#rational national

[berniesrevolution]

The Rational National | Stunning Poll Throws 2024 Matchup Into Question

#politics #the left #rational national #2024 election #video #youtube

[realcleverissues]

Excellent piece by The Rational National showing that, in fact, the right has moved very far right over the past few decades while the left has, for the most part, not moved very much, and the areas in which it has moved have general support (e.g. gay marriage, legal weed).

That said, I want to bring up another point: Musk argues that the left has moved further left while he hasn’t changed. Ok, let’s say that’s true. So what?

Societies evolve as our collective knowledge, understanding, and experience grows. People within society are expected to grow with it. This is why we cringe when an old people say things reflecting very outdated values. Imagine if musk said he was ok with slavery and argued that, “well, the democratic party USED to be ok with it... so it’s not my fault if everyone else changed. I’m a *real* Democrat.” Clearly, a very backwards and idiotic argument. Same thing here.

You are responsible for growing with society. Society isn’t expected to stay the same forever and halt its progress.

So if the left is pushing for ideas that are new to you, that you weren’t aware of when you were younger, that’s not an excuse to automatically dismiss them, or an excuse for staying the same. If you were for human rights when applied to black people in the 60s, then why aren’t you for human rights for lgbtq people today? The left isn’t changing principles, only expanding its consciousness. People like musk, however, often have views that are not rooted in a philosophy but just the quirk of the time in which they grew up. This is why they can’t seem to evolve, to grow with the times. They’re stuck and expect everyone else to stay stuck with them, until the only people with their views are the group literally called “conservatives” bc they almost deliberately refuse to evolve with the times.

so yeah, fuck musk.

#politics #musk #rational national #society #ok boomer

[hop-a-lot]

they are in love you can't tell me otherwise

#tf2 #tf2 saxton hale #tf2 bidwell #saxwell #gday saxwell nation here are some rations #I'd kill for hippy bidwell #suggestive

[kyoshi-lesbians]

[ID: A series of GIFs showing the parallels between Azula introducing herself to King Keui in Kyoshi Warrior disguise and Ozai asking Fire Lord Azulon to make him the crown prince over Iroh. The last GIF shows Azula and Zuko peeking through curtains watching Ozai speak to Azulon.]

“I am your humble servant, here to serve you and our nation. Use me.” // "We are the Earth King's humble servants."

#i learned how to make gifs for this. that's how crazy it made me #the line is all azula BECAUSE it's all ozai #ozai's scene with azulon is a performance for ozai (one that is explicitly called out as such by azulon) #but for azula. a child. watching it from the shadows. well. #ozai killed azulon for his selfish ambitions & azula kills people for ozai #she's aware that ozai had no real loyalty to azulon - that ozai is performing - but rationalizes it as ozai being most worthy of the throne #rather than unquestioning loyalty to the father/nation itself being detrimental to the world at large & herself personally #.... #I've been feeling so ill about azula lately. god. #azula #ozai #r.post

[akissiwashere]

So because I am crazy and insane, I went ahead and played against Al-Haitham numerous time in order to figure out ALL the cards that are apart of his deck.

You see, when m*hoyo creates decks for our playable characters, multiple things obviously come into play:

- Do the cards synergies well with one another? - Does the element duo open interesting event card and/or action card? - Do the character apart of the deck know each other/have a good relationship with one another? - What character card are currently available? - etc.

You know, basics. Not every point have to check out, of course. But most do. Kind of the way a non-sweaty player would think. And so while I was surprised and delighted to see Cyno in Al-Haitham deck, I had to rationalize my delusions.

"Oh, it’s for electro resonance. The card he’s playing bursts down his opponent. He will need the energy." Okay, very true rational me, but then again, why Cyno? Based on your assumption, would Raiden’s card not have been more sutible? Perhaps Kujou Sara who thrives in quicken decks…

"Maybe because his deck takes advantage of sumerian event cards which only activates when two character cards are from Sumeru" True true true. Damn. Perhaps, you are right. I’m just delusional, but I am content… unless. Isn’t D*ri from Sumeru? Which raises my question again…UGH. No no actually, you are probably right. Most certainly right, rational me. But I must see him use it myself. To appease my insanity.

