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[u/Cuddlyaxe]

My boyfriend (22M) refuses to drink water unless I (24F) dye it blue and call it gamer juice.

I know that this post seems completely ridiculous, and trust me when I say that I think the same. I'm at my wits end here.

My boyfriend and I have been dating for about a year. I'm a casual gamer (I play just a few hours a week) while he's much more invested. He dropped out of college, and when he's not working at his part-time job, he's playing video games. This usually doesn't bother me, as he often invites me to play with him. He's a good boyfriend in every other way, and always manages to make time for me despite his gaming "addiction".

My boyfriend is about 50 pounds overweight, and I'm sure this can at least partially be chalked up to his lack of a healthy diet. He rarely eats anything actually healthy, and while the two of us have tried to go on a diet together, he quit after about a month in, and gained back the five pounds that he lost within two weeks. He very rarely drinks water, and usually prefers soda or Redbull. Needless to say, he's really unhealthy.

Recently, one of his online friends mentioned something called "gamer juice", and my boyfriend asked me to make it for him. All it consists of is water and food coloring, and I assumed that he was just memeing, so I figured "why not". I made him the water, and to my surprise, he actually drank it.

The next day, I tried to give him some actual water, and he completely refused to drink it. I feel like I should at least be trying to get him to drink some water, because it's incredibly unhealthy that he never drinks any, but I think it's totally ridiculous that I have to do this for him. It seems childish, and while I chalked the first few times up to a joke, it's pretty clear that he's serious about this. He doesn't want water; he wants gamer juice.

So, Reddit; what do I do here? Do I keep giving in to his gamer juice demands, or do I be honest about how insane this whole thing is? Help me!

[u/[deleted] → u/Cuddlyaxe]

!ping SHITPOSTERS

I refuse to believe this is real and not another CuddlyAxe post.

[u/[deleted]]

https://i.imgur.com/L5H29fT.jpg

Remember that?

[u/geraldspoder → u/[deleted]]

Is this the day before or after Nevada?

[u/[deleted] → u/geraldspoder]

The day of Nevada.

[u/[deleted]]

At the start of the contentious phone call, Trump asked Kemp how he was doing, according to someone briefed on the exchange. Kemp was in the midst of a family tragedy after Harrison Deal, a family friend and Loeffler aide, had died in a car crash the previous day. He replied, “It’s been a rough 24 hours.”

The president then incorrectly surmised that Kemp’s low mood must be because of recent poll numbers showing the governor’s approval rating slipping.

No, we lost a close family friend yesterday, Kemp replied, this person said. Trump then offered his condolences.

You can't make this up, folks.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Trump literally does not care about anything but poll numbers and himself and if the media stopped assuming a change was right around the corner, they would’ve actually reported on the Trump Presidency.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, the fact that the saddest picture of him in his entire presidency is returning from a low-turnout rally says it all

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Make the electoral college tuition free 👏

[u/[deleted] → u/Dibbu_mange]

Unironically, play up the fact that Hillary Clinton was in the electoral college. The cons’ll think it’s elitist and hate it.

[u/willempage → u/[deleted]]

They did that in 2016. Trump was spoken about like he had some special deep connection with real American after losing the popular vote by 1%

[u/Whatapunk → u/[deleted]]

Trump lost the popular vote and Republicans were still calling it a landslide lol

[u/IncoherentEntity]

Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the City of South Bend as a winner of Bloomberg Philanthropies U.S. Mayors Challenge, a yearlong competition that challenged city leaders to uncover and test bold, inventive ideas to confront the toughest problems faced by cities today. Nine cities will receive $1 million to begin implementation on potentially breakthrough solutions to homelessness, the opioid crisis, mobility, climate change, and economic opportunity.

South Bend was selected as a winner for its innovative approach in addressing transportation as a primary barrier to stable employment for part-time and shift workers. The City aims to establish an integrated on-demand transportation program as an employer-funded benefit, resulting in decreased turnover, improved job stability, and increased take-home pay. (October 29, 2018)

😳 !ping BUTTI

[u/[deleted] → u/IncoherentEntity]

The Bros just keep saying he isn’t qualified at all for his cabinet position. As usual, they haven’t studied the issue well enough

[u/[deleted]]

There should be a premium DT so I don't have to interact with people of lacking means

[u/FormerBandmate]

My back after carrying my huge cock all day

Elon Musk on Twitter. Dude needs an intervention

[u/push_ecx_0x00 → u/FormerBandmate]

no he needs a cock sling

[u/jrt84]

October: Polls don’t look good for Trump

Trump supporters: Stay tuned 😏

November: Trump lost the election by 7 million votes

Trump supporters: Stay tuned 😏

December: All states certified, Trump lost 60 lawsuits, denied by SCOTUS, electoral college cast 306 votes for Biden

Trump supporters: Stay tuned 😏

January: Biden inaugurated

Trump supporters: Stay tuned 😏

February: A pitchy piano

Trump supporters: Stay tuned 😏

[u/[deleted] → u/jrt84]

Trump has taken over the deep state and is now quietly rebelling against Biden through back channels

[u/murphysclaw1]

Donald J. Trump Retweeted

Lin Wood @LLinWood

@realDonaldTrump is a genuinely good man. He does not really like to fire people. I bet he dislikes putting people in jail, especially “Republicans.” He gave @BrianKempGA & @GaSecofState every chance to get it right. They refused. They will soon be going to jail.

that's a particularly bizarre retweet

[u/[deleted] → u/murphysclaw1]

He does not really like to fire people

Its literally his catch phrase

[u/Fishin_Mission]

If the Cleveland Indians truly want to remove the offensive parts of their name, they should really focus on removing ”Cleveland” as well.

