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@kotep would that that were the case

I'd love to see them trying to make that fit on the top of a wedding cake

TFW you're going to an engagement party in two weeks and you realise you can legitimately say to one of the couple "hey, congratulations on your character getting into Smash Bros"

Pol but good news 

Further updates on alt-right folks trying to speak in NZ - they just got thrown out of their last venue option, and they're officially cancelling their talks in the country. Fuck yeah:
newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand

I think I just had my first sustained conversation with a stranger on the London tube in like... 4.5 years of living here?

It was prompted by me noticing his big "TV 3 New Zealand" sticker on his camera, and then we both mostly talked about home vs here. The typical immigrant experience, I guess, as all the locals tried to look like they weren't listening in.

Pol, but tiny good news 

There were two alt-right speakers planning on speaking in NZ, but the entire event has now been officially cancelled after the local council denied them the use of the public hall they wanted to use. Fuck yeah.

Adult humour 

When you cum to the idea of male elephant TF it's...

There's a certain reporting tool I need to learn about for work, and that's why my phone keeps auto-suggesting I search for "POWER BI"

Although if this was viral marketing for the next Marvel phase, I wouldn't exactly be unhappy.

"And then I didn't know how to continue that conversation without talking about child slavery... so I talked about child slavery" - my sister, pretty succinctly summing up her parenting style

UK politics, but good news 

Yo if trying to hammer out the impossible Brexit deal could continue to force the oiks out of the UK government (bye Boris Johnson) AND potentially sink Brexit outright?

That might almost turn 2018 right around over here, dang.

pol 

@fineursine it's a weird-ass thing with non-Americans, people who will excoriate the US president specifically, and then espouse the exact same shit that got him in.

I don't know if that's better or worse than having family who vote for him. I guess it's just different. Certainly tiring, if nothing else.

Anyway, sorry. Thanks for the commiserations, I appreciate it.

Accidental pol 

@fineursine eh, you can definitely relate. Sorry for your recent family stuff too, my dude

Accidental pol 

And here I was thinking the most awkward parts of the day were going to be when she gushed about the Queen, or commented that she hated to see beggars with dogs because "that must be a really bad life - for the dog".

Honestly, this reminds me of the time I found out a girl I dated for a week was shockingly racist. The signs were there the whole time, I just kept giving her the benefit of the doubt until I reached a point where that was no longer possible

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Accidental pol 

Spent the day hanging out with my aunt, who was just finishing up a big European trip. It was a pretty good day!

Right up until, in the intermission of the play we were seeing, she started talking about how much she loves Jordan Peterson, listens to all his podcasts, and I should too.

Damn. It's always so easy to think that the poison isn't in *your* backyard, y'know? But it is. Fuckin old white people just love to hear how Free Speech is the most important thing, and PC = bad

Video games hot take, politics-adjacent 

I realised just now why days like today give me an urge to start playing a Fallout game again. It's because of a desire to be in a world where the mentality of "let's all act like it's the 1950's for ever" is taken to its natural conclusion, and everyone gets to see exactly how badly that turns out

oops I accidentally went back to my room after the dinner (with drinks) and now I might not go out again for the separate drinks

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