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Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#254226: Sep 6th 2018 at 6:26:22 PM

My understanding is that rulings like that mean 'the letter of the law is against you, but you don't actually deserve to be punished.'

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#254227: Sep 6th 2018 at 7:56:10 PM

[up][up] 50 cents for each nut and the pecker being hit goes for free.

Edited by AngelusNox on Sep 6th 2018 at 11:55:53 AM

Inter arma enim silent leges
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#254228: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:00:45 PM

[up][up]"It's beyond a doubt that you did it, but we don't think you deserve to be punished for it. I mean, you punched a Nazi. That's Captain America stuff."

Concerning Trump's proposed trade war with Japan...

Isn't Japan going to be part of the TPP? Won't starting a trade war with Japan essentially mean starting a trade war with the rest of the countries in that trade bloc?

Edited by M84 on Sep 6th 2018 at 11:02:00 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#254229: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:36:02 PM

He just had to fuck with Japan, didn't he. Couldn't leave anime and video games alone. Right after they just got hammered by a typhoon and earthquake, too.

Edited by CookingCat on Sep 6th 2018 at 8:45:25 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#254230: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:37:25 PM

Kicking people while they're down is entirely in character for Trump. I'll bet he literally did that while growing up.

Disgusted, but not surprised
CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#254231: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:40:37 PM

Hopefully this turns some of his base against him when their anime starts going away.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#254232: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:42:14 PM

That is one of the saddest sentences I’ve ever heard in my life.

thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#254233: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:53:23 PM

More like “bewilderingly pathetic”

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#254234: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:54:30 PM

Unfortunately, it's true that a shit-ton of alt-right are massive weebs on 4Chan and other such websites. Also unfortunately, they're so deluded that this will have absolutely no effect on their support of Trump whatsoever.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#254235: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:57:34 PM

I've said it before, the only thing that would get Trump's base to turn on him would be if they thought he wasn't a bigot like them anymore. Pretty much the only time any of them turned on him was when he made a generic Happy Hanukkah tweet.

Disgusted, but not surprised
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#254236: Sep 6th 2018 at 8:58:37 PM

When "he" made a generic Happy Hanukkah tweet.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#254237: Sep 6th 2018 at 9:13:48 PM

Yeah, like most of Trump's less shitty tweets it was probably made by a staffer or something.

Disgusted, but not surprised
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#254238: Sep 6th 2018 at 9:17:44 PM

Unfortunately, it's true that a shit-ton of alt-right are massive weebs on 4Chan and other such websites. Also unfortunately, they're so deluded that this will have absolutely no effect on their support of Trump whatsoever.

I can't say how I haven't seen the shitshow on 4Chan over the Trumpanzees there arguing over how Trump would react to seeing their tastes for women and hobbies, while pretty much they were being told that Trump would certainly think they are massive losers.

I'd pay to see the Alt-Reichers to meet Trump, show them their waifus and weeb stuff, only for Trump to wave around pretending he is interested and then having someone record how pathetic Trump thinks these people are for masturbating over fictional cartoons (I'd bet Trump would call Manga and Anime characters cartoons because you know, Trump) instead of going for real women like he does and for being shut ins instead of a real player like Trump.

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#254239: Sep 6th 2018 at 9:29:12 PM

And then a journalist (or maybe a political cartoonist, but I'm not exactly sure of the general political leanings there) wittily points out that Trump is as much of a loser as his supporters.

BTW, the talk of a potential Trade war with Japan has me wondering, How was the Film industry in America affected by the trade war with China?

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Sep 6th 2018 at 9:44:21 AM

tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#254240: Sep 6th 2018 at 10:55:34 PM

[up][up] I dunno, Trump may see girls dressed as characters from Dead or Alive or Neon Genesis Evangelion and go for it. Most normal people would and Trump may not be normal but he likes girls.

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#254241: Sep 6th 2018 at 11:00:27 PM

[up]We're not talking about people being into women who cosplay as the characters. We're talking about people who express attraction to the characters themselves.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#254242: Sep 7th 2018 at 12:08:25 AM

I saw this a few pages ago and can't help reacting:

a word that Pence has used multiple times over the course of more than a decade.
Does whoever wrote this have any idea how weak this sounds? "He uses this word once every three years, it must be him!"

Instead of "more than once", they should have used a phrase that actually implies frequency. In fact, even a simple "frequently" would be better.

Either way, Trump's meltdown over it might be a good thing, if it pushes him into such mistakes that he ends up incriminating himself...


I read on french news that the NFL anthem kneeling controversy is back with a vengeance, but I'm not sure this is the right thread for it.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#254243: Sep 7th 2018 at 12:46:02 AM

[up][up]Ehhh. I mean, waifus would be right up Trump's alley. Girls who don't talk back and don't complain later that he molested them.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#254244: Sep 7th 2018 at 12:59:13 AM

How sure are we he does not have an Ivanka waifu pillow 😓?

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#254245: Sep 7th 2018 at 12:59:55 AM

[up]There is not enough brain bleach in the world.

Leviticus 19:34
tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#254246: Sep 7th 2018 at 1:11:22 AM

That would be the one thing stopping the threat to any real life...say, Jill Valentines or that being impossible the next best thing.

Edited by tsstevens on Sep 7th 2018 at 6:11:04 PM

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#254247: Sep 7th 2018 at 1:32:38 AM

[up][up][up]Again, I think we should refrain from making these sort of comments.

Though the fact that it's not a completely implausible notion is rather disturbing.

Disgusted, but not surprised
tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#254248: Sep 7th 2018 at 1:55:44 AM

Thing is he said it, Trump made the comments, I don't think he retracted or clarified what was said. With that...um, with that said it's low hanging fruit. What about looking to and getting support from Kim Jong Un? That is certainly far more worthy of critical comments than whether he would be into his daughter.

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#254249: Sep 7th 2018 at 3:09:01 AM

[up]I have to agree. Mocking Trump over his thing for Ivanka is legitimate criticism because he said it. It's not even subtext at this point.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#254250: Sep 7th 2018 at 3:41:30 AM

It is one thing to express disgust over what he said about Ivanka. It is another to speculate further about their relationship.

Now, if more proof crops up that would be another story.

Disgusted, but not surprised

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