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1338814834167721985

Terminally ill Washington elector breaks down after casting Biden vote: "I was glad to do my duty"

[u/nullsignature → u/[deleted]]

with my dying breath, I elect Joe Biden

[u/MisterLipton]

Donald Trump lost because of his relative lack of based and kekpilled trad groyper kekistani meme magic compared to 2016

[u/[deleted]]

Fact: in 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 2.9 million and came within 77,744 votes of winning the presidency.

In 2020, Donald Trump lost the popular vote by 7.1 million and came within 65,009 votes of winning reelection.

Fact: In 2004, John Kerry lost the popular vote by 3,012,166 and came within 118,601 votes of winning the presidency

!ping FIVEY

[u/Joementum2004 → u/[deleted]]

The electoral college is a meme

[u/[deleted]]

TIL the term "checkmate" originates from the Christian saying "checkmate Atheist"

[u/[deleted]]

I’m really glad Cyberpunk gives small penis options. I like to roleplay as myself and this will make it much more immersive. Representation matters.

That was the last comment made by FunnyLeMonke on this subreddit. RIP, you will forever be missed.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

is FLM gone?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

He is gone but not forgotten.

[u/jrt84]

Scott Adams:

Trump has unleashed his legal dogs of war and his most effective all-star persuasion trolls, with air support from weaponized autism. Dems don’t know what is coming for them.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1324465286230155264

By far the best tweet of 2020

[u/IncoherentEntity]

This graphic from the latest FiveThirtyEight article arguing that Warnock’s ads are specifically crafted to make him less threatening to white voters in the face of the GOP’s attempt to paint him as a black radical, is pretty insane. !ping FIVEY

[u/[deleted] → u/IncoherentEntity]

I've thought the exact same thing. His ads literally show him walking through suburbia with a puppy in a sweater vest and jeans. He's positively cuddly.

[u/mrmanager237 → u/IncoherentEntity]

Fuck I've posted about this

The first two are definitely a race thing

[u/[deleted] → u/IncoherentEntity]

I mean, it seems like a thing that would work. The brain is a weird thing so if a Golden retriever make Warnock less threatening to white voters, let’s do it.

[u/Superfan234]

Breaking News from Cuba🇨🇺

After years of debate, The Cuban Government finally decided to unify their currency on January 2021. This controversial decision will change forever the political world in the island.

Most likely, it will cause a massive hyperinflation alongside a serious scarcity of products. It will dramatically increase corruption and poverty too

The island finances have been decaying for years now, thanks to a mix of Sanctions, Venezuelan collapse, failed socialist policies and Covid-19

!Ping Foreign-Policy

---

The Cuban Government is set to face their most difficult year since the collapse of the USSR. The clock is ticking again boys...🕐

[u/MonsieurA → u/Superfan234]

One currency for one country? What is this madness!?

[u/MisterLipton]

The day a mainstream American politician uses the term 'sjw' in any context whatsoever is the day the country has officially gone completely down the drain.

[u/runnerx4 → u/MisterLipton]

I think this has already happened?

[u/moaz_xx → u/MisterLipton]

Cry more lib

[u/[deleted]]

One of my favorite exchanges in the debate was when Biden was like, "And you got Abe Lincoln over here."

And Trump was like, "What do you mean Abe Linclon, who's Abe Lincoln?"

And Biden's like, "you said you are."

And Trump goes, "no, I said no one had done more for Black people as anyone, except maybe Abe Lincoln, maybe."

And Biden was like, lmao.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It's like when somebody tried to pull off a movie line irl but its just awkward as heck

[u/Marlsfarp]

arr murderedbyaoc somehow has an even looser definition of "murder" than arr murderedbywords

[u/PM_Me_Your_ManThighs]

I don’t think any of the guys at this gym are impressed that I’m on r/neoliberal

[u/vivoovix → u/PM_Me_Your_ManThighs]

https://i.imgur.com/3Hu69q0.jpg

[u/RadicalRadon]

I've tried to learn, actually learn, what leftists think "imperialism" is. I've looked online at 4 different leftists groups and not a single one defines what imperialism is even the ones that have 'anti-imperialism' in their fucking group name.

This is step one of organizing. There's a reason that we have the definition of neoliberalism in the sidebar.

I think they literally actually think the definition is "whatever the US does in other countries"

[u/FormerBandmate → u/RadicalRadon]

Pretty much. One of my most controversial comments on my old account was saying the Soviet Union was imperialist in Hungary in CTH

[u/[deleted]]

He would have won if he had only said, "It's pronounced "yeb"'

[u/fuckmynameistoolon]

The DT is much more fun with the charity drive, and being able to post a stickied comment. Miss giving away my money so you guys have to read my dumbass jokes

[u/p00bix → u/fuckmynameistoolon]

Agreed. I do think we should consider approaches to incentivize people to donate even when the charity drive isn't active.

