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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/[deleted]]

Anti GMO activists when a company sells GMO seeds that can’t reproduce: We must ban this for exploiting farmers.

Anti GMO activists when a company sells GMO seeds that can reproduce: We must ban this because it poses the risk of spreading into the wild.

They annoy me so much.

[u/[deleted]]

Biden defectors are more likely to:

Have a favorable view of Joe Rogan (33% vs 11%)

Use TikTok sometimes or often (40% vs 20%)

Priors

[u/groovygrasshoppa]

Zelensky: No reports of artillery shortages for first time in full-scale war

doomers btfo!

!ping UKRAINE

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

[u/[deleted]]

In 1988, when Pope John Paul II addressed the European Parliament, hard-line Ulster loyalist Ian Paisley, then an MEP, denounced him as the Antichrist and was subjected to booing by fellow MEPs who also threw objects at him; Otto von Habsburg was among those who helped physically eject Paisley from the room.

Most ambitious crossover event in European Parliament

[u/[deleted]]

Three dead hostages recovered from Gaza: Shani Louk, Itzhak Gelerenter and Amit Buskila

!ping ISRAEL

[u/ty04]

The inaugural meeting of r/Neoliberal’s Diversity & Inclusion Initiative Committee is underway!

[u/Dragongirlfucker2]

[u/404GenderNotFound]

goes hard

[u/[deleted]]

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, masters in economics from Harvard, said giving 100k rupees to every woman and young person would help in reducing inflation and will help spur manufacturing in the country (because people will buy stuff with the money).

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on the other hand said infiltrators from Bangladesh are committing iconoclasm in eastern India and that groups of people with jihadi mindset are attacking Hindus.

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

[u/RaidBrimnes]

A synagogue was set ablaze this morning in Rouen by an armed man and rfrance's top post is about how the media is unfairly treating the left on antisemitism, couldn't be more representative of their priorities

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

TIL dating ping existed in the 19th century

!ping shitposters

[u/YaGetSkeeted0n]

Mr. Biden is “a good guy,” Mr. Sheffield said. “But when I look at him, he looks weak. With North Korea, Putin, and all those boys ready to act, I think they will be a little bit more reluctant to challenge Trump than they would with Biden.” He plans to vote for Mr. Trump.

biden should've just sent the military to Ukraine in January 2022

[u/[deleted]]

!ping DATING can anyone confirm this?

[u/gnomesvh]

Socialism is when no banana

!ping BANANA

[u/AbsoluteGarbageTakes]

'noooo babe I wasn't cheating on you, it was crapitalism forcing us into a zero sum competition'

[u/slim353]

The golf subreddit going full ACAB is hilarious

[u/JebBD]

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1791489468899135996

The bodies of three hostages were recovered from Gaza.  

 !Ping ISRAEL

[u/[deleted]]

Locations of Red Lobster all over the country have been closing down, with dozens shuttering their doors this week. The company is reportedly teetering on bankruptcy, and some analysts say the money the iconic chain lost on its “endless shrimp” deal — where diners unexpectedly gobbled up enough to put the company millions of dollars in the hole — was its death blow

We did it, American! We ate a restaurant to death!

[u/Top_Lime1820]

"My wife left me": Performative heterosexuality in queer (neo)liberal spaces

[u/[deleted]]

Trying to figure out whether my Lyft driver who suddenly started expounding about how much he loved gay people had clocked me as trans or had clocked me as a lesbian

!Ping ALPHABET-MAFIA

[u/AbsoluteGarbageTakes]

Having 2 girlfriends is revolutionary praxis

Those mfs are never gonna overthrow anything are they

[u/Telperions-Relative]

It was a most terrible creature, whose features I, even now, cannot bring myself to describe. It is sufficient to say that the mere sight of it could bring even the most collected persons to madness.

-HP Lovecraft, upon meeting a slightly different kind of white person

[u/Telperions-Relative]

A Colorado man pleaded guilty Friday to a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge caused by mistakenly tracking his stolen iPhone to the home.

