This Is Fine

12:05 AM

@Wipqozn I don't think it was this poll, though since they don't show the actual questions I can't tell, but one posed the question in the most insane way

Where it was like "a) ERASE THEM FROM HISTORY b) Leave Them c) Don't know"

Wipqozn

@TimStone Jesus. Gotta love a biased poll.

Tim Stone

I'm curious how the answer would change if they also informed the pollees when the statues were put up

Unionhawk

12:51 AM

yep, trump looked without glasses #solareclipse https://t.co/PDzRNtXL4n

Tweeted by politiCOHEN_ on August 21, 2017 at 6:49 PM

Instructions unclear, happens to involve the president but other than that

Avery

Since @realDonaldTrump is likely blind due to not following the ONE rule of the #SolarEclipse, I went ahead and cra… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/899714042746372096

Tweeted by Thetarynarnold on August 21, 2017 at 7:25 PM

GodEmperorDune

6 hours ago, by GodEmperorDune

and he did it AFTER looking at the eclipse with glasses on...

Unionhawk

Well, meanwhile, the worst political party that has ever existed

.@TheDemocrats proving how disconnected from the working class they truly are: sending out donation pleas that look… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/899762876662988800

Tweeted by andsat on August 21, 2017 at 10:39 PM

Honestly DNC, what the literal fuck

Avery

oh my

Join me live from Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia. ➡️http://45.wh.gov/FortMyer

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on August 22, 2017 at 1:00 AM

Unionhawk

Iirc he's expected to call for an Afghanistan surge

Avery

1:06 AM

> a single wound inflicted upon [..] is a wound inflicted to all our society

> BOTH SIDES WERE BADDDDDDDDDDDdd

> we can't be in peace with the world if we are not in peace with each other

> but they had a permit

just, australia

Tim Stone

1:28 AM

[Putting a small bet on the "Trump will start nuclear war with Pakistan before he does with NK" square.]

Tweeted by emptywheel on August 22, 2017 at 1:25 AM

Avery

yeah I listened to the thing

he's like pretty mad about the thing

Yuuki

1:52 AM

@Unionhawk Of course.

Tim Stone

Parody became reality tonight. Thanks, Tucker. https://t.co/GSRc7Vdk2N

Tweeted by JSwiftTWS on August 22, 2017 at 12:46 AM

Avery

oh my

in a parallel universe she's a rapper, absolutely destroying the likes of supa hot fire and soulja boy

Yuuki

Tim Stone

In response to what he says to his kids about Trump, Paul Ryan says he tells his kids to "turn off the TV and get off the internet."

Tweeted by MEPFuller on August 22, 2017 at 1:59 AM

My dude, what? No

Unionhawk

2:12 AM

God I hope @IronStache successfully claims WI-01

Yuuki

4:43 AM

Part of me wants to get Iron Sky because I could do with laughing at Nazis and also because a moon Nazi invasion might actually preferable to now.

Wipqozn

10:31 AM

Canada seen as having the most positive influence on world affairs

(image via weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/…)

fredley

10:55 AM

@Wipqozn uk wot

Wipqozn

@fredley You've dropped since last year

By 9%

Kevin van der Velden

I can't believe they're that high

Wipqozn

The USA had the largest drop, of 24 points

They went from 64% to 40%.

So, you know, thanks Trump

(and also thanks everyone who voted for him)

Avery

damn jyhna

stealing our percentages!!!!!!

Also trump needs to sleep

though it's 7am on edt, hmmm, maybe not.

I assumed that someone like him would wake up later

Wipqozn

I'm not sure what the third poll means, because it's description is a copy/paste of the second

fredley

11:01 AM

twitter.com/DaysLeft4Trump

Wipqozn

It's either breakdown of countries views on the USA, or a breakdown of the USA views on countries

I'm assuming the former

Oh, it's the former

the total at the top

The fact that the USA is so high above the rest of the world is pretty depressing, frankly. Shows a real lack of self reflection.

but well, that's how Trump won. People still think he can do no wrong, which is fucked.

