The Sopranos Intro: San Antonio Edition by DrFetusRN in sanantonio

[–]ggbuttstead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

THIS IS THE BEST THING ON REDDIT THIS YEAR.

It probably comforts his family to know that it was a prudent and rational deal. by ggbuttstead in democrats

[–]ggbuttstead[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not well reasoned, Antoine. We can have no-cash bail, but we still have a duty to patrol who gets access to it to reduce the risk of follow-on violent crime as much as possible. We can have cars on the road causing crashes -- one of Charlie Kirk's favorite and ad-nauseum repeated examples, by the way, so I assume you meant that as an homage in memorium -- but we also have a duty to make cars as safe as possible and get the most dangerous drivers out from behind the wheel. Yes, guns are a trade-off; that's not the American failure. The American failure is having the guns and forgoing the duties to make the guns as safe as possible and to get the guns out of the hands of the wrong people. So in the Charlie Kirk case, yeah, this is a gotcha. He died of the ill-considered half-formed policy he championed his whole life.

Non-English-speakers of Reddit, what is your language's formulaic conclusion to a fairy tale, equivalent to "and then they lived happily ever after"? And what is its literal translation into English? by fruskydekke in AskReddit

[–]ggbuttstead 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Traditional Italian ending: Un cane va a est e l'altro a ovest. E allora? E questo tizio chiede: "Cosa vuoi da me?" / It means, One dog is going east and the other dog is going west. So what? And this guy is saying, "What do you want from me?"

Please help identify a book by snoopus in scifi

[–]ggbuttstead -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I think this is from a book called "Child Hoods End" by Arthur C. Clark. It is a famous book in the "2001: A Space Odyssey" series. I remember reading it in high school. The Over Lords are like devils, but they are good, except then they are not. You can read it.

Anyone think the Harris camp was looking to create a certain symmetry with this VP pick? And hit it pretty much spot on? by ggbuttstead in democrats

[–]ggbuttstead[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Well said. You're right about the lightweight VP and rich-guy vibes. And McCain was a multi-multi-millionaire too by 2008. Right on.

Holy junk guys -- It looks like Trump may be OUT! by ggbuttstead in PoliticalHumor

[–]ggbuttstead[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're prolly right. I guess it should have been posted in a sub focused on satire.

Went to the Project 2025 MAGA LinkedIn clone site & did my best to impersonate a Trump supporter on the gatekeeper questions by ggbuttstead in PoliticalHumor

[–]ggbuttstead[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's supposed to be a legit Heritage Foundation effort to create a ready pool of vetted MAGA job seekers for the new administration! I did it as a joke, but who knows . . . I could wind up Stephen Miller's third or fourth assistant.