SizzleChest

I don't know, man. I know them and have been very close for 30 years. I just try to unfuck them. That's all. If it works, it's a win.

And that's fine for you. It's not as easy for others.

Absolutely. A caring friend would ask. And ask. And ask. Hold them accountable for their opinion. Push them. Challenge them. "Oh, you are voting for Trump? Then why don't you have a t-shirt. Or a sign, Or a flag. What are you hiding from?"

I keep trying to convince them otherwise. It's started to resonate. If I had abandoned it and them, would that have happened? Fuck no. And these are people who were not lifelong Republicans. They were susceptible because of social media and some temporary life failures. Not calling them victims, but there are some explanations for this shit.

Happy for you that it's all so clear and simple.

If your friendships can't survive shit like that, maybe they're all really just acquaintances. Giving in to political tribalism to the extent of abandoning strong, lifelong relationships just seems completely stupid to me. People get fucked up and lost. It happens.

I consider myself a “normie” (although I avidly avoid listening to Rogan, I sure as hell know who he is and have friends who listen to him). Harris went on Call Her Daddy week before last. Host is Alex Cooper. Huge audience. Near equivalent to Rogan in terms of number of listeners. I had no fucking clue who Alex Cooper was or anything about her podcast before Harris went on it. You are painfully trying to associate “normies” with “people who know famous podcasters”. Shit man, there’s a lot of people that still have cable TV or a satellite dish (DirecTV/Dish) and have never listened to a podcast. They are “normies” as much or more than those you are describing - they just consume their media differently. If you are going to associate Rogan to the masses, it’s almost exclusively males that are conservative or libertarian, wear Oakleys, consider themselves widely open to new ideas (but not really), I.e. pseudo intellectuals, smoke pot, and and get hard whenever someone mentions the word “octagon”.

AVATAR!

No one is going to a theatre to watch a Donald Trump movie. People are Trump fatigued and paying $12 and spending 2 hours to watch a movie about Roy Cohn and Trump is a non-starter.

Bret Baier is going to need SS protection after that thing airs.

Dude.

Posted on a hurricane thread. it’s not anger, bub. It’s just mind blowing.

slorch’d, rocko’d, stanco’d. it’s not about the receipts. Your journey to Surly infamy is legend. That’s a short list of truly aggressively stupid and foolish posters, so well-earned, chap.

I'll always go for the scoop of ice cream.

She's trying to win, not win and earn style points. Politics is just the worst business, duh.

Tim Walz tonight:

Then they're more than welcome to forfeit the free legal aid if Trump wins and Muslim Ban 2.0 - Nahga-Notta-Not Gonna-Be-A-Citizen-Anymore Boogaloo breaks box office records.

Is Enten a synonym for taint (or gooch)?

It's the ultimate of false equivalencies, so of course they are running with it. And, of course, Mr. Smells like diarrhea soup got around that "law" with his fake bone spurs. Well done, Trumpers. Well done.