what is the actual purpose of the convos in the politics threads

Posting in politics threads ime has the effect of releasing the pressure valve just a smidge such that a vessel inside my brain doesn't break loose and start whipping about my cranium like an unmanned firehose.

Maybe that's just me.

It's sure to happen someday despite my preventative efforts but I'm all about kicking that can down the road.

dlh ilu

(for the Anne McCaffrey ref)

To the extent that they personally are materially unaffected, many people apparently regard details about their elected officials as mere trivia, perhaps something you'd come across in an issue of People Magazine just after the latest in-depth coverage of the current season of The Bachelorette.

― Artisanal Personality Disorder (Old Lunch), Friday, May 10, 2019 1:01 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'Did you see this, Helen? That goofball Trump was laughing about shooting immigrants! What a goofball! Say, did you see that Big Band Theory finale? What a hoot that was!'

― Artisanal Personality Disorder (Old Lunch), Friday, May 10, 2019 1:02 PM (forty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can you imagine being a normie, just making blithe observations about trump then going on to discuss pop culture? leaving us ilxors have to fight the war against trump w. hitler on our own, one chapo ep at a time? beyond fucked.

Feels like there's a distinction you're missing except that instead of missing it you're just intentionally ignoring it in order to make a TrenchObv, but that's cool bro.

capn save a normie

xp jokes on you, 'Helen' + her partner actually both queer female poc, they just also happen to not care. mind = blown yet?

They also both work for a carnival as barkers, know all the words to the second and third verses of God Bless America, and are allergic to tree nuts!

xp jokes on you, 'Helen' + her partner actually both queer female poc, they just also happen to not care. mind = blown yet?

― lumen (esby), Friday, May 10, 2019 1:19 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark

this is "estranged uncle's Facebook post" level of humour