The country has tens of millions of idiots, yes, but please acknowledge that Republicans have only won elections by cheating, for decades.

Small detail - it was a metal two-wheeled dolly. Much heavier than a chair, and a much higher likelihood of killing someone.

Also not the person you replied to, but your comment is exactly the language they’re cautioning against. If I saw your comment attributed to a far-right nationalist, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Personally I think using dehumanizing language to describe fascists is letting them off the hook. I might want to believe we don’t share any DNA, but they’re humans who arrived at a certain worldview the same way I did. It’s just that their worldview is violent and disgusting.

Less than half the *voters, assuming the last election was not fucked with.

Oof, wig city. I love David Michod but I don’t think I can stomach that many bad wigs in one movie.

I don’t know the reasons for denying his release, but there’s a great HBO documentary about the parole system called Nature of the Crime. Even though parole hearings are ostensibly based on a prisoner’s behavior, attitude, rehabilitation, improvement, etc. they often get denied simply because the crime was a brutal one. Unfortunately they can never go back and change the nature of the crime, so they’re at the whim of the parole board.

Ah, it’s been at the top of my list forever and I keep forgetting. Thanks for another reminder. I will watch soon!

The boy’s mother, who attended the court hearing, suggested in an interview afterward that the social media posts were an attempt to “be cool” among peers, KOMO-TV reported.

Obviously this is mom’s attempt to undersell her child’s plans, but I fully believe this has become a legit motive for young shooters. It’s hard to fully articulate my theory, but it’s something like: the more they rely on social media for self-esteem and validation, the less connected they feel to real-life people and events. They scroll through an endless stream of videos of humiliation, war crimes, pranks, and memes while having fewer of these experiences in real life. For some young people, their greatest achievement is to post a “deviant lick” that goes viral - a shocking inside joke that will label them a “fucking legend.” Add in a heavy dose of climate doom and cynical comments like, “Younger generations are totally fucked.” If someone feels like they have no future, at least they can grab a gun and blast their anger and despair at some NPCs while livestreaming for one last chance for some online attention.

Yes, it would help if guns are less accessible, but we NEED to be working on the epidemic of social isolation.

This is actually very cohesive. Well done.

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Doesn’t he realize that nobody will vote for a washed-up sexual predator whose only asset is name recognition?

Congratulations! Are you willing to share where you’re headed?

I thought it would have been an excellent short film. I don’t mind extreme style choices, or even extremely overt themes, but this one was too much for me personally.

Absolutely maddening that this is the standard they’re begging people to meet. Michael Che had a stand-up special where he said something like, “Did you know that it’s controversial now to say that black lives matter? What would be more acceptable? Black lives exist?”

I’m dying. So fucking funny.

Is that what you would say to the 8- and 10-year-old who were killed on a Wednesday morning? You’d point out how they’ve been completely fucked by policies and culture they have no control over?

I’m not angry about anyone saying they’re desensitized - we all are. But to read that little children were killed and take the time to write, “I don’t care anymore,” is mean and contributes nothing.

What a shitty, heartless comment. I live in Minneapolis. Before today I might have read your comment and thought, “Well that’s callous,” but reading it today I feel angry. Keep that shit to yourself.

I really don’t want Minneapolis to be the epicenter of another culture war. We still haven’t recovered from the last one.

The limited distribution makes people think it’s a mind-blowing beer. It’s pretty good.

Also from Minnesota here. For stereotypes, do you love the state fair? Are you friendly to strangers but don’t exchange contact info? Do you still have friends from elementary school?