i really do love those military jackets with embroidery that resembles a gilded ribcage they serve sooooooo much thanatological cunt it’s unreal. the memento mori of it all. the bastardised martyrdom. the self-fulfilling prophecy of dressing yourself in silver and gold evoking the final, fragile shield between the most vital, vulnerable parts of you and annihilation, just to go to a place where the objective is to hack it to pieces as cruelly and efficiently as possible until you resemble nothing more than ground meat trodden into the dust you came from. fuck the military for real and forever but they went harder with horrifically ironic self-deceiving propaganda than anyone ever has or will. give it up for the old lie everyone!
Hey OP when you were a young boy did your father take you into the city to see the marching band?
by the way, notice the ubiquity of the stars and stripes and red maga hats and “stop the steal” for Pro-Yoon rallies. I have to reiterate, over and over, that the right-wing, from the far-right to the center right, in East Asia is joined at the hip with the United States and actively seek the occupational military force’s active intervention when politics do not go their way. You cannot, as a yank, do this song and dance about “ohh South Korea/Japan is so reactionary” when the reason for that is the occupational force that’s been around for 80 years.
Notice the amount of stars and stripes for the Pro-Yoon rally
and the lack of the, here for the Anti-Yoon rally. Also of note here is the lone rainbow anti-discrimiantion sign at the Anti-Yoon rally. The United States and its flag is symbolic against social progress and equality world wide.
I just want to say how much I love how anime writers came up with the idea of a Signal Samurai and the idea of showing the trio as children. Now Miles’ obsession with Steel Samurai is not only a funny trait of the seemingly serious and cruel prosecutor but also his escape to a happy childhood with his friends. I remember one post (or comment?) where the author interpreted Phoenix’s keychain being more worn as a sign that he wears his heart on his sleeve, while Miles’ is treasured because he’s afraid to open up to other people and keeps his heart on lock. But then Miles starts wearing his keychain everywhere and isn’t afraid to show it off no matter how embarrassing it is and it’s a sign of him healing and becoming a better person. I really like this theory and although know it won’t happen, I would love to see the Signal Samurai in the games.
Every time we see the federations stupid ship a different one of the zaku pilots looks at me like “put me in coach” and i have to pretend that he isnt about to get ripped in half by an enemy soldier who’s clearly having a panic attack over comms
ok so these new tariffs are likely going to be primarily affecting red states. i want y’all to ignore the urge to respond by saying the people in those red states deserve it because of the political representation we have. not because some of us are progressives but because this is an opportunity. if conservatives from these states start complaining about higher prices and financial strain, do not respond with “well you voted for this!” this is your opportunity to pull them to the center. say “wow that is really awful. i’m sure this isn’t what you wanted when you voted last year. you deserve representatives that will have your best interests at heart, you should let them know how upset you are! you deserve to be heard!”
because listen to me. republican politicians don’t give a shit about what progressives in red states have to say. they aren’t gonna change their voting trends for us. but if a bunch of small town conservatives start to get restless and angry with their politicians, if they lose support from their most important demographics, that has a shot at changing things. so swallow your pride and disgust and have a conversation with that republican truck driver instead of taking the pot shot that’ll get you 10 minutes of dopamine. do the hard work.
Time to roll this image out for the conservatives for once.
Make them mad that they’ve been made fools of, because that right there is an out. A lot of them are going to dig their heels in because if they admit that they were making shit choices then what have they been doing all this time? The sunk-cost fallacy wouldn’t allow it.
But! What if they were flat out lied to? There’s the excuse to back out! They didn’t sign up for this, didn’t know that they were voting for a liar (🙃 I know. I KNOWWW). But aren’t they pissed now? At the guy who fucking SCAMMED them out of their vote?
yup. the republican party’s big pull is that they’re very good at pointing the finger at xyz minority group to blame them for the country’s ills. people like to know who to blame. conservatives especially like to know who to blame because very often they are not educated enough to understand what the actual problems are, because conservative politicians do not prioritize education.
so with the trump administration doing such a phenomenally horrible job at everything, now is the time to give those conservatives a group to blame. gas prices skyrocketing? trump isn’t following through on his promise to lower gas prices and i’m pretty sure those tariffs he imposed are why! groceries getting way too expensive? trump promised to make them cheaper but he’s doing the opposite!
if their options are imploding with embarrassment and having their entire worldview fall apart or ignoring reality, they’ll choose ignoring reality. if they have a third option of getting mad and blaming someone, that is the one they have been trained to choose. use that.
Guys. This works.
I live in the fucking Bible Belt. This place is so atrociously red that I am the weirdest person that most of the people I know have ever met.
I’m not even the weirdest person I’ve ever met. But we are few and far between.
And I’m telling you, they are angry about the same exact things we are. They just have a different narrative.
Now, FINALLY, we are coming to a point where there won’t be anyone else to blame properly EXCEPT the people in power.
And nothing, NOTHING, makes these guys listen closer than when you point out it was their special guy who did this to begin with and doesn’t that make you angry? This fucker lied to us!
Us. Not you. Us.
Because they did lie to us even if some of us didn’t buy it.
Make it us, the truck driver and the other guy next to him in the Kroger, against the evil dip shits in power.
That’s how they work.
Make them identify with YOU.
You may look different and like weird books instead of football and have a rainbow pin, but you’re here, in their community, dealing with the same grocery prices.
Make them see that.
And then point them in the right direction.
“Fucked up that the (insert policy) seems to be backfiring. I feel lied too. You?”
Look I love unconditional devotion love stories as much as the next person, but there’s really something so deliciously raw about conditional devotion.
I have served you and I have loved you for decades, but I will not give up my principles for you. You cut out part of my heart and took it with you down that path that you insist on walking, but you walk it alone. Even when the bleeding, gaping hole you left in my chest kills me, I will not follow you.
me everytime one of my seemingly non-specific homoerotic text posts breaks containment
