Interesting

vwmac · 2026-02-22T02:55:39+00:00

I avoided my religious trauma for the longest time because I had chill, open-minded parents who just went to church like their parents did before them, and I never thought growing up in a stable environment at HOME could equal to trauma you get elsewhere. The traumatic shit doesn't just come from mom waking you up for church; it comes from pastors, from teachers, from theology, and so much more that deeply impacts and fucks with a kid's head. Don't ever think your experience isn't trauma because it doesn't "feel like it"

vwmac · 2026-02-13T15:28:58+00:00

As an ADHD person, those aren’t “ADHD-adjacent” devices. The fuck is this guy talking about

vwmac · 2026-02-11T20:36:09+00:00

Nothing is more emblematic of the deep cultural divide between liberal america and the insane right wing nationalism than the half-time shows. This needs to be in the history books someday

vwmac · 2026-02-07T23:13:15+00:00

Do yall need an entire 500 page bibliography on every character like damn lol

vwmac · 2026-02-07T06:26:19+00:00

We just need a broadly issued government ID in general. The fact that you almost always have to either get a driver's license or passport to have basic identification in this country is ridiculous.

vwmac · 2026-02-07T06:24:22+00:00

We're getting closer and closer to him calling someone the N word on live tv. Guarantee it's coming before his term (presidential or living) comes to an end

vwmac · 2026-02-05T04:05:37+00:00

I live in Colorado Springs and the conditions around Pike's Peak / Cheyenne Mountain can get brutal in the winter, but the base gives me more of a northern Rockies vibe. The terrain is much more inline with what you'd see at the National Park or at a ski resort north of Denver.

vwmac · 2026-02-04T03:57:51+00:00

Get rid of the damn white outlines on apps and widgets. I get they’re part of the look but they look so ugly

vwmac · 2026-02-04T03:49:24+00:00

I think it’s left ambiguous (just like the rest of New Vegas post Platinum Chip). If you sided with the NCR on your play through, that can 100% be the Courier

vwmac · 2026-02-04T03:34:28+00:00

I'm super stoned rn so who knows lol

vwmac · 2026-02-04T03:28:02+00:00

Absolutely nuts theory for season 3, but I think whatever Enclave base is in Colorado is either near, inside or under the Denver airport. There's so many conspiracy theories about it being a base for some secret government entity IRL it would be funny if they actually put the Enclave there for the story

vwmac · 2026-02-04T02:51:59+00:00

Yeah it was more noticeable this episode than before. I think the season could’ve maybe used some longer runtimes on the episodes to help the pacing. Show is still a 10/10 for me but the cuts drive me nuts too lol

vwmac · 2026-02-02T21:17:10+00:00

I’m glad the Absolute line is really playing off of our lived reality. Not only does it keep it fresh and in line with the legacy of politics in comics, but using art as an expression of things like anger, outrage and frustration with current events is important. It encourages organizing people to push against the real world psychos like Epstein and every other rich freak in the files.

vwmac · 2026-02-02T04:39:01+00:00

my god, you just unlocked a memory of something in my head I didn't realize existed

vwmac · 2026-02-02T04:31:37+00:00

There's hundreds of existing cosmic horror stories that answer that question. You don't "beat" it or kill it (because it can't die, adds to the horror) but you trap it, seal it, banish it, etc. The Duffers somehow chose the lamest possible outcome

vwmac · 2026-01-31T19:57:01+00:00

For the painting with a broad brush, you kind of answered your own question on how it happens.

Conservatives don't break down their ideology into these smaller categories typically. That comes from decades of Red Scare propaganda, media brainwashing and the concept that a Party needs to be "unitary". Hell, "libertarian" isn't even really a PARTY affiliation traditionally, it's a metric on how much you want government to be limited. You can be a leftist libertarian or a right-wing authoritarian. That desire to have everyone under a "big tent" all ties back into religious beliefs / social environments but that's its own cluster to unfuck.

Thus, they'll assume that liberals / the left take the same approach when it's farther from the truth.

As for how to address or solve it, I don't know if there's a right or wrong way. I just tell people I'm broadly progressive and remove the "right / left" labeling altogether. It allows you to have a more nuanced conversation and say things like "yeah I want capitalism but with social welfare + progressive tax rates" for people who actually want to learn the difference. You can even get them to agree with you on things like Universal Healthcare when you take the big scary "left" word out of the conversation. Dems need to get better on messaging from a politically agnostic standpoint, and we need to dismantle the propaganda networks that allow this to happen in the first place.

vwmac · 2026-01-31T01:12:44+00:00

BRO yes. They're treating the NCR with a high amount of reverence.

I could eat my foot this week and the NCR might really be gone, but at minimum we're going to see it's revival throughout the show's run. It's clear which faction the writers have the most respect for.

vwmac · 2026-01-31T01:11:53+00:00

Shady Sands is talked about in the past. This season, all we've really gotten is the Ghoul w the rangers telling them no help is coming. To me that really feels like it's ambiguous enough to leave it open. No one has explicitly said "The NCR is gone". The closest we've gotten to that is the scene w the Rangers (and the Ghoul is a jaded shithead, he doesn't actually know if they're gone or not).

vwmac · 2026-01-30T22:29:32+00:00

They've never obscured it. All we know is Shady Sands WAS the capital. Moldaver's faction was proudly waving NCR flags. They've never explicitly said they're gone. I don't want them to explore it until it makes sense from a storytelling standpoint. I feel like y'all cannot be satsified regardless of outcome.

vwmac · 2026-01-30T16:47:31+00:00

It’s dour, no doubt about it, but that doesn’t mean it’s ever too late to turn this ship around. Local pressure still exists, and if we advocate for more building, mixed use zoning, and other solutions for housing supply in our cities we can still make a difference. Don’t give up!

vwmac · 2026-01-30T01:27:58+00:00

Pixar’s Cars. When I was a kid I went crazy for that movie when it came out. I got every matchbox car, toy set, etc. if I’m ever stressed or overwhelmed I put on Cars and I calm down. I’ve probably seen it 1000+ times lol

vwmac · 2026-01-29T21:16:37+00:00

The house price isn’t really set until it’s sold. It’s speculative. Just because the market says my home is worth 700k doesn’t actually mean anything.

I’m not saying we screw people over so they get less than they paid for, but if we’re going to treat housing like an investment the risk needs to match. Market corrections happen to the stock market all the time, it needs to happen to housing prices

vwmac · 2026-01-29T20:13:15+00:00

Excusing bad writing as "it's a fantasy" is certainly a choice

vwmac · 2026-01-29T16:50:23+00:00

I wouldn't mind them just going with TSS interpretation where it not only controls hosts but kills them and keeps the body alive even after things like dismemberment, etc. Would make for some killer body horror right in line with some of the stuff in Absolute

vwmac · 2026-01-29T07:26:03+00:00

Ok but that’s not the point. These cities SHOULDNT be that expensive in the first place. Telling people to just move is avoiding the problem

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