If we count other people playing the game in front of me, I swear I’ve “played” this remake like 7, 8, 9 times through.

—Holy shit, warn me next time.

Yeah, the context is your mom never standing up to your dad, so you never learned what strength looks like.

Mate, I chose the name, that’s not a burn. This is like making fun of a clown for wearing bright colors.

They are that. They’re mannequins also. Actually, going by the remake, I swear they have a mannequin half, which is a little unsettling.

You got that from a single sentence?

You’re not beating the allegations, my friend.

Everyone is really concerned, GHiLA. We think you might have an addiction. But we’re here to help. Please remember the bans are only for under 18s. You have to remember. Look at your wife, she’s dying of… asphyxiation or something. Because you keep hotboxing the bedroom.

will, will bring harm. Not talking about past harm, not even mentioning current harm. Just FUTURE harm.

Motherf, he’s not president yet.

I’m sure there were trans people who voted for McBride who might be a little displeased about how easily she’s rolling over here, as well.

And even if we take that, she’s uncomfortable rocking the boat, okay, whatever. What of her colleagues? No one except AOC is even a little bit miffed about this? Do democrats not stand together?

I mean, that special immunity is just for Trump. It’s a gift from his supreme court picks to himself.

But that said, yeah, I don’t think the fact that the court would crucify Biden is a reason for him to just sit there twiddling his thumbs.

I remember after Roe v Wade, there was the question of what they could really do about it, and on one hand, maybe not much, some blue states can do their best, but on the other, I dunno, something? anything? We could run ads, build the narrative that Republicans are who did this, they’re the ones hurting you right now, and maybe we won’t lose in 2024? But instead they really, truly did nothing.

Okay? Do you disagree with him, or are you just whining?

Um… I guess.

I was thinking of this phrase as being a little thought terminating. Like, instead of addressing the problems democrats have with outreach and mass appeal, etc., we just kind of sulk in the bed we’ve supposedly made ourselves.

I hadn’t thought of the quelling conspiracies angle, though.

People need to accept who we are, collectively,

To do what?

And screen-share knowledge is not some skill that is short in supply

Right, so they should know how to do it then.

I don’t know if it was really a false flag. Nazis did start using the OK symbol for a time, and I think that was the point. It was built to be smoke and mirrors.

I do believe a lot of channers thought that it was just a joke. I mean, that ambiguity is what makes the dog whistle what it is.

But yeah, it’s a pretty lame magic show when all your tricks are, like, doing a Charlottesville but saying you’re not.

why is anyone surprised his show effected politics after YEARS of the news talking about him and politics in the same breath?

Ignoring him won’t make him go away. The reason he affects politics is because culture affects politics. Everything is politics.

If someone gets on an elevator with 6 people all facing the back wall, even if they don’t understand, they will awkwardly turn to face the back wall like everyone else. If someone sees a bunch of people they respect (read: “he seems like a down to Earth guy”) show their support for Trump, guess what that person is likely to do.

This is the reason celebrity endorsements—oh yay, Swift endorses Kamala—make the news. It’s not because people think Swift is a politician, it’s because they think she’s likeable and not stupid or cruel enough to actually hurt them.

And also, bystander effect, it’s much easier to take a stand when you have a leader. To some, Swift is the jumper-cable spark they need to get involved.

The bottom line is Rogan, podcasts, Tik Tok, Youtube—this is the new media. Democrats can’t keep pretending the only thing people respect is high-brow interviews on 60 minutes.

I’m young enough. You know what I’ve never seen? A single CNN interview. At best, I watch people on Twitch cover them.

They did, but I don’t think they still have them.

Pepe is now (or again) a beloved element of Twitch chat, and the OK symbol… I dunno, that was eight years ago. I just don’t hear anybody talking about it, unless it’s to half remember that it’s bad now or something.

I wonder if we could get this guy to work if defeating misogynists online could earn him CoD points or something.

“Dad said mom was a b**** c*** w****? Shit, I’m about to hit prestige.”

Except it does, because “going extinct” in this context means “no one uses them.” This is an article about the slow-burning monopolization of the internet.

Gah, a 4-day work week would be wonderful. I might actually work on my side projects.