No more religious things. Books, buildings, posters, gatherings, merchandise, websites, teachings…
You can talk to your imaginary friend in private, but no more spreading that shit to youth or folks in a vulnerable state of mind.
One generation and that garbage is either done and gone forever; or I just triggered judgement day and learn the hard way that I fucked up and the religious crowd gets their coveted ascension. Win win.
ITT: Lots of us who just learned the word “defenestration” from that other D&D thread.
Jesus would be so proud. 🙏🤡
That’s definitely the best I’ve seen so far. Wish we had more angles - looking straight on, it’s hard to assess if chunks are missing, or if that’s just how the red shit dried.
gOd wOrKs iN mYsTeRiOuS wAyS
You can’t just buy money
I mean… you ever heard of lobbyists?
or if he has a wound
Are there any actual pictures of the wound? Closest I’ve seen is an ear with blood on it, but none that show actual tissue damage.
[Tinfoil hat]As performative as the first pump n’ shit was, and as utterly devoid of morality as Trump is, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the assassination attempt was some sketchy shit like the gunman being paid to pop a few shots at a couple expendable cultists behind Trump, so that Trump could dive behind the podium where none of the cameras were pointed, pull a packet of red shit from his pocket and smash it onto his ear, then raise into his cheesey fucking first pump stance in the middle of a bunch of panicked security guards. …and backstab whatever deal was initially made with the gunman by just killing that loose end on the spot.[/Tinfoil hat]
^Theory completely debunked if anyone’s got a pic from that event that shows an actual chunk missing from his ear. A few folks have mentioned some of the articles included such pics, but so far I’ve come up empty - just pics of a 'blood’y ear at the event, and a bandaged ear after.
Fuck yeah!
I really hated complaining about Biden’s action or lack thereof with Israel and Gaza, cuz most of the “genocide Joe” shit was just shooting for blue apathy… but god damn do I hate our tax dollars being funneled into a fucking genocide.
Trump would be 1000x worse, so I just kept my mouth shut most of time, but Kamala bringing some sense to this shit is MUCH needed, like right now!
Blind Guardian is pretty hit-and-miss: their shit lands somewhere on a spectrum of metal to renaissance-faire lol. Sacred Worlds is another one of my favorites.
All of Metallica’s S&M album is solid fucking gold, but the best (imo) song from it almost never gets the spotlight, so it’s tragically easy to miss: No Leaf Clover
Avenged Sevenfold isn’t symphonic metal, but they’ve got two songs that at least dip their toes in that water: The Stage, and Little Piece of Heaven.
Epica
If you know Epica you’re probably already familiar with Nightwish, but in case your not… well, Nightwish. Most of their music is more similar to Omega than the one I’m about to link, but this specific song is just so fucking weird, I love it: Scaretale. Definitely check out their other songs too!
Essence of Datum / Naxayras
You’d probably like Pelican - kind of ambient rock. Or Russian Circles, which is similar but more mellow.
Mohamed Shawky
Not familiar, and the only Mohamed Shawky’s I’m seeing on YouTube are a physicist and an athlete. Judging entirely by the name, I’m guessing it’s got some Arabic vibes, and the best I’ve got there is the first one I linked, Wheel of Time, mostly because of the intro… Antti Martikainen has some Arabic sounding songs - that dude’s music is ALL over the place… I recall one being a kind of Arabic metal that I could have SWORN was called “Ancient Worlds” but searching that isn’t coming up with anything. He does have Arabic hybrid sci-fi music lol. Skim that dude’s channel, and brace for a musical roller coaster.
Rivers of Nihil
Hmm, maybe try Lorna Shore, especially Pain Remains. Lorna Shore is WAY too throaty-howler-monkey-shit for me personally, but fortunately they’ve got instrumental versions too.
Nice mix of metal and violin.
Juuuuust in case you’re not already familiar with symphonic metal… It’s pretty fuckin great.
Can of Monster (zero sugar / 10 calories / 140mg caffeine) is my breakfast most days. My blood pressure runs pretty high, but I also have insomnia (started waaay before I discovered energy drinks), work full time, am going to school part time, and have chronic pain in multiple locations, so… Monster or not, it’s gonna be fucking high. Probably less high without the Monster, I’m under no illusion that it’s good for me, but the moral of the story is your physiology is dependent on a TON of variables; whether or not your lifestyle adds up to ‘healthy’ is a tally on how you manage all of them.
Also some variables are unknown - I could have shitty blood vessels and not know it until I randomly rupture my aortic artery, or have a weak heart or something, and with things like that, energy drinks can absolutely be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
Seems anything that tastes or feels good comes with some risk.
Do pay attention to your total caffeine intake though… a can of monster, followed by some coffee, followed by some pre-workout, followed by some tea, and you’re looking at like a full gram of caffeine in a single day. THAT can kill you.
Halo 1, 2, and 3 all looked fine. Halo 4 and up all look like shit, cuz 343 made them shit.
The explosion of support she’s getting says you’re correct.
She’s absolutely killing it, and I think her energy and positivity are a huge part of why.
I was planning on giving an unenthused Biden vote just as a “please not Trump” vote. I’m now planning on an excited and hopeful vote for Kamala!
She represents a much, MUCH needed turn away from the dumpster fire we’ve let our political system become.
The same Nikki Haley that endorsed Kamala??
“Yay I get to run around outside for a few minutes! I hope I can breathe well enough to keep up with thi–” *dies*
— Pugs
CS gas (gas chamber in basic training) tastes like wasabi. Craved sushi the entire remainder of basic after that shit.
Dunno about the actual aerosol spray cans, though.
Republican leaders urge fish not to swim.
That’s one of the many things Andor gets right, at least with that shuttle they steal near the start of the series. Cassian basically chews his crew out for planning to just jump into an unfamiliar ship and wing it.
The old dude being a Trump supporter doesn’t automatically make it politically motivated. Possible for sure - Americans do have a history of killing Nazis - but this could also be something like texting while driving and running the dude over due to sheer obliviousness.
The suicide makes me think it’s something like the latter… if the driver was out for blood, actually getting it wouldn’t push him to kill himself.
…at least we’re down a Nazi. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
HP printers.
Really HP anything on principle, but their printers take the cake for anti-user bullshit.