"The reputation is tarnished unfairly? Then work to change it. Petulance and superiority aren't going to succeed, apparently."

Eh, I dunno, I don't really see any "demonizing" in this thread… I referred to "stupid voters" but I think calling that demonizing is a bit overboard.

Exactly. I was talking to someone the other day about Millennials voting third party because they don't like Clinton, and he said "Well, fuck em, they'll get what they deserve, then," and I'm like, "but…but it fucks ALL of us!"

Yeah, I really don't know when I'm going to feel ready for those! I still only feel up to listening to Blackstar every now and then, and that's with the thought that it isn't *quite* the last new recordings ever…the thought of hearing literally the *last* music he ever recorded — it almost makes me feel nauseated to…

Oh, gotcha. I didn't follow you as to where the WWII connection came in.

So you mean your Swamp Thing is old enough to have had WWII as a formative experience, and maybe that's at the root of his feeling that society should go as far as public hangings to keep order? Oy. So he starts at the reasonable fear of how easily society can go bad…and makes the jump from there to "So *our* guys…

Brilliantly said, thank you for posting what I wished I could say! I just descend into frothing rage if I try to talk about Trump.

I'm downvoting every one of you sick sons-a-bitches for getting that stuck in my head

Well, no, I mean, *shouldn't* it bother us normals a lot to hear that kind of shit? It truly IS monstrous — to actually be a vocal supporter of hangings?! It's stunning. Makes you realize humanity really has not progressed as far as you'd like to think…

"I met one gun nut at my job who thought that the nation's problems would be solved by the reintroduction of public hanging."

same

I'm sorry you're sad, but at the same time kind of glad to hear I'm not the only one still crying…*sigh* it still just really sucks, doesn't it?

Oh god, that CancerAids (that's the first time I've ever typed that! Are they both capitalized? Am I doing this right?) shit was the WORST. As I recall it started back before registration was required—back when everyone thought Zodiac Motherfucker was the height of hilarity, too! Wow, memories. Okay, thanks for…

"The internet was a hub for different cultures and ideas but now it's a place for internet cultures and internet ideas…"

Yikes! Sorry to hear that happened to you… I always consider writing to my local rag just so there's SOME opposing view represented within its dingy pages— the reporters and editors are all so far right that their slogan might as well be "Fair and Balanced" — but that's exactly what I'm afraid would happen.

My cat is fixated on getting at my nipples too, and I've been woken up by a sharp bite on the tit several times…but unlike SOME people, i don't let it go on long enough to be termed "suckling"…

Glenn Beck's Infowars fanfics?

I think "delusional ravings" might be the technical term for it

This annoys me, because 1. I've been saying for years that somebody needs to make a really good movie or tv show of the story of the Donner party, cause maaan, that shit is cray. And 2. IT DOES NOT NEED FUCKING ZOMBIES. The true story is totally nuts as it is. I mean it is so much weirder than people even realize.

…….the Gastrointestinal Generation? I don't have to be in that one, do I?