Chira numbuh wan!

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Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm sure alot of people have thrown some epic shredding and hard drive degaussing parties

Lol possibly

I did find it odd why all of a sudden some Dem congress members decided to stop by the Dep’t of Education and demanded to be let in past Doge’s guards

I’m wondering why are you here? Just another routine visit to the DoE like all of your routine visits before? (Maybe they did routinely visit before I really don’t know lol)

Then again, I would never imagine someone as old and, no offense, kinda dumb (a lot I chalk up to not aging well) like Maxine Waters to be sent to destroy critical evidence lol

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I’m wondering why are you here? Just another routine visit to the DoE like all of your routine visits before? (Maybe they did routinely visit before I really don’t know lol)

Then again, I would never imagine someone as old and, no offense, kinda dumb (a lot I chalk up to not aging well) like Maxine Waters to be sent to destroy critical evidence lol

Right i doubt that they had ever been to that building before

they were there just to film videos to put out showing we're here and we're trying to stop the bad orange man

if trump was wiping his ass im sure maxine waters would tell him he's doing it wrong

[Reiwa]

I could sesame street being more expensive abroad with the need for different brainwashing techniques for foreign cultures.

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Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I could sesame street being more expensive abroad with the need for different brainwashing techniques for foreign cultures.

I personally think it is absolutely foolish for USAID to think that trying some media-based mass psychological manipulation to change attitudes in LGBT-unfriendly places is a better use for that money than simply using it to protect, up to and including getting the hell out of there, actual citizens of that country who are LGBT and suffering as a result

It’s like “yea the religious police threatened to stone me to death again, can you get me the hell out of here, or help me conceal my identity or sexuality from them better to help me survive?”

USAID: Nah, but don’t worry, this kids tv cartoon might change the entire country’s perception of you! So this is better. It’s all about going for the “root cause” to fix problems!

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I personally think it is absolutely foolish for USAID to think that trying some media-based mass psychological manipulation to change attitudes in LGBT-unfriendly places is a better use for that money than simply using it to protect, up to and including getting the hell out of there, actual citizens of that country who are LGBT and suffering as a result

It’s like “yea the religious police threatened to stone me to death again, can you get me the hell out of here, or help me conceal my identity or sexuality from them better to help me survive?”

USAID: Nah, but don’t worry, this kids tv cartoon might change the entire country’s perception of you! So this is better. It’s all about going for the “root cause” to fix problems!

Winning hearts and minds

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Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Winning hearts and minds

To some extent I agree, especially when working with your own citizens. I am all about things like getting to them as kids and changing what they idolize or value to create some positive long term outcome

But now we’re taking the concept and applying it in a piddly amount in countries that have authority figures actively conditioning against it? You’ll have about as much luck changing hearts and minds with that as you would arguing over a US news articles comment section lol

I mean, Dems had the entire apparatus of Hollywood, gov’t admin, the music industry, and higher education pushing certain ideologies here some STILL remain super contentious and polarized. But a few cartoons and operas are going to shift them in an already less accepting country abroad? Come on, use that to smuggle LGBT people at least out of the remote shithole towns that will for sure kill them, if it’s too dangerous to try to get them out of the country

At least then you know your money is doing some tangible good for the population you are concerned about

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To some extent I agree, especially when working with your own citizens. I am all about things like getting to them as kids and changing what they idolize or value to create some positive long term outcome

But now we’re taking the concept and applying it in a piddly amount in countries that have authority figures actively conditioning against it? You’ll have about as much luck changing hearts and minds with that as you would arguing over a US news articles comment section lol

I mean, Dems had the entire apparatus of Hollywood, gov’t admin, the music industry, and higher education pushing certain ideologies here some STILL remain super contentious and polarized. But a few cartoons and operas are going to shift them in an already less accepting country abroad? Come on, use that to smuggle LGBT people at least out of the remote shithole towns that will for sure kill them, if it’s too dangerous to try to get them out of the country

At least then you know your money is doing some tangible good for the population you are concerned about

It might be cheaper in the long term to change local cultures than to continually import the affected on a generational basis.

[Reiwa]

So are pennies still legal tender or are we just supposed to put them on train tracks now?

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Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So are pennies still legal tender or are we just supposed to put them on train tracks now?

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Check out this predictive programming. Too spooky 4 me. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] "do you want the eggs or not!"

https://youtu.be/LlYC-8Lj1oM?t=769