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Yep. Complete lack of perspective leads to a lack of empathy.
A good example was in the “you should have a photo ID to vote” discussions. They came back with “FFS, you even need a photo ID to fly!”….meanwhile, 35 million Americans have never been on a plane. Hell, 10% of minority households are unbanked.
These people have ZERO fucking clue what the paycheck-to-paycheck existence of nearly TWO THIRDS of Americans is like.
Their “poor neighbor” is someone who drives a Toyota instead of a Lexus.

My 4runner is feeling attacked. I do have my eyes on that GX550 Overtrail.
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13 minutes ago, DaysOff said:


My 4runner is feeling attacked. I do have my eyes on that GX550 Overtrail.

Yea and Lexus is not a luxury brand. 

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21 minutes ago, DaysOff said:


My 4runner is feeling attacked. I do have my eyes on that GX550 Overtrail.

I finally wrested my wife's 2015 4Runner from her by buying her a new VW.  Within a few months my stepdaughter had totally rendered her 2008 Camry as junk yard food.  She has no money, so now SHE gets to drive the 4Runner and I bought a new Mazda (for pity's sake) for me.  FML.  No, I wasn't going to buy her a new car, and maybe with that much steel around her she'll survive the inevitable sideswipes and other bad driving incidents.

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2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Just saw a recruitment commercial from ICE that started “attention  Seattle law enforcement officers” telling them that if they want to really make a difference they should join ICE. 

There's a similar ad running in Chicago where they basically say "attention Chicago police - if you're unsatisfied with having to at least superficially obey the law and protect the Constitution, then quit your job and join ICE." 

It's repugnant. 

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7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Just saw a recruitment commercial from ICE that started “attention  Seattle law enforcement officers” telling them that if they want to really make a difference they should join ICE. 

Same shit in Denver.

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3 hours ago, aggie08 said:

I like golf, but this is so true. Golf bro culture has really taken over the sport. My waking nightmare is having to attend a tournament in person and be surrounded by a bunch of "golf is my only personality trait" chubby dudes yelling "Mashed potatoes!" after every tee shot.

Holy shit is that a thing?? The only golf I've watched is Tiger Woods clips and I remember thinking it was fucking dumb hearing them yell "Get in the hole!" right after the swing. But having to hear this type of stupid shit would be a beating. 

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8 minutes ago, Exposition said:

Holy shit is that a thing?? The only golf I've watched is Tiger Woods clips and I remember thinking it was fucking dumb hearing them yell "Get in the hole!" right after the swing. But having to hear this type of stupid shit would be a beating. 

People who attend most US golf events are the dumbest human beings on the planet. If you want to watch golf for the golf and not the douchebags trying to make a scene, you gotta go across the pond or pay your way into Augusta. 

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Stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Portland a couple of months ago. It has really gone downhill since the war started. They were unable to get food delivered in on account of the roaming marauders and firefights occurring in the streets so they handed us a stack of MREs at check-in. The complimentary body armor was appreciated when we had to venture out to gather supplies. 

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The crazy and depressing part (I mean, it's all crazy and depressing) is how easily Trump wins by normalization. He's sending troops into fucking Portland. For no reason. And everyone is like "Yeah he does that. Anyway...."

If next week he proposed wiping his ass with the Constitution and making the US part of Russia, there would be immediate horror. A few days later, "America is still debating whether Donald Trump should wipe his ass with the Constitution and merge the US with Russia. What do you think? Are those good ideas?" 

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12 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

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Another great example. All Trump had to do was say "I heard she never worked at McDonalds", and that became the story. "Did she? What do you think? I can see both sides...." Instead of "Oh wow, see how unhinged he is? He just made that up out of whole cloth. It's really scary that he's the republican nominee." 

I guarantee you that he laughs to himself at how easy it is. And it works. 

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13 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Another great example. All Trump had to do was say "I heard she never worked at McDonalds", and that became the story. "Did she? What do you think? I can see both sides...." Instead of "Oh wow, see how unhinged he is? He just made that up out of whole cloth. It's really scary that he's the republican nominee." 