I'm shocked India is so high on the view of the usa

Kevin van der Velden

Lots of money coming in from there

Wipqozn

12:00 PM

I'd love to see the stats breakdown for other countries too

Curious to see how large of a gap there is between the world's perception and a countries perception of itself for all countries

Unionhawk

12:17 PM

I seem to remember a survey like that a while back

Wipqozn

12:32 PM

@Unionhawk main reason I'm curious is to see how large that gap for the USA differs from the norm. It's the only result we have, so it's hard to know if this large gap is something USA unique or common.

USA does have a strong sense of patriotism, which I imagine would influence that, but you're not the only strongly patriotic country

Unionhawk

The survey was also taken 2017 so

I'm sure 40% is down from like 2014

Wipqozn

I wonder where the people surveyed in the USA were from

@Unionhawk it's done yearly

Unionhawk

But then I'd have to look it uppppppppppppppppp

Wipqozn

Trump taking power seems to basically be why the drop is so low

Unionhawk

The delta from 2016 is -24%

holy shit

That is not a small number

that is a big number

Yuuki

1:43 PM

@Wipqozn As far as I know, Modi's one of the few leaders who hasn't called out Trump on... being Trump.

Private Pansy

@Yuuki That's not surprising at all. See also: Duterte

Yuuki

Just explaining a probable reason as to why India might have a higher opinion of Trump than the rest of the world.

Tim Stone

Yeah it's kind of crazy I forgot they also elected a sociopath until Trump brought up that horrible fake Pershing story

Yuuki

Modi's at least a competent sociopath. I think. From what I've heard, he has some good ideas except that he has a shady history with ethnic cleansing. Which is bad. But Trump has like no redeeming qualities.

fredley

2:03 PM

@Yuuki I mean if you think Western politics sometimes attracts the wrong sort of people to the cause, Indian politics attracts almost exclusively that sort of person, from my limited perspective.

Tim Stone

@Yuuki Oh, I meant Duterte

fredley

It's also deeply nepotistic

Yuuki

@fredley Thanks, Gandhi.

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk Yeah it's fucked. I wonder if there's data from when there was the switch from bush -> Obama.

because Obama had a really high positive perception worldwide, so I bet there was a large increase that year.

Unionhawk

Got a great shot of the #eclipse from the air over Africa as we said goodby to the #TanzaniaMiracleChildren. https://t.co/VNLJJfeeEJ

Tweeted by SteveKingIA on August 21, 2017 at 8:00 PM

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????‌??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Is this real life

Did a US congressman tweet a picture of the eclipse with harambe photoshopped into it

or am I hallucinating

Avery

2:15 PM

let's move this to this is fine

StrixVaria

← 6 messages moved from The Bridge

Avery

also yeah

he did

and I'm not sure what he meant with that tweet text

Tim Stone

The worst part is that this could be interpreted horribly racistly and since it's Steve King I'm not even convinced it shouldn't be

Yuuki

Yeah, I'm not sure I agree with that move. Perhaps the only thing political about that is that a politician tweeted it. Granted, I guess this is the news discussion room, not the political discussion room.

Private Pansy

@Unionhawk What does this even mean

Unionhawk

2:20 PM

@PrivatePansy I don't know

Yuuki

@PrivatePansy Harambe died for the eclipse?

Private Pansy

Also, that's a screenshot of a tweet, right?

Avery

#TanzaniaMiracleChildren arrive back home in Tanzania. Doreen, paralyzed in May, walking of the plane in August to… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/898485401782038529

Tweeted by SteveKingIA on August 18, 2017 at 10:03 AM

Unionhawk

Yes

Private Pansy

So why did he screencap it instead of retweeting?

Avery

2:20 PM

this explains the #TanzaniaMiracleChildren part

Unionhawk

@PrivatePansy Or hitting "save" on the image

Avery

so he didn't even do the "great shot"

Unionhawk

I don't know

Avery

unless he means great <screen>shot

Unionhawk

everything happens so much

Yuuki

2:21 PM

Also, is no one mentioning "goodby"?

