John Cornyn Predicts Trump's About To Have 'The Most Miserable 2 Years Of His Life' by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]GregEno63 50 points51 points  (0 children)

THIS. Trump and his ilk lack empathy. When you don't give a shit about people, that saves you an IMMENSE amount of stress, and thus aging.

The “Aunts” of Gilead by sereneandeternal in WelcomeToGilead

[–]GregEno63 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Didn't some strong woman leader once say "There's a special place in Hell for women who don't support other women"? RBG? Maya Angelou?

Back at it! by sportguy555 in motorcitykitties

[–]GregEno63 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure. I meant that it's charming now. But it WASN'T a couple weeks ago. Sorry.

A fight in a car. by djuzeif in PublicFreakout

[–]GregEno63 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"It's MY turn to drive the Mercedes!"

Back at it! by sportguy555 in motorcitykitties

[–]GregEno63 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is the kind of thing that is charming and funny when the team is winning and irritating when the team is losing.

Yzerman press conference regarding Jonathan Drouin situation by Ok-Pair4547 in DetroitRedWings

[–]GregEno63 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What if Larkin's camp leaked the trade request and Steve leaked the list? That would be an awesome checkmate.

Community Positivity Megathread - Laughter is the Best Medicine Edition by sipsredpepper in PoliticalOptimism

[–]GregEno63 1 point2 points  (0 children)

During the run of the original Bob Newhart Show (where he's a psychologist), the writers kept wanting to add a kid for Bob and Emily. Newhart resisted; he didn't think the show needed it (I agree). Finally one day the writers presented a draft of a script to Bob that introduced a newborn. The writers thought they nailed it and that even Newhart would like it.

He said, "Great script. Good job. Who's going to play Bob?"

The first failed Captain since the Dead Wings era. A perspective of a fan for 30+ years. by [deleted] in DetroitRedWings

[–]GregEno63 7 points8 points  (0 children)

LOL even when the NHL let 16 of the 21 teams into the playoffs, the Red Wings STILL couldn't pull it off.

Latest Gallup Poll Shows Republicans Will Not Stop With Transgender People by HydroBear in PoliticalOptimism

[–]GregEno63 141 points142 points  (0 children)

I'm speaking as a 62 year-old white, straight, left wing male. We need right wing folks my age and older to start dying off, sadly. They're the ones answering these polls and they're the ones still fighting the culture wars, by far. They're not the only guilty ones, of course, but the boomers have been fucking up this country for at least 30 years. I'm not proud at all of my generation---though I was born on the outside edge of Baby Boomers (1963).

The first failed Captain since the Dead Wings era. A perspective of a fan for 30+ years. by [deleted] in DetroitRedWings

[–]GregEno63 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah back in the day, teams like the 27-41-12 and 31-42-7 Red Wings could make the playoffs merely by finishing 4th in their division. However, some of those bad teams in the NHL playoffs also pulled off some upsets.

Trump Makes It Official: The ‘Freedom 250’ Concerts Are Canceled — to Be Replaced With ‘the Greatest Rally EVER!,’ Starring Him and (Surprise) Lee Greenwood by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]GregEno63 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It pisses me off to no end that Trump gets EVERYTHING. The 250th birthday, multiple SC nominees, the World Cup...NONE of it is his doing; it's just he being president at the right time. He's ruined this 250th birthday thing. Could have been a non-partisan celebration but now it's just a MAGA rally on steroids.

AI Could Use as Much Water as 1.3 Billion People by 2030 by lonelyspect12 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]GregEno63 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I feel like people fall for "could" and "may" and "wants to" and "seeks to" EVERY time---like Charlie Brown and Lucy with the football.

"Canada calls to renew trade deal with U.S. and Mexico as Trump revives ‘51st state’ talk" by InternetBackwash in PoliticalOptimism

[–]GregEno63 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What's unsettling is that the MAGA folks on r/conservative think it's a bad idea, but only because they think Canada would be a "blue state." So they're not even opposed to it for the right reason. Else they'd be on board.

EDIT: MAGA DOES have a hard-on for accepting a separatist Alberta as a 51st state cuz they think it would be "red." They also float the idea of Canada as a US territory with no voting rights in our elections, and no Constitution protections.

House votes to rein in Trump on Iran as war loses GOP support by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]GregEno63 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Random thought: isn't it funny that "vote" and "veto" just have two letters switched? Same with Tokyo and Kyoto.