Can we ban rawstory links? Every single one is sensationalized crap.
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I clicked through and half the lines were underlined, half the page height is ads. I don’t know how to read raw internet anymore.
See, the thing is, I watch piss porn. Hear me out. I told my friend that the thing is, to do piss porn, you kind of have to be into it. You could try and fake it, but it wouldn't be very convincing. So, my contention is, piss porn is more genuine than other types of porn, because the people partaking are statistically more likely to enjoy doing that type of porn. Which is great, I think, because then they really get into it, which is hot. It's that enjoyment that gets me off. Their enjoyment.
She said, "Krooklochurm, you're an idiot. Anyone can fake liking getting pissed in the face."
So I said, "Well, if you're so adamant, get in the tub and I'll piss in your mouth, and let's see if it's as easy as you claim."
So she said, "All right. If I can fist you in the ass afterwards."
Which I felt was a fair deal, so I took it.
My (formal) position was strengthened significantly by the former event. And I can also attest that I could not convincingly fake enjoying being ass-fisted.
What does that have to do with anything, you ask? Genuinity. The real deal. That's what.
I don't think this makes any sense, but I can see how much it means to you.
I feel like I've been tricked to read that
I read it yesterday, so I was fortunate to be able to skip most of it after the first few words.
Eat the pasta. Mmmmm delicious copypasta.
Is this the first organic lemmypasta?
I was there and witnessed the orginal.
It might be, but it was posted a couple of days ago as well apparently.
I was there!
Hello future robot overlord historians 👋
Praise the coming morn
As culture is born
Put aside your hatred and apathy
As we copypasta most gloriously
Piss porn! Piss porn! Piss porn!
We cry, on lemmy, culture is born
Fuck no. And shove your poetry up your ass.
They can't, it's full of fists!
Get lost with this copypasta crap.
No, we didn't. Stop blaming voters and start fixing the election system.
I can't just like, fix the election system. I can vote or participate in direct action.
Direct action fixed a lot of issues historically. It can also fix the democratic process
Stop blaming voters
Now see here. I know exactly why Donald Trump is President and it's because TikTok told my snot-nosed nephew to say "Free Palestine" during Thanksgiving.
You elected an imbecile, twice.
That says so much more about the American voters than it will ever about Trump or anyone in his admin.
You elected an imbecile, twice.
Idk what you're talking about. I voted for Joe Biden.
So then you only elected the imbecile once
“Now, there's one thing you might have noticed I don't complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders." -George Carlin
Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from?
The Ivy League mostly, with honorable mention to Stanford, MIT, and the bigger state Universities.
But also, they tend to come from the nation's wealthiest families, or as personal friends and social relations of these ultra-wealthy elites.
they are elected by American citizens
We had a 44 year run during which a Bush or a Clinton was a leading contender for President (1976 - 2020). What do you do when your options are so limited? Hell, guys like Trump and Biden are the outliers.
Get down to the state and local levels, and you'll see much the same. Perennial incumbents from entrenched social circles cement themselves into power and promote their cronies to surrounding offices. Down in Texas, you can point to the tight-knit social circle of former Bush-Era cronies running the state as their own private fief. Opponents are subject to a litany of subversive tactics, ranging from vigilante harassment to criminal prosecution. Voting participation is deliberately suppressed through both legal and illegal means. And misinformation runs rampant in a press owned and operated by outspoken fascists.
To say people are just picking its leadership on perceived merits is plainly false.
I think the quote is saying that leaders aren't being picked for perceived merits, rather we're just shitheads picking shitheads
we’re just shitheads picking shitheads
Where are the non-shithead options?
Valid points, with love to George. But there's a bit missing from that pithy take. The reasons you don't see enough "good politicians" are the same systemic reasons we say "all cops are bastards".
The carrots and sticks in the system are all lined up to weed out a certain kind of person, and to give another kind as much help as they need. The carrots I'm thinking of are campaign finance and the sticks are corporate media.
The American political system loves people who are cynical mercenaries, vituperative demogoues, or any alloy of those traits flexible enough to find a lasting niche. The exceptions prove the rule, to my mind.
The only other time I've seen the word "pithy" was on the old cracked.com.
I suppose it would make sense when discussing fruit, as well.
Additionally, I looked up the word "pith" to make sure I wasn't being dumb and I learned it refers to the spinal cord! I've recently suffered a spinal injury, so that's useful information.
George Carlin was also an advocate for apathy and not voting, which is exactly what Republicans want.
Can't win them all. I ascribe to the saying "if voting didn't work, they wouldn't try so hard to stop people from doing it" though I am realistic about it's limitations. Voting each year is the bare minimum people can do to change conditions.
apathy and not voting, which is exactly what Republicans want
Between 2014 and 2024, Republicans became enthusiastic advocates for higher voter turnout. Trump's wins in 2016 and 2024 came through record numbers of Republican voters turning out in both the primary and general elections. Republicans have maintained control of Texas, Ohio, and Florida and tightly contested states like North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Pennsylvania by juicing their base voter participation.
The doggedly myth that Republicans only win when turnout is low was flatly disproven nearly a decade ago. Movement Conservatives have been more successful at turning out new voters in swing states than their Conservative Democrat peers, which is precisely why so many purple-ish states have swung red since the end of the Obama Era.
If the rest of the world doesn't learn from our example I'm gonna be very disappointed. Your government needs real checks and balances, actual power in the hands of citizens rather than billionaires.
Your government needs real checks and balances
For real. We (USA) thought we did. We don't.
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his latest move could kill us all
This phrase could literally have been said at any point during Trump's current term, and it will continue to be true for the rest of his term. Trump is regularly doing things that could kill us all.
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He needs to be tried for treason and punished accordingly.
Sedition.
Also
The justice system isn't for punishment.
You mean he needs to be locked in a facility where he can no longer harm others, and he receives treatment accordingly.
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Holy mother of ads! I tryed to read anything twice. To all website owners, if you plan on selling something to me my suggestion is to let my phone load the page. Test with an old phone. If it doesn't work, go back to the drawing board. Maybe you don't need that malware 8K ad movie for each button. Maybe.
Hey fren, ublock origin on Firefox works a treat
Not seeing any at all. Maybe try an ad blocker.
Rest of the world here: WE FUCKING WARNED YOU, YOU MORONS!!!!
Rest if the.workd ia toying with electing morons, Italy has a fasciat, Hungary has.one, Germany literally looking to restary the Nazi party with AfD, Farange in the UK, Penn in France and on and on.
Hardly, half of the world is currently considering electing just as moronic representatives.
Seriously. Everybody seems to be very eager to make our same mistake. It's almost like there's some kind of global disinformation campaign or something aimed at undermining democracy and installing ultra right wing leaders....
Well, goodnight.
I smetime wonder if the that brexit was a proof of concept. Peoples massively votes against their own interests.
After learning what the shadowy forces of the U.S. and U.K. did to Australia back in the 70s I'm not sure I would be surprised to learn it wasn't unrelated.
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