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Re: America
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:19 am
by Banquo
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 10:30 pm
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.
Especially pointless ones
Re: America
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:54 am
by Mikey Brown
Go on then. The mob has spoken. We clearly can’t carry on until you two resolve this, dignified or otherwise.
Re: America
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:28 am
by Son of Mathonwy
I think we need to move towards a negotiated settlement.
Re: America
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:06 pm
by Puja
Son of Mathonwy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:28 am
I think we need to move towards a negotiated settlement.
A ceasefire at some point in the future and "care taken" not to target civilians. We won't cease trading memes with them though - that's a major part of our economy.
Puja
Re: America
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:19 pm
by Banquo
Puja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:06 pm
Son of Mathonwy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:28 am
I think we need to move towards a negotiated settlement.
A ceasefire at some point in the future and "care taken" not to target civilians. We won't cease trading memes with them though - that's a major part of our economy.
Puja
pearls at dawn
Re: America
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:39 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
Banquo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:19 pm
Puja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:06 pm
Son of Mathonwy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:28 am
I think we need to move towards a negotiated settlement.
A ceasefire at some point in the future and "care taken" not to target civilians. We won't cease trading memes with them though - that's a major part of our economy.
Puja
pearls at dawn
If only it were that simple. I fear this will drag on, possibly leading to a wider conflict, even into other, unrelated threads.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:13 am
by Mikey Brown
I somehow hadn't realised his 'truth social' avatar is him the US flag painted on his face. I hope he comes out like that if they do another debate.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:17 am
by Son of Mathonwy
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:13 am
I somehow hadn't realised his 'truth social' avatar is him the US flag painted on his face. I hope he comes out like that if they do another debate.
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And all the more true because of all the CAPs.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:21 am
by Which Tyler
I think I lost a couple of IQ points from reading that
Re: America
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:25 am
by Mikey Brown
Which Tyler wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:21 am
I think I lost a couple of IQ points from reading that
It's sort of amazing how ineffective his way of communicating is at this point. There is an actual story here but he manages to present it in a way that immediately seems like overblown, conspiracy theory nonsense.
Re: America
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 9:32 am
by Which Tyler
Re: America
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2024 12:19 am
by cashead
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:13 am
I somehow hadn't realised his 'truth social' avatar is him the US flag painted on his face. I hope he comes out like that if they do another debate.
The cropping makes it look like his face is starting expand while he's enraged, like that guy in
Big Trouble in Little China when he finds that Lo Pan has been slain.
Re: America
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 3:27 am
by cashead
Which Tyler wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:21 am
I think I lost a couple of IQ points from reading that
Anyone willing to vote for Trump at this point is a cult member, and any speculation about their whereabouts on January 6th is entirely fair game.
Re: America
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 10:05 pm
by cashead
Well, Rich Lowrey, the editor-in-chief of notable white supremacist William Buckley’s conservative trash mag National Review, just dropped the hard R version of that word.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:37 pm
by Sandydragon
I thought I’d seen it all until the latest from North Carolina hit the news. WTAF?
Re: America
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:09 am
by Mikey Brown
Sandydragon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:37 pm
I thought I’d seen it all until the latest from North Carolina hit the news. WTAF?
The electoral register? The coastal housing falling in to the sea? That guy being executed while many still think there's little evidence?
Which thing are you talking about?
Re: America
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:18 am
by Stom
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:09 am
Sandydragon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:37 pm
I thought I’d seen it all until the latest from North Carolina hit the news. WTAF?
The electoral register? The coastal housing falling in to the sea? That guy being executed while many still think there's little evidence?
Which thing are you talking about?
Lol, yeah. I took at look at US news, and I was like: well, there's 100 shocking things here, but none of them are really that shocking for the US...
Re: America
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 1:38 pm
by J Dory
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/podc ... apped.html
For profit mental health facilities lock people away against their will and hold them as long as possible using court delays to milk insurance profits at 2.5k per day. Scary shit.
Re: America
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 1:39 pm
by Puja
Stom wrote: ↑Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:18 am
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:09 am
Sandydragon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:37 pm
I thought I’d seen it all until the latest from North Carolina hit the news. WTAF?
The electoral register? The coastal housing falling in to the sea? That guy being executed while many still think there's little evidence?
Which thing are you talking about?
Lol, yeah. I took at look at US news, and I was like: well, there's 100 shocking things here, but none of them are really that shocking for the US...
The Trump approved governor candidate who it was revealed posted on the forums of a porn site, describing himself as a "Black Nazi" and being in favour of the return of slavery because he'd like to own a few?
Puja
Re: America
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 1:50 pm
by Puja
Text version here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/busi ... apped.html
That is *terrifying*. As someone who does have problems with his brain, that has hit me wrong in a thousand places. It's like Black Mirror levels of capitalism gone wrong.
Puja
Re: America
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 8:28 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
Hope Wes Streeting doesn't read this. He may get some ideas.
Re: America
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:13 am
by Mikey Brown
Seems like this round of debate was much less exciting. Doesn't look like Walz went particularly hard at Vance, and notably allowed him to keep repeating this completely disingenuous idea that Trump earnestly called for peaceful protests on January 6th. Vance's rhetorical tricks looked pretty transparent from the little I've seen but he was certainly a lot more composed and eloquent than Donny.
Dull stuff. 4/10
Re: America
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 12:34 pm
by Mikey Brown
Mmm. Maybe this upgrades it to a 5/10.
Re: America
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 6:16 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:13 am
Seems like this round of debate was much less exciting. Doesn't look like Walz went particularly hard at Vance, and notably allowed him to keep repeating this completely disingenuous idea that Trump earnestly called for peaceful protests on January 6th. Vance's rhetorical tricks looked pretty transparent from the little I've seen but he was certainly a lot more composed and eloquent than Donny.
Dull stuff. 4/10
Yeah. I only watched the first question and some highlights (coz I wanted to retain the will to live).Vance talked utter garbage at times but was the more polished of the two. Walz was less effective than I'd expected, and the debate as a whole was more civil. Don't think it will change anything.
Re: America
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 10:16 pm
by cashead
VP debates are always like this. I don't know why anyone expected different.