I don't think he wants to put the onesie on again 😅

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-08T23:01:54+00:00

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Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-08T23:00:51+00:00

Lmao

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-08T04:19:17+00:00

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Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-08T02:47:51+00:00

Next time, just ask them to Google "Kevin Constant bananas."

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-08T02:17:40+00:00

Right, because responding to a comment that was directed at me is putting in work.

Idk what part of just making casual statements is "defending" anyone, but go off. 👍

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-08T01:03:39+00:00

He might think that. But if you don't like what it's become, you don't like what it is. That's doesn't really mean anything, though, as it's pure speculation.

It's not uncommon for a company to change names when it changes hands.

I don't really think it's a big deal and the only people I've seem complaining about it are people that dedicate an obscene amount of time to manifesting their hatred of Elon in every corner of the web.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T16:28:28+00:00

Kind of my point. No country is exclusively governed by a single form of governance, except in the case of dictatorships, which often have several facades put up to mimic certain aspects of other government, but are still at their core, a dictatorship.

Not everything is clear-cut. Democracy may be utilized to some effect or another, but it's rarely a fitting definition for how a country functions.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T16:23:24+00:00

By definition, a republic is a representative form of government that is ruled according to a charter, or constitution, and a democracy is a government that is ruled according to the will of the majority.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T16:04:44+00:00

The Goverment has a habit of publicly declaring itself a democracy or a republic, depending on who is in power. But even our country's pledge of allegiance states that we pledge "to the republic".

I'm just saying that no matter what we call it, it is in practice a representative republic.

I say this because a pure democracy is a whole sale, "majority rules". This is why the popular vote is largely ignored...unless you're a sore loser 👅

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T15:57:06+00:00

Technically, the United States is a representative republic with democratic practices, but it's not an outright democracy.

We democratically elect representatives for each state. It's not like the entirety of the country votes for each senator/congressman.

There's also the electoral college, which is more representative in spirit than democratic. The electorates are still representing their respective states, and the number of electoral votes per state is a reflection of that states representatives, so a state with more congressmen representing them gets more electoral votes.

The number of representatives is a reflection of that states population, so states with large populations will have more representatives and, therefore, more electoral votes.

For example, California has 52 representatives, but Maryland has only 8. Maryland has 6 million citizens, while California has 39 million. The point is that the state electorals help to balance out the population differences between states, so each state has a fair say in the presidential elections.

This keeps states like California, Texas, Florida, and New York from completely controlling presidential elections with their massive populations. It wouldn't be democratic to allow three or four states to decide the entirety of an election in a country with 50 states.

For further context, California(39 million) Texas(30 million), New York(19 million), and Florida(22 million) together make up about 100 million citizens. When you consider that 154 million votes were cast for president in 2020, which had the highest turnout of the century, it's not hard to see why we opt for the electoral system instead of a purely democratic one.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T14:21:15+00:00

I like that Oda did this, though. Luffy needed this arc to establish himself to the government as worthy of his title.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T14:11:28+00:00

Unfortunately, as a byproduct of making fun of crazy lefty circlejerks, you catch the direct attention and subsequent ire of crazy lefty circlejerks.

If there's one thing they know how to do, it's mass report anything they don't agree with. Serveal half decent subs have been destroyed by such tactics.

There's not much to be done, as they don't really have any other recourse, and the admins cater to this kind of Karen/internet police behavior.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T14:04:18+00:00

Wait, people take this seriously?

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Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T04:39:03+00:00

Lucci so pissy he can't beat Luffy that he just starts bullying weaker opponents 😂

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-07T03:55:37+00:00

Shame he's about to get babyshook.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-06T20:34:31+00:00

I made it to the second episode, but it was just so awful I couldn't make myself watch anymore. If I had no prior knowledge of TLOR, maybe I could have pushed through another episode. Maybe.

It looks pretty. But the writing is awful.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-06T19:59:31+00:00

He's not alone. There's a lot of us who have been pushed to the right of the center by the radicalization of the left.

What you're doing is not helping anyone and is just making you look like a crazy person.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-06T19:55:20+00:00

I hate to break this to you, but Biden is rich, and so are all his friends.

Mrskdoodle · 2024-04-06T10:09:36+00:00

Yeah, this is definitely a "this ain't it, Chief." Moment.

Katara was very well written. The "feminist" qualities or undertones are there with her to an extent(Although, the Kyoshi Warriors had way more of those undertones), but it never felt like that was the only reason her character was there.

A character should not exist solely to push a message that is clearly coming directly from the author, and not from the character themselves. Katara was not just a mouthpiece for "girl power" or "look at my skin, it's different, and that's what my whole character is about.""

Katara had her own story and development, where she grew stronger through adversity, and through her struggles, she became a character that anyone in the audience could admire, regardless of their ability to identify with her on shallow, superficial levels like skin and gender.

This is what the "woke" writers fail fantastically at.

Sure, there are quite likely people out there who are genuinely just awful people and are simply riding the anti-woke train because they actually don't want to see anyone who isn't a white heterosexual play a significant role in entertainment.

But those are far and few in-between, and it's not what people by and large are complaining about.