groolthedemon

Until the skyscraper sized Europan megalodon catches your scent, shatters the ice sheet like tissue paper, and makes an appetizer out of you.

Reminds me of Stan saying he passed way bigger squids than the one he harpoons when Francine was documenting and researching colossal squids on that episode of America Dad.

Opposition party? We shouldn't even need one of those. To me, a sane, educated, and healthy society with a legitimately working legal and justice system should never fall to fascism. Period. There should be too many checks and balances in place to allow greed and oligarchy to settle in while rights get whittled away. Unfortunately, the US is neither sane, educated, or healthy and that directly effects the leadership we've chosen to elect. So, now we reap the non existent benefits we've sowed through cynicism, apathy, and bigotry. It isn't about right or left or some bullshit political or economic spectrum anymore. It is about whether you want to live in an absurd world or not. Unfortunately, those of us that want to live in a more progressive, less absurd world are the counterculture now, but instead of getting our message out through the media, music, literature, and other means it seems our voices are slowly but surely being quieted. We've got a major uphill battle ahead.

Don't be a mowron gimme the Gowron.

It already realistically needs to be between 25-30 an hr to even be considered a living wage.

In the US it's probably because literacy and reading comprehension is the lowest it's been since the 80s.

I was cleaning around the house today and thought to myself "I count the days between loading and unloading the dishwasher."

It'd be an awful shame if a nuclear bomb went off during the parade. The news the next day would probably read: Nuke in downtown DC, nothing of value lost.

The DJIA has lost over 10% in just five days and nearly 12% this year. This is a bear market regardless of what the news wants admit. You've got them all speculating on recovery, but I fear it is only going to get worse.

The 1st and 2nd Amendments exist for a reason. If powerful captains of industry and elected leaders don't want to comply with the Constitution and pulse of the people we're allowed to revolt. It's fucking written down. Voting isn't our only civic duty. Sometimes "good trouble" and non violent Kumbaya sit-ins aren't enough. The rich and powerful have convinced multiple generations that it isn't democratic to revolt. It's bullshit and anyone paying attention knows it.

Edit: A lot of the arguments below prove my point that they've been successful in convincing us not to fight. It isn't just about the guns it's about the will and tactics more than anything. Rebels can do the same thing with some gas and a bit of gunpowder that a multifaceted multi billion dollar army can.

My wife and I are in very similar circumstances. We do try but I will admit it's become so easy to be a homebody. We've had some health scares this past few years and been focusing on that. We've finally been getting out more again and trying to branch out and make good friendships. I'll definitely take some of your suggestions.

Right? I dwell and think heavily about the meaning of things, the reasons for injustices, philosophical flaws, historical events, the paths that got us to today, and general answers to things. I love deep dive conversations about just about anything from movies, to history, science and tech tech, or just general catching up. I'm up for anything and yearn to share or learn something new. Yet, I can't count on my fingers and toes how often I get called "heavy" then shortly thereafter hear some major bias or hangup that effectively stops the conversation because that friend's comfort or energy has waned. I assume my comfort level is just higher than average. Odd, considering I'm pretty introverted but can really open up once I've gotten to know you. I've been to therapy, faced a lot of adversity and abuse in life, and I've been to the brink more than once.... Maybe fewer people have faced that or are willing to share than I thought. I sometimes think it is me but anymore I wonder if maybe it's the culture. The US definitely has a friendship pandemic and the reasons for that weigh heavily on me. Culture in the US has become so isolated and xenophobic. What are we to do when everyone is becoming lone wolves that refuse to be apart of a community or something real?

Edited for context and sentence structure.