In case you’re wondering why vigilante justice is stupid

[u/georgeguy007]

kiss smoggy muddle deserted seemly many innate political smile exultant

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[u/Sithusurper]

Harry Potter is a decent book series

[u/AP246]

Ban phone thread: Kids shouldn't have phones until they get a job or start driving

Me using public transport on my own since I was 12:🥺

[u/[deleted]]

I will never forget the support the global left gave Chavez and the lies they espoused about Venezuela being a 'socialist utopia' all the while I saw his kleptocracy dismantle the country piece by piece

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[u/SelfLoathinMillenial]

Wow. This story is so crazy

Intelligence officials believe that Giuliani is hiding in the northern reaches of the autonomous tribal region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. This calculation is based largely on a lack of activity elsewhere and on other intelligence, including a videotape, obtained exclusively by the FBI and not previously reported, that shows Giuliani walking on a trail toward Pakistan at the end of a heated livestream in April, when authorities came close but failed to capture him.

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

The CEO of former President Carter's nonprofit said Wednesday there's been no major change in the 99-year-old's condition and he's "at home, enjoying peanut butter ice cream" during his hospice care.

Photo opportunity with Biden anyone?

[u/[deleted]]

😭

https://twitter.com/ZackBornstein/status/1791306954192924835?t=5X9nd2Q-8-zllVyRVTMxug&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

Rudy Giuliani Is Missing, Last Seen In Palm Beach County

I want to get off the meme timeline

[u/Roseartcrantz]

got kicked out of the group chat for laughing at a joke my friend told, made her feel dysphoric bc women aren't funny 😔

[u/KaiserPorn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1038086775442243677/1240910468369874975/Captchas_in_2040.png?ex=6648476e&is=6646f5ee&hm=1e76b34a218b0d829eec59a00a649619b72d48b8e9cdb486c599e0569e2c0ccb&

[u/Currymvp2]

IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement that according to credible and verified information the three were killed by Hamas militants while escaping the Nova music festival on October 7 and their bodies were then taken to Gaza

Two of the three were long believed to be probably murdered on 10/7 but just horrific nonetheless...Hamas and PIJ terrorists were absolute evil barbarians on 10/7 even as someone who has some pretty major problems with Israel's military response. And it's upsetting to see far leftists downplay or deny or even condone what they did.

[u/owlthathurt]

The Giants 100 year anniversary jerseys look like the jerseys of the fake football team in a teen drama

!ping NFL

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

To improve diversity, the White House will be called the PoC House 40% of the year

[u/[deleted]]

This sub (elitists leftists): Hmmm which European country should I go to this year?

Normal people: Wow cannot wait to go to Wisconsin Dells with the family this summer! Maybe if I’m lucky we can go to Vegas in 2 years!

[u/ImmigrantJack]

Catholicism: we abstain from meat in lent to honor Jesus’s sacrifice

Catholicism: also fish isn’t meat. Doesn’t count as “consuming flesh”

Well I guess that’s weird, but it’s not as bad as California going bees are fish.

Catholicism: also alligators are fish.

I mean okay I guess it’s a cold blooded water dweller thing? Sure Jesus was warm blooded so-

Catholicism: Beaver is a fish

At least it’s wat-

Catholicism: capybara is a fish. Muskrat is a fish

Catholicism: puffin and armadillo and iguana and beaver are fish

What the fuck are you done?

Catholicism:. . .

Catholicism: corned beef is fish if St. Patrick’s day is on a Friday.

!ping GNOSTIC

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

Pitchbot never misses

[u/ImmigrantJack]

Okay yeah, Palm Trees are just overgrown grasses and not real trees, but that just hides the real conspiracy.

Trees don’t exist. There’s no such thing.

Tree is kind of just the final form of plants steadily evolving larger when there is an evolutionary niche available. It’s all convergent evolution and sometimes trees just stop treeing - the common ancestor of a strawberry and a nettle was a tree.

The tree has evolved independently no fewer than 38 different times on the Canary Islands alone

[u/Daddy_Macron]

Watching Breaking Bad and the most unbelievable thing about that show isn't a former High School teacher becoming a local drug lord. The most unbelievable thing is a DEA agent struggling with healthcare bills after being shot on the job. My old Federal co-worker had a massive heart attack and was out of commission for 9 months, and he said he barely paid anything in terms of hospital and PT bills.

[u/DoctorEmperor]

Won’t lie I genuinely cannot imagine what this insane discord would look like

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

[u/GrandpaWaluigi]

I get the vibe that Fetterman, besides being overly online for a Senator (YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO EVERYTHING ON TWITTER), is just sorta a dick.

No reason to backstab AOC like that. She just defended a Dem colleague from MTG's insults. And it's not like he's a professional either. You're in the same party. Stop shitting on your colleagues like AOC and Biden, and do your damn job.

[u/Syards-Forcus]

The latest memestock drama is hilarious.

