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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#325551: Aug 31st 2020 at 1:41:16 AM

With Maher I’d also not that he’s very ageist, being child-free is a significant part of his identity and he hold deep contempt for Millennials (regardless of if he uses the term right), if he can avoid ranting about political correctness and “kids these days” he can make some interesting points. I’ve stopped watching him recently because I find his insistence on applause clips in audience-less shows absurd.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#325552: Aug 31st 2020 at 1:42:45 AM

I always enjoy pointing out the oldest millennials (of which I am one) are almost forty.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Aug 31st 2020 at 2:02:12 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#325553: Aug 31st 2020 at 1:43:43 AM

North Jersey: NJ approves three bills to support November vote-by-mail General Election

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a trio of bills on Friday to support New Jersey's primarily vote-by-mail General Election in November.

The series of bills set a number of requirements for the upcoming election including mandates for county ballot drop boxes, curable ballots if election officials find problems and increased public awareness of voting by mail.

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#325554: Aug 31st 2020 at 1:47:50 AM

[up][up] We're old enough to complain about those darn kids ourselves.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Aug 31st 2020 at 10:48:02 AM

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#325555: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:04:37 AM

[up]And we do. We're already starting to complain about "Generation Z" and how they're supposedly more conservative or something.

Disgusted, but not surprised
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#325556: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:20:47 AM

[up] Weird, my experience with zoomers for the most part was that they might be even more progressive than millenials - well, except the Groypers, but nobody talks about those cockwombles if they can avoid it.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Aug 31st 2020 at 11:21:52 AM

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#325557: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:24:19 AM

[up]It was mainly based on some rather questionable data from back in the day. It's got little to do with reality.

I don't think there's much reliable data on how progressive (or not) "Generation Z" people actually are.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#325558: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:25:14 AM

Your experience is the reality, as backed up by polling and voting patterns. I think that what M84 is talking about is the baseless complaining from some millennials, which mirrors what millennials were themselves subject to.

Edited by Silasw on Aug 31st 2020 at 9:25:39 AM

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#325559: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:28:05 AM

Every generation unfairly criticizes the generation that comes after it. And often doesn't just stop with just that one.

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#325560: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:28:16 AM

Complaining about the next generations is probably as old as time itself - so is complaining about the last generation for that matter.

Granted, the previous generations do sometimes deserve the complaints.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Aug 31st 2020 at 11:29:16 AM

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#325561: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:28:44 AM

More or less. Turns out some of us are Not So Different from our elders.

Disgusted, but not surprised
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#325562: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:45:35 AM

All generation are misunderstood, ether by old one who are left behind or the new ones who dosent know what is good.

It is the rule of life.

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#325563: Aug 31st 2020 at 2:55:45 AM

Bill Maher is every Right Wing caricature of a pot-smoking, condescending, hedonistic, narcissistic, two-faced coastal liberal elite rolled up in a painfully out of date joke and brought to life. His identification as a leftist is based pretty much entirely on liking drugs and hating religion.

The man is an absolute embarrassment to the Left.

As for third parties, while they do periodically rise to take the place of a main party, they don't do it out of nowhere. Third parties succeed main parties when main parties fade into electoral irrelevance, and neither the Democrats or, sadly, the Republicans are currently anywhere close to that point. This year's election could potentially be the breaking point for whichever party loses depending on a number of other factors (Trump losing could throw the Republicans into downticket chaos as Senators and Reps find themselves between a rock and a hard place with Trump's cult and more moderate voters, while a Biden loss could see the Democrats tear themselves apart as younger and angrier voters become disillusioned with a one-two punch of failed quote-unquote "moderates" in Clinton and Biden), but it's absolutely not in play for any third parties to snatch any significant power right now.

And no, no third party is being "more effective" than the Democrats right now, because no third party wields any actual power in the government. The thing about democracy is that it doesn't matter a lick how good your ideas are if you aren't holding an office. A good idea is worth less than the napkin it's scribbled on without any actual power to enact it.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#325564: Aug 31st 2020 at 3:31:10 AM

So in a particularly ghoulsih mood, the Herman Cain twitter account is tweeting that COVID-19 is not as deadly as the media makes it out to be. In case you've missed it Herman Cain died a month ago from COVID-19.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#325565: Aug 31st 2020 at 3:34:55 AM

I guess he's feeling lonely.

Edited by M84 on Aug 31st 2020 at 6:35:11 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#325566: Aug 31st 2020 at 3:37:34 AM

Isn't that the virtual equivalent of desecrating the dead?

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#325567: Aug 31st 2020 at 3:40:48 AM

Herman Cain Tweets From Beyond The Grave To Attack Biden And Harris

Although former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain died from coronavirus in July, his Twitter account issued two posthumous attacks on Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, on Wednesday and Thursday, appearing to make good on the Cain family's vow to use his platforms "to share the information and ideas he believed in."

After Cain's July 30 death, his family issued a statement saying they would continue using his website and social media platforms to promote his conservative politics, but would do so under a new name: The Cain Gang.

I guess they're still doing it.

Edited by nova92 on Aug 31st 2020 at 3:41:18 AM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#325568: Aug 31st 2020 at 3:45:52 AM

I'm not unconvinced that the GOP's necromancers have bound his spirit to the internet.

Some evil force is driving the Republicans now. It might as well be Sauron.

Edited by CharlesPhipps on Aug 31st 2020 at 3:46:23 AM

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#325569: Aug 31st 2020 at 3:57:11 AM

I'm not a huge fan of Cain, but seriously, let the guy (and his Twitter account) rest already!

What is wrong with these vultures?

Edited by Forenperser on Aug 31st 2020 at 12:59:35 PM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#325570: Aug 31st 2020 at 4:00:25 AM

What is wrong with these vultures?

If they had shame, they wouldn't work for Trump.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
devak They call me.... Prophet Since: Jul, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
They call me.... Prophet
#325571: Aug 31st 2020 at 4:16:43 AM

A periodic reminder that trumps base might dislike the man personally but absolutely agree with what he does. That includes Cain, who downplays the pandemic he died from.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#325572: Aug 31st 2020 at 4:18:21 AM

The sad thing is that it's supposed to be his family running his account.

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#325573: Aug 31st 2020 at 4:18:32 AM

It's not like Cain would disapprove.

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Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#325574: Aug 31st 2020 at 4:18:36 AM

What is wrong with them? Everything.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#325575: Aug 31st 2020 at 4:24:26 AM

x4[up] Well except for the Neocon scum who spoke at the DNC...... Can't say I feel well about that.

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