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This thread is not about whether Platner is a Nazi. It’s about how he lies like a toddler when he’s cornered. And that’s enough. He’s not electable, and Susan Collins knows it. You can too, if you can read this thread, or this 18-page document. 2/
An outline of a walking man from the animated short film "Walking"
The beginning reminds me of this shot from Ryan Larkin's "Walking"
Somehow, there's a Herblock for every national crisis
Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic
"Garfield Minus Garfield" in the Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus Zero font with the G logo on an orange background
Golden Age Superman stands head to thigh alone in a panel black at the top and red on the bottom where Superman stands pointing at the reader as he says, "Be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games--they are always on the look out for unsuspecting victims."
two reasons for why I've seen this is the case
1) is that the current state of the world is shit and shoujo started reflecting more escapist fantasies accordingly
2) it seems like the content in shoujo faced more scrutiny around the mid 00s due to its more explicit nature and there were imposed laws
I'm just an old millennial whining about old millennial things on the old millennial site
I guess some traditions are carved too deep for decadent modernity to efface them 🏛️
Oh yeah, I still have to read Tamon
Yeah, I want to fucking throttle the antagonist of Peko Watanabe's That's Not Love.
Ha!
But this is mostly speculation on my part so I'm going to shut my mouth before I get way out of pocket on this
Some are being pubbed as josei or webtoons for sure. But this isn't just a shojo or even manga problem. I don't blame fandom/shipping culture directly but I do think it's possible to pay too much attention to a character's fandom and shy away from making interesting story decisions as a result
My sense is that the bar for "worst fucking asshole" has shifted. Not a lot of Takumis walking around these days.
I know hashtag not all shojo etc but re-reading Nana and MARS this year has really brought home to me that mainstream shojo manga used to have TEETH
Wait till she sees what they've done to shojo manga
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Oh yeah, well, it goes without saying that any good-faith argument about what the Constitution means is subject to change depending on the whims of the lawless sycophants on the Supreme Court
The distinction is that this isn't a legislative veto, it's a rescission of the delegation of an authority that clearly belongs to Congress under Article I. Even if the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, then the power to authorize military force reverts to Congress and the war is illegal anyway.
Ah, like how the US Civil War started with the Compromise of 1877
I agree with the general point but Trump's main public political stance has been "I hate black and brown people" since (generously) the Central Park Five in 1989 so I don't think he's a good example at all
He's a Presbyterian who has accused Christian nationalists of "turning Jesus into a gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying, money-loving, fear-mongering fascist" so hopefully we're good
Just gotta deal with the occasional terrorist bombing, outbreak of sectarian violence, or invasion... Worth it
If this isn't a sign we're in 末法 I don't know what is
This thread about Search and Destroy: FUCKIN. A.
The fact that chatbots are inveterate, smarmy people pleasers is my biggest incentive ever to stop acting like one
If you don’t believe ICE needs to be abolished then read this story:
