#or just ‟ronald reagan‟ lol

[swanpyart]

Ron and Reagan being soft is cute as hell sue me

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

Look, I don't have the audio of this interview so maybe there's extra context that was cut out... but it is HILARIOUS to me how defensive he got when LITERALLY no one asked.

[mckinleygirl98]

once my sister and i were talking something and idk i mentioned jodie foster and my dad went "stop talking about that assassination stuff!"

I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT IT

[ronaldreaganfan]

a few months ago i was a camp counselor for this weekend retreat thing that my hebrew school does and we were playing this game where this lady gives us a prompt and we have to give her something that we have on us that fulfills the prompt.

anyways the prompt was “something that will make me laugh” and i had. the book i love you ronnie. by nancy reagan.

[pepperpixel]

Me, looking at breagan: “I ship them.. so fucking much. but also, I love the dynamic and relationship they already have in the show. It’s perfect. But also, there are clear parallels between Reagan wanting to look out for ron, and put his happiness first. And Brett fEELING THE SAME WAY ABOUT REAGAN, THIS CLEAR CLEAR PARALLEL BETWEEN AN ACTUAL CANON ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND BREAGAN. But also, If they ever were to make breagan actually be a thing canonically i’d probably hate how it’s done cuz this is like. A funny adult cartoon show and (outside of some exceptions) NO RELATIONSHIPS WILL LAST. There will probably be a bunch of dumb drama. But also! THE SIGNS. I FEEL LIKE THERE WERE SO MANY SIGNS. OF BRETT HAVING FEELINGS FOR REAGAN. AND THEYD BE SO GOOD TOGETHER. ITD BE ADORABLE. But also nO IT PROBABLY WOULDNT ACTUALLY BE THAT GREAT IF THEY ACTUALLY HAD THAT HAPPEN IN CANON. BUT ALSO-“

[lintillaarchaeologist]

“America has effectively built a Green Zone in our cultural consciousness, replete with the obligatory Maccas. Our imaginations, memories, and selves have been well and truly occupied, and the schizoid psychic agony of mainlining our nation’s duel nightmares is, more often than not, excruciating.”

I Should Be Able to Mute America

wake up cunts new nobel prize for journalism just dropped

[mariacallous]

I'm just lol-ing so hard at "Biden should have stepped down earlier" comments... why, so the right would have time to put together a coherent hit against the nominee that journalists would have pounded relentlessly for 8 months?? People were already mad enough at Democrats that we lost millions votes from 2020, you wanted to hand them the opportunity to elect Trump in a Reagan type landslide and bring down the state level politicians too??? Fucking stupid

It also doesn't fucking fundamentally matter. We could have nominated Ronald Reagan's corpse and still would have lost.

[egberts]

you described shinigami eyes correctly! for anyone who doesnt know: its super useful! but besides that, it is sometimes very funny. for example, sometimes you will be scrolling wikipedia and you see this:

there's just something so funny about a transphobe's wikipedia article being marked "anti-trans", esp when its someone this obvious lol.

and for anyone curious, this is what it looks like when someone is marked as "pro-trans" or "trans-safe" or whatever the word is that shinigami eyes uses:

I can't get over Ronald Reagan being marked as a transphobe. it's true but lijrnrjfjsjdjsjsjaa

[thebreakfastgenie]

Can you explain Jimmy Carter to an Australian

Jimmy Carter was president from 1977 to 1981. He lost re-election to Ronald Reagan in perhaps the downgrade of the century. Carter was traditionally ranked as one of our worst presidents, but that's kind of unfair, and recently some (including me) have begun to say he was underrated. I think sometimes he gets memefied into being more liberal than he actually was, but he was liberal, and he has a reputation for being more interested in peace that other US presidents. His foreign policy was mixed bag, but he did refuse to invade Iran during the hostage crisis, and I think that counts for something. The peaceful reputation is somewhat relevant to the contrast with Kissinger. The American hostages held in the embassy in Iran were released immediately after Ronald Reagan took office and Reagan fans like to claim this was because Reagan was so intimidating but Reagan didn't really do anything. The Ayatollah's government hated Carter personally because he let the deposed Shah of Iran come to the US for cancer treatment. Jimmy Carter is probably one of our best examples of a Christian president, except he's the kind of Christian who's like "peace is good and racism is bad" so the "America is a Christian country!!" people hate his guts lol.

