The number of downvotes you have is depressing. FIFA has been insanely corrupt since its inception, a fact that’s been well-documented. Anyone that chooses to grandstand over this, while continuing to watch the games, is ignorant at best.

Oh yeah. I forgot about the Alamo.

Oh, I was just referencing a bad movie podcast that has frequently mentioned that movie. One of the hosts repeatedly recommended Castle Freak, and claimed that the freak ripped off his own ding-dong. This was subsequently disputed by listeners, and one of the other hosts.

At one point, one of the show’s listeners tweeted at Stuart Gordon, asking if the freak ripped off his own ding-dong. Stuart Gordon responded, simply, “No.” However, Jonathan Fuller, who played the titular freak, provided the show an autographed picture on which he wrote, “I ripped it off myself!” So the matter still pends.

Ayy, +1 for Castle Freak. Isn’t that the one where the freak rips off his own ding-dong?

I mean, it’s currently at number 50 on Wikipedia’s list of wars by death toll (out of 130 listed conflicts). I feel like that might qualify as one of the most destructive, but it’s obviously a subjective description.

Also, at the time, it would have been quite a bit higher on the list.

I support this. Are there any organizations supplying orcas with mk 19’s that I can donate to?

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Yeah… I pay attention to UK politics mostly to avoid hyper focusing on depressing domestic politics, and it’s devastating to see Labor shit the bed the way they have.

Like, you guys are supposed to be better than us (it’s a low bar)! But they squandered their mandate in the most perverse and infuriating way. I’m sorry. Shit sucks.

Anyway, that’s my half-assed perspective from listening to Pod Save the UK, the Bugle, and reading the occasional article.

This is not a thing at any apartment complex I’ve lived in or visited in the south/southeastern US. Also, if you’re renting a house that doesn’t already have a charger installed, it doesn’t make any sense to buy an EV.

Not arguing that it isn’t solvable, but for many people, the infrastructure just isn’t currently extant, nor is the political will to solve the problem.

Switched to Summit some months back, and it’s pretty much the same feel. The only thing I miss is the “parent” button. I’ve browsed through the settings, and haven’t found any option to enable this function. Pretty annoying when you’re reading through a long thread.

This is fucking nazi shit. They’re not Israelis, they’re Jews. This shit furthers the Zionist agenda of conflating all Jews with Israel. This is exactly the kind of post I’d expect to see on a nazi message board.

Fair enough, I was forgetting my time in S3. But the addendum that clean toilets would be available seems to go against this theory as well.

With air conditioned tents? Not really a field situation.

(like that one post I saw of someone preaching something about the Starbucks logo being the anti-christ)

That guy is a genuine nutter, though. He’s always posting unhinged garbage about numerology, and the Jesuits scripting all the wars, and what have you. Real Q-anon tier stuff. It’s concerning.

For most things that “block” vpns, I’ve found you can just try different countries until one goes through. Works for reddit and lemmy.world, at least.

Since the news broke that Academy was cancelled, I’ve seen a number of comments implying that people who posted negatively about it on Lemmy are in some way responsible for its cancellation. That’s a ridiculous notion. Nobody with the power to make that decision gives a single shit about what goes on here, nor are they even aware of our existence. I get that you’re frustrated, but your ire is misdirected.

Indeed. Conversely, if the GOP had had superdelegates, Trump may never have won the nomination. Superdelegates are inherently anti-populist, which cuts both ways.

I think where a lot of this comes from is that HRC had locked in the vast majority of the superdelegates right from the start. The media consistently represented Bernie as having no chance to win, due to all the superdelegates being in the bag for Clinton, regardless of how people voted. This depressed progressive turnout, as a Clinton victory was apparently a foregone conclusion. Absent the superdelegate system, and the lopsided media coverage it engendered, many would argue the result would have been different. Obviously, there’s no way of knowing at this point, but it’s not as if these claims have no basis in reality.