Most assassinated politicians become lionized and turned into heroes, even if the reality did not convey that. For Shinzo, however, Japan basically collectively agreed that he was an asshole and his reputation was ruined. That rarely happens.

Imagine if the assassination attempt on Trump in 2024 was successful and then… not only does MAGA die immediately, but even the most die hard MAGA people immediately say ‘yeah Trump was a dipshit anyway.’

Hitler considered Italians to be racially inferior to even the French. Also there was little cooperation between the axis powers. They didn’t share much technology and or industrial power. Unlike the allies who were far more cooperative.

For example many people make a big deal about Hitler’s plan for nuclear weapons… but what no one talks about is Japan’s nuclear program… and how much closer they got to making a functioning nuke. There was very little information sharing between Japan and Germany, however.

In terms of industry, the Italian air force often had decent airframes but poor engines. The Germans had excellent engines but didn’t do much to help the Italians with their air force logistical issues.

Take this in comparison to the US which absolutely flooded its allies with everything from cutlery to explosives to fuel and everything in-between. The Soviet army was bolstered greatly by American trucks, jeeps, and heavy machinery that would have made winning the war incredibly difficult.

I am pretty sure whoever really Luigied Brian Thompson will Luigi any conspirators.

But in all seriousness, he needs a major security detail at all times, and he needs to be pragmatic about public appearances.

I have no idea how anyone can think that baby baskets for newborns is a bad thing.

He isn’t top shelf, but his liquor is…

God early Cartman…

DEI. Dumb (and) extra idiotic.

We are not talking Saudi Arabia. We are talking Iran.

But there is something I need to mention about Saudi Arabia and executing gay men. I did look at a list of executions for the charge of sodomy (which is what it is referred to as. Simply identifying as a gay man doesn’t appear to be an offense. They need to catch two men in the act for it to happen) is when those executions happen it was never just for sodomy, it was usually compounded by another (universally serious) offense such as rape of a child and/or murder.

So the gay men being executed weren’t just accused of fucking another man, but also of killing another person (quite possibly the same guy) or of raping a child.

Now am I missing some cases? Maybe. I dont spend that much time looking at Saudi Arabia’s prolific executions (they execute more people per capita than any other country), but most people executed in Saudi Arabia aren’t gays, they are drug smugglers.

I do not agree with the death penalty at all. So even executing drug smugglers is off-limits to me. Drugs should be legalized (or at least decriminalized) and strictly regulated, but no prison time for them, and certainly not an execution.

Fun fact. Irans executions of gay people in its entire history didn’t happen until after the Islamic revolution. Before then and all the way even before the rise of Islam, whatever state that occupied Iran now all had harsh laws against homosexuals…

But enforced none. Not during pre-Roman times, Roman times, early Islamic era, medieval Islamic era, modern Islamic era. None. Not until the 80s did it happen.

It means Iran absolutely can return to a time when homosexuals were at least ignored by the law.

Man those Californians niceness sounds like passive-aggressive douchebags. I like the New Yorkers better. Especially when they tell ya dafuggetabooutittt and when they cross the street they quick to remind that HEY IM WALKIN’ ERE!

There’s an old article on cracked.com that took that concept and shits all of it.

Money CAN buy happiness! Holy shit. If you are poor and have no money at all, what you can do is very limited. I know this. I am far from wealthy, but I am in a decent financial position in my life right now, and the security it is providing me is a lot of comfort.

I remember for many years when I was scrimping for every quarter for laundry and having nothing. I didn’t go out and do anything period. I didn’t date, meet up with people, or even go out much period save for walks. It sucked. I was reliant on a lot of financial help from relatives, without which I would have been destitute. Once I did get a job that paid something, I spent a fuckload of time just saving up a nest egg (which isn’t a lot, but more than what most people have) as a safety measure, but even then I had to scrimp and save. The negative effect is that I feel that many, many years of my life have passed me by without me ever truly experiencing it the way I wanted it when I wanted it.

I wonder how many of those ‘poor but happy’ people would feel if their car was destroyed and they cannot afford another one or to repair it. Or if they have a medical emergency that forces them out of their current job and now have no income? It is really fucking tough and very delusional.

But wait, you might ask, what about those miserable rich people? Do you remember those middle class depressed goth and emo teens in the mid-late 2000s who often committed suicide or just ranted on about how life was highly unfair and the worst life ever? Or maybe older people driving fancy cars and wearing 10,000$ suits and somehow STILL end up railing on about how life sucks before either ODing on drugs/alcohol or putting a bullet through their own heads?

Well to quote Helen Gurley Brown as quoted in Civilization 6: Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.

I was in my mid 30s when Greta came onto the world stage and I want to be like her when I grow up…

And the people responsible for that were thr columbine shooters, who were actually remarkably aggressive bullies themselves and not the victims people make them out to be.

I mean Elon Musk once scoffed and told sponsors to go fuck themselves for daring to pull their advertising from Twitter. I don’t think he understood that it was business and that some businesses run by running ads paid for by sponsors.

It’s like he forgot what a business was…

Same here. But you better pray that if does come true, the death notes don’t come into the hands of some young MAGA incel asshat.

I did some thinking and I think it is a reference to ‘86ing’ someone which is slang for kicking someone out. I only heard it used in the 2004 Leisure Suit Larry reboot (probably because I have never been kicked out of a bar). 47 is Trump since he is (unfortunately) the 47th president. So basically saying to kick him out.

It is JD’s Vance’s true form.

This is why I cannot re-watch childhood cartoons of mine. The villains there are ironically less evil than these people and people don’t support them in universe…

You see, this thread is where I first learned of the FRT (Forced reset Trigger), I had no idea such a device existed until now. The only device I had known before was the bump stock which is what I thought it was.

Noted.