Unicoi county went for Bernie in the 2016 primaries. It's a very small town that has gone through a lot of shit trying to claw it's way out of horrendously bad politics in the 80s and prior. Bumpass cove, where I'm sure some of worst damage was, was the site of nuclear waste dumping, and has been the nucleus of a major swing to the left for a lot of people in the area. Right down the road is Johnson City, a very progressive college town. Dumping on the victims of a disaster because their neighbors, or even they, have shitty politics is a shitty thing to do. Maybe those school kids deserve to get shot because their grandpappy is a Republican? Yes, moments like this should be catalysts for change, but victim blaming isn't the route to take to that.
There's a podcast sequel to Orphan Black that uses the plot from your last point, and it is excellent
Honestly, that really does track with how shit works in here.
"The orphan crushing machine may contain components known to the state of California to cause cancer"
And we're done! Fixed all the problems!
Yay! I've wanted to pay OOT and MM 3DS versions forever, and never got the chance. Tried to get the emulator working a few months ago, and just could not make it happen. Maybe I'll be able to with this
I enjoyed it, but I definitely need to go find videos of the original
I know what I'm falling asleep to tonight!
Our entire planet has been organized around a cold, calculating science of cruelty. Honest to God, if we lived in a better society and you wrote a book about how we do things, it'll never become popular. Too unbelievable that anyone would tolerate the way we do things.
I don't remember it too well, but I highly doubt it was handled well at all. On another occasion, I went as an Indian for Halloween one year*, but my parents were working that day, so I went to Awanas (a sort of church thing if you're not familiar) for a few hours before trick or treating. Turns out, Awanas doesn't allow costumes, but let me stay. As the only kid in costume. While the rest of them were super smug about not being in costume, and the main church dude spent the whole time talking about how Halloween is evil. No one even mentioned the racist ass costume I was in.
*Yes. With dark make up. I was 9. That was also the last year I ever dressed up for Halloween. My dad still doesn't fully get why that wasn't an okay costume. My mom didn't understand at the time, but does now.
I was also a hobo one year. Maybe we should start vetting kids Halloween costumes. Or at least mine.
Instructions unclear: stuck a finger in my belly button and got peepee tingles
Look, Cadassia isn't the socialist utopia of the federation. After the dominion war, Garak helped with reconstruction, but when he fell on hard times he had to do what he had to do to make a living
Grew up in Virginia in the 90s and early 00s, and black face was definitely something people knew was racist.
However, my foster brother's elementary school hosted a costume party for thanksgiving one year, where you had to dress as either a pilgrim or an Indian. :/
Hey, fellow Tennesseean anarchist. I lived in Erwin for a while, as well as Kingsport. Closer to Knoxville now. Are you still local?