So I played against Mr Scribe. Only to beat him in four rounds. So I matched us again. And again. And again. I think our longest match was 11 rounds? No matter. My point is, he did not use a card which REQUIRES two sumerian. Not once. He sure damn used the electro resonance card though, I can assure you that!

I even went to check other characters decks, keeping in mind what event/action card were available when they came out. And like, if I can grossly summarize, you have type

A) They are lowkey meta decks (i.e. Wanderer)

or type

B) They are definitely… decks (i.e. Klee)

Guess where I would categorize Al-Haitham’s deck? He’s soooo likeeee (it’s type B by the way). I’m probably trying to rationalize it because I genuinely thought he’d do something so stupidly meta and he just… did not? And even if he did, I thought it would have a strategy that isn’t "rely on Cyno’s card when all turns to shit". Like sir! Please stop making me like your pairing more and more it was not supposed to be like this.

#haino #cytham #delulu #delusional #insane #insanity #it’s the fact that Lisa’s deck didn’t even include Razor #or Baizhu who lacked Qiqi in his deck #thought that’s understandable they have like zero synergy #but that’s not my point!!!!! #my point is #seeing al-haitham and cyno’s relationship blossom to what it is today has been nothing but a treat #and i hope we will see more of this duo in the future #rational me has also deducted that they probably only allowed archons to use their nation event card #which honestly only pushes delulu me’s agenda even further #also his deck provides no survivability like #couldn’t he throw in a pizza or an egg or some’

[kelluinox]

One day I will draw a venn diagram between Russian vatniks and pro hamas supporters

#this is coming from smb who's lived 20 years in russia #you wouldn't believe how similar these two groups sound #from the obsession with going back to some arbitrary point in history #denying the right of a country to exist denying the existence of a nation and a nationality #to dehumanizing a people and using that to rationalize comitting war crimes against them #“it's all evil zionists/the bad west/the west and its imperialism/colonies” mf it's like you watched a russian propaganda channel #and are now regurgitating all their talking points but replacing “Ukraine” with “Israel” and leaving “USA” as the world's biggest evil #I never thought I would hear this coming out of the mouths of westerners who claim to be more enlightened #but then again they're also reusing tropes from protocols of zion (first spread by imperial russia) #the doctor's plot #and so many other antisemitic tropes that originate from russia #“they bombed donbas for years” - “75 year old oppression” omg these are the same type of people and they don't realize it!!! #leftist antisemitism #antisemitism #ukraine #i/p

[something2believe]

i'm literally fucked in terms of treatment options. tw for depressing vent in the tags i guess

#got only a few left that might provide a little improvement but they all have adverse effects that could worsen me too #there are so many conflicting aspects to my various conditions #that its proven impossible to find anything that works for one thing without negatively impacting another #the more time i spend researching meds and supplements and the biology of my disorders the more overwhelmed and hopeless i feel #i know its about trying stuff and outweighing pros and cons but ugh. none of this is ideal at all #sorry for saying this but the rational thing would be to kms. i wont but like. i think about that a lot on my worst days #theres been a national debate surrounding assisted dying as of late #and a lot of able bodied people saying they would rather die than live life thats either the same or better than mine etc #feels weird. like am i wrong to endure this #i just want to live so bad i love life and keep hoping it'll be mine again

[bilaudad]

idk if this is weird or if it will resonate with anyone else, but sometimes I feel kinda robbed having been raised protestant. like if I was going to have all this residual guilt and shame and end up atheist anyway could I at least have had beauty. stained glass or old-ass choral music or just anything at all to give a sense of majesty about Creation

