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At the 2004 Republican National Convention, 16 months after Bush declared Mission Accomplished in a war that would last 7 more years, delegates wore Band-Aids with Purple Hearts on them to mock the medals awarded to John Kerry for being wounded in Vietnam. Just thinking about that for some reason.

“Liberal” MSNBC and noted invertebrate Chuck Todd defending the normalization of violent rhetoric in between the natural outcomes of that rhetoric.

The math of this gets complicated really fast, given swing states and all that. If I start with the 2020 map, adjust to 2024's EV allotment, give GA and VA to the GOP and even out the states that split their EVs, I get a real narrow margin of 274D/264R that you can split with a 3rd party win in CO.

So, a person came into my mentions to argue about third parties to me. I tried to engage in good faith, thanked them for providing a better link than Ballotpedia, and got a decent amount of "trust me bro" & "pass my civics test" bullshit in return. But they offered a third party victory scenario!

The Inside Out characters in my head

The Inside Out characters in my head

Want to feel a little nihilism? Here’s what Biden’s plan for Muslim-Americans page said in October of 2020:

Costa Koutsoutis

Amateurs, all of you.

The Great Hades Bake-Off I would bet money this already exists on AO3.

Destiny 2 X The Bear

Look, I know it's basically his catchphrase and all, but this feels fucking dire. I've also gotten two "malarkey" texts since 10:25 last night.

I know printers are a scam, and today I’m finally resolved to start looking at upgrade options for my nine-year-old printer/scanner, but this is some hot bullshit. If you can’t math, XL is “up to 2X” more prints but costs 2.2X as much. That is not less cost per page. That is more cost per page.

As someone who remembers what it was like when Marvel acknowledged 9/11 in comics, ignoring the real-world disaster is better for everyone.

Maybe I'm a crank but I'm sorry, this is insane

Quote skeet with one of your fav films that isn’t a huge hit let’s get to know each other a bit more 👀 It’s been over a decade since I watched it, so I don’t know how well it holds up, but it’s Marisa Tomei in a relationship with Vincent D’Onofrio, who might be a time traveler or just delusional.

quote post with one of your fav films that isn't a huge hit let's get to know each other a bit more Well known in Australia, but less so here. This is Eric Bana’s greatest performance ever, and very entertaining all around:

Chopper 20th Anniversary - Official Traileryoutu.be It's time to get reacquainted with Uncle Chop Chop: http://mad.mn/chopper20 The critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning Australian cinema classic #Chopper celebrates its 20th anniversary. Digitally remastered from the original 35mm print with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack; Chopper is available on Blu-ray for the first time. Chopper tells the story of the late Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read. Real-life convict, bestselling author, and self-proclaimed “national icon”. Written and directed by #AndrewDominik, in his feature directorial debut, Chopper stars #EricBana as the title character – recommended for the role by Chopper himself – and co-stars #VinceColosimo, Simon Lyndon, Kate Beahan, and David Field. Special features include - a weekend with Chopper - Eric Bana meets Chopper Read, deleted scenes, the original theatrical trailer, and audio commentaries from both director Andrew Dominik and Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’ Read himself. Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/madmanfilms Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/madmanfilms Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/madmanfilms Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@madmanfilms More from Madman Films: http://www.madmanfilms.com.au Follow us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/madmanfilms/ Join our mailing list: https://www.madmanfilms.com.au/subscribe/

So it was kind of a surprise to me when I made the connection yesterday that in the midst of all this, Mattel decided to release an accessory for the villains, a repaint of an earlier heroic accessory, a mostly-unarticulated robotic horse named “Night Stalker.”

A Kia Soul? Well, if the car was glowing radioactive, it would explain how your driver got to be like this:

🏳️‍⚧️ High Plains Grifter

Lois Lane did that too.

I think an instructive example is a villain who was never intended to be sympathetic at all, but who has become so *precisely because* the culture has shifted: EPA agent Walter Peck in "Ghostbusters."

So, uh, we're just letting this guy continue to hang out and talk about movies like it's totally normal? Cool cool cool cool cool.

Okay, so, I'm going to dig into this, but to be honest, I have zero interest in any kind of back-and-forth with that creep. So here goes that long-overdue block, and maybe it's time we all did a quick little walk down memory lane about why we unfollowed him back on the Bad Site.

I know I harp on this a lot, but y'all really need to understand that fictional characters, like real-live people, sometimes lie about their intentions and motivations. Killmonger's intent was not to "liberate marginalized people." You can tell because, when he had power, he did not do that.

Great outreach guys, this makes you look like serious people who want to win elections. Take this energy to the phone banks. Try canvassing with this level of condescension, really put it to the test.

post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or alice in chains

post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana or pearl jam or soundgarden or alice in chains

It’s possible that this is satire and I’m missing it because I’m not fluent, but I’m gathering that this is TERFs… in SPAAAACE! (En Español) Not sure who to report this to now. @estrogenempress.gay? @aegis.blue? But block & report for mucha transphobia.

wait, it's poppERs? all this time I've been trying to enhance my sex with Popples!

Hi, it looks like you're trying to write a pointed reply to a clueless news skeet. Would you like help?

“A lowly worm? I don’t have to take this! I’m going home.”

if u drive this car u are a lowly worm i do not make the rules

(The Ennui Aztec) Stephen Ray Garza

One of the things that sealed it for me was the note on the bottom of the package:

kwisatz crocerach

The eye protection in question:

Because every time someone goes to search for some basic information and your LLM spits out obvious bullshit, it makes the whole endeavor look like clownshoes.