Unionhawk

@Yuuki listen, I'm still trying to work out if I'm hallucinating or not

Avery

how can harambe be real if our eyes aren't real

StrixVaria

I think the "only star news articles" rule idea was a failure.

Now that I've seen us try to enforce it a bit.

Private Pansy

@Avery if our eyes ~~aren't real~~ are blinded by the eclipse

Yeah, I got reddit and SE's dialects mixed up again

Avery

it's ~~ on reddit though

Yuuki

2:25 PM

@StrixVaria I think people are still adjusting to the room.

Avery

and ~ for whatsapp and slack

also slack markdown sucks

Private Pansy

Slack's isn't really Markdown

Avery

I mean

Tim Stone

Because they're monsters

Avery

it implements a part of markdown stuff

discord does too

Yuuki

2:26 PM

Doesn't help that, as far as I'm aware, The Bridge has much less content moderation than the other chat rooms.

Avery

but it uses proper stuff

Yuuki

I know RPG General Chat likes to keep stuff on-topic for RPG-related talk and anything else gets moved to a side-room if it goes on for too long.

StrixVaria

Interesting.

Avery

RA is fairly low-moderated too

Yuuki

I've been in a few SO chat rooms and in Worldbuilding and as far as I can tell, the only chat room with even less moderation on content is Maid Cafe.

Avery

2:28 PM

doesn't help that I'm a RO does it

Yuuki

And that's just because they have a different sense of NSFW than most.

Unionhawk

I mean I know some SO rooms have a rules website

Yuuki

@Avery Eh, it's not you. I've had discussions about NSFW standards with a pro-tem mod awhile back.

And he's the one who has a weird sense of NSFW.

Interesting note, I was also that guy's roommate for a short period of time.

Avery

huh, interesting

Tim Stone

2:58 PM

Duterte says even in a conflict with China, "I will not call on America. I have lost trust in the Americans." What?! http://www.rappler.com/nation/179522-duterte-sandy-cay-pag-asa-island-sandbar-west-philippine-sea?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_medium=share_bar

Tweeted by GregPoling on August 22, 2017 at 12:25 AM

Everything about this is crazypants

Private Pansy

Wait, how...? What...?

Tim Stone

He's appeasing Beijing but to what end I don't know

Pretty incredible for anyone to just cede territory to China

Yuuki

What's really weird is Duterte saying this. I mean, it would make sense during the Obama administration but Trump is like a perfect match for Duterte.

Tim Stone

Nah, I think he's a very focused sociopath and hates Trump for having literally no focus and acting a fool

Like they're similarly crude and reckless but for very different internal reasons

Yuuki

3:16 PM

"Are you kidding me? With your fanatical base, you could have a dictatorship already." - Duterte, probably.

Private Pansy

Yes, and also right-wingers like him are usually fiercely protective of things like sovereignty

Yuuki

That and globalist cucks or whatever, I guess.

Unionhawk

or whatever I guess indeed

GodEmperorDune

3:37 PM

NBC’s openly gay Xena reboot is dead http://trib.al/BucSuDn https://t.co/uz61fdMJTa

Tweeted by TheAVClub on August 22, 2017 at 1:45 AM

:(

Yuuki

But on the other hand, a reboot isn't happening... I'm not sure how to feel.

Also, I'm not sure this is the kind of news that this room was made for. I'm also wondering if this means we're trying to make The Bridge more games-focused.

GodEmperorDune

so this is only for depressing news?

or non-gaming news?

Yuuki

I figured it was mostly for political news.

And Nazis?