I guarantee you that he laughs to himself at how easy it is. And it works. 

He got away with the eating pets comment in a presidential debate.  There’s nothing he can say that his cult won’t give him a pass on.

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The 2 most MAGA people in my life (coworkers in construction; no shit you say) have never been outside the country, not even Mexico or Canada. In fact they’ve never had a passport.

Not saying they’re dumb, because they most certainly or not. But their views on America and the world are extremely narrowly focused and influenced by the media.

I think traveling and intermingling with people who are different from you can sometimes be daunting. But you learn different perspectives and what others go through without a filter, and you hopefully learn that there are things better that can be brought home, or appreciate what we have and not take for granted.

 

I guess this is not just a MAGA issue. It applies to people on the other side of the political spectrum. Take the time to learn other people’s perspectives and chances are you’ll be a better person for it. 

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He got away with the eating pets comment in a presidential debate.  There’s nothing he can say that his cult won’t give him a pass on.

And it had already been debunked 100% by that point. Harris absolutely crushed him in that debate, and he looked like a crazy old man. Didn’t matter, as somewhere there was a trans person playing sports.
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4 minutes ago, Superhero said:

The 2 most MAGA people in my life (coworkers in construction; no shit you say) have never been outside the country, not even Mexico or Canada. In fact they’ve never had a passport.

Not saying they’re dumb, because they most certainly or not. But their views on America and the world are extremely narrowly focused and influenced by the media.

I think traveling and intermingling with people who are different from you can sometimes be daunting. But you learn different perspectives and what others go through without a filter, and you hopefully learn that there are things better that can be brought home, or appreciate what we have and not take for granted.

 

I guess this is not just a MAGA issue. It applies to people on the other side of the political spectrum. Take the time to learn other people’s perspectives and chances are you’ll be a better person for it. 

This is my parents. They have plenty of means but no curiosity to see anything outside their bubble. They’re shocked we travel for fun as much as we do. 

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5 hours ago, Red Five said:

I know some Scottie Scheffler types. He's probably a great guy, husband, and father. With an enormous blind spot for what's happening in front of his face. I really don't know what to call it, other than just profound ignorance. To say "He treats everyone like the greatest person in the world" is just Orwellian. 

I hope he never wins another tournament.   Fuck him.

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The 2 most MAGA people in my life (coworkers in construction; no shit you say) have never been outside the country, not even Mexico or Canada. In fact they’ve never had a passport.
Not saying they’re dumb, because they most certainly or not. But their views on America and the world are extremely narrowly focused and influenced by the media.
I think traveling and intermingling with people who are different from you can sometimes be daunting. But you learn different perspectives and what others go through without a filter, and you hopefully learn that there are things better that can be brought home, or appreciate what we have and not take for granted.
 
I guess this is not just a MAGA issue. It applies to people on the other side of the political spectrum. Take the time to learn other people’s perspectives and chances are you’ll be a better person for it. 

Careful. That’s where you can learn about things like “empathy” as well.
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15 minutes ago, Red Five said:


And it had already been debunked 100% by that point. Harris absolutely crushed him in that debate, and he looked like a crazy old man. Didn’t matter, as somewhere there was a trans person playing sports.

Had to stop that trans thing before it was ONLY trans people playing sports. 

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1 hour ago, Red Five said:

The crazy and depressing part (I mean, it's all crazy and depressing) is how easily Trump wins by normalization. He's sending troops into fucking Portland. For no reason. And everyone is like "Yeah he does that. Anyway...."

If next week he proposed wiping his ass with the Constitution and making the US part of Russia, there would be immediate horror. A few days later, "America is still debating whether Donald Trump should wipe his ass with the Constitution and merge the US with Russia. What do you think? Are those good ideas?" 

