How does the World view America these days?

[Nebraska]

here's the other guy he's talking about that got arrested

[ignatius]

7 minutes ago, Nebraska said:

here's the other guy he's talking about that got arrested

from the twitter replies:

"Please.. please tread on me"

wtf.. so many darwin awards gonna be handed out this year. 

[Roo]

On 3/28/2020 at 7:26 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Man, I'm so glad every other kid didn't have their own youtube channel when I was growing up.  I never looked at my own generation with such revulsion, but I'm sure we would have been notably awful too given the same media platforms.

YouTube started during my final year of high school, and I never heard mention of Facebook until the very end of that year. Definitely missed a bullet there.

[Hugh Mughnus]

I would probably still be in prison tbh.

[Nebraska]

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NRA sues NY for calling gun stores ‘non-essential’ amid coronavirus

The current public health emergency does not justify the complete elimination of this right [to bear arms], especially during a time when many New Yorkers have valid concerns about their physical safety and welfare

gov. cuomo doesn't realize that if you have a gun, you can just shoot the virus

[ignatius]

[Zephyr_Nova]

All these people expecting constant diarrhea, and then all they get is respiratory problems.

[Nebraska]

 

[ignatius]

he looks like a demon that put on a human mask

[ambermonk]

Modern day attire and technology, Dark Age mindset

[Hugh Mughnus]

Most/perhaps all televangelists deserve a swift but painful death.

[Zephyr_Nova]

They really are the worst.  The fact they can con so many people while being so ridiculous is really depressing.

[droid]

Copeland had a particularly unsettling moment in the limelight last year.

 

[Hugh Mughnus]

6 hours ago, Zephyr_Nova said:

They really are the worst.  The fact they can con so many people while being so ridiculous is really depressing.

Making millions upon millions of dollars. ugh

Edited April 6, 2020 by Hugh Mughnus

[dingformung]

I wonder if the American passion for shows and show masters is a relict of a time when preachers where the power centres of American communities. I really think that show business is something archetypical American

[cwmbrancity]

One of the first nights in the US was spent in Atlantic City, jesus what a dump.

Checking in saw a 20stone bloke who was 50% Big Pussy from the Sopranos & 50% walking Diadora sponsor. What is it with that type of shit leisure-wear btw? Thought Liverpool had the monopoly here.

Ceiling of the hotel had discoloured, damp looking patches on, minging whiff of stale cigarettes even on the bedding. Turned the tv on while ex had a shower & Joel Olsteen's Sunday service thing came on. Couldn't believe what i was watching. His face, that absolutely unhinged grin that never stopped for the duration i could endure seeing it. Slugging For Jesus by Cabaret Voltaire was my previous default reference for tv evangelists & they were spot on. Seeing it in that room though was the perfect storm of Lynchian strangeness.

Went downstairs to play Blackjack. Got drunk on free, watered-down bourbon & lost $100 slowly getting distracted by spoilt brat/sociopathic ex & a clan of Hasidic Jews arguing the next table over.

Happy days.

[marf]

Atlantic City. Is that an actual city?

[Hugh Mughnus]

Yeah... it’s like a sketchier cheaper version of Vegas.

if vegas is cocaine Atlantic city is heroin or meth

Edited April 6, 2020 by Hugh Mughnus

[cwmbrancity]

It's the psychic & architectural equivalent of Steak-umms.

[ignatius]

5 minutes ago, Hugh Mughnus said:

Yeah... it’s like a sketchier cheaper version of Vegas.

if vegas is cocaine Atlantic city is heroine or meth

it's also where trump ran one of his biggest scams and also got wrapped up in the mob. then got bailed out by his father. it's full of shady stories going all the way back. 

[Hugh Mughnus]

8 minutes ago, ignatius said:

it's also where trump ran one of his biggest scams and also got wrapped up in the mob. then got bailed out by his father. it's full of shady stories going all the way back. 

Orlly? I don’t know much drumpf history but I’m intrigued - yeah I always picture Atlantic city as just being shady AF... scummy. 

[Nebraska]

32 minutes ago, Hugh Mughnus said:

Orlly? I don’t know much drumpf history but I’m intrigued - 

i highly recommend this mini series. even if you weren't intrigued, it's an interesting insight into a slice of american history

[ambermonk]

Just now, marf said:

Atlantic City. Is that an actual city?

Yep. I've been there like 2 or 3 times as a kid. I remember the Boardwalk and the fake Taj Mahal. And my brother playing a VR sim in 1993, which had really basic polygon graphics which were par for the course at the time. I think Caesar's Palace was another one of the casinos. I don't think we ever actually gambled though.

[Nebraska]

 

[cichlisuite]

On 4/6/2020 at 1:21 PM, droid said:

Copeland had a particularly unsettling moment in the limelight last year.

 

That guy's body language! It looks as if he is right on the edge of strangling someone (that woman) with his bare hands. He is sweating rage out of his pores.