BashfulBob

This but unironically, except in Russian. The power of mutual aid and class solidarity won that war.

Absolutely insane how fast .world became everything about Reddit people hate.

Become Ungovernable

I can't imagine how.

it's highly embarrassing to the dems and very damaging to American prestige if Trump creates show trials including the biggest dem faves

I don't think a Biden pardon would really get in the way of what are intentionally show trials.

But I also don't really think Trump would go after anyone with status. If we're doing a kangaroo court, it's going to be another Teri Shavio situation. The GOP congealing around a person you've never heard of to make a giant stink, while the media swarms like flies on shit.

Democrats love not doing shit, so I wouldn't hold my breath. But I guess we'll see.

You can play Halo 1 online and that game is old enough to run for Congress.

You can play old school TF online and that's pushing 40.

There's a moment when Jinx is grappling with her revolutionary impact and Ekko is struggling to salvage his eco-socialist collective and Jayce is facing the consequences of his vulgar materialism when you get the sense they might have something to say.

But then it crumbles into Monster of the Week, in the race to set up the next round of action scenes.

Death to piltover

The dilemma of Piltover and Zaun is fundamentally the dilemma of waste management. Piltover dumps it's exhaust into Zaun, poisoning the citizens. Then Silco uses the desperate Zaun residents as canon fodder for his own play to the top.

But the idea that Piltover going away solves the problems is as misplaced as the Vander-esque submission to overwhelming power. The problem is, at its heart, the pollution and its consequences. Shimmer presents all the same hazards as the Hextech of Piltover and produces all the same negative externalities. Silco longs to sit on the council, not abolish it. Jinx longs to get even, not lead a revolution. Ekko is the only real decent person in this story, and he's perpetually sidelined by the plot.

It was all over the place, without the steady escalating tempo of the original. Even the fight scenes were clipped and visually abbreviated - switching to these dramatic vinettes in a bunch of the Warwick and Vi combat scenes.

S2 had some interesting and clever movements... but yeah. It was 2-3 seasons crammed into one, and it showed.

I don't even not like the "Perfection isn't something you attain, it's something you pursue" moral at the end of the show. But season 1 felt so dialectical. You had these historical moments building on themselves to a stunning climax.

Season 2 was handed this dramatic historical pivot, kinda-sorta looked like it was going to grapple with the fundamentals appeals and consequences of fascism, but then stumbled back down into "Everything gets solved when the Special People duke it out".

The fundamental plight of Zaun, the cost of pollution and the failure of equitable distribution, is lost in the race to fight Evil Foreigners and Fifth Columnist Traitors. A real squandered opportunity.

Juan Guiado declared new Prime Minister of South Korea

Stealing the batteries out of your car key fobs.

You monster