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NeverMarryAStripper

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  1. 9 hours ago, aggie08 said:

    I'm sorry, was I the one who said something as stupid (and nerdy) as this:

    I have no idea what the "majority opinion" from reddit is, nor do I give a fuck. As an illiterati, I think the story pretty desperately needs a prominent character still all in on the "this Messiah shit is bogus, and it's going to get us all killed" train. It seems like DV hasn't made it much of a secret how flawed and self-fulfilling society's need for saviors is. Starting from the first movie ("OMG he tucked his pants into his boots, he is the one!") to Stilgar seeing exactly what he wants to see in this one. There's nothing moody and petulant about having the strength to say "fuck all this shit, I won't watch you massacre my people."

    I will say though, damn, that crooked front tooth is distracting as fuck on a massive IMAX screen.

    Well the two central themes of the book are  how man is unable to change his fate no matter how powerful and prescient he may be, and how all human power comes at the cost of the suffering of others

  2. 4 hours ago, wildcat09 said:

    It's not mentioned in that article and scarcely mentioned in other coverage, but much of the behavior they're bitching about in this case was during the Trump administration. They're basically just pretending that it was evil Biden looking to stifle conservative speech. 

    A shit load of the cases were from Ken Paxton getting injunctions against the federal government doing its job.

  3. What happens with people that have titanium screws and rods and things in their body?  Does someone have to go through that pile of bones to pull the metal out so it doesn't jam up the bone grinder?

  4. On 3/6/2024 at 1:54 PM, Jiggy-Z said:

    I feel your pain being a 50 something white dude who owns a construction company, drives a truck, dips some Skoal, and enjoys hunting and fishing. I had to stop wearing red of any kind.

    Also, despite the above demographic, I am labeled as that "commie hippy liberal from Austin who went to that commie hippy school" when I go fishing with my Houston buddies.

    I always tell them, "yeah that bastion of free thinking that is the Red McCombs College of Business".

    Also a CPA, so I also get the tax side of things as well.

    Ah Ziggy, will you ever win?

    Maybe you need new friends

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