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morepork wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:25 pm Taylor Pissing Swift. Has it come to this? Has Chuck Norris weighed in yet? Maybe Justin Bieber could help direct public servant effort for the benefit of those of us in the real world.

Puja

First responders still suffering from 9/11 23 years later.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2024 ... ming-lives


The scale of this seems almost forgotten now.

morepork wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:25 pm Taylor Pissing Swift. Has it come to this? Has Chuck Norris weighed in yet? Maybe Justin Bieber could help direct public servant effort for the benefit of those of us in the real world.

Favorite moment from the debate? When Trump accused immigrants of eating dogs.

Why does this make you so mad?

I sort of thought Stephen Miller had fucked off ages ago but this is great to see. I honestly don't know how any journalist can keep up the strength/motivation to continue in this post-facts era, or whatever you call a statement like "the facts are the dead bodies".



Obviously it's dumb that Taylor Swift's opinion in all this is deemed important, but she is unfathomably popular and influencial. Of course it's a big deal. Incidently I thought Chuck Norris was already one of the vocal Trump guys?

Puja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:09 pm

morepork wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:25 pm Taylor Pissing Swift. Has it come to this? Has Chuck Norris weighed in yet? Maybe Justin Bieber could help direct public servant effort for the benefit of those of us in the real world.

Puja

It seems that this election will, incredibly, be decided by narrow margins again. Every little helps.

You know, instead of being pissed off that the world's biggest pop star used her platform to encourage people to register so they can vote (how this is a bad thing, actually, still eludes me), I'd be more concerned that it's still projected to be a tight race, despite the fact that the Republican nominee literally stood on stage and went into hysterics shrieking neo-Nazi propaganda - a permutation on Blood Libel that was aimed at Haitian migrants rather than Jews for a change - as soon as he got prodded.

She could just have easily have promoted abortion from a platform of that magnitude with such a volume of blind devotion, so maybe unclench your pearls hon.

morepork wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 3:13 pm She could just have easily have promoted abortion from a platform of that magnitude with such a volume of blind devotion, so maybe unclench your pearls hon.

morepork wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 3:13 pm She could just have easily have promoted abortion from a platform of that magnitude with such a volume of blind devotion, so maybe unclench your pearls hon.

If we're still being mad about Taylor Swift, she already kind of has?

https://x.com/taylorswift13/status/1540382753677627393

cashead wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 10:20 pm

morepork wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 3:13 pm She could just have easily have promoted abortion from a platform of that magnitude with such a volume of blind devotion, so maybe unclench your pearls hon.

If we're still being mad about Taylor Swift, she already kind of has?

https://x.com/taylorswift13/status/1540382753677627393

Sorry, I meant pro-life, anti-abortion as a possibility. No, she didn't, but she could. One person that is not a public servant or a legislative authority on anything with all that influence over so many blindly devoted people. She hasn't given an interview or written an essay, she just tweeted. Three hundred people only felt compelled to register to vote because a pop star said so on social media? That's just sad.

Stars have devoted fans. News at 11.

Meanwhile, I'm curious as to how unconcerned you are about a presidential nominee regurgitating literal neo-nazi talking points. Where do you think the "Haitians eating our pets in Springfield, Ohio" story originates?

cashead wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 9:16 pm Stars have devoted fans. News at 11.

Meanwhile, I'm curious as to how unconcerned you are about a presidential nominee regurgitating literal neo-nazi talking points. Where do you think the "Haitians eating our pets in Springfield, Ohio" story originates?

I'm sorry, I must have missed the bit where I stated a lack of concern over that. I'm not going in circles over this. Devoted fans are apathetic about issues unless directed by stars. Weather at 12.

morepork wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 10:03 pm

cashead wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 9:16 pm Stars have devoted fans. News at 11.

Meanwhile, I'm curious as to how unconcerned you are about a presidential nominee regurgitating literal neo-nazi talking points. Where do you think the "Haitians eating our pets in Springfield, Ohio" story originates?

I'm sorry, I must have missed the bit where I stated a lack of concern over that. I'm not going in circles over this. Devoted fans are apathetic about issues unless directed by stars. Weather at 12.

You certainly haven't expressed any concern over it, and seem more fixated on some weird grudge about Taylor Swift.

