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  1. Should we talk more openly more often about depression and suicidal thoughts?

    depression, yes. suicidal ideation is tricky - it's one of those things where, hearing about it, people who are prone to suicidal ideation but are not currently experiencing it can get their brain pointed in that direction and start having suicidal thoughts of their own. it's worth talking about, but it has to be discussed carefully and probably with a lot of content warnings. so, basically, not on Twitter.

  2. Any thoughts on Space Communes video on breadtube, "WTF is breadtube"? Or even on Space Commune himself? If not I think you should

    stop trying to use my cc as an advertising platform, space commune

  3. What's the best cookie shape?

    icosahedron

  4. What do you think of essentially making private ownership illegal, but having high-security public gun ranges with almost every weapon you can think of, so that people like myself, who think that guns look and sound cool but still know and want extreme gun control, can still have our weird little fun, and as a sort of compromise between gun haters and gun control

    in response to Do you think the US should make firearms illegal? Would it cause a "civil war" or something?

    that would be fun for you, but the majority of people who want guns want them because they live in fear of other Americans (primarily the Black and brown ones) and want guns so they can "protect" themselves from imagined threats/fantasize about a breakdown of society where they get to kill with impunity. no amount of statistics saying "the odds of someone getting hurt from the gun in your house is much higher than the odds of getting hurt by a criminal" will dissuade them of that.

  5. Do you think the US should make firearms illegal? Would it cause a "civil war" or something?

    In my heart of hearts, yes, I think the US should stop producing and selling firearms. But I don't think that's feasible and it's clear from a lot of other countries that you can have an armed society without rampant gun violence through a few sensible regulations and some cultural shifts. So, if only out of sheer pragmatism, I'd rather we put our energy into that.

  6. If you’re white, should you go out of your way to make friends with bipoc?

    I think that's a weird and incidentally tokenizing way to think about it. Instead, I would back up and ask: WHY are BIPOC out of my way? What about the way I'm living my life makes it so I'd have to put in legwork to know BIPOC people? Are they logistical choices? Unconscious biases? Have I turned down opportunities to be friends with BIPOC and not realized it? Have my jobs been mostly full of white co-workers? If so, should I be pushing management to address that? Have I mostly been living in white neighborhoods? If so, is that because I'm uncomfortable with not being the majority?

    I feel, the more you try to live as an anti-racist, the more incidental contact you find yourself having, under which friendships can occur naturally. Not having BIPOC friends is usually a symptom.

  7. (different anon) I would argue that an election really should be a process to ensure that the voices of as many people as possible are represented in the policies put forward by a government, and that the competition between ideologies should be incidental to this purpose.

    However, I also recognize that this is a less feasible idea in countries like the US, where democracy is a zero-sum game.

    in response to In the context of a relationship, If I were to consistently misrepresent my wants as more extreme then they are in order to make what I want seem more acceptable and "compromise" down to it - would that be abusive behavior?

    "a coalition where as many voices as possible are represented" is also not a great metaphor for a relationship

  8. Who was worse, Reagan or Thatcher? Could Thatcher have lasted as long as she did without Reagan?

    I'm American, I don't know shit about Thatcher.

  9. If you had to explain why capitalism is bad to every 18 year old in the US what would you say?

    in response to If you could teach something about politics to every 18 year old in the US, what would it be?

    that's not something I can easily do within CuriousCat's character limit. by the time I get to these kids, they've already been living under capitalism for 18 years; it's just The Way Things Are. reframing and recontextualizing that takes a lot of care.

    but the two most likely angles would be:

    a) explain that we have all the knowledge, technology, and willpower to avert climate catastrophe *right now*, and the thing standing in the way is wealthy corporations that would make less profit if we abandoned fossil fuels. not even *lose money*, just *make money at a somewhat reduced rate.* even the most aggressive climate proposals reign in the corporate regulations because they don't think corporations will follow them and because our entire economy depends on wealthy industries staying wealthy, so we hold hands and pray they consent to milder restrictions and hope someone invents carbon capture. so, in no uncertain terms, if the human race goes extinct, it will be capitalism that killed us.

    b) explain the difference between *making money* and *making profit*, and how capitalism essentially says your time and labor have no intrinsic value, and how all profit is value extraction, and how capitalism is built on every single part of the economy being in competition with every other part, and yet the most amazing things we've accomplished as species were done via cooperation. I feel like people go a long time without understanding that "capitalism" is not just a synonym for "market."

