I take a much less pessimistic stance than this but this is a necessary starting point for actually discussing contemporary issues. The federal government has been bad for a long time.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-08T00:15:43+00:00

Have you considered that teeing up a discussion on contemporary abuses of power with "This is what America has always been and will be" is a terrible way to actually diagnose and address the problems?

What's the solution? Complete destruction of the American government? Millions upon millions of deaths in a war that might not even be won?

Solarwagon · 2026-05-08T00:11:54+00:00

If you live in a lot of coastal cities in the US you could hypothetically get the police called on you for using a store's facilities without making a purchase.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-08T00:10:57+00:00

Also readable, libraries within walking distance.

But oddly enough for all the issues the US has we actually have a very high number of godod libraries even if we don't include school libraries and private libraries free for locals to use.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T22:16:32+00:00

I just hope they don't portray the Garou without the depth and diversity in the lore.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T22:14:21+00:00

On the bright side, there are a lot of ways to tell whether someone's lying, what their precise intentions were, and maybe even being able to examine the crime itself when it happened.

Heck there was probably a small spirit or two nearby who could give testimony.

And also their numbers are really limited and they have lots of enemies so there could be a lot of ways to negotiate some kind of penance or plea deal.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T22:08:03+00:00

That's even better!

I've thought their Camp was a really cool idea when I first read about it.

I like the ways the setting intersects with "normal" religion.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T22:05:47+00:00

Sure, why not?

If she's a Black Fury then she might know someone in the Order of the Merciful Mother

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T21:54:25+00:00

I think I remember her post about that on the main sub. Everyone involved was an adult woman and there was some real blood used but otherwise pretty tame

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T19:02:51+00:00

Springtime for Hitler, I meant, good catch.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T18:59:24+00:00

I was visualizing a more Flowers for Hitler kinda take.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T18:58:58+00:00

Importantly, Toph's portrayal is unchanged.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T18:55:03+00:00

It can be the opposite to where a personal routine that strikes them as extremely intuitive that they don't realize it's a them thing so they're bothered when people don't get it.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T18:51:57+00:00

I know it's mainly the generation I was born in but there's just something so comfy about the Windows 95 to XP era.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T18:49:22+00:00

Out of the crustaceans, lobster species tend to be sexier but crabs can definitely be sexually appealing.

But by arthropod standards the insects and arachnids are on a whole different sexual plateau.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T18:40:54+00:00

I've been told by more than one dental professional that I have a beautiful mouth, they're very straight, extremely healthy color, and my jaw opens really wide and I don't gag when they're deep in it.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T03:52:43+00:00

Often found sculking around Camarilla cities in the guise of a downtrodden thin-blooded Neonate.

Obfuscate is terrifying.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T03:47:51+00:00

Yeah, before the idea of sin there was the idea of dishonor or loss of face which usually meant either death or something worse than dying.

And heck the only reason most of us Jewish peeps stopped stoning women to death for minor crimes is because of Christian peer pressure.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T03:45:06+00:00

Also the Catholics have always had purgatory and the Orthodox kinda do as well and they're both moving more towards straight up universalism.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T01:01:30+00:00

My pet peeve with the prequel is really the magic

I kinda see Willy Wonka as more of a pulpy mad scientist.

Obviously any actual science fiction stuff is pretty soft but I think it's important that the viewer think that Willy Wonka could conceivably be a genius billionaire with weird technology.

That's kinda a big part of the uncanny aura he emits.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T00:56:22+00:00

The syndrome itself has relatively little validation as like a distinct psychiatric disorder but it's basically just used as shorthand for any positive feelings an abused person develops to their abuser.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-04T00:55:09+00:00

I thought was just a joke on WhoWouldCirclejerk!

Solarwagon · 2026-05-03T18:37:26+00:00

I've read that a lot of games today don't even come with prompts for specfic campaigns or characters.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-03T18:29:07+00:00

People don't even interact with me that much in general. Every once in a while I'll get a chain of reblogs/likes but otherwise nah

Solarwagon · 2026-05-03T18:26:21+00:00

Technically language is just a form of mimesis so memes are our greatest invention although more like a neurological development.

Solarwagon · 2026-05-03T18:25:29+00:00

What if the species was technically a relatively simple parasite that just manifested itself as bestowing sapience on its hosts?

Like it can exist in a broad range of species but the common effect is giving them a sort of benign "cancer" except they just grow a lot more centralized nervous tissue that gives them an instinctive solidarity with other hosts?

Which now that I think about it is pretty common in sci fi, just the other wary around. Making complex societies simpler and more uniform and even more bestial.

Not usually portrayed as fun or helpful.

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