Not seeing where the books came from in any of the accounts of book burnings, but even if they’re in a bookstore, the publisher’s already got the money, as has the author. It’s all performative nonsense either way.

*citation needed

I phrase it as ‘Never put yourself down. It gives people the perfect opportunity to agree with you.’

Blithering.

‘Woke’ when used as a perjorative.

:shrug: Someone bought them.

So I had a look and this is how his investment firm is going.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_Partners

The firm has a staff of approximately 20 people. By 2024, the firm had returned no profits to its investors.

Lol. I bet he’s still getting paid handsomely.

Also the only scene that really made me laugh in the new Deadpool movie was when he was delivering exposition completely deadpan with Dogpool slobbering all over his face for way too long.

You, sir, are a Good Egg.

I was trying to post the youtube clip with a thumbnail, and I seemed to be only able to do one or the other, so I gave up. I thought I’d deleted it. Thanks to VicksVaporBBQrub for posting the link to the video.

I’m undeleting it now with the link in the body because it’s still a scene that makes me laugh uncontrollably no matter how many times I see it. This and the 'shit on the outside of the torlet’ scene from Letterkenny.

We want to be lied to by humans, goddammit!

Sometimes it feels like having a conscience just isn’t financially viable any more.

In order to burn her books, you first have to purchase them, and at that point you’ve defeated your own purpose.

Plus, what’s to stop a bunch of terrorists from dressing up like ICE and doing whatever they want?

Absolutely nothing, and yet people will still act all surprised when it inevitably happens.

That’s a one star trip for sure.

Maybe we should start calling them Pharisees.

Let us know how that works out for you?

Wasn’t there something about a ‘new covenant’?

Hasn’t worked for me.

You’re certainly not born a christo-fascist arsehole. That’s something you have to learn, and you probably have to unlearn a lot of basic human instincts as well…