This came up with the Kimmel issue.  But I believe this is why you rightfully feel this frustration:

https://techstartups.com/2020/09/18/6-corporations-control-90-media-america-illusion-choice-objectivity-2020/

 

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6 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

guess who put down a $1000 deposit on a Columbia trip yesterday?  This dumbass.  I'm sure our hotel will look like it was in Gaza by the time we arrive.

4 hours ago, Chopper said:

this is a classic

-weapon pointed at on-lookers

-clip on the pavement

-partner's weapon pointed at his own nuts

 

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Oh great, we will get a surly "Magazine vs. Clip" fight

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4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

You sure you’re going where you think you’re going?

What?  Columbia, Missouri should be nice this time of year.  As should be Columbia, SC.   But I would avoid West Columbia, TX.   It's still too hot down here.

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3 hours ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

This came up with the Kimmel issue.  But I believe this is why you rightfully feel this frustration:

https://techstartups.com/2020/09/18/6-corporations-control-90-media-america-illusion-choice-objectivity-2020/

 

In the interest of accuracy, this is a big mischaracterization of how consolidated the information stream is.  The article is mainly pointing out that the corporations that own broadcasters are relatively small, but that was true 40 years ago, too.  
 

The problems with our country coincide with those broadcasters losing viewers to social media and YouTube and it’s not because they created a monolith of homogenous news production and acted in cartel like ways to preserve market share.  In fact, it’s the diversity of approaches that’s been the hallmark of the last 20 years as each tried to create niche as declining viewership sapped ad dollars.  
 

I totally agree that more competition and more choices is better than less, but that’s  because it makes it harder for ill intentioned regulators like a Trump FCC to  limit their independence.  

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Does China take Taiwan during Whiskey Pete’s all hands meeting of generals and admirals in Virginia next week, or do they wait until America is drunk on Modelo, watching a cage match on the front lawn of the White House?   Who cares, we are all playing violins on the deck of the Titanic.   And, we threw it all away for Donald fucking Trump?

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1 hour ago, LCHorn said:

In the interest of accuracy, this is a big mischaracterization of how consolidated the information stream is.  The article is mainly pointing out that the corporations that own broadcasters are relatively small, but that was true 40 years ago, too.  
 

The problems with our country coincide with those broadcasters losing viewers to social media and YouTube and it’s not because they created a monolith of homogenous news production and acted in cartel like ways to preserve market share.  In fact, it’s the diversity of approaches that’s been the hallmark of the last 20 years as each tried to create niche as declining viewership sapped ad dollars.  
 

I totally agree that more competition and more choices is better than less, but that’s  because it makes it harder for ill intentioned regulators like a Trump FCC to  limit their independence.  

Your 40 years ago statement rings false to me.  Maybe I’m misunderstanding.

 

https://www.usconstitution.net/media-consolidation-impact/

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7 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

There's a similar ad running in Chicago where they basically say "attention Chicago police - if you're unsatisfied with having to at least superficially obey the law and protect the Constitution, then quit your job and join ICE." 

It's repugnant. 

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5 hours ago, tx ind said:

The shitty thing is  Bill Clinton signed off on the legislation that made consolidation possible back in 1996.

Weird he was so awesome otherwise, what with putting his tone-deaf, politically ham-handed wife in charge of the push for  universal healthcare and the repeal of Glass Steagal and taking advantage of interns and mass incarceration and his relationship with Epstein and whatnot. 

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7 minutes ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

Your 40 years ago statement rings false to me.  Maybe I’m misunderstanding.

 

https://www.usconstitution.net/media-consolidation-impact/

40 years ago you had the big three broadcast networks and cable news was still consigned to early adopters.  
 

Most people would have gotten the news of the day from a newspaper.  In terms of broadcast, most households had a preferred station and/or anchor and the big three spent a lot developing their on-air talent because it helped retain viewers.  60 Minutes, for example, was the most profitable news program on air and regularly competed with The Cosby Show, Cheers, and others for the highest Nielsen rating in a given week. 
 

