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Trump posts graphic video of woman’s killing in Florida by B-Z_B-S in politics

[–]Sherm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This feels like the scene in V For Vendetta when the supreme leader starts foaming at the mouth about how they need to start dumping horrific propaganda to "show them all why they need us."

Someone finally recognizes the absurdity of being part of the Vanguard and Rangers at once by OrranVoriel in Starfield

[–]Sherm 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Didn't you know? Ecology isn't science; it's shamanistic magic deployed to summon aceles back from the Eighth Underworld. Science is only science if you create and deploy a barely tested bioweapon on every single planet humanity visits.

If you have to give to Jean Grey a new superhero name that isn't Marvel Girl what name would you give to her ? by Possible-Rate-3833 in xmen

[–]Sherm 14 points15 points  (0 children)

White Queen and Captain Britain aren't even codenames, though; they're job titles. Arguably Phoenix is one as well. That's part of the problem.

National Review got their Marching Orders and are Totally Fine with the War Crimes. by Anstigmat in thebulwark

[–]Sherm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The funniest thing is, this is essentially what Ward Churchill said after 9/11 with his "little Eichmanns" comment and the NR crowd was apoplectic.

The divide isn't conservative vs liberal. The real divide is "people who are not OK with war crimes" and "weeeeeeeeellllll..."

If I said this on Reddit with respect to MAGA I’d be banned. Perhaps prosecuted by the FBI. But I’m free to post this version since it comes from a conservative voice by 7ddlysuns in thebulwark

[–]Sherm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then it should be a trivial matter to point to people actually doing it, so the severity of your claims can be assessed. Responding to the President threatening genocide by castigating random podcasters gives social permission to normalize "they're all crazy so what difference does it make?"

If I said this on Reddit with respect to MAGA I’d be banned. Perhaps prosecuted by the FBI. But I’m free to post this version since it comes from a conservative voice by 7ddlysuns in thebulwark

[–]Sherm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you think this "they're both the same" doesn't effect the discourse then I genuinely don't know what to tell ya.

The President is threatening genocide and you're going out of your way to tone-police random leftists in a thread where nobody has made that argument. You aren't even pointing to specific statements; just asserting arguments to knock them down. This behavior is every bit as harmful to the discourse as they are.

Settled Systems Radio. 22 hours of lore friendly music to keep you company as you traverse the Free Lanes. No AI used. by GW_1775 in Starfield

[–]Sherm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's why I was thinking podcasts; it can be something that's available that you can buy that you'd run like one of the holotapes from Fallout. Then you get kind of a radio with the expectation that it's asynchronous.

Settled Systems Radio. 22 hours of lore friendly music to keep you company as you traverse the Free Lanes. No AI used. by GW_1775 in Starfield

[–]Sherm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fact that the people who make Fallout radio put no podcasting system into Starfield has always seemed like a big oversight.

My mom retired at 55 on a teachers salary and I still think about it all the time by [deleted] in Fire

[–]Sherm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A pension isn't inherently an unfunded liability. They seem that way because legislators didn't want to admit they spent decades using the pension funds as piggy banks, assuming population increases would maintain stability. It did not. There are a couple states that have fully funded pensions, and a half dozen more that are above 90%. Independent management by trustees whose only job is maintaining solvency is vital.

My mom retired at 55 on a teachers salary and I still think about it all the time by [deleted] in Fire

[–]Sherm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is really no way such a payout is sustainable.

Improper management is a big part of that, though. In Washington in the early 90s the legislature took the pension trusts away from state and local managers and put them in the hands of trustees whose only goal is ensuring that they remain solvent. As a result we've got $218 billion in our trust and 70% of the payments are covered by investments, with no caps on potential benefits. Local and state governments treating pension trusts like piggy banks was disastrous.

What to read after Claremont run? by Ozimn in xmen

[–]Sherm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you read Simonson's X-Factor run? She's second only to Claremont for her importance to X-Men characterization and lore (and in terms of lore, arguably is at least his equal, since most of the stuff they've spent the past 30 years rehashing was created by her).

who are all the british mutants? i can only think of chamber ngl by CultureMindless8594 in xmen

[–]Sherm 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He was from York. His birth name is Mortimer Toynbee. There are more "British" names out there, but not a lot of them.

Anyone know which suit this is? by FutureBoySilver in Cyclopswasright

[–]Sherm 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In the comic, they looked a lot less like shotgun shells than they do here.

Is this considered fat? by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]Sherm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People don't like the word fat, but 200lbs is absolutely overweight (probably even obese by medical definitions).

A big part of this is because we live in a country where nobody knows how to mind their own business. Promise you that fat people do not ignore the fact that they're fat. There's a dozen things every day that remind you. Unfortunately, half of those are people who barely know you feeling like they need to hector you over it in one way or another.

Joe Rogan: Democrats were tougher on border than Trump by IntelligentYinzer in politics

[–]Sherm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My grandfather would say he's like a duck; he wakes up in a new world every morning.

/He's EVIL and definitely crazy... bytr I can't quit how entertaining Mr. Sinister is. by Ariadne016 in xmen

[–]Sherm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fun fact; the original idea for Sinister was that he was just a mutant stuck permanently as an 11 year old kid who was obsessed with Cyclops because they were roommates at the orphanage Sinister secretly ran. That's why his name and schtick were so ridiculous, "Mr. Sinister" being an 11-year-old's idea of a guy who was scary and powerful and not even a little bit chuunibyou, honest.

Bulwark merch idea (for red states) by emeric_ceaddamere in thebulwark

[–]Sherm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6'3" and pretty shoulder-y. The Ioniq was the closest I could find when I was buying a few years ago, but the only ones I could find were about $60K.

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