WideEyedStupid

F.E.A.R. has such good enemy AI. It’s an amazing shooter.

Still, I’ve only ever played it once, because I’m a big wuss and scary is not my thing, I just can’t do it again. Alma is fucking creepy and the entire atmosphere gives me nightmares.

But yeah, for anyone who enjoys shooters, F.E.A.R. is a great one.

Yup. This is the answer.

Not to be thát person, but Archduke Franz Ferdinand was not a Serb, he was Austrian. Even though Austria-Hungary did annex Bosnia and Herzegovina in the late 19th century, Franz Ferdinand was not born there - in fact he was born before the annexation.

Unless you mean his killer, but then your wording is a little off and I would say “murder BY a Serbian.” Even so, the ethnicity of the murderer wasn’t really as important as his target. ;)

I looked up Michaelmas because I had never heard of it. And it’s exactly what I initially thought it was (and exactly what it sounds like): a celebration of the archangel.

Feldman stressed: “I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.”

She knows what’s up. Both of them are obvious winners.

600k? You dropped some zeros there. It’s $600,000,000.

He’d have to go a lot higher than 10k p.p. to even make them consider it, so that’d be billions. Luckily he has millions of tax payers who can fund his little obsession!

I think we agree on this pretty much, but what you saw as a freak-out was just me pointing out that this parade stuff is typical dictator shit (on top of all the other typical dictator shit). He’s bad enough without the parade, it’s just emblematic.

Honestly? I don’t think anyone is going to be convinced of how bad Trump is anymore. Anyone who could be convinced probably already is. More people deported, a parade, more tariffs, more departments dismantled, imperialistic rhetoric, whatever. Too many people have already accepted all this, accepted too much. I doubt any of his followers can still be persuaded. What needs to happen is those cowards in congress need to step up and do something about it.

Yeah, you know, I’m not actually American and I don’t pay homage to any army. And I hope you didn’t truly conclude from my post that this parade bullshit is the only thing I dislike about Trump, or that due to a lack thereof somehow I approved of Bush? Come on, even you know that’s just a poor straw man.

That said, I don’t disagree at all with the other stuff you’re saying, you are absolutely right. I’m just telling you that no normal (and by normal, I don’t necessarily mean good!) leader (i.e. one who is not a megalomaniac, a narcissist or a (wannabe) dictator) would demand a military parade for their birthday. Honestly not. And even if you don’t care because it’s “symbolic,” you should still care because it shows you the type of person he is. The fact that it’s “also the army’s 250th birthday” is irrelevant, because it’s irrelevant to Trump. HE wants a birthday parade for HIS birthday. He thinks he deserves it. He thinks his birthday is worth a 100 million dollars and he doesn’t give a fuck that the tax payers are footing the bill.

Trump sees himself as the institution. That’s the whole point. The U.S., that’s him. The government, it’s him. L’État, c’est moi.

Now if it were me I’d abolish military parades completely, because imo it’s just a waste of money. But the fact that Trump wants one for himself is just another page out of his Dictator handbook.

It is a very important distinction. I can’t even imagine the prime minister of my home country insisting on a military parade for his birthday. He’d be laughed out of parliament, because it’s fucking ridiculous.

Having a parade as part of some event, for an anniversary or something, that’s one thing. But this is Trump wanting one for his own personal glory. That’s actually something only dictators do. Kim Jong Un loves parades. Hitler loved parades. Mussolini loved parades.

I guess maybe it’s not so weird that Trump wants one too, considering who he wants to emulate.

I agree.

Whenever I see discussions about Libertarians, I always think about that town, Grafton, that got overrun with libertarians. Human nature indeed.

https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project

The book is a very nice read.

That’s exactly it. I just don’t get it. Seems like a no-brainer to me, but apparently I’m wrong.

I guess it’s about money? Or they still think that being against genocide will lose them votes in the future? Or something.

Oh I can definitely not claim it either. Someone said it ages ago, and I stole it.

Yeah same, I guess time flies when you’re bombarded with shit 24/7

I should go. <3

The mierdas touch!

That’s the thing. There are probably a lot of people thinking the exact same thing, you just haven’t found each other.

Hmm, I would hope, but I doubt US power and influence will disappear that easily. It’ll probably just be more negative.

Ha, and France is the largest country in the EU!

I was going to say this. Trump thinks the EU already is what I wish it will become.

Maybe his efforts will push us further into that direction though?

Lmao. I actually laughed at this and my husband too, when I told him. Jesus christ, haha.

It’s funny how so many of these nicknames are so obvious, but I never would have come up with them myself.

That one, yes. And the Txt STOP one too. That one actually had me laughing.