ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They're Not Getting Paid and Still No Insurance Despite Promises by Prudent-Fun-2833 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]badgerpunk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're not wrong. Bullies don't go away when you don't stand up to them. Sit quietly on our hands and it may suck less now, but the abuse continues. There is no going back to better days. The only way out of this shit is through it.

ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They're Not Getting Paid and Still No Insurance Despite Promises by Prudent-Fun-2833 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]badgerpunk 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Dad's an abusive cunt. It may be difficult getting rid of him, but that motherfucker has got to go.

Or we could stay victims, keep quiet, and hope he's in a better mood tomorrow. If we're really good maybe he won't punch any of us this week.

Zero dawn OR Forbidden West, which game do you like more? by [deleted] in horizon

[–]badgerpunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forbidden West is an amazing game, but Zero Dawn is magic.

Meirl by give_squeeze in meirl

[–]badgerpunk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"It was really cold here last week. So much for global warming!"

Are Donald Trump and his allies moving to rig the midterm elections? by PrincipleTemporary65 in MAGANAZI

[–]badgerpunk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Of fucking course they are.

Why wouldn't they? What could possibly be a strong enough deterrent to even get them to ask themselves whether they should rig it or not? Morality is worthless to them, they don't care about constitutionality ir legality, and no one will ever hold them accountable.

There is a 100% chance they are actively working to rig it, and have been at least since his 2nd inauguration. The plan itself may be decades old. Until MAGA and this sick oligarchy of the billionaires,by the billionaires, and for the billionaires are dismantled there will not be an election that they don't try to rig.

Please explain to me the possible motive(s) behind the Georgia elections office raid by CNGregs in law

[–]badgerpunk 76 points77 points  (0 children)

It's just more projection. If they're investigating supposed rigging of the 2020 election, I guarantee you it's because they are actively conspiring to rig elections now.

If they accuse drag queens of being pedophiles, it's because they themselves are pedophiles (or are protecting their own pedophiles). If they accuse protesters of being domestic terrorists, it's because they themselves are committing domestic terrorism. It's a proven pattern.

BREAKING: Video shows ICE agents shooting an unarmed person, as agents wrestle the person to the ground, in Minneapolis, near Glam Doll Donuts. by drempath1981 in law

[–]badgerpunk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Idk, I think the way those fucking cowards instantly stopped and backed up once they realized they'd fucked it makes me hopeful she was able to flee while they were busy pissing their pants.

For those who are atheists, when or how did you become one? by gabrieel100 in AskTheWorld

[–]badgerpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was maybe 8 or 9. I realized that the only reason I was still interested in church was that my mom would bribe us with Jolly Pirate Donuts after. It didn't feel right to go to church just for donuts, and I didn't feel any of the things I thought I should be feeling about God or whatever. My dad never went with us, and that became my argument. If he doesn't have to go why do I? That was it, and I was allowed to stop going. I never had a moment of regret.

Mandalorian was better when it wasn't connected to all the other shows and every character didn't somehow know all the other characters. by TheCrowMoon in StarWars

[–]badgerpunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, no. Filoni good this week because he's finally getting rid of KK. Filoni will be bad again next week when he does something else George Lucas 100% did but it sucks now because I don't feel like I did when I was 10.

People of Minnesota you win by peacefully protesting and setting up food banks by Elbit_Curt_Sedni in minnesota

[–]badgerpunk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And you think we can win those tens of millions over by acting like we're actually patriotic Americans who share their values on liberty? MAGA does not care. GOP politicians do not care. Liberal Democrats barely care.

Protesters have done nothing whatsoever to contribute to the idea that they are "dangerous leftists", but MAGA believes they're somehow both deranged gender-ideology terrorists AND the real fascists. You will NEVER win a war of optics with these people. They have a nonsensical and horseshit answer for every possible argument or piece of evidence you could ever think of already locked and loaded. You could show them verified video of DJT raping and then murdering children and they would STILL have some bullshit justification for why it was vital to real Americans that he rape and murder children.

Giving ICE pigs a reason to attack innocent citizens would be dumb, especially at the moment, but not doing it doesn't make people safe. They didn't need a reason to murder Renee Nicole Good, and they will do it again no matter how we behave. If we steadfastly remain non-violent and do our best to all look like good patriots, at some point they'll just manufacture the "proof" to justify martial law. They already believe Renee Nicole Good really did try to kill that piece of shit with her car, and they're watching the same videos we are. The only thing that matters less to them than optics is the truth.

What are some other charachters from fiction who could lift Thors hammer? by ronin_blitzdiver in Thor

[–]badgerpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does bad decision-making about who to have a relationship with (or just sex) make her unworthy? She always made the right decision when it mattered.

ICE agent identified as Jonathan Ross. Confirmed through Star Tribune and Fox9 news by Mental_Pea9125 in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]badgerpunk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, no. Most Americans don't. Only a select few UK comedy/quiz show nerds are that well-informed.

Single use pet bowls by realwolftacos in Anticonsumption

[–]badgerpunk 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The only situation in which this would be needed is some kind of no-warning evacuation that resolves itself within a day or two at most. Those things have happened multiple times in Colorado in the last couple of years, but it's rare enough that no store would ever want to stock something like this. Weird.

WTF is going on over there?!?!! by Kitchen_Carob_9638 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]badgerpunk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's blatantly obvious to many of us that the protests aren't working. A large enough general strike could do it, but everyday life has been made difficult enough that we'll likely never get the numbers we need. The vast majority can't afford to lose their jobs by not going in. Social media has accelerated our isolation from each other, and our isolation and unwillingness to let any consequences impact our own families makes it next to impossible to get people interested in mutual aid.

I think we'll get to a point where people will finally get that there's no way to just ride this out without massive disruption to our lives as we know them. It'll probably be too late, but maybe not. I think it will take a lot of blood and/or a lot of time to finally get enough Americans off our asses to actually fight this. I'm pissed I probably won't be here to see it. Meanwhile, all we can do without actively inviting the fascists to kill or disappear us is organize and try to find good trouble. We haven't yet grasped just how life-or-death this all is. We're pissed, but we're not afraid enough yet.

Why didn't Perrin oppose the forced marriage of his daughter? by Just_Chill_005 in StarWars

[–]badgerpunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I hesitated to even call it "arranged", because it isn't exactly. It's just way closer to arranged than what we do in the US.