War Room Lounge v93: I got a strep infection in my scrotum and I have no idea how

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Regardless of views on the death penalty, if someone is taking a mirror selfie in the gym change room, you should have a free pass to drown them in the toilet

But bro it’s for the gram and I just can’t replicate that lighting at home

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Lmao. I'm like four blunts deep, took a night off from work/tour guiding/ stand up and was reading through a thread and saw a post that made me say "damn this dude thinks just like me" and got mad I couldn't like it until I realized it was my post.

 

[Mendacious]

Lmao. I'm like four blunts deep, took a night off from work/tour guiding/ stand up and was reading through a thread and saw a post that made me say "damn this dude thinks just like me" and got mad I couldn't like it until I realized it was my post.

Put down the pipe, you’re getting drafted you waste of skin

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Put down the pipe, you’re getting drafted you waste of skin

lmao don't call me a foreskin, I said I'm smoking blunts not a pipe you fucking dingus. If I got drafted the only thing I would hate about moving to Toronto is the lack of solid Mexican food.

 

[all caps]

lmao don't call me a foreskin, I said I'm smoking blunts not a pipe you fucking dingus. If I got drafted the only thing I would hate about moving to Toronto is the lack of solid Mexican food.

I'm sure some Mexicans would be traveling with us

 

[tonni]

Oh, I'll eat ass. I just like it as an appetizer, and not the main course.

Don’t go from eating ass to eating pussy you will infect the vagina with bacteria. Ok?

 

[Mendacious]

lmao don't call me a foreskin, I said I'm smoking blunts not a pipe you fucking dingus. If I got drafted the only thing I would hate about moving to Toronto is the lack of solid Mexican food.

You think the government doesn’t expect that? All flights to Canada and border crossings will be closed. You will be drafted, you will die in Iran, and you will enjoy it.

 

[tonni]

Lmao. I'm like four blunts deep, took a night off from work/tour guiding/ stand up and was reading through a thread and saw a post that made me say "damn this dude thinks just like me" and got mad I couldn't like it until I realized it was my post.

For a moment you thought you had found your soulmate. But maybe you have?

 

[AgonyandIrony]

I'm sure some Mexicans would be traveling with us

OH SHIT. Free healthcare, better people in general, AND tacos?
God damn it. I just lit the fifth blunt and my sushi is being delivered and now all I'm all sad because it's not tacos.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

You think the government doesn’t expect that? All flights to Canada and border crossings will be closed. You will be drafted, you will die in Iran, and you will enjoy it.

I speak enough kitchen Spanish to learn how to illegally cross a border I'll have you know.

For a moment you thought you had found your soulmate. But maybe you have?

Damn... so the person we're supposed to love and trust is ourself? Wild.

 

[Fawlty]

Don’t go from eating ass to eating pussy you will infect the vagina with bacteria. Ok?

Look, I'm not going to account for any of that and we'll just have to see what happens.

Also, I'm probably going back into sexual hibernation anyway. See ya in 2-3 more years.

 

[Sketch]

@Crazy Diamond

 

[Sketch]

Look, I'm not going to account for any of that and we'll just have to see what happens.

Also, I'm probably going back into sexual hibernation anyway. See ya in 2-3 more years.

 

[Falsedawn]

Wow, I haven't thought about 9/11 playing into that. I often think about (when stoned listening to OMCs How Bizarre and reflecting on how AIDS killed the singer) how there is such a dramatic change in culture and counter-culture from the 90s to the 2000s.
The 90s had grunge, and I think bands like Alice in Chains did a really good job of capturing the general hopelessness of mortality, but I'm well versed in self loathing and well versed in hate. Those two didn't often overlap.

We did see this released though (Anti Flag was discovered by Tom Morello)


I've spent the last five minutes really dwelling on "making reality malleable" I'm torn on that. Because my inherent belief is that despite any progression we've had, the true nature of humanity has essentially never changed, but perhaps to a fault, I consider Boomers to be a failed generation, who never had to ask for bootstraps, who fucked the Earth and the future generations after them. If there's one good thing the United States being the disgraceful hateful nation she is, allowing the sick to die. I think it's a good thing the Boomers who vote against healthcare are suffering from heart disease, that they keep leaving their teethmarks on the barrel of a .45, that cancer is throwing them into debt, they voted against UHC. Fuck them. I hope those old cunts who shouted the N word at children who were trying to go to a school during desegregation are being abused by their nurses.

Gen X really gets a pass though, I've never really understood why. Were they not a part of the modern great mental depression that millennial grew up in?

Gen X has a really weird generational dynamic. They were trained by Boomers for the "old world" pre-internet, established themselves in the world as adults, and then experienced the hardships that shaped Millennials. The youngest Gen-Xers would have been around 18 when 9/11 happened, while Millennials were basically children. I think for a child to experience such a horrific event that literally tore our previously safe world apart imparted a sort of generational PTSD, and that's without getting into the horrors of war that followed. I still remember when Nick Berg got beheaded by Al-Qaeda. I couldn't have been older than 13. That's a really formative time in a person's life, and to be thrown into the real world so violently after you've already seen 3000 people die on live TV is traumatizing. I remember fearing that we would get abducted in the US and beheaded and that shit really terrorized people. Then when you finally get old enough to go out into the world, the Recession happens and jobs are nowhere to be found. Gen-X, having already reached adulthood, was old enough to deal with that as a set of circumstances. But for the kids who were brought up in the age of terror, that was just another punch in the gut reinforcing that we were sold a bill of goods by our parents, the government, and the world at large. In a way, the idealism of the 90s made us more susceptible to such a massive shock that we're suffering for today.

Gen-X was affected by the internet, but not to the extent that boomers were. Whether it was because it hadn't become as ubiquitous yet or that they simply were good at adjusting is up for question. But the ones that didn't tend to be more like our parents than us. That's another slice in their generation that somewhat breaks them apart into either Boomers or Millennials. They're just kind of forgotten in the grand scheme of things. Like I said, it's really weird in how they're viewed in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

I’m one of those “younger” Gen-Xers, right on the cusp of being a millennial. 9/11 happened when I was a young adult and it totally changed my life’s path.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Gen X has a really weird generational dynamic. They were trained by Boomers for the "old world" pre-internet, established themselves in the world as adults, and then experienced the hardships that shaped Millennials. The youngest Gen-Xers would have been around 18 when 9/11 happened, while Millennials were basically children. I think for a child to experience such a horrific event that literally tore our previously safe world apart imparted a sort of generational PTSD, and that's without getting into the horrors of war that followed. I still remember when Nick Berg got beheaded by Al-Qaeda. I couldn't have been older than 13. That's a really formative time in a person's life, and to be thrown into the real world so violently after you've already seen 3000 people die on live TV is traumatizing. I remember fearing that we would get abducted in the US and beheaded and that shit really terrorized people. Then when you finally get old enough to go out into the world, the Recession happens and jobs are nowhere to be found. Gen-X, having already reached adulthood, was old enough to deal with that as a set of circumstances. But for the kids who were brought up in the age of terror, that was just another punch in the gut reinforcing that we were sold a bill of goods by our parents, the government, and the world at large. In a way, the idealism of the 90s made us more susceptible to such a massive shock that we're suffering for today.

Gen-X was affected by the internet, but not to the extent that boomers were. Whether it was because it hadn't become as ubiquitous yet or that they simply were good at adjusting is up for question. But the ones that didn't tend to be more like our parents than us. That's another slice in their generation that somewhat breaks them apart into either Boomers or Millennials. They're just kind of forgotten in the grand scheme of things. Like I said, it's really weird in how they're viewed in the grand scheme of things.

Great post, but while 9/11 was a defining moment in all of our lives in one way or another ( actually the moment that made me pretty far left. A friend of mine was Muslim, had no idea that it was a big deal until after 9/11 and his home kept being vandalized). Would, considering the context of the era, the videos of Vietnam and all those caskets being sent home have had a similar effect. The internet really does age you quickly though, and absolutely change you. I still remember accidentally seeing Chechens cut a Russians throat open just trying to download bikini pics on Kazaa as a youngin.

I find this part you said fascinating.

"But for the kids who were brought up in the age of terror, that was just another punch in the gut reinforcing that we were sold a bill of goods by our parents, the government, and the world at large. "

I also absolutely agree with it. Millennials got fucked hard. A lot of people graduated during the economic collapse. I mean it when I say Boomers are absolute fucking failures as an entire generation, Boomers fucked the country up beyond repair, and are by far the biggest bootlicking era in modern history.

Gen X is really forgotten as you said, I also think in the internet age they seem far more muted. Sometimes as a Bernie Sanders supporter I'm blown away that Biden is beating Bernie, but Gen X seems to be the silent majority. Boomers post Obama birth certificate conspiracies, Millenials post memes and way too much about themselves while Gen X sits back.

I grew up listening to family friends ask if I had a girlfriend when I was a teen, and hearing "She's not a black is she?" right after, The Iraq war, the recession, the stagnant wages, the rising costs of healthcare and college, seeing the world shift because of the internet. Millenials are without a doubt the better generation. Boomers keep trying to ruin the country, but luckily we lose them daily, I'm pretty optimistic for the future thanks to Boomers voting against UHC and falling left and right to heart disease lol, granted like a certain Farmer here, they'll turn socialist when the government gives them money.. and still vote against taxes going towards other people.

 

[Falsedawn]

I’m one of those “younger” Gen-Xers, right on the cusp of being a millennial. 9/11 happened when I was a young adult and it totally changed my life’s path.

I can imagine so. The patriotism immediately in the wake of 9/11 swept up everyone, so I can only imagine what it was like for someone of enlistment age. Pat Tillman left behind a promising football career and millions of dollars to enlist, the rest of us never stood a chance. If I were of age at that time, I can't envision how I would have felt about things. Maybe i'd be posting in the military thread.

Great post, but while 9/11 was a defining moment in all of our lives in one way or another ( actually the moment that made me pretty far left. A friend of mine was Muslim, had no idea that it was a big deal until after 9/11 and his home kept being vandalized). Would, considering the context of the era, the videos of Vietnam and all those caskets being sent home have had a similar effect. The internet really does age you quickly though, and absolutely change you. I still remember accidentally seeing Chechens cut a Russians throat open just trying to download bikini pics on Kazaa as a youngin.

I find this part you said fascinating.

"But for the kids who were brought up in the age of terror, that was just another punch in the gut reinforcing that we were sold a bill of goods by our parents, the government, and the world at large. "

I also absolutely agree with it. Millennials got fucked hard. A lot of people graduated during the economic collapse. I mean it when I say Boomers are absolute fucking failures as an entire generation, Boomers fucked the country up beyond repair, and are by far the biggest bootlicking era in modern history.

Gen X is really forgotten as you said, I also think in the internet age they seem far more muted. Sometimes as a Bernie Sanders supporter I'm blown away that Biden is beating Bernie, but Gen X seems to be the silent majority. Boomers post Obama birth certificate conspiracies, Millenials post memes and way too much about themselves while Gen X sits back.

I grew up listening to family friends ask if I had a girlfriend when I was a teen, and hearing "She's not a black is she?" right after, The Iraq war, the recession, the stagnant wages, the rising costs of healthcare and college, seeing the world shift because of the internet. Millenials are without a doubt the better generation. Boomers keep trying to ruin the country, but luckily we lose them daily, I'm pretty optimistic for the future thanks to Boomers voting against UHC and falling left and right to heart disease lol, granted like a certain Farmer here, they'll turn socialist when the government gives them money.. and still vote against taxes going towards other people.

I think your optimism is warranted, assuming that we stop the GOP dead in their tracks before they do any more damage to the country.

They understand that their demographic is dying, and fast. It's a matter of existential importance for them. When you put all their actions over the past 20 years in the context of facing an increasingly educated and discerning electorate, you begin to realize just how nefarious it really is. There will always be irrational and hateful people in the country, but their reach is waning more and more as the years go on. Riling up the racists isn't going to keep working forever. Socialism isn't a dirty word anymore among young people. We realize how scale means that we can provide for everyone while putting in a little bit from everyone. Zoomers are carrying it even further and taking on existential problems that face us as a species. You can only hold the wave back so long, and when it gets rolling, it's over.

I keep trolling people with Texas, but i'm on the ground down here, and you can feel change coming. If Texas Democrats would get their heads out of their asses on guns, it could be sooner than we all think. When Texas goes, so does the GOP. The Overton window is going to move left, and fast as fuck.

