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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#1026: Jun 9th 2020 at 4:19:22 AM

The recent events on Bristol reminded me that not only we still have several statues of bandeirantes across the country (particularly the South, because São Paulo loves associatimg itself with rapists, murderers and slave-catchers), but still plenty of schools and buildings named after the military leaders of the Dictatorship.

Nothing that can really be done in the current administration, but here's hoping the Floyd protests give a little bit steam towards their dismantling in the future.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#1027: Jun 9th 2020 at 8:34:13 AM

(particularly the South, because São Paulo loves associatimg itself with rapists, murderers and slave-catchers),

Please, Muff. We must be the bigger men and refrain from insulting the South even though they deserve it.

On a more serious note, I'd actually say the dictatorship monuments and memorials are what our main goal should be at. As disgusting as our slavery past is, the dictatorship worship presents a more immediate and clear danger.

I actually live in the same block (more or less) as a school named after Castelo Branco (one of the main architects of the military coup). It makes me chuckle though that someone vandalized it with the words "A good fascist is a dead fascist".

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Lazlo74 from A tropical hell-hole Since: May, 2018
#1028: Jun 9th 2020 at 8:36:51 AM

Is Senhor Bolso still fawning over the military clique types in Brazil?

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#1029: Jun 9th 2020 at 8:37:13 AM

[up]Does the sun rise from the East?

[up][up]I weight over a 100, I'm big enough.

[down]You tell me, I almost feel like gagging whenever those types keep calling people "Paraíba"

Which is unfair to the state, I know, but still.

Edited by HailMuffins on Jun 9th 2020 at 12:55:52 PM

KusaMigeru Interesting Person #928 from Kanda Island Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Interesting Person #928
#1030: Jun 9th 2020 at 8:42:56 AM

(particularly the South, because São Paulo loves associatimg itself with rapists, murderers and slave-catchers)

I'd almost say this is payback for South-Southeast people mixing North and Northeast together, lmao

... And that's called jazz!
HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
KazuyaProta Shin Megami Tensei IV from A Industrial Farm Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Shin Megami Tensei IV
#1032: Jun 23rd 2020 at 10:34:07 PM

Argentina? Oh no, their economy was already screwed before the Pandemic, now THAT!? (Argentina depends a lot on their meat industry)

Edited by KazuyaProta on Jun 23rd 2020 at 12:35:11 PM

Watch me destroying my country
TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#1033: Jun 24th 2020 at 2:49:08 AM

Somewhere, somebody has said "well, at least this year couldn't get any worse".

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
#1034: Jun 24th 2020 at 4:50:30 AM

Wait there’s another locust cloud working its way across a continent? I wonder if it’s climate change related, as having a massive locust cloud emerge in both Africa and South America in the same year seems like a weird coincidence.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Lazlo74 from A tropical hell-hole Since: May, 2018
#1035: Jun 24th 2020 at 4:51:46 AM

Alright, since this post got buried in the LATAM thread, I decided to post it here.

With ex military man Senhor Bolsonaro screwing Brazil inside out, I think this is a good time as any to bring up and discuss with Brazilian posters the 60s Tropícalismo movement.

I first found out about the Tropícalia movement through music acts involved with it such as Caetano Veloso and Os Mutantes, and my first impression is that these guys are clearly taking a piss out of the Brazilian Junta through abstract left-leaning lyricism. But I heard that the Tropícalismo scene also encompasses other art and media such as poetry, literature, cinema and even theater. Can someone explain more about this Brazilian counterculture movement and its viability in the modern age?

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#1036: Jun 24th 2020 at 4:53:17 AM

[up][up]That and/or complacency. After a few decades of successfully limiting locusts through various measures, I suspect corners started to get cut or money diverted, both on the ground and up top.

Cue grasshoppers turning locusts when the factors click into place.

Edited by Euodiachloris on Jun 24th 2020 at 12:54:12 PM

TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
KusaMigeru Interesting Person #928 from Kanda Island Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
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#1038: Jun 24th 2020 at 8:10:57 AM

As in LATin AMerica, not the flight company.

Edited by KusaMigeru on Jun 24th 2020 at 12:11:12 PM

... And that's called jazz!
TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#1039: Jun 24th 2020 at 8:16:43 AM

Oh! Yeah, that... that would make more sense [lol]

TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#1040: Jul 7th 2020 at 4:05:51 PM

Bolsonaro has COVID-19

...supposedly. I don't personally trust this. Give it a week, and if he comes around saying that he got cured because he took hidroxicloroquine, then we'll see.

If this is real, though, I wish him a speedy recovery, even if I won't exactly mourn him if the worst case scenario takes place.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#1041: Jul 8th 2020 at 4:37:13 AM

I will not wish him harm.

But if it comes to pass, I'll read the obituary with great pleasure.

KusaMigeru Interesting Person #928 from Kanda Island Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Interesting Person #928
#1042: Jul 8th 2020 at 3:41:17 PM

There's no way he won't spin a speedy recovery as "proof" that "cloroquina works" or that the disease isn't serious.

If this is for real - and I doubt so -, I don't exactly wish he dies, but if going through what has happened to Boris Johnson is what it takes to make him take this seriously, so be it.

... And that's called jazz!
CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#1043: Jul 31st 2020 at 12:54:05 PM

Crossposted from the Latin America Thread, Bolsonaro has been found to have mold in his lungs: https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazil-president-bolsonaro-says-antibiotics-232314896.html

TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#1044: Jul 31st 2020 at 1:05:58 PM

And we thought Temer was undead...

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#1045: Jul 31st 2020 at 4:04:40 PM

I think it’s most likely he’s made up some of his misfortunes to present himself as macho, because no one could survive all that. Like I think he was also supposedly bitten by at least one animal.

But I’m amused by the idea that he’s cursed and totally oblivious.

Edited by Hodor2 on Jul 31st 2020 at 6:05:41 AM

TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#1046: Jul 31st 2020 at 4:05:53 PM

I'm pretty sure he's quite cursed.

I mean, I curse him regularly myself!

Oh, wait you meant... right, yeah.

TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#1047: Aug 8th 2020 at 3:46:08 PM

So, Brazil has now reached 100.000 COVID deaths. (PT-BR)

Also this week, Bolsonaro vetoed monetary compensation for the families of health professionals who have died during the crisis. (PT-BR)

Oh, coincidentally, today was a big football classic: Corinthians Vs Palmeiras!

Would anybody like more bread with that?

Edited by TheLovecraftian on Aug 8th 2020 at 7:47:41 AM

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
#1048: Aug 9th 2020 at 2:14:09 PM

Not me because I was almost scheduled to work on that game.

And as soon as my test results come out, I'll see if I am going to be in the confirmed case list.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#1049: Aug 9th 2020 at 9:06:10 PM

The comparison to Bread and Circuses is erroneous...mainly because there's not really a lot of bread being provided.

Disgusted, but not surprised
TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#1050: Aug 10th 2020 at 2:41:45 AM

It just struck me like too much of a coincidence that right on the day where it was expected we would cross into 100.000 one of the biggest sports classics would be taking place. Felt too contrived, y'know.


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