Podunk

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[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

I dont dissagree. But for the rest of yall here, the point stands.

Foreign policy is nuanced, multi layered, and gives no shits about your morality. Any of you that boil down the issue to palistine vs israel or race or religion, have no idea whats going on. Two state solutions are just to placate you while wholesale slaughter happens.

This is about power and maintaining it. Always has been. And american, or western dominance in the region as a way to maintain what little peace exists, and not let our adversaries seize that control, is the end sum game.

Im not saying its right. But superpowers and governments do not care about your moral hangups. A hundred thousand dead "someone else" vs a major strategic location means nothing. Appalling, sure, but there is a brutal logic to it.

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Is this just our generation's facebook? Damnit.

Well... at least we know how to use the internet i guess.

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

🥲 its beautiful

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Ok. Let me try again.

What would you do if you were bernie? Whats your course of action?

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do you know what an independant is? Who would you prefer he caucus with? The gop?

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Bernie sanders is the longest serving independant senator in united states history. Hes been criticizing the democratic party since the 1970s, you absolute muppet.

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Thats the thing everyone forgets. He never planned on winning. He didnt want to win. Go watch him right after they announced victory. The man was lost. The plan was always do the show circuit and play victim and rake in the money without any responsibility for his shitty actions.

He didnt want it either, but all that is left is toperpetually double down. And here we are...

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

Theres no problem with susan. C.S. Lewis was using narnia as a very christian metaphor, for... come to think of it, lots of things. Included in that metaphor was a Peter Pan esque commentary of childhood. Susan grew up too fast. Thats it. Flawed as it may be, thats the bit. Misogynistic as is seems on reflection, i dont think it was intended that way.

Boys never grow up. If you have full grown man in your life, you already know this.

If you dont, you are missing out. Want to have a child without actually having a child? Make guy friends. Everything will make sense after that.

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

So nuanced. So brave.

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was about to say, you got way too many things that absolutely will bond with that with no hesitation. Thats a very unstable molecule.

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

In texas, if you get busted with pot brownies, the entire weight of the pan is the "weight" of the drugs. Normally its makes it an instant felony. I imagine this is one of those situations, just to an extreem level.

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

Ave Maria is "classical music" for people that cant pronounce Tchaikovsky. Pavarotti has a great rendition, but hell, Celine Dion did one too. Its not that special.

Franz Schubert just set an excerpt of a Sir Walter Scott poem to music for christs sake! Why does it exist on such a pedestal?

All im saying is that ave maria is like trump. It holds a position of esteem for people that know nothing about art or success or value. It is the golden toilet set inside a cookie cutter McMansion in the middle of Frisco Texas.

Sure, you can impress your neighbors with it, but the bank is reposessing that house and toilet along with your new wake boat next week too. Who are you really impressing?

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