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i hate biden

Biden inspires no passion ANYWHERE. There are no lawn signs or bumper stickers for him because people are, at the absolute best, moderately satisfied with him.

Billy Porter performance was great.

I thought the bit of it I saw was kind of ridiculous but I was not at all impressed with White Twitter leftists going "who is this dude, Keith Sweat's cousin Flop Sweat, lololololol"

love the US politics lawn sign chat.

First, beamish13 asserts Biden inspires no passion anywhere. Next, beamish13 asserts they hate Biden. This is self-contradictory.

ekspost - outfit, choreography, retro-ness A+.

liked the color palette of the flag.

Not a big fan of Billy Porter but it's more of a general dislike for his type of hyper-theatrical Thing than just him. Also, that song is irredeemable crap.

You may personally think that Biden is a terrible presidential candidate (I'm not exactly over the moon about him myself) but if you don't see any difference between him and Trump, I'd just like to say: I'm very sorry that you won't be able to interact with your friends face-to-face during your sophomore year of college.

xp now you've gone too far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GURviYuFFOI

Oh, there are obvious differences between Trump and Biden. The problem is that they’re completely unscrupulous, albeit in very different ways.

Thankfully, I finished enough schooling to place well in Canada’s Express Entry system, which enabled me to leave the States and become a former American

At least it wasn’t fucking Billy EICHNER

Lmao the Canadian lawn sign observer has logged on

The commentary is trenchant in the great white north.

I still visit the States. Los Angeles, that is, so not the “real” (Rust Belt/Bible Belt/Sinkhole) America.

Bernie was your last shot

You visit the states during a pandemic to count lawn signs?

How do you get back into Canada?

You can’t help but notice them. I need quantitative data

how do you guys like my new sock

should put all the canadians in one thread to answer questions about the US.

there's no need to visit another country to count lawn signs. you can just use google earth imagery in 3D mode

My wife also seems to think that hyperbolic exaggerations make her assertions more powerful rather than moving them in the direction of absurdity.

i should know - i've been doing it for canada every night for 4 years. they are REALLY hard to find!!

xp

I mean, most Canadians know more about your history, so...

my girlfriend counts lawn signs, you don't know her she lives in canada

We can name the thread Bores of Canada.

In all seriousness since we’re on the subject, I live in a bit of LA that is not mostly white Canadians and during the primary the lawn sign count was like 90% biden, 10% Williamson. At least one of my neighbors still has their Williamson sign up.

It is very gratifying to have so many Canadian US history knowers on here. Saves me a lot of tedious wikipedia time.

This Rebecca Traister piece on the dispiriting nature of the convention is good, I think:
https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/how-were-the-dnc-speakers-chosen.html

most Canadians know more about your history, so...

know your audience, beamish. "most Canadians" would not know more about US history than US ilxors. so... what?

Is your ILX name a reference to noted British classical composer and violist Sally Beamish?

Why are we engaging with this boognish23

Is it just a reflex to having our minds blown?

My kids were both glued to the convention and have declared their intention to watch all two hours each night, so Generation Alpha and very young Z is on board

why do cats bat around a ball of yarn?

@pomemitul

No. As a young’un, I was very enamoured with the 1991 Dynamix software click and choose game The Adventures of Willy Beamish.

As an aside, the Sega-CD port has the best theme I have ever heard in a video game

Why are we engaging with this boognish23

the unifying trait of ILXors is the inability to resist picking at a scab

First, beamish13 asserts Biden inspires no passion anywhere. Next, beamish13 asserts they hate Biden. This is self-contradictory.

― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless)

look, i understand you want to shift the topic of discussion from the particular awfulness of joe biden to the logical inconsistencies displayed by a person on the internet who dislikes joe biden, but i'm not sure anybody else here wants to do this. can we get back to talking about joe biden's awfulness and the political incompetence of the people who have self-appointed themselves as the Only Alternative to Donald Trump?

no

xp
tbf beamish's posting history goes back 5 years, he's just exemplifying that thing where a formerly ILM-only poster crosses over and everyone assumes they're being trolled

As an aside, the Sega-CD port has the best theme I have ever heard in a video game

― beamish13

oh my god i didn't know you were a _rockist_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek65C45-zjM

no

― shout-out to his family (DJP)

that's fine, i'm down with just talking willy beamish on this thread until november

Sierra/Dynamix made some great games, no? Same company that gave us Kong’s Quest and Leisure Suit Larry

I misread the room, I guess. It seemed like most of us on ILC immensely dislike Biden. Honestly, I can’t even talk about too much; I have to worry about my blood pressure

I LOVE CRICKET: THE CHINATOWN OF ILX despises joe biden

some of us didn't replace the last horse we beat to death.

I was just making a very mild critical post about the propensity for people talking about US politics (and this includes journalists on twitter) to get into the weeds of reading lawn signs like tea leaves when surely it's the very definition of anecdotal and not v useful?

also beamish is from your country stop blaming him on Canada (also don't blame me on Canada, I'm not Canadian). blame Canada for being a colonial petrostate instead.

the lawn sign stuff reminds me of David Brooks being in Buttfuck, MI and talking to someone at the Arby's and they happen to have the exact same political concerns as him - which democrats ignore etc. blah

It's true; no one but the hardest of hard leftists actually believes in anything. Republicans are 100% creatures of greed, bigotry and spite, and mainstream Democrats have no beliefs at all except a vague idea that everyone should be a little bit nicer, while getting rich off capitalism of course. Only internet leftists have the virtue of genuine belief, which is why they are the best that the human race has to offer (just ask 'em). The other 99.44% of humanity are their inferiors, they just haven't acknowledged it yet, which is why the internet leftists are forced (it's a real burden) to keep screaming at them about it until enlightenment takes hold at last.

― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, August 18, 2020 1:34 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

keep up this biting boomerish satire and you’ll have andy borowitz’s job in no time

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