Meanwhile, I don’t shout those things from the rooftop like he does. And I have been with my other half for 12 years and have barely even had instances of raising our voices at one another. Never mind an incident that could end our relationship.

Certainly keeps to my theories about “those who shout the loudest have the guiltiest minds.”

I have also had a theory that a lot of the things happening with Indians are due to the whole caste system. Where many who can immigrant are from the upper caste, come here expecting to be treated like royalty like they were in India, and when the Americans tell them “we don’t do that here”, they go Dem because they are willing to give the royal treatment for political reasons.

And then it is an issue further exasperated by the fact that there are many like me who have a personal distaste of loli but fear that any attempt to ban it will be used to ban all anime (thereby cutting off one of the means currently tearing Western entertainment's asshole out), or lead to further restrictions and censorship. As has happened many times with these sorts of issues.

I dont think it will ever not be a contentious subject for all of those reasons.

Unfortunately not. That was years ago and I saw it second hand, so I dont have a link.

I think that we've lost appreciation for endings, as culture. It's all "content" designed to go on forever.

I actually hadnt considered this point. It is certainly one of the things I enjoy more. And I also enjoy that the overwhelming majority of Manga/Anime has endings where the good guys win and the bad guys are defeated. It's so uncommon in this day and age that it makes it actually worthwhile again, instead of just childish things. Its the same reason why I am getting turned off from Anti-Heroes a la "The Boys" (if its a Punisher "I am doing this because the system is broken" sort of Anti-Hero, I am still fine with it though).

Wall-Might is also proof you can make fun of Trump and still be funny. But the Left can’t do that because they don’t make fun of Trump, they make a caricature and then spit on and beat it. Because they hate him, so they cant have fun.

They are also obsessed with efficiency and profit above all else. So they may occasionally get battered into creating a Woke manga by Western investors or Twitter freaks. Then it will crash and burn, they will say “Well, so much for that.” And then go back to the stuff that sells until it’s time for badgering again.

You don’t understand: their logic is stupider than that.

I saw one time that a comic author was on Twitter trying to argue that Manga selling out was a good thing for Comics. How you might ask? Well, you see, people will still want their graphic novels. And so if the manga is all sold out, then they will start looking at comics to satisfy their fix.

How do you even begin to fix the problem when your own people think that their competitors eating their lunch is good for them?!

I dont think even this puts into scale just how absurd the growth in Manga was. How absurd was it? The entire American comic book market, including Indies, was outsold by just the merch of Demon Slayer.

And yet, comic pros think that this is all fine and proof that the Comic industry is healthier than it has ever been.

Normal people cook their own food with restaurant meals being an occasional treat.

This. I will go out to eat when I cant be bothered to make something, but that is usually once a week max, once every other week more often.

For my normal week, when I go grocery shopping, I will buy meat (usually switch it up between chicken, pork chops, or burgers), cook it on the weekend when I have plenty of free time, and then put it in the refrigerator in a container. Sometimes with extra food like potatoes that I also cooked. Then throughout the week, when I get home from work, I just get some of the meat and other sides like carrots, and that will be dinner.

Don't forget that Reagan's 2nd term gave way to the beginnings of Neo-Conservativism, and the increasing influence of the former director of the CIA as his VP: George Bush Sr. Even a guy as good as Reagan can be co-opted.

I mean, that kind of goes back to your point about who you surround yourself with. Reagan was still in that phase where you could supposedly trust those sort of officials, so when they started taking power there wasnt much he could do since he didnt really see the problem (then Dementia happened).

But DeSantis has thus far been excellent in his picks. Some of them even more hardcore on the issues than he is (like the Florida Surgeon General who enjoyed getting into frequent fights with Fauci and the NIH over Covid). In fact, it is one of the point I put so far in his favor for a potential White House run (of course, balanced out by the fact that he would need to get that shit through Congress instead of just saying so).

So, when DeSantis shows, uncensored, on live television, in a public briefing, how a textbook shows children how to use a butt plug; the value in that is showing the face of the evil to normies who never even imagined that anyone would do that; let alone that entire institutions are built to protect the people who are doing that.

It certainly took a torpedo to their narrative. I know normies who saw that, saw it get censored for "showing porn", but you could see the cogs turning and them thinking "But it is fine in schools?" But they just cant help themselves, because he put them in a position where it is a lose-lose for them as far as that data is concerned. And that movement only spreads more. Which is why they are trying so hard to make it about "Look at those evil conservatives banning library books." In a desperate hope that it makes people associate with old evils instead of actually looking at the books banned.

The value in showing the face of evil and calling it out is something that conservatives don't want to fully commit to; because it's very uncooth, and they have always tended to live in environments which censor immorality.

At least for a lot I know though, that is starting to change. People always throw around the Dune quote about "When I am weaker, I ask for your principles, when I am stronger, I enforce my principles" as for why the Left does what it does, and why the Right doesnt stop it. But I have seen a new trend growing that can basically be summed up as "Because I know you are a threat to my principles, you will not receive the mercy of them."

