First they came for me. Like, right away. I tried saying "Don't you have some trade unionists or gypsies or something to deal with?", I tried giving them names, but they weren't interested.
@koopastarroad@ITARviolation fr. it was genuinely -- and I know this is cringe and I don't say it lightly -- triggering. Felt like stepping back into all the trauma and paranoia of the pandemic. horrific vibes
I got thousands of rare Cultural Revolution-era photos from a historical archive here in China.
I believe some of these have never been posted online, or only exist behind extremely expensive licenses.
So here they are, for free. Open the thread for more.
AOC: Im President because youve run my social media so well
Me southern accent: not a problem mam
AOC: the idea to put stuff in brackets to show that youre doing it. Its genius
Me: god is a genius mam
AOC steps close: if I was in brackets what would you do to me
Me: no mam
I'm as pro-abortion as they come, but getting an abortion specifically because you'd end up with a child with down syndrome is some eugenicist nonsense
@one_ghostyy@the92ndone@eathedocument tbf having lived in both the eu and us this is not unique to americans. If anything its more common in the eu bc of relative proximity and tendency to do a stint working there
Pope Francis was largely protected from assassination by the fact that he had one lung and was perpetually about to die, and Pope Benedict was a gay Nazi, so the CIA was probably drop-shipping him WW2-surplus pep pills, but Pope Bobby Chicago is on his own