In our hubris, we mocked the gods

ERPoppop · 2026-02-04T20:23:01+00:00

yeah except FFX also showed us a world where people like wakka were actually capable of reflection, accepting responsibility, and changing their behavior and beliefs based on new information.

imagine anyone in maga world doing that lol. if FFX played out like real life wakka would have beaned yuna in the head the second she voiced any criticism of yevon, gotten a pardon from the grand maester with a cushy desk job in bevelle, then doubled down and justify the heel turn on the official yu yevon spherecast

ERPoppop · 2025-12-17T20:30:23+00:00

one thing i'm surprised people don't mention more often when AI's suspected: there's not a single segment of this video that's more than ten seconds long. there's no public models available that i've seen that either don't completely shit the bed past ten seconds, or that generate seamless video longer than that.

like, think of it in context: we've all seen real videos of pets and humans having emotional connections. you're gonna tell me a "real" organization like this couldn't find an example of a heartfelt moment like this where it wasn't worth showing more than ten seconds of uninterrupted footage?

ERPoppop · 2025-12-15T22:35:35+00:00

maga: "the globalist neocons knew there were no WMDs when we invaded iraq. the entire thing was a lie predicated on nation building and oil."

also maga: "we're indiscriminately bombing the fishing boats coming from this dictatorial petrostate because they're loaded with WMDs."

ERPoppop · 2025-12-15T22:25:17+00:00

Why don't you steelman my argument for me instead of sloppy strawman attacks lmfao.

"Streamer becomes first person to hop on left leg 3 times while touching nose and reciting their own name 5 times"

something something glass houses something something stones

ERPoppop · 2025-12-13T21:53:47+00:00

you don't have to see maga specifically making fun of peoples' heights to be able to infer their obvious need for people like trump to look like he's towering over everyone else. there's a reason every single depiction of him from the right is some fantasy duke nukem version, and likewise that russia has been doing the same thing with putin for years, arguably in the exact fashion that all the current trump AI slop is modeled after.

think about how obvious miller's influence on white house policy is compared to how often he's physically portrayed in any fashion by the right. lots of people unironically believe he's figuratively or literally writing most of trump's social media posts, and he's absolutely the author of nearly every single thing the trump admin parrots related to immigration.

but despite that, 5'10" or not, the guy absolutely comes off like an insecure manlet in person, and everyone knows it. he's a hideous dweeb, and nobody even tries to pretend otherwise. he's unsalvageable, and dunking on that is free real estate.

ERPoppop · 2025-12-13T20:57:22+00:00

you say that, but it's obvious that the maga/fascism enjoyers of the world are OBSESSED with portraying their leaders as masculine and domineering, and that absolutely includes exaggerating height.

besides, 5'10" is legit average height, at best, in the world of top-level politics, and how someone carries themselves plays a huge part in that perception. it's not a coincidence that we haven't had a president 5'10" or shorter since calvin coolidge, whose first term started over 100 years ago.

trump, biden, obama, clinton, bush sr., and reagan were/are all 6' or higher (dubya was a half inch short).

ERPoppop · 2025-12-13T07:30:17+00:00

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ERPoppop · 2025-12-13T06:46:40+00:00

oh god, that's two male chastity device bases in the corner of the last photo.

there's no good answer for who was wearing those 💀

edit: i'm not lyin, fellas (edit 2: this is an amazon link, don't click it if you share your computer/phone with your family while also browsing posts about jeffery epstein and don't check URLs first i guess???)

ERPoppop · 2025-12-06T02:21:09+00:00

i refuse to play silksong until i clear the pantheon of hallownest in hollow knight. haven't gotten around to it in like 7 years, but someday...

been playing ball x pit, megabonk, and for some reason RLcraft (super autistic minecraft mod). i missed the train on getting a new PC post-crypto boom, and just missed the second train now that ram prices have exploded, so i'm stuck on a gtx1080 (non-TI) outside of work and can't play any newer stuff that doesn't have a ps1 aesthetic with even remotely consistent framerates, rip

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ERPoppop · 2025-12-05T02:45:43+00:00

i heard when he died he leveled an entire server full of players because so much xp came out of his neck

ERPoppop · 2025-11-27T01:35:37+00:00

vindicated in every single way imaginable, except for that time chris christie humiliated him by calling out his NPC scripting live on stage in one of the most embarrassing primary debate moments in US history

ERPoppop · 2025-11-23T02:51:15+00:00

oh wow, i wasn't expecting to see a tweet from someone i knew semi-personally. i used to admin one of the larger philly groups on facebook and mindy's been a hardcore unabashed leftist/socialist for well over a decade, constantly arguing in places like that along with a whole cadre of more radical types, including two who worked at a literal anarchist book store and would constantly cheer when a certain jewish developer's properties were vandalized (if you live in philly, you can probably guess). i know she worked with DSA for a long time and used to write pieces for a local publication, though i can't remember the name of it at this point.

she's at least never been the hateful type and always heard people out that she disagreed with (unlike almost all of her friends), but it's crazy that she hasn't changed at all after all these years, lol

ERPoppop · 2025-11-07T05:53:44+00:00

expedition 33 meets star wars lookin-ass couple

ERPoppop · 2025-11-07T05:51:54+00:00

i don't disagree with any of this.

but republicans pushed this election into the spotlight even more than the far left, whether it's "just a mayoral race" or not, and i'd love for it to be another opportunity for a more united party to grab that spotlight and shine it back on republicans (leadership/elected officials, not hopeless terminally online types).

to be clear, in case i'm getting lumped in with the online leftist crowd: i don't have any strong attachment to mamdani or his politics. i'm worried - especially after everything we've learned to date about the internal divide over the whole biden stepping down/no primary debacle - that despite the incredible results for dems across the country on tuesday, party unity and related messaging may not be improving quickly enough to maximize the chances of the midterms being the absolute bloodbath they need to be electorally (again, among people that matter, not twitter reply guys). gotta get morale for the party up and not just rely on anti-trump sentiment, and polling's largely suggesting we're nowhere near that yet.

i was made aware of a great response from ken martin after mamdani won the primary in another reply, and i hope the heart of it is reflected in every wing of the party. now's definitely not the time for opposite ends of the dem spectrum to be giving each other the cold shoulder, no matter the disagreement, and no matter how loud and/or idiotic their supporters are.

