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There, now this thread is garbage.

The ol Lemmy switcheroo.

That's a pretty ignorant assessment. We were apathetic, but we hardly rolled over for the boomers.

GenX did the whole "vote or die" thing. GenX was credited with getting Clinton into office. GenX would have also been the ones to get Gore into office if it wasn't for the Florida fuckery. Imagine how different things would have gone under President Gore.

I feel like this probably hits him harder than the prospect of jail.

I did read what happened. Did you?

Did you watch the video?

A police officer stood in front of a car then shot at the person behind the wheel because she apparently shoplifted.

1. Shoplifting is not a capital crime.
2. The cop shouldn't have stood in front of the car.
3. SHOPLIFTING IS NOT A CAPITAL CRIME.

She shouldn't have stolen from the store, she shouldn't have gotten into her car. The cop shouldn't have stood in front of the car, the cop shouldn't have shot her. An officer should not intentionally put themselves in front of a car THEN declare they fear for their lives.

He is saying that he would use American military equipment and possibly send troops to kill people who look like drug smugglers on Mexican soil, which is an act of war.

Holy fuck. CotDC gives me pretty intense flashbacks to the late 90's. If those guys are still fucking shit up, more power to them.

It's not so much a catch phrase, but words that I will always remember.

My grandmother was a WWII vet who came home and vowed to be a pacifist. She raised 7 kids before going back to school. She was at Kent State in 1970, working on her masters degree. She happened to be on the commons when bullets started flying.

She died ~2002. When we were cleaning out her belongings we came across a brown stained handkerchief in a plastic bag along with some news clippings. The clippings were her letter to the editor of the Akron Beacon Journal describing her experience on May 4th. The hanky had a little handwritten note that said "this is the blood of Allison Krause. Shed for many. May 4th, 1970".

My grandmother was an amazing woman who did so many great things after the war. You could easily write a movie about her accomplishments. But out of everything she did, the words on that little note made the biggest impact on who I would grow to be.

Here's a little write up about the hankerchief/clippings.

The irony is even dumber since they already passed HB 458 which forbids such an election in August.

They broke their own rule, a rule that they themselves pushed through.

Don't ever pretend that the GOP cares about rules or laws. They will literally do whatever they must to remain in power.

To be fair, porn is a little lower on the "first they came for the -----" list than he was probably expecting. He likely thought he had a few more marginalized groups to take the fall before the leopards started eating HIS face. But yeah, reap what you sow.

There was a celebrity nudity message board I was a member of that had been running since the mid 90's that shut down late last year.

There's also a harm reduction message board that I joined in 2000. It was the center of my existence for years. I traveled all over the country hanging out with people I met on the board. Had a ton of fun, did a bunch of stupid things, ran from the cops a few times, almost died a few times... I even ended up shacking up with a girl I met on the board for a few years. This board helped me turn my 20's into a vague blur of gonzo madness... And it's still running. I'll pop in from time to time to see how it's going but it'll never be like it was back in the heyday. That's probably for the best though, since I'm too old for that life now.

Reddit mostly replaced a lot of the places I used to go. Now that I'm off Reddit I'm trying to find ways to get back into decentralized communities like those.

That's not how it works. If you are making the claim, it's your responsibility to back that claim up with supporting information.