[–] 208 points 4 days ago (11 children)

“I don’t think the government gets to have a say about what health care is provided in what circumstances and why.”

Attaboy, this is EXACTLY the message. And, speaking from experience, it throws conservatives right on their asses.

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  • [–] 43 points 4 days ago (9 children)

    Not eating meat is probably the biggest impact you can have, followed by using public transportation whenever possible.

    Grow indigenous pollinator-friendly plants. Minimize your trash output as much as you can. Vote against expanding the military budget if youre in the US.

    Fr tho going vegetarian/vegan is huge on a personal scale, large-scale farming is tremendously harmful.

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  • [–] 59 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    Why would European riots/protests spill over to America? That's not how this works.

    Americans have been protesting. Rioting, not so much. Those are much more rare in the US than France.

    Mass movements spring from the ground up, and the American working class quite famously doesn't see themselves as part of the global working class. Solidarity protests are few and far between.

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    So, allow me to preface by saying I love this show. Rewatched it a dozen times at least. It's smart, heartwarming, and deeply funny. Catherine O'Hara was a treasure.

    But there is one scene that drives me up a goddamn wall every time I see it: David lip-syncing Tina Turner to Patrick.

    Patrick had, earlier in the same episode, performed a beautiful acoustic cover of "Simply the Best" at an open mic. It's a lovely moment; Patrick is exploring his first relationship as a gay man, and David has a long history of painful relationships which gave him deep trust issues. This song both affirms Patrick's feelings while assuring David that he's safe and loved now. It's very touching, and I'm always drawn to how Moira watches them both, overcome with love.

    So David feels like he has to reciprocate the gesture somehow, except he obviously doesnt have much of a clue how. Instead of, I dunno, coming up with anything romantic on his own, he decides to... lip-sync the same song to Patrick later in private.

    There are two problems here. First, playing the same song twice in an episode invariably gets it lodged in my head. Second, and more relevant, is that it just feels like such a weak gesture. Imagine giving your SO a heartfelt gift which required a fair amount of effort and even bravery. Now imagine your SO returns the gesture by giving you the same gift, except without the effort and bravery.

    Come on David, you couldnt come up with a single other song to express your feelings? Patrick just gave you a slew of gifts to win you back, too. Its not like this is the only gesture hes made. Yet it basically is the only one David makes.

    The scene is supposed to be touching but it just irritates me.

    Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. We'll talk about Ted next time.

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