themeatbridge

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 57 points 9 hours ago

Steve could have at least rewritten the part where he talks about himself in the third person to, at a minimum, establish some pretense that this wasn't given to him to say.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I didn't miss shit. Your point is wrong. There is no underlying conservative ideology. It does not exist. Each iteration of conservatives makes up their own values and then acts like those are immovable facts. It's like drawing a circle around wherever you happen to be standing and then declaring everything within it the Kingdom of Divine Righteous People. There are no examples of conservatives who have not done this. That's not ideology, that's narcissism.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 28 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Right? Like, figure out how to sort and fold laundry.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 0 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Bullshit. Progressivism is based on the principles of freedom, justice, equality, and empathy. A progressive believes in their principles even when they run counter to their own self interest. A conservative, invariably, will simply choose principles that are aligned with their own self interest. Twas always thus, and forever shall be.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

There's no such thing as a "principled" conservative. Conservativism is the idea that nothing should change, except the things that the conservative thinks need to change. It is, without exception, based on the self-interest of the conservative determining their own positions. It's narcissism dressed in stoic nationalism wielding ignorance and fueled by anger.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (18 children)

Sorry, what do you mean by "actual conservatives"?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had not seen the movie in 20 years, and the last time was probably on TBS so edited for broadcast tv. I forgot about this entirely.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago

Joins Nazi Party

"What the fuck are all these Nazis doing here?"

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Butter yes, any herbs you like, but milk makes mine watery and rubbery. Maybe a splash of water to thin them out if I want an omelette, but none if I'm making scrambled.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

The difference between path and pathos is metaphorically indescribable.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 39 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Worth including the percentage of the entire world population, as well. People might mistakenly assume that, because the US is a big world leader with lots of people, maybe 25% of all people live in the USA, or maybe it's like 21% and we are just slightly overrepresented in prison population. aybr it's 17%, or even 12% would make that number seem less shocking.

But it's 4.2%. We have six times more ~~slaves~~prisoners with jobs per person than the rest of the world.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yes, obviously.

 
 

Haven't seen any posts all year.

 

“Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.

 

I heard someone say this in a video recipe, followed by way more cheese than you should eat at once. It occurred to me that the phrase means ample, not nutritious.

 

Has this ever happened to you? There's a fly in the house, buzzing around you, so you go to the cabinet to get the swatter. But as soon as you start wielding it, the little bastard disappears. You set it down, and now he's back, taunting you.

Ok so obviously flies don't taunt, but do they have the capacity to recognize, even instinctually, that I'm holding a deadly weapon?

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