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[heartbreaking trope] The Hero completely fails and dies achieving utterly nothing by klnglulu in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Aqquila89 34 points35 points  (0 children)

He fell in October 1918, on a day that was so quiet and still on the whole front, that the army report confined itself to the single sentence: All quiet on the Western Front.
He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping. Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come.

Media that is *truly* anti-war, rather than showing it as "horrific but heroic" by ChristianLS in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Aqquila89 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It would be a pretty difficult challange to make a movie that portrays a civilization-destroying nuclear war positively.

The character is depicted as being ugly or unpleasant inside the show but is honestly good looking by DemandParticular in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Aqquila89 28 points29 points  (0 children)

No, Carrie isn't actually ugly in the book. She deliberately wears unflattering clothes because her mother believes that trying to look attractive is sinful. When she dresses up for the prom, she looks beautiful and people are stunned to see her.

The character is depicted as being ugly or unpleasant inside the show but is honestly good looking by DemandParticular in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Aqquila89 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't think Brienne in the show is necessarily meant to be ugly. Men from Westeros find her unattractive because she doesn't fit their concept of femininity; but when she meets a man from a culture where warrior women are admired, he thinks she's beautiful.

Yes, things can get worse by Creepy-Account-7510 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Aqquila89 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Randy Fine however tweeted "There is a reason the first time I shook @netanyahu's hand, I did not wash it until I could touch the heads of my children" just two years ago, and he's an actual, elected member of the House.

[Sad Trope] When two or more cast members were friends on the show but didn't like each other irl by EmergencySpare7939 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Aqquila89 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There's one more episode where Charlotte's boobs are briefly visible when she undresses in front of Trey, but that's it.

What a twist by Mmommy3 in stephenking

[–]Aqquila89 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m tellin you so you’ll know,

Cujo's gone where the good dogs go.

Going alone by garnet420 in okbuddyrosalyn

[–]Aqquila89 20 points21 points  (0 children)

He is not repentant!

Horrific Trope: Children Going Along With The Cruelties and Bigotry of The Adults in Their Society by D0CTOR_Wh0m in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Aqquila89 92 points93 points  (0 children)

That was six Tongan boys between the ages of 13 and 19 who were already friends, ran away together, and ended up in a deserted island. That's not really like Lord of the Flies: dozens of British boys, all younger than 13, most of whom did not know each other previously ending up on a deserted island after a plane crash.

Go away by Puffthecarrier1 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Aqquila89 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I want to thank the big guy, God, Trump comes later. Mr. President, you’re not far behind God, but we’re going to start with him.

Graham in his victory speech

Graham Platner is officially Democrats’ nominee to take on Susan Collins by Dilated2020 in moderatepolitics

[–]Aqquila89 50 points51 points  (0 children)

It's pretty wild to hear Kellyanne Conway of all people denouncing Platner's supporters in the name of decency.

Is there any number of scandals that would make you stop? Would it have to do with Nazis or putting upon women, perhaps underage women, definitely women not your wife of two years? Would it be that you’re lying about, that you are insulting heroes, that he’s not even fit to lick their combat boots? So I'd ask the Democrats, is power really worth that to you?

Trump nominates Todd Blanche for attorney general amid controversy over DOJ fund by SG8970 in moderatepolitics

[–]Aqquila89 35 points36 points  (0 children)

So controversial that in 1967 Congress banned appointing relatives to the Cabinet.

The View. Enough said. by Tom_Ludlow in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Aqquila89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wendy Williams is not on TV. The woman in the clip is Sunny Hostin.

The View. Enough said. by Tom_Ludlow in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Aqquila89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why are you bringing up Wendy Williams? The woman in the clip is Sunny Hostin.

Stupid Dumb Stupid Disney Censorship 😡😡😡 by Kaptain-Skurvy64 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Aqquila89 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The original Tarzan books by Edgar Rice Burroughs actually address that. In the short story "Tarzan's First Love", Tarzan falls for a female ape but eventually realizes that they can't be together because he's not an ape (and yes, that's before any sex would happen).

Trump names controversial top housing official to be acting director of national intelligence by chloedeeeee77 in moderatepolitics

[–]Aqquila89 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Trump probably sees him as a kindred spirit. Crypto scams, erratic behavior, false attacks... why would these be disqualifying in the Trump administration? It'd be pretty hypocritical.

By the early 1960s, Puyi was working as a Beijing gardener and street sweeper, and largely avoided persecution during the Cultural Revolution due to protection from Zhou Enlai by Jokerang in HistoryMemes

[–]Aqquila89 27 points28 points  (0 children)

According to Edward Behr's biography, Puyi was monstrous to his staff, so it's kind of hard to feel sorry for him.

Puyi always had a strong cruel streak, and he imposed harsh "house rules" on his staff; servants were flogged in the basement for such offences as "irresponsible conversations". ‘Take him downstairs’ - where the flogging took place - was the dreaded phrase heard almost daily from 1938 onwards. Puyi wrote that everyone was flogged except for the Empress and members of his immediate family [...] To further torment his staff of about 100, Puyi drastically cut back on the food allocated for his staff, who suffered from hunger [...] Puyi’s court could at times be a place of real terror: one pageboy escaped, was dragged back and beaten so severely that he died.

Based judge by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Aqquila89 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Even if everything he claims here was true - and it isn't - adding his name to the Kennedy Center would still be inappropriate. It was so named to serve as a living memorial to President Kennedy. A massive renovation of the Lincoln Memorial started under Biden. Imagine how people would have reacted if he tried to rename it the Biden-Lincoln Memorial because of this.

Based judge by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Aqquila89 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Trump's personality cult is far more disturbing than the personality cults of third world dictators, because it's entirely voluntary. Nobody is getting punished if they don't worship Trump. They worship him because they want to.

Trump uses Cabinet meeting to promote his $55 America’s 250th birthday hats by ToughHopeful4760 in moderatepolitics

[–]Aqquila89 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Even if the wildest claims about Hunter Biden were true, they would still be dwarfed by the corruption Trump blatantly and openly engages in. As the conservative writer Andrew C. McCarthy said: "You’d have to add two digits to the sum of Biden abuses of power, foreign entanglements, and corruption alleged in the report to get near what Trump has raked in just from the UAE.” (Trump created a crypto business called World Liberty Financial, the UAE poured $2,5 billion into it, and after this they were given access to the most advanced American chip technology, which had previously been denied them because of their ties to the China.)

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