  11. why does the makeup of 'breadtube' seem to be so predominantly white?

    a) for the same reasons YouTube as a whole is predominantly white, and most other capitalist systems for that matter: because white people are the most rewarded for their efforts and face the least resistance, so they tend to rise faster. we also are the least likely to get harassed off a platform.

    b) talking about our experiences and opinions is less likely to be "controversial," so The Algorithm likes us.

    c) "breadtube" is term created by fans, so who the term gets applied to is informed by their own unconscious biases. POC who talk about the same things as white lefties are more likely to be read as talking about identity politics than leftism, and not get categorized the same way. I rarely see Kat Blaque or Jay Smooth included listed as breadtubers.

  12. When creating videos, do you have a target audience in mind? Do you go "this one is for the libs, this one is for the leftists" like Santa making his list?

    Not exactly? When I make political videos I tend to make the kinds of things I wish I'd seen when I was watching the Alt-Right form and didn't know what to do about it. So that's generally assuming a lefty perspective while assuming the audience is a bit less lefty than I am. But there are conscious affordances I make to different populations - I intentionally avoid most jargon terminology because not everyone's had the same education as me; I use inclusive language because not everyone's in the same demographics as me; and, while I never target my videos to the Right, I am aware they may be watching it and, whenever it doesn't weaken the argument, I try to preempt some of their arguments and avoid phrasings that make them unwilling to listen.

    Honestly, it's the media-oriented stuff where I make the most decisions about audience. Like, how much can I assume the audience knows about [X]? If I'm talking about narrative theory, do I assume they know about Death of the Author? If I'm talking about movies, do I assume know what "shot-reverse shot" means? If I'm talking about games, do I assume they know about the console crash of the mid-80s? It feels important not to assume anything when I'm talking about how fascism operates, but less so when I'm talking about the history of adventure games, so I'm a bit more willing to just assume people know the boring stuff and not get bogged down. It's not the end of the world if my video about genre sends a few people to Google.

  13. Maybe it's pointless to speculate, but do you think jf protestors had gone hard for abolition this year it would've been more effective in dragging the overall political conversation to a place where defunding would feel more feasible?

    in response to What suggestions do you have for making the "Defund the Police" movement more palatable to non-leftists and seizing control of the narrative away from conservatives?

    there's just too many variables here. we imagine protestors go hard for abolition: how does the democratic establishment respond? how do the republicans respond? how do the various white nationalist militias respond? is there violence? does it widen the rift between progressive and centrist dems? if so, which side ends up with more institutional power? does the conversation shift enough that establishment dems have to worry about getting primaried if they don't support it? how many support it during the elections but then quietly drop it once they take office? how much of the public notices? how sustained is the protest? does the gop double down on funding the police, or do they get less vocal about their positions? does that lose them support among the militias? does the next trump show up to loudly proclaim that cops should have MORE freedom to murder black people? does this capitalize on the white nationalist/militia/qanon vote? is that enough to lead them to victory, or does it do what we thought would happen with trump and tank their campaign, delegitimize those positions, and send republicans scrambling to distance themselves?

    I don't have enough information or foresight to answer this question. all I know is fighting for abolition is the right thing to do, and what dems are doing instead isn't working.

  14. Do you think the US is on an unstoppable ride towards fascist authoritarianism or can we really walk things back at this point?

