There's the November elections you can foresee. But nothing else "on the calendar" and no reason that disasters should happen in 2020. What you're suffering from is fatalism, it's an understandable reaction to bad times but it's not actually true. Things could more easily get better than worse!
In a bad hurricane season, the Atlantic seaboard is very much the tropics.
by Gormwood » Sun May 31, 2020 6:28 am
by Brunswick-upon-Raritan » Sun May 31, 2020 6:29 am
by Rojava Free State » Sun May 31, 2020 6:31 am
Snakeden wrote:The Alma Mater wrote:To rephrase: in much of the rest of the world, the dems and the republicans would be considered a single party on the right side of the spectrum. It is just that in the USA 90% of the spectrum is ignored; so they seem to be on opposite sides there. Kinda like saying violet and purple are very different colours; which is true - but if one looks at a spectrum that also contains yellow, green, red etc. they seem much more alike.
I remember seeing this image earlier in the year, so I'll post it here. Hasn't been updated since February, but it'll give some sort of idea, at least.Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:Years are arbitrary demarcations of time. The only things that obey years are the seasons.
As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Australian rePublic » Sun May 31, 2020 6:31 am
The Alma Mater wrote:The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
Yep.
I feel bad for all the actual peaceful protesters who must be facepalming hard rn.
Not really. As mentioned earlier in the thread Trevor Noah of the daily show asked the loaded counter question how the protesters would benefit from NOT rioting.
Because decades of peaceful protests still mean a jogger can be hunted down and killed, a cop will sit on your neck until you die "because he can" and a woman in a park will not hesitate to try to ruin your life with a false accusation.
Rioting does nothing to benefit them. Not rioting does nothing to benefit them. The only ones who benefit from them not rioting is us; so why should they give a fuck ?
by Rojava Free State » Sun May 31, 2020 6:32 am
Gormwood wrote:Snakeden wrote:
You know those moments where you could have an "I told you so" to someone/the world but you can't bring yourself to take it because it'd feel so bad?
Yeah.
All the people who bitched about Karpernick kneeling during the anthem are probably too busy trying to protect their properties right now to register the irony they tempted.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Brunswick-upon-Raritan » Sun May 31, 2020 6:32 am
by Agarntrop » Sun May 31, 2020 6:33 am
Snakeden wrote:The Alma Mater wrote:To rephrase: in much of the rest of the world, the dems and the republicans would be considered a single party on the right side of the spectrum. It is just that in the USA 90% of the spectrum is ignored; so they seem to be on opposite sides there. Kinda like saying violet and purple are very different colours; which is true - but if one looks at a spectrum that also contains yellow, green, red etc. they seem much more alike.
I remember seeing this image earlier in the year, so I'll post it here. Hasn't been updated since February, but it'll give some sort of idea, at least.Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:Years are arbitrary demarcations of time. The only things that obey years are the seasons.
As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.
by Rojava Free State » Sun May 31, 2020 6:33 am
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Rojava Free State » Sun May 31, 2020 6:33 am
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Rojava Free State » Sun May 31, 2020 6:34 am
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Gormwood » Sun May 31, 2020 6:36 am
by Gormwood » Sun May 31, 2020 6:37 am
by Brunswick-upon-Raritan » Sun May 31, 2020 6:39 am
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