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Not to me. I understand I'm at least a decade younger than you (in all likelihood closer to 2), but since I was a kid all I've really seen from the Republicans is shady dealings, authoritarianism, and increasingly deranged conspiracy theories with a thin veneer of platitudes invoking freedom that would set off anyone's bull**** detector. Trump isn't so much a departure from the Republican party as it has existed for at least two decades as he is representative of the conclusions of the strategies and policies it had been using to govern and win elections.

When I was a kid, my mom outright told me it was fake when I asked her. So I guess you can tell her that the Grinch is greener on the other side when you get exiled to the Whoville waste dump. And I legit did not know you had a kid, seems my obsidianstalking.txt needs updating.

My covid test came back negative, so my boss can rest assured that my sneezing is infact because of the cold weather. Other than the nice experience of a temperature drop and rain, nothing going on except for trying to find something to eat besides whiskey.

I guess he's at the "police protection from his slaves" tier of freedom.

If it wasn't smoked then I gotta doubt that.

It's kinda funny that China's government and economic system is basically everything neoliberalism tried to be but ended up being cast as it's global opponent by gullible leftists who want it and conspiracy addled righties who think it's evil incarnate. Perhaps I'm just too much of a troublemaker, but being ruled by a cabal of Harvard business and/or law degree holders is bad regardless if they're politically united or disunited.

There's been a handful of attempts to fork reddit and twitter that fall apart like that, Gab was something similar I think. There is something to be said about private companies having too much control over communication and using it to silence views they don't like, but when it's coming from folks who are otherwise fine with companies doing whatever they want or censorship it's kind of hard to take seriously.

Finally got around to season 5 of Peaky Blinders. Overall it's well executed but it's too much sequel bait in my opinion, while other seasons had cliffhangers this one had nothing but loose ends sets up too obvious a route for the next season. Sam Claflin leans hard into playing Mosley as an arrogant rich guy that works a lot better than most (wannabe) dictator portrayls.

I worked all day and came home to my roommate and fiance watching Dolomite is My Name.

Technically Kim Jong-Un isn't the head of state in the DPRK, but you'd be kind of stretching it to say he didn't occupy the big seat of power. Obviously the President of the US isn't equivalent to Kim's position as the non-technically-head-of-state, but PotUS being the singular most powerful position an individual can occupy seems to be uncontroversial. In this vein wanting a President to have been homeless, worked a minimum wage job for 10 years, or drowned in student debt isn't that different than wanting them to have been a soldier or gotten a doctorate if you believe such experience is a bulwark to doing dumb or bad stuff.

Were Johnson or Jorgensen in the military? I don't mean this as a jab or anything.

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That sounds ominous.

Started playing Vampyr on a whim, it's interesting enough but the camera is atrocious. Looking for something kind of sci-fi to play next, not Cyberpunk tho. Is underrail any good?

The sheer amount of cope from these people is the funniest **** I've seen in years.

I honestly have no idea.

I can do without turkey and mashed potatoes, but mac and cheese is really good and I'll always eat it.

It sounds to me like they need to offer better incentives to come to work then tbh. Why the hell should someone risk getting the rona and work 40 hours to take home a paycheck that doesn't even cover rent?

I finished up Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun and I think I like it. It's not something I'd recommend if you don't like sketch comedy or have a strong affinity towards silliness though.

They opened up an in-n-out close to me and it's ok, but not worth hour long lines or going out of my way. Bernies Burger Bus was probably the best burger joint around my area, but unfortunately they've gone out of business and the best now is Grub or Hubcap grill.

My fiance prefers mixed drinks, so I've gotten used to making them on the weekend. Apple is pretty versatile and I think it goes well enough with whiskeys and rums to be at least a decent drink if you don't want a straight hit. For cider and bourbon I like to add a bit of honey or agave, but I don't use spiced cider so that might go terribly wrong. I picked up a bottle of Whistle Pig rye whiskey that's pretty good for what it is. I drank it straight today, tomorrow I'm going to probably try something with orange.

When you say Epsteined, do you mean being outed as a pedophile or dying under circumstances that look like a hit? Because honestly I think the former is pretty likely while the later isn't. Most likely Trump goes back to slumlording and tries various enterprises that float solely due to the true believers he cultivated over the last few years. Some Republicans will turn on him, but it will probably backfire and we'll see several crops of them trying to ape his obnoxious style because that's what wins with their base. Maybe someone in his circle turns on him, but it will probably be over a personal feud and not land him in jail. 20 or so years from now Trump will be throughly whitewashed and used as an example of an "honorable Republican" against the neo-confederate conspiracy theorists who will dominate the party by that point. After the last 4 years seeing a fictional association that isn't Harry Potter or GoT is refreshing.

I watched 3 episodes of Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun and it's definitely something, but I have no idea what it is or if I like it or just can't look away.

And they'll end up bombing Iran to stop it.

With the coup failing on the legal battlefield and electoral college shenanigans looking unlikely, who else thinks Trump will end this clustercuss of a year with something terrible that will muck things up for years?