Yeah, I’d love to see that happen, but I really don’t think it’s gonna happen any time soon — at least not on a scale larger than one neighborhood for a period of longer than one month. Maybe we’ll be proven wrong, though! God willing!

FUCK THE TSA

I’d rather not, frankly.

He said “raw milk” twice

I think so.

In my future fiction project I think it might’ve actually been Ryukyu: when war broke out in Korea and Taiwan, the massive expansion of the American military presence in the Ryukyu Islands created intense conflict between locals and the government, and this conflict only worsened as opposition was suppressed. This led to a revitalization of the Ryukyu independence movement and a widespread embrace of revolutionary socialism among locals.

This is certainly not the most “realistic” prediction — the more obvious predictions would be “somewhere in Latin America or the Middle East” as the other commenter said — but the thing about predictions is that so much can change unpredictably in a short time-span, things can butterfly, so it is difficult to say anything with any amount of certainty.

NO. BAD. NAUGHTY.

Theme from Jul i Svingen

Jul i Svingen was one of NRK’s “advent calendar shows”, i.e. an episode a day from December 1st to December 24th. I think “advent calendar shows” are actually a phenomenon largely unique to TV in the Nordic countries, with limited success in Germany and the Netherlands as well.

In any case I never actually watched Jul i Svingen myself, but the song is generally very popular for Christmas playlists in Norway. So it’s sort of a cultural osmosis thing for me. The song blends folk music elements like the fiddle, with more Christmas-y sounds like jingle bells, with more modern elements, and all of these elements come together to create a very unique and cozy vibe I think.

Pride cometh before the fall, as the saying goes…

Curly brackets and a vertical bar between the text and the rubies

{like|so} -> likeso

Frankly I’d call this “The Devil’s Cabaret”, I don’t even care if that’s not what it’s called in English

Pro tip: If you write a manifesto, don’t name it after yourself

Same, same, same same

Same ni ki wo tsukero

I fuckin love Yothu Yindi and this was what introduced me to them

It’s not the private conversation in question, but I also had a private conversation with her and she gave my permission to share the contents of this conversation publicly. Should I share this conversation publicly, and if I do, where, and should I redact her username?

I was interpreting foxontherocks’ comment as sarcastic because of the Lorax mention

popping pain pills

Holy shit doctor house referenc???

but I hope he grows a bit more

Yeah, I have high hopes and low expectations for his growth, but that’s just how I lead my life in general…

Well said! I am disappointed by a number of the responses I’ve seen to Mangione’s reactionism, even among users who I normally am very fond of, so I was just thinking that this is the sort of thing that should be moderated more strictly to make this community safer for marginalized people.

I actually ended up in a private conversation with a highly respected user, largely centering on Mangione’s Don Quijote sex toy tweet, and I’m still not sure how to feel about that conversation… I wanted to disagree with her, but I didn’t really have anything I could think to add, since she seemed like more of an authority than me. I will ask for her consent to share her username and the details of the conversation for public scrutiny, since I know very well from binging Mentour Pilot what can happen if the less experienced become deferential to the more experienced.

Don’t these posts normally include a link? It’s https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies isn’t it?

I would personally doubt that he would “flip” in a span of just two years at his age and at this moment in history.

About a decade ago I had a number of highly reactionary, offensively ignorant and poorly-thought-out views, but I don’t think I’d describe them as “fashy 4chan takes” necessarily, I was just a kid.