He was also kind of chill in other ways; they called him the rock and roll president because he had some musicians campaigning for him, especially the Allman Brothers, who played a big role in his campaign. Also Gregg Allman smoked weed at the White House with Carter's son and Carter 100% knew about it.

For many years Carter's reputation has been "not a great president, but a great ex-president" because the Carter Foundation has done a lot of incredible humanitarian work, perhaps most notably nearly eradicating guinea worm, a parasitic disease. He was also personally building homes with Habitat for Humanity into his nineties. He's also known for being a peanut farmer before he got into politics. He was married to his wife Rosalynn who just died for 77 years. So he has kind of a sweet old man reputation.

He's also 99 years old, beat brain cancer once, and announced he was going into hospice, like, almost a year ago? It was a while ago, and yet he's still kicking. So that's kind of a meme too among the kind of nerd who follows these things (me).

So the tl;dr is two really old American politicians, one associated with peace and humanitarianism, one associated with war crimes.

[kcrabb88]

Saw some goof on Twitter say that Kamala Harris sounded like Ronald Reagan during her acceptance speech and I'm like LOL oh, yes, old Ronnie would definitely be up there talking about loving who you love with pride and having an entire segment on reproductive rights. There have been whole pieces about how "Bidenomics" (and therefore, Harris, who is as, if not more progressive on the same stuff) is an argument against the lingering hell of Reaganomics. Reagan hated unions! The DNC was full of them! Planting her foot on the ground and saying "hey, America should be for everyone, government can do so much good, and people should mind their business about people's personal lives" + nabbing back the theme of freedom from Republicans is damn good politics, actually. American presidential elections are TOUGH things. They're not like any other election because you have to appeal to SUCH a broad swathe of people.

Also like, calling a biracial woman from Oakland whose progressive bonafides have been clear for a long time if you don't fall for misinformation is just. So unserious. Ronald Reagan would hate Kamala Harris. Be real. If you want to make a Reagan comparison, I'll point you right toward Trump, who is busy talking on the phone to Netanyahu so he can try and ruin the ceasefire deal (which is exactly what Reagan did to Jimmy Carter during the Iran hostage crisis, and it's now, you know, illegal).

Anyway! Make sure you're registered to vote and have ID if you need it (especially in the states that are making it more difficult!)

[creature-wizard]

don’t freak out about the election lol, literally just assume that whoever wins is gonna be a good president. I’ve already manifested that Ronald Reagan was a good president in my universe

One day reality is going to come crashing hard into your little game of make-believe, anon.

[thegodwhocums]

2024.07.27 Sorcerous Arts Society reportback 🔮😈🧿

i think we haaaad... about ten folks? several new faces (INCLUDING ANOTHER ROOTWORKER WHO DOES HOODOO FOR HIS JOB), some usual subjects. two attendees had just started estrogen within the past three weeks 😭 one 22-yr-old freshly graduated English major and one 39-yr-old genderqueer (as i understand). what a beautiful world.

in honor of Wrath Month, we set Baleful Magic, Curses, Hexes, and Using Magic to Play Offense as the subject of conversation. I pitched having folks propose a scenario and then different attendees describe a method of approaching it with hexing etc, but nobody really went for that. interestingly we talked a lot about magic as an equalizer against oppressive forces, and also, knowing that The Other Side has access to the same tools we do. Ronald Reagan had a court magician, and a lot of major politicians still cover their bases that way. (see also: Dark Star Rising.) so there's a need to take that sort of thing into account when considering the Hex Trump initiative and similar acts.

coming out of this conversation, we've decided that next month we will talk about Magical Community Defense, in preparation for whatever the fuck goes down in November. considering bringing ingredients for folks to make their own Fiery Wall of Protection oil or something similar. will continue to ponder.

after the discussion (a very lively 2 hours!), we broke official convening. some folks departed, others hung out to trade divination.

