ChonkyOwlbear

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 23 points 4 hours ago

Late night bar tamale vendors are goddamn national heroes as far as I am concerned.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Literally don't believe your eyes.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I heard someone make a good, frightening point. Trump has been a political force for over a decade now. There are a generation of young people who only know MAGA politics. To them that is normal. They've never seen a functional government in their adult lives.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You could always wear a respirator inside the suit. I have also been thinking of a way to upgrade the fan mechanism so you could add a layer of air filter. Then the whole thing would basically be a hazmat suit.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Ok, but it's not.

Agreed. That's the interesting question to me. Why wasn't it simply the decision between democracy and fascism?

Did people not see it in that perspective? Or did they see it that way but still choose fascism? Does that mean people don't believe in democracy anymore? Or are they so convinced by propaganda that fascism is the only way to save us from an imaginary threat?

The reason matters because that determines what is needed to solve the problem.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'm just using that as an example of how one of these inflatable costumes would act as a kind of armor.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

Sure, he has combat experience, but he knows nothing about occupation and running a military empire. Can you imagine Vader doing the paperwork it takes to maintain supply lines?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I was once paintballing against a guy wearing one of those puffy down filled coats. The coat made him almost invulnerable because the paintballs wouldn't break against them. They just bounced off. I have to think that an inflatable suit would work the same way with pepper balls. It's goofy, but also a great tactical choice for multiple reasons.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't feel right that while people protest peacefully, immigrants are getting beaten, tortured, and deported illegally. It feels like people are okay with that as long as the government doesn't come for white people too.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (33 children)

What I am saying is the Democrats were irrelevant. It didn't matter who they ran. It didn't matter what their policy was. Not being Trump should have been enough to win by a landslide if people weren't too misinformed or apathetic.

 
 
 

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