#we were presbyterian #and an especially chilly and anemic version of presbyterianism at that #the church i grew up in specifically split from the national Presbyterian church #when the latter started officially allowing same sex marriage and ‘my’ church didn’t like that decision 🙃 #we remained seated when we sang our ‘contemporary’ (read: produced in the 80s) worship music #loveless lifeless place on the whole #also the lack of saints and deemphasis of angels and the workings of heaven and the fantastical in general in protestantism like- #pretending at the sensibility and rationality of secularism doesn’t improve religion #it just kind of bleeds it of color or anything to sink one’s teeth into emotionally or imaginatively #I was such an emotional kid I wonder what my spiritual experience would have been #if there had been anything at all there for me to grab onto #random #text post #personal

[novuit]

I believe the nations' anatomy would differ a bit from an average human since they're immortal. Their anatomy would also differ from eachother as they evolve 1000 times faster than the homosapien species for their own enviroments and reasons, for example:

France's voicebox would be just on the same level as his chin because he kept getting decapitated so overtime, he evolved a voicebox in a higher place so he could speak after getting his head cut off, as well as an organ inside his head that stores blood supply from the heart so he can breath and think without the use the heart which is in the body, letting either his new body grow or reattach himself with his current body if he was lucky enough for someone to help him do so.

#hetalia #rambles #hws france #I will literally use science to give rational theories about how nation peoples' bodies work #and I think this is rational and believable #I even thought up of a scientific name for the hetalia countries

[magnoliamyrrh]

especially bc if theres one thing speaking to ppl on complicated subjects has taught me, and actually getting across to them, is that actually, yea. often times being able to talk and rationalize and keep your cool achieves 3000% more than yelling, screaming, insulting, or anything else does. oh, it sure is harder. oh, its an emotional toll. and you really wanna just call them stupid or tell them to fuck off. but the changes of getting somewhere are much better

there are people which will not change. there are ppl which do not want to hear. there are people which are set to remain in their ways..... but many people are capable of change. maybe people are capable of growth..... and i think... ultimately many ppl wanna be "good," whatever good means in their eyes. and playing off of that to your advantage helps

#ive definetely talked abt this before on here but im forever thinking of the black dude who spend years befriending the head of the kkk #and the dude ended up leaving it. and now this dude has Hundreds of robes of former clan people who have left Because Of Him #......... #.... #which tells me in a very very real way. that life is complicated and there is definetely hope and people can definetely change #and that i dont think yelling at a clan member or calling them whatever which is all of our instinct with ppl of those sorts #would have been able to achieve the same result ultimately #....... and if so many fucking kkk members out of all things are able to be moved by rationality #talk. empathy. compassion and reaching across the isle..... fuck man #i think that says a lot about the chances of ppl who are way less worse than kkk members to get better #🤷‍♀️ #also something Darly Davis (the dude who started this and got the kkk member to resign) said something which i think is true too #what seems to be (and i think theres anth studies on this too) The Most Effective way to break someones hatred is for them to have a #positive interaction with someone from the group they hate. to actually learn abt them and See them for something to click in their brains #also unironically what balkan reddit showed #yes westerners found it offensive bc it was ethnic/racial/national stereotypes and jokes taken to an extreme (which was the point) #but so many ppl on there said before the reddit they rly were nationalistic and hated other balkan ppl. but bc of it #and bc of the exteme jokes abt stereotypes they saw how stupid it all was #and actually made friends from our different nations and realized that all the hatred is stupid #and suddenly all the endless nationalistic propaganda dug in their heads and the hatred and the ethnic supremacy and everything else ceased

[orcelito]

Yes I am scared of mascots/fursuits. I think I had a traumatic memory at Chuck E Cheese's when I was a little kid. Idk why else I'm so put off by proximity to them lmao