    I don't predict the future. No ride is unstoppable, but that doesn't mean we're going to stop it.

  16. In the context of a relationship, If I were to consistently misrepresent my wants as more extreme then they are in order to make what I want seem more acceptable and "compromise" down to it - would that be abusive behavior?

    in and of itself, no, that would just be being a shitty partner. but it is the kind of thing that would fit snugly into patterns of manipulation and control.

    if you're trying to draw a parallel to the Overton Window, I will point out that relationships are not competitions but elections are.

  17. An idea that often pops up on leftist twitter is that because breadtubers make money off their videos, their political ideas have to be mainstream in order to get revenue, meaning that all breatubers are/will become neolib, Now, I disagree with that idea (plus Philosophy Tube already discussed this in his video on Daddy Musk), but I want to ask: do you care when people accuse you of being a "liberal" (whatever that word means these days)?

    how much I care depends on who says it, but, yeah, it bothers me. that's the kind of argument that looks at the ecosystem around my work and says "this guy must be liberal" without engaging with the things I'm actually saying. they've already decided I'm a lib and their argument is a post hoc explanation for why. and, what engagement with the work itself there is, is typically shallow. they hear me talk about about gun reform, and, rather than acknowledge that there is a pretty wide plurality of opinions on guns among leftists, they go "libs talk about gun reform, therefore Innuendo Studios is lib." it's so focused on political signifiers and so empty of actual political engagement. I have argued capitalism is continuous with fascism and the only way to defeat it is with progressive leftism, but that's apparently far less important than whether I stanned hard enough for Bernie, *even though I voted for him in two primaries*. (and now I get to watch those same Sanders stans say electoralism is capitalist capitulation.)

    given how hard I work on the actual content of my work, seeing it ignored so they can scrutinize whether I have the right affect, especially by people who are (theoretically) on the same side as me, bums me the fuck out.

  18. Is "breadtube" still a meaningful label in your eyes?

    in the sense that people whose work splashes in the same puddles are useful to compare and contrast with each other, and giving that group a label aids in that, sure

    the things that have been discoursed onto that label have made useful discussion a lot harder

  20. Is Cerebus popular? The only reason I even know it exist is due to tvtropes, and the site pretty much describes it as "misogyny: the comic"

    in response to Have you read Cerebus?

    Cerebus was considered a pretty major work for a long time, and even some of its harshest critics say that it's got some really rich character work in spite of the misogyny. But I read an interview with David Sim once and he was SUCH a repugnantly awful person that I thought, you know, there's a lot of OTHER work out there I could be reading.

  21. lots of stressful political and sociological books-- what do you read for fun?

    I'll read anything good. I'm on a sci-fi kick lately. I'm currently nearing the end of Embassytown by China Mieville, not sure what I'm tucking into after that. I'm also off-and-on reading Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer, which is an instructional book about writing. I'm really liking the approach he takes, which is much less about giving you formulas than about offering many ways of looking at stories and talking about them in ways that get your imagination grinding.

  22. I'm not confident in the assertion that the American Left will out-organize the American Right, politically.

    in response to Do you think a modern constitutional convention would likely create a better constitution? I have no reverence for the Constitution, but I agree with Osita Nwanevu in saying that the only constitution worse would be one written by the nation as it is today.

    read Alt-America and you might feel differently about the organizational prowess of this dingbats

  23. If you could teach something about politics to every 18 year old in the US, what would it be?

    capitalism bad

  24. Have you read Cerebus?

    fuuuuuuuuck no

  25. I'm often curious about the demographics of these people who go out of their way to insult you, Don't these people have jobs to worry about? Or maybe they're just bored teens (which is actually worse)?

    in response to Aren't you ashamed of making videos at 40? Get a real job.

    yeah, spending dozens of hours making a video on something you care about, putting it out for a receptive audience, and getting paid for it, THAT'S being a failure

    but anonymously flaming strangers on the internet...

