*glued to the TV* 6 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
It's not broad at all. The charges against him are that he made foreign policy decisions for his own personal enrichment using non-government personnel and back channel deals. And the Republicans defense isn't that Trump didn't do it's "yeah he did it, but so fucking what?" It's well against the law to use the office of the president and the federal government as your own personal business, but we are so used to it by now that we've become numb to it.
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Actual survey 6 comments
Scott Morison is the Prime minister if you didn't know 19 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
Isn't it great how he knows the answer to this? Like, nobody in Australia thought of controlled burns, or other preventive measures, but famousone has figured it out!
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Boys without fathers 18 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
As somebody who has a deadbeat dad he last saw about a decade ago: having no dad is much, MUCH better than having a bad one.
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Is it this how it works in America? 6 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
My girlfriend gets debilitating migraines due to what is known as a pseudo-tumor. This has been going on for about 9 years now. She has tried most of the major medications and found one, a shot, that is a literal wonder drug for her. Because she literally has not tried all of them for a year each, her insurance will not cover any of it.
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This is actually a really cool idea 8 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
Will there be an air of existential dread and the looming threat of economic collapse?
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Facebook screenshot isn't meme 26 comments
Jesus is alive and Marx is dead 18 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
That's logically flawed. The Kardashians didn't write a book 172 years ago that we still talk and argue about; their names aren't tied to a governmental system that millions of people throughout history have attached themselves to. Karl Marx isn't and wasn't a pop culture sensation; he's an extremely historically important person. And I said nothing about positive contributions, because thinking about history in only negatives and positives is lazy and assigns value judgements to people and events we know nothing about. If you're analyzing history, you talk about how your topic affected others and their feelings on it, otherwise that analysis becomes more about you than the topic.
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The criming will continue! 1 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
They so badly want the Democrats to be as bad as the Republicans that they make up stories and narratives under the guise of "just asking questions."
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Jesus is alive and Marx is dead 18 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
The fact that we still talk about Marx proves his importance. He was the first person to tie history, philosophy, and economics together to create a dialectic that focused on the people rather than industry. He shined a light on the cruelty of the capitalist system of the time and offered (admittedly fuzzy) solutions. His major downside is that he was supremely vague: so many communist movements were based off interpretation and using Marx's words against himself. Overall, he pushed a social conscience that wasn't readily apparent before.
You should know 8 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
Logic and emotion are not antithetical. The weird logic stans that think being a cold machine will somehow make them a superior being miss out on the human element of it all.
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So tired of this 27 comments
If you liked Joker, check this one out 4 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
The 90s were a wild time, where having a well paying, stable job made you go crazy.
It took few episodes To get In 7 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
For me, Supernatural is the epitome of the CW show: it has a baseline of competence and it's best episodes are really good, but I kinda forget about it after a while and don't have any desire to watch it again.
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Last month was the hottest month ever recorded 3 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
It's funny how all the climate deniers don't see the potential economic upside of getting in in the ground floor of something like this.
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What's next? 41 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
Education and healthcare are in the places they are because some genius came up with the idea to squeeze as much money out of them as possible. We are so used to being fleeced that we all just kind of collectively shrug our shoulder and say "what else are we gonna do."
Really wish they were though 7 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
I know one of them is Ocasio-Cortez, but I don't think any of them are Harris.
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Amazon is a PRIME example of when extreme Capitalism goes too far 31 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
Just like how Walmart has a program that shows it's employees how to apply for food stamps.
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What's next? 41 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 4 years ago
Heh, I guess I wouldn't expect anything else besides inflexible surety on your end.
