What about a thread for good news?

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Thad » Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:22 pm

I suppose I'd file that more under "schadenfreude" than "good news", but I guess the schadenfreude thread was on the old boards.

This is more of a "not nearly as bad as it could have been" than "good." 6000 idiots congregating together without masks is better than 19000 plus an overflow crowd, but it's still pretty bad. Hopefully it means Trump thinks twice about whether he's going to hold any more rallies -- because obviously the health and safety of people in general and his supporters in particular doesn't matter to him, but being personally humiliated matters to him more than anything.

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Postby Büge » Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:27 pm



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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Mongrel » Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:52 pm

Yessssssssss.
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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby mharr » Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:42 pm

The Kids remain Alright. (ogodshesonlythirtyfuckimold)

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Mongrel » Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:48 pm

lol:
That could be because her primary opponent appears to be named "AOC's Primary Opponent," and I really don't think you can go very far with a name like that
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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Upthorn » Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:06 pm

How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby mharr » Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:47 am

The recent flurry of talks with Vlad were possibly seeking permission then. I wonder what his new errand will be.

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby François » Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:34 am

-I give you three kopek for every American you put in wood chipper. You have to buy own wood chipper.
-I'll do it for two!

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Thad » Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:18 pm

I wouldn't rule out anything at this point but I'd say Trump dropping out of the race is unlikely. Possible, but unlikely.

I do think that the Tulsa rally humiliated him and finally stripped away all the excuses and demonstrated to him that he really is in trouble and it's not just Fake Polls. I can see him taking his ball and going home if he has a couple more experiences like that.

But the Phoenix rally went better for him and I think he's probably back to his usual self-delusions.

Plus, I'm sure he's also aware that his being president is the only thing stalling the various civil and criminal investigations into him, his companies, and his family. I think he probably still thinks he can bullshit or settle his way out of those, like he has every other legal case against him, but there may be people who have his ear (I'm thinking specifically of Kushner, who views "dad might go to prison" as something more than an abstract hypothetical) and are taking all that stuff a little more seriously than he is.

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Upthorn » Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:17 pm

Yeah, I forgot to write my comment: I'm not holding my breath, but just the thought that it's possible lifted my mood significantly.
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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Upthorn » Fri Jul 17, 2020 3:54 pm

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/17/21328600/national-suicide-prevention-lifeline-number-dial-988-fcc

The FCC has approved a new 3-digit number for the suicide prevention hotline:
Starting in 2022, US residents and visitors will be able to reach a crisis counselor by dialing 988.
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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Büge » Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:18 pm

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Mongrel » Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:59 pm



That's why they actually tried to outlaw masks briefly in Hong Kong, which even the CCP mercifully realized was absurdly suicidal.

Personally, I prefer the Juggalo-facepaint evasion method.
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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Thad » Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:15 am

A makeup tutorial for fooling facial recognition sensors showed up in my wife's YouTube recommendations.

I find myself using the phrase "cyberpunk dystopia" a lot these days.


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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Büge » Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:40 pm

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Thad » Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:32 pm

I know "aria di mezzo carattere" is a descriptive term from opera, but given that a glance at her blog indicates she's a Final Fantasy fan, I'ma say there's a not-insignificant chance she's not just a transgender Satanist anarchist, she's a transgender Satanist anarchist who's named after the opera scene from Final Fantasy 6.

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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby Friday » Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:54 pm

And that’s fine. I understand that, and I won’t begrudge the people who (for who knows what reason) just want to experience the story again. I don’t understand them, because Square-Enix tells terrible stories (and has been doing so since FF6, their last good story) with boring characters, unnatural dialogue, and sometimes horrendous acting.


Seems likely.
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Re: What about a thread for good news?

Postby mharr » Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:28 pm

Also books: Allie Brosh is still truckin, writin and gettin published, and I can't think of anyone the denizens of 2020 need more.

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