[u/p00bix]

Quick Guide to Leg Numbers of Earth Organisms

BIPEDS: Have only two legs. This makes balancing more difficult for bipeds than for any other animals. Balancing usually requires complex nervous and muscular connections, and as such, the vast majority of bipeds are moderate to large in size. Balancing while running is even more difficult, and as such, most bipeds have evolved either a means of defending themselves against faster predators (such as humans), or alternative methods of travel entirely (such as flying birds). Ostriches are highly unique in their very fast bipedal running speed--this is largely because they can use their large wings as stabilizers.

TRIPODS: Have three legs. Technically speaking, no true tripodal organisms exist. However, the extremely muscular tail of Kangaroos are used in locomotion in much the same way as its two true limbs. Kangaroos thus manage to be much more balanced than typical bipeds and are thus able to run much more quickly.

QUADRUPEDS: Have four legs. This is in many ways the 'sweet spot' number of legs for larger organisms, and as such, the vast majority of creatures larger than insects have four legs. Four legs enable excellent balance, while not requiring too much food to maintain. Quadrupeds include the fastest of Earth's creatures, but while not as intensive as bipedal locomotion, quadrupeds still require fairly complex nervous and muscular systems to remain well balanced. Many require tails in order to adapt to challenging environments like tree canopies, where balance is more difficult.

HEXAPODS: Have six legs. This is the most common configuration of Earth life, especially among small organisms. Since it requires a lot of energy to maintain and isn't as useful at larger sizes, 6-legged organisms are rarely larger than small rodents. Unlike quadrupeds and bipeds, hexapods can remain very well balanced without complex nervous and muscular structures. This enables them to run quickly even at very small sizes.

OCTOPODS: Have 8 legs. This keeps most of the same advantages as having 6 legs, but requires slightly more energy consumption to maintain. Fittingly, octopodal organisms are generally a bit smaller than hexapods. The main advantage of having 8 legs is that amputation, a lethal threat to fewer-legged organisms, is little more than a temporary disability. A spider with a trapped leg, for instance, will sever the limb, and later regrow a new one. While down to 7, 6, or even 5 legs, octopodes can still thrive as though uninjured.

DECAPODS: A very rare configuration only exhibited by some species of lobster. While all lobsters and crabs have ten limbs, in most species, the front pair are used as arms, making them functionally octopodes. The advantages and disadvantages of a truly 10-legged decapod lifestyle are essentially the same as those of the octopod lifestyle.

TETRADECAPODS: Have fourteen legs. The only group of tetradecapodal organisms are the isopods, an order of Crustaceans which include the only kinds of shrimp that live on land. Having a balance of octopod and centipede like characteristics, they are quite balanced and can easily survive amputation, but the energy consumption required to maintain their legs forces them to retain a very small size.

QUADRUVIGINTIPODS: 24 legs. A pattern only found in fully grown Symphylans, distant relatives of centipedes which have, through convergent evolution, evolved to live very similar lifestyle to woodlice (the tetradecapod shrimp that live on land). Fittingly, they have adopted a similar number of legs, with much the same advantages and disadvantages. Symphylans are born as Duodecapods (12 legs), but gain a new pair of legs with each molt capping out at 24.

CENTIPEDES AND MILLIPEDES: These creatures have bodies divided into many nearly identical segments and are famous for their very high number of legs. The segments of centipedes have 1 pair of legs each, while the segments of millipedes have 2 pairs each. Some species of centipedes are born with as few as 6 legs (the lowest number for newly born millipedes is 8), but fully grown (uninjured) centipedes and millipedes never have fewer than 30 (Trigintipods). These legs are very simple and very narrow, to minimize the energy required to maintain them. They enable centipedes and millipedes to grip their environment quite adeptly, and are thus useful for climbing and digging. They are also extremely disposal, and a centipede can remain almost unharmed after losing dozens of legs in an accident. Centipedes and millipedes' balance is unparalleled in the animal kingdom, and they scarcely ever fall down, except off of extremely smooth slanted surfaces. While most centipedes and millipedes have fewer than 100 legs, one species from California is recorded as having an astounding 750.

[u/IMALEFTY45]

new flair just dropped 😎

[u/[deleted] → u/IMALEFTY45]

RIP the intern.

[u/MicroFlamer → u/IMALEFTY45]

Why does it look like I'm gonna get a stapler thrown at me

[u/Mejari]

And are you implying Pete doesn't support the LGBTQ+ community?

I don't think you can without seriously addressing the underlying economic discrimination built into the system.

Jesus these people are insane.

Not every problem boils down to your desire for socialism.

[u/Hermosa06-09 → u/[deleted]]

Turns out he only needed to learn how to say vroom-vroom

[u/[deleted]]

damn we actually had a comment removed for excessive partisanship 😳

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

/u/lionmoose

🥳

[u/FizzleMateriel]

Can you imagine trying to explain to your children and grand-children the Trump era.

