Spot on. Sirius Black escaped an inescapable prison for the sole purpose, it was widely believed, of murdering Harry. The permission slip was just a convenient excuse to keep Harry protected.
RE: idgaf, you're allowed, you know. You can love the art but dislike the artist. Or like the artist if you wish. I'm personally indifferent to Rowling but consider the Harry Potter series to be clever and highly entertaining. I find it much more engaging than The Silmarillion.
Also, people are too eager to cast judgement on each other, and too often forget that people have layers, like onions. Or a parfait. My dad was a Fox News, AM talk radio, Facebook propaganda cult follower whose politics were buggered beyond repair. He occasionally spouted racist or bigoted or otherwise insensitive bullshit. He was also a model father and husband, selfless, generous, kind, soft spoken, and loved by everyone who had ever met him. To know how eager much of the world would be to cancel him for his political beliefs breaks my heart, and I'm grateful he was horrible with technology, well-shielded from the summary judgement of social justice warriors.
I mean, how is this not plain to everyone? It used to be the rich would convince the middle class to blame the poor. Obviously freeloading lazy baby makers and layabouts buying steaks with food stamps are the root drain on our government resources right? Never mind that welfare accounts for barely a sliver of our government spending. Then socialism became a wedge issue, until the Republican base started to realize they may need public roads, schools, municipal services, and might enjoy a camping trip some day. Well, now, the middle class is shrinking, so the rich are convincing the middle class and the poor that immigrants are to blame. Somehow these barefoot uneducated dark skinned immigrants are either stealing all our jobs (disregard all the help wanted signs you see as leftist propaganda) or are masterminding a massive fentanyl smuggling operation. The contradictions are astounding. At what point does the general public get tired of supporting red herring crusade after red herring crusade, being angry at everything and everyone they can label as different? When do we get to elect a government that governs something other than social issues? And when will the Republican base finally understand that trickle down economics has never and will never work?
Re: camera, unless you're a professional photographer and are comfortable in Photoshop you're probably not going to do much better than a mobile phone. In the Android world, Google's AI post processing automates a lot of the work, and can do excellent things with lighting and color levels. I'm a fan of Pixel phones, but I've also seen some impressive photos from Samsung Galaxy phones.
Don't know much about photography with iOS though.
Spot on. Sirius Black escaped an inescapable prison for the sole purpose, it was widely believed, of murdering Harry. The permission slip was just a convenient excuse to keep Harry protected.
RE: idgaf, you're allowed, you know. You can love the art but dislike the artist. Or like the artist if you wish. I'm personally indifferent to Rowling but consider the Harry Potter series to be clever and highly entertaining. I find it much more engaging than The Silmarillion.
Also, people are too eager to cast judgement on each other, and too often forget that people have layers, like onions. Or a parfait. My dad was a Fox News, AM talk radio, Facebook propaganda cult follower whose politics were buggered beyond repair. He occasionally spouted racist or bigoted or otherwise insensitive bullshit. He was also a model father and husband, selfless, generous, kind, soft spoken, and loved by everyone who had ever met him. To know how eager much of the world would be to cancel him for his political beliefs breaks my heart, and I'm grateful he was horrible with technology, well-shielded from the summary judgement of social justice warriors.
https://youtu.be/JTjoct0jllw
Quack.
Ah, Fist of the North Star. Probably not the sort of fisting the girl in the comic strip is after. Needs more tentacles.
Also mostly sex jokes disguised as smart people humor. It quickly gets old.
Sorry, I buggered up the post. Thanks for pointing out my mistake. :)
Bless your heart. :>
I mean, how is this not plain to everyone? It used to be the rich would convince the middle class to blame the poor. Obviously freeloading lazy baby makers and layabouts buying steaks with food stamps are the root drain on our government resources right? Never mind that welfare accounts for barely a sliver of our government spending. Then socialism became a wedge issue, until the Republican base started to realize they may need public roads, schools, municipal services, and might enjoy a camping trip some day. Well, now, the middle class is shrinking, so the rich are convincing the middle class and the poor that immigrants are to blame. Somehow these barefoot uneducated dark skinned immigrants are either stealing all our jobs (disregard all the help wanted signs you see as leftist propaganda) or are masterminding a massive fentanyl smuggling operation. The contradictions are astounding. At what point does the general public get tired of supporting red herring crusade after red herring crusade, being angry at everything and everyone they can label as different? When do we get to elect a government that governs something other than social issues? And when will the Republican base finally understand that trickle down economics has never and will never work?
Mmmmm, dinner.
Re: camera, unless you're a professional photographer and are comfortable in Photoshop you're probably not going to do much better than a mobile phone. In the Android world, Google's AI post processing automates a lot of the work, and can do excellent things with lighting and color levels. I'm a fan of Pixel phones, but I've also seen some impressive photos from Samsung Galaxy phones.
Don't know much about photography with iOS though.
Ooh, subtle burn on Kingsport. I like it.
I just rolled up /c/johnsoncity. Would have done so last night but Sync on Android doesn't pass along error hints the same as a desktop web browser.
Didn't get around to creating /c/tricities yet. You can have first dibs if you like, unless I find a thumbnail and banner I like first.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!