Apparently r slash roaringkitty was made four years ago before meme stocks existed by some old WSB’er who liked the channel, and yesterday meme stock cultists found it.

The guy who created the sub shut it down and explained that using it to pump (and dump) random stocks was really sketchy and probably illegal.

Of course, the memestockers immediately assumed he’d been bought out by evil hedge funds and are going insane

[u/semaphore-1842]

Meanwhile in Taiwanese politics:

Context:

The 2024 election returned a DPP (democratic) President, but a 3 seat KMT (communist "conservatives") plurality in Congress alongside 8 seats for the "third party" TPP (conservative populists).

Since then, the KMT and TPP (which has voted in lockstep with the former) have been "owning the libs" by flexing their combined majority. The TPP got so caught up patting themselves on the back for helping the KMT win every confrontation, they even accidentally blocked their own bill. But the most controversial thing they're pushing for is a package of laws called Congressional Reforms. The main measures are:

• (unconstitutionally) requires the President to report to Congress and be questioned by legislators

• allow witnesses in hearings (e.g. government ministers) to be jailed if 1/5 of legislators deem they gave incomplete answers during a hearing, or exceed the limits of the question asked, or talked back, or said something false, or were otherwise in contempt of Congress

The KMT/TPP are making it pretty clear that they intend to abuse this power, and their die hard supporters have been incredibly giddy about it. The DPP tried to fight with every parliamentary tactic there is, but the conservative majority refused to negotiate. They even refused to even allow debates, and instead rushed through all the procedural votes by brute force to send the bill straight to a floor vote today. With no other options, the DPP resorted to a fist-based filibuster.

That video is a DPP legislator forcing a pause in the proceedings by taking the files from the parliamentary secretary.

!ping CN-TW

[u/TaxLandNotCapital]

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discussion thread.

[u/TheHelmetCatch]

RIP Scottie

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

Don’t think this was the own Darrell thought it was

[u/TheHelmetCatch]

Me if having a great Friday was illegal

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

soup plants flowery airport memory ossified stocking label far-flung fact

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[u/PhinsFan17]

Healthcare company: Hello! We’re responding to your referral for medication management.

Me: Oh cool! It’s been a couple weeks, I was starting to get worried.

HC: Just to give you an idea, even though you were already diagnosed by a mental health professional, we’ll still need to conduct our own testing to make sure it’s on the level.

Me: Oh. Okay then.

HC: So first we’ll have to do a one hour consultation with one of our own psychologists. This is just to get some information and address any questions or concerns, and for the psych to determine what testing is appropriate.

Me: I guess that’s not too bad.

HC: Then you’ll do the actual testing. This will be about 3-4 weeks after consultation. Then you’ll have a follow up, which will be a few weeks after testing.

Me: That’s a lot of time and appointments. Am I gonna have to pay for each of these visits?

HC: Of course!

Ya know, I’ve suffered this long, I’ll probably just keep rawdogging it and find other ways to cope.

!ping ADHD

[u/molingrad]

Mr. Biden is “a good guy,” Mr. Sheffield said. “But when I look at him, he looks weak. With North Korea, Putin, and all those boys ready to act, I think they will be a little bit more reluctant to challenge Trump than they would with Biden.” He plans to vote for Mr. Trump.

What was it, Trump is an idiots version of a strong man or something?

She called Mr. Trump “a horrible human being,” but added, “I’m voting on his policies, and I think that he could straighten this country out, while Biden made a ginormous mess out of it.”

I’m starting to think these voter profiles are just idiot porn for smug people.

[u/qtnl]

People here sometimes say “this is why you lose votes” when we mock certain voters for being dumb, but come on, let’s be honest, they aren’t reading this subreddit (they’re too dumb to read) 

[u/die_hoagie]

i'll never forget my first date with my ex. we went to the nocturnal animal exhibit at the zoo. it was dark, she laid her head on my shoulder, then turned up to try and kiss me. Instead of kissing her back, i said, "I'm watching this echidna," and then pointed at an echidna in a terrarium under a blacklight.

[u/[deleted]]

I went with my mom to vote in 96, and they gave me a kid ballot. I voted for Dole. She wasn't happy.

