Doubleohdonut

I agree the role of Pope is very performative, but that's not necessarily equivalent to "this guy was an asshole". And the examples you raised strike me as more tied to his job, than things he did outside of his role as the Pope.

Or are you saying that anyone who rises to become a Pope must be corrupt enough to be an asshole?

Oof that's a whole lot of assumptions. Not every single house owner even belongs to an HOA. Ostracization can also be caused by other factors, like those delightful people who arrange their used car collections.

I'm going to go out on a wild limb and state that lawn ownership is not inherently facist. While it may be the local standard for many people in North America and West Europe, I believe home owners around the world generally have the choice of what to plant in their own property. As you said, there are problems with local setups, where HOAs or other controlling organizations are the norm.

I've never heard of an HOA outside the US. Are they all run by the same organization, or do they tend to be different regionally? Genuinely curious, but I think the term "fascism" is generally used when there are literally no other options available. Is buying a house in the US conditional on joining an HOA? Is my perspective too narrow on this?

Those higher grades seem to all coincide with recent movies. Is society developing a bigger taste for horror as the world destablizes?

This reads like a stand up bit intended to insult the audience with a wild strawman. It would go over better if you took out the personal attack and limited it to the experience of what goes into maintaining a lawn, which many people take on because they checks notes bought a house. Fuck 'em, though, right?

... played by Tom Hiddleston, panel 4

Gotta prep people for the "answer to autism" they're announcing in September...

"Sugar water is amazing" say people paid by Big Sugar. Sigh.

Memento Mori focuses on daily stoicism practises. I'm very interested in other suggestions though. I'd love to practise critical thinking exercises more.

And now Pongo's review of Rocky 5 ..... thousand

I downloaded this to show my Canadian SO, which has bedn delightful! We then caught Nicholas Lyndhurst voicing a hemulen in the Moomin kids show. I just wish I could show him young David Jason too, but we'll get there ...

It is indeed. The audio is smooth in the movie so you don't notice unless you're watching her mouth.

That's a gif I always want to send co-workers 😁