Let’s talk impact-over the 85-86 tv season 60 minutes averaged over 20 million views.  In the last week of August (admittedly, not usually a great time for max tv watching), the top over the air program was Sunday Night Football with 10 million views.  Basically, the article posits that there has been media consolidation (I’d argue that it’s always been controlled by a small number of firms) and that this is bad because:

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have the capacity to overshadow smaller, independent voices, potentially narrowing the range of perspectives available to citizens.

 

If that is true, then the decline in viewers would indicate that they aren’t overshadowing shit, in fact they are fiercely competing with social media companies because their share of ad revenue has fallen off a cliff.  And social media basically exists to monetize smaller, independent voices.  
 

Anyway, the is largely to say who gives a shit if Kimmel gets silenced?*   What you really need to be terrified about (and there was a NY Times op-ed on this very thing today) is when the admin leans on Alphabet to make criticism of Trump unavailable in their search results.  
 

*this isn’t to take away anything from the necessity to preserve Kimmel and any other voice that would be categorized as oppositional.  Silencing those is a prelude to more consequential steps.  

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1 hour ago, Pancho said:

This is so trashy

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I just assume the Resolute Desk will be ringside, and someone will be thrown through it.

 

 

(Yes, that's a wrestling thing, not UFC, but still, what's tradition, right?)

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Weird he was so awesome otherwise, what with putting his tone-deaf, politically ham-handed wife in charge of the push for  universal healthcare and the repeal of Glass Steagal and taking advantage of interns and mass incarceration and his relationship with Epstein and whatnot. 

HEY!  He balanced the budget.

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56 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

40 years ago you had the big three broadcast networks and cable news was still consigned to early adopters.  
 

Most people would have gotten the news of the day from a newspaper.  In terms of broadcast, most households had a preferred station and/or anchor and the big three spent a lot developing their on-air talent because it helped retain viewers.  60 Minutes, for example, was the most profitable news program on air and regularly competed with The Cosby Show, Cheers, and others for the highest Nielsen rating in a given week. 
 

Let’s talk impact-over the 85-86 tv season 60 minutes averaged over 20 million views.  In the last week of August (admittedly, not usually a great time for max tv watching), the top over the air program was Sunday Night Football with 10 million views.  Basically, the article posits that there has been media consolidation (I’d argue that it’s always been controlled by a small number of firms) and that this is bad because:

If that is true, then the decline in viewers would indicate that they aren’t overshadowing shit, in fact they are fiercely competing with social media companies because their share of ad revenue has fallen off a cliff.  And social media basically exists to monetize smaller, independent voices.  
 

Anyway, the is largely to say who gives a shit if Kimmel gets silenced?*   What you really need to be terrified about (and there was a NY Times op-ed on this very thing today) is when the admin leans on Alphabet to make criticism of Trump unavailable in their search results.  
 

*this isn’t to take away anything from the necessity to preserve Kimmel and any other voice that would be categorized as oppositional.  Silencing those is a prelude to more consequential steps.  

I'd have to dig into newspaper ownership back then which I'm not inclined to do.  The consolidation the articles seem to speak about (and there are tons out there) discuss the  Telecommunications Act of 1996, continuing what had taken place in the 80s under Reagan.  Pretty sure that was during the cable era.  As well, the replacement for the newspaper in many instances is the local news.  
 

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Local TV news shows collectively attract 25 million nightly viewers, far more than national cable programs such as Fox News and MSNBC. And that’s been attractive to major media conglomerates, which have been snapping up local TV stations in recent years. As of 2016, five big companies controlled 37%open in new window of these stations.

Now, a new study shows that the trend toward conglomerate ownership is causing local stations to focus more on national politics at the expense of local politics.

 

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/media-consolidation-means-less-local-news-more-right-wing-slant

2019, so a bit dated.  But see the Sinclair and Nexstar stuff recently. 

