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Trumble posted...

The average American? Probably less.
The worst Americans? Probably much more.

This.

It would be crazy to think I have it worse than my grandparents era. People forget many of our grandparents literally grew up during segregation, Civil Rights, and the assassination of MLK.

Six Flags
https://youtu.be/x1_OpvTrFVk?si=9xMl8MCVw07a5uvq

Pokemon
https://youtu.be/v01PZiHTihs?si=Q9gEw0NXwPNMsOAw

Garioshi posted...

Ken Klippenstein has been screaming about NPSM-7 and what a threat it is to our civil liberties nonstop since it was enacted. Do you genuinely think he's on Trump's side?

Yes.

As Light pointed out, breaking away on here and there issues doesnt change ones overall actions.

MTG is a big Trump/MAGA supporter. Yet she is breaking away on 2 major Trump narratives. Healthcare and the Epstein files. Enemy of my enemy is my temporary ally (on those 2 issues), but lets not kid ourselves as if she isnt still a big Trump supporter.

Sure, why not. Its not like theres too many qualified people in charge under the Trump administration anyway.

So much for no more DEI picks.

pinky0926 posted...

He's not a Mary Stu, it's funnier than that. On the one hand he possesses a physical destructive power that allows him to destroy any enemy no matter how cosmic or eldritch with a single punch, and yet on the other hand he's going through an existential crisis at having no real purpose, is kind of loser and no one remembers who he is because he's unremarkable looking. The plot/tension all comes from him trying and failing to become more popular and liked.

In fact his sidekick is the real "mary stu" character - he's cool, handsome, intelligent, super popular and good at everything - so the main character being immeasurably more powerful than him in what is ostensibly a battle shonen is the joke. Like you have all these typical cool powerful shonen archetypal characters, and then you have a dumbass bald lazy guy who is inexplicably stronger than all of them.

His power also completely defies explanation, but this is played off more like it's stupid as hell, rather than being some mysterious force.

Tagging so I can read this later after work. Thanks!

TMOG posted...

This isn't in any way an excuse for completely rewriting storylines to confuse the reader and literally waste their time

Like I said, I haven't gotten around to watching the series yet. So Im not here to state it is actually a gag series.

But operating on the basis that it is a gag series, it actually is an excuse. You are literally not to take continuity too seriously. The storyline isnt meant to be consistent, power scaling isnt meant to make sense, canon isnt meant to be solid. Rules are literally bent for the sole purpose of driving the gag of the series. Thats what a gag series is.

I always thought One Punch Man was like a parody anime. Nothing to take too seriously.

Isn't the main character like a Mary Stu who never can lose because of the name of the Manga? Genuine question, as I thought about giving the show a try.

@cousinvini there are plenty of people out there that can differentiate fiction from reality.

Now if you are speaking of real life gore watching, thats a different topic all together. But even that some nuance is needed here as even that can be compartmentalized. Depends on the circumstances.

ReturnOfDevsman posted...

Morning people are people who wake up early in the morning.

Hot natured people are people who feel hot easily.

Now you know.

And those people are an issue because......?

How unfortunate..... but yes.

Luteo posted...

Do men really believe they are tough driving a big truck, no people think you have small wee wees lmao

You are generalizing.

And fun fact, theres women who like big trucks as well.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

why the fuck you out driving at 10 at night

Some people have jobs at night?

Vokrent posted...

Sounds like a you problem. I'd rather drive a sedan over a modern pickup any day.

Then do that?

You say its a him problem, but the topic itself of not liking trucks is also a "you problem."

Do we actually have a credible source that isnt, random lady on Twitter who supposedly has "sources."

A recording? An interview? A post from a sitting Democrat? ...something that isnt akin to "my uncle at Nintendo told me xyx"....

Dio posted...

mean when is it? According to you never

You literally did exactly as I just described right on queue.

The defenders hide behind the disingenuous question of, "wElL wHeN iS iT oK tO CrItIcIzE dEmOcRaTs?"