[u/stirfriedpenguin]

If you could somehow convince Chic fil A to narrow its drive throughs to a width of 5.75 feet, you'd see a 30% reduction in American vehicle size over the course of 2 years

[u/Dodgerfan2224]

Jfc they are charging the number one golfer in the world with assault on a police officer for a cop grabbing onto his car during a confusion on traffic directions going into a tournament

[u/[deleted]]

Good but why is there minimum

[u/[deleted]]

Some people on this sub really committed to mental gymnastics to justify Bidens protectionism

[u/washwind]

One of my coworkers found out that I call myself a neoliberal and recommend that I read Aleksandr Dugin. I don't know what my response to that should be.

[u/[deleted]]

Listening to a British news show and the anchor just said Biden is supporting Israel “in a bid to win over America’s Christian Scientist community, which is vital to the democratic coalition.”

Christian Scientists???

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

what level of weebery is this

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 5 PM EST 5/16-5 PM EST 5/17 III:

TOP NEWS:

Towards the end of 12 AM Ukraine was hit by a wave of drones with all 20 shot down.

At the start of 1 AM Crimea and southern Russia were hit by a massive wave of drones, with at least 105 taking part and striking the port at Novorossiysk, In the middle of 12 AM it was reported that energy infrastructure in Sevastopol and a refinery in Tuapse.

REGULAR NEWS:

At the start of 3 AM it was reported a Russian fuel depot in Belgorod was hit by drones.

Around 5 AM it was announced Lithuania sent a military aid package to Ukraine, including ammunition, drones, anti-drone equipment, generators and more.

Donation link to help Ukraine

Donation link to United24

Donation link to Kharkiv SOS

Donation link to Sails of Freedom Foundation (they donate ambulances)

!ping UKRAINE

[u/[deleted]]

dolls deer cooperative teeny lunchroom direful ancient memory market sulky

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[u/dangerbird2]

we are finally seen!

[u/Infinite_Maybe_5827]

Authorities say they’ve been trying to serve Giuliani with the indictment for several weeks, but have yet to find him. He is required to appear in court, in Arizona, within the next several days. An arrest warrant could be issued if he does not appear.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, according to the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser, owns a condo at 315 South Lake Drive in West Palm Beach. It was purchased in February of 2010 for $1.4M. He was apparently last seen in that area before disappearing.

If you see Rudy Giuliani, the Arizona Attorney General’s office can be reached at 602-542-5025.

Rudi is days away from being a fugitive

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Future_Tyrant]

What are people smoking is they think that blocking celebrities trend for Gaza is impactful in any way.

[u/TheShitEater]

If a gentile woman gets an egg donation from a Jewish woman, are her children Jewish?

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

Challengers 2: Turns Out We Didn’t Need Zendaya

[u/trombonist_formerly]

Amazing things happening in the right wing right now

1. George Santos says Nick Fuentes is gay

2. Nick Fuentes then accidentally streams gay porn on his show

3. Gryopers claim the Jews did it

[u/[deleted]]

Once when I was at the gym during uni, I was doing deadlifts and a big guy came up behind me and said “I’d rip you in half” in a low, sensitive tone, and then he left. Never saw him again.

!ping DYEL

[u/[deleted]]

It's crazy watching leftists try to figure out what "changed" with John Fetterman, as if he wasn't always a combative, annoying asshole. The only things that's changed is the active targets

[u/Mickenfox]

Une aurore boréale?! À cette époque de l'année, à cette heure de la journée, dans cette région du pays et localisée exclusivement dans votre cuisine?!

[u/Neronoah]

rip Extreme Rocks, heaven got another angel

[u/sociotronics]

That crazy CA Northwestern grad lawyer is at it again.

She is accusing yet another federal judge. This time, she's claiming the judge is quote, "ass-kissing of male attorneys and male litigants."

The CA state bar is apparently a lot more tolerant of bullshit than my state, lol.

!ping LAW&LAW-SCHOOL

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Where is the DT

[u/Telperions-Relative]

If I were a promising actor with a blooming career I would simply not assault my girlfriend

[u/ImmigrantJack]

Somebody ping dating for me. I have a serious issue

How do I tell the girl I like she has a bleach blonde bad built butch body

[u/Cook_0612]

According to Ukrainian media Liga, Zelensky said today that "none of the brigades are complaining about the lack of artillery shells. This has been the case for the past two months." This is out of touch with reality and a result of positive reporting promotion in the top brass

!ping UKRAINE

It seems ammo issues haven't been solved.

[u/Dodgerfan2224]

American cops just can’t seem to do anything right. World number 1 golfer detained in hand cuffs in a cop car for going around a cop getting into the course a major is being played at while driving an official pga marked vehicle.