When I brought this up it was in response to the legitimate complaints about the normalization of trump within the news media however (NYT included.  For my takes on the NYT just read up anything by Chris Hedges).  Even the three networks of the past would have been screaming from the rooftops over the things this administration is doing and passing off as normal.  To some extent that is this corporate consolidation.  Thus Bezos killing op-eds recommending voting for Kamala.  Thus the LA Times doing similar. 

That said I agree with you here " is when the admin leans on Alphabet to make criticism of Trump unavailable in their search results.  " and your concerns about social media consumption. So then we have Musk controlling X and now Larry Ellison to control Tik-Tok. 

Speaking of Ellison, who is full bore Trumpian Maga,  there is his son:

 

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Enter Larry’s son, David Ellison, who was born into the kind of riches most can barely dream of. As I wrote for FAIR, the younger Ellison is the CEO of Skydance, which recently merged with Paramount, giving him control over CBS. David’s campaign contributions trend more to the Democratic establishment, but it’s his father’s politics that seem to be reshaping the newly bought network: “CBS Shifts to Appease the Right Under New Owner,” as an National Public Radio (NPR) headline put it.

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Enter Larry’s son, David Ellison, who was born into the kind of riches most can barely dream of. As I wrote for FAIR, the younger Ellison is the CEO of Skydance, which recently merged with Paramount, giving him control over CBS. David’s campaign contributions trend more to the Democratic establishment, but it’s his father’s politics that seem to be reshaping the newly bought network: “CBS Shifts to Appease the Right Under New Owner,” as an National Public Radio (NPR) headline put it.

Anti-woke zealot Bari Weiss is nearing “a top role at CBS News,” which “left-leaning staffers at the network fret could amount to ‘dropping a grenade’ in the newsroom,” the New York Post reported. It added that the network “is weighing naming Weiss editor in chief or co-president of the network” and that Ellison is looking to buy her “news site, the Free Press, in a deal valued at upwards of $100 million.” According to Reuters, it was David Ellison who “installed Kenneth Weinstein — a supporter of President Donald Trump and the former CEO of conservative think tank Hudson Institute — as ombudsman of CBS News.”

 



But wait, its gets better:

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The New York Post reports that Ellison father and son are now looking to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, which carries with it CNN, creating an unprecedented level of media consolidation

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CNN reports 1.8 million viewers, and CBS reports an average total audience of 1.4 million viewers, for a combined 3.2 million, which eclipses ABC’s 2.3 million, NBC’s 1.4 million and MSNBC’s 1.2 million viewers.

The CNN/CBS combo would reach far more Americans through online news, with CNN.com’s 276 million visits per month already making it the nation’s second-biggest news site. Add CBSNews.com’s 63 million visits, and you’ll have an entity that edges closer to the heretofore undisputed leader, NYTimes.com, with its 425 million visits a month.

Former CBS Evening News star Dan Rather said Americans “have to be concerned about the consolidation of huge billionaires getting control of nearly all of the major news outlets.” Rather added, “It’s pretty hard to be optimistic about the possibilities of the Ellisons buying CNN.”

 

https://jacobin.com/2025/09/trump-ellison-tiktok-media-consolidation

Now granted, that's me moving the goal posts on you a bit, as that purchase has not actually taken place yet.  But I have no faith it won't be allowed.  Like I said, I think you and I overall agree.  Well, I hope we do.  Billionaires spoon feeding America isn't good for us. 

 

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11 hours ago, Dnaguy said:


It’s all about framing really.

Guaranteed additional 16-20 hrs free of kids or wife for $400 / month.

Comes out to $20-$25/ hr.

Pretty reasonable cost IMO.

Sure, but that doesn't factor in the additional expenses that the wife will manifest under the guise of "Well, you play your golf, so I can..."

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That video is AI as fuck. And the Bluesky account isn’t being very clear that it’s a real truth on his page right now. If you go to Trump’s truth social page it’s nothing but shitty ads everywhere and very little anything that seems real. Why do I keep fact checking it…. 🤮

 

 

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