Its a question that intentionally at this point tap dances around its not about being critical of Democrats. Its about being more critical of Democrats than Republicans. While having all the excuses in the world not to attack the people in charge, Republicans, more. Republicans.... who control the House, Senate, White House and Supreme Court.

You intentionally ignore that for a clear obvious reason, as the defenders always do. While trying to play victim as if its simply about being critical of Democrats.

Dio posted...

I mean duh. Half of CE blames protest voters for everything. Like legit think thats the sole reason she lost. I get called MAGA for not talking about Trump enough. Humble is the worst of them because anything negative about Democrats means you support Trump.

I wouldn't blame them for everything, but what isnt being acknowledged is theres some who think they shouldnt be held accountable for anything. Or the delusional position that the narrative they push or defend is inconsequential.

And yes, talking about Democrats more than Republicans is something to criticize. Having every excuse under the sun why you think its prudent to focus on being critical of Democrats more than the Republicans,.... is something to criticize. Republicans, you know the people who hold the majority in the House, Senate, White House and Supreme Court yet, "lets protest Obama!"

Even more comical is when protest voters are criticized, the defenders hide behind the disingenuous question of, "wElL wHeN iS iT oK tO CrItIcIzE dEmOcRaTs?"

Its a question that intentionally at this point tap dances around its not about being critical of Democrats. Its about being more critical of Democrats than Republicans.

No.

Even if we entertain the idea that she isnt fully on board with Trans people, the idea that Trans people would be under the same threat under Kamala is just delusional.

Trump and his administration is actively targeting them. Kamala and her administration wouldn't actively target them.

Dare I ask how do you mistake a human child for a fucking squirrel?

My bs meter is off the charts...

mistymermaid posted...

I hope so. It's just I revile conservatism, and the thought of a person willing to work for the current administration automatically provokes a response of immense disgust.

As explained by multiple, your thought process of federal workers is incorrect. Worse, its actually very similar to conservatives and their vitriol of federal workers based on misinformation of them.

Most federal jobs have nothing to do with "serving" the current administration. Many federal jobs arent even political. Many federal workers are average Joe's that make less money than the private sector as most fed jobs do not pay well.

mistymermaid posted...

"out of touch" maybe, albeit for a very different reason.
I don't get why someone other than a fascist would desire federal employment today.

Id give this a serious response, but I think everyone else has already replied to your post in a better way. So read their posts.

@mistymermaid

I'm more suggesting they walk out, in protest of the regime.

An out of touch proposal as again, most federal workers are regular people barely making ends meet. You are falsely equating federal workers to political jobs serving Trump.

Some seriously have a very misinformed idea of what federal workers are and its falsely painting a fantasy of what federal jobs are or what they do. Hence this idea by some thinking fed workers are all lazy, sitting around doing nothing but collecting a paycheck.

Most federal workers dont work to serve the presidents administration, they are not all political jobs, nor is the average federal salary high paying. In fact its typically lower than the private sector.

Federal jobs can range from a simple janitor to a help desk clerk, to a weatherman, to a cabinet pick, to a literal congress aid. Again, not all political jobs that have anything to do with DC.

Walking out isnt "protesting the regime." Its just a useless gesture that only hurts the worker since again those jobs dont pay well, they still have bills to pay, and Trump has made it clear he is open to illegally firing them.

Sen. Booker also said we should have bipartisan agreement. I think thats a great idea we should have bipartisan agreement, Cruz said. How about we all come together and say Lets stop murders. How about we all come together and say Lets stop rape. How about we all come together and say Lets stop attacking pedophiles.

https://youtu.be/6AaKkGrTqjE?si=bhbjifhRxhLCp2Cj

mistymermaid posted...

Wondering how much I should care about federal employees at this stage. Someone who would be willing to work for a Trump administration can't exactly have moral fiber...

You are aware federal workers are just regular people whos been a federal worker before Trump was around right? The VA, National Weather Service.... even simple job roles such as janitors can all be a federal worker.

