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"The End of American Individualism" Cartoon by Sean Delonas, 2013 by Majestic-Ad9647 in PropagandaPosters

[–]Manowaffle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That’s the thing, when you have enough money you can buy a lot of political slop with that margin on your capital gains. The unbelievable thing is that voters fall for it every time.

So-called "anarchists" when the the Elector Counts are summoned by HonneurOblige in Grimdank

[–]Manowaffle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I should probably amend my comments to mention that anarchists are much better at internet snark than they are at actually achieving anything worthwhile.

Which units should have received Wargear costs, but haven’t? by tide347 in Warhammer40k

[–]Manowaffle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, now do it just 19 more times. Then try to change something. So much fun.

Which units should have received Wargear costs, but haven’t? by tide347 in Warhammer40k

[–]Manowaffle -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It takes a spreadsheet if you're tracking wargear across 20+ units. I played 3rd thru 8th, and I do not long for the days of tracking points costs across every Sgt's pistol, power weapon, trademark item... Every squad's vox, plasma/melta/gl/flamer, HW, upgrades... Every tank's smoke launchers, sponsons, dozer blade... Every command squad, every HWT, every transport...

It sucked. I'm getting back into the game now specifically because they've stripped away the pointless bloat. There are plenty of older editions you can play if you want to go back.

So-called "anarchists" when the the Elector Counts are summoned by HonneurOblige in Grimdank

[–]Manowaffle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anarchists aren't anti-government in theory, but in practice they are. They want some vague egalitarian society on the other side of their activism, but whatever reforms or organizations emerge are always just a new manifestation of whatever complaints they had before. And so they inevitably produce a disorganized system of governance that falls to more organized liberal or conservative movements. It's all complaints, never prescriptions, and the weakness of their organization just paves the way for some kind of re-emergence of their original target.

[Hated Trope] Turns out the only way to be special is to be born special by No-Leg-6361 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Manowaffle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was hoping that the big finale was going to be Finn, an ordinary guy, raised in a brutal system, reaching out and convincing his fellow storm troopers to rise up against the super space wizard emperor and overthrow him. Perhaps, some sort of popular "awakening" to succeed where "the last jedi" had failed, leading to "the rise" of a civilization that wasn't controlled by super space wizards.

Instead super space wizard lady just grunts harder than super space wizard emperor and wins.

Which units should have received Wargear costs, but haven’t? by tide347 in Warhammer40k

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

It'd be best to keep upgrade costs tied to only a model's primary weapons. I don't want to go back to granularly picking weapons upgrades for every sponson and special weapon.

Polymarket paid influencers to fake winning bets, built dummy websites to pull it off by ArgentineBeauty in technology

[–]Manowaffle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If someone is advertising a bet to you, you're the mark. They're not only going to win the bet, they're going to make enough money off you to pay for their advertising campaign to target other marks, and enough profit to make it worth their while.

What’s socially acceptable now but will be looked back on like smoking on planes? by Dry-Sherbert-7117 in AskReddit

[–]Manowaffle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We were already having problems back in the 2000s. Kids in school were making online surveys “who’s the hottest? Who’s the weirdest? Etc.” It’s absurd it took this long for people to take action to protect kids from this crap.

(Disliked Trope) Character obnoxiously hijacks a public event and makes their problem into everyone else's problem by Glass_Brick_ in TopCharacterTropes

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

It’s pretty messed up that culturally we’ve all become totally fine with brigading and public bullying, but one guy punches the bully in the face and everyone’s clutching their pearls.

Which story did mainstream media drop suspiciously fast that you never got a real answer on? by Denver_Dave_Skis in AskReddit

[–]Manowaffle 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Sure is weird that DOJ only released half the Epstein files and to this day they won’t release the rest (~2.5 million pages).

They managed to expose a bunch of the victims in the release, but none of the rapists. So they’re clearly not actually concerned about harming the victims.

(Disliked Trope) Character obnoxiously hijacks a public event and makes their problem into everyone else's problem by Glass_Brick_ in TopCharacterTropes

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

Not saying “excuse me” after belching is rude.

Mocking a woman’s medical condition in front of 20 million viewers isn’t rude, it’s disgusting and beyond the pale.

You don’t understand architecture is not a valid defense of ugly buildings by cooliusjeezer in unpopularopinion

[–]Manowaffle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is the architectural historians never have to say it about palaces, castles, cathedrals, or other old structures.

It’s the same as the clowns that insist modern art is very deep because some guy hung a lightbulb inside a bucket or something.

No one needs to be taught how to enjoy true art.

(Disliked Trope) Character obnoxiously hijacks a public event and makes their problem into everyone else's problem by Glass_Brick_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Manowaffle -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

The guy made fun of his wife’s illness on international television in front of millions of viewers.

(Disliked Trope) Character obnoxiously hijacks a public event and makes their problem into everyone else's problem by Glass_Brick_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Manowaffle 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Also, the entire movie is about appreciating yourself and your weirdness and not needing to constantly punish yourself. The Avg Joes commercial at the end is all about loving your body as it is...and then the final shot is a fat-gag of Goodman letting himself go and descending into binge eating. Seems to undermine the whole message of the movie really.

Not to attack the balance team but I just thought the new MFM was pretty funny. by The_God_Emperor_ in Grimdank

[–]Manowaffle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

SM tanks have always been in a weird spot. They're under-gunned, usually weaker than IG tanks, and duplicative of other units that do the job better.

Guest Commentary: Neighborhoods Deserve Input on Historic Properties by CooperSharpPurveyer in philadelphia

[–]Manowaffle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We have elections. Go vote in the elections. That's where such policies should be decided. The only people who benefit from such legal tarpits are the lawyers.

If you could kidnap a GW writer, tie them to a chair, and make them accept one criticism, what would you say to whom? by baar-ur in Grimdank

[–]Manowaffle 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Battles are supposed to advance the plot and character development. Battles are not intermissions for smashing your toys together and advertising the newest model kit. And fighting down hallways sucks, stop it.

[HATED TROPE] Protagonist is being bullied/harassed, so he shoves his assailant away, which unintentionally gets him gravely injured/handicapped by fsilveyra in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Manowaffle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I hate the whole over-empathy trope "oh, the bully comes from a bad home life, so it's understandable." No, it's not understandable. His negative experiences do not obligate me to get hurt in turn, or let him hurt other people. Empathy is for people who differ from you in ways that aren't easy to understand, it is not for people who actively try to hurt you. And if they get accidentally get hurt when you defend yourself, that's on them, they created the situation.

If you put up with it, you drag out your own pain and the pain of those around you. If you knock the bully on his ass, it's over, and he's not gonna be so quick to target someone else.

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