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  1. EdamAnchorman
    I'd argue that those track names sound more GY!BE, or perhaps more A Silver Mt. Zion (or is it Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band?).
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    Curb is Larry playing himself as how he wishes he could act in real life. Jason Alexander playing George Costanza is how Larry really is in real life. Supposedly.
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    I don't think they're quite unaware. I think these are people who would've probably responded the same way to anyone speaking in that language. I feel like they've always been angry at the government, or "the system", but they've never had a candidate that they've been willing to vote for. One of Trump's greatest tricks is fooling these people into thinking he's telling the truth when he says he's going to "drain the swamp".
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    And we've all seen that, unfortunately, there are enough of those people to actually make a difference in elections. Kinda wish they'd just go back in their caves and resume distrusting the gov't and "the system" by NOT VOTING.
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    Yeah I thought about that while posting. I guess I took the snake's facial expression to be kind of aggressive, and that signaled male tendencies to me. Sorry, I guess I don't have too much experience with pizza-hawking snakes.
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    Do I have to fight that snake to get the pizza? Is the pizza made from this snake? Is the snake offering me the pizza? Did he make it? How did he make it without arms?
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    But freedum ain't free bruh
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    My little buddy Lola likes Orval. I mean, who doesn't?
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    Actually, I just remembered that there are little sine waves inside your sine wave of piss. That's what causes liquid streams to break up. It's one of the first things I learned in grad school: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau–Rayleigh_instability
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    I'm a bit out-of-phase, so mine is a cosine wave
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    What exactly am I supposed to find in Ohio? I mean I spent the first 22 years of my life there and wasn't able to find shit.
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    Just finished watching season 2 of Succession and, man, I really can't find a single bad thing to say about it. My only minor gripe is that Roman's transition from a total fuck-up to someone useful when he had to be was a little too convenient. But there's not one dull second in this show. I just marvel at the dialogue in every episode; nothing is wasted, everything punches at me. There's a perfect balance of laughs and seriousness. Most of the cast is just spot on in their acting... IDK, maybe I'm overreacting?
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    I really hope X / Twitter dies completely before Musk is able to use it to fuck with the next US presidential election.
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    Whoa pump the brakes there, sport; let's not bring LOGIC into this.
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    Geez all these reviews of the latest Disney Star Wars cash printing machine crap makes me kind of glad I've never been at all interested in Star Wars. "I'm sorry, it's a bad show."
  16. EdamAnchorman
    Luckily for us, Super Furry Animals have solved this one:
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    Fuck that shit, man. My Teams / Zoom background rotates between Jerry's / Kramer's / Newman's apartments from Seinfeld. Some people love it, most people don't get it, some young people think it's from Friends (barf), but bottom line is that I wouldn't use it for a job interview obv. but I'm pretty secure in my position at work so idgaf.
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    Yeah I mean when you try to classify every single thing that exists (and maybe some that don't?) by one metric (density), you're bound to miss some things like the fact that we're (probably) not living in a black hole.
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    Damn. I'm definitely going to read that paper. Edit:
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    Dimethyl sulfide... Are they sure someone just didn't fart near the detector??
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    ...and the attitude of every French person in that city.
  22. EdamAnchorman
    News media consumers and creators need to be more responsible, and people of all ages need to be taught how to think critically about information. Oh, and the wealth gap needs to close up a lot, and people need to embrace compromise in politics instead of this team / obstructionist dynamic.
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    ^ a story as old as time...
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    This is one major pit that I see people falling into when trying to understand why these hardcore supporters are they way they are. You cannot apply logic to their behavior. Don't expect them to behave logically; their motivation for supporting Trump is not coming from a place of logic. They don't care that he didn't deliver on his promises, obviously. He's their guy, and he represents THEM, to the end. Plus they'll probably rationalize those failures to deliver by saying something like he was hamstrung by the establishment or the deep state or some stupid shit like that. And yes, of course the internet / social media / 24/7 news cycle has accelerated this. Remember that this social media / media 24/7 cycle is money-driven, and pubic companies in this country have to show constant growth; IMO this causes a sort of "arms race" of the type of reporting that got us here. I only expect it to accelerate until something drastic happens that can cause a sea change in opinion and maybe cause some positive change. Which leads to your comment below: We may be at that point already in your mind, but things haven't changed. I wonder sometimes what things would be like if someone more important died on Jan 6th or if some Congresspeople were actually kidnapped. Would the Rs in congress have been able to just stare at the floor during the Jan 6th impeachment trial like a bunch of fucking obstinate children? Would the establishment R voters have been able to hold their nose and still support Trump? That's the kind of drastic event I'm thinking of.
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    To me, his voting bloc is very logical. Maybe I'm oversimplifying it, but I see a large chunk of people (not all obv.) who are rabid about him (not necessarily establishment R voters) as people who: Are fed up with the government for whatever reason Are fed up with what they see as the "status quo" for whatever reason Feel marginalized for whatever reason (sometimes because of their own deficiencies or faults and lack the ability or will to look inwardly and recognize said deficiencies, so they blame others (minorities taking my jobs, system is holding me down, etc.)) Have never or rarely voted before because of the above reasons In Trump they see someone who (rightly or wrongly): They feel represents them as an "outsider" in the established political system, and will thus fight for them Makes it OK to outwardly act like they inwardly feel (racist, xenophobic, overall hostile, etc.) I'm probably missing tons of stuff here, but I feel like he allowed tons of new voters of all ages who felt like no candidate represented them and their feelings / values to "join the party". As far as the media goes, left-leaning media just pours gasoline on the fire every time they report on the next "outrageous" thing he does, and that we should all be so outraged at him. Of course this is because they get more clicks / eyeballs / money if they report in this manner vs. fact-based reporting where emotions are checked at the door. IMO, this will not change as long as money is what's driving them unless something very drastic happens, more drastic than what we've already seen. In the end, I feel like the current climate of large and accelerating wealth gap has created a climate where something like this is much more prone to happen as more and more people are disillusioned as they see the economy doing relatively well while the rich get richer and they either are stagnant or are becoming relatively poorer.
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