Also, these people are not supposed to work for Trump. Being a federal worker has nothing to do with morality, and frankly little to do with politics given a lot of roles have nothing to do with ones political lining. You are falling into the same trap Republicans are being giddy about firing federal workers because they believe all of them are lazy, doing nothing, or working to stop Trump.

El_Dustino posted...

When is the right time to criticize the democrats? And what is your solution to make people less critical of them?

This question at this point is not a serious question and was already answered numerous times in this topic alone. Including in the post you decided to partially requote.

It has definitely been explained before its not simply about "being critical of Democrats." That question appears to be asked often (often by the same usuals) while intentionally ignoring the type of people specifically who have the habit of being disproportionately critical of Democrats....., and not the people in charge, Republicans.

Despite the government shutting down, many people still get paid during a shutdown. Shutdown doesnt necessarily mean everything is shutdown or that absolutely no one is paid.

It depends on the department and the budgets in that department. Theres some misinformation floating around that no one is paid, and I dont mean back pay. I mean paid, business as normal pay.

El_Dustino posted...

Can't say I was aware that there was a subreddit for this board, but even then, that does not change the notion that acting like this board has literally any sway over anyone is reaching. I can't imagine people going "wow x user on a board on a gaming board I can't view said the Dems bad, guess I'm voting for Trump now."

Which again is disingenuous in nature to believe.

Thoughts posted here do not exist in a vacuum nor does the thoughts posted here actually stay here.

You are willfully ignoring Gamefaqs is not some isolated "walled off" bubble, that doesnt share a collective trend across the globe of being more critical of Democrats than Republicans. Its not just "X user on gamefaqs." Its a collective amount of people from multiple avenues all parroting it, which in turn reaffirms it to many types of people. Multiple avenues that do not exist in a vacuum of thought.

When multiple people from many spans of life are collectively parroting a narrative, that has an affect on the whole. We literally see it has an affect as we have multiple examples of average uneducated voters who genuinely believe it is worth going 3rd party, or not voting at all, or worse voting Trump. All because its not just one avenue chanting to criticize Democrats more than Republicans.

It doesnt matter how isolated you think one specific avenue is given that narrative quite clearly doesnt exist in a vacuum, and quite clearly isnt limited to just one specific mouth piece or place of media.

El_Dustino posted...

You did not properly explain why posts on this walled off message board on a dying website where the users generally all vote dem and agree on most things have such a massive impact. This place does not feed into the collective social media, it is a walled garden. There is no population of moderates who will even see the posts here.

Also, when evidently everyone dislikes the democrats at the moment, perhaps the better option is to try to change the party vs saying everyone just needs to stop hating them.

I did, you are just being disingenuous.

People on CE dont just talk to people on CE, and it doesnt exist in a vacuum of thought. You are dodging collectively the narrative of holding Democrats to a higher standard, and criticized more than Republicans has actually shaped elections. A narrative that has multiple avenues of people pushing from social media, to forums, to influencers, to mainstream media.

You claim thoughts are "walled off" on this "dying board" and even that's disingenuous given how often posts are screenshot on reddit. So there are multiple avenues that these so called thoughts arent actually reseved to jist this board.

Even the idea that everyone here on this board "generally votes the same" is a claim that hold no water given we had users here who definitely made a concerted effort to defend not voting or going 3rd party. An effort that objectively assists Republicans give we have a 2 party system that guarantees only a Democrat or Republican will win. Meaning support of not voting or going 3rd party, actively assists Republicans. Capping that assistance off with a begrudgingled message of, "but vote Kamala" doesnt change its a message that still favors Republicans.

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Im ignoring the victim complex you are on about being harassed. You're not.

That aside, this logic of yours that posts here dont matter in the day and age of social media doesnt hold.

Collectively this mindset of spreading criticism of Democrats over Republicans does actually have an impact. We see it with media, we see it in the comments section of forums, we see it social media feeds, we see it in political rabbit hole.

