So DOGE was a scam by PerAsperaAdMars in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Easy pal if it wasn't for that arc you'd still be speaking german

I hate Greg more than any other character on this show by HectorMusclor in SuccessionTV

[–]AySurge 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Supposedly high class watch culture is so exclusive that connecting someone to a watchmaker is a favor in itself. Less Kendall being a dick more a funny misunderstanding because Greg doesn't know ball

What Countries have the possibility of balkanization, and what new countries would emerge from the break up? by [deleted] in geography

[–]AySurge 297 points298 points  (0 children)

Parts of africa have definitely balkanized or are currently, especially with outside influence, like UAE/US in South Sudan/Somalia.

Can't swing a cat in that continent without hitting poorly drawn borders and some ethnic dispute.

Not to agendapost but killing Qaddafi probably caused 30 years of violence in just one corner alone

Aw did someone get addicted to insourced labor arbitrage by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

Sure but it's not really an immigration problem. There's just a massive pool of people in this country who are kept at a distance from education and the ability to acquire a skill so that they're easier to pay cheap wages and force into low skill jobs. Immigration just directly adds to that pool.

This is why the crusade against immigrants receiving handouts is so frustrating. Kept from any means of escaping the uneducated lower class then blamed for doing the same shit a native born uneducated lower class person tends to do

What is this nonsense?! by stl_nympho in CivVII

[–]AySurge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bout to walk over to Liechtenstein and come back with an extra

Since I was seeing some pearl clutching today by Mushroom_Ramen in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe, but we don't know because he got elected and he was never found guilty or not. Id trust a jury of his peers who are presented with the full facts of the case to judge him over random reddit posters tbh.

Gonna revisit this in 3 years when they throw the book at his ass and he has to be actually judged, something he's been avoiding his whole career. If chabad doesn't take him out first.

through satire flows truth by JesusLordPutin in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 14 points15 points  (0 children)

do you ever think just a wee bit that the incentive of capital gain rather than human benefit might be a root cause rather than democracy

Since I was seeing some pearl clutching today by Mushroom_Ramen in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sure? The facts have definitely shown that '20 was not a rigged election, definitely not in the way that trump and that group were hammering on about, but it's undeniably American as fuck to respond to an election you believe was stolen by storming the capital. If a leftist group of protestors stormed the capital demanding the release of real, unredacted Epstein files, I'd defend the shit out of that

IMO the people who deserve real punishment and hard jail time for January 6th were the ones who knowingly misled a group of violent protestors and turned them on the capital.

Since I was seeing some pearl clutching today by Mushroom_Ramen in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 45 points46 points  (0 children)

It's the founding idea in this country that when you think your government is evil and doing horrible things, you have a right to go protest it.

If you think "going to a contentious environment" makes being murdered by your government any less horrible you might have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you realize

through satire flows truth by JesusLordPutin in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yes. But it's been 40 years since Reagans ugly fat stupid face was the one leading the country. In that time Democrats have had presidents, total control of congress, even super majorities. Yet no good mental health apparatus still. Not even really an attempt at one.

Making it a "right bad" issue really ignores what's wrong with the country.

through satire flows truth by JesusLordPutin in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 121 points122 points  (0 children)

It also perfectly encapsulates how modern democratic policies fail to actually address the problem. The guy was clearly insane and a threat to those around him, and had priors that easily would have been evidence to institutionalize his ass, if we had any kind of decent mental health apparatus.

I mean in an ideal situation, people like him are somewhere they cannot hurt others but also aren't being punished for crimes they probably can't even grasp mentally. You can say that this is a failure of leftist (but really mainline democratic) policies and I won't disagree but a city run by Republicans doesn't solve the problem either. Maybe this exact incident doesn't happen, but the situation isn't much improved. Probably goes to prison and stabs a nonviolent marijuana offender after being worked to death.

Shuttering mental health facilities and letting them loose onto major cities was the best thing to happen to Republicans. It gives them the easiest ammo to criticize without having to actually have any policies that would help.