What, did Tay-tay kick your dog? Shake it off, bro.

cashead wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 2:15 am

morepork wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 10:03 pm

cashead wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 9:16 pm Stars have devoted fans. News at 11.

Meanwhile, I'm curious as to how unconcerned you are about a presidential nominee regurgitating literal neo-nazi talking points. Where do you think the "Haitians eating our pets in Springfield, Ohio" story originates?

I'm sorry, I must have missed the bit where I stated a lack of concern over that. I'm not going in circles over this. Devoted fans are apathetic about issues unless directed by stars. Weather at 12.

You certainly haven't expressed any concern over it, and seem more fixated on some weird grudge about Taylor Swift.

What, did Tay-tay kick your dog? Shake it off, bro.

Oh please, distaste at that racist dog whistle is clearly evident to anyone with a pulse. There is no grudge against the stadium artist, I couldn't give two shytes about her. Again, someone with as much influence over the populace could just as easily wield influence in a darker direction, like an outsized individual donation to a Super PAC. How is this so difficult to understand? And no, I don't wish to be bombarded with angry pop references intended to illustrate a lecture to me on what a shining light (nice) famous people are.

FFS. Another "attempt" that will only lead to a rise in polls for Trump.

Stom wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:57 am FFS. Another "attempt" that will only lead to a rise in polls for Trump.

I mean I thought that with the first one, but didn't seem to play out that way at all.

I'm not sure how much is really known about the latest guy, though read he was a Trump voter in 2016.

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 10:47 am

Stom wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:57 am FFS. Another "attempt" that will only lead to a rise in polls for Trump.

I mean I thought that with the first one, but didn't seem to play out that way at all.

I'm not sure how much is really known about the latest guy, though read he was a Trump voter in 2016.

White American who strongly believes in the Ukrainian cause is all I know. History of illegal gun ownership...

morepork wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:32 am Oh please, distaste at that racist dog whistle is clearly evident to anyone with a pulse. There is no grudge against the stadium artist, I couldn't give two shytes about her.

You sure do seem to be putting in a bit of a shift trying to convince everyone about how little you care about her.

morepork wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:32 am Again, someone with as much influence over the populace could just as easily wield influence in a darker direction, like an outsized individual donation to a Super PAC. How is this so difficult to understand?

Yeah, no fucking shit. We've already got Kid Rock and Dana White fulfilling that role. What's hard to understand is what you're hoping to achieve with this performative disdain and scorn while you point out something that everyone already knows. It kind of comes off as a bit "I'm 14 and this is deep."

morepork wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:32 amAnd no, I don't wish to be bombarded with angry pop references intended to illustrate a lecture to me on what a shining light (nice) famous people are.

You need to calm down.

cashead wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 11:46 amYou need to calm down.

This appears to be an utterly pointless argument, over absolutely nothing, for no reason. While I get that that's in keeping with the fine traditions of the internet, shall we just make an adult decision not to continue it and resume panicking about the USA still being undecided over choosing between their own Keir Starmer or the functional end of its democracy.

Puja

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:58 pm This appears to be an utterly pointless argument, over absolutely nothing, for no reason. While I get that that's in keeping with the fine traditions of the internet, shall we just make an adult decision not to continue it and resume panicking about the USA still being undecided over choosing between their own Keir Starmer or the functional end of its democracy.

Puja

Spoilsport.

Fair enough. In closing though I would be at pains to point out that I fucking live here so I smell shit by picking it up off the ground.

Sincerely

14 year old registered voter. Peace.

Mellsblue wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 4:41 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:58 pm This appears to be an utterly pointless argument, over absolutely nothing, for no reason. While I get that that's in keeping with the fine traditions of the internet, shall we just make an adult decision not to continue it and resume panicking about the USA still being undecided over choosing between their own Keir Starmer or the functional end of its democracy.

Puja

Spoilsport.

seconded. I was looking forward to the denouement in about 18 months.

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:58 pm This appears to be an utterly pointless argument, over absolutely nothing, for no reason. While I get that that's in keeping with the fine traditions of the internet, shall we just make an adult decision not to continue it and resume panicking about the USA still being undecided over choosing between their own Keir Starmer or the functional end of its democracy.

Puja

Booooooooo!

Yeah I can’t see the description for the politics bit of the board anymore, but I’m sure arguing was actively encouraged. And so it should be.