I gave two tarot readings and received one (from Rocket, later in the day).

our 22-year-old babytran got some very blunt analysis and suggestions from the Lubanko Tarot. 😬 lots of reversals, lots of stuck situations and not listening to her internal self, with a side of interpersonal conflict and needing to speak up about her pain. I felt bad but she did literally ask and it sounds like the reading was spot on. hung out and talked with her for a while after. she said she was attending out of intellectual curiosity about the occult, that's she's writing an essay. okay bb. 💖

new zoomer townie friend requested "a vibe check for Leo season" and got some guidance about where to put his energy and what to look out for. while giving his reading a starling (which the previous folks at the picnic table had been feeding) landed on me. when it tried it a second time i reflexively karate chopped it out of the air. 💀 sorry for punching a bird.

at home, got a DEEPLY bewildering reading from Rocket's Tarot of the Silicon Dawn, featuring the Queen of Wands, who I don't think I've ever seen before. eventually we determined that she was me in this reading, and after that we were able to make some sense of it, but the cards were not being straightforward! tl;dr there's a harmonious middle space between manic insanity where everything is synchronicity and magic becomes overwhelming, and locked down dead mundanity where magic does not exist. also something about leaning into disappearing into the woods when I want to, being open to leadership in collaborative efforts, and taking stock of what mastery I've gained in this stage of my life and career while contemplating my next move. so you know. crystal clear and focused. lol lots to think about!

[ronaldreaganfan]

in the Styx song Too Much Time on my Hands from their album Paradise Theatre, there’s a line that goes “is it any wonder i’m not the president”

the album was released just days before ronald reagan’s inauguration in 1981!

[eclogues]

Oh so you're just dogshit with managing your money then, much better obviously lol. It's actually more embarrassing to be actively working but still begging for scraps, sorry nobody ever taught you how to budget for emergencies!

ronald reagan isn't gonna fuck you man...

[franzis-kunst-und-krempel]

Ask game babay! (Thanks for tagging me @onioneyez <3)

Last song: let me check my spotify... Terpsichore*: Bransle simple 1 (La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire) by Michael Praetorius. The song currently stuck in my head is Sona a battenti though :)

Favorite colour: it's been yellow for quite some time now, but I think I'm starting to like colours contrasting more and more... like a sky blue and terracotta, light blue and a bright orange etc

Currently reading: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, but I'm not on holiday anymore so I'm less motivated to read :( Also a collection of short poems in my local dialect

Currently watching: The Ritz (1976). Set in a gay bathhouse and one guy just had to sign in and he used "Ronald Reagan" as a nome de plume. Talk about irony eh?

Last movie: does Agatha Christie's Poirot count? Other than that: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) which I watched with my mum. We both liked it but it was heavy stuff phew

Sweet, spicy, savoury? Ideally a mix of all three. Mostly savoury, though!

Relationship status: what are you, a cop?

Current obsession: oh, Poirot without a doubt. That little Belgian has bewitched me body and soul. Also early music. Mwah!

(Re: prev - if you need Jeeves and Wooster fanfic recommendations, don't hesitate to ask me :) ! I've got lots in my basement (aka bookmarked). ALSO I recently went to Rhodes & took a pic with a copy of the Laocoon statue! You should totally do your own replica B) )

Tea or coffee? Both. More of a tea gal though

Last thing I googled: 'statue english' ahahah - turns out it's the same in English and German, but I wanted to be on the safe side lol

Only if you want to, tagging @loki-lock, @sadlonelyyogurt & @mutantenfisch :)