The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)

[pawnman]

2 hours ago, slc said:

Might I suggest Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho??

You know, he actually kept his congress in line, realized he didn't know how to solve all his problems, and put the smartest person he could find in charge of fixing the most pressing issues of the day.

We could do worse.

[StoleIt]

26 minutes ago, pawnman said:

You know, he actually kept his congress in line, realized he didn't know how to solve all his problems, and put the smartest person he could find in charge of fixing the most pressing issues of the day.

We could do worse.

I'm sold. Camacho 2024!

[slc]

 

[Prozac]

1 hour ago, slc said:

 

Well goddawum. Now we just need Luke Wilson (or any Wilson brother, really) to announce as his running mate & this election might get interesting. 🤨 

[Lord Ratner]

On 5/21/2023 at 5:14 PM, SurelySerious said:

Are they supposed to move out as well? Talk about a dumb, pointless stance to take.

There's a whole industry of civil-rights groups and individuals who, after winning the war against racism, have realized they aren't able to/interested in finding a new job. 

 

So now they must create work for themselves. It's pretty transparent, but there's a lot of inertia in that world, so they are still able to squeeze out a (big) paycheck with increasingly absurd accusations.

[Lord Ratner]

22 hours ago, TreeA10 said:

Isn’t he in the pocket of Brawndo “The Thirst Mutilator?” 

No you idiot. Mountain Dew is literally *in* his name 🤣😂

[Biff_T]

15 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:

No you idiot. Mountain Dew is literally *in* his name 🤣😂

[TreeA10]

2 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:

No you idiot. Mountain Dew is literally *in* his name 🤣😂

Are you telling me Mountain Dew and Brawndo are the same thing because they both have electrolytes? 

[Prozac]

4 hours ago, TreeA10 said:

Are you telling me Mountain Dew and Brawndo are the same thing because they both have electrolytes? 

I’m more of a water man myself. Yeah….like, from the toilet. 

[Biff_T]

Can we go family style?   

[Clark Griswold]

No shit...

https://www.theblaze.com/news/radical-leftism-linked-to-narcissism-and-psychopathy

[Sim]

 

Direct result of woke virus. Legacy media doesn't talk about it, but every large city is experiencing this. And it's getting worse and worse. 

[skybert]

It’s the will of the people, they WANT this.

[kaputt]

3 hours ago, Sim said:

 

Direct result of woke virus. Legacy media doesn't talk about it, but every large city is experiencing this. And it's getting worse and worse. 

It’s amazing how fast that city has turned into a complete shit hole. My sister and her now husband moved there in 2010 and there were some pockets of this already and probably had been for a while, but it was still mostly just weird Portland. 
 

It’s completely off the rails these days and only accelerated after 2020, George Floyd riots, etc… Lots of other Democrat heavy cities and towns are following suit, and not just the expected ones like LA, San Fran, Austin. Asheville NC used to be one of my favorites cities on the east coast and it’s got encampments and heavy drug use now too. 

Edited June 5, 2023 by kaputt

[ClearedHot]

 

[TreeA10]

9 hours ago, kaputt said:

It’s amazing how fast that city has turned into a complete shit hole. My sister and her now husband moved there in 2010 and there were some pockets of this already and probably had been for a while, but it was still mostly just weird Portland. 
 

It’s completely off the rails these days and only accelerated after 2020, George Floyd riots, etc… Lots of other Democrat heavy cities and towns are following suit, and not just the expected ones like LA, San Fran, Austin. Asheville NC used to be one of my favorites cities on the east coast and it’s got encampments and heavy drug use now too. 

Prior to the recall of Newsome, something like 60% of voters didn't like the direction the state of California was going. However, when pulling the lever to vote, Newsome wins by 20 points.  The level of disaster doesn't matter to these people because they think "I'm a good person, Republicans are bad, and conservatives are Nazis so I'm voting democrat no matter what." These people will let their city, state, and/or country burn to the ground as long as they get to rule over the ashes.  We are watching this happen in real time in the cities you mentioned.

Edited June 5, 2023 by TreeA10

[nsplayr]

I will tell you Nashville is very nice. Lots of growth, fun stuff to do, etc. Come visit! Many other people do all the time.

The level of doomerism online I see around cities is hilarious. Some places are having a rough go of it, sometimes due to stupid policy choices, but overall cities are awesome places where millions of people pay hefty premiums to live. Of course not everyone wants to and that’s cool too.

Most cities are safer than when most of us were growing up, and the one I live near, the ones my close friends live in, and the ones I’ve visited recently on trips have all been great.

Cities I’ve enjoyed over the last handful of years: Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham, San Diego, LA, SF, DC, Tampa, Houston, Charlotte, Raleigh, Austin, KC, Asheville, Knoxville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Honolulu and Seattle.

Edited June 5, 2023 by nsplayr

[Lord Ratner]

36 minutes ago, nsplayr said:

I will tell you Nashville is very nice. Lots of growth, fun stuff to do, etc. Come visit! Many other people do all the time.

The level of doomerism online I see around cities is hilarious. Some places are having a rough go of it, sometimes due to stupid policy choices, but overall cities are awesome places where millions of people pay hefty premiums to live. Of course not everyone wants to and that’s cool too.