This idea you are trying to push to avoid any accountability of eligible voters and their part in messaging, is part of the problem. What you post does matter when collectively enough people are being more critical of Democrats than Republicans.

Its the same ignorant logic pushed by some that voting doesnt matter. It does matter when collectively enough people dont vote using the same logic. Hence why Republicans push hard to convince just enough people to either stay home or go 3rd party if said voter doesnt necessarily lean Republican.

LightSnake posted...

There's enough real stuff to hate Mr. Beast over, we don't need "paid a professional stuntman to do a stunt"

Id argue its a fair question to ask did he make it clear. Again, I didnt watch the video, just saying its a fair question.

We literally have a growing generation of content creators doing stupid shit for clout.

AceMos posted...

his viewers are mostly kids

We can have a conversation about shifting the blame to the parents, but viewership is still one of the main drives for content creators to continue to do the things they are doing.

HashtagSEP posted...

Now, I could agree with the outrage if it was "This was entirely scripted and a lot less dangerous than he made it out to be, it's basically clickbait Youtube junk," but "He paid a professional stuntman to do supervised stunt work, how terrible" is super performative nonsense.

I didnt personally see this video, and Im going strictly off the topic title. I dont plan to watch a MrBeast video.

Did he make it crystal clear this was scripted with a paid professional stunt man? Keep in mind Im not asking do you think it was obvious without him saying that. Im asking did he make it clear in that specific video.

Part of that blame goes to his viewers.

He does what he does because it draws in attention and views. Its not too different from prank videos.

If people are tuning in, the content creators will keep doing this stuff. Negative attention is still good attention.

El_Dustino posted...

So at this point it's not even people who didn't say anything negative about Harris during her campaign but had dark anti dem thoughts in their head while they supported her?

Some revisionist history going on there. The CoG had plenty of negative things to say about Biden, later Kamala and Dems as a whole. They were literally equally or more negatively critical of Democrats than Republicans. And they always had excuses why they were less critical of Republicans, while holding Democrats to a higher standard.

El_Dustino posted...

Outside of learning from the mistakes of last year literally who the f*** cares about Harris in 2025

I replied to a post implying CoGs would deliberately come out as anti Harris.

They would never do that as it defeats the plausible deniability they love to hide under. Begrudgingly "supporting" Biden, later Kamala, and later whoever the 2028 Dem candidate while having a pattern of attacking the Dems more than Republicans is a well known strategy at this point.

Again, theres a difference between someone criticizing Democrats (as theres definitely things to criticize)......, and someone who has a history of conveniently and disproportionately attacks Democrat equally if not more than Republicans. And when confronted on that detail, has a laundry list of excuses why they are less critical of Republicans.

We just had a topic about protesting Obama, and to no surprise we can guess who was making excuses why protesting Obama was more lucrative than protesting the people (Republicans) actually in charge of all 3 branches of government.

LightSnake posted...

When did Dio focus on "HARRIS BAD?"

I genuinely don't remember them being anti-Harris

Ill speak for my post.
Its not about literally coming out and being "anti Harris." As the CoG arent going to be so deliberate.

Its about coming out and consistently being equally or more critical of Harris than Trump. Despite Trump being worse. Trump is now literally in charge, MAGA controls the House, the Senate and the Supreme Court and they still find ways to be less critical of the people literally in power.

We cant act surprised a certain amount of people in this country are uneducated about how bad Trump/MAGA is when there is a concerted effort to hold Democrats to a higher standard than Republicans. Or the concerted effort to be equally or more critical of Democrats than Republicans.

A practice that isnt brand new. A practice that aims to get just enough people to think both sides are about the same if not the same, "so it doesnt matter who wins." And in some regions, outright paint Democrats as worse than Republicans since supposed "Democrats" even criticize Democrats more than Republicans.

Dissident_77 posted...

Married and she is perfect for me. Also younger. So both divorce and her dying first seem very unlikely

All my dating apps experience is from 2017 and 2018, so things could also be different

I see. Glad to hear its not because you are giving up!