  27. Do you think a modern constitutional convention would likely create a better constitution? I have no reverence for the Constitution, but I agree with Osita Nwanevu in saying that the only constitution worse would be one written by the nation as it is today.

    in response to Should the U.S.A have another constitutional convention? I feel like that would solve a lot of "original sins" like the electoral college and you know, still having the 3/5 compromise in it.

    if the convention were made up of a random sampling of the US, oh god, yes, it would be awful. but the only people I've heard actually calling for a second convention are, like, Occupy Wall Street and Lawrence Lessig, so there's a good chance it would be made up of decent people. and when the remnants of the Tea Party inevitably try to hold their own in front of Four Seasons Total Landscaping, half their attendees don't show up, and trying to actually write policy ends in multiple fistfights, I will laugh and laugh.

  28. Aren't you ashamed of making videos at 40? Get a real job.

    I get to do what I love for a living

  30. Why would you pick someone so controversial yet so brave?

    in response to Who'd you pick to play Jesus in film?

    for the clicks

  31. Should the U.S.A have another constitutional convention? I feel like that would solve a lot of "original sins" like the electoral college and you know, still having the 3/5 compromise in it.

    I mean, unless I'm mistaken, what the Constitution allows is:

    IF there is a second constitutional convention, AND 3/4 of states ratify it, THEN... the President has to look at it.

    So, like... I would love a deep revision of the Constitution, but it's probably not gonna DO anything unless we're going dramatically outside the existing Constitution. Which is, you know... technically treason?

  32. How much you wanna bet this guy’s an incel

    in response to White men who go around denouncing other white men as "fascists" are wimpy losers who think they'll attract women with suck-up speeches about racism. But even stupid left-wing girls prefer alpha males. Sissy boys should drop the left-wing politics and try lifting weights and making money. Freud was a fool and reductionist, but sexual strategizing by losers is the source of nearly all left-wing ideology.

    if he's not I owe you a Coke

  33. Any tips for attempting to create proper representation of a minority (ethnic or religious) that you are not a part of? For example, when writing a Jewish character who's culture and religion you actually wanna represent in an accurate and respectful way, what should you do to make that so?

    Talk to Jewish people, as them about their experience, and have a couple look over the story once written and see if it raises any red flags.

    (Also, maybe this doesn't apply to you, but just in case: the general advice is to, yes, write a Jewish character and portray Judaism accurately, but make sure not to make a story ABOUT Judaism if you're not Jewish yourself. Let them tell that story.)

  34. Are you sure you don't want to try lifting weights and making money? Apparently that's the thing to do.

    in response to White men who go around denouncing other white men as "fascists" are wimpy losers who think they'll attract women with suck-up speeches about racism. But even stupid left-wing girls prefer alpha males. Sissy boys should drop the left-wing politics and try lifting weights and making money. Freud was a fool and reductionist, but sexual strategizing by losers is the source of nearly all left-wing ideology.

    I make some money, and I life some weight, but it hasn't meaningfully affected the types or quantities of partners I pull.

    I dunno, maybe I should be tapping the shallow gold-digger market harder.

  35. Mel Gibson is a TradCath. Let's not mix up our christofascists.

    in response to Different anon but not a question but an expression of disappointment when I found out that Jim Caviezel's been more conservative over time and even had a chance to talk to Ben Shapiro on some Middle East Christian persecution bs. *smh

    Evangelical is not a religion, it's a modifier that applies to several sects of Christianity. I presume you can be TradCath *and* Evangelical, and The Passion struck me as pretty dang Evangelical.

  36. What's your favourite vegan milk/combo of vegan milks for making hot chocolate? I tried a few when my sister went vegan, but they all ended up sort of watery and blah. (Except coconut milk, but 100% coconut milk hot chocolate is basically drinking chocolate; for each ounce you drink, you have to nap for three hours.)

