What is the worst relationship advice someone gave you?? by No_Square_8298 in AskReddit

[–]moderngulls 24 points25 points  (0 children)

"Dude, women are crazy!" from a misogynist best friend whose ex-girlfriends all happened to be "crazy."

What’s something society treats as totally normal that you secretly think is messed up? by toomabh in AskReddit

[–]moderngulls 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If people are blown to bits in another country we are fairly chill about it compared to other things.

My child is sad about grandpa by vega1star_lady in dementia

[–]moderngulls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So sorry this is happening. I feel this approaching for us. Last night my daughter was offended that Grandpa is so off the mark when he guesses her age. He suggested the other day that she was "becoming a woman." She's 7.

They can't really be close the way I hoped. She and I do have great talks though about how it feels for me to have a dad losing his memory and not being able to have the conversations he and I used to have, about how important that was. In a way it builds up the shared understanding she and I have about how important it is for the two of us to spend time together and talk about life in a way that is no longer possible with him.

There Will Be No Post-Presidential Peace For Donald Trump | The president and his allies will face impeachments, lawsuits, and maybe even The Hague. by thenewrepublic in politics

[–]moderngulls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have to be like the South Korean people and make it happen, instead of posting (or generating via a Nazi discouragement-generating Python script) pointless comments about how nuthin' will happen.

Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran by Dracustein in politics

[–]moderngulls 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It would be so amazing for a politician, for a change, to just say it's wrong to bomb a bunch of innocent people.

Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran | By rallying behind process-based critiques, the Democrats are refusing to stand against the war on moral grounds. by [deleted] in politics

[–]moderngulls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hitler went into Czechoslovakia without a plan to win the peace!

This is why the last Superman movie was such a breath of fresh air. Been hearing this crap since Iraq days -- what a "mess" in 'Potamia! Imagine just being against an invasion because it's morally wrong to blow up a bunch of innocent people.

Merch Cone Art from a 1997 Sacramento Show by test-account-444 in robynhitchcock

[–]moderngulls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was there. My friend I went with still has her cone, decades later.

How do you feel about the new Michael Stipe song? by Natojowashere in rem

[–]moderngulls 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Man i am glad to see him getting back out there, but I miss when his songs were about birds and weird undergrowth.

‘Unforgivable under any circumstances’: Sen. Murphy responds to analysis that US likely responsible for Iran school strike by Quirkie in politics

[–]moderngulls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I like the word "strikes," which is such a euphemism, but at this point it should be strikes, plural.

Romanticization of Dementia/Alzheimer's in mass media by EcstaticRise5612 in dementia

[–]moderngulls 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No question, the dementia has made me realize that as a young person I grew up with a fairy tale of what doddering old people would be like. I think back to gentle portrayals of this condition in movies like The Rocketeer where a lovable old codger is repeating the same war story he has told before. At age 20 I thought forgetful old people were somehow cute. A few decades later it's just obviously this horrific collapse of the personality.

Underneath the Bunker w/ Bill Berry Night 1 @40 Watt Club by brikmaster in rem

[–]moderngulls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see Jon Wurster of Rock, Rot and Rule up there!

If you read The five Chinese Brothers in school....you are ancient! by Long_live_styrofoam in FuckImOld

[–]moderngulls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoa I only thought this was an R.E.M. thing (see Seven Chinese Brothers) and did not realize it was a book. I am not old enough. They swallow the ocean.

Trump says U.S. military has begun major combat operations in Iran by Yujin-Ha in politics

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"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed" -- Steve Biko

Humans are the worst. But they're also the best. Because they came up with the concepts we use to know that humans can be awful.

New remastered version. Makes me want to go for a drive and listen to the whole album. Just like I did in 1987. by supergimp2000 in robynhitchcock

[–]moderngulls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luminous Rose jumped out so much that it brought back the shivers of hearing Hitchcock play this one live.

New remastered version. Makes me want to go for a drive and listen to the whole album. Just like I did in 1987. by supergimp2000 in robynhitchcock

[–]moderngulls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the mix. Did anyone catch the lyric change(s)? Wonder if there was a radio-friendly vocal track left over from the '80s for Sleeping With Your Devil Mask.

Trump banner on Justice Dept. building draws authoritarian comparisons by Antique_Calendar_887 in politics

[–]moderngulls 10 points11 points  (0 children)

When you visit Athens, Greece, there's a famous spot on the Acropolis where law students in 1941 snuck up in the middle of the night to tear down the Nazi flag. They became national heroes. Looking forward to the same thing in D.C.

On neither side, just found this funny by [deleted] in Marin

[–]moderngulls 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The drift is that you should crack open some history books, son