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TopicThese organizations (BLM, DSA, college student org) showing their asses
emblem-man
10/10/23 5:39:32 PM
#31
Prestoff posted...
For fuck sakes, just say "I support Palestine, but do no condone the actions of Hamas." That's what my Muslim friends are saying, it's not fucking hard to do so.
It's sooo simple!! So so simple. I can't fathom how so many are failing at something so easy.

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TopicThese organizations (BLM, DSA, college student org) showing their asses
emblem-man
10/10/23 5:38:28 PM
#30
Damn_Underscore posted...
This is treating politics like team sports too. A stupid and toxic group shouldnt change your opinion of the issues. The issues are what matter, and they matter a lot because they inevitably affect millions of people.
That's why it's so annoying. These groups care more about cosplaying as faux revolutionaries that they are risking their future ability to enact actual policy changes.

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TopicThese organizations (BLM, DSA, college student org) showing their asses
emblem-man
10/10/23 5:22:08 PM
#18
luigi33 posted...
Per usual, progressives have the most based takes yet the most terrible messaging.

This isn't even just messaging. No amount of bad phrasing leads you to make statements like these.

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TopicThese organizations (BLM, DSA, college student org) showing their asses
emblem-man
10/10/23 5:20:52 PM
#16
[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


This group obviously seems to think Hamas and Palestine are one and the same

https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1711820123408138416?t=izqJaDSKopA1dA2KNHcf7Q&s=19

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TopicThese organizations (BLM, DSA, college student org) showing their asses
emblem-man
10/10/23 5:17:07 PM
#15
[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Agreed. Which is why it's so stupid how these organizations are literally conflating the 2. Like wtf, why would they imply this attack is done by Palestinians.

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TopicThese organizations (BLM, DSA, college student org) showing their asses
emblem-man
10/10/23 5:15:42 PM
#13
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I agree and that's why it angers me so much. Racists are going to hate BLM no matter what but sooo much goodwill that was earned is going down the drain because you just won't denounce the killing of civilians. So fucking stupid.

Even DSA. At least someone like AOC is actually making a good distinction of condemning Hamas and the violence while making it clear she supports Palestinians. So simple, yet so many can not do it. It's infuriating

AOC:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/1/6/AADgb_AAE668.jpg

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TopicThese organizations (BLM, DSA, college student org) showing their asses
emblem-man
10/10/23 5:09:53 PM
#1
How..
It's so fucking simple, denounce the violence of Hamas.

Wtf is this

https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1711820123408138416?t=izqJaDSKopA1dA2KNHcf7Q&s=19
https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1711817161503900062?t=nsivbdj_y_UF6ycrT895jg&s=19

https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1711419658002125013?t=YyFF49ELcWradXkjxNhahA&s=19

https://twitter.com/politicalelle/status/1711236782379991284?t=UO1d99pWtLqrMJyyITU6rQ&s=19

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/1/3/AADgb_AAE665.jpg

Just do vile. How do you include the fucking paratroopers in your statement?!

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TopicIs Taylor Swift hot
emblem-man
10/10/23 11:49:46 AM
#5
She's attractive

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TopicHow many Ben Shapiro fans do we have here?
emblem-man
10/09/23 3:29:34 PM
#9
Eww
I despise the man

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TopicWhy the fuck did they attack a music festival?
emblem-man
10/09/23 10:09:55 AM
#81
So many people have been showing their asses these past couple of days and it's so fucking sickening

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TopicTerm Limits Might Break Congress (and not for the better)
emblem-man
10/09/23 8:37:16 AM
#60
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Deprive of expertise Bullshit, most of them only introduce bills written by lobbyists. They do nothing.

And having no term limits would make that even worse is the authors point

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TopicTerm Limits Might Break Congress (and not for the better)
emblem-man
10/09/23 8:36:41 AM
#59
I pretty much agree with the author here.
One of the issues in Congress is that the members don't do the actual hard work of legislating, which includes all the boring stuff of making deals with people, understanding processes, writing law, etc. Bringing new faces into office means nothing if the boring detailed little stuff can't be done will. It's a career job that takes expertise both from the Congress members as well ass their staffers.

If you said you wanted a limit of like 20-30 years, then sure, I guess. It needs to be a significant amount of time though.

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TopicSecretary of State admits 6 billion given to Iran was always going to be
emblem-man
10/08/23 2:36:30 PM
#12
Is this not true?

https://twitter.com/RepJasonCrow/status/1710724778552692949?t=l0zCLxX1slyRxxtY7Z3p3w&s=19

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TopicI've read 25 books by 25 dufferebt authors so far this year, AMA
emblem-man
10/08/23 8:59:50 AM
#3
How do you pick which books to read

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Topic"If you tax wealthy companies they'll just move out of the US"
emblem-man
10/07/23 5:19:53 PM
#54
s0nicfan posted...
Unless you're bringing the pension back as well keep in mind you just destroyed the 401k as a retirement option, so now nobody gets to retire.

Not really, as 401k contributions are already pre-tax. Gains in a 401k plan is already tax free as well.

And withdrawals from 401k at retirement is already taxed as income I believe.

