reverendz [comrade/them]

Long delay in replying, but omg yes. You have no idea.

Don’t get me wrong, some great music too. But yes, lots of forgettable junk.

I bet they'd be good for a blackjack to kosh ICE with.

Having lived through the 80s, can confirm. The 80s generally sucked.

It's only in hindsight, with the continued slide to suck-dom, that they look good in comparison.

But.. yeah, people were terrified of HIV/AIDs, misogyny and racism abounded and it was the a decade of killing unions and crushing workers rights, leading to the right wing take over of America.

Hunter-gatherer groups had significantly more chill time.

Once you find enough food, it's chill time.

It gets better. It definitely repeats itself a bit.

However it has some real stuff and goddamn nobody can make me laugh like John DiMaggio.

He does this sound when his mind breaks. It’s awful but also had me in tears laughing.

Matt Groening has mom issues.

Dagmar from Disenchantment is in the same vein.

For context, this was done in Albera not long ago.

Calgary, after decades of agitation by anti-fluoridators, removed fluoride from the water.

10 years later, they brought it back.

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5224138/calgary-removed-fluoride-from-its-water-supply-a-decade-later-its-adding-it-back

https://calgaryjournal.ca/2021/11/22/the-contentious-timeline-of-fluoridation-in-calgarys-drinking-water/

Yes, there IS such a thing as too much fluoride. Technically you can die from an overdose of WATER. That dangerous H2O substance can kill you if you ingest too much. Not a joke, water intoxication or water poisoning is real. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/water-intoxication

Point is, fluoride is certain doses is safe and highly effective in preventing tooth decay. There are literally decades of studies.

Funnily enough, Orwell was a splitter.

Can confirm. Texas sucks

It's ridiculous.

China doesn't have to get the West to de-industrialize. The bankers and capitalists have been doing it to the West for 40 years.

The US has it entire arm up the arse of the South Korean army and government.

I don’t even play games and this makes me want to learn how to copy and distribute their crap on general principle.

Their cutsie characters can’t mask an abhorrent, corporate beast.

Why is the family saying it’s shocking that the Chinese government would consider diplomats espionage?

I thought that diplomats are often associated with back channels and espionage. Is that not a common thing?

What did Klitschko say in 2014 when the US sponsored a color revolution?

Legit consider getting a sleep study!

I got diagnosed narcoleptic in my late 40s. I always assumed it was the cartoon version of narcolepsy.

Yes, those people exist. But like anything else, there are degrees. I have fallen asleep in work meetings, rock concerts, movies, driving in traffic, and somehow narcolepsy never crossed my mind.

If you can quickly fall asleep in any sound environment, that is definitely unusual (and also extremely familiar).

A friend gave me a mint planter when I told them I was terrible with plants.

I planted it and it died. He was dumbfounded.

What’s the opposite of a green thumb?

This is me. Voted green for the first time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Weili

Zhang is 2 time ufc champion and has even fought IN CHINA.

If the government is giving this guy a hard time, it isn’t for doing mixed martial arts.

I’m almost finished reading it. So far, it’s the best translation of the Odyssey that I’ve ever read. The language is more accessible and modern and it flows and reads much more like a novel.

I minored in classic civ in college and have read 2 other versions of the Odyssey previously. She did a great job.

Maybe if the US and other countries didn’t put a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs…