In the dystopian novelization of this, the child-molester colony is the one place where (simulated) child porn is legal. It is treated as mainstream entertainment - it’s on TV and at the local cinema. People sometimes voluntarily emigrate there, rather than waiting to be caught in a crime.

Heh, glad I could turn you on to it. I really do think it would improve our democracy. I heard about it on NPR like a decade ago and it’s kind of mysterious and frustrating that the idea hasn’t gone farther.

Ranked-choice means that you choose a first, second, and third pick on your ballot. This allows you to vote for third parties without worrying about vote splitting (the possibility that you will just take votes away from someone you would be fine with and elect someone you definitely don’t want.) So, my ballot for…

I recently moved from South Brooklyn to Uptown Manhattan and it’s kind of interesting to see the new items that are locked down at the drug store. It’s like, “yeah, I guess people would steal shampoo, why not.”

“If dozens of powerful men at the highest levels of entertainment, politics, the media and other businesses can lose their jobs ... then certainly there are many, many more men at much lower positions who are experiencing the same thing”

we can have a 2 party system comprised of the Democrats (our moderates) and a new party more in line with Bernie (or be the far left party)...This may not be a goal achieved in the next decade, but it can be achieved in our life time.

None of what you say is happening, and there’s no evidence that any of it will happen

[I guess youtubes don’t work on lifehacker?  Imagine the “ew, it’s a grammy” bit from the Simpsons.]

I mean here’s your poll right here. Remember that the SCOTUS ruled for marriage equality in June of 2015.

I don’t see where the condescension is, but I do see that this is your strategy when challenged with things you don’t want to deal with.

Nope. No. That’s actually incredibly inaccurate.

This is exactly why I advocate for speaking across party lines - most of us are just human beings.

Heck, I saw a box of porn VHS’s dumped on the street in South Brooklyn like five years ago. In that ‘hood abandoned porn is still a thing.

I remember ridiculous stories about how it inspired kids to do violent things because they “couldn’t tell the difference between fantasy and reality.” Basically a tale about a bad drug trip transposed onto this nerd game.

Self-correction: the Splinter version of the story makes it clear that this is two different moments in the show put together. The rant is around 9:15, the correction is around 10:00. It just looks like they interrupted him with the opposite info.

Oh no, nobody here is going to actually watch any Hannity, just this bit because it is hilarious.  There are people whose job it is to monitor this shit, and this clip probably comes from one of them.

Yeah, the velocity and smoothness of that interruption is quite bizarre. While he is well into that rant they must be telling him they are going to do it. He doesn’t want to pause and look weak so he keeps talking, finishing his (incorrect) thought, then “bwomp bwomp bwomp update!”

I do live reasonably near, but I’m saving all my money for net-neutrality Whoppers now.

Do you get kicked out for saying “I remember when this place had live music”?

“Why do you think he views himself as a victim?”