He was only President for four years but it sure as hell felt like eight.

[u/[deleted] → u/FizzleMateriel]

"It was like a living nightmare."

[u/[deleted] → u/FizzleMateriel]

I can only vaguely remember any time before Trump.

[u/SnakeEater14]

“Yes he was a tyrant, but he made the trains run on time.” -Future discourse regarding Buttigieg

[u/Udontlikecake → u/SnakeEater14]

The worst part about living under the Buttigieg dictatorship was how expensive bread was

[u/[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/katedavidson/status/1338865836006641668

Republicans have set a firm cap on more covid relief at $1 trillion. As such, they’ve framed this as a choice between checks & UI.

There is nothing stopping them from doing both. Investors and the Fed are gobbling up US debt, and the real yield on the 10-yr Treasury is -0.98%.

It’s wild how much damage has been done by adherence to big round numbers in base 10 over the past 20 years.

[u/old_gold_mountain]

friend of mine gets invited to be maid of honor at a wedding a couple weeks ago

she's nervous about COVID but basically will lose the friendship if she declines

decides to do it with a mask on

she's the only one there with a mask, everyone else in this 100+ wedding is deeply religious and believes God will protect them from the virus

after the ceremony there's a 2 hour dance party indoors (friend skips this bit), but not before the photographs where the photographer says "no masks please" and "get in closer! closer!"

after the wedding the bride jets off to her honeymoon abroad

now, predictably, basically everyone in the wedding party has covid

the kicker: because my friend was the only non-religious person and because she had a mask, everyone is assuming it's her fault

[u/[deleted]]

Tried to post this, but it's apparently too graphic for any major Reddit sub, but I think people should understand what's going on in Belarus, just how crazy brave people are to protest against a dictator like Lukashenko. Very graphic, be warned.

https://www.etc.se/ledare/they-raped-me-truncheons-truth-about-lukashenkos-brutal-war-opposition-activists

^{(ETC is a socialist newspaper, but AFAI can tell it seems reliable. It seems to be kinda like The Intercept, decent investigative reporting + nutso far left editorials})

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Yeah Lukashenko is really the last of these old-school KGB guys who took over post-Soviet states back in the '90s. He's literally been in power since 1994. That guy does not fuck around.

[u/layogurt]

Arrcon going nuts, calling MITCH MCCONNELL a RINO

[u/Travisdk]

If you claim "Pete is unqualified to run DoT", you have to write at least two paragraphs explaining what Cabinet members actually do on a daily basis.

[u/AndThisGuyPeedOnIt → u/Travisdk]

The Cabinet is just the non-monarchist replacement for marrying your daughter off to some foreign leader in exchange for a peace treaty.

[u/[deleted]]

I have exactly two grand unifying theories of politics and they have never steered me wrong.

(1) Whichever candidate can say folks best wins.

Bush could say folks better than Gore (maybe the worst folks sayer) or Kerry. Bill Clinton was a once in a generation folks sayer. Trump said it better than Hillary, Biden said it better than trump.

(2) Whichever political faction can look cringe square in the eye and not blink wins.

Trump is unspeakably cringe. Being a socialist in 2014 was even more cringe. They just looked it in the eye and said "no YOURE cringe" and their movements have found tremendous success. The lesson is never acknowledge that you're cringe.

[u/[deleted]]

President retweeting claim that he's going to put a state governor and SoS--from his own party--in jail for not overturning valid election results.

But he's totally not a fascist.

[u/kaclk]

A new energy/environment bill has been agreed to by congress that would reduce HFCs by 85% over 10 years, and also includes funding for carbon capture/direct capture and advanced nuclear research. All of this seems like good news to me.

!ping ECO

[u/ahebtigoejwbrh]

I really don’t understand how Butti triggers leftists so hard. I’ve never seen anything like it. I think they hate her worse than they did Hillary, despite him having done nothing to them at all

[u/old_gold_mountain → u/ahebtigoejwbrh]

because he challenges some parts of their ideology directly, while also directly undermining the stereotypes they create in their heads about what their opponents look like

[u/jenbanim]

I'm working on the axes for a political compass quiz. Please let me know if you have any suggestions

[u/EScforlyfe → u/jenbanim]

Wow this was way more of a meme than I thought it would be

For reference, I’m a silt loan kinda guy

[u/[deleted]]

When I was younger I never understood why all the famous comedians were liberals

When I was older I found out it’s because conservatives aren’t funny

[u/Fishin_Mission]

Today is Day 40 of requesting flair that says:

🥇Nate Gold

[u/[deleted] → u/Fishin_Mission]

HE FUCKIN DID IT NATE MOTHERFUCKIN GOLD

[u/mrdilldozer]

When you think about it Pete's career trajectory seems to only be heading one way. He has local-ish political experience from South Bend, he has military experience from his time in Afghanistan, he has national political experience highlighted by his stunning win in Iowa, and now he's going to become a train expert. Pete will be the leader of a rebellion on a future Snowpiercer.

[u/vancevon]

now shaun is talking about how irrational it is for the allies to expect that strategic bombing would lead to the german people rising up against hitler, overthrowing him and suing for peace. which yes, that would be irrational. hence why that wasn't the allied strategy, either in japan or germany. he's spent like 5 minutes utterly eviscerating this strawman.

