Transgender issues play well in areas Harris won by 20+ points? Well I never!

(In a better, more reasonable world Harris would’ve taken the country by a similar margin.)

I remember wondering about these games decades ago, I’ll add them to my IsThereAnyDeal lists.

Thanks!

Dang, I really liked Diabolical.

That’s fantastic!

We can both agree that we hate oligarchs and dictators and find a common ground in between.

I really like this take. I pray it’s the attitude we adopt for the midterms.

This whole exchange has been such a delight to read and agree with.

Like you, I don’t think the issue is this system or that, it’s the enforcement of the rules that make the whole thing work. And for decades, those rules and institutions have been sold away bit by bit for tax cuts and lobbyists.

If you’re following them around, that’s not living rent free in someone’s head, that’s just being weird.

The whole idea of the phrase is the one living rent free is just enjoying their life while the OTHER person obsesses about them.

If you’re the one doing the stalking, it’s the stalkee that’s living rent free in your head.

I was about to disagree as the last couple of women I’ve gone home with I’ve met at the bar.

Then I remembered that “oh yeah, those were one night stands, not coupling. Last couple of relationships definitely started on the apps.”

BUT, I will say that at least three couples (one has recently graduated to marriage!) on my various soccer teams met on the team or through team friends. So there’s still sort of hope!

Oh, my apologies, I didn’t meant to jump off the top ropes to defend pop culture etc. And absolutely, all sorts of routes to cool.

That being said, I’m a middle age man and am thus by classic definition, the anti cool.

Believe me, I have an over abundance of confidence, I know I’m cool in all the things that matter. But I also know that my time at the cultural forefront (whether your culture is pop, punk, underground, whatever) has passed, that’s off to the next generation.

I think of it like, while I still go to some of the larger underground events, I’m not one of the tastemakers that some of my friends were in our youth etc and I damn well won’t have heard of any of the bands but on the other hand, I am at the point where I can help out by buying all the merch.

I mean, you could make a credible argument for either but I’m pretty sure Republicans would whine regardless (she was pretty outspoken about how voting trump was a bad idea leading to his comically petulant “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT” tweet.)

Her being allied to Trump does not bode well for the regime after Maduro, though

They have to get to the post Maduro stage first.

I think it’s like Ukraine, yeah, it’d be better if you didn’t have to rely on the States but to whom else can she turn?

If Venezuelans handle it, great and her praising trump costs nothing. If trump helps, there’ll be strings but it’ll almost certainly be better than Maduro.

I think she’s opportunistic and will praise whomever will help get rid of Maduro.

Sadly, US intervention is probably one of Venezuela’s best hopes at regime change and trump is childish enoughed to be influenced by petty praise.

To each their own. I definitely used to just listen to my own punk shit and disdain pop but the older I get, the more I see value in something fun with a catchy beat that a lot of people can dance and sing to at once. The classic tunes I dig were also pop once before they became old people tunes.

It’s like anything, if all you listen to is pop, that’s probably not great but if you refuse to listen to any, you’re probably missing out.

which apparently is worth being downvoted for

Yeah, that surprised me. My guess is that your comment came off a little “how can this be popular if I haven’t hesrd of it?” Which feels kinda boomery.

Don’t know what to tell you, he’s been on Canadian news a few times, subject of at least two Economist articles, BBC articles, Guardian articles etc. Maybe you missed the reports? I mean, if you don’t know the name of the guy announced to headline the Super Bowl (by definition, fairly goshdarn famous) it’s not like you’d be expected to be in touch with who is popular etc.

I mean, if you’re haven’t really listened to arguably the biggest artist in the world, are you really surprised you don’t know about the other big ones?

That moment when we realize we’re at the ppint where pop culture is passing us by rather than being targeted at us…

(Honestly, if it weren’t for some of the younglings on my soccer team I’d have only learned about Bad Bunny in the Economist, which is a pretty embarrassingly uncool way to learn about pop culture.)

According to number of streams it’d be Taylor Swift or Bad Bunny, but Bunny has a much smaller catalogue and fewer active years. (And I think conservatives would be as annoyed if Taylor played as she was pretty outspoken about trump.)

But yeah, his music has been everywhere. Anecdotally, I think it’s been played at 3/3 weddings I was at this summer, which I thought was neat considering none of the couples speaks Spanish.

Does he actually not remember he tried this less than 6 months ago and already had to back down?

Absolutely. Making fun of their hypocrisy almost feels like shooting fish in a gun-sized barrel at this point.

It’s never Lupus!