America is Fucked
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America came up with a television channel called “The Learning Channel.” It was dedicated to learning.
Some years later, the current hottest show on TLC is a reality to show called “1000 pound sisters” which is in its second season. Google it.
In just a few years we went from learning random stuff to a freak show designed to make even the lowest people feel superior to someone.
- People are stupid, unaware and medicated.
Watch netflix and get a free account on pornhub. That is what society sells you everyday. #IdiocracyApeRobot - Wait...Pornhub accounts are free.Morning_star
- The same with History Channel. They produce fake shit shows like: Pawn Stars, Ice Road Truckers, Swamp People, Big Shrimpin', Ax Men, etc...utopian
- yeah its capitalism and market forces forcing the channel to get ratings. what can you do? watch PBS Eons********
- You don't want to learn about 1000 pound sisters?BK
- History Channel has long running series about bigfoot and UFOs, so ...monospaced
- The History Channel went from The Hitler Station to Ice Road Truckers and Pawn Starsfooler
- I must admit I enjoy watching naked people in the wild eating bugs and the guys forging knives that “will kill”.maquito
- In Canada, these channels needed to have content that wasn't competing with existing channels to get approved. Once live they switched to whatever was cheapest.monNom
- Wife and I got offered to do a reality show for our wedding. They weren't offering to pay or anything, just to give us a wedding-day video, and some decorationsmonNom
- but they wanted us to act out their stupid scripted drama to make things spicy. Basically to lie for them, on our wedding, for nothing... I bet people do it.monNom
- I love Forged in Fire too.monospaced
- I know people who have acted in reality tv too. They tell me it was 100% scripted. Go off the script, they don’t pay younb
- People are stupid, unaware and medicated.
- NBQ001
Gavin Newsom needs to be fired.
- Doubt firing him will do any good. Too late now.PhanLo
- Not a Gavin Newsom problem... This rests solely on the shoulders of Eric Garcetti and the LA City Council.jonny_quest_lives
- If you are really interested you could dive a bit deeper but this is definitely not a Newsom issue unless you are pushing a recall agendajonny_quest_lives
- https://laist.com/20…jonny_quest_lives
- https://www.latimes.…jonny_quest_lives
- http://www.ladowntow…jonny_quest_lives
- PhanLo2
Also Capitalism thread
-- Hayoth, Hotroddy have a watchPhanLo
- Gitty Up Maga Folk.utopian
- i love moe szyslaks documentarieswoowahesque
- utopian2
Some 90% of Manhattan’s office employees have not returned to work, a survey by the Partnership for New York City found in October.
- PhanLo1
Suburban garbage
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- imbecile2
Disproportionate number of current and former military personnel arrested in Capitol attack, CNN analysis shows
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/u…
Active military personnel and veterans are over-represented among the first 150 people to be arrested and have records released for federal offenses in the violence and insurrection at the US Capitol.
- By what metric is it ‘disproportionate’ — What would appropriate representation look like?Gnash
- ^ have you read it?oey_oey
- Yes, I did. And it turns out 6% is an appropriate amount. Perhaps it’ll come down to that number once they the have details of more than 150 peopleGnash
- your need to argue over you lack of understanding is laughableimbecile
- *your lackimbecile
- Freedumb Fightersutopian
- Asked and answeredGnash
- asking and answering your own worthless questions? congratulations on your self-fellating win!imbecile
- You asked, I answered. I didn’t think it was that complicatedGnash
- ben_3
Apologies if it's been posted elsewhere here, but this is a great piece on some of Alex Jones' background - I won't spoil it but the twist towards the end with regards to the people that knew him and their attitude about him despite knowing his true story is pretty incredible, which is why I'm posting it here.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org…
The whole episode is great, one of the best in a long time.
- Good timing - I've been thinking about adding TAL back in to my podcast rotation. I find it a bit insipid after a while, so have to take breaks off :)Nairn
- Yeah, same. I've been listening on rides lately and find myself just switching a lot. This one is standout. Ronson's great no matter what though.ben_
- Lol, same ^ ^ just started listening again after a breakGnash
- NBQ00-1
Ohmygerd
- Beeswax0
A Qanon follower that I know on FB posted this.
Have to stay pretty convincing, lots of production value in the making of the video.
- _niko0
A fiucking snowstorm brings down a whole state?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/p…
Healthcare system in shambles
Political system in shambles
Race relations in shambles
Infrastructure in shamblesMaybe a little socialism wouldn’t be so bad?
- Texas can't blame socialism, so they'll blame the Biden and the democrats instead. They should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps.utopian
- shoulda gone on holiday to CancunFax_Benson
- lol utopianGuyFawkes
- drgs0
Social darwinism as official national philosophy of US and A
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim…
- There are no americans as a nation. Burn the whole continent with napalm and sow it with 1 meter thick layer of salt, so that no life ever grows out again™drgs
- Think outside the water box!Fax_Benson
- It’s my our money, Tim. Not a hand out. Be a part of the solution and stop complaining about what others get,jtb26
- Someone just broke into Time house. shot him and stole his supply of water and his generator. Tim's last words were "that's what I'm talking about!"_niko
- drgs2
Fuck em
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/…
"To understand what is happening right now in Texas -- and who's to blame -- you have to go back to 1935, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Federal Power Act, which governed electricity sharing and sales between the states. Basically, it allowed the federal government to regulate states who brought power in from outside their state lines.
Texas, never a fan of federal intrusion, set up its own power grid system -- split between northern and southern Texas -- to avoid any federal involvement. That led eventually to the formation of ERCOT in 1970 and this strange fact: There are three power grids in the United States -- the eastern power grid, the western power grid and, well, Texas.
Yes, you read that right. Texas has its own power grid. Because it is Texas.
And while being independent from the yoke of federal regulation has always been a point of pride for Texas, the limits of that strategy are being realized now. See, because Texas -- or at least 90% of the state -- is controlled by ERCOT, they can't simply borrow power from either the eastern or western power grids. That's never been a problem before because Texas has always been able to generate more power than its citizens need. But the reality is that Texas is an electricity island, which isn't a problem until the lights go out, and you don't have enough power in the state to turn them back on."
- Holy shit. But I do find it funny when people blame folks from nearly a full century ago for their current problems.nb
- Has no one inside or out of Texas suggested changing this in 86 years? I'm guessing someone has.nb
- But I thought everyone was leaving other states for Texas because it’s so awesome how low the tax rate is. How’s this for low taxes_niko
- ^i am waiting for rogan's reaction to all this :)renderedred
- The entire USA power grid is a house of cards. Texas is no exceptionGnash
- Granted there is room for improvement, I'd still rather Texas be free from Federal involvement.MondoMorphic
- @Gnash The US power grid has nothing to do with this. Texas is THE exception because it's the only state not on the grid.garbage
- @mondo Yeah, decades of stubborn deregulation and "Texas Pride" sure is working out great for them right now.garbage
- tank021
The US is such a broken place
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/…
- Ramanisky22
- Weird flex.PhanLo
- He collects it in his assGuyFawkes
- really weird flexsarahfailin
