ZMonster

ZMonster OP , 1 day ago to Books in 676 Banned Books List

No problem at all. I know this was a very niche post loosely related to the purpose of the community, but I was hoping that others that wanted to see the list these bad actors were using could find it here. And you're probably right, I think someone did a word search for words like "boobs" and added those to the list. I personally want to ensure that my child is learning to respect everyone so I would use this to find books that religious people find to be dangerous as a pretty decent guide. Lol, I don't intend to be oppositionally defiant, but if a theocratic nationalist said to not read something I would absolutely read it. And as soon as I saw Maus on the list I knew it would be worth a gander.

ZMonster OP , 3 days ago to Books in 676 Banned Books List

No doubt. I can do that and probably should have, but I read an article about this list and any forums discussing the access to it only ever referred to one site with images as the only source. The articles occasionally indicated that the list was made public on social media but they never indicated when and where. So, more than anything, I just wanted to get the list into a copypasta format that others could use. I'm under a heavy work load at the moment, but once available I can throw a spreadsheet together with some sorting options.

ZMonster OP , 3 days ago to Books in 676 Banned Books List

Oh, and if you were wondering about the context, this is the list that a select few people have been using to enact several bans throughout the US. Example here.

ZMonster , 13 days ago to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics. in Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil protesters - BBC News

but they will continue to come and go, regardless of our input

I'm not quite sure you understand the problem with climate change. It's not that "they" will come and go, it's that WE will only go. There's no "coming" back with any reasonable immediacy. Or were you arguing that the stones wouldn't be there for exhibition by the jellyfish that would be the only thing left living in the oceans?

Now, it is my opinion that when Brawndo finally pushes the climate over the tipping point and life as we know it takes its final breath, that natural selection will do what it has always done and though life will change, it will persist in some form. So were humans able to outlast this foreboding obstacle and humanity persists, then so be it, but I honestly doubt they'll give a shit about fucking stonehenge. If there were some life lessons from the past that only stonehenge can communicate, then it has obviously failed.

ZMonster , 28 days ago to United States | News & Politics in Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones' media company

But, who will tell Robert Barnes, "good job"? Who will feed Owen Shroyer? Who will help David Knight back to bed? Who will change Buckley's diaper? Who will feed LeeAnn McAdoo's addiction to being sexually harassed in not-so-subtle and sweaty ways by a greasy human christmas ham?

ZMonster , 1 month ago to Political Memes in "Socialism is when LGBT folk are given human rights"

Well now I feel so cultured.

ZMonster , 2 months ago to Political Memes in Everybody Sucks Here

My carnivore friends are massively more evangelical than my vegan friends. Just my experience I guess.

ZMonster , 2 months ago to politics in Biden chokes up while talking about deceased son and Trump's disparaging remarks about service members

😂 It's always fucking foxtrot. But it's also the only place you can get shit off the books. ⚖️

ZMonster , 2 months ago to politics in Biden chokes up while talking about deceased son and Trump's disparaging remarks about service members

The US military's primary role is to protect corporate interests, to the misery of many, including those that serve that machine.

I'm not refuting this. I'm pointing out that this isn't remotely obvious to let alone the motivation for why people join. You are privileged enough to be aware of this. Not everyone has the luxury of your perspective.

ZMonster , 2 months ago to politics in Biden chokes up while talking about deceased son and Trump's disparaging remarks about service members

I called his son dumb because choosing to join the military to fight in the Iraq invasion was dumb when he obviously didn't come from a poor family and thus didn't even need to do this due to a lack of job opportunities.

As you have demonstrated, anyone is susceptible to misunderstanding. It does not discriminate by class or privilege. People join for many reasons. I wanted to get a warm meal, warm bed, and die. But others from my meps felt that they had familial or generational obligations. Some wanted the career and had great options. It's a fantastic and debt free way of getting respectable credentials and high-speed to boot. But I don't know a single person who honestly believed they were supporting genocide or imperialism, what have you. There were a lot of dumb people, but they risked it for their own reasons in a way you never could or likely ever will. And I will always cry for those that gave it all. Some of us are dealing with our guilt and doing what we can to prepare the next generation for the pitfalls they face. So spit at us all you want. There's not thing one you can say that will make me loath myself more than I ever have. And I'm dealing with that too.

I hope you are never in a place that makes you tangibly consider these choices you so virulently despise. You are still someone's compatriot and you deserve that.

ZMonster , 2 months ago to politics in Biden chokes up while talking about deceased son and Trump's disparaging remarks about service members

Was homeless at 17 for the better part of 2 years. Tried to kill myself with inhalants many times. Found out the service was taking in meat shields like they were going out of style. Watched thousands die in Iraq and still deal with the guilt and self-destructiveness today. It is getting better, good people found me and chose to love me.

There's a part of me that does not disagree with the comment, I honestly wanted to die in that place. But it's so disrespectful to say, and you nailed it.

ZMonster , 3 months ago to politics in Donald Trump would rip up documents after reading them—White House aide

The article keeps referring to Jan 6, 2001. But you're right again, nobody cared.

ZMonster , 3 months ago to politics in Key witness declines to testify at Biden impeachment inquiry hearing

Wow

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ZMonster , 3 months ago to Science Memes in Caesar

Gail the Snail: Hey Jules, I'm giving this guy a handjob under the table.

Brutus: She's mashing it.

ZMonster , 4 months ago to politics in Pelosi suggests Putin has financial influence over Trump

Did I slide to a dimension where trump hasn't spent most of his adult life in business with Russian oligarchs? Is your response to hearing Pelosi's lucid musings anything other than "no titty fucking shit Sherlock"? Did trump seriously not have a giant money laundering casino for Russians named the Taj Mahal here???

I am going to enjoy this reality. 😊 Checks Wikipedia 🙄 Oh, nvm. I forgot that I already live in the dimension where a preponderance of evidence isn't enough to establish a preponderance of evidence. My bad.