It only impacts those who trade stocks and hold for over 1 year, since short term stock capital gains is already equal to regular income taxes.

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Topic"If you tax wealthy companies they'll just move out of the US"
emblem-man
10/07/23 5:14:39 PM
#52
ZMythos posted...
If that accomplishes the same thing, then sure.

Can we tax shareholders too? Like, by a lot?
We should definitely increase capital gains tax. I think it's bad that labor income is taxed a higher percentage than income from investing

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TopicWhat's a meal where the gap between average and good is small/large
emblem-man
10/07/23 4:26:14 PM
#7
I'm gonna say veggies for a big gap. Really well cooked veggies are just really good. I know saying veggies is kinda broad, but still..

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Topicis star wars dead?
emblem-man
10/07/23 4:23:26 PM
#23


Zithers posted...
https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/ahsoka-and-star-wars-cultural-cul-de-sac

was reading this article. pretty sad state of affairs. spoilers for ahsoka in it btw.

i saw s1 of mandalorian which was a chore and s1 of andor which had like two good episodes. this dave filoni guy seems like a huge geek with zero creative or cultural references to pull from outside of other star wars media which is a bad thing probably.


Lol what..no

Zithers posted...
A torrent of cultural content thats vast in volume but shallow in depth.

This is kinda funny. I'm not someone who really liked the star wars movies. Hell, I only watched the original trilogy when I was 20.
But I've liked ahsoka, Andor, and Rogue 1.
It's been interesting watching the Rockstar YouTube videos where they give the history and detail on various things in the episodes.


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TopicWhat's a meal where the gap between average and good is small/large
emblem-man
10/07/23 4:15:03 PM
#4
ChocoboMogALT posted...
Generally, pasta. There's an upper limit on how good wheat + sauce is.

Some places you can find good cheap-ish pizza possibly even better than a fancy pizza place.

Certain fish dishes are perfect if they're fresh caught.

American BBQ.
Agreed, especially for pasta and bbq

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Topic"If you tax wealthy companies they'll just move out of the US"
emblem-man
10/07/23 4:13:09 PM
#46
emblem-man posted...
Tax the corporation minimally, but just increase the personal income tax greatly

To add to this, this would also actually do what most of y'all want, which is for the rich to pay higher taxes. Doing it through higher corporate taxes is kind of a roundabout way of doing it.

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Topic"If you tax wealthy companies they'll just move out of the US"
emblem-man
10/07/23 3:38:01 PM
#34
Tax the corporation minimally, but just increase the personal income tax greatly

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TopicWhat's a meal where the gap between average and good is small/large
emblem-man
10/07/23 3:25:20 PM
#1
As in, one where the difference between it being "meh" and "good" is small enough where you'd rather not pay a premium for the "good" version?

What about the opposite?

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TopicPowerball is at a billion dollars tonight, did you buy a ticket CE
emblem-man
10/07/23 10:24:49 AM
#70
Won $4 on a $2 ticket. What do

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TopicI don't understand why people simp for Livvy Dunne
emblem-man
10/07/23 8:31:58 AM
#12
NittanyLions23 posted...
I dont like that picture.

This topic needs more Simone Biles.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/9/AAffFeAAE6KF.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/0/AAffFeAAE6KG.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/1/AAffFeAAE6KH.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/2/AAffFeAAE6KI.jpg


for sure

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TopicI don't understand why people simp for Livvy Dunne
emblem-man
10/07/23 8:27:47 AM
#9
I've never heard of her or seen anyone simp for her

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TopicAnybody have any fond memories of video game demo stations in stores?
emblem-man
10/06/23 7:43:59 PM
#15
Tony hawk demos at Kmart and Walmart. Good times

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TopicHave you gotten more or less conservative as you've gotten older?
emblem-man
10/06/23 7:35:09 PM
#91
[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Oh man. If people don't know I'm 200% YIMBY, then I haven't been posting enough

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Haha, what specifically?

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TopicHave you gotten more or less conservative as you've gotten older?
emblem-man
10/06/23 5:48:40 PM
#67
More neoliberal? Like, I'm more economically liberal for sure and I support increased taxes (for everyone to be honest) and substantial welfare increase. But I'm not like an "eat the rich way" kinda guy.

I'm more libertarian in some specific aspects though (zoning laws, licensing, etc.)

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TopicHouse Republicans seem to be pretty upset about the speaker fiasco
emblem-man
10/06/23 10:48:35 AM
#3
Another reminder that the Republican party does not believe they or their voters actually have any agency. Everything is a reaction to Democrats "making" them do it. With an expectation that Democrats are meant to be the adults and not them.

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TopicRich people always try to pretend to be working class and have done hard work
emblem-man
10/05/23 6:05:22 PM
#2
Ha, just saw this on Twitter. Fully agreed. You're rich, just own it damn it

https://x.com/AFC_GLEN/status/1709654896683753913?t=v99dd12zvZSBjEyxD271WQ&s=09


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Topic$150k tax free a year for the rest of your life, but...
emblem-man
10/05/23 4:16:30 PM
#9
bsp77 posted...
Deal. I don't need videogames that much.