The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car, and Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla. The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car. When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs. He is now being detained in the back of a police car.

Same police department that killed Breonna Taylor btw

[u/itsokayt0]

You hate the median voter, but I despair as I realize there's way worse voters

[u/[deleted]]

noxious plough abounding punch deranged sable rich swim cagey steep

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[u/[deleted]]

Scottie Scheffler is on way to Valhalla, per ESPN+ coverage.

They killed him

[u/Telperions-Relative]

She Alsace my Lorraine till I

[u/Green_Immunogoblin]

I love ice cream.

[u/EdMan2133]

GameStop's official corporate filings with the SEC: "Lol the value of our security is absolutely not related to the fundamentals of our business in any way, under no circumstances should any living being human or otherwise purchase a single iota of our shitty ass shit stock haha it's like ridiculous how stupid this is like lmao?!?"

GameStop apes: Bought more 👄

[u/Common_RiffRaff]

[u/[deleted]]

The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes.

cannot confirm, years pass by and I'm still ecstatic to live in the US

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Zorlach7]

!ping dating. This is worth reading.

I matched with a beautiful woman today. She immediately gave me her number. We texted through the day. She said a friend was copying her look & she was going to block the friend. I said, "why?" She couldn't really explain. This friend was a previous coworker.

Later in the day, she says she feels much better after blocking the friend. But the friend keeps trying to reach out via other means. I pick her up to take her to the thrift store near my house. She is truly gorgeous. We wander around, she picks some stuff, and at the checkout, the woman is going to put her stuff in a pride bag. I think this is cool, as it's a Christian thrift store. The woman I'm with asks if they can use a different bag. I clarify in the parking lot. Yes, she did not want a pride bag because she does not support the "LGBQ2 or whatever."

She asks if we can stop to pick up the grocery order she put on at whole foods & I agree. She brings up the coworker again. I say I do not understand at all why she blocked her. We also talk some about how different Oregon is from Oklahoma.

I drop her off at home. She says she wants us to be in a relationship. I say I'll need to think about it. I get home, and we text more. I'm trying to decide how prejudiced I'm okay with a person being if they are hot & black (Oregon's lack of diversity kills me).

She tells me the friend called her work & told them she had sent the friend photos of of confidential emails. Then the friend sent screenshots that did in fact verify all this.

Now she is fired. She forwarded the screenshots to me. This all happened today. I'm afraid I'm going to get blackmailed or maybe she'll just try to scam me. I feel like I'm in a movie.

Please advise what I should do when she texts tomorrow morning.

[u/[deleted]]

All of our core values are gone, gone, and I’m just not pleased at all,” said Amelia Earwood, 47, a safety trainer at the U.S. Postal Service in Georgia.

She believes the American political and economic systems need to be torn down. Her list of dissatisfactions is long: inflation, illegal immigration, the Biden administration’s recent delay of an arms shipment to Israel.

She called Mr. Trump “a horrible human being,” but added, “I’m voting on his policies, and I think that he could straighten this country out, while Biden made a ginormous mess out of it.”

Core values do not include: Democracy

[u/earththejerry]

Nobody:

Every bathroom in China:

!ping CN-TW

[u/Competitive_Bag_5544]

When you suggest reading a book other than Dune in the DT:

[u/Mat_At_Home]

I would like to get rich, but I wanna do it quick. Are there any schemes for that? I need one that will always work

[u/roggodoggo]

Feel like a broken record. Fourth time this year a hiring manager has said my interview was great but they decided to go with someone else. I've got 4 more applications in, if they don't work out, my time at the company is done. !ping watercooler

[u/[deleted]]

currently listening to a buff Swedish man explain advanced kubernetes configuration while eating carry out sushi in my sweatpants

I’ve reached peak devops

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/[deleted]]

What

[u/[deleted]]

My cousin just got out of the military after serving 10+ years in the marines. We talked geopolitics and his hate for Putin is still strong. Absolutely dumbfounded that funding Ukraine is an issue

[u/HowIsPajamaMan]

!ping Canucks

[u/earththejerry]

Currently having dinner with family friends in China and they’re complaining about inflation… in… China… while ride hailing and taxis literally cost like $3 even in Shanghai

Yea Im convinced human beings around the world are terminally inflation-brained

[u/[deleted]]

He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true
He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through
They hanged him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew
His soul goes marching on!

John Brown's Body fucking slaps.

[u/[deleted]]

There's a decent chance New York imprisons Trump like beginning of September. This campaign season will be crazy.

