That’s what always happens in capitalist societies. They say that if you don’t want to be poor, there’s a certain thing you have to do. But then everyone does it, so it’s no longer effective. The system depends on making sure that there’s always a supply of poor people to exploit.
It's worth noting that there are some extraordinary people in the world who have been quietly doing the work for decades, and they should be celebrated with all the fervor that we denounce the villains. I first read about Harrison twenty-odd years ago, when he'd already been doing this for about fifty years, and this is one of those guys whose life can, indeed, be summed up by his headline.
James Harrison saved millions of lives. Millions. Not with anything flashy or dramatic, not with profound speeches or brilliant strategy or any of the things we insist are the ways to impact the world. He simply kept himself as healthy as possible so that every few weeks he could go and sit quietly in a room and give away a fundamental part of himself — quite literally his lifeblood — to people he'd never meet, for no pay and no expectation of acknowledgement. (He was, it should be said, acknowledged quite a lot per this article, but that's beside the point.)
When we talk about the kind of people we want to elevate and celebrate in our societies, I often think of people like James Harrison. I hope we get more of him; not just for his blood, but for his heart.
This got me.
I own and love this game already. Feels really close to the kind of concept that could be elevated to something else for Gamechanger or another show.
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Unless that toad has psychic defenses (or Jace had his memory wiped just prior to this fight) this is over before it begins, maybe literally, and Jace doesn't lose to toad that a) thinks they're friends or b) doesn't remember anything at all or c) is replaying some kind of lava bug eating fantasy
Round 1 matchup 127
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Propaganda for Eruptoad:
"It's a toad with a volcano on it"
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“After being wined and dined for years — with one of his billionaire patrons buying his mother’s house and fixing it up and putting his grandnephew through a ritzy private academy — Clarence Thomas returned the favor by casting his tie-breaking Citizens United vote, almost fully legalizing billionaires and giant companies bribing politicians. Political bribery is still illegal in Scotland, The Netherlands, and Australia, which is why politicians in those countries could stand up to the fossil fuel industry. America, in fact, is the only country in the developed world that lets the massive, gravitational “dark force” of billionaires’ and giant corporations’ money be used to purchase politicians who put themselves up for sale. And that’s not only why we won’t see a ban on fossil fuel advertising any day soon; it’s why we won’t see a lot of other things that a majority of Americans want, as well.”
— What is the Invisible Dark Force Destroying Everything?
This is a real bummer; at least I'm in good company.
How do I make it clear I also find it mind boggling that the game keeps printing color pie breaks? It normalizes the breaks and exacerbates the noise calling for more breaks and the precedence of the first break.
Preaching to the choir.
@neil-gaiman more like inEDible, amirght?
christ on a cracker (the last supper, oil on saltine)