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He's not (supposed to be) above the law now. The problem is the system and those who should hold him to it are equally corrupt so stuff like impeachment goes nowhere

You'd need a way to charge, prosecute, and penalize a sitting president even even the deck is stacked with his cronies, and one that couldn't be used to drown a future non-shitty president in bogus charges

Or if just looking for a solution too music, Finamp is pretty good as well

As a balding middle aged (mediocracy dependingb on the given activity) white guy, I get where they're coming from.

It's that the non-rich MAGA-ites have a tendency to fall inton those categories - not necessarily the other way around - as they chase the fictitious golden age where they could have instead been great.

They usually give the whole "you will be assimilated" spiel beforehand but hard to say if that would be something that the common folks would know or only world leaders

Depending on the belt used the tires don't actually just "pop" like in the movies. They get holds such causes them to deflate and become undeliverable. Ever got a punctured tire before? It's not an instant process by any means.

There are belts can actually make larger holes as the spike comes out, but this doesn't seem to be the case here.

But "he's a kid man, a kid"

Like holy crap I wish somebody would smack the guy recording upside the head

It's one of those things that rather than trying to take itself too seriously, they embraced a certain amount of cheesy over-the-top performance that made it more entertaining and likely more fun for the actors as well.

Honestly I wish more games would go back to that culture/era rather than trying to be the next epic. The cutscenes from C&C were damned art, games like Warcraft 2/3 had some great Easter eggs from continually clicking units (including "me not that type of Orc" , or the necromancer's rather edgy "I love the dead.... frequently"), and even Diablo had the Cow Level etc

Straight up Stevia isn't too bad. It comes from the leaves of a plant and if anything is often sweeter tasting per volume than sugar. That doesn't mean people should be drinking soft drinks with it in great volume versus water, but it's an acceptable substitute IMO to sugar in coffee or the occasional drink and still better than cane sugar. Soft drinks contain plenty of other shit that's not particularly good for you in addition to the sweeteners too.

Sucralose is nasty stuff, and Splenda is just a brand, with their "sweetener" containing a bit of Sucralose in their chemical cocktail "sugar substitute" in addition to hefty doses of dextrose/maltodexrin as bulking agents.

My take is that money doesn't bring happiness, but poverty definitely can strip it away

And yet where do you think the demographic that voted for the guy that shits his pants and falls asleep comes from exactly, and moreover continues to double-down on supporting him even to their own detriment? How about the people who modify their trucks to spread black smoke just to "own those pissy hybrid drivers and cyclists"?

The continued attempts to enumerate activities that would have fit on Jackass (and likely watched the same on repeat).

Never knew a pretty girl in school who got good grades but hid then and played dumb?

There's plenty of people who embrace an absurdist mentality and openly reject anything that requires actively using one's brain.

Life isn't an RPG, but there has definitely been a push by certain groups to value looks and strength or martial prowess over intelligence and education, particularly in North American culture. Yeah, somebody can be an athlete without being dumb, and as another person pointed out there actually a lot of high-speed decision-making that requires intelligence to pro-sports.

At the same time, there are people who very much lean towards looking buff, tough, but not too bright as they categorize intellectuals as losers or socially unwanted. Similarly, there are girls or women who will emphasize their looks and actively hide their intelligence. Il This over time leads to a willful ignorance that IMO is worse than simply being of lower IQ or lacking education.

That's actually a good point about sports intelligence. Pro athletes likely have a certain almost instinctual grasp of certain physics even if they aren't running the actual numbers in their heads.