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of course all of the bg3 companions have tragic backstories. even before the tadpoles forced them together they were still d&d adventurers, if they had decent home lives they would be at home. it takes a certain kind of person to search for purpose and catharsis in lopping off goblin heads and walking lonely roads. you arent gonna run into normal people in that business. honestly the least realistic bit is that only one of them is named shadowheart
October 3, 1992: Sinead O’Connor appeared on Saturday Night Live singing an acapella cover of Bob Marley’s song “War”, changing some of the lyrics to include references to child abuse, and ending the performance by tearing up a photo of Pope John Paull II and saying “fight the real enemy”.
This ruined her career and she was telling the truth, as we all came to find out years later.
Please remember she didn’t consider it as a career ruiner.
To speak on how it “ruined” her career ignores her own feelings on it. Please acknowledge how she felt about it, instead of how you see it.
1. The Republican Party turns out for EVERY vote. Primaries, local elections, midterms, you name it. Most dems show up once every four year and then get defeatist when things don’t immediately change. It took the Republicans YEARS to overturn RvW but it has been a long game goal of theirs. YEARS of voting, and you’re gonna opt out after one vote. Okay.
2. Primaries are when you vote for who you want. Elections are when you vote for who you can. If you’re not voting in the primary, you’re letting the moderate centrist do-nothing candidate win.
3. Local elections affect your daily life. That sherif in Texas who is refusing to enforce the abortion ban? Local election. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, so much of this is trickle up from local politics.
4. Call your damn representatives. Even if it feels hopeless. The gun control reform that just passed (as minimal as it is) was bipartisan because people showed their reps that they wanted change. Get vocal as a voter and prove courting your vote matters.
5. If someone in your area is running for office and needs votes, be a signature for them. Not everyone can afford to pay to run. You want to support better candidates, put your name behind them (only in your district and always read what you’re signing first).
6. The two party system is shit. We know that. But the democrats are a big tent housing a lot of different opinions and trying to cater to them all. Republicans are generally united in one mission of dismantling everything and protecting only their own. This is also why Dems don’t have the same type of “super majority” and can’t easily whip the same voting results. And anyone who thinks Obama had a super majority for enough time to codify roe does not understand politics. He had about 18 days of actual in-session time, split into two different sessions.
7. Purity politics isn’t going to get you anywhere. The candidate is a bus stop getting you closer to where you want to be. They’re not the end goal, and a smart voter knows that.
8. Voter suppression is huge in America. Help other voters register and get to the polls. It’s not always indifference keeping people from voting. Do something to help disenfranchised voters.
Let me repeat: The two party system is shit. We need to get rid of the electoral college. We need ranked choice voting. We need to get rid of Citizens United. Our country is an oligarchy. Always has been. Not denying that. But Living in these ideals of what we should be without creating any change now isn’t going to get you anywhere. Being defeatist and abstaining from the process is cutting off your own nose to spite your face. Its saying “the other team is scoring too many goals, so instead of playing, I’m just gonna sit on the sidelines. That’ll teach everyone.” No, you’re just gonna keep losing. Maybe, instead, vote in the primaries and choose better teammates.
Y’all kill me with these “hot takes.” They ain’t even half baked.
Now, if you want to talk about the other things we should be doing IN ADDITION TO voting, like general strikes, organizing, etc. Then that’s a different conversation we should also be having.
Also no, there is no such thing as “one more vote.” Vote every time. Vote consistently. Vote national. Vote local. It’s the absolute MINIMAL amount of civil engagement you can do. If you can do more than vote, do more, but at least vote every single time.
A lot of people really think democracy is something they only have to do once. It's not. It's something we do constantly - because greedy and power-hungry and malicious people are constantly trying to take advantage of society. Evil never stops, so neither do we.
Evil never stops, so neither do we.
VOTE.
Finally watched the Addams Family Values recently! and honestly. my main takeaway is
Debbie slays. And Joan Cusack is a QUEEN
Joan Cusack has never appeared in a film that she did not steal.
And as for Debbie, I will always repost my stance on her end.
I’ve said it a million times - if Debbie had listened to what the Addamses were saying in response to her tales of woe, she’s have realized that they understood completely. She had found her people, and was too wrapped up in herself to realize it.
If they could have, they’d have burst from their bonds, hugged the stuffing out of her, bought her a Bentley (and a vintage Ballerina Barbie) and declare her an Addams.
