No, no; haven’t you heard? if we don’t read the Bible^™, there’s nothing to stop us from killing and raping everyone we meet. ^/s

Do you honestly think modern superpowers are not “conquering empires?” If so, I worry what you think about “Jesus’ principals [sic].”

I COULDN’T QUITE HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY CRANKED HOG, BUT I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT DEFINING GENDER!!!

THE PACK IS ALL ABOUT INCLUSION!! I DON’T CARE HOW YOU MF’ERS SELF IDENTIFY, YOU’RE ALL MY BROTHERS AS LONG AS YOU LOVE CRANKING THAT HOG!!!

AROOOOOO!

I only got to play at my friend’s house, and I think I got stuck on Minos (or whatever the Greek island was) and couldn’t get past it before they bought a new computer

Bootlickers: Lots of CEO’s increase claim denials!

The Hound: Lots of cunts…

getting firearms across international lines is a little trickier than shooting dumbfuck CEO’s, though. Not advocating anything; just commenting on availability and transportation of firearms.

And personally, I’d rather see billionaires sit in prison and watched their assets get nationalized than to see them die, but given the stranglehold money has on justice systems around the world, one of those is a less likely solution than the other…

My dad is one of those “worryingly concerned about self-defense” boomers and I got an LED/lithium ion maglite-ish flashlight last year for Christmas.

It still doubles as a bludgeon and it’s rechargeable and puts out like 5k lumens, so while I didn’t think I needed anything like it, it’s quite handy if you live in the mountains like I do. Nothing scares off a couple coyotes or a bear like just blasting them in the retina with a high-end LED photon cannon (short of an actual shotgun with bean bag rounds like my neighbor uses)

It had metal skate wheels on it. My uncle said they used to make something like that in the 40’s by nailing a skate onto a board, though it sounded more like a scooter since they usually added a handle to the front.

As seen in the documentary Back to the Future

Afaik, they’re still around, but inflation and popularity has caused the prices to increase a fair bit.

“Backpacking” can also mean couch surfing and staying in hostels or on park benches. In the early 2000’s, it was a really popular way to travel across Europe (at least among rich white college kids)

I wouldn’t have characterized The Princess and the Frog that way. In that movie, the protagonists learn to be happy despite being frogs, not because they are frogs. Being frogs throws them together and forces them to get to know one another, but their happy ending comes once they become human again (and the point of the movie is about working tirelessly to achieve their dreams, not removing themselves from society)

Edit: why yes, I do have small children and spend far too much time analyzing the themes of animated movies; why do you ask?

Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

Aladdin is right up there, too

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And his lack of any sort of moral compass beyond “money”

That’s all well and good, but are you really suggesting that trans people who are fearing for their lives should stay put to help the electoral college issues four years from now?

We got in on on our house in early 2016 and the price of real estate in our area increased by 20% while we were in escrow.

Our house has more than doubled in price since then but if we had fallen out of escrow, we would not have been able to buy anything anywhere near our jobs/preferred city (and my partner and I have a combined income north of 150k/year).

Shit is crazy these days

Rounders has a young Matt Damon and Edward Norton and is entirely about gamblers making their living as poker players in the late 90’s or early 2000’s.

It’s pretty good

Edit: I just realized you said not entirely about cards, but I still highly recommend the movie. The plot revolves around cards, but it’s also about ambition and knowing when to cut off deadbeat friends

Paracetamol is acetaminophen (Tylenol) for those of us in the States.

Cheers!

Appropriate.