Rud

The "I am a republican" meme may be the most I've ever felt validated by stranger on the internet

A powerpoint slide. Titled "Lowercase republican..." Text reads: Rich Uncle example: What he wants + desires controls what you can do. Republican freedom: Not being dominated by others. Being free in a republican sense: Others do not control you Republican ideal: Being self-governed Your decisions, choices, etc. are what control your life Rejection of nobility, aristocracy, To the right of the text is a meme: An edited screenshot from the movie 500 Days of Summer. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character in the panel is captioned “I am a Republican” while Zooey Deschanel’s character is captioned “Me too”. In the second panel, Gordon-Levitt’s character is emblazoned with the elephant logo to the Republican political party in the United States. Deschanel’s character is surrounded by portraits and busts of many political philosophers, including Cicero, Rousseau and Machiavelli.

A powerpoint slide. Titled: "What I'm worried about. Text reads: Emergent technologies threaten republican ideal Concentrates power to shape beliefs, discourse, policy in hands of very few. Example: Grok this summer. Musk pushed for changes. Programs edited Grok’s core prompts. Results? Grok became a groyper. Pushed antisemitic conspiracy theories, discussed “white genocide” at length, praised Hitler. Case is emblematic of larger problem: Ability to shape our beliefs, judgments, placed into hands of few. The powerpoint slide is accompanied by two images - an animated GIF of Elon Musk performing two Nazi salutes at Donald Trump's second inauguration, and an article title from Tech Policy.Press reading "With Grokipedia, Top-Down Control of Knowledge is New Again"

Gonna be a fun class on Monday

Bills

don mattingly still hasn't shaved those sideburns smdh

We, as a culture, have been collectively sleeping on how good the soundtrack for Pokemon TCG on GBC is

"Technically you're not allowed to do a smash and grab at the Louvre... but fuck it, I'll let you roll for it. This will be a challenge though. DC is 17."

Explained the TTRPG "Rule of Cool" to my wife in order to justify why we should have only a 48 hour window to investigate successful heists where no one is harmed

Boy are they in for some fuckin' whiplash when the new algorithm sets in on Larry Ellison TikTok

Talking about economic systems in my political philosophy class. Discussed Adam Smith yesterday. At the beginning of class, I asked my 20 students if anyone would say they like capitalism or think it's a good idea. One student raised their hand

Completely apathetic to the Sabres after three games, horribly concerned about the Bills, fun 8 days in Buffalo sports ya'll

Very good for a B-show. Writing this mid-cackle at the full-team Boston crab. Can't wait to know what's going on and be emotionally invested in these folks

MxMTV are fucking killing me though. I'm a sucker for the self-obsessed over the top heels

hell yeah brother cheers from westchester

I've been having some fun watching Collision tonight. And that's pretty much the best I can expect from a wrestling program's B-show when I've never tuned in

No worries! If you really want to season yourself before getting in, some folks pointed towards comprehensive videos/write-ups:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_fH...
www.theouterhaven.net/the-best-aew...

But the general consensus was that it's wrasslin'. Just jump in.

I hope Dahlin wins several Stanley Cups. He might be the best player I've ever seen put on the blue and gold. That's it. That's all I have to say. I see no way out here. Terry has completely destroyed this franchise.

I am completely fucking done with this team. I literally sat there watching the tank years games because there was at least entertainment value in them. There is nothing here.

For those like Rud here, I recommend diving into this Top 10 list I wrote before AEW All In Texas.

I broke down the best matches that were on YouTube at the time (more have been uploaded since!) and this is the best way to get a grasp of what AEW does.

www.theouterhaven.net/the-best-aew...

Holy shit so many people are trying to help me out here! Thank you! Turning off replies because a) I think I'm gonna just watch Collision tonight then fill in some lore/jump around on old PPVs and b) I can't handle big numbers in my notifications

my friend i got a doctorate in philosophy, i am literally an expert in learning things that make you dumber

Think I'm gonna throw on Collision tonight then back fill with some lore dump content! And then go back to all the good PPVs I missed out on

Think I saw you posting during? Made it sound like a banger. That's probably been gnawing at my brain the past few weeks and it's finally gotten through

Alright, guess I'm jumping right in! Thanks for the heads up!

I know what I'm throwing on when I'm doing chores over the next couple days!

Wrestlesky, I think I want to get into AEW. But I haven't watched any wrestling in a long time. Should I watch any past events? Or just throw on Dynamite this week and go from there?

www.prindleinstitute.org/2025/05/corr...

Remember when the Qataris gave Trump a luxury plane and we were told to not worry about it?

Maybe the writer just wanted us to see if we still feel

Screen cap of a Wall Street Journal post. The post links an essay called "Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?" The post reads: Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

I guess I can't get a writing job anywhere because I refuse to say shit this mindbogglingly stupid.

I get to see posts from people I talked to ten+ years ago but have too much social anxiety to actually talk to them and catch up

Yes, one game, long season and it'll happen. Just worry that their attempts at solutions to persistent problems with this roster are playing with fire