MBraedley

Same here

GodEmperorDune

well then

The guy who dressed in a Confederate uniform and got flipped off got kicked out of school. http://www.wxii12.com/article/high-point-man-removed-from-florida-college-after-standing-in-front-of-confederate-monument-in-virginia/12027442

Tweeted by ParkerMolloy on August 22, 2017 at 3:32 PM

Avery

3:57 PM

@GodEmperorDune damn, he had at least 2 guns too

I can BET that he has the leg strapped thingies too, with at least a knife or a pistol

Unionhawk

Hmmm. The DNC is going after Trump for his "empty promises on border wall." https://t.co/mWGaiVkEkO

Tweeted by akarl_smith on August 22, 2017 at 3:07 PM

Kill me

What the literal fuck

GodEmperorDune

i swear to god DNC

Yuuki

God, Trump is his own anti-Trump propaganda. You don't need to add onto it...

Over-seasoning, much?

Unionhawk

@GodEmperorDune they're going to fuck up 2018 so badly oh my god

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk yep

i dunno if i can even blame gerrymandering anymore

Yuuki

4:11 PM

So on the one hand, right-wing boomers are literally soulless devils and on the other hand, left-wing boomers are incompetent idiots.

:/

Unionhawk

The only thing liberals hate more than winning elections is the left

GodEmperorDune

4:39 PM

earthquake hits Ischia, an island in bay of naples

I made this political cartoon in 2010. Enjoy! http://thenib.com/daily https://t.co/jyfQIZOFzY

Tweeted by MattBors on August 22, 2017 at 2:37 PM

StrixVaria

5:27 PM

@Unionhawk WHAT THE FUCK WHY

I"M ON CHROME OS SO I DON"T EVEN HAVE CAPSLOCK SO I"M JUST HOLDING SHIFT WTF

Unionhawk

5:47 PM

@StrixVaria Yeah

The DNC is a competent organization

StrixVaria

Can we just abolish everything and start fresh?

Unionhawk

My spell check is broken on chrome ok

sorry

I tried to fix it but it didn't work

Yuuki

It's actually correct, I brainfarted. But it's nice to know everyone trusts my alt-write skills.

Unionhawk

6:28 PM

ooo, DSA talking points on Charlottesville

Nice

Official DSA talking points on Charlottesville

Good stuff

Avery

7:21 PM

DSA is nice.

Unionhawk

7:43 PM

@Avery Yes

Avery

we don't have a DS party here AFAIK.

only a communist party (which to be fair is, well... not that different)

Unionhawk

They are anticapitalist comrades yeah

"Cuck Pope" -- The far-right is going after Pope Francis for urging nations to offer aid to migrants and refugees:… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/900050959845478401

Tweeted by mmfa on August 22, 2017 at 5:44 PM

I'm unsure what I expected

Like, first of all

what

and secondly

...

in conclusion

what

Avery

7:59 PM

@Unionhawk nice

Unionhawk

*pope restates a core component to catholic social teaching*
*the extreme right*: HOW DAREY OU

Avery

I LOVE how they can say "one nation under god" and then go call pope a cuck.

Unionhawk

to be fair the extreme right is not usually catholic

but fishhook theory states that we'll be getting a DNC email about how we should actually let less refugees in shortly

Avery

@Unionhawk well, I'm seeing a lot of people who are catholic and alt-right on twitter (also a ton of leftist and centrist catholics). Trump is one I believe.

Unionhawk

@Avery No, he's... evangelical or smth

catholic and christian are not equivalent sets

catholic is a subset of christian

Avery

8:10 PM

sorry my Christianity related info is kinda meh

Unionhawk

This is fair

Avery

I tend to think of it as one thing

Unionhawk

Nope, most christians don't really care about the pope

Avery

islam also has multiple branches but no equivalent of pope (actually islam did have a pope-equivalent until ataturk)

John

10:25 PM

Worth noting that Secret Service Director Randolph Alles said this:
>"This issue is not one that can be attributed to the current administration's protection requirements but, rather, has been an ongoing issue for nearly a decade due to an overall increase in operational tempo"
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/secret-service-donald-trump-family/index.html

That said, he also said that the Trump administration did have more people to protect than the Obama administration did

Yuuki

And more places to go to protect them, I guess.

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