She could spend the rest of her life trying to kill Fester, and he’d love her all the more every time she tried. And the rest would keep offering helpful suggestions. “No point in trying poison, Debbie my dear - he’s been putting strychnine on his cornflakes since was seven”.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SCOTTISH PARROT
IM LOSING IT OVER THIS
I have never heard a parrot with a Scottish accent
Y'all wanna see something fucked up
Perfect.
'A house, worth $6,000 before the Depression, was worth approximately $3,900 in 1932.'
And if we use this calculator we can see that $6,000 in 1930 had the same purchasing power as $103,533.83 does in 2023. $3,900= $67,000.
And based on the IRS report for calendar year 1930, the average net yearly income of Americans during 1930 was $4,887.
Let's take note here: houses cost less than a single year of income. on average. during the Great Depression 😃
Do you know what $4,887 income translates to in 2023? $84,328.31
As of 2023 the current average yearly income in the U.S. is $56,940.
If houses cost $103k like they did in 1930 it would take about 3 years of income to pay for. Nearly 3x as long as it would've taken someone during the Great depression to pay for the same house.
But housing prices didn't stay stable either. Those went up, too
Today the average price of a home is $416,000. That would have been $24k in 1930. That's nearly 8x the cost, time, and savings required to purchase a home.
What's that mean?
- ✨ It means if you are not making at least $85,000/year right now then you are factually and measurably doing worse than someone during the Great Depression ✨
- The debt isn't our fault. The recession/depression. Your personal debt. It wasn't. Profit driven industries have been bleeding us dry and still expect us to pay our bills? For college? We were supposed to have more.
- It means every single household in the USA has been robbed of about $30k of generational wealth since 1930.
- It means we are currently in a depression even worse than the Great Depression. This isn't just some seasonal recession.
- It means your budgeting skills aren't the reason you're poor.
- In fact, your grandparents who lived thru the depression probably have no idea what it's like to struggle financially as much as you have.
- It means corporations are trying to normalize us living on the absolute bare minimum. But asking for living wages isn't "greedy," I promise. (See bullet point #1)
What else?
Idk but I think it's very important to note that WW2 is credited for having ended the depression in 1939. I call that bullshit military propaganda. Why?
Because in 1938 FDR enacted the Federal Minimum Wage, saying this quote in his address about it (below) and I'm just wondering what's supposed to get us out if this one.
cuz to be frank Biden is too big of a pussy to do this. And his voters are quick to say "well he's doing his best, at least he ain't trump" and be grateful when he spits $10 into their hands.
Yeah we're in the worst economy possible rn, what a fkn blessing. Anyway, this is what FDR said.
"The idea is simply for employers to hire more men to do the existing work by reducing the work-hours of each man's week and at the same time paying a living wage for the shorter week.
[...] I am fully aware that wage increases will eventually raise costs, but I ask that managements give first consideration to the improvement of operating figures by greatly increased sales to be expected from the rising purchasing power of the public. That is good economics and good business. The aim of this whole effort is to restore our rich domestic market by raising its vast consuming capacity. If we now inflate prices as fast and as far as we increase wages, the whole project will be set at naught. We cannot hope for the full effect of this plan unless, in these first critical months, and, even at the expense of full initial profits, we defer price increases as long as possible. If we can thus start a strong, sound, upward spiral of business activity, our industries will have little doubt of black-ink operations in the last quarter of this year. The pent-up demand of this people is very great and if we can release it on so broad a front, we need not fear a lagging recovery. There is greater danger of too much feverish speed."
Anyone trying to enact this today or saying some of this would be called an extremist.
So what do we do?
- Get comfortable with being called an extremist
- It's just something they say to keep you in line. Look where staying in line got us.
- It means join a union and learn what classism is
- Start demanding shit that you were compromising over before. $15/hr? Nope. Its $40/hr now. DEMAND. not ask. Not compromise. The time for compromise has passed and clearly they were not interested.
- A general strike is a strike that applies to all workers across all industries. I believe even a one day general strike would be effective. It would cost the country billions, let alone the shitty corporations and bosses y'all work for.
- I also believe one day is accessible, as in most people can afford to miss a day of work without severe distress.
- General Strike for better wages
- General Strike for shorter days & weeks
- General Strike for better benefits
- General Strike for more protections
General strike
Good morning Mr. Jigsaw I noticed that this trap has a time limit of 60 minutes but as per my accommodations through the school Center of Disability Resources I get time and a half on exams and quizzes is that still something I can apply to this game right now? Thank you for understanding have a nice day
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