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TopicBiden Admin waives federal laws to allow for border wall construction
emblem-man
10/05/23 11:01:14 AM
#58
streamofthesky posted...
just don't get it, in 2020 Biden was one of the only Democrats to NOT support open borders, but then apparently went left on it once in office?
How did Biden go left on immigration?

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TopicPowerball is at a billion dollars tonight, did you buy a ticket CE
emblem-man
10/04/23 8:29:40 PM
#59
How do you guys pick your numbers?

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TopicBiden Admin waives federal laws to allow for border wall construction
emblem-man
10/04/23 8:15:01 PM
#15
Need them and state govts to do this for building transmission lines and high speed rails

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TopicShould governments be investing more in discovering time travel?
emblem-man
10/04/23 8:10:54 PM
#8
Zikten posted...
Yearw ago there was a short lived tv show about humans escaping global disaster by fleeing into the past. The world population all left to live in the dinosaur era. I dont remember the name of the show though. But it was like around 10 years ago maybe. On one of the basic network channels

ABC
NBC
CBS
Fox

One of those

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Nova_(TV_series)#

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TopicPowerball is at a billion dollars tonight, did you buy a ticket CE
emblem-man
10/04/23 8:02:46 PM
#55
itachi15243 posted...
I got a couple tickets online because I was too lazy to go out

Yay internet!

Link? Is it just the official site?

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TopicPixel 7 Pro vs Pixel 8 Pro. Any reason to upgrade?
emblem-man
10/04/23 2:26:48 PM
#2
Probably not. I have a 7, don't see any reason to upgrade... especially with the trade in values being so low

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TopicPowerball is at a billion dollars tonight, did you buy a ticket CE
emblem-man
10/04/23 2:10:21 PM
#51
I'll probably buy some tonight. A couple bucks to buy some hope

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TopicDemocrats' strategy for 2024.
emblem-man
10/04/23 8:53:14 AM
#59
COVxy posted...
This pikakaeru person is clearly a right-wing shit poster, but he is right about one thing: we should be worried about how the general election is currently polling

True. I would like to see members of Congress hyping up the good stuff the Biden admin is doing

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TopicSocial justice advocate stabbed to death in New York.
emblem-man
10/04/23 12:20:15 AM
#4
I hope they catch the person

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TopicWho here lives paycheck to paycheck and is barely surviving?
emblem-man
10/03/23 7:24:40 PM
#68
Payzmaykr posted...
Its rough, but I think Im a little bit better off than average. I stay out of debt, but I really dont bankroll much with the cost of living. My current issue is having trouble figuring out a way to move into a higher income bracket, but I understand the IRS would just put me in a higher tax bracket. I also have to live with roommates and really cant save up quickly enough to buy a home any time soon because rent is high.

Please do not ever consider limiting your income because of an incorrect notion of how tax brackets work. Going to a higher tax bracket just means every dollar above that bracket is now taxed at that percentage.

If the tax above 10k is 30% and it's 25% below 10k, it just means that if you make 10,005, that $5 is now taxed at 30% instead of 25%. All the money below 10k is still taxed at 25%.

You will never lose money from making a higher income*

*Caveat being stupid income cliff stuff that happens for those who use various welfare benefits

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TopicOne month before I'm supposed to get married and I'm really not feeling it much
emblem-man
10/03/23 7:19:54 PM
#24
Super_Slash posted...
Moving somewhere else, possible talks of adoption one day, neither of which I want to do quite possibly ever. The only place I'm comfortable, and want to, move back to is my hometown. Those are the two biggest examples I can think of. She's a very traditional person with a "knight in shining armor" kind of mentality, and marriage will intensify that.
Ok those are definitely reasons to stop and pause.
Even if you stop the wedding, you shouldn't "lead" her on if you're not on the same page regarding location and kids

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TopicOne month before I'm supposed to get married and I'm really not feeling it much
emblem-man
10/03/23 7:02:09 PM
#16
Super_Slash posted...
There's also external reasons such as the fact that I'm probably going to lose food stamps in the next three months, and she will eventually stop collecting on social security, meaning our lives will absolutely get harder since we won't have any more government assistance at that point (which has NOT been the case as long as I've been here

I'd say just talk to her and see what she thinks about that. If you weren't getting married those would still be events on the horizon right? So how does marriage change those things? How would you work through it if you weren't getting married?

Super_Slash posted...
Super_Slash posted...
I don't think I'm mentally or emotionally ready for such a big commitment. I also feel like relationship expectations change once you're married and I don't think I'm ready to deal with that
What kind of expectations? Infidelity?

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TopicOne month before I'm supposed to get married and I'm really not feeling it much
emblem-man
10/03/23 6:51:05 PM
#5
Any specifics on your mind about it?

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TopicMcCarthy is OUT as Speaker of the House!!
emblem-man
10/03/23 5:42:24 PM
#87
Why aren't Dems trying to stop the ouster of a Speaker who tried to throw out states' Electoral College votes, welcomed a man who incited a violent attack on Congress back into his good graces, brought the country to the brink of default, and can't/won't deliver on his word?
Odd.

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