“We should often value the wisdom of the common man over the niche tastes of the educated elites” is a perfectly sound perspective… up until you start trying to convince yourself that maybe Young Sheldon is better than The Wire since way more people watched it, like a madman
Chris Hunt is a genuine lunatic for making this gigantic ass game using an aging game engine by the end of it from scratch for over a decade, i cannot wait to see what insanity the man is cooking for Kenshi 2, i hope i am still alive by then when it releases in 30 years
look. at least Stephen Miller didn't call up a Meta official to ask him to take down some misleading posts about Covid. thank god we haven't strayed that far away from free speech rights
another example of people just refusing to acknowledge their ideological others genuinely believe what they claim to believe.
Good heuristic to have is that most people mean what they say
We're really deep into the banana republic zone here, Trump has hundreds of billions of dollars in superpac money to spend but he's still stealing your tax dollars to run extra campaign ads.
A new NYT/Siena poll shows Collins ahead of Jackson by 3 pts in the US Senate race.
🟥Collins: 49%
🟦Jackson: 46%
Additionally, Collins has positive favorability while Jackson's is negative
🟥Collins: +3
🟦Jackson: -8
#MEpolitics
I'm so embarrassed for Mainers right now. And yes, I know this was done before the scandal, and yes I know there are some questionable methodological choices, but this race should not be close. Collins' voting record since 2024 doesn't even come close to reflecting her state.
The bottom line is that far right populists cannot govern. They whip up hysteria about shit that's either not happening or highly exaggerated, you give them total power, and they just break everything because they're morons only concerned with personal enrichment.
The Cultural Revolution literally involved student groups stealing military equipment (becauuse to say no to them was counter-revolutionary) and using it to fight against other student groups who weren't adhering to Mao close enough
"I want Chinese style communism to happen inside of the Democratic Party. I want to do cultural revolution shit. We're doing a struggle session Chuck Schumer... people can now throw their old tomatoes at Cuck Schumer"
-- Hasan Piker fantasizes about a new Cultural Revolution
That’s just not how Kol Nidrei works. It’s not a get-out-of-jail-free card, it’s a prayer about cleansing ourselves of any earthly hang-ups that disallow us from the hard task of asking for repentance