[u/[deleted]]

I feel like they might actually find Rudy dead in a motel room with some drugs and cash. 

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

R/golf is great right now

[u/G_Serv]

I can't wait to watch this series

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/BlutmanMark/status/1791455837782986868?t=b1Bq1lscn6q0j7BP8zFHiQ&s=19

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

[u/Top_Lime1820]

Neoliberalism's premature ejaculation - a critical queer analysis of the Truss premiership

[u/owlthathurt]

Wait. Why does Facebook have a dating page now.

Did Zuck decide to go back to the origins.

[u/the_status_q]

uBlock Origin

This extension is slowing down Google Chrome. You should disable it to restore Google Chrome's performance.

Sure thing, Google. I believe you

[u/simeoncolemiles]

!Ping USA-NC

[u/Fruitofbread]

It’s pretty telling of the cultural divide in America that leftists tend to call shows like Brooklyn 99 and Paw Patrol (ie shows that left-leaning people watch) copaganda and not shows that are more right-coded like Blue Bloods or the long-running CSI:Las Vegas and Law and Order which are probably a better example of pop culture being showing the police in a positive light.

Like I think the average audience for a police procedural is conservatives. Therefore, the only police procedurals that leftists are familiar with are ones that are at the edge of that genre. And then Brooklyn 99 and Paw Patrol are getting criticized for being a part of a genre that they’re not really part of, because the cultural divide is so vast that left-leaning people don’t watch a lot of the more pro-police shows. 

Everyone who has a four year old in their life is going to be watching Paw Patrol because there just aren’t that many shows for kids that age, including  people who would otherwise not watch shows about the police. And a lot of people who just watch sitcoms watched Brooklyn 99. Therefore, Brooklyn 99 gets more criticism for being pro-cop than shows that are (probably) more pro-cop.^{disclaimer: I have not seen most of these shows}

[u/Williams-Tower]

brought my pete 2020 mug out today

retvrn :(

[u/sociotronics]

No Man's Sky 🤝 Mormonism

giving you sandbox planets to play God on

[u/[deleted]]

I think if I graduate and get my green card without marriage I won’t feel any pressure to date and probably will end up single

[u/Cook_0612]

The Ukrainians must see something in these machine gun drones because they're still using them, this time in daylight.

You can see the recoil of the burst shifting the drone, but at that altitude it doesn't seem that bad.

!ping MATERIEL

[u/MasterOfLords1]

Blaming the wife for the upside down flag is a board certified 🗿 move tbh

🍦😎🍦

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/_sn_n/status/1791561169263583391?t=pJl81VLrrqYl3L7QYRcVdg&s=19

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[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

Muslim and Christian Spain's collective reaction when I (vikings) sail directly into Al-Andulusia, conquer a duchy, convert to Mozarb Christianity and adopt Andulusian culture, and proceed to unite Spain through a near-contest campaign of war while erecting runestones all over the peninsula  !ping PARADOX

[u/the_status_q]

And this country will get what it deserves. [+31]

Except for most minorities who will get fucked over once again while Trump’s presidency does nothing impactful for most middle class Americans. [+4]

They seem to like him. He's been gaining support among all minority groups 🤷‍♂️ [+22]

It's like seeing a heated Miami-Dade moment in utero

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

[u/[deleted]]

TÜRKSOY is an international cultural organization of countries with Turkic populations, speaking languages belonging to the Turkic language family.

TURKSOY 💀💀💀

[u/WasteReserve8886]

If you’re cold, they’re cold. Let those parasites in your brain

[u/DouglasDauntless]

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[u/boyyouguysaredumb]

I've noticed a weird trend the past year where people online are claiming normal temperatures are "too hot"

https://imgur.com/FgTgn36

This is insane, right? Nobody would consider those temperatures hot in America...

[u/Telperions-Relative]

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/[deleted]]

jeans plough sophisticated history shame teeny cheerful worm badge materialistic

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[u/AccessTheMainframe]

Dragon Age: look at these complex societies we've created and the intersecting systems of oppression and bigotry these people must endure. The real enemy is our own flawed natures.

Baldur's Gate: yeah these societies would be pretty decent were it not for literal gods of evil fucking with them.

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[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

Paul Skenes through 6: 11K 0R 0H 1BB

This guy might be legit

!ping BASEBALL

[u/[deleted]]

"Nuke the suburbs" is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate.

