This is how my cousin talked me into letting her peg me

salad mixing bowl full of half rice chex half cocoa pebbles with two bananas sliced up in it

I do agree with the main point of your post; however, I feel that your reasoning is backwards.

Big blockbusters give the masses a dose of placebo. You see a movie where people who hold your values win, so you feel like it happened in real life, so you’re less likely to make it happen in real life.

So I’m not spoiling this movie, look at the MCU instead: They defeated Thanos and stopped half the world’s population from disappearing, and then we failed to properly fight COVID and Donald Trump gained power.

Now, I know correlation doesn’t equal causation, and that there were other factors at play, but I also know that when you perceive the image of something, it activates the same neurons as actually seeing that thing - when you watch The Notebook or Armageddon, you feel the emotions of the characters in the film, and you cry.

That, combined with the other psychological tactics that we are constantly being bombarded with, make it difficult for us to navigate the world with a clear head. When you feel like you’re winning, why would you fight?

And also, a TON of people are straight apathetic, and a lot more are just plain-old stupid. And there are dozens or hundreds of other factors such as personality of the audience, socioeconomics, religious beliefs, etc… that come into play here as well. It’s not quite as cut-and-dry as “monkey see, monkey feels as though it has done,” but that does play a large factor in it.

I typed all this but didn’t proofread any of it, so I hope it makes sense. I’m sleepy.

No, but Jason Bourne notices things reflexively. The last line, though stated as serious, should not be taken seriously. You should only steal from large corporations- never individuals. Only monsters steal from individuals.

What’re you, casing the joint or somethin’?

Jason Bourne over here identifying everything in your bag every time you turn your back just in case he needs to call someone in the government and antagonize them for a few minutes.

What’s your next move - take the strap off the bag and use it to tie yourself to the bottom of the train so a bald guy can’t find you?

Seriously, though, you should steal that shit.

Yeah but the only thing it can hold is gravel and grit. No gravy, no chocolate milk- it all runs out the crack.

Man, the Marines are looking very feminine these days.

It tasting like pork would be an indication that op is eating human flesh harvested from the new ICE facility that just opened in Florida. Pretty sure that’s the joke they were going for.

If you have to ask, you can’t afford em

I have a mental image of you in a basement sweatshop in Philadelphia- the air is full of smoke and there’s a constant barrage of German speeches and gunfire being played over the loudspeaker, broken only by the occasional steam whistle. You take a longing glance out the window, wishing you were on one of the higher floors so you could jump. And there is it.

Pinecone.

Interesting. I definitely have, but maybe it was just on my own edited comments? Who’s to say.

This means I can edit all of my comments to make the replies look insane. Excellent.

I live almost exactly on the opposite side of the planet from Australia; I just prefer to be chilly - especially while sleeping.

Also, did you edit your earlier comment? I could’ve sworn I replied to one that said “Even in the winter?” But now it mentions long pants being an option, and there’s no icon indicating it was edited. Just wondering, because someone mentioned a similar situation (a comment they replied to being different) recently.

And during winter, I sleep in my underwear, with no shirt, and a fan going.

Cold is rather subjective, honestly. To some, it never gets cold.

I found it. The most insane comment I’ve ever seen. Finally I can rest.

18, if those are boxer-briefs

Potatoes are now called potatoes

Uwo’s Lab made one on this stream, as well as some other items:

https://youtu.be/Lg7EVgLI2vk

Maybe start by advocating for better education for low-income individuals who have fallen prey to systemic cuts to their social aid programs and are prone to voting against their own interest due to being subject to propaganda their entire lives, thereby building a base of well-informed voters and community members who would then be more well-equipped to tackle and help tackle other issues around them- in their local community, but also on a national level.

That’s just one thought.

Your shitty “oh you didn’t wanna start with world peace” jab shows that you are either purposely trying to be an asshole, or you don’t understand that small changes lead to big ones. Obviously we’d start with world peace if that were an option, and I’d imagine it’s the other commenter’s end goal, but you can’t have world peace when it’s built on an inherently violent and broken system. Unless your definition of world peace is genocidal thought policing.