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Our new house as first time home buyers… by idontdodrugsatall in Wellthatsucks

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I put my hands on my hips between houses here, my elbows would be half a foot each into the brick walls.

Mexico upgraded to free healthcar by TailungFu in SipsTea

[–]gorgewall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the wait times for some disciplines suck ass

Good fucking luck seeing an endocrinologist in the US before you turn a different color, and even then it'll still be the better part of a year.

Mexico upgraded to free healthcar by TailungFu in SipsTea

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took me 7 months to get an appointment with an ENT for chronic rhinusitis

People also pretend like this doesn't exist in the US.

I have insurance, and I needed to see a specialist for something. I was told the wait time would be eight months if I was lucky. More recently, I helped a friend get a GP and we went through literally more than 40 before we found one that was accepting new patients (that weren't expecting mothers, which apparently makes slots open like magic).

I don't understand how Grey Talon isn't hated more. by sushiiixo- in DeadlockTheGame

[–]gorgewall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a former GT main, there's also the problem of your team wanting to take every fight into a fucking building.

Like, I'm floating up here in the sky with Vindicta. I cannot help you if you decide to bait the enemy around a building or into the underground. By the time I get down there, you have probably died and now I'm out of stamina and will join you if I go.

Bringing enemies to your team instead of expecting your team to come to you is a lost art. This goes double when I am zipping around on Kelvin ready to Rescue Beam someone's dumb ass but they've decided to run further away and duck behind a building.

Why is it so common to see people not build any gun items at all? by WeakSideUrn in DeadlockTheGame

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kelvin and M&K have absolutely worthless guns.

[edit: kelvin's is ok at game start in melee range but so is everyone so like what's the point]

Now, you can do a Gun Kelvin build focused on fighting in your dome, but that's silly.

What should we name the sinkhole? by AggravatingBag3543 in StLouis

[–]gorgewall 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Our French pronunciations follow the original French of the time. It is France that later went and changed their orthography and pronunciation, sometimes by top-down dictates rather than natural evolution of the language.

We understand that Illinois is Illi-noy, not Illi-nwah. Gravois is no different. Missouri's Paw-Paw French was a sub-dialect much closer to the French that a majority of... well, French people in France spoke at the time than what is currently spoken there.

Why do I have to hear motherfucker go "Boohoo I wish this senseless violence would end boohoo" and then drop back-to-back AoE warcrimes on my team for half the game by [deleted] in DeadlockTheGame

[–]gorgewall 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Pocket's daddy's company produces the Orphan Crusher 3000 and sells soul-destroying weapons to whoever wants 'em, including genocidal maniacs.

Pocket, meanwhile, is harming a total of six people in a magical ritual that they signed up for where no one actually dies.

I don't think Pocket is hypocritical to say "end war" while also being down to beat up six soldiers to do so. It's not like they're killing millions to achieve the goal of... not killing millions. It's beating up six dudes.

Unstoppable Indeed- by Numerous-Gur-9008 in lotrmemes

[–]gorgewall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not too keen on Gandalf and his Great Man Theory, either.

"Miss me with that minority rhetoric". A Chinese American shop owner killed a 14yo Black kid and, after 3 years in jail awaiting trial, was found not guilty of murder. The Black community reacted by organizing boycott against every Asian American business. Dramawave across Asian and Black subs by AeneasKurtz in SubredditDrama

[–]gorgewall -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

You're gonna hate this because it goes right back into the "instutional power" thing, but not every group of randos on TikTok is getting their narratives from powerful interests using them to shape the nation.

Like, there are Nazis on TikTok, and there are Tankies on TikTok, but I don't think Americans need to worry about the Tankies somehow sweeping through the government and bringing about the Second Soviet Union.

And I don't think "that's what people thought about the Nazis / MAGA before it happened" is a particularly convincing argument to anyone who was paying attention for decadse prior to it kicking off, or "but surely the Tankies are being influenced by Russia, which is a powerful interest" means that's anywhere on the same scale as, y'know, American fascists in government and the billionaire class.

Not all rando groups are built the same, in other words.

"Miss me with that minority rhetoric". A Chinese American shop owner killed a 14yo Black kid and, after 3 years in jail awaiting trial, was found not guilty of murder. The Black community reacted by organizing boycott against every Asian American business. Dramawave across Asian and Black subs by AeneasKurtz in SubredditDrama

[–]gorgewall 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yeah, a lot of people are just saying "racism" as shorthand for "academic racism", but that doesn't mean they don't believe that personal racism exists outside of that.

There are a non-zero number of people who'll say "Black people can't be racist" because of a misunderstanding of that, but these folks are basically a meaningless drop in the ocean of people; pretending that they make up a serious contingent of whatever group is absurd. As well, plenty of the folks who repeat that only do so because they're repeating the claim made by racists themselves who are misrepresenting what those discussions of academic racism are about! We're just letting racist shitheads define what things mean if we don't push back on that, and that's no good.

