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MD: "Killing Trump would start a civil war" Also MD:

Wouldn't rule out Vance being some form of mutant, tho.

Not for nothin, but... the "Splatty Tomato" episode of South Park also just happens to mention President Garrison "running around eating our pets and terrorizing our kids."

I mean.. I get it. It's running with the old trope of "nothing shown in sequential order." Because Elle's whole thing is time happens all at once or whatever. It'll be one of those things that maaaaybe makes more sense by the end when it all ties together, and will still require remembering it all, and probably still take someone cutting it all into sequential order to really make sense.. whatever can be made here. I just don't think they needed R&M to tell that story, and lifting the characters to put them in it has drained them of most of their characterization, and forces a lot of really flat/awkward writing that simply doesn't fit.

I was just saying this needs to join in on Toonami Rewind. >_>

We won't hear anything about it until after it comes to light she's being paid campaign hush money.

Catching up.. hot damn! In case anyone isn't familiar, the type of sword she's using looks more like an urumi. Those things are seriously the most terrifying weapons I have ever seen.

Eh, largely just strikes me as a "who tf is this even" situation.

Wait... tennis girl wasn't Jupiter? Coulda sworn they had a similar design..

Well.. maybe there's something to be said about the relative awareness that could be a reflection of a candidate's supporters.... I mean, in fairness, maybe not quite as agreeable with the statement that an "alternative to the status quo" is a better left... not that I'm against the idea, but that's not exactly doing anything as far as alternatives go.. unless she's advocating building up a pocket in the left that intends to splinter off or something.

I'd maybe say before any of that, we could start with having a system that isn't full of clowns. Prolly a lot easier to engage new voters if they're not going into it having, for all their lives, seen nothing but buffoonery and incompetence. We got a whole generation coming into this voting block having just witnessed the government trying to ban TikTok, for example..... Or maybe some of that onus can be placed on the media outlets that thrive on the worst of humanity, wallowing in the outrageous while our successes quietly wither in silence. Idk. Just. Getting folks involved in the system feels like a complete mixed bag at best if their perception of the system is that it's completely out of touch with reality.

When we said "eat the rich," we didn't expect it'd be the rich doing the eating.

Not cherry-picking here, but this bumps into a thought that occurred to me recently.. the way politics has been morphed into an extension of identity (especially, but not exclusively prevalent on the right), the way it leads to... fucking all of the nonsense we keep seeing.. it seriously just adds up to another cult-like element. You can take your "talking points" and memes and share around the things that totally make perfect sense to you (or at least you're told by smarter people they make total sense...), and, naturally, it backfires, you get laughed at, ostracized. And so you go back to the comfort of your "group" to be told you did nothing wrong, "they just can't think as smartly as you" or whatever.. it was never about evangelizing, it's not spreading the word to anyone that will listen.. the people higher up are getting the parrots to repeat some absolute batshit stuff just to reinforce that tribalism, to get followers to insulate themselves against the outside, because the outside is cruel and will mock your beliefs. It's damn near the exact same playbook as sending out fresh recruits door to door to "spread the word of god" or whatever else. The stated goal is irrelevant, the ulterior intent is to have these people get shut out and put down enough that they rebound into the cult even harder. Idk.. a bit rambly, maybe making a few leaps too many.. but it's a disconcerting consideration that tribalism is becoming a growing/driving force behind politics.

Are debates really about swaying anyone, or are they just a contest to see who can produce the most/best sound clips?

Damn.. had a look, and this is only just halfway through the whole arc? Yeahh.. think I might be checking out of this one soon.

I've enjoyed it.. but can't help but feel it doesn't really have staying power. The "everything fast paced" gimmick can't carry the show forever. Fun, but not necessarily something I'd go out of my way to catch.

Could prolly turn these into just one catchall instead of each episode... Soo.. I guess we're not rotating which shows get the double-up? I suppose of the three, Sailor Moon is maybe the best choice right now.. Would it be so wrong if I wanted to see them pick up Reboot to join these and fill in the fourth slot? >_>

Hot damn am I oblivious.. only just noticed Matt fucking Mercer has a voice role here.. and evidently also One Piece, and AoT, and Jojo, and HxH.... I mean, I'm not usually one to really catch on to voice unless they're particularly iconic (JYB, Blum, etc). And Mercer maybe doesn't particularly stand out from any other deep gravelly voice.. but damn, always kinda cool to see his name pop up. Actually far more prolific than I realized. Most folks prolly know him from Critical Role, but I'll always remember him from some of his earliest work on There Will Be Brawl.

...Why tf is anyone even upset at a lack of any sendoff? I mean.. shit, none of the other shows ever really get any acknowledgement when they leave. "But Naruto is huge!!" So? It's also so bogged down with filler and atrocious writing that nobody who truly cares that it's leaving was ever waiting week to week to tune in. The actual story ended months ago, it's not like this finale was actually some major to-do wrapping all the things up. We've gotten inconsequential fluff for half a year now. What is there to send off other than to say "thank fuck that's finally over"? It's just not even worth the effort to give it any extra attention as a "finale" since none of this adds anything of value to the story. The story which ended back in March.

"Bro you're not a genius for going on a tangent."

All this glossing over the fact that you don't have to be 18+ to know you're gay, or trans, or anything else about yourself. Kids know what they know, and often the only difference between a kid and adult when it comes to their own identity is whether they have the tools and terms to express how they feel about themselves. And that's what education is all about. The additional layer of bullshit is this entire railing against "pushing" some LGBT agenda while being completely blind to how that rhetoric is explicitly pushing a very real heteronormative agenda. Teaching something isn't explicitly pushing anything. It's giving people the tools and knowledge to expand their perspective. Which, understandably, being a conservative parrot, is antithetical to your world view.

A testament to just how stupifying MD's take on taxes is. Mf out here trying to convince us $7.25 would be totally fine for everybody if it weren't for those pesky taxes.