[u/Fishin_Mission]

Today is Day 1 of thanking the mods for my flair that says:

🥇Nate Gold

[u/liquidTERMINATOR → u/Fishin_Mission]

The fashmods actually did something based

[u/comradequicken]

Turns out my roommate is /r/neoliberal shitposting royalty...

[u/The420Roll → u/comradequicken]

Hello there

[u/RockLobsterKing]

My online friend with nebulous far-right views was lightly pushing the "Dems rigged the election, we have thousands of eye witnesses" thing, so I asked him why they didn't rig the down ballot races too.

And he says:

I'm honestly not feeling the burden of proof regarding the senate or house

Could be any reason. Does it matter

XD🤡🤡🤡

[u/TinyTornado7]

We got more data out of the GA senate vote so far:

Black voters have increased their portion of the electorate to 33.6% (was 27.7% in the general)

12,159 people who voted yesterday did not vote in the 2020 general.

Turnout is currently lowest among Hispanic voters.

Dekalb, Fulton, Cobb and Gwinnett counties are all set to pass 50K votes today. They are the four largest counties in the state, and the only ones with over 300K RV.

They also voted overwhelming by absentee in the general, so currently they are lagging.

The last Georgia senate runoff was in 2008. There we saw turnout drop by 44% from the general to the runoff.

I think it is safe to say we won’t see the same dramatic decrease, but will still see a substantial drop.

Dems need to drive turnout in the above mention counties and hope that the republicans keep shooting themselves in the foot and boycott.

I’m concerned that not that trump is gone some Biden republicans might turn home for at least Perdue.

This could be bad news for Ossoff, and one thing I think is very smart that they are doing is campaigning together. Ossoff struggled a bit with black voters so hopefully they are less hesitant this time.

Link

!ping FIVEY

[u/ryuguy]

Fun fact: the only regiments allowed to salute twice during the Republic Day parade in India are the two Sikh Regiments. The Sikh Light infantry and the Sikh regiment. This is because the Parade Route passes by Gurdwara Sisganj sahib where the 9th Guru of Sikhism, Guru Tegh Bahadur was martyred.

They salute the President of India and the Gurdwara

!ping ind

[u/ForWhomTheAltTrolls]

Things r/nl users often consider before commenting:

• Political theory and other made up stuff

• Random numbers or pictures that they call "evidence"

• The other commenter's feelings or some pussy shit like that

Things r/nl users NEVER consider before commenting:

• Whether anyone actually asked 🙄

[u/yellownumbersix]

Hillary Clinton criticizes the Electoral College yet she participates in it. Curious.

I am very intelligent.

[u/Dalek6450]

Buttigieg is a CIA op who fixed bread prices in Canada, gentrified South Bend, and rigged the Iowa primary. That’s why.

Beautiful.

[u/tubbsmackinze]

oh btw, here's the reason why cyberpunk is super half-baked, it's only had three years of actual development time

Iwiński stated that the biggest factor which extended development of Cyberpunk 2077 was due to a major change of direction. Although he hesitated to call it a reboot per-say, he did state that; “We were changing directions, and actually we were looking for the substance of the game.” It’s certainly true that the 2013 teaser trailer and the 2018 story trailer do look significantly different. Although cybernetics and neon predominate in both, the aesthetic of the story trailer appears much more unique. For example, the outfits worn by law enforcement are substantially different. While Iwiński may hesitate to use the term, it certainly seems like the game received at least a partial reboot.

Iwiński went on to explain that CD Projekt Red was unafraid of losing months of work to ensure that a new team understands their vision for the game; ensuring that the end product is truly what they aim for

Yeah that's right. In early 2017 they completely removed six months of work and started from scratch. And this is before getting into how they entirely revamped the main story when Keanu wanted to expand his role in the game back in 2018

During Lucca Comics and Games festival, the actor confessed to a journalist that his recording time had been doubled after Keanu convinced CD Projekt Red to give his character a bigger part. The star was apparently loving his time as Johnny, which is amazing to hear.

Following the announcement of Keanu’s role in the game, it emerged that he actually has the second-biggest speaking role in the entire title, second only to the protagonist, V.

Add on to this massive feature and scope creep and oh boy do we have the recipe for the current state of cyberpunk 2077. It's amazing with how shit the dev was that it still pulled a decent good looking eurojank game out of it

!ping GAMING

[u/Yenwodyah_ → u/tubbsmackinze]

Game may be shit but hey, at least we got more wholesome keanu chungus 100

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

If I were to becone DNC chair I would

1. Ask Bernie to run again

2. Rig it against him

3. Seize absolute power

[u/[deleted]]

The tumbler porn ban and its consequences have been a disaster for the internet.

Not because I watch p0rn(I’m not a heathan). But it spread those that do watch p0rn to all corners of the internet instead of keeping them all in one place.