 

[irish_thug]

It wasn’t for long.

No motorcycle ride for you.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

I know we have some football fans here.

I went on a youtube adventure and stumbled upon this.


As a huge Billy Belly any Tommy B fan this is amazing. Plus seeing these legends talk about football history is badas.

 

[Lord Coke]

Which Democrats Are Leading
the 2020 Presidential Race?

Crazy how much money Bernie is raising compared to Biden
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/elections/democratic-polls.html

By JASMINE C. LEE, ANNIE DANIEL, REBECCA LIEBERMAN, BLACKI MIGLIOZZI and ALEXANDER BURNSUPDATED JAN. 2, 2020

Each week, The Times is bringing you the latest political data and analysis to track how the 14 Democratic presidential candidates are doing and who is breaking out of the pack in the historic race for the 2020 nomination.

Jump to: Overview Polls Campaign Money News Coverage
Current State of the Race
Qualified for the January debate*
NATIONAL POLLING AVERAGE
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS†
WEEKLY NEWS COVERAGE

Joseph R. Biden Jr.
27% $37.6m #1

Bernie Sanders
19% $61.5m #4

Elizabeth Warren
16% $49.8m #2

Pete Buttigieg
9% $51.5m #3

Michael R. Bloomberg
5% — #5

Amy Klobuchar
4% $13.9m #9

Andrew Yang
3% $15.1m #8

Cory Booker
2% $15.5m #6

Tulsi Gabbard
1% $6.5m #10

Tom Steyer
< 1% $2.0m #7
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* Meets polling and donor thresholds set by the Democratic National Committee.
† Campaign finance data through Sept. 30.
Arrows show recent changes in value or rank.
Here’s the latest.
Dec. 20, 2019
The Democratic presidential primary is entering the holiday lull in a fluid but familiar state: Joseph R. Biden Jr. is still the leading candidate. His national poll numbers are still flat. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are still his nearest competitors, with Pete Buttigieg as a threat in the early states.

But the race is far from stagnant. There have been two important developments in the national polls this month. Mr. Sanders has overtaken Ms. Warren as the second-place candidate in the race, rising by a modest but meaningful margin over the last few weeks. And Michael R. Bloomberg has quickly reached the mid-single digits after entering the race before Thanksgiving, with an abrupt rise that may have interrupted Mr. Buttigieg’s momentum.

The sixth Democratic debate on Dec. 19 could soon register in the polls. Amy Klobuchar, who has been making a persistent effort to break through in Iowa, delivered her most forceful performance yet, challenging Mr. Buttigieg over his electoral track record and qualifications for the presidency. And clashes between both Mr. Buttigieg and Ms. Warren, and also Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders, had the potential to ripple.

But polling tends to go quiet over the holidays, so it may take some time for us to get a fully updated picture of the race.

With the start of the new year, we are likely to get a pile of new data to inform our analysis — not just from polls, but also from the candidates’ fund-raising reports once the fourth quarter closes on Dec. 31.

Those numbers will reveal whether the strongest fund-raisers in the third quarter of the year — Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren and Mr. Buttigieg — have extended their dominance, and whether Mr. Biden has revived what was, at the time, a flagging financial operation. Candidates like Ms. Klobuchar, Andrew Yang and Cory Booker will also show whether they have assembled enough money to sustain their candidacies.

Of course, the financial contours of the race have changed since Mr. Bloomberg’s announcement. He has poured tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune into television and digital advertising, threatening to overpower the other candidates across the map of Super Tuesday states where he is focusing his efforts. But it remains to be seen whether Mr. Bloomberg can build on his early gains or whether his surprise entry and heavy spending have given him something of a temporary bump.

— Alexander Burns


Data through Dec. 19
Who Is Leading the Polls?
National polls are a flawed tool for predicting elections. That’s even truer in a primary that will unfold in stages, with one or several states voting at a time. But the broad national picture is still important, offering a sense of which candidates are gaining support overall.


