The problem really is that the system isn’t designed for 300,000,000+ people spread out over ~4million miles, with wildly different priorities and cultures. It was barely designed for 13 colonies.

“Regardless of political affiliation, its ever more clear to me that our government has no interest in “governing” by and for the people, and is instead just a capitalist oligarchy who’s only concern is being a predator feeding off the American people”

Don’t “both sides” this. Executive Orders have constitutional checks. Congress here just removed one of its checks. Big difference.

I don’t see how you can come away with “no matter who is in charge” they all suck. Democrats CREATED this Ethics office, Republucans just had a secret vote on a holiday night to destroy it. But ok sure, keep on keeping on with your both sides suck theory.

But remember that these are the same people who say things like “The police won’t pull you over/investigate you if you don’t do anything wrong” every time a black person complains about racial profiling or, you know, getting fucking shot or something.

I understand the frustration you’re expressing here. Be careful though, this is the trap- apathy and lack of hope that plays into the hands of those in power. There are good people out there. We need to unite and work together. I don’t think the unification needed to move past all this bullshit has even come close to…

If you secretly de-fang a body specifically designed to prevent and punish corruption you may engage in, you are definitely planning on engaging in corruption.

A non-civ game getting “5 more minutes” award tells me all I need to know about these.

In the 50's, a woman was supposed to stay at home and cook, not have a job. That was the way life was then, but that doesn’t mean it’s the way life has to be now.

But we are not talking about cltural norms. We are talking about tropes which are nothing less than a tool. This setup is a nostaligic setup people grew up with. They do not expet anything out of an Mario game story wise.

....Hasn’t Mario been rescuing Peach for decades now? What exactly did you expect when you decided to open up a Mario game? I get it, it’s a overused trope, with the big strong man rescuing the poor defenseless woman. Feel free to roll your eyes at it, but don’t try to spin it like it’s not “family-friendly” or…

Yeah but...it’s Mario. We’ve had games where Peach is the hero or doesn’t need saving or whatever, they’re literally doing a throwback to what made them famous. This isn’t “oh we need to move forward!” it’s we need to calm down. If the guy is so upset why doesn’t he let his daughter play Super Princess Peach? Or Mario…

Mario is game entirely made up of stereotypes and tropes. It is a parody of the classic knight saves princess trope where the knight is now a plumber.And even Mario himself being a stereotype of Italians. The parody makes no sense if there is no damsel in distress. There is no Mario without peach getting’kidnapped’ by…

All for a relationship that’ll be over by the end of the school year.

Please explain to this confused non-USAian why a university panel is involved in the first place? Why aren’t the police involved, and criminal charges brought, right from the off?

Thank you for all your hard work Bobby

Youtube pranksters are the fucking devil. Saleh is one of the worst; his shtick is exactly this. One of his videos is “Counting down in Arabic on a plane”. Another, posted below, is him pulling hijabs off Muslim women in public, “to see how people react”. He’s a professional asshole, another entitled YouTube piece of…

I will never understand why rich people don’t want poor people to go to the doctor. Never. Even if you are the most sociopathic nazi genuinely want everyone to die motherfucker, that is not how disease works!

Yes it is Jill Stein and her voters’ fault and not ALL YOUR RACIST, SCARED NEIGHBORS VOTING FOR DONALD

If they’re under NDAs from a notoriously litigious and vindictive bully, I can see it.