You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
haha, it is pretty late isn't it?
i slept till like 6 in the evening so i'm wide awake, naturally
“Reading the morning newspaper is the realist’s morning prayer. One orients one’s attitude toward the world either by God or by what the world is. The former gives as much security as the latter, in that one knows how one stands.”
Turns out that, instead of dying my hair blue, I'm dying the top half dark red and the bottom half bright red and the two colours will merge together in the middle, so it'll be a gradual fading effect.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The fact that I'm probably never going to have citizenship in any country besides America is depressing
It's not an entirely inaccurate reflection of the biggest divides in racial and economic politics, though. When people mention it, it's almost always when talking about The South, particularly The Deep South. Which is a pretty unique cultural thing, and not necessarily a good one.
I'm not sure why you feel so left out of a conversation about the former Confederate States of America, frankly.
I mean, everybody sort of memetically knows how beautiful that area is, what with the mountains and national parks and so forth, but there just aren't that many people there, and there never have been. I understand the basic frustration—if you ever watch national news, the only time Philadelphia is ever referenced is either because some weird weather thing happened or, now, the DNC—but your response to it here is just kinda dumb, honestly. Like, these are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
Philadelphia at least has a central place in American history, is the fifth-largest city in America, and notable things have been set there.
I dunno, sometimes I wish more people were from here, so they'd be unused to all the trees and stuff in the East. But then again maybe this region simply isn't as hospitable as others - the dryness of the climate, the cyclical economy...
definitely washington. in new england i lived in one of those suburbs that had had any sense of locus kind of smeared across the country by virtue of its reproducibility
what i mean is that what it was like isn't that important to this whatever since none of it seems very unique to the particular avatar of the ur-suburb in which i lived
@Anonus I hear that one of your senators, Michael Bennet, is probably the most awesome person you've never heard of, because he's the kind of person who keeps his nose down and gets things done without grandstanding.
As a Democrat -- and an appointed senator, no less -- he actually survived the 2010 red wave.
possible cultural difference i've noticed (which may be generalizing from insufficient evidence): i get the impression it's fairly normal in the US for popular singers to perform the national anthem, e.g. before football games and such?
whereas over here in my experience it's normally performed by a classical singer, if indeed it's not just performed by a choir
maybe related, in the 1970s, prog band ELP released a version of "Jerusalem" as a single, and it was actually banned from radio play in England on the basis that it was disrespectful, although the band said this was not their intent
"Jerusalem" serves as an unofficial anthem for England (Wales being the only UK constituent country to have its own official anthem), but i'm not sure whether this was why it was deemed disrespectful, or if it was due to the religious subject matter
possible cultural difference i've noticed (which may be generalizing from insufficient evidence): i get the impression it's fairly normal in the US for popular singers to perform the national anthem, e.g. before football games and such?
whereas over here in my experience it's normally performed by a classical singer, if indeed it's not just performed by a choir
Oh yeah, we have popular singers perform the anthem before the Super Bowl and the MLB All-Star Game and stuff, I don't think they do it before "normal" games
John Williams performed the National Anthem at Fenway before the first game of the 2007 World Series because he is a Red Sox fan (for some reason, because he's not from New England and I don't know if he has any ties to the region), they don't seem to have done anything like that since
when i was little i was admonished by my mother many times that i could not sing the national anthem in public, because it would mean that everyone would have to stand, because not standing during the national anthem is disrespectful
Comments
"Hair should be its natural colour"
LOL
it turns all I needed were some burgers so now I'm fighting ASGORE
Me: *buys more music*
I'm not sure why you feel so left out of a conversation about the former Confederate States of America, frankly.
and i dunno what connection there is beyond like, hey, i recognize those trees. none of those movie things are about depicting society
except twilight, which i haven't seen but it looks like it's got the "boring hills town" thing down pat
if that's not enough for a je ne sais quoi then i got nothing.
As a Democrat -- and an appointed senator, no less -- he actually survived the 2010 red wave.
whereas over here in my experience it's normally performed by a classical singer, if indeed it's not just performed by a choir
"Jerusalem" serves as an unofficial anthem for England (Wales being the only UK constituent country to have its own official anthem), but i'm not sure whether this was why it was deemed disrespectful, or if it was due to the religious subject matter