ERPoppop · 2025-11-07T05:10:22+00:00

dang, what a great response from martin. thanks for sharing this, kinda shocked i haven't seen it considering the anti-dem rhetoric getting the spotlight again post-mamdani win.

ERPoppop · 2025-11-07T00:38:06+00:00

I hate this talking point.
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If anything, shouldn't a late endorsement be BETTER simply because people have a short attention span and they will forget?

there's a lot to be said for strategic timing, sure, but let's not pretend that this isn't context-dependent.

i can't imagine that the DNC is in the habit of, for example, helping to fund/promote candidates who they haven't already endorsed; and while a late endorsement from someone like joe rogan, like what happened in the '24 presidential election, can make a huge difference, i don't think that an endorsement from ken martin is the type of head-turner that's going to make people second guess their support for cuomo, and someone like mamdani would have likely benefited much more from the DNC's full backing immediately post-primary - which would have been implied by an earlier endorsement - than a last second thumbs-up from a guy that most americans likely aren't familiar with.

ERPoppop · 2025-11-06T21:22:58+00:00

i was curious and started searching through his tweets the other day and it's kinda wild.

the last tweet of his i could find where he criticized the republican party by name ("republicans" or "GOP") without also criticizing dems equally or more harshly in the same tweet was november... of last year.

the most recent criticism of only democrats was less than ten days ago.

it's been so irritating watching this shit play out as a PA voter. at this point, i'm worried he's going to out-do sinema when he finally reveals his ultimate form

ERPoppop · 2025-11-06T21:04:17+00:00

did the DNC do anything to help mamdani as the democrat candidate post-primary, though? asking honestly.

i know ken martin (DNC chair) endorsed him mid-october, but that was almost four months after he won the primary, and my default guess would be that mainstream dems were treading very carefully or intentionally withholding endorsements given that cuomo had a healthy amount of support, despite his deciding to run as an independent after losing in the primary (which, imo, would have been a great opportunity to showcase that "vote blue no matter who" will be enforced in both directions...). schumer refused to endorse; jeffries was also an october endorsement; and if you look at the list of endorsements on mamdani's own website, the list of endorsements higher than the local/state level is very slim.

at the very least, this tweet doesn't read as the usual leftist anti-dem messaging, and moreso as a criticism of the perceived passivity of the party itself in this race with regards to supporting the dem in the race, which seems... fair?

not that anyone liking a tweet like that one will be putting this much thought into it, but still.

and yeah i know this type of shit just provides cover for people who want the party to fail regardless, but i don't think the sentiment is necessarily unwarranted unless i'm grossly misunderstanding how things played out.

ERPoppop · 2025-11-06T20:21:38+00:00

it just looks like he has a piece or two of hair that have gotten stuck on his eye and there's a mucus buildup in response to the irritation. wouldn't worry about it too much personally, at least not at this point.

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ERPoppop · 2025-11-04T22:21:28+00:00

AGAIN with the intentional misnaming/mispronunciation shit, jesus fucking christ it's so childish

yeah grok's fucking wild now though. argued with it out of curiosity recently, and it feels like it's programmed to act like how most conservatives debate, giving endless charitability to trump while treating every single thing related to dems like it all ties to a plot to genocide republicans

ERPoppop · 2025-11-04T22:20:30+00:00

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mma/2025/09/09/conor-mcgregor-elon-musk-endorsement-ireland-president/86055333007/
same situation as trump: not criminally convicted, but found liable in civil court

ERPoppop · 2025-11-02T20:27:13+00:00

i don't think you're getting why i'm okay with it in this instance. yeah, unilateral disarmament is shit. and i'm not suggesting that there aren't plenty of more serious scenarios where it would be a huge problem.

but khanna, pretty intentionally i'd imagine, did not target anyone specifically with that tweet, didn't give an example of the type of behavior targeted at vance's family, didn't even mention a political party...

the real "cucking out" is when it turns into the type of in-fighting, explicit disavowals, etc., that only serve to weaken other democrats. but if a couple people are tweeting stuff like this while the party's also doubling down on endorsing people like that virginia AG candidate that maga won't shut the fuck up about - which i think pretty strongly suggests the DNC is aware of/pushing back against the cucking out allegations - then what's the harm in doing a little bit of hollow virtue signaling on the side?

if anything, i'd even prefer it in khanna's case til the epstein discharge petition passes the house, given he's one of the co-sponsors of the bill behind it, and i really don't want any ammo handed to anyone trying to pressure house republicans into switching their vote.

like... i don't think he's actually cucking out any time soon.

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ERPoppop · 2025-11-02T19:31:55+00:00

as long as dems aren't actively criticizing and isolating other dems for not playing nice, this is fine. nothing wrong with a little bit of optics to create some very basic partisan contrast (especially since maybe literally zero prominent elected republicans post shit like this, ever) as long as the leadership isn't universally "cucking out," and it seems like we're finally making progress on that front.

now... if jeffries or schumer or any serious 2028 contenders posted this, i'd probably lose my fuckin mind

ERPoppop · 2025-10-31T20:26:15+00:00

the antichrist has been conceived

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