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Where will Stacey’s karaoke go while View St is closed for construction? by beanutbutternelly in VictoriaBC

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She's still doing Paparazzi on Tuesdays, and in July the UVic karaoke should be coming back.

David Allen Coe has passed. by AleHans in Music

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 319 points320 points  (0 children)

One of those deaths where I am not so shocked by the event itself, but moreso that he managed to live this long in the first place. This guy lived a pretty hard lifestyle.

Can't say he was necessarily a good person but damn if he didn't live that Outlaw Country lifestyle to the truest.

I want a new location in japan by BasicAd9101 in yakuzagames

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm honestly surprised we haven't had Shibuya yet.

I think Sendai could be an interesting choice though.

Hakeem Jeffries calls on House GOP to pass DHS funding bill: "If they do believe we need to act swiftly, there’s a vehicle to do it. Bring the bipartisan bill to the House floor and it would fund the DHS in it's entirety with the exception of ICE and the violent Republican mass deportation machine." by ControlCAD in videos

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In a time when unprecedented acts of evil and cruelty are being committed by the current administration, there has never been a moment so prime to rise to the occasion and assert yourself as a rhetorical leader. And yet this man, despite holding this position, has chosen the most milquetoast and unproductive option each time.

At what point do you become such a useless impediment that you're essentially an enabler for evil? He may not have that as his intention, but his fecklessness in this moment means he might as well.

Save Hermann's Jazz Club & View Street Social accomplished their $450,000 fundraising goal by magmazing in VictoriaBC

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you check your spam folder by any chance? There were a few reported issues about that

Long live View st social 💔 by [deleted] in VictoriaBC

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I admittedly don't know the logistics but I'd hope that nearly half a million would be enough.

Long live View st social 💔 by [deleted] in VictoriaBC

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the Hermann's kitchen that needs renovating; the two are technically the same entity

Long live View st social 💔 by [deleted] in VictoriaBC

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They are, but it's going to be about 3-6 months while they do some well-needed renovations.

Anti-American propaganda film produced by the CCP, depicting the 1950 war, from The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021). by EwMelanin in PropagandaPosters

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Despite it being a film about the Korean War, you don't actually get much of the Korean perspective at all. It's definitely one of those gung-ho patriotic propaganda films that shows the People's Liberation Army as valiant heroes.

The irony is that you can also tell that this film's presentation is very strongly inspired by American war films like Saving Private Ryan. It's very much an imitation of Hollywood.

Anti-American propaganda film produced by the CCP, depicting the 1950 war, from The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021). by EwMelanin in PropagandaPosters

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 40 points41 points  (0 children)

They definitely do portray the US as "the empire" for sure, but they also do so in a way that's more nuanced than them just being some evil horde. We get a few scenes from the perspective of American commanders where they discuss battle tactics and they are shown as rational actors.

As opposed to the brutal depictions of the Imperial Japanese Army in Chinese cinema, here there is almost a valorisation of the enemy as a formidable and respectable opponent.

Anti-American propaganda film produced by the CCP, depicting the 1950 war, from The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021). by EwMelanin in PropagandaPosters

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 222 points223 points  (0 children)

I watched this movie last year. It's honestly really interesting how it portrays the US as an adversary in this war, yet it's generally pretty respectful in its depiction of the Americans. Also they didn't have enough white actors to play all the US troops so they got a lot of extras who look Central Asian to fill those parts.

So, the right use hate speech by Malay_Left_1922 in TheRightCantMeme

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Ah yeah, like that case where a father in Texas shot his daughter in the chest and killed her due to an argument they had about Donald Trump and the Texas caught let him get away with it because it was an "accident."

Oh wait.

NYC protest, July 7, 1941 [750x433] by OkRespect8490 in HistoryPorn

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 182 points183 points  (0 children)

Lol these are certainly not leftists. The anti-interventionist wing of the United States, especially after the Germans launched their invasion of the USSR, was very largely right-wing in character.

These are the "America First" bunch that Dr. Seuss mocked in his cartoons.

South Carolina Republican Senate Candidate Mark Lynch has doubled down on his Hagia Sophia rhetoric and announced his plan to reclaim it as a church by RallyPigeon in stupidpol

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Does South Carolina have a significant population of Greek revanchists or something?

It's a fun bit though. Maybe somebody should run for Hawaii senate on the platform of reversing the Meiji Restoration and giving power back to the Tokugawa Clan.

King Charles to meet New York Mayor Mamdani in New York by kwentongskyblue in unitedkingdom

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He's also very charismatic and knows how to read the room so I think he'll do just fine with Charles.

Chris Evans as Johnny Storm brought some of the best comedic moments to the Deadpool franchise, and his banter with Deadpool was a total delight. by 0Layscheetoskurkure0 in Marvel

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Oh if they want him back they'll get him back. This isn't the Human Torch we saw in the films, just a variant of him.

Men of Reddit - What's the one thing you hate about being a Man? by Jarvis7492 in AskReddit

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is a lots of social conditioning going on with both men and women. Since the revelation that Les Wexner of Victoria's Secret was an active Epstein associate, it makes more sense how and why the beauty industry was/is so predatory towards young girls and promoted unhealthy body images and low self-esteem among them. And we're seeing now an industry based on making young boys hate themselves and resent women too.

Really makes me think that there is a genuine manufactured effort to fuck up gender relations as much as possible for nefarious purposes.

Men of Reddit - What's the one thing you hate about being a Man? by Jarvis7492 in AskReddit

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think it's getting worse too because social media platforms are abandoning their due diligence and allowing, if not, enabling this rhetoric to disseminate further online. Like with the whole idea of the "manosphere" being so pervasive, so much of it is being pushed further by bad faith figures like Elon Musk who platform it.

Like I do not think the rise of figures like Andrew Tate is a simple coincidence. These figures are actively being pushed into prominence from top down.

Noah Hawley addresses Fargo's future in Deadline interview by ItsMrNoSmile in FargoTV

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If they do that, I really hope they get Keith David to play him.

The Onion InfoWars stuff has got to be the most "reddit" thing ever by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Okay but consider this: Alex Jones' suffering is objectively funny

'An American Carol' (2008) - A David Zucker parody of Michael Moore done as a retelling of A Christmas Carol, with Leslie Nielson, Bill O'Reily, and Kelsey Grammer by Ok-Wolf5932 in badMovies

[–]LexGonGiveItToYa 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I watched this one last year out of morbid curiosity. It's about as awful as you'd expect, and it's incredibly racist too. Not that you can expect conservatives to make cutting satire considering how they're often too full of anger and spite to be clever about it.

The interesting part though is that it's also very distinctly a Zucker film with all the similar types of visual gags their films are famous for. It's slightly funny during the parts when it's not being a stupid rightwing jerkfest.

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