    I'm good with regular old vanilla soy

  37. Ever consider streaming adventure games?

    no

  38. lol I'd love to see pictures of these women who are keeping you out of the single life

    in response to White men who go around denouncing other white men as "fascists" are wimpy losers who think they'll attract women with suck-up speeches about racism. But even stupid left-wing girls prefer alpha males. Sissy boys should drop the left-wing politics and try lifting weights and making money. Freud was a fool and reductionist, but sexual strategizing by losers is the source of nearly all left-wing ideology.

    I bet you would

  39. Previous anon here, I actually saw the pic of your poly gf from your weird public fiasco. Nothx

    in response to White men who go around denouncing other white men as "fascists" are wimpy losers who think they'll attract women with suck-up speeches about racism. But even stupid left-wing girls prefer alpha males. Sissy boys should drop the left-wing politics and try lifting weights and making money. Freud was a fool and reductionist, but sexual strategizing by losers is the source of nearly all left-wing ideology.

    beauty is subjective, I am very happily attracted to all my partners, of which you've only seen one, and you're obviously not going to neg me into not being into my own partners so this is mostly just you reassuring yourself

    have fun with that

  40. Idk, I come from competitive magic the gathering. We HATE whatever is at the top of the metagame always. When I watch smash I basically skip vids with fox or falco dittos.

    in response to I only just started watching competitive smash, so uhhhh why do people hate Hungry Box I've seen some of his vids but he doesn't really seem better or worse than any of the other 5 Gods in yes of a reason to hate him Is it just puff? Idk why that'd be the case, you'd think people would hate fox more because you see it constantly

    So do I, but we are not emblematic of the community.

  41. What suggestions do you have for making the "Defund the Police" movement more palatable to non-leftists and seizing control of the narrative away from conservatives?

    Run an "Abolish the Police" narrative to drag the Overton Window past the point where "Defund the Police" starts to sound like the more reasonable position, and makes "Give More Funding to the Police" sound draconian.

  43. I mean lots of Christians don't read their bible either, we can get very 'no true Christian' here but the "You cannot serve both God and money" guy is quite explicit on who won't find salvation, even among believers, and that fact is maybe what they were going for here?

    in response to I mean, I'm pretty sure fighting racism would bring oneself salvation in a christian framing...

    yeah, sure, I just don't see how "it is possible to justify anti-racism in the Christian tradition" adds much to the conversation when, historically, racism has been justified far more often

  44. White men who go around denouncing other white men as "fascists" are wimpy losers who think they'll attract women with suck-up speeches about racism. But even stupid left-wing girls prefer alpha males. Sissy boys should drop the left-wing politics and try lifting weights and making money. Freud was a fool and reductionist, but sexual strategizing by losers is the source of nearly all left-wing ideology.

    Hm. I'm a feminist, socialist, polyamorous, anti-fascist sissy boy who hasn't been single in 11 years, how're you making out?

  45. You say you did community theatre. Favorite musical roles you’ve played?

    I guess playing The Scarecrow in a kids production of Wizard of Oz. The only musical I was in post-puberty was Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve, where I played Adam. My dad wanted me to play Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but it was gonna overlap with rehearsals for Orphans and I didn't wanna be juggling a musical with a drama.

  46. Different anon but not a question but an expression of disappointment when I found out that Jim Caviezel's been more conservative over time and even had a chance to talk to Ben Shapiro on some Middle East Christian persecution bs. *smh

    in response to Is Jesus Christ not white? I mean I'm almost getting disillusioned with his filmic portrayals on screen for almost a decade and I don't know is it worth looking forward to Mel Gibson's sequel to Passion of The Christ with the same white actor (Jim Caviezel) most likely reprising his role

    he starred in an evangelical Christian movie because he's pretty evangelical, and they loooooooove Trump

  48. Was that to grill or generally?

    in response to Best vegetable

    grill

  49. I mean, I'm pretty sure fighting racism would bring oneself salvation in a christian framing...

    in response to Reading over all these questions and answers has made me realize that this framing of racism is just Original Sin but secular: everyone has it, you can't get rid of it, and the only way to be a Good Person™ and get into Heaven™ is to labor your entire life in opposition to it.