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Now you are on a victim complex.

I didnt harass you, and frankly dont recall whether or not you were part of the group that did as I described posts ago.

That said, if you were among that group (Kain, Thanatos, Dustin, Zell, Dio), claiming you voted for Kamala or donated to her means nothing if again, you constantly messaged criticism of Democrats more than Republicans. Pretending to be left, while conveniently always being more critical of Democrats over Republicans isnt a new strategy.

Your (i use the word your and you to speak in general) claimed actions do not overshadow your literal actions all can actually see of having a posting history of attacking Democrats equally or less than Republicans. Then having all the excuses in the world to not attack Republicans more.

Again, I dont follow/remember your posts enough to put you in either or camp. Another user here might be able to chime in on that one. But the other users I listed, definitely have a track record which is exactly why they are called Champions of Gaza. Their track record proves they dont actually care, as they tend to be less present when it comes to holding Republicans accountable.

Criticism of Democrats is one thing. Having a pattern of being more critical of Democrats than Republicans, and having every excuse under the sun why you dont want to be critical of Republicans.... is another. Champions of Gaza fall into the latter camp.

Dissident_77 posted...

I feel like you just responded to an older post of mine vs what I said this time. It was kind of a joke, but also not.

As I said, when she offered to split, it often turned into something. I am also saying that maybe if they don't offer, I should then push their half on them, because it likely has no future anyway. I do believe whether they offer or not is a huge sign.

I will probably never go on a first date again in my life though.

Edit: to be clear, not trying to be argumentative

Nah, I was responding to your last post.

Joke or not, Im not here to tell you to stop doing something you genuinely want to do.

Im just speaking towards those who feel obligated they owe someone a free date "just because they asked" OR feel obligated to pay on the basis they feel the other person won't go for a second date unless they pay for the first.

As for the rest of your post, theres several different discussions to be had there, that I just dont want my point to misunderstood as an attack at you.

On a separate note, how come you feel like you won't go on a first date ever again? Feel free not to answer btw, as the question is not meant to be an attack.

Dissident_77 posted...

Now that I think about it, every single time I got into a relationship/fling with someone, even if just for a couple weeks, they offered to split.

So how about this...

If they offer to split, I say that I got it, knowing this is a good sign of their potential. If they DON'T offer to split, then I tell them they need to pay their half lol

Unlikely I will ever have to do this again though.

If you genuinely love paying, Im definitely not telling you to stop. Keep doing it if its something you genuinely enjoy. Im genuinely not saying that to be sarcastic or condescending. I understand some genuinely enjoy buying things for people.

Im just saying on the chance that you dont like paying for multiple first dates (some have voiced this frustration in the dating world), dont be paying for first dates because of "whoever asked first should pay."

You dont owe anyone a free coffee, movie, dinner, whatever.... just because you asked them out. Nor should the person you asked out feel some type of way about going on a second date just because they felt entitled to a free xyz from you, "because you asked them out."

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Unless that user has a history of being more critical of Democrats than Republicans, he didnt make the list. Simply being critical of Democrats isnt the only criteria to get you called that, and you are aware that by now.

You definitely have been explained who in specific is being called a Champion of Gaza.

Dissident_77 posted...

Never said anyone owes anyone anything. My tactic still works though. And probably half my first dates led to second ones. And when it ended at a first date, it was 50/50 on which of us decided not worth a second.

And as Sway said, the first date shouldn't be much money anyway. I usually did happy hour but sometimes it ended up being at multiple locations but then she may pay at a stop.

You do what you will on the first date. If you dont mind paying first all the time by all means. Im not saying stop doing something you personally love to do. But it should be something you personally love to do. Not an obligation you feel you have to do or else the person you asked will be in their feelings about paying for something they thought you owed them.

One shouldnt expect whoever asked to pay for the 1st date at all. I dont care who asked. I dont care if the date was costly or not. I dont care if its coffee or a 5 star resteraunt.