Most cities are safer than when most of us were growing up, and the one I live near, the ones my close friends live in, and the ones I’ve visited recently on trips have all been great.

Cities I’ve enjoyed over the last handful of years: Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham, San Diego, LA, SF, DC, Tampa, Houston, Charlotte, Raleigh, Austin, KC, Asheville, Knoxville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Honolulu and Seattle.

Getting dinner in San Francisco is not exactly the same thing as living in San Francisco. Whether it's homelessness, the Exodus of retail (Nordstroms was the most recent), or the phenomenal incidents of vehicle break-ins, "awesome" does not describe San Francisco.

 

Your cartoonish denial of reality is usually a bit less obvious, but not here.

 

However, it does quite nicely demonstrate the arrogance of your political philosophy.  I had fun there once, so why are so many people complaining?

[nsplayr]

I’m just pushing back with a purposefully overly-sunny demeanor against the over the top online doomerism. People literally think cities are burning to the ground daily 🙄

Yea SF has some issues and I do fault local leaders for it. I would vote for changes if I did live there.

I happen to have spent a whole week in SF actually, so longer than most of my other visits to various cities, and it was great as a tourist. I didn’t even get pooped on once 😅 Fully understand living somewhere is different than visiting.

Do you live there?

Edited June 5, 2023 by nsplayr

[Lord Ratner]

2 minutes ago, nsplayr said:

I’m just pushing back with a purposefully overly-sunny demeanor against the over the top online doomerism. People literally think cities are burning to the ground daily 🙄

Yea SF has some issues and I do fault local leaders for it. I would vote for changes if I did live there.

I happen to have spent a whole week in SF actually, so longer than most of my other visits to various cities, and it was great as a tourist. I didn’t even get pooped on once 😅 Fully understand living somewhere is different than visiting.

Do you live there?

Grew up right across the bridge. Spent my childhood all over SF, and right after college. Not one single person I know who actually lives in the area has your view. It is definitional of tourism politics. It's right up there with all the Americans who tout the enlightened glory of Europe, because they read about it in a book and took a vacation to Paris once.

 

Since I know precisely what San Francisco looks like right now, your depiction is enough for me to know that your observations of any other American city is going to be equally ignorant. You are simply incapable of seeing what you don't want to believe. At least you're in good company.

[nsplayr]

🤷‍♂️ ok man fair enough if your a native, I don’t even necessarily disagree about SF re: people who live there.

Lots of problems are worse there and local policies (housing shortages, refusal to enforce the law) that are the root cause.

But the overall picture that all cities are hell holes is wrong.

Lets talk Nashville since that’s what I know best. It’s great here, never been better IMHO. We need more housing but that’s not a unique problem. Come visit sometime, it’s very nice.

Edited June 5, 2023 by nsplayr

[BashiChuni]

you keep talking about nashville....bro...like i said tennessee isn't the bastion for liberal thought/politics.

the places where the democratic party is ENTRENCHED are not doing well. it's not open for debate. it's amazing you can support obviously destructive social policies. also housing shortages and refusing to enforce the law are hallmarks of democratic socialist policies so thanks for proving my point.

[BashiChuni]

21 minutes ago, nsplayr said:

 

Yea SF has some issues and I do fault local leaders for it. I would vote for changes if I did live there.

 

hmmmmmm i WONDER WHAT IDEOLOGY THOSE LOCAL LEADERS HAVE?!

god damn you just made my point. thanks nav!

[Lord Ratner]

21 minutes ago, nsplayr said:

🤷‍♂️ ok man fair enough if your a native, I don’t even necessarily disagree about SF re: people who live there.

Lots of problems are worse there and local policies (housing shortages, refusal to enforce the law) that are the root cause.

But the overall picture that all cities are hell holes is wrong.

Lets talk Nashville since that’s what I know best. It’s great here, never been better IMHO. We need more housing but that’s not a unique problem. Come visit sometime, it’s very nice.

Nashville is not remotely like SF, Portland, Seattle, NYC, or Chicago, in politics, population, or the crime and homelessness (drug use) wave. It's a nice town. 

 

 

 

Liberal cities in conservative states have had a much harder time enacting the policies that have led to the conditions in the big cities. That's lucky for them. Austin is another good example. Every time the local government gets stupid, the state legislature steps in and takes away their toys. That doesn't comport well with the idea of localized government, but unfortunately we've seen that these issues manifest long after the offending ideologues have skittered away, and the damage takes years, or maybe generations, to fix. 

 

 

 

Dallas is another funny one. Usually the surrounding suburban areas funnel money into the city to fund all the absurd spending cities pride themselves on, but here they structured it so the money stays in the suburbs to be spent on schools and whatever else the residents want. The local newspaper is always crying about how little money Dallas gets for things like subways and buses and other downtown ornaments. The rest of us are quite happy to keep the city purse depleted.

[nsplayr]

So the Dems in different cities have different policies? Especially over time? Wow, no shit. Is it the same for Republicans? /sarcasm

It’s almost like you can’t paint every city as a declining shithole with a broad brush. Most cities are thriving and are drivers of the growing national economy!

I don’t even know what you’re asking or arguing anymore @BashiChuni. If you want to just be mad at me, ok.

Edited June 5, 2023 by nsplayr