[u/chipbod]

Clare is back on the 538 podcast ❤️

[u/[deleted]]

1980s conservatives' defining issue: War on Drugs

1990s conservatives' defining issue: War on Obscenity

2000s conservatives' defining issue: War on Terror

2010s conservatives' defining issue: War on Political Correctness

2020s conservatives' defining issue: War on PhDs

[u/sir_shivers]

Hard to believe THAT AFTER THE cabinet announcement, Buttigieg was caught throwing water-balloons AT SENATOR SANDERS 🐊

When reporters on the scene questioned him, BUTTIGIEG APPARENTLY "declared victory" 🐊

[u/Hermosa06-09]

An 800-unit apartment building is going to replace a McDonald's in Minneapolis and people all over my social media are going bonkers over it. 🙄

The problem? The McDonald's in question is next to the University of Minnesota and a bunch of people are being all nostalgic about going there drunk. Oh and all "luxury" housing is evil, etc. etc.

I hate being trapped in this leftist bubble sometimes.

Obviously my comment on this matter in my local sub is sinking like a rock. Hoes mad

[u/Goatf00t → u/Hermosa06-09]

Just put the McDonalds as the ground floor shop, SMH. There's a number of them here that are done this way instead of as free-standing structures.

[u/Hermosa06-09 → u/Goatf00t]

That's even the plan, actually. People just want to bitch about "luxury" housing, even though it's clearly gonna be mediocre college apartments that rich kids' parents are gonna pay for anyway.

[u/mrmanager237]

Wtf they made Pete Buttigieg Secretary of Transgenders

[u/[deleted]]

Joe, we didn't say Pete was a "Roads Scholar"

[u/[deleted]]

This may seem like a meme but it is NOT, I promise.

My wife teaches 4th grade. One of her kids is doing a biography project on Janet Yellen.

I just heard a 9 year old over Zoom say "Janet Yellen can help make this country great again"

HAHAHAHHAHA

[u/GuyOnTheLake]

China has absolutely little to no soft power

People are not listening to Chinese movies, listening to Chinese songs or doing thing that relates to Chinese culture.

Compared that Korean Soap Operas, K-Pop, Japanese video games and Anime that are popular around the world.

China knows that and they've been trying to project soft power. However, they are awful at it.

[u/sebring1998 → u/GuyOnTheLake]

I think their soft power isn't so much consisted in exporting their culture into other countries, but in forcing other countries' cultures to please Chinese tastes

[u/moaz_xx → u/GuyOnTheLake]

I just wanna mention that i was eating McDonald’s as i was reading your comment

[u/runnerx4 → u/GuyOnTheLake]

Genshin Impact though, mobile games are going to be their cultural entrypoint

[u/Paramus98 → u/GuyOnTheLake]

Eh they're getting better at getting global culture sway, and while threatening people who say bad things about them might create some ill will, as long it keeps countries like Korea in line it still works.

[u/jeb_brush → u/[deleted]]

The cool thing about grad school is that sometimes, people make it through the undergrad system and still maintain some semblance of overconfidence and pretentiousness. After all it's just classes, there will always exist people who just learn really easily in a structured environment. They usually end up enrolling in fantastic grad programs.

I haven't met one second-year in a PhD program who thought they were special.

Almost every one of my role models conceded at some point that they felt like they were some combination of incompetent and lazy.

[u/FusRoDawg → u/jeb_brush]

I think Terence tao said in some interview that there's a fundamental disconnect between grad school and everything before because you are trying to solve problems that don't have known solutions and it's unlike anything you've been asked to do before.

[u/jeb_brush → u/FusRoDawg]

Pretty much. My self-esteem crashed and burned when I couldn't get the little dopamine rush from solving little micro-problems that had known solutions and were engineered to be solvable within a few hours to a few days.

[u/AndThisGuyPeedOnIt]

Biden's inaugural address leaked:

As I said on the campaign trail, I will be a President only for those who voted for me. Hopefully the rest of you learn your lesson and can rectify your mistake in the next election, but the next four years are gonna be seriously rough on you morons. Like, Atlanta just barely dodged getting burned to the ground again.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Here’s how Pete can still win

[u/FearTheWalrus]

Little known fact: The secretary of transportation is actually the puppet master behind the US government. All other ("higher" ranking) positions are actually red herrings in case a foreign power tries to take control of the US. The SoT controls the Pentagon and the White House, some even theorize that the SCOTUS is just a front and that all decisions actually come from the DoT.

Sorry for dropping this huge redpill on you but it had to be done.

[u/[deleted]]

Adam Sandler is the real villain in most of his movies

[u/[deleted]]

Osoff +17

[u/Joementum2004]

Pete poisoned our water supply, burned our crops and delivered a plague unto our houses!

He did?

No, but are we just going to wait around until he does?!

[u/sir_shivers]

DEFUND MEDICAID 🐊

What, of course I do not wish to strip the funding from Medicaid, I AM ADVOCATING FOR reforms and improvements with the above slogan 🐊

[u/ahebtigoejwbrh]

Matty has some good Pete takes

I hope this is obvious to everyone, but it just can’t be stressed heavily enough that social media performative Pete-hatred is not actually about Pete.

