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"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,

To the last syllable of recorded time;

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,

And then is heard no more. It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing."

People just use that last part of Macbeth as a form of criticism, when the actual speech is him basically being nihilistic.

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UPS drivers making more money will help all workers make more money.

Labor united helps all labor. Rising wages is not zero sum.

Don't fall for 'divide and conquer' rhetoric from the Establishment. They fear the power and influence of worker solidarity.

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just a reminder - do NOT boycott streaming services or not watch new things. the unions have not called for one for a reason. for one, it affects residual payments, which as minimal as those currently are, actors are still getting them during this time, and for two, studios will use lack of viewership as an excuse to cancel shows because you are showing them there is no demand. it deeply affects the industry the writers and actors stand to come back to once the strike is over

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Okay, I know the question meant a magnet for lovecraftian stuff, but I read that as a magnet that itself is in an eldritch form. lol

So, finished watching last year's Halloween storyline. You are kind of a Lovecraftian magnet aren't you?

I am a rascal; just a no-good troublemaker, that's me.

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Though being a food additive isn't that far off as a thing to smuggle when you remember economic history. When Star Trek Enterprise had them trade Earth spiced for goods, and say that wars were fought over those, they weren't kidding.

I know the Star Wars extended universe treats “spice” like it’s this big scary drug, but I kind of like to imagine that it’s basically just space weed, and the only reason Han got in trouble with the Imperials over Jabba’s cargo is that he was evading import tariffs.

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That 3DS design is fucking wonderful!!!

I'm going on vacation in a few days, so my entire store is on sale, including phone themes! ✧˖°🌷⋆ ˚｡⋆

S H O P H E R E !

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So are we just basically setting up the plot for the next mainline games?

Or maybe a spinoff game where someone sets up a retro niche business of old school pokeballs, which may not even be actually used, but are now a huge collector's item.

me explaining to the other trainers that apricorns are unknown outside of Johto because of deliberate suppression by the Silph and Devon corporations to present artificial pokeballs as the only means of capturing pokemon and establish regional monopolies after they eliminate renewable sources

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The True Meaning of Pride

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As if they didn't cross that line years ago.

BIG fucking mood

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BTW, this does not mean you shouldn't fight back against evil systems and groups, nor does it mean that no one should ever die in these things. It just means that "things would be better if we killed all X" does not work in practice.

France had something near that mindset after the Revolution, and it led to The Terror.

While when Romania threw off the communist regime, yes the leader and other people were executed, but it wasn't about killing them all. It was about justice to those who had done horrible things, while the focus after that was rebuilding the country.

there isn't a "kill all the ____" that will fix the problems of the world, because, 1. you probably can't. 2. if you did, more of them would probably come into existence, or 3. other people would come to fit the same social position. 4. There isn't a group of Fundamentally Bad Evil People that Cause All The Problems, because 5. Harm isn't caused by a type of person. everyone causes harm and an effective system of addressing harm has to contend with that. 6. you will end up expanding the definition of ____ to include whoever else you want to kill anyway. which will suck. 7. Destruction without building will leave nothing behind. New harms will arise. Old harms will continue. Because there is nothing to replace them. There is nothing Helpful being done. a better world isn't created by just getting rid of all the bad stuff and calling it a day. you have to actually make something that meets peoples needs. 8. structures of power and harm sometimes maintain themselves even if no one intends them to or purposefully wants them to. 9. systems of power will end up finding a scapegoat. they will convince you that some marginalized group are the real ____ and you should focus on them. and in your zeal and blood thirst you, or at least some of your allies, will fall for it. And you will commit atrocities. 10. The world that is created can only come from the world that is. And look, whatever group you are thinking of -- yes I mean them too. Pedophiles, rapists, murderers, sociopaths, nazis, billionaires, cops, you name it. Harm and oppression is far too complicated to ever be solved with Finding The Right Group To Kill. And there are lots of really great arguments to be made about why eliminationist rhetoric is ethically bad, or historically questionable, etc. I am open to that being added on and talked about too. But my point is that It Will Not Accomplish Your Desired Results. You Will Have Committed Atrocities and You Will Have Failed At Achieving Your Initial Goal.

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Abled Person: Hey man, can you hold this wad of $2,000 and this one penny for me while I open my wallet?

Disabled Person: YOU COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOL!

The United States Government:

(Watch how many people don’t get this.)

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Gee, I wonder why his work on Millie The Model, and Archie Comics, were so filled with innuendo.

It's such a mystery...

"That? Oh, I guess that's the Red Tape attached to the offer!"

A DanDeCarlo gag