@Kilroy70 saidSo I was right, you are 100 years old.
Just when I thought I've seen everything...
I finally got around to looking at that milkshake video. Who knew that, as a group, immature men could be a voting block?
But apparently they are! This close to an election it must be a daunting task to rebrand someone we've been watching for nearly 4 years.
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@Suzianne saidSeriously, are clichés and one liners the best you can do?
You people, always with the fear.
It's all you know, I guess.
I've been around long enough to see how language can be used to manipulate thought. A good example is "gender assigned at birth". If you can get someone to accept that premise you are then poised to talk about "gender reassignment".
It's a two-tiered trap. If you can draw them in and familiarize them with the term assigned, they will then be ready to hear about reassignment.
If anything inspires fear it should be dopes who allow themselves to be so easily manipulated.
@Kilroy70 saidSo now people are "manipulated" by truth?
Seriously, are clichés and one liners the best you can do?
I've been around long enough to see how language can be used to manipulate thought. A good example is "gender assigned at birth". If you can get someone to accept that premise you are then poised to talk about "gender reassignment".
It's a two-tiered trap. If you can draw them in and familiarize them with ...[text shortened]... ].
If anything inspires fear it should be dopes who allow themselves to be so easily manipulated.
Beats being manipulated by fear.
@Suzianne saidAnd you are what... six, maybe seven?
So I was right, you are 100 years old.
Sitting around a campfire with your buddies, and scaring yourselves with ghost stories?
You don't need to be afraid of Trump. Just walk up to him and stare him in the eye. Put your thumbs in your ears and wiggle your fingers, and poke out your tounge and say "Na na na na na. Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me!"
That'll show him who's boss.
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@Kilroy70 saidI think you missed the point of Idiocracy IF you think it was right wing, MAGA friendly (granted it was before MAGA).
No, I said language can be used to manipulate thought.
Fear of what? I posted a YouTube link to the trailer of Idiocracy. It's a comedy, not a horror flick. What is there to be afraid of?
Here's a HINT; what is the only source of news in the dumbed down future depicted?
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@Kilroy70 saidThe president in that movie, Dwayne Camacho, is trump.
And you are what... six, maybe seven?
Sitting around a campfire with your buddies, and scaring yourselves with ghost stories?
You don't need to be afraid of Trump. Just walk up to him and stare him in the eye. Put your thumbs in your ears and wiggle your fingers, and poke out your tounge and say "Na na na na na. Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me!"
That'll show him who's boss.
A former reality TV star thinking he alone can solve all the problems and drapes himself in the American flag. It's almost like trump modeled his political style based on Camacho.
@wildgrass saidIf Dwayne Camacho thinks he alone can solve all the problems, why is he seeking help from the smartest man in the world?
The president in that movie, Dwayne Camacho, is trump.
A former reality TV star thinking he alone can solve all the problems and drapes himself in the American flag. It's almost like trump modeled his political style based on Camacho.
The only point worth noting (imo) is what can happen when a society allows itself to be dumbed down. It's happened before and, in case you haven't noticed, it's happening now.