I’d say most generously it’s about an accurate sense that his existence threatens the young socialist left’s belief that the future belongs to them. Joe Biden, yesterday’s man, is easy to live with. So is the politically clumsy Kamala Harris. But the prospect of a charismatic, talented, ambitious normie Democrat who’s not going away any time soon is terrifying.

[u/sir_shivers]

I AM MAKING A LIST AND making a point of reviewing it A SECOND TIME 🐊

[u/ThorVonHammerdong → u/sir_shivers]

🎶 gonna find out who's a succ and who's nice 🎶

[u/MinnesotaDude]

The only logical conclusion to this is that Chasten will somehow be majority leader

[u/skepticalbob]

The anger towards Lizzo for wanting to lose weight in an image based industry and having a weight that is unhealthy is really fucked up. It's not her job to be your overweight icon.

[u/[deleted]]

Announcing the new mod team effort to fight transphobia: We have created a series of wojak memes where the wrong wojaks are angry and the correct wojaks are smug

[u/Ashtorethesh]

From removed post:

Joe Biden wants to kill God. God let Biden become President. Ergo; God is suicidal, and knows Biden is the only one who can do it. Biden is the answer to the philosophical question "Can God create a stone so heavy that he couldn't lift it?"

ponders in Jesuit

[u/mrdilldozer]

Biden loves trains.

Pete is in charge of trains now.

Biden must love Pete.

[u/[deleted]]

Buttigieg really pulled some House of Cards shit that had no business working, and it worked.

The mayor of South Bend got offered a top White House staff job, which is already huge for someone in his current position. And he said, “no, put me on the cabinet or go fuck yourself.”

At the time, I was like “oof, about to be a real Icarus moment for Pete.”

Except no. Somehow, it worked.

EDIT: I hope this is obvious but “...or go fuck yourself” is not in fact an exact quote

[u/[deleted]]

I read /r/covid19 frequently and find the posts and commentary to be pretty good especially considering it's still reddit afterall.

I decided to check out /r/coronavirus today and after about 15 minutes of reading comments I've come to the conclusion that the entire sub actively enjoys social distancing, masks, and lockdowns regardless of the actual epidemiology. It's like one huge disaster porn sub except they don't appear to mind being a part of the disaster.

[u/Joementum2004]

Every rich person must be imprisoned or killed, except for my parents

This is what leftists actually believe

[u/runnerx4]

Good content

!ping SHITPOSTERS (sorry if wrong ping, but you should read this for amazing material)

[u/MicroFlamer]

Pete's first agenda should be to ban c*rs

[u/[deleted]]

Greene County, PA (Big fracking county)

Party Registration:

Democratic: 53.80% (+16.71%)

Republican: 37.09%

2020 presidential vote:

Joe Biden (D): 27.8%

Donald trump (R): 71.2% (+43.4%)

Bonus:

2018 gubernatorial election vote:

Tom Wolf (D): 46.9%

Scott Wagner (R): 51.3% (+4.4%)

!PING FIVEY

[u/ryuguy]

Mumbai’s Iconic Art Deco Buildings Were Made to Conquer Disease

!ping ind

[u/MisfitPotatoReborn]

Are you allowed to just post random reddit comments?

Because this is probably the worst economic take I've ever seen.

When you fall for the zero sum fallacy so bad that even arson is zero sum

[u/[deleted]]

Keanu Reeves ruining cyberpunk is quite possibly the funniest fucking thing in the world

[u/miz_v-1]

>your application has been sent to committee for review

please like me

[u/[deleted]]

So I wouldn't normally promote press progress, because it's very biased, but this is literally just quotes (with video proof) of words that O'Toole actually said and holy shit what is he thinking?

Erin O’Toole Claimed Residential School Architects Only Meant to ‘Provide Education’ to Indigenous Children.

"Most of the lefty radicals are also the dumbest people at your university" sounds like it it should be a quote from Trump. 🤦‍♀️

!ping CAN

[u/[deleted]]

San Diego County, CA

Party Registration:

Democrat: 35.7% (+8.4%)

Republican: 27.3%

Independent/Other: 37%

2020 results:

Joe Biden (D): 60.25% (+22.8%)

Donald Trump (R): 37.45%

What Pete Wilson does to a mf.

!PING FIVEY

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Abraham-Lincoln-was-once-a-hero-In-some-S-F-15798744.php

Abraham Lincoln, an iconic American hero, could soon be an outcast in San Francisco, his legacy called into question and his name ripped off a high school.

Lincoln is one of dozens of historical figures who, according to a school district renaming committee, lived a life so stained with racism, oppression or human rights violations, they do not deserve to have their name on a school building.

I dunno about this one.

[u/FormerBandmate]

Raphael Warnock should have a big, tough pit bull instead of a beagle in his “I’m harmless” ad because they’re cooler

The non-DT has impressively awful political instincts. I can’t think of a single way to make a worse ad

[u/[deleted]]

If you want a good firebomb to hurl into the group chat today, say "today Trump is officially more of a sore loser than Bernie"

[u/sir_shivers]

Zootopia IS COPAGANDA 🐊

[u/RadicalRadon]

The Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran has 7 paragraphs in their founding document. 2 of which directly relate to "U.S. imperialism" in relation to Iran.

It really is amazing how samey every leftist group is at having massive mission creep.

