The Great Fire of Rome killed a lot of people and destroyed a lot of wealth, but was inconsequential to the Empire as a whole. This is more Emperor Honorius bribing the barbarians not to invade, then stiffing them and pissing off to feed his pet birds as Rome was looted for the first time in over 700 years.

“This is the worst labor market of my life…”

“The worst labor market of your life so far!”

Stress helped me lose 20 pounds in three months last year ^.^

I wouldn’t recommend it.

No, I reserve all my hate for Tingle

The mask is more iconic than the kid, the mask gave me nightmares for years

It’s astounding how quickly fascist cunts show their true colors in simping for imperialist invasions, once the ‘right people’ are being invaded.

May Europe back Ukrainian sovereignty to the hilt. God knows the fascist government in the US can no longer be relied upon for even token support.

Welcome to Putin’s Russia. To Franco’s Spain. To Pinochet’s Chile. To Xi’s China. To Trump’s America.

There’s a very easy answer that most Christian conservatives will quickly provide - God makes all things possible. Whether in its most primitive, logic-defying form, or in the more thought-out “Humans are imperfect and thus cannot run a perfect system, unlike God”, few Christians will actually be caught on the surface-level contradiction.

Man, fuck them, but these are all things I said at the time as well. And I was pissed enough at the time to throw away my vote on a third party in the general election. Bernie, ultimately, was not cheated in 2016 so much as we, the Dem electorate, failed him. That the DNC leadership are a bunch of cowardly, spineless, visionless corporate bootlicks more interested in holding onto their own power in the party than moving America forward is a footnote in this particular story.

Between the superdelegates,

Unpledged delegates were never the issue, as much as that drum was beaten (until they were Bernie’s only path to victory, at which point suddenly everyone was onboard with wooing them).

the bribery,

what

the caucus malfeasance,

what

and the blatant lies,

Bruh, if the campaign was sunk by the other side lying, it was never going to stand a chance against the fucking GOP, which lies as easily as breathing.

Bernie lost in 2016 by some 10%, and the only reason he came that close was because Clinton was exceptionally unpopular amongst conservative Dems - as seen by Bernie’s poor performance in those selfsame areas in 2020 against Biden, himself not exactly radically ideologically from Clinton.

We do know that the primary was not a fair election,

Not even close to the truth. Fuck’s sake.

I voted for Bernie twice, in 2016 and 2020. I would vote for him again in a heartbeat. That’s not the same as thinking that there was some secret wellspring of support waiting in the wings that the evil DNC suppressed. We lost because this is not a left-leaning country.

Europe doing America’s bidding

Lord.

I wish that was true, but in 2016, Bernie’s loss was not due to DNC fuckery; while in 2020, when it arguably was, Trumpism had already taken root. And as Corbyn in the same period showed, even populist left-wing leadership does not guarantee left-wing electoral victory.

Our problems are much deeper rooted, unfortunately.

In international waters, regardless of the ship’s destination, owner, or origin.

but this is probably the biggest gift the third world got from the first world since decolonization.

Fucking lmao

I’m sure the millions who are going to die for USAID’s defunding are thrilled about it.

WOKE ANTIFA COLLEGE PROFESSOR ASSAULTS RIGHT-WING POLITICAL ACTIVIST

you’re literally so mean. feel free to clarify or leave me alone.

Wish granted. Clarified with a screenshot of your own words.

idk what pugjesus is talking about i apologize for feeding the toxicity i thought we were joking around, deleting

“Ha ha just kidding” is up there with “Um, despite seven previous comments demonstrating understanding of the argument, suddenly I don’t understand???” for the most common bullshit you trot out.

Wow, “Suddenly I don’t understand :(” when called out, who could’ve predicted this response.

Luckily, we have you to focus on the REAL top priority, far above ‘fucking murder’ - complaining about liberals noticing fascist incompetence in the education system.