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  1. Comment on Castle Rat - The Bestiary (2025) in ~music

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    Ain't it though! Giving the whole album a listen today, then will decide if I buy just the album or the rainbow vinyl to display or the blacklight poster. The poster is very on brand for their...

    Ain't it though!
    Giving the whole album a listen today, then will decide if I buy just the album or the rainbow vinyl to display or the blacklight poster. The poster is very on brand for their theme and I'm old so on brand for me too I suppose. I do have display vinyl already, so adding this one to the mix would fit in just fine.
    It is funny that the poster is so pricey though, guess with the resurgence of vinyl it's cheaper to get those made than flocked posters of yesteryear.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Castle Rat - The Bestiary (2025) in ~music

  4. Comment on Does anyone here enjoy a whisk(e)y ? in ~food

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    Glad you like it! Is it the last bourbon you'll ever have in the sense that you'll never need to buy anything different, you're quitting drinking, or because the fascist-in-chief has ruined your...

    Glad you like it!
    Is it the last bourbon you'll ever have in the sense that you'll never need to buy anything different, you're quitting drinking, or because the fascist-in-chief has ruined your great Canadian tastes for products south of the 45th parallel?

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Not to be pedantic, but unless you're talking about the random lives lost each day in this country, the school shooting in Evergreen hasn't had any casualties. Not that it makes it any less tragic...

    Not to be pedantic, but unless you're talking about the random lives lost each day in this country, the school shooting in Evergreen hasn't had any casualties.
    Not that it makes it any less tragic and this government any less shit, just pointing out facts as of this time.

    10 votes

  6. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

  7. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Haven't heard of Brian Thompson? That might be because the focus was/is primarily on the individual accused of committing acts against him: Luigi Mangione

    Haven't heard of Brian Thompson? That might be because the focus was/is primarily on the individual accused of committing acts against him: Luigi Mangione

    7 votes

  8. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Would the assassination of say Putin be a bad thing?

    Would the assassination of say Putin be a bad thing?

    12 votes

  9. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Yes, I do. Lack of sympathy for the result of the actions or statements one has made is nowhere close to wishing those results upon someone. “I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a...

    Yes, I do.
    Lack of sympathy for the result of the actions or statements one has made is nowhere close to wishing those results upon someone.

    “I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage”

    • Charlie Kirk (1993-2025)
    16 votes

  10. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

  11. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Well, when you start it from an indefensible falsehood, what do you expect to accomplish?

    Well, when you start it from an indefensible falsehood, what do you expect to accomplish?

    16 votes

  12. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

  13. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    For being an asshole? No. Was Charlie Kirk merely an asshole? No. Did he make multiple statements that reiterated that certain laws in the US are worth the violence they beget? Yes. Which was made...

    For being an asshole? No.
    Was Charlie Kirk merely an asshole? No.
    Did he make multiple statements that reiterated that certain laws in the US are worth the violence they beget? Yes.

    Also, there’s at least one comment in this very thread wishing that the shooter had better aim.

    Which was made well after my comment above.

    30 votes

  14. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    You see, that was an old white guy dressed up as a cop. What are they going to do, take guns away from old white guys or cops? That'd be ridiculous! What might that solve? The...

    You see, that was an old white guy dressed up as a cop. What are they going to do, take guns away from old white guys or cops?
    That'd be ridiculous!
    What might that solve? The hundreds-if-not-thousands of officer involved cold blooded zero consequence murders?

    25 votes

  15. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Updates say he's in critical condition. Whether or not he survives is the question at this point.

    Updates say he's in critical condition. Whether or not he survives is the question at this point.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    That's debatable.

    There was an assassination attempt on a Presidential candidate last year

    That's debatable.

    20 votes

  17. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    No one said he had it coming, don't go changing the words of others to fit your narrative.

    No one said he had it coming, don't go changing the words of others to fit your narrative.

    24 votes

  18. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    I assume they haven't made any mention of who is suspected. Last update about it on AP is a suspect is in custody (NYT blocked me because I blocked their ad blocker blocker).

    I assume they haven't made any mention of who is suspected. Last update about it on AP is a suspect is in custody (NYT blocked me because I blocked their ad blocker blocker).

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    At what comments exactly? I don't see anyone praising it. There's a lack of sympathy for someone facing consequences of his own actions, sure and quotes from Kirk himself, but what are you aghast at?

    At what comments exactly?
    I don't see anyone praising it. There's a lack of sympathy for someone facing consequences of his own actions, sure and quotes from Kirk himself, but what are you aghast at?

    33 votes

  20. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Video of the alleged shooter is an old white man. What are they going to say "Take all the guns away from... [checks notes] ...old white men?"

    Video of the alleged shooter is an old white man. What are they going to say "Take all the guns away from... [checks notes] ...old white men?"

    7 votes