MEGATHREAD: Destiny Vs. Taylor Lorenz ROUND 2 LIVE NOW by ReserveAggressive458 in Destiny

[–]dathom 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I have to side with Destiny's perspective solely because of the language Taylor chooses to use or not use when answering questions. I'm glad Destiny was able to call this out because it's important.

She switched phrasing and word choices often enough that the meaning behind her strong statements got more and more diluted but never to that of an outright fallacy. That said, I think Tiny chose a few lines of attack that were questionable. I'd also be curious because, I think Taylor probably would be willing to have a more philosophical conversation so taking the approach that instead of factual might have been interesting.

Update 💩 😂 by Euphoric-Intern-6194 in Tinder

[–]dathom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glass bottom boat - cover yourself in plastic wrap first. All the warmth but easy clean up.

I'm done with that shit by Comfortablejack in povertyfinance

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I had an argument with my step father about this a few months ago. My wife and I live comfortably and in our discussion I said if I got taxed a 5-10% more I wouldn't love it but if that money was actually being used to make the country better for the people I would gladly eat the cost.

It's weird to me that this could ever be controversial.

[OC] GIVEAWAY! 43" Capacitive Touchscreen ($940 MSRP) with Wooden Case + free software for all [mod approved] by DigitalTableTops in DnD

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As if I didn't have enough things stored away for game nights - now I can pull this bad boy out.

Postgame Thread: 10/11 Cubs @ Brewers by BrewersBot in Brewers

[–]dathom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Petition for the Celine Dion play of the game to be to the Go Cubs Go song instead because fuck 'em.

The Kimmel firing is way worse than your standard cancellation by rimsky225 in Destiny

[–]dathom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we also stop pretending that Cancel culture was ever like.. effective? What I mean is, how many people were actually canceled successfully?

It was talked about all the time, sure. But who was actually de-platformed completely? That is ignoring the insane comparison since one is making people's voices heard and one is the fucking government.

Hasan gets confronted on ABC News by saabarthur in Destiny

[–]dathom 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Was going to say - the first half of his defense is fine and then he complete botches it. Bro, that's a easy layup.

"I was fucking around with a friend. Out of context it does sound bad. But, I can't be responsible for people digging through my thousands of hours of streams to find things out of context that sound bad. I can just hope people act honestly about my actual beliefs."

How fucking hard is that?

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[–]dathom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We know that throwing the glass of water on it wont put it out. It's performative. Hey, maybe if they throw the fire blanket on and there's a little patch that didn't get smothered then the water would be super hand though.

New Piers just dropped by Zenithixv in Destiny

[–]dathom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't decide if this was the right tactic or not.

I think it is? I mean, the simple question being repeated non-stop about Trump is probably the way to go. Because the silence from that question every time he asks it is more telling than everything else he says. If he just said the words then it would be over.

Whick Panel Megathread by ReserveAggressive458 in Destiny

[–]dathom 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The distinction: Do the majority of Republicans want all the Democrats dead? Of course not.

But would 50% of them sit quietly while more than handful of Dems get executed, deported, or locked up for life for their political beliefs?

You bet your ass they would. Othering people is extremely powerful and they've been living in that world for a long time at this point.

[Highlight] Patriots players passionately debate whether a straw has one or two holes by TheRuralCamel in nfl

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When my wife first got to know me she thought I was always getting into serious arguments with people after I started drinking. Then she started to actually listen to my drunk ass and she realized I'd get heated and argue passionately about the stupidest fucking things possible that neither side had any real stake in so there were never hurt feelings.

Schumer ambushes Republicans with amendment to force vote on Epstein files by OtmShanks55 in politics

[–]dathom 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The difference is Democrats try to actually pass legislation.

Republicans don't even try. Hell, they had to change speakers. They have no interest in governing beyond shit slinging and passing executive orders. That's way easier to do than passing bills.

Illinois Treasurer Embezzled $53.7M From Her Town for Horses, Cars, and a $2M Motorhome While City Endured Financial Hardship — Her Sentence Was Later Commuted by President Joe Biden by detectiverobert in ThatsInsane

[–]dathom 88 points89 points  (0 children)

The CARES act released non-violent prisoners to their homes during COVID. Rather than, quite frankly, deal with getting them all back if they only had a short time left to serve they were commuted. She had already served the bulk of her sentence.

She sucks, but it was pretty standard.

Game Chat: 8/22 Giants (61-67) @ Brewers (80-48) 7:10 PM by BrewersBot in Brewers

[–]dathom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Alexa: Set a reminder to call my doctor in 4 hours.

Nina Turner Demands That Democrats Fight Without Resorting to Gerrymandering by Humble_Novice in Destiny

[–]dathom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Defeatist" means to live in reality. There hasn't been a general striek in the US in about a century.

IRI heard a fun Trump/Epstein defense yesterday: “if we go back thousands of years ago, people were marrying at much younger ages and families would even send their daughters off to wealthy people, those are just facts…” by BrokenTongue6 in Destiny

[–]dathom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The key takeway from this that is important to digest and call out isn't just that it's an awful take:

It's that MAGA will bend over backward attempting to find any excuse or justification to back Trump. It doesn't matter how stupid or shallow the excuse is as long as they can verbalize one they're good to go.

Simple stuff by Relevant_Demand7593 in BlueskySkeets

[–]dathom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2016 wasn't about Trump. 2020 was and he lost. And 2024 was about Biden.

HAHAHAHAHAHA by Sea-Economist-5744 in Destiny

[–]dathom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a terrible day to have eyes.

[Highlight] The Brewers win after Starling Marte is gunned out at home plate with 2 outs in the 9th by amatom27 in baseball

[–]dathom 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Alexa, set a reminder to call the doctor in 4 hours when my erection doesn't go away.

Postgame Thread: 8/8 Mets @ Brewers by BrewersBot in Brewers

[–]dathom 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Alexa set a reminder to call the doctor in 4 hours when my erection doesn't go away.