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  1. I think this crossed the line from "joke" to something else the moment he mimed it out on film. To what exactly I don't know. But pretending like this is just a joke seems a bit naive.
  2. But they could Make Comedy Great Again if all these heavy handed regulations weren't oppressing them.
  3. Abortions jokes for some for others No liberals Only 3 n-words per set for whites; 8 for blacks No conservatives
  4. Agreed. Especially in this case. The moment the dude pulled the gun (which he probably shouldn't have at all) the assailant backed off. Then he pulled the trigger. He needs to be tried for murder.
  5. That's not what I said at all. I specifically said the opposite. I'm looking at @Greatoneshere's posts about the law in PA saying you need to use equal force in these situations. I'm saying I don't think it's unreasonable to not know what that is since you apparently have to take into account weight, sex, and muscle mass among other things while you are being attacked. I think that's a little unfair to ask of the vast majority of people and I don't think it's unreasonable to use a level of force or threat higher than the one your assailant is using to get them to stop. That does not escalate to purposefully killing.
  6. Reading the last several posts I'm actually a bit conflicted. I think it's kind of unfair to ask people to make these kinds of calculations in situations where their fight/flight response is going crazy. But I also think there are clear situations (like this specific story) where somebody else's reaction was way overboard. If a guy shoves me I'm probably not going to shoot him (if I carried a gun). If a guy is punching the shit out of me yeah I might pull a knife, but not with the intention to kill or even wound (if I carried a knife), but just as a visual warning that if he continues he will escalate the situation now that he knows what I'm carrying.
  7. The show is one of the few things that bridges Trump's America and the rest of us. Maybe don't use your close acquaintances as your data sample.
  8. I for one think "That Archspire show with 5 people attending" I went to last year whenever the term Red Carpet is thrown out.
  9. The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston. It is an enthralling true story about a team of archaeologists and explorers finding a rumored hidden city in the Honduran jungle using Lidar, then subsequently pounding the ground to go explore it. I'm about halfway through. It starts with some colorful ancient, recent, and modern history and then moves on to the main event which I'm in the middle of now. One of my favorite stories so far is about how they encountered a Fer-de-Lance viper and an SAS commando that was accompanying them trapped it with a snake stick, grabbed it from behind, decapitated it, then stabbed it through the head into the ground because the thing kept trying to attack him.
  10. Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light - 9/10 I love old Skeletonwitch but my goodness this new direction is incredible. Longer and more thought out songs that allow melody to build and be enjoyed for longer spans of time definitely is not a bad thing. My only complaint about previous Skeletonwitch songs is that they didn't let you bask in their brilliance and were over before you knew it. While definitely slower than they used to be there is one song on here—"Carnarium Eternal"—that's probably their fastest ever, and since the songs are longer they all have their fast moments too, so it's the best of both worlds. I think my favorite song on this album is the longest one, "The Vault". It's got melody, it builds up, goes all out, and winds down and is pretty catchy in some parts.
  11. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/21/hes-accused-of-killing-someone-in-a-parking-spot-dispute-authorities-say-he-was-standing-his-ground/?utm_term=.71b141021126 Some crotchety old fucktard starts harassing a tired nurse in a parked vehicle with her and her boyfriend's kids. It's a handicap spot and he takes this shit seriously. Boyfriend rushes out of the store and shoves old fucktard away from the car. Old fucktard shoots boyfriend in the chest, killing him. Old fucktard will not be chatged because he stood his ground.
  12. The Equalizer 2 - 2/10 This movie is so bad. Soooo fucking bad. My God. I'm not expecting brilliance from an action movie about a vigilante rideshare driver, but I at least expect it to be fun and it can't even manage that. The movie has no flow, it has a ridiculous protagonist, an obvious villain, and poorly shot action. Meet McCall. The motivational speaking, thug life discouraging, ex special forces Lyft driver. Who also reunites Jewish families that were separated from each other during the Holocaust, cleans up graffiti, makes everybody he ever talked to love him, always manages to pick up the right people for him to dispense justice, and somehow finds time to read a million books and learn a bunch of languages too. He's so spit-shiny perfect that he fails to be interesting in any way. And when your movie kills off literally every other character that your villain could be, but still takes half an hour after that to come out and say it, you're gonna have a bad time.
  13. I'm not up to snuff on my political terminology so please correct me if I'm wrong. But doesn't taking the means of production basically mean communism? Socialism to me means government provided services for the public good.
  14. What about "The Show"? That could be anything from a concert to a TV show or stage production.
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