As a balding middle aged (mediocracy dependingb on the given activity) white guy, I get where they’re coming from.

It’s that the non-rich MAGA-ites have a tendency to fall inton those categories - not necessarily the other way around - as they chase the fictitious golden age where they could have instead been great.

I wouldn’t be surprised if beans are the next thing in their list of stuff to ruin.

Maybe they think that neuroplasticity comes from excess microplastics in the brain …

Pretty sure that’s part of the point. Either the current admin enriches themselves fucking everyone over for the next 2-4 years, or they get replaced by lukewarm Democrat party of whom half were probably also making bank off the current corruption and this will never prosecute anyone of note, while wasting their whole term either actively embattled with Trump for the rest of his term and unfucking things for the rest.

And the toddler is pissed off at them because they wouldn’t let him shit in their sandbox…

Depending on the belt used the tires don’t actually just “pop” like in the movies. They get holds such causes them to deflate and become undeliverable. Ever got a punctured tire before? It’s not an instant process by any means.

There are belts can actually make larger holes as the spike comes out, but this doesn’t seem to be the case here.

But “he’s a kid man, a kid”

Like holy crap I wish somebody would smack the guy recording upside the head

'tis this beef, good sir?

Neigh, I say. Neigh

It’s one of those things that rather than trying to take itself too seriously, they embraced a certain amount of cheesy over-the-top performance that made it more entertaining and likely more fun for the actors as well.

Honestly I wish more games would go back to that culture/era rather than trying to be the next epic. The cutscenes from C&C were damned art, games like Warcraft 2/3 had some great Easter eggs from continually clicking units (including “me not that type of Orc” , or the necromancer’s rather edgy “I love the dead… frequently”), and even Diablo had the Cow Level etc

Straight up Stevia isn’t too bad. It comes from the leaves of a plant and if anything is often sweeter tasting per volume than sugar. That doesn’t mean people should be drinking soft drinks with it in great volume versus water, but it’s an acceptable substitute IMO to sugar in coffee or the occasional drink and still better than cane sugar. Soft drinks contain plenty of other shit that’s not particularly good for you in addition to the sweeteners too.

Sucralose is nasty stuff, and Splenda is just a brand, with their “sweetener” containing a bit of Sucralose in their chemical cocktail “sugar substitute” in addition to hefty doses of dextrose/maltodexrin as bulking agents.

Yeah which is why I REALLY hope the Carney government is planning to put a stopper on the proposed sale of Moneris to US private equity. That idea was a disaster for Canadians BEFORE this current bullshit.

Not sure much missing a class but showing up and having an exam that I’d not heard of nor studied any of the material for

My take is that money doesn’t bring happiness, but poverty definitely can strip it away

And yet where do you think the demographic that voted for the guy that shits his pants and falls asleep comes from exactly, and moreover continues to double-down on supporting him even to their own detriment? How about the people who modify their trucks to spread black smoke just to “own those pissy hybrid drivers and cyclists”?

The continued attempts to enumerate activities that would have fit on Jackass (and likely watched the same on repeat).

Never knew a pretty girl in school who got good grades but hid then and played dumb?

There’s plenty of people who embrace an absurdist mentality and openly reject anything that requires actively using one’s brain.

Life isn’t an RPG, but there has definitely been a push by certain groups to value looks and strength or martial prowess over intelligence and education, particularly in North American culture. Yeah, somebody can be an athlete without being dumb, and as another person pointed out there actually a lot of high-speed decision-making that requires intelligence to pro-sports.

At the same time, there are people who very much lean towards looking buff, tough, but not too bright as they categorize intellectuals as losers or socially unwanted. Similarly, there are girls or women who will emphasize their looks and actively hide their intelligence. Il This over time leads to a willful ignorance that IMO is worse than simply being of lower IQ or lacking education.

That’s actually a good point about sports intelligence. Pro athletes likely have a certain almost instinctual grasp of certain physics even if they aren’t running the actual numbers in their heads.

Yeah I meant to your red-hatted but hatred seems to come with that package too so…

I’d actually love to hear a twist on the story where the mirror is the baddie. Maybe it’s an imprisoned demon who convinces the Queen that Snow will brutally overthrow her. Having little sides that show it also is a racist to emphasize that it’s evil and biased would be fun

I mean, that’s a fun take but realistically there are plenty of women who put a lot more stock in looks (just as men do) an immediate financial ability.

That jock who got a job that’s physically demanding might be making more out of high school, but the IT nerd who went for they education and got a good tech job was likely on a slower burn path to self-improvement with better pay, possibly improving looks over time (or at least less of a beer belly). At least before AI started killing the tech sector again, so maybe the jocks will be coming out ahead for awhile.

Also, there’s also nothing wrong with being a good dude with average intelligence who works hard. Just don’t pick an red-hatred idiot. And intelligent nerds who don’t learn social skills can absolutely still become nasty incels.

Well not all the time!