General News Thread

[Twelveseal]

Who's ready for Japan to have flying cars?

Because there's sooooooo much that can go wrong with this.

[AsGryffynn]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...already-there/

seems russia already intervening in belarus. but in a sealth mode fashion. luke is ''importing'' russians to replace protesting workers. not only that, but he's hiring russians as police secretly, dude officialy won't resign unless he's dead. basically another way of saying he wants to be a ''president for life'', and seems to be plotting a mass crackdown soon, as he refused any ''dialogue with the eu'', and said that the police will be rewarded for every protest it shuts down.

well, that's one way to go as the ''last dictator'' of europe.

He's essentially Yanu if he ignored the protests... and decided he wanted to revive the good old crappy feudal system (he literally revived freaking serfdom, what the fuck!)

But I mean, that much has been known since forever. You'd need to be blind to miss it.

I'm not sure if I find it hilarious or scary that so many people under the "Move to China" tag on Twitter seem to think that it's actually better under a communist dictatorship.

They are replacing crappy capitalism with crappy capitalism with a communist paint job AND permanent emergency powers to shut you out of society, so yes, I guess that's really dumb... unless you're apolitical, in which case China would be better because you don't have to deal with protesters.


If anyone should be moving somewhere, it should be NZ if PM Ardern allows them. That country has the steadiest ship of the line so far.

[LegalLoliLover]

China would be better

Internet and toiletries.

[asterism42]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53955912

Chadwick Boseman: Black Panther star dies of cancer aged 43

[AsGryffynn]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53955912

Chadwick Boseman: Black Panther star dies of cancer aged 43

I think we can all agree the last two months have been godawful for blacks. This really shouldn't happen at such a time...

On the bright side, it means the MCU just got shafted to some extent, which is always a good thing. A part of me also feels they could've replaced him with Chiwetel Ejiofor... then he got cast in Doctor Strange.

Also, tolls from Hurricane season are in and starting to rise...

[Rafflesiac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53955912

Chadwick Boseman: Black Panther star dies of cancer aged 43

WHAT THE FUCK

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NO

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FUCK THIS YEAR IS A SHITHOLE

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MOTHERFUCKER

[Mattias]

Does this mean his last movie was 21 Bridges? What a 'meh' to go out on.

He was only 43, and apparently the diagnosis was back in 2016, so he's been fighting it the entire time he was Panther.

[rxrx]

That's a nasty surprise. Thought that means he managed to keep that body when fighting the cancer.

[Laserman]

Apparently he kept it a secret, this is so horrible.

[LegalLoliLover]

By the way, has there ever been a presidential election so tight that a state with such weak electoral power, such as Rhode Island, made a difference?

[AsGryffynn]

By the way, has there ever been a presidential election so tight that a state with such weak electoral power, such as Rhode Island, made a difference?

Bush?

[Twelveseal]

Time to trigger Lvl. That said, I'm curious what people's views on this are. It's an abridged interview by NPR with the author of In Defense of Looting. I'm curious about what you folks think of the reasoning therein.

[SpoonyViking]

If nothing else, the article is a good History lesson about the subject.

[LegalLoliLover]

Oh, is this written one of those idiots who think that capitalism is related to fascism? If anything, these people are easier to debunk, as unlike fascism, most sane rational people can defend capitalism:

Remember when the Yellow Turbans drummed up sympathy for their cause by attacking civilian villages who chose not to join their cause against the Han? Oh, wait, that didn't happen. It did create volunteers, though. Against the Turbans.

So, uh... Who's going to pay the bills, then?
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/20409...up-their-homes

[Tobias]

I got about a paragraph and a half or so in before my eyes rolled back into my head.

[LegalLoliLover]

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Background
Of all disagreeable types, you have the most personal hatred for ___.

(a) Sanctimonious priests
(b) Diabolic wizards
(c) Stupid peasants
(d) Power-mad robber barons
(e) Immoral assassins

I usually flit between (a) and (c), but now it's mostly just (c), given that (c) clearly doesn't need (a) to rile them up... Oh, wait, despite not calling it that, (c) is still following a religion with its own (a):
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017...-religion.html

And in other news, and of course an attempt to "trigger" those who attempt to "trigger" me:

This is basically like my parents who watched Charlie Chan when it was broadcast in China, and the first thought was "intelligent detective", rather than "racist caricature".

[Mattias]

I got about a paragraph and a half or so in before my eyes rolled back into my head.

I managed three. Then I started to wonder when the inevitable "Well then, Black people were just looted from Africa so it's all good" comment was going to happen. Not yet, but give it five minuets on Fox.

I'm pretty solid on the don't take things which don't belong to you side, whether it's other peoples property, rights, or lives.

[Tobias]

Man this Biden speech is good stuff. I had actually been a bit worried since it seemed like the event had been thrown together half asses in the last day or so, but he nailed it.

[LegalLoliLover]

Quick. Everyone, loot that article:

[Twelveseal]

I am fine with this XD