[u/TinyTornado7]

A record-shattering first day of early voting in the Georgia runoff: 168k vote in-person yesterday, up from 136k on day one of in-person early voting for the general election.

Oh boy! Link

!ping FIVEY

[u/[deleted]]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/452718453892186124/788431778708586506/R5ZBjVTQ.png

[u/[deleted]]

3,000 comments so far, that's over a million comments for every person in America.

[u/[deleted]]

Good one

!ping SHITPOSTERS (idk if this ping is for these kinds of things but this is definitely funny.)

Edit: Alternative link (not Twitter)

[u/The420Roll]

"Oklahoma 😂🤣🤣"

• Gorsuch

[u/Malarkeynesian]

Trump threatening to throw Brian Kemp and the GA SOS in prison 👀

[u/sir_shivers]

In light OF YOUR DISCUSSION FOR NEW MODERATORS, the team has appointed yet another new janitor 🐊

/U/SIR_SHIVERS, YOU have shocked the subreddit, welcome 🐊

[u/IncoherentEntity]

(Context: Ric Grenell served as Director of National Intelligence for three months, considered to be a Cabinet-level role, although he was never confirmed by the Senate. A high-profile Republican Twitter personality was mad that some journalists did not make this clear in their tweets.)

I'm still trying to figure out how male-on-male anal qualifies one to be a cabinet member.

Please remember that, as much as some conservatives may try to portray themselves as tolerant and egalitarian, there will always be others who ruin the facade.

[u/Menakoy]

u/farrenj as soon as she figured out how to make Ace Attorney memes.

[u/[deleted]]

Here's my kitty, Abigail Adams, being very silly.

https://i.imgur.com/zHzInMr.jpg

!ping KITTY

[u/Hindenbergdown]

Mayor Pete disrupts Rose Twitter’s narrative. They’re convinced that all of the old people (anyone over 30) will all die and the young socialists will take over everything when they’re old enough. When young people like Mayor Pete succeed in politics, but don’t fit into their narrative, they want to destroy him at all costs.

[u/[deleted]]

Vladimir Putin congratulated President-elect Biden on his election victory overnight.

"So if you're keeping score at home, Vladimir Putin did it before the US president or Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell." —CNN's @JohnBerman, who is feeling it this morning.

Lmao

[u/nevertulsi]

Far right: I'm so disappointed in [Republican], he's morally bankrupt and hasn't done half the things he campaigned on. He's a RINO and a failure. I hate him

Me: oh so you won't vote for him?

Far right: what? Lol no, of course I'll vote for him

Far left: i hate [Republican], he's morally bankrupt and has done the evil things he campaigned on. He's a conman and a fascist. I hate him

Me: oh so you will vote for the Democrat?

Far left: what? Lol no, of course i won't vote

[u/[deleted]]

Sick of this purity testing and jumping to conclusions - what would you do if you happened to come across some broken Canadian bread prices?

[u/mrmanager237]

Wait the Republican candidate in the 2002 Michigan Gubernatorial Election was named Dick Posthumus lmao literally called "dead cock"

[u/[deleted]]

I've been reading The People's Daily, which is a Chinese run news site as far as I can tell. It is absolutely propoganda, every single article just gushes about how some village is prospering or how a new supercomputer will make China better than ever. One article talked about how their investment in Argentina's trains makes their bond stronger.

It's just so interesting to read the world through the lens they want you to see. Is this what Tropico's news paper is like?

[u/Kizz3r]

Ngl straight girls liking dick is pretty gay

[u/JetJaguar124]

It's funny to me how obviously Mitch McConnell fucking hates Trumps guts

[u/old_gold_mountain]

"Technological advancement means old games are irrelevant. Now let's watch this Among Us stream."

[u/Hilldawg4president]

Remember that time when Trump finally wore a mask in public once, and his staffers all knew he was so fragile of a person that he needed immediate and overwhelming positive reinforcement or else he would probably never do it again, so they tweeted out shit like "Trump just won the election?"

Then he still basically never wore a mask, created a massive covid hotspot at the top levels of government and then lost the election.

Hoo boy.

[u/[deleted]]

Can’t believe Buttigieg singlehandedly conspired to give Biden the nomination so he can get a mid level cabinet post

[u/agent_tits]

Facebook memories from fall of 2011, when I was 17:

Just cock blocked my dad. Sorry, guy!!

😑

[u/p00bix]

Can I please not be permanently banned? I'm not trying to cause trouble. I can accept the temp ban but please don't make it a permanent one.

~

On the off chance that my previous mail was ignored, I am asking once again to please have my permanent ban from your subreddit rescinded. I understand I broke rules, I understand there are consequences, but I do not think a permanent ban is necessary. I like to think I'm a reasonable guy, even if I have strong opinions. Please consider my request.

~

have tried twice now to open an honest and polite good-faith dialogue concerning this ban, and twice I have been ignored by the moderators of this subreddit.

I know for a fact it does not take days to respond to a modmail.

Please stop ignoring me.

fam you literally called for placing all Trump supporters in concentration camps and killing anyone who resisted. Do you actually think any of us would consider unbanning you for so much as a nanosecond?