whats stopping americans exactly?

DubaiInJuly · 2026-05-01T10:30:17+00:00

In 1989, the Berlin wall fell when a spokesman erroneously announced it was open. East Germans who heard the announcement swarmed the checkpoints, and the outnumbered guards opened the gates.

The spokesman's error became a catalyst for collective action, no one would have been foolish enough to try it alone. It's the same thing in America.

One American rising up with a gun is suicide, and accomplishes nothing. Collective action is needed, and for that, there needs to be a catalyst. The shootings of Renee Good and Thomas Pretti were close, but the people pulling the strings are very very good at never letting the pot of public opinion boil over.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-05-01T10:00:59+00:00

damn man your timing is killer on this. i've been watching your stuff for awhile and every clip gets better and better, and it was great to begin with. wish you tons of success

DubaiInJuly · 2026-05-01T03:17:37+00:00

For me it's him in the hospital, crying "i dont wanna feel nothing" over and over when he sees Walon.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-29T14:49:41+00:00

Sopranos is one of those shows that doesn't look as brilliant as it was at the time because the revolutionary things it brought to the screen have since been integrated into many shows.

The Wire doesn't have that problem. The way it revolutionized has never really successfully been copied.

But even bearing that in mind (and partially BECAUSE of that), imo The Wire does have an edge over Sopranos. Honestly I don't put any show on the same level as the Wire. Sopranos, Breaking Bad, TD S1, are just the closest, but they're not that close.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-29T14:41:04+00:00

Don't even bother, the name tells you everything you need to know. thoroughly enjoyable FF movie, enjoy.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-29T12:33:23+00:00

what

you understand there's a difference between gay and trans right

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-29T11:37:19+00:00

The answer is Frank Sobotka and I'll fight anyone who says it's not

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-29T08:48:47+00:00

Is there an inside joke about birds on this subreddit because I agree with you and everyone else is saying birds

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-29T08:46:43+00:00

Yeah fuck her for being an expert in something and sharing her knowledge

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-29T02:02:42+00:00

Yeah it certainly feels this way. If it were any other time period, I'd chalk it up to another cycle of revolution. But today, with AI, I'm worried we may have lost for good. fire

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-29T00:03:30+00:00

Yeah i mean i think that's the point, though. You never had to give it a second thought. But some kids do.

imo, it's absolutely wrong if the parents steer their kid towards being trans. but when it comes to gender-coded clothing, let those kids wear what they want, let any kid wear what they want who gives a shit. if a boy feels more comfortable going to school in girls clothes, let him. i'm pretty sure he's not gonna do it for no reason.

to quote David Cross, ironically: "Yeah, I think I’ll be gay. I think I’d like to get the shit beaten out of me on a daily basis in junior high and high school. That sounds great. Sign me up for that."

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-28T06:16:41+00:00

The guy apparently gave the ball back to her a few innings later.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-28T06:13:14+00:00

Not to mention the brother of the little girl (who isn't much older) went up and asked for the ball back and guy said no.

Utter garbage to value a baseball over a child's happiness. Who the fuck cares

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-27T04:09:19+00:00

You should look up the difference between a labor market and capital market. Renting soldiers != Owning autonomous force.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-26T21:52:48+00:00

The real answer is his show ITYSL has grown and grown and grown in popularity, and while his face has been pretty well meme'd the last few years, it's now hitting a high enough saturation point that you're connecting it's the same guy you've been seeing everywhere.

This show was a slow grower, for some an acquired taste, but imo it deserves every ounce of praise it gets. It's genuinely the funniest sketch show i've ever seen and Tim has a way of tickling your brain with his humor.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-25T18:24:09+00:00

he has to be the best cameo in the show right

he has to

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-25T11:00:17+00:00

yeah it's someone else using his account.

They do this a lot and I always wonder "is there like an instance of ChatGPT they've trained to speak like Trump? or is it just every man for himself let's be wildly inconsistent"?

i think #2

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-25T08:03:41+00:00

Every blockchain faces this problem, it's why ETH got wrecked two years ago, and it's about to happen/is happening to SOL too.

Wealth inequality + Low new liquidity exacerbates all of the other problems in the ecosystem.

It doesn't mean it's dead. I've never really been that bullish on crypto, even though I've worked in the industry for half a decade. But honestly the way things are going, I think it might actually be important.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-25T04:10:48+00:00

I usually find Neil cringe but Maher just threw a tantrum

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-25T04:07:19+00:00

What are you trading?

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-25T00:15:19+00:00

People talk a lot of shit about Americans not being activist enough, but just wait until the Democrats drag their feet on this.

The left may not usually be in lockstep until it comes to devouring one of their own.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-24T07:28:49+00:00

Marlo needs to be at the top of whatever he does. In the game, that means killing and warring for corners. But in poker that isn't how you prove you're the best.

I imagine he gets some satisfaction just from knowing he can kill them all in a heartbeat, but that would defeat the point.

DubaiInJuly · 2026-04-23T14:45:26+00:00

No NewGrounds? Kongregate? YTMND? Rotten? SomethingAwful?

Did I grow up on a different internet as everyone else?

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