One thing LotR does very well: lets men show emotions that aren't anger. Frodo smiles, shouts Gandalf's name excitedly, cracks a joke with him, and gives him a hug. That's how you know they're old friends.

It's only a scam if they're being misleading. I've never heard anyone say "get an art degree, you'll get rich!" It's not a scam to study art simply because you want to develop your knowledge and talents in a structured way. Should art degrees cost as much as they do? Probably not, but "expensive" and "scam" are two different things.

Among other things, the anti-abortion crowd loved it because they thought it supported their views.

Remember when people were taking pot shots at power stations a couple years ago? We'll probably have more stupid shit like that.

Pretty sure it's supposed to be the sound of a machine running. Most popular example I can think of is "haha money printer go brrr".

Blighttown.

Colossi fix it.

You're assuming they ever read even the 2nd amendment. They just listen to what some pundit on Fox tells them it says.

The real answer is that Americans conservatives genuinely hate the poor, and will happily double their own healthcare costs if it means denying poor people access to care. They will fight tooth and nail to preserve the system that rich white Americans can afford, but poor black people can't.

Oh no!

Anyway...

That, and stabbing the rail workers union in the back.

That's something that's been really nice about using Mastodon. It just shows you what you ask it to show you. There's 0 time wasted scrolling through content you never asked for hoping that the good stuff might accidentally bubble to the surface at some point.