    "Christians aren't racist" is a helluva take, fam

  50. I only just started watching competitive smash, so uhhhh why do people hate Hungry Box I've seen some of his vids but he doesn't really seem better or worse than any of the other 5 Gods in yes of a reason to hate him

    Is it just puff? Idk why that'd be the case, you'd think people would hate fox more because you see it constantly

    Oh no, the Melee community LOVES Fox. They complain about Smash Sisters exhibitions because there aren't enough space animals. They want fast, aggressive, rushdown play, and they hate Puff because a) she's a slow, defensive character, and b) because she makes Foxes play slow and defensive as well. Fox can play in-your-face, but can also run to the opposite side of the stage and spam lasers, which is an optimal strategy against Puff. But Smash fans don't like to see a floatie on one side of the stage trying to bait an approach and a spacie on the other just shooting lasers until it's time to run in and up-smash.

    (Granted, that's the wrong way to play a spacie against Puff and, when approached right, i.e. Armada vs. Hungrybox at EVO 2015, there is a nailbiting tension that just doesn't exist in the spacie ditto.)

    But why the hate on HBox in specific? Honestly? I think it's just because Mango talked shit about him, and the community loves Mango.

  51. Does equal and non discriminatory payment of wages to all genders and providing equal and sufficient shelter, money, access to food, water and essential resources to all genders the most effective way to drastically reduce sexual harassment/abuse to vulnerable people?

    I don't know about "most" but it would go a long way. There are also cultural changes that'd have to happen, and, while culture often stems from material conditions, they are not the same thing and culture has its own agenda. But abuse and harassment happen when one party has more power than the other, and equalizing that power is a big part of curbing it.

  52. Favorite video game wooden crate

    what's coming to mind is the original Half-Life. they just burst apart in a really satisfying way.

  53. What would it take for the swastika to stop being seen as a nazi symbol?

    the manji is still seen as a non-racist symbol in many parts of the world. the swastika is a reversed manji. it was invented by Hitler. it has never had any other meaning than a Nazi symbol.

    there may be processes that could reclaim it by WHY???

  55. Is Jesus Christ not white? I mean I'm almost getting disillusioned with his filmic portrayals on screen for almost a decade and I don't know is it worth looking forward to Mel Gibson's sequel to Passion of The Christ with the same white actor (Jim Caviezel) most likely reprising his role

    Jesus was an Arabian Jew in a time before the concept of whiteness existed. But he probably didn't look like Jim Caviezel.

  57. Was the Spanish Civil War similar to our own, in that one side was clearly evil and the other was less so?

    yes but the evil side won

  58. Not going to call that but for curiosity is that pronounced any differently than Ian? Sorry not trying to be dim but just can't wrap my brain around it.

    in response to Can i call you Ein?

    It's pronounced like "eye" with an N on the end.

  59. Reading over all these questions and answers has made me realize that this framing of racism is just Original Sin but secular: everyone has it, you can't get rid of it, and the only way to be a Good Person™ and get into Heaven™ is to labor your entire life in opposition to it.

    in response to Can you not see how one could easily twist a belief that "everyone is unconsciously racist" into an excuse to BE racist without remorse?

    Maybe, if you're a narcissist.

    The goal of spending your life in opposition to Original Sin™ is to save your own soul, and you will be rewarded with life eternal in heaven.

    The goal of opposing racism is to reduce the suffering of others, to fight against an unjust power structure, and to make a fairer and better world. You are a product of a white supremacist society and you can't escape that. But you can help build a society that *isn't* white supremacist. We have to deal with the reality that racism exists and is so pervasive it colors everyone's experience. But it has not always existed and it need not exist forever. Eradicating it is a generational project, but it can be done.