Candidate polling average



Individual polls shown on hover

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Latest National Polls

POLLSTER DATE BIDEN SANDERS WARREN BUTTIGIEG BLOOMBERG
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Dec. 14-17 28 21 18 9 4
CNN/SSRS Dec. 12-15 26 20 16 8 5
Quinnipiac Dec. 11-15 30 16 17 9 7
USA Today/Suffolk Dec. 10-14 23 14 13 8 6
NPR Dec. 9-11 24 22 17 13 4
The New York Times polling averages use pollsters approved by the D.N.C. for debate inclusion requirements. Polls conducted more recently and polls with a larger sample size are given greater weight in computing the averages. Data is for registered voters or likely voters, depending on the poll. See the full list of D.N.C.-approved pollsters here.
Remember, political fortunes can shift rapidly in a national campaign.

On Dec. 20 in previous election cycles ...

PRIMARY POLLING LEADER EVENTUAL NOMINEE?
2016 Democrats Hillary Clinton
2016 Republicans Donald J. Trump
2012 Republicans Newt Gingrich
2008 Democrats Hillary Clinton
2008 Republicans Rudy Giuliani
Source: RealClearPolitics
We are keeping an eye on state-level polling, too, especially in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

Latest Polls in Early Voting States

S.C.NOV. 13-17 IowaNOV. 8-13 N.H.NOV. 6-13 Nev.NOV. 6-13

Joseph R. Biden Jr.
33 15 22 33

Bernie Sanders
11 15 20 23

Elizabeth Warren
13 16 31 21

Pete Buttigieg
6 25 16 9

Michael R. Bloomberg
— 2 — —

Amy Klobuchar
1 6 3 2

Andrew Yang
4 3 1 1

Cory Booker
2 3 1 2

Tulsi Gabbard
1 3 0 0

Tom Steyer
5 3 1 2
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Sources: Quinnipiac (South Carolina poll), Des Moines Register/CNN (Iowa poll), CBS News/YouGov (New Hampshire, Nevada polls)

Data through Sept. 30
Who Is Leading the Money Race?
Presidential campaigns are expensive, and candidates’ ability to compete often depends on their prowess at collecting large sums of money. Candidates used to focus on courting a few thousand wealthy individuals; many now spend more time raising money in small increments from millions of people online.

These statistics show which candidates are inspiring financial enthusiasm, either from a cluster of deep-pocketed donors or from a larger army of supporters. We only get an occasional glimpse at these numbers, however, since candidates file fund-raising reports on a quarterly basis. See full fundraising numbers here »

CONTRIBUTIONS,
JULY-SEPT.
CONTRIBUTIONS,
APRIL-JUNE

Bernie Sanders
$25.2m
$18.0m

Elizabeth Warren
$24.6m
$19.2m

Pete Buttigieg
$19.1m
$24.9m

Joseph R. Biden Jr.
$15.7m
$22.0m

Andrew Yang
$9.9m
$2.8m

Cory Booker
$6.0m
$4.5m

Amy Klobuchar
$4.8m
$3.9m

Marianne Williamson
$3.1m
$1.5m

Tulsi Gabbard
$3.0m
$1.6m

Michael Bennet
$2.1m
$2.8m
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Source: Federal Election Commission ·Candidates in the chart without donation numbers joined the race after the financial disclosure reporting deadline. Current numbers are as of Sept. 30. The next filing deadline is Jan. 31.

Data through Dec. 18
Who Is Getting News Coverage?
A candidate’s ability to make news and draw the attention of voters — and cameras — is a major asset in any campaign. This statistic tracks which candidates are breaking through on cable television, which helps drive perceptions of the race among highly engaged voters and the wider media.

Being talked about isn’t always a good thing: It can also mean a candidate made a major mistake or confronted damaging information from his or her past.

Total Mentions in 2019

CNN
FOX NEWS
MSNBC

Joseph R. Biden Jr.
67,933




Elizabeth Warren
25,877




Bernie Sanders
24,360




Pete Buttigieg
9,263




Cory Booker
7,543




Amy Klobuchar
3,670




Michael R. Bloomberg
2,715




Tom Steyer
2,206




Tulsi Gabbard
2,069




Andrew Yang
1,568



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Source: Internet Archive's Television News Archive via the GDELT Project. ·Mentions are the number of 15-second clips in which a candidate’s full name is mentioned on any of the three cable news networks. A more detailed methodology can be found here.