#speculation nation #i have the vaguest of memories of the place. crawling in the tubes and watching the mascot suit band #and i must've hated it or smth lmao. i remember being scared of mascots At Least since middle school #when i always cringed away from our school's mascot #it's generally not a disruptive fear. on the rare occasions i end up in proximity to someone in a mascot suit #theyve never rly bothered me if i telegraph i dont wanna be bothered. usually by me just Inching Away... #school events. sometimes festivals. i dont rly do shit often so it rarely comes up #it also shows up at anime conventions tho. with the fursuits. #full respect to furries. theres just something about the artificial eyes and faces that puts me off. #but again. not hard to avoid. i just leave them be and they leave me be. #looking at pictures online doesnt bother me. it's mostly just the proximity that bothers me. #as u could imagine tho. i have never Once wanted to fuck with fna.f #a video game practically tailored to my niche irrational fear. my will to interact with it is in the negatives. #i dont rly like horror games anyways :p so definitely have never been interested #but yea. i think this is the only truly irrational fear i have. anything else im scared of are pretty rational #.........tho i guess mirrors in the dark would count as irrational. tho it's bc Ghosts #OKAY okay that's another probably irrational fear. i just cant look at mirrors in the dark. i will cover my eyes i cant do it. #avoid being in dark rooms with mirrors anyways. as u could imagine i dont keep mirrors in my bedroom. #and when i get up at night to go to the bathroom i very pointedly dont look at the mirror until ive got the lights on #OK SO THATS 2 IRRATIONAL FEARS i swear thats all of them tho. i think. #this has been Sharing Hour with Fanny. hope you enjoyed lmao

[the-busy-ghost]

Every day I wake up and there are still new words to learn, this is fantastic, do you guys know about this? Is this allowed?

#Morgengrauen was a nice one yesterday #I mean it's very straightforward and basic but I like the idea of dawn being essentially the morning grey #Especially since that phrase sort of exists in English #Petillant is another favourite (I don't have accent marks on my keyboard so imagine a wee accent over the e) #Just because I like the way it looks and it's nice to have pretty words for the concept 'fizzy' #In English/Scots an ell is something I've been familiar with vaguely for a long time but I had to go look it up recently for size #And found out all sorts of things about its origin and the meaning of the word elbow and I suggest checking out its wikipedia page #I mean I love all the words I already know (well most of them; there are some I hate for both rational and irrational reasons) #And place names are something else that we could add to the mix they're fantastic #But among the many many new things to discover every day (new flowers; new feelings; new birds; new smells) #Words have to be a firm favourite and I sort of hadn't realised that that's something that is always going to happen #We don't stop learning words at a fixed point it's constant and shifting and delightful #Devouring the linguistic feast collectively assembled by our human ancestors of all nations and races

[sapphoslibrary]

i’m waiting for my first pair of glasses to come in and truly realizing how insane it is that we have to pay money to fucking see. what the fuck.

#i had a frame and lens benefit from my insurance and STILL PAID almost $200 #like WHAT #how can we. as a civilized nation. rationalize this #this isn’t some big epiphany i’ve been a socialist since middle school #but sometimes the absolute dumpster fire that is capitalism hits extra hard you know?

[ufonaut]

Hmph! I’ll show ‘em! I’ll show everybody! Some day these people’ll brag they leaned on me inna subway!

Scribbly (1948) #1

(Sheldon Mayer’s semi-autobiographical comic strip, also written/drawn by him.)

#scribbly the boy cartoonist #scribbly #scribbly 1948 #scribbly jibbet #sheldon mayer #shelly mayer #dc #dc comics #u can reblog #god this whole book is the funniest thing ive read in ages like genuinely tops most of giffens stuff which is absolutely deranged to me #maybe everybody was right maybe shelly really is THE cartoonist #my boy going to RATIONAL COMICS instead of NATIONAL COMICS (DC)

[fieriframes]

[Rational being’s good is unselfishness.]

#s39e09 triple d nation - mobile meals #guy fieri #guyfieri #diners drive-ins and dives #rational #unselfishness

[captainofthenautilus]

consumption, but instead of tuberculosis it's the horrors (staying at your parents house as an adult after having moved out)

#words words words #it's like radiation poisoning i can feel myself regressing #i need to get out of this place asap but i have to stay here until my flight on saturday #i also only have a weeks worth of my adhd meds left so i've been rationing #should've gotten my refill on the 12th but there's apparently a national shortage and it still hasn't been filled yet #therefore my executive function levels are very low atm