I’ll take all the ammo I can get. I feel like the focus is usually on the fetus, so I’m trying to move the spotlight more onto the (absolutely horrific) maternal impact… but tbh most of the folks voting against abortion rights don’t actually give a fuck about the mother, so some focus on ‘pro life actually kills more babies!!’ would probably be a more effective attention grabber for the voters who actually need to be swayed.
Well how’s that for timing. Fuck yeah I’m using this! Thank you!
If subnautica taught me anything, he voiced the actual sub.
Even at face value, the whole “candidate earns your vote!” spiel is just not how our system works.
We have two options. You can nudge the outcome a tiny bit in either direction by directly voting for one, or you can let the other voters decide for you by either abstaining or voting 3rd, but end result is red team or blue team.
It’d be ideal if one of those actually did ‘earn’ your vote, but it doesn’t always pan out that way. If you’re not an idiot, you choose the one that’s least bad.
…and this election, one of the two options is a fucking Nazi.
I think Harris actually has done plenty to earn my vote beyond the whole lesser evil schtick, but frankly my praise or complaints about her are all moot because she’s not a fucking Nazi.
Stein wants to trick people into wasting their nudge away from the Nazi. Stein is helping the Nazi. Stein can go fuck herself.
I’m jealous of your optimism. I really hope the future aligns with your expectations, and not mine.
Don’t be so judgy, bro!
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Kinda reminds me of dinitrophenol (DNP), another miracle weight loss pill that converted stored calories to heat.
Works great up until it literally cooks you to death.
This new method of converting white fat to brown fat to heat sounds like it’s in that same neighborhood.
If it works, cool! But be cautious if you see a bottle of some shit claiming to do this at your local pharmacy.
Aaaand a song I haven’t heard or thought about in almost 20 years is now stuck in my head. Fuck. xD
Not just the Palpatine/Skywalker story, but the Jedi and Sith / light side vs dark side as a whole are all a dusty crater that used to be the site of a beaten, dead horse.
Space wizards and laser swords have been WAAAAY overdone.
I fucking loved Rogue One and Andor, in part because they did such a good job of showcasing other elements of the Star Wars universe in a way that isn’t the same tired good guy vs bad guy schtick. In both productions, we see both the dirty side of the Republic and the albeit hyperauthoritarian but not evil side of the Empire.
The Acolyte is back to space wizards… the little I’ve read about it sounds like kind of a space CSI type show, and honestly I can see the potential in that so long as it’s not too heavy on the same tropes they keep trying to redo.
I’d really like to see more stuff that showcases members of the empire as being totally sold on their cause. Dedra Meero and Syril Karn are fucking fantastic examples - they weren’t strong-armed into submission by the Empire, they were completely indoctrinated and served with pride and patriotism: from their perspective, they’re believably the ‘good guys’ doing their best to fight the ‘dirty Rebel terrorists’.
We see a touch of this in EA’s SW Battlefront II with Iden Versio and her squad: basically special ops Storm Troopers doing their job professionally and with camaraderie amongst each other. The scene with the death star exploding, unexpectedly for the squad on the planet below, was great: they just watched all their friends get obliterated before their eyes, and they go through a quick transition from speechless to “our friends are all dead” to “oh fuck we gotta MOVE or we’re dead too!”. Again, their perspective is believably not evil - they’re serving what they genuinely feel are the ‘good guys’. Then the switch to the light side arch kicks in and we’re back to old SW tropes, but the first hour or so is pretty solid!
Something like that adapted as a TV series or movie has a lot of potential imo. Showcase Storm Troopers as a legit military force and not just a bunch of bumbling idiots who can’t shoot straight. Pull inspiration from things like Jarhead, Band of Brothers or even fucking MASH lol.
There’s so much more to SW than space wizards and light v dark!
oppose nazis
I mean, apparently that’s a lot to ask in today’s world, so your SO isn’t wrong, but having a kid for that purpose is ethically questionable, and cruel as fuck to the individual kid.
“Sorry lil Timmy, your world is absolutely FUCKED but you’ve been chosen as a bucket of water to throw at the wild fire… good luck!”
The idea of having a kid is just mean. Or at least whipping one up from scratch is - adopting and raising the kid to be a decent person is the best case scenario here, but that’s obviously a gargantuan undertaking that very few (absolute badass) people are willing and able to do.
The planet is on fire, the nazis are back, we’re taking leaps backwards in civil rights, genocides have become normalized, and the purchasing power of our labor has been hamstrung so many times that it’s a double amputee.
Who the fuck looks at that dumpster fire and thinks “This is a great environment for a child!”?
Totally sold on the Darth Jar Jar theory. So much supporting evidence, and it makes the shit that character does make so much more sense.
Re-watching Ep 1 through that lense made it a much better film imo.
I get like unreasonably irritated at their sound lol.
I’m actually a little jealous that you’re able to milk some joy out of it… my brain’s stingy with the happy-juices.
Personally not a fan of the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
The more the climate changes, the more all the cool critters go extinct, and the more of these fuckers and mosquitos n’ shit seem to thrive.
It’s like the worse the climate gets, the wildlife responds by getting more and more annoying.
…The make or break for this production is whether or not they include a low-poly Buick flying in formation with a bunch of X-wings in the background for at least a few frames.
Defending their country and the environment in one swoop!
Thanks Ukraine!
Just wanted to follow up - did the presentation a few days ago. Went great, and I got the reaction I was hoping for from the audience. I saw some combination of shock, anger, horror, and most importantly compassion on just about every face infront of me (class of about 70 people).
Wrapped it up by hitting them with a quick spiel on “If you think this needs to change - or stay as is - that’s up to you: submit your answer into the ballot box on November 5th.”
No idea if I spurred any into action any who weren’t already planning on voting, but there was definitely some energy in the room. That went about as well as I could have hoped!
Thanks for the assist!