No one should just be expected to pay for multiple first dates just because they did the asking. And lets be honest on who typically more times than not expected to do the asking. So its also not a shocker how some such as the TC might fall into red pill traps when society is telling him, its on him to approach, ask, and pay for multiple 1st dates that rightfully has no promises to see a 2nd date.

So when we say no one owes anyone anything, that should include anyone feeling some type of way about going on a second date, because they had to pay for their own coffee, dinner, movie, whatever.... on a first date.

Kaldrenthebold posted...

I'm out of the loop, what is this cog stuff

It means 'Champions of Gaza.'

It refers to the usual people that claimed to care about the genocide in Gaza, but did everything in their power to aid Republicans win 2024.... who are much worse for Gaza. All the while having every excuse under the sun to be less critical of those same Republicans, and every excuse under the sun to protest Republicans less. Again, those same people won't miss a beat to be critical and protest Democrats at a far greater rate and severity.

In otherwords, the people more invested in appearing like they care, but their actions show the complete opposite given they seem to be less active against Republicans.... you know, the party holding the White House, majority in Congress, and Supreme Court. We have a few of those usuals even in this topic.

For example, the people that were protesting Obama, a guy who hasn't been president since 8 years ago..... instead of Trump (the current president), Vance (thr VP), Mike Johnson (the GOP Speaker)..... practically any sitting GOP congressman on a larger scale. In fact these people have loads of excuses to protest and criticize them equally or less than Democrats.

Dissident_77 posted...

I always paid for the first date, and said it was because I asked them out, but the vast majority of the time, she would pay for the second date.

Frankly the, "whoever asked should pay" mentality needs to stop. As some are not honest what that roundabout excuse more times than not tends to favor.

Paying on a second date mean little to nothing if like in the TCs case, he ends up going on multiple first dates and minimum second dates.

Both parties need to show up fully expecting to pay for their own food/amenities at the date. Both parties are working adults (hopefully) with adult bills to pay. Nobody owes nobody for their time.

I agree media leans right and will still blame Dems. And I know the resident usuals will blame Democrats as well.

That said, I still think Dems should message better and hard that this is Republicans fault. Not Dems.

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Enjoy pretending the same usuals who have every excuse under the sun to attack Republicans less than Democrats, are my allies.

Their actions of finding all the excuses they can to disproportionately not go after Republicans, says otherwise.

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Its not "yesterday's enemies" when the same usuals in the past and now still bash Democrats more than Republicans.

There are definitely others.

Adam Mockler while definitely not the only one, I think has been doing an amazing job.
https://youtu.be/O36ChNIlzaE?si=P_51IiPt4N8aXcrt

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It aged poorly. Kain has a long history of doing the very thing others in this topic have pointed out. Attacking Democrats more than Republicans.

If we were talking about a user that didnt have a long documented history of attacking Democrats more than Republicans, and having a laundry list of excuses why its not worth attacking Republicans more.... his post would actually have any truth to it. As theres plenty good reasons to be critical of Democrats.

But its not. Its always the same users who claimed to care about Gaza before the election, but constantly messaged on "Dems just as bad or worse than Republicans." Having every excuse imaginable then and still now, why they are more critical of Democrats than Republicans. Including reasons to protest Republicans less. The same usuals also tend to have an overlap in supporting not voting, going 3rd party during elections, or hiding behing the begrudge message to vote Democrat but "here's a list of reasons why I think the candidate is almost as bad as the GOP candidate."

Even when blame should be all or majority about Republicans using simple math of how the US government works, its the same usuals spinning to blame "both sides" or focusing on Democrats more if they can find a couple who voted with Republicans.

BalanceLost posted...

Why would it be a parody topic?

Theres plenty reason given some of the tension at each genders toxic behaviors in dating.

That said, if this genuinely not a parody, and truly just a topic to admit ones own toxic habits, pay me no nevermind.

Guessing this is a parody topic.

I really cant tell anymore in this day and age.