Only in very, very limited context. A minority can make fun of their own group all they want, and an “outsider” can do so but can’t really be punching down and it can’t be making someone less because of their ethnicity. Painting outside those lines is risky at the very least.

We’d attack policy, but Republicans don’t have any.

FWIW maybe an office job isn’t for everyone. Some people need different challenges and changes of scenery. Some of those jobs may be a bit more blue collar. Things like survey teams, equipment operators, trades, etc. Probably union gigs, too. I couldn’t handle office politics or being trapped either.

If it can’t be seen you can’t prove it is changing things. You don’t get it both ways saying it’s invisible to me but somehow isn’t invisible for you.

What we consider funny has shifted quite a bit, at least publicly and for decent people. There are still plenty who are perfectly fine with lowbrow racism and all that as far as what constitutes humor.

You think forcing a binary choice wins the argument? One absolutely can appreciate public protest and also understand it isn’t stopping the oligarchs and fascist takeover. I can. Can you?

Depends on what it was. Episodes of forward-looking shows like Star Trek or other series that tackled social issues in episodes are going to be wildly different than something like Revenge of the Nerds.

I have collected so many of the movies I remember fondly as a Gen X’er. From the ‘70s to the ‘90s. Holy shit the stuff I’d forgotten that was in them. Rape-y stuff, comments about underage girls and basically leering at them with tbe camera, suicides, misogyny, women as sexual objects and nothing else, racism… It’s bad. I’d started a movie or two with my kids and had a “oh no” moment when a part started that I’d completely forgotten about. Some of that still exists, but it’s there as a narrative and plot point about the character doing the shitty things rather than the casual and institutional way it was played before. Just goes to show you how times and people (can; some don’t) change. Some of that stuff was not unusual in life for me back then, I wouldn’t dream of it today.

Ok, without effective resistance.

Tell me what has changed due to the protests that is stopping trump and the rest of the regime. Be specific.

Wonder how it’s going to be laundered back to him.

It is without resistance. The citizens offer protest while the Democratic Party looks out for their retirement checks. The protest has been ineffective other than getting press and bringing out trump’s goon squad.

He’s insane.

Buying their gosdachas. Their socialism-bought luxury retreats.

That would seem like an awful idea that would be a dangerous security risk to the fighter.

So they probably did it anyway.

This literally absurd take is compounded in stupidity with the fact they acknowledge they’re being pieces of shit and opt not to change.

I have listened to several of his interviews. That’s why I even bother to indicate I appreciate his take. Pardon me if I treat someone with skepticism riding heavily on a platform that is at minimum rehotorically religious stating they believe in separation of church and State.

That’s not it.

It’s how they’ll:

Charge more for the service whenever they feel like it.

You have to subscribe to each gaming service separately if you want access to their games. Just like Netflix or Prime Video, except there’s no way to sail the high seas for these games as they’ll all be cloud based.

Unbundle your access – you now get unlimited hours for one game or pay more for all games with top tier, pay for every DLC unless you pay for top tier, etc.

Pay for skins, upgrades, mods, your “own” server, the ability to record yourself playing for your social media, voice chat…

Pay for top tier lobbies so you load in faster.

Pay for the best maps.

And of course the service will enshittify. Dropped and slow connections, shittier game quality, glitches and exploits go unpatched, etc.

The ability to exploit and extort gamers is almost endless once they take away our PCs and consoles.

Ok, I see your point. It is a fine line. But I’m trying to make the distinction here that Talarico’s popularity is in a large part because of his vocal religious take. I firmly believe in separating church and State, and just because I agree with what one “church” is saying doesn’t mean we should invite the devil in the door yet again.

Wouldn’t that be something?

But that’s not what I said. I said keep your religion outta my government. I didn’t say you couldn’t have religion.

Talarico seems to have his shit together. That said, keep your religion the fuck outta government. It’s fine pointing out the religious hypocrisy and charlatans in politics, but opening the door to religion, even if the individual is agreeable, is a bad idea.