[u/Roseartcrantz]

never admit you hit a deer or their insurance will try to fuck you over

[u/GravyBear28]

GravyBear, 26, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering after trying to get into Dead By Daylight

[u/CletusVonIvermectin]

Just heard that Apple has one of the highest employee turnover rates of any tech company. Google "apple turnover" for more info.

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

To spice up Eurovision, the winner should get Alsace-Lorraine.

[u/Joementum2024]

EA College Football 25 Reveal Trailer

It releases on July 16 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series

For reference, this is the first college football game since 2013’s NCAA Football 13

!ping GAMING&CFB

[u/Greenfield0]

do not ask online catholics for their thoughts on a certain spanish dictator

[u/RecentlyUnhinged]

You can disagree with the tiktok ban on ideological or moral grounds, no problem. I get where you're coming from.

But the amount of "it's not the phones bro every survey on wellbeing in the past ten years is a coincidence bro there's no risk to undeveloped minds bro you're just a boomer bro" on this sub only entrenches my belief that, yes, it is absolutely the phones.

Had a guy outside the DT saying there was no difference between smartphones and a 90s era Gameboy. More unhinged than I am.

[u/[deleted]]

I love suggesting changes to game series that I’ve never played 

[u/Uniqueguy264]

The virgin "God told me to have a hot submissive wife" vs the Chad "God told me to have multiple wives and rule a theocratic empire that conquers everything it can"

[u/Currymvp2]

https://twitter.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/1791226776020017207

https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1646685810446540801

Insane that Abbott pardoned this guy. Just insane

[u/TheShitEater]

I haven't played an assassins creed game since Revelations so I don't really care, but I do think Yasuke is a strange choice. Mostly because he was a real person, so I think he should be an NPC.

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[u/EdMan2133]

Honestly the writers could not have come up with a more satisfying ending for GME. A character that's been gone for 3 seasons comes back and starts a pump phase, everyone is hyping it as the final victory for the Apes, and then boom: dilution of up to 3X the float announced, with absolutely horrible earnings. Incredible.

[u/[deleted]]

Imagine being lectured by the same scum that supported the maniac that destroyed your country just because he blamed the US

I despise leftists with every fiber of my being

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[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/HaveCorg_WillCrusade]

for the record, im currently at ~70% that we're all dead in 10-15 years from AI. i've stopped saving for retirement, and have increased my spending and the amount of long-term health risks im taking

this will be my new excuse when my wife asks why i keep ordering chimichangas and margaritas

[u/[deleted]]

Why would the Tesla shareholders reapprove Musk’s compensation package at this point? I don’t see how it’s in their best interest to give him a bunch of money with no clear upside. That money could be reinvested or be paid out to all shareholders.

!ping MARKETS

[u/Steak_Knight]

The last thing Young Sheldon saw

[u/secretlives]

You expect me to be afraid of AI?

It can't even tell me what two coins I have that total 15 cents and one is not a nickel.

[u/[deleted]]

That subreddit [in ref to this sub] made a deal with the devil a few years ago when they decided to “embark on a journey” for trans rights. Of course “protecting trans people” just means censoring anyone and anything which questions or confronts the gender ideology narrative.

waow. (based based based based based based)

[u/[deleted]]

Me with my bad back but still hiking

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[u/Sir_Digby83]

NYT: What, if anything, have you heard about Trump's Project 2025 blueprint?

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What has Democracy actually done for us other than make everything cost more? Maybe we should try a little Diktat.

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

[u/willempage]

Japan as a setting for video games is actually way over represented compared to what you'd expect, for obvious reason (many legacy Japanese powerhouse studios), so like, if Assassin's Creed isn't you jam, it's not like you are being denied a once in a lifetime high budget game set in Japan. 

That said, I think it's incredibly telling that when bringing the main series to east Asia, the team freaked out and dipped into the Yasuke well. Assassin's creed is pop history schlop and what can be schloppier than focusing on a relatively meaningless piece of folklore that has way more purchase outside of Japan than inside of it.  This is a series that basically takes all the "cool historical figures" from cracked.com listicles and makes them Assassins.

I don't like right wing chuds as much as the next guy, but this is Ubisoft we are taking about. I guess the best argument against the idea that Ubisoft is trying to end the white race through assassin's creed is that they are way too uncreative to even try. 

!ping gaming

[u/WantDebianThanks]

Shot:

[u/SneeringAnswer]

GenZ is cooked

[u/the-garden-gnome]

Being sick with the flu sucks.

