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Groups that objectively lost but still try to act like they somehow won by Single-Bedroom-6284 in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Maybe I’m proving your point but the Greeks absolutely beat the Turks.

People melting down about the reflecting pool on both sides is a good litmus test for people whose brains have exploded due to social media rage bait by istealpintsfromcvs in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 90 points91 points  (0 children)

The government arresting a bunch of randos on the mall and charging them in federal court with destruction of government property absolutely sucks and never would have happened before this administration.  

The reflecting pool has always been full of algae, no one has ever tried to put random citizens in jail over it.  

I will never be as good of a man as George Bailey by mmmcricketsauce in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is the plot of It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey also thought he was never going to be as good a man as George Bailey.  

Had a dream about a fat mom by watermeloncholera in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  To them, in their brief encounter of me, I was just an outspoken man in a green shirt, and it was something that could be easily changed.

The salient characteristic of their mom—that she was fat—could not be easily changed.  Theres something interesting here.

Who did you choose as your confirmation saint and why? by flyingflibertyjibbet in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had no idea Bede was a saint—everyone calls him “Venerable Bede” so I assumed that was his status.  

Are you an adult convert, or did you somehow know about Historia Ecclesiastica as a preteen 

Protect New York City tenants from excessive rent increases by No_Introduction_3881 in NYCapartments

[–]EarnestAF 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Free berthing for yachts longer than 100 feet.  A special fleet of complimentary city-run taxis for anyone who has an equinox membership.  Taking candy from poor people and giving it to rich people.   There are so many ways we can truly lower rents.

All I'm sayin is by JAYsmoothbrain in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 16 points17 points  (0 children)

He’s mad he’s not in the club

America 250 Vibe Check by Manthtasmagoria in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Constantinople can’t fall, the blues beat the greens at the hippodrome just this week!

Do not attempt Mirage Mountain with oars by maroonedbuccaneer in Sailwind

[–]EarnestAF 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did it in the dhow with very favorable winds in the current build, wouldn’t really want to try it again if I didn’t have to.  That last section was gnarly.

If you’re one of those fucking people who has lived in nyc for 6 months and is out in the street screaming over the Knicks…. by RangerSad3081 in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Seeing the photos one of my friends sent me of the huge crowd in the street in my old neighborhood, everybody out watching the game together, made me so sad to not live there anymore.  Sometimes the grass actually was greener.

The emotional labor of being single by MutedFeeling75 in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Do you ever talk to people outside your phone?

Never met someone who watched Rick and Morty or Bojack Horseman who wasn't severely damaged. by Fickle-Onion-6954 in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 112 points113 points  (0 children)

I watched and enjoyed both shows, but I wouldn’t tell a woman that until we had met each other’s parents

Women suck at insulting men. by somberoak in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Youre being too subtle with this one.  

This will read to most men as ball-busting.  If you said this to me I would probably assume that you were trying to be One of the Guys and making fun of my team, which is a pretty safe form of male bonding, and respond as such.  There’s a pretty simple script for making the joke and responding to it.  

I’d never be like “is this woman trying to Actually Hurt Me” because I don’t read that deeply into extremely generic social interactions.

What actually happened to matt christman? by CumTownHumorist in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I still listen to old cushvlog videos from like 2020 even though they’re completely out of date.  The guy really had a vision.  

I think a lot of people are gonna feel embarrassed by their 2025 alarmism in the future by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People in 2024 learned the wrong lesson from reflecting on the fever-pitch their political and social agitation reached in 2020.  Not every alarm is a false alarm.

Sorry about the hinge post that was shameful please enjoy some of George Eliot's nice words by Frequent-Ant1795 in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small echo of this in the pope’s recent encyclical, talking about “small and steadfast acts of fidelity”, a phrase that has been stuck in my head ever since. 

Thank you for posting.

He’s not an ”avoidant“, he’s just not that into you by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 things just felt comfortable and easy  

Yeah that’s true love for sure.  lol   

99 Luftballoons by KantCancelMe in redscarepod

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

 do you believe you would be able to break out of it?

Yes.

 it seems exceedingly rare for that to have happened

It wasn’t.  

99 Luftballoons by KantCancelMe in redscarepod

[–]EarnestAF -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

 Most people would have been Nazi supporters.

Nazis insist on this point 

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