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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Feels like a stunt to stir controversy.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 6 hours ago (6 children)

Richest country in the history of the planet, and we have "lunch debt" for kids in school.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Are you new? You don't know who Sanders is?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Sorry, I can't relate. None of those pieces have teeth marks. Like why even take it apart if you're not going to chew on it?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Good enough for what? Obedient to whom? Deviating from what? What the fuck are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

8 percent, up from 3 percent. You could say that his approval among Democrats has more than doubled, but you could also say a higher percentage believe Covid vaccinations contained tracking microchips.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

One scene in the book hit me particularly hard: a character with three eyes, one weeping while the other two smile as he knots a corpse like a bag. It’s gruesome, sure, but the hidden symbolism makes it even darker—it reflects the Christian Trinity, with Jesus suffering while the Father and Holy Spirit remain distant. It’s a powerful and eerie take on an old concept.

That seems like a fairly wide metaphorical leap. Are you sure that's the intended interpretation? Because it just sounds like body horror to me. The third eye has a lot of symbolism in several religions, and comparing a corpse to a disposable vessel isn't particularly Christian, either.

Either way, yeah, faith is powerful and fragile. It's a function of humanity, an intellectual crutch that gives people the strength to stand on an idea that isn't supported by reality. It is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of the unseen. People who embrace faith for what it is will see it carry them through whatever criticism they face. People who use faith to construct delusions, whether knowingly to benefit themselves or unknowingly because it is all they have ever learned, will meet criticism with anger and resentment.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

My favorite moment from the old Batman animated show was when the rogues were sitting around telling their stories about how they almost got Batman. Actually, I wouldn't do it justice, just watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UUr7bM1A6s

Of course there's a twist at the end that changes the moment a bit, but it was still hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

Batman is the world's greatest detective. His villains need to compete on an intellectual level, and in fiction a doctorate is short-hand for "smart" and "an expert in the field."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

You sound like my kids.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Dad jokes are best when you come up with them with your kids in the house, because then they are home groan.

 

Haven't seen any posts all year.

 

“Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.

 

I heard someone say this in a video recipe, followed by way more cheese than you should eat at once. It occurred to me that the phrase means ample, not nutritious.

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