It has really been noticeable with gun rights and CRT, where the Left attempts to do some sort of argument about, say, "free speech" to defend CRT. And then the Right says "Did I ask for your opinion? No? Then suck fat nuts! bitchslaps Leftoid" Which thus far has been met with increased election turnout like that seen in Florida (with its 20% margin of victory).

They also got the job wrong. They make it out like he was working in one of the meat packing plants. When I tracked it back, he was working for a cleaning service that was contracted by plant. But hey, got to keep up the narrative about "Hispanics are needed to make your food" I suppose.

I don't think it's a full scale ruse; I think he's just got a bit of Ted Cruz in him.

Honestly, I think it is more like what went down with Reagan. You start out as something completely the opposite (Reagan was a communist, DeSantis was a NeoCon). But then once you start getting into positions where you get to see behind the curtain and learn the truth about what you are arguing for, and you have the conviction, you backlash. And then you become the exact opposite of what you used to be (Reagan becoming a founding Neo-Liberal back when that meant something, DeSantis becoming an arch American Populist), and you fight twice as hard because "I know what you will do if you win."

Make him in charge of the Department of Education, see what the fuck happens.

I can hear the absolutely titanic reeing now. I just hope that, if Trump wins, he and his people take a page from DeSantis book when dealing with the media: Dont even bother trying to explain yourself or make them come around to your side. Tell them to bite your ass, and bulldoze through to get the job done. And then let the people rally to your deeds, ignoring the media all together.

We ought to cut that down to 20k or so.

Even more than that, keep them in the countries that actually like us (IE: Poland, Italy, Czech Republic, Baltic States, etc). Why should we be helping countries like Germany and France who hate our guts and keep trying to stab us in the back.

Asia is the axis on which human civilization will turn for the next century.

Even with everything happening here, I still think it is going to be the American century when all is said and done. But the future of America is absolutely in Asia, not Europe.

I have always compared my exercise routine to a bear: Other than the machining job, when it is winter I dont do a ton of exercise except some simple indoor stuff. But once spring, summer, and fall hit, I am out hiking on trails through the prairie in my state, biking the trail that goes around my town (with about 30 mile round trip), and swimming when the weather is warm enough. Then winter hits and I go right back inside.

To that end, I dont get sick with anything, never mind Covid.

Perhaps less he had always been, and more that he saw them as a way to destroy the US. Because, you know, despite how much people here like to pretend otherwise, they are still an Enemy.

I am just more surprised it wasnt the Chinese.

You want to know what is even worse/funnier? I have seen some typical Redditoids say they are doing this to please to "Evangelical Religious Puritans" of the Right. You know, the ones who have had pretty mediocre power for decades now and only recently managed to claw a little back (alienating a massive chunk of the right in the process)?

They cant even admit its their own ideals doing this to themselves.

You can even lower issues with health by just doing even basic exercise. I lost 20 lbs just by changing to a new job, without even changing my diet, because my day job became "Lifting 60 lbs of iron and swinging hammers all day". Even just going for some walks and bike rides can at least get some cardio built up to allow you to work better with the weight.

But we all know how the Left feels about that sort of stuff.

Ron DeSantis has a good track record as governor, but I'm not so sure he's not using the Populist movement as a weapon for his own personal advancement.

I dont. He has gone far too hard in the paint on a number of issues that would have been better for him to back down on for it to all just be a ruse. He has also been significantly better at picking staff that will go just as hard as he does and then tell the journos "you disgust me" when they come looking for answers.

Unlike Trump who may have picked a handful of good people but was getting backstabbed by court politics basically from the moment he drummed out Bannon. On the recommendations of said court politics, fittingly enough.

All that said, I think Larry does better nationally, but still doesnt actually win it. But like you said, him being there to drag the Overton Window and take a sledgehammer to the resurgent Black Nationalist narratives is absolutely a win in its own right.

A Russian Badger reference?! In my KiA?! It’s more likely than you think.

I dont think we disagree as much as you think we do. I too am going to clown on someone for being into loli's unless they are a young teen (and even that is cutting it), but I dont think it wise to ban the practice. Like I said, when it comes to anime waifu's, I prefer mine a little more canine or foxy as it were.

But considering that Anime and Manga are aimed at late teens and young adults, that is a little bit different in terms of "Can they see this or that."

It really does annoy me that these types think it’s different. Same problem I have with the Lotus Eaters guys on this subject. And I am not even a loli person (I am more into Kemonomimi for unusual anime appearance). I just don’t think it wise to give on this when it is obvious they will use it to attempt to censor all anime, because they can’t allow people to get outside their media ecosystem.

How do I know they will? Because SJWs have already tried to accuse a character of being a “loli”, even though she is canonical in her mid-20’s and has big boobs. But she is short, so clearly a loli, right?

I just think it is obvious that one of the justices themselves in involved in some way, shape, or form. It is the only explanation for why Roberts would be so tight fisted with the info after having already said “we know their identity.” There is no way he goes so hard in the paint over just a clerk.

My own personal conspiracy theory about the Dobbs leak is that the reason they dropped it so quick was because it wasnt some paralegal like it was thought. They found out it was one of the Justices themselves. And that would have been so earth shattering and would have shook the USSC to its very core that Roberts decided to bury it so deep it would never be found.