    This is only comparable to Original Sin™ if you think about no one but yourself. If your only thought re: doing the right thing is how it will affect *you*. The moment you look beyond your boring-ass self, you notice, oh, hey, one of these is about getting into heaven and one is about materially helping other people.

    Sorry there's no framing where fighting racism both in yourself and others brings you salvation. You're going to have to do it just because it's the right thing to do.

  60. Best vegetable and/or vegan food to bbq on a grill

    Field Roast frankfurters, or pineapple rings.

  62. Can you not see how one could easily twist a belief that "everyone is unconsciously racist" into an excuse to BE racist without remorse?

    in response to You can just handwave and say "I will always be somewhat racist but working on it!" while never actually discussing the specific racist shit you do in your day-to-day life and how you'll fix it, because that would make you look bad.

    yes, there's literally a song about it in Avenue Q

    you're trying to argue that, because a thing could lead to a bad outcome, it must therefore not be true. that's not how reality works.

  64. What do you think of Moriarty the Patriot's class critique?

    is this about anime?

  66. Why would I want to think your opinion when I could think my opinion?

    I don't want you to think my opinion. I want my opinion to challenge and enrich your own. My goal is to give you things to think about, not colonize your mind.

  67. Did Joker not try desperately to be claimed as such? Its actual class critique is about as deep as a teardrop but it really wanted to let you know it had one.

    in response to Rephrase: Why does it feel like I’ve been getting side eye for unironically enjoying these stories, and the Sopranos, and, hell, even the DARK KNIGHT and the JOKER (to an extent)? Yes, mediocre white male, Yadda yadda, can I please not feel like a quartering subscriber because I like a formulaic crime movie that film bros like?

    I would have to watch it to answer that question and that sounds deeply unpleasant.

  68. You just really don't want to be famous, huh? Like, "you" the person, Ian Danskin.

    in response to Because you don’t like him or you do?

    Nope.

  69. You can just handwave and say "I will always be somewhat racist but working on it!" while never actually discussing the specific racist shit you do in your day-to-day life and how you'll fix it, because that would make you look bad.

    in response to Do you ever think you might be subconsciously racist?

    I can't list the racist things I do because they're unconscious, and, as soon as I notice one, I stop doing that thing. Because that's what being a decent human being is.

  70. Have you read any of Kim Stanley Robinson's books? What did you think of them?

    no, but it's only a matter of time

  72. I'll phrase it differently: are you ever worried about the portion of online leftists whose leftism seems rooted in "owning" other people and getting into petty feuds? I usually just ignore it, but I also hate the thought of that being seen as "normal leftists behavior" (Also, the "calling everyone liberals" is, to my observation, not limited to the chapo anti-idpol sphere, but that's besides the main point)

    in response to Are you ever worried about online leftists calling everything and everyone they don't like "liberal"? The word is indistinguishable from "normie" at this point

    yes. I can't actually gauge how big a problem these people are, but they get under my skin way worse than most of the conservative ding-dongs who clog up my mentions.

  73. Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo?

    I never finished Champloo, so Bebop

  74. Has anyone ever called you Ein? Like the corgi's name from Bebop?

    yes, the only person who ever gave me a nickname called me Ein

  75. Rephrase: Why does it feel like I’ve been getting side eye for unironically enjoying these stories, and the Sopranos, and, hell, even the DARK KNIGHT and the JOKER (to an extent)?

    Yes, mediocre white male, Yadda yadda, can I please not feel like a quartering subscriber because I like a formulaic crime movie that film bros like?

    in response to What’s with all the dorm room fiction (Scarface, Fight Club, Breaking Bad) hate?

    I dunno, I feel like every leftist I know has at least one trash copaganda show they watch, I dunno why folks would give you shit for liking crime movies. There's a pocket of Twitter leftism desperately trying to claim JOKER as an trenchant parable about class struggle.

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