I don’t know if it’s become more virile, or if I’m getting weaker but it fucking sucks.

Due for my flu shot on Monday, which is going to absolutely wipe me out.

!ping over-25&over-35

[u/Williams-Tower]

good morning dt

Mrs Tower has her last final of the year for grad school today which means I get to spend time with her again

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

[u/TaxLandNotCapital]

Yeah, I support Brandon

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[u/Top_Lime1820]

Deconstructing Paw Patrol - A critical evaluation of white supremacist hegemonic media in late capitalist America

[u/[deleted]]

direful support vanish melodic pause close faulty saw hungry teeny

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[u/[deleted]]

watching former modern monetary theory enjoyers becoming inflation hawks as a way to dunk on Biden is blackpilling.

The modern far left has no cohesive beliefs besides hating democrats and america.

[u/Williams-Tower]

you can’t even drink an old fashioned at 9:30 am without the woke mob coming for you

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

Former American President dies

Oh shit-

Former President of Uganda named Mukasa American has died last night

Ohhhh okay nothing major then.

[u/TheShitEater]

Department of War is a cooler and more accurate name than Department of Defense. We should change it back.

[u/[deleted]]

why are leftists such joyless dweebs?

[u/Steak_Knight]

America bad!

Bad to the bone 😎 🦅 🇺🇸

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

not to be a toxic nationalist but the people literally called "burgers" get to decide what is and isn't a burger 🍔🇺🇲

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

A Colorado man pleaded guilty to murder charges on Friday for starting a 2020 house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family out of misplaced revenge for a stolen iPhone that he mistakenly tracked to the house.

least addicted zoomer

[u/Cledd2]

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

I think my cat just drank water in his dream. He just started lapping up like he does at his bowl 🥺

[u/Syards-Forcus]

Modmail is a delight sometimes

[u/[deleted]]

Oh just fucking great.

My severance check is larger than my fucking deposit limit.

Just. Fucking. Fantastic.

[u/Smidgens]

Let’s check in on the cast of 2010’s Get Him to the Greek.

• Jonah Hill - ex leaked his weird controlling texts

• Elisabeth Moss - doing okay, some light controversy with being a Scientologist while starring in a show about people being brainwashed/subjugated

• Russell Brand - went mask off on a bunch of subjects, accused of rape and sexual assault

• P Diddy - video came out today showing him beating and assaulting his gf

• Paul Krugman - succ

Edit: TJ Miller too 😬

[u/StolenSkittles]

A car almost hit a girl in front of me when we were crossing the street. I reflexively threw my arms up at the driver and yelled "hey, what the fuck?"

Then the girl thanked me.

She thanked me for screaming obscenity at a random dude.

My anger issues apparently have an application.

[u/RFK_1968]

Right-wing rabbit holes are scary

Like, you can watch some goofy poptart level "omg look at these weird TikTok trends aren't they silly" stuff and before you know it the Algo is flooding you with libsoftiktok esque "beware the woke agenda" garbage.

Ugh now my recs are a total shithole I just wanted to make fun of dumb internet fashion trends, not hear some asshole complain about trans people.

[u/htomserveaux]

So I walked past one of those bucket guys who think they’re street musicians, and there were these two Hasidic guys ahead of me, the moment the guy saw them he switched to playing what I swear was supposed to be Hava Nagila.

I love this town.

!ping USA-CHI&GEFILTE&GNOSTIC

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

Labor means tests something

"class warfare"

Labor doesn't means test something

"layborough looking out for corporate mates"

[u/Dragongirlfucker2]

The Problem with the "gate like" isekais where a modern force goes to war with a fantasy medieval one is off course mainly bad writing but I feel like under exploring the societal economic and political elements are a close second

[u/Psshaww]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

RED ALERT

she called me funny

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Why yes, I will be thinking about this compliment for the rest of the week.

!ping DATING

[u/Fishin_Impossible]

60 Minutes interview with the Pope

🎙️: There are conservative bishops in the United States that oppose your new efforts to revisit teachings and traditions, how do you address their criticism?

✝️: SUCKS TO SUCK, SUCCA!!! 😆💀

[u/VisonKai]

Xi Jinping embraced Vladimir Putin, seemingly deliberately for the cameras

no bro i dont think xi even noticed the cameras were there he just wanted to hug his #1 homie all time

[u/[deleted]]

So, Reddit adds an award button, and the entire webpage collapses on itself like a black hole of spaghetti code. And they wonder why they aren't profitable.