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‘Οὖτις’s mom has got it goin’ on’

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not a shot at you here xyz but it really does amaze me that a war criminal committed suicide on live feed and now its just another meme

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 6 February 2020 bookmarkflaglink

It was quite a day when I saw news of the suicide to twitter wide meme in a few hours, and then found myself laughing through it all.

He was a fascist though so good not bad.

we have had to move pretty quickly to find ways to make all of the available things happening on the internet processable and balance the "real"/"not necessarily relevant to me" mental load

part of the manifestation of this is fascist-war-criminal-suicide meme cycles shortening, most of the rest is less good

I'm sorry, which fascist committed suicide? idgi

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/democratic-primary-biden-bernie-sanders-buttigieg-klobuchar-bloomberg-liberal.html

Chait thinks Bernie is doomed in the general

I think he’d be right if the average millennial was a homeowner or otherwise felt like a stakeholder in american capitalism. But alas

fucks sake i thought kissinger was dead for a second you cunts

Trump just committed suicide on air. Whoa.

xp to outic:

https://t.co/kT5UHIMf7E pic.twitter.com/zM4enfsAvq

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) February 6, 2020

xp frís i considered that but

mostly i was bracing for the ensuing tidal wave from people bouncing up and down and laughing

I can't see embedded tweets on politics threads for some reason so can someone just type a fucking sentence already

slobodan praljak

where's the verb in that?!?!?!?!

some of y'all need to go back to schoolhouse rock

just gave another $27 to the campaign. feels good.

I might do some foreign election interference (texting for bernie)

who the fuck is this appealing to who connects with this shit. what the fuck is wrong with college educated liberal women that they end up with brain injuries so severe that they produce this shit. https://t.co/7pgEQtgvVH

— ghost wife (@eponawest) February 6, 2020

Piece does sound like a riot

I… do they think this piece ISN’T mocking “Amber” the fake letter writer?

"Namastop"

I think they think this piece is opinion rather than a bit?

gave Bern $2.70 yesterday, which is more than I can afford

I mean, even a bit has an opinion but the only actually "bad" ex-boyfriend is weed-only dude, who also seems to be the one she misses the most so the badness still reflects back on her attitudes/choices?

Unless this tweet thread is also a bit, in which case let me scrounge up an appropriate Xzibit GIF

The tweet thread is definitely not a bit.

The perspicacity of Jonathan Chait: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/02/why-liberals-should-support-a-trump-nomination.html

Forget the “bernie” modifier, bro should not be a dirty word.

hard disagree, kill it

Whatever bro

Posts very much out of character.

I think they think this piece is opinion rather than a bit?

leftists have wonderful senses of humor, which is why their comedy podcasts are not just bile and wishes for death to their opponents

https://www.theonion.com/bro-youre-a-god-among-bros-1819584402

I’m not sure the onion piece is making fun of bernie bros. I think it might be making fun of the flimsiness of the construct, and the kind of person who would see other people through that lens.

But I don’t know.

there were Bernie bros in 2007?

Sorry the mcsweeneys piece

That our esteemed comrade posted upthread

treesh <3

Yeah, DJP OTM. None of those guys are misogynist trolls with a persecution complex taking down Kamala Harris or whatever.

Also, everyone, including ilxors, used "bro" in a positive way for a while about 10 years ago.

it not only can be reclaimed, in many contexts it never went away

bro- its been waiting for you all along

The piece I posted earlier is possibly satire (so the bit about Pussy Riot is a giveaway rather than an inaccuracy). It was the reaction to the piece more than anything that got me to post it.

I just think it’s bad to conflate something as meaningless like playing ultimate frisbee or liking jam bands with being a misogynist. It makes it seem like being a “good liberal” is more about style—a certain sense of sophistication—then substance.

The way people use “bro” that is. No one needs this caricature. Also there is a secondary level where it is pathologizing male camaraderie when actually male loneliness is the bigger issue—especially if people are sick of men only turning to women for emotional labor.

Good call, bro.

It’s not like being isolated, ironic, above it all and on social media 24/7 is such a great lifestyle. Maybe brooklynites could learn a thing or two from bros.

Dear god no

i know this isn't a popular attitude on ilx

Not only must I constantly update two threads dealing with Bernie Sanders' primary and electoral chances, but I have to deal with the ontological implications of being called a bro.

Too great a burden for any one bro. This is why companionship is important.

Just something to consider, fellas.

a bro with no hope

bropeless

bloody hell treesh, last night you were defending prof Rüdiger Scrotum and now the international brohood - when did you become radicalised?

:p