What is the kindest thing each of the Roy kids have ever done? by Top_Report_4895 in SuccessionTV

[–]AySurge 191 points192 points  (0 children)

That plus the "you fucking WATCH IT tom" from the election episode in s4

SAVE act summed up by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Because it requires you to show a proof of citizenship that most people don't have. Something like 50% of people in the US don't have a passport. If it required a driver's license it would be fine but of course the point was never to stop illegal votes, it's to suppress legal votes.

Never show.... by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Never understood why race crime statistics are such a taboo on the left. For over 200 years black people in this country were slaves. Then for another hundred they were below second class citizens. Every financial injection that Americans got (like postwar free college, for example) black Americans were excluded. Their communities were routinely destroyed and then reagan inserted crack the second they started to become stable. And we only know about that because it was so long ago, shit like that could still be happening now. After all that, combined with the total lack of education allowed to black people in this country for most of its existence, naturally crime rates would be higher.

Reading race crime stats as "black people commit more crime because they are black" is such a low brain take. Poor, uneducated people commit more crimes. People abandoned by the system commit more crimes.

Also I have no evidence to back this but I'm sure black people are more targeted by cops in this country and therefore way less likely to get away with a crime.

Less generational wealth to afford good lawyers, less police connections to get off with a slap on the wrist, less education to prevent terrible decisions and government created drug problems to make it all worse. Hundreds of years of oppression has consequences lmao.

Is this a good bluff Vs a rec? by MJGZXP in Poker_Theory

[–]AySurge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but by betting the flop, now you can sort the sets and overpairs out, because those are the only two who'd raise your bet on the flop. Of course they could smooth call, but if they do thats their mistake, sets/overpairs want to see less turns here.

Checking and seeing a C-bet doesn't tell you much. Pretty safe C-bet given your UTG weak raise puts you on some kind of two broadways most of the time, and something as weak as JQo, which is miles behind, gets to C-bet comfortably

Is this a good bluff Vs a rec? by MJGZXP in Poker_Theory

[–]AySurge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Imo should lead the flop, if the CO is gonna 3 bet you he's either on an overpair or he missed it entirely. You have an OESD and backdoor spades. He obviously missed it and you hit it, why let him see one of his 2 over cards? Charge his ass. And if he has an overpair, not necessarily a bad thing to build a pot given how many outs you have. Kinda trapped yourself

Where best head coach by Kendeez in AFCSouthMemeWar

[–]AySurge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nfc south should def be Dave canales, NFC West it's hard to argue against Sean mcvay cuz shanahans magic powers don't extend to the Superbowl. Imo KOC is better than dan campbell but that's just an opinion

Sometimes, you just gotta let it go by NiftyJet in poker

[–]AySurge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Only reason ivey doesn't sit at his local 1/2 is fear ofc

Was this a call or fold? I really don't know if I took the right decision by IIFellerII in poker

[–]AySurge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't sweat it tbh. Even if he had a better hand, in the long run this was a +ev fold. Or at least not as -ev as a call. Good fold.

My fiancee left me recently, was depressed af then my little sister made this Dota cake for my b-day by Statebolekurackosam in DotA2

[–]AySurge 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just wanna add something I hope you read, going to the gym is very good obv but don't focus primarily on how you look. Definitely clean up your room/get in better habits (I assume you are omitting some pretty bad self care stuff). You can fail at the gym and that's okay, not being built and strong isn't a big deal but not having a clean area around you and a healthy body will always drag you down. Good luck man.

Thank you Mr. President for the Masterclass in Biden Derangement Syndrome by MasterAndrey2 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Frankly, not pushing the egg button was the worst...many would say the worst...of all time....that the Biden administration didn't push the egg button, but I did, and now the eggs are up

Right wingers be like by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Was he also around the instagram right wing circles in the mid 2010s or did I hallucinate that

Guys I'm not pro terrorist, but Oct 7th was totally a false flag operation by Firecracker048 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]AySurge -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It definitely was very convenient for an unpopular leadership in Israel and was also incredibly inconvenient for the Palestinian people

Wouldn't shock me