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I also wonder if anyone will actually pay the settlements he's "won" when he inevitably doesn't wake up from a nap?
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How do you feel about prank videos where people jump out of trash cans to give unsuspecting janitors heart attacks?
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dude wtf?
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scoobdog replied to DragonSinger's topic in General Discussion
I am too. But not like Fuggs. -
It's pretty easy to make a gif with the standard iPhone camera app.
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There's no such thing as a regular cat.
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scoobdog replied to DragonSinger's topic in General Discussion
No, I don't. -
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scoobdog replied to DragonSinger's topic in General Discussion
Why? -
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scoobdog replied to DragonSinger's topic in General Discussion
You don’t say…. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/15/cpi-inflation-report-june-2025.html -
[insert title here] 2025-26 Election Cycle Thread
scoobdog replied to tsar4's topic in Current Events
Absolutely. Look... to say Musk doesn't have a cult of personality is ridiculous. He does and, prior to his misadventures at DOGE, it was a healthy cult owing much to the fact that he was able to draw from the rich conservative tech sector and still harness the 20 something white males who relate to his social media persona. He got Trump elected by convincing a lot of these same Gen Zers that Trump was a more stable option than VP Harris. Whether he could do that now is debatable after Trump gave him a bullhorn to express his own latent white nationalist tendencies, but his downfall is entirely of his own making, not that of either Miller or Trump, because the voting demographic that pushed Trump over the top does is entirely from his CoP and does not include idiots like catturd or Laura Loomer. The problem here is that you're under the assumption that all disaffected white crybabies are the same. Miller isn't driving anything, he's acting as an avatar for the ardent racists out there who, in turn, are the ones exerting some kind of force on Trump. Musk doesn't represent white nationalists, but he does speak to his own bunch of racist followers who, unlike the white nationalists, don't want to advertise their bigotry. They all agree that women and POC are unfairly taking their privileges away from them; they just don't agree on how to do it. The truth is we're not hearing from Musk's group because they're not the type to publicly out their racism, but they most certainly haven't gone away either. The whole third party thing is a farce on its own, but it doesn't say anything about Musk's cult and its reticent devotees. Neither Trump nor Musk has a cult on par with what we would expect from, say, a Roman emperor (who literally had his own religious institution) or a dictator who would rewrite a constitution so he doesn't contend with elections (something military juntas do frequently). Whether they want to admit it or not, neither man is loved for themselves, they are loved for what they represent and that adoration can't be completely one-sided. It's proverbially selling one's soul, only that they didn't have souls to begin with - they were always selfish, arrogant bigots who knew how to channel that bigotry into a message palatable for other closet bigots. These guys aren't Walt Disney - they aren't hiding themselves to culture an image that is inclusive and all-welcoming. They're being awful in the open and elements of that awfulness resonate with the people that support them. If Walt Disney were to come back from the dead and start a political party, it could work because the image is more important than the man and the kind of people that support the image that Walt created could most certainly be good people (though that is a completely different conversation). Musk's followers are as self centered as he is and there is no way in hell they could ever coalesce around one message while sacrificing some of their own ambitions. TL;DR - Nobody - Musk, Miller or Trump - is driving. That doesn't mean they don't have their own access to a power base. -
Kitty kneading is the best.
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Happy Birthday to both go you. So... which one of you is that image for....?
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scoobdog replied to DragonSinger's topic in General Discussion
Great... Now I hate CoComelon too. -
What did you have for dinner? NOT a discussion thread.
scoobdog replied to The_annoying_one's topic in General Discussion
$10 for two burritos is a fucking steal. -
[insert title here] 2025-26 Election Cycle Thread
scoobdog replied to tsar4's topic in Current Events
Musk did have power. Unlike Miller, he has a power base, and that’s why he was as dangerous as he was. Miller doesn’t have such. What he does have is a unique ideological slant that runs parallel to Trumps racist MAGAts, including Loomer. More than being a useless tick, he’s an embodiment of MAGA and it’s not so much that he’s calling shots as much as he’s directing the things MAGAts react to which, in turn, are convenient for the interminably lazy Trump. Let’s call him an oracle if you will. -
Bro, I hear the same shit from opposing fans from the rest of the Big -10 every Saturday in the Coliseum. Philly fans get plenty of shit, but no more than any other high profile fan base. It’s just the annoying consequence of rabid fanatic support.
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He’s not wrong, but still. Actually, Dodger fans have improved now that we’ re not owned by McCourt. Seriously, fuck that guy… and the Eagles.
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Can you believe that, bro? I know, bro. I’m all tweaked on this shit. Wannna hit up the rack and do squats? i thought you’d never ask, bro.
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Don’t be dragging us into this conversation.
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I almost thought that, but does the jitney really go that far?
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I think he’s training for the Enhanced Games…. In human head shot put.