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Shaked Koplewitz's avatar

I always wonder if you got "the king of America" from the coin shadow uses to resurrect his wife in American Gods.

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Jess's avatar

I thought of American Gods, too!

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Some Guy's avatar

This is the scene with the Buffalo, right?

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Jess's avatar

Yeah, but I can’t remember his Official Title. But the picture you chose also reminded me of AG generally.

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Some Guy's avatar

That was just a picture of me riding my buffalo, Amendment.

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Jess's avatar

Amendment is the perfect name for your buffalo.

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Some Guy's avatar

He changes his mind a lot

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Some Guy's avatar

I completely forgot about that! So maybe?

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Grape Soda's avatar

“tries to write his name in the headlines with someone else’s blood” what a phrase!

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Some Guy's avatar

Thanks Grape! On the inside, I’m Russian Literature and writing helps me let it out.

EDIT: Forgot to add, this is also another thing a Trust Assembly could do. We could make a rule like “No glamorization of mass shooters” and you’d have an actual method to enforce it.

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JSev's avatar

the problem I have with trump or the modern far right is the strong desire for a monarch. I’ve encountered this in person, and I’m not a fan. I don’t know why someone would want to be subject to an apparatus which will suppress you if you speak ill of the ruling family. maybe people view these as fringe elements, but the republican party has literally become a trump ran party. additionally, heritage and claremont were elements I met *randomly* at right wing gatherings. and part of there appeal to me was to bring up replacement theory, by an indian dude of all parties. in between bouts of jokes about beheadings by claremont/heritage types.

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Some Guy's avatar

I don’t get who the King is supposed to be. What’s the sword in the stone, or is it a might makes right situation? Aren’t most of those people also atheists so there can’t be divine right, correct? What’s the basis for the kingship?

I get along pretty well with everyone because I have the reverse fear of contamination, where I’m so confident I can make everyone think like me that I’ll talk to anyone, and would love to talk to someone about this.

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JSev's avatar

i’m not sure what the basis for the kingship would be tbh.

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Some Guy's avatar

What about wielding a sword made from meteor rocks that cannot be mastered until you have first mastered yourself?

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The Shadow Band's avatar

i am working on the tech needed

to build global trust networks

without middle men

it's the way out of this

every day i murder thousands of future fucktards

with my code :P

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Some Guy's avatar

Let’s do this

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The Shadow Band's avatar

*pan flute gently plays*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOaoUx0Mc0Q

~

it's not a small thing that the only earth product is crap

there are deep