2020 US election results

[pietillidie]

All those years developing world-class, uninsurable man boobs, and that's your reward, Stui.

[Pi]

Ah Magoo you've done it again.

https://twitter.com/calebjhull/status/1 ... JQ1Zmit8l4

[stui magpie]

^



Other people's perceptions are amazing, how they can latch onto you disagreeing with them and label you.

If you're right wing I'm Elle McPherson.

How about we make a deal: I’ll become the VPT’s token right-winger for a year if you become ‘80s Elle Macpherson and date me.

If I could look like the 80s Elle, I'm not dating you old son, when i eventually stopped admiring myself naked in a mirror I'm off to a lesbian bar

All those years developing world-class, uninsurable man boobs, and that's your reward, Stui.

Sorry mate, I think you've confused me with WPT

[David]

Okay fine, have it your way.

https://youtu.be/t8EMx7Y16Vo

[stui magpie]

Yeah, Nah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmxGl5sZz-U

Go to 25 minute mark and watch from there.

And the Ad that started it all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOPmVW_HtuY

Shame that Tab cola was a long way down the list of options. Toc Cordials cola was better than Coke or Pepsi.

[Lazza]

You must have been drunk, there's no right wingers left on this forum.

Yeah right

[stui magpie]

^

Who?

Just because you don't vote Greens doesn't make you right wing and funnily enough the much quoted demographic of Trump supporters matches that of traditional Labor voters.

[Tannin]

"Me? I'm not right-wing", says the right-winger, proceeding to parrot a standard Trump apologist talking point. Yep.

We believe you.

Riiiight.

[stui magpie]

Believe what works for you, just don't confuse it with fact.

[watt price tully]

[pietillidie]

As we know, South Korea has worked incredibly hard to control the pandemic in what is an extremely high-density urban context. Korean baseball went hard with its Covid control efforts, reflecting the national effort:

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/ml ... 954374001/

But ignorance knows absolutely no bounds. One genius recruited from overseas decided to undermine both the league and his host country, and detract from his team's efforts to win the series:

http://flexible.img.hani.co.kr/flexible ... 503049.jpg

http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/baseball/970488.html

No, it wasn't just about a single photo. And there was no mention of a medical reason or exemption. But there is plenty of Trump nuttery and devotion on display:

https://twitter.com/AAltherr?ref_src=tw ... r%5Eauthor

He has apparently since apologised and wisely put his career first:

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20201118009000315

But putting others first? Not so much of a priority.

Now, ignore this bloke as one individual is neither here nor there. He might have his reasons or otherwise be fine. But imagine dealing with this sort of nonsense at the scale of tens of millions, with Trump and a cacophony of shrieking televangelists across the land conducting the orchestra.

[David]

[pietillidie]

^I mentioned it wasn't just about one photo or incident; the bloke has form. And there's no medical exemption involved, which Korea clearly accommodates and he or the club would surely brandish if he were somehow being treated unfairly. More likely, he's just being a flag-waving fanatic.

Look, one example is neither here nor there. But scale it up to the tens of millions of idiots and you start having real problems, like 250,00 dead and a collapsed economy. And countries doing the right thing, like Korea and Australia, still get smashed because the idiots drag down the world economy with them.

People are clearly susceptible to becoming drooling morons. A loss of sense and sensibility is easily induced and orchestrated at group level, whether be through political rallies or social media. Add day and night of shrill toxic televangelism and you have enough to reduce people to baboons.

Group-level forces are every bit as dangerous as the hierarchical tyranny that comes from extreme wealth differentiation. Both turn people into grunting mobs. Individual wealth actually helps protect against mobs, as long as the wealth gap doesn't blow out such that it becomes oppressive and starts controlling elections. But if the mob and feudal lords join in unholy alliance, as is the case presently, you end up with the worst of both worlds. It's not just about 'neoliberalism'.

[KenH]

Yeah, Nah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmxGl5sZz-U

Go to 25 minute mark and watch from there.

And the Ad that started it all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOPmVW_HtuY

Shame that Tab cola was a long way down the list of options. Toc Cordials cola was better than Coke or Pepsi.

Thanks for the link Stui, the scenery is some of the best I have seen!

[stui magpie]

No problems.

Delvene Delaney was under appreciated. She was up there with Elle in looks, just not in marketing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfam5o20mwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAT-1xmbxEs