Re: The Biden Observations Thread
Posted: 25 Jan 2021, 11:45am
My favorite gif. I use that on VH at least once a week.
My favorite gif. I use that on VH at least once a week.
Yet, to be fair, there isn't a lot of competition going.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 1:49am
Bernie's mittens are one of the best things about 2021 so far.
Well yeah, I’ll admit the bar is pretty low. I guess that’s kind of my point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 7:24amYet, to be fair, there isn't a lot of competition going.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 1:49am
Bernie's mittens are one of the best things about 2021 so far.
Meh to the former but huzzah to the latter!Kimmelweck wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 8:55amWell yeah, I’ll admit the bar is pretty low. I guess that’s kind of my point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 7:24amYet, to be fair, there isn't a lot of competition going.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 1:49am
Bernie's mittens are one of the best things about 2021 so far.
On the bright side, hockey's back and I’ve started drinking again.
That's the spirit!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 8:57amMeh to the former but huzzah to the latter!Kimmelweck wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 8:55amWell yeah, I’ll admit the bar is pretty low. I guess that’s kind of my point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 7:24amYet, to be fair, there isn't a lot of competition going.Kimmelweck wrote: ↑26 Jan 2021, 1:49am
Bernie's mittens are one of the best things about 2021 so far.
On the bright side, hockey's back and I’ve started drinking again.
Is Biden so boring that we've gone nearly 2 years between posts?
I think it's more that we've all been seduced by the corporate imperial liberal hypnosis machine (code name: Soros).WestwayKid wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:33amIs Biden so boring that we've gone nearly 2 years between posts?
It's more fun and playing to the crowd to make fun of trump (who is a disgusting lunatic) than to engage in either condemnation or appreciation of anything Biden does, which is guaranteed to get you a few arrows from one side or another, imho (or, maybe more likely, to just be met with the silence of the Dictator graveyard). When I was less conflict averse I might have stirred it up, but opening up to argue about joe fucking Biden is like one of the least rewarding ways I can think of spending time here.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:47amI think it's more that we've all been seduced by the corporate imperial liberal hypnosis machine (code name: Soros).WestwayKid wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:33amIs Biden so boring that we've gone nearly 2 years between posts?
It's also a case, I think, that given how the right has completely abandoned even the pretence of democratic ideals, Biden is that thin, deeply flawed mosquito netting that separates a continuation of a republic from an obvious autocratic regime. So, however unconsciously, there isn't a desire to add on to attacks on Biden, even if we'd be coming from a perspective of more democracy rather than less. A deeply shitty situation, but it can be so much worse.Flex wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:52amIt's more fun and playing to the crowd to make fun of trump (who is a disgusting lunatic) than to engage in either condemnation or appreciation of anything Biden does, which is guaranteed to get you a few arrows from one side or another, imho (or, maybe more likely, to just be met with the silence of the Dictator graveyard). When I was less conflict averse I might have stirred it up, but opening up to argue about joe fucking Biden is like one of the least rewarding ways I can think of spending time here.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:47amI think it's more that we've all been seduced by the corporate imperial liberal hypnosis machine (code name: Soros).WestwayKid wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:33amIs Biden so boring that we've gone nearly 2 years between posts?
That sums it up nicely.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 12:11pmIt's also a case, I think, that given how the right has completely abandoned even the pretence of democratic ideals, Biden is that thin, deeply flawed mosquito netting that separates a continuation of a republic from an obvious autocratic regime. So, however unconsciously, there isn't a desire to add on to attacks on Biden, even if we'd be coming from a perspective of more democracy rather than less. A deeply shitty situation, but it can be so much worse.Flex wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:52amIt's more fun and playing to the crowd to make fun of trump (who is a disgusting lunatic) than to engage in either condemnation or appreciation of anything Biden does, which is guaranteed to get you a few arrows from one side or another, imho (or, maybe more likely, to just be met with the silence of the Dictator graveyard). When I was less conflict averse I might have stirred it up, but opening up to argue about joe fucking Biden is like one of the least rewarding ways I can think of spending time here.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:47amI think it's more that we've all been seduced by the corporate imperial liberal hypnosis machine (code name: Soros).WestwayKid wrote: ↑28 Dec 2023, 11:33amIs Biden so boring that we've gone nearly 2 years between posts?