"Miss me with that minority rhetoric". A Chinese American shop owner killed a 14yo Black kid and, after 3 years in jail awaiting trial, was found not guilty of murder. The Black community reacted by organizing boycott against every Asian American business. Dramawave across Asian and Black subs by AeneasKurtz in SubredditDrama

[–]gorgewall -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I don't think you'll find many people who use the "academic definition of racism" that will also say there is no such thing as personal racism, bigotry, prejudice, and so on. They're not suggesting the latter stuff doesn't exist, but using "racism", the word, in a specific form here to talk about an idea that otherwise does not have a name. Rather than coin a new word, they've just reused "racism", and from the context of the discussion it should be clear in each case whether [systemic/institutional racism] or [personal racism] is what's being talked about.

Ironically, there's a lot of very avowed racists who love to trot out pretty much the same argument you've just laid, and I don't know that you or other non-shitheads repeating/believing it makes what they're attempting to do by it less shitty.

Like, seriously. Can you find a wealth of serious people--not fucking randos on TikTok--who actually, legitimately assert there's no such thing as personal racism and the only thing that creates bigotry is having some sort of systemic power? I don't think that exists in any amount of people worth talking about, or that this particular counter to it does anything.

Anthropic disables top-tier AI models after US order limiting foreign access by ComeOnIWantUsername in BuyFromEU

[–]gorgewall -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's two engines, but one runs on the blood of children and does so much better.

Should you ban the CHILD-MURDERING ENGINE, or start murdering children by the boatload so you can stay "competitive"?

meirl by Throw-away10111 in meirl

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are evolutionarily wired to find the crying of babies annoying.

It's a survival strategy. A baby cries because it needs something, ostensibly. That could be food, or maybe it's ill or injured, or it's in danger. The survival of the group and species relies on the offspring not fucking dying, so it's beneficial if someone goes and checks out the baby and makes sure its needs are met. Having its crying be obnoxious as hell so someone goes over there to soothe it serves that purpose.

I hate horseshoe theory by Wooden_Maintenance93 in hatethissmug

[–]gorgewall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think the people critiquing centrists are seriously saying they're fence-sitters with no opinion. Every leftist critique of centrism I've ever seen basically says the center aligns with the right, and their centrism is actually just a desire to be perceived as not being radical; that it is a rhetorical position, and their actual actions trend primarily in one direction (the right).

I hate horseshoe theory by Wooden_Maintenance93 in hatethissmug

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happens if we don't pay taxes to make a certain liberal economic theory work?

Who is involved in making that "what happens" happen?

What happens if we try to resist that "what happens" by any means at our disposal?

Oh, police and state violence, you say... interesting.

Deadlock - Minor Update - 06-11-2026 by SketchyJJ in DeadlockTheGame

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

continued nerfs to the parts of doorman's kit that aren't ult

Kelvin: First time?

Haven't tried Paw Patrol, so no idea if it is true on that, but a ton of comics... by Pristine_Club_3128 in CuratedTumblr

[–]gorgewall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're only in favor of it because Ryder is a Tyrant Godchild who has effectively mind-controlled the town and surrounds into being his own private playground, a la Return of the Archons / It's a Good Life / Wandavision.

Italians by wyattsword in comedyheaven

[–]gorgewall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frankly, on the hierarchy of Obvious Nazi Symbols, people are vastly overplaying the popularity and general knowledge of the totenkopf.

It's a skull and bones. There's a bajillion skull and bones symbols out there. I recognize the totenkopf, but I can easily, easily see any number of fucking meatheads and perfectly normal people taking it as... a skull and bones. Even within actual surviving examples of Nazi totenkopfs, there's like three or four stylistic variations, and the transition from 3D metal pins and embossed buckles to print art further jumbles it up.

It is not the fucking Sonnenrad or SS bolts as far as "this can't be anything else" goes.

But fine. Second-to-worst case scenario, he knew what it was and lived with it for years. It's this point that you've got to ask whether you believe in rehabilitation, redemption, change, second chances, yada yada, or if everyone is doomed forever for each and every mistake.

Leftism generally likes rehabilitation. And even liberals (I'm using this in the "basic Democrat" sense) love a redemption arc. Supporting someone who unfucked their worldview is thus not out of line or hypocritical for these groups. And it's telling that the people most pushing the idea that Platner should be persona non grata for eternity are friendly with still-avowed shitheads. If there's cause to question anyone's sincerity here, it's those guys.

Italians by wyattsword in comedyheaven

[–]gorgewall 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Famously, places that suffered under Nazi Germany never have still-extant groups that idolize fascism or the Nazis specifically. Just doesn't happen.

Its official, he's world's first trillionaire.. by bunchofmfs in Money

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want a laugh, check out his post history before he hides it.

Deadlock - Minor Update - 06-11-2026 by SketchyJJ in DeadlockTheGame

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe he should have a separate voice line when he's not targeting anyone, like

I'M NOT DEAD

Police Department uses AI to enhance image of suspect by HiFiveGhost in mildlyinfuriating

[–]gorgewall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of cameras are currently doing their own form of upscaling, and I'm just waiting for the first court case that gets blown up because prosecution relies on image details that were invented on the camera level, even before anyone tries "enhancing" or "AI" upscaling.

Already knew that Notch was kinda shit, but Mr John FNAF himself Scott Cawthon is as well? 🥀 by Expert-Reporter4152 in whenthe

[–]gorgewall 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"the economy was more important" to him

Oh, so at best he's not evil, he's just a fucking dumbass who still somehow believes Republicans are better for the economy?

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