demagogue on 6/6/2024 at 23:19
Sure I'm directing the point at them then... Just to say once one knows to look at it phonetically, it'd help with remembering the spelling.
My observation about the story itself is just thinking about how connected it is with life in Japan. There is such a run on those kinds of books because the train system is so highly developed there, so many people take the trains, that there's a whole massive industry for books for people commuting on the trains.
That's probably one reason why Japanese tropes get so highly developed and export so well and are so influential, because the commute books and comics are recycling and pushing tropes so far and so quickly. They had a meme culture already up and running before the Internet.
But I think you could really say it's the train network that's grounding the whole thing. Just interesting to observe. These kinds of books and that kind of trope-recycling wouldn't really be conceivable in the US since there's no basis like that for them, except through online platforms and message boards, which has become its own thing.
Nicker on 8/6/2024 at 15:24
Trains were a similar driving force behind laundry technology during the industrial revolution. Not to mention the blending of genetics. Those damned libz trainz, polluting blood purity. :mad:
DuatDweller on 8/6/2024 at 21:20
You're against the steam revolution Nick.
Starker on 13/6/2024 at 05:22
This time, on some more not news, violent outside agitators infiltrating college campus protests and attacking students and professors:
[video=youtube;XgN3gO0_LLU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgN3gO0_LLU[/video]
mxleader on 13/6/2024 at 12:44
Quote Posted by Starker
This time, on some more not news, violent outside agitators infiltrating college campus protests and attacking students and professors:
First of all there is no genocide. It's not even ethnic cleansing at this point unless you're referring to the Hamas anti-Israel doctrine.
Some protestors are utterly clueless as to why they are protesting. Others are clearly antisemitic. Another percentage are college age children of Hamas attending universities outside of Gaza (No idea where they come up with the money since they are oppressed). Hamas, Palestinian fedayeen, PLO, etc. can all go eff themselves. Why do any of the non-Palestinian protestors suddenly care? Because it's the latest thing. There's no logical reason why anyone would protest against Israels efforts to repatriate their citizens.
Is the post WWII Israel a perfectly innocent bystander in all of this? No. But the methods developed by Hamas and earlier terrorist organizations are unsound. Also, Japan got big mad when the world (The US) placed embargoes on oil and other cool things so they started a war with the US. There are similarities with Palestinians and Israel (The US) but the US is much better at redirecting pissy attitudes so that the wars remain smallish and don't directly involve the inventors of the glass parking lot maker.
Anyway, if you want to make some money here's a list of defense contractors you can potentially invest dollars in: (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defense_contractors)
Starker on 13/6/2024 at 15:22
Thank you for the perfect example of what this video is about. You could easily go work for CNN or MSNBC at this point and yell at those stupid kids who don't know what they are doing and threaten their future.
mxleader on 13/6/2024 at 15:46
I have better things to do...
Starker on 13/6/2024 at 15:49
I mean it -- the video above is basically an answer to your post.
Subjective Effect on 13/6/2024 at 16:52
It's an hour and twenty minutes long. I watched the first 7 minutes.
RippedPhreak on 13/6/2024 at 17:12
I dismiss these protests because they aren't making anyone in power uncomfortable. If the students really want to force a change in policy, they need to physically confront the people who are actually making the decisions. Who's on the board of Lockheed Martin? What are their physical home addresses? Who are the Senators who voted to send more bombs to Israel? What are their addresses?
But oops...as soon as you push a little too hard and actually make powerful people worried, that's called an insurrection. Welcome to 20 years federal prison. Far easier to keep your head down and not make waves, right?
Mill around on campus for a few days. Spray paint a few buildings. Surround a couple of Jewish women with a crowd of assholes in keffiyeh scarves, and scream threats at them to make yourself feel tough. Then wander off and get high, having accomplished nothing of consequence. Go on social media and declare that you won.
Or sure, sit in the street and block traffic for a while. You think powerful people care that some blue collar workers had to sit and wait on a bridge? The real decision makers are flying past you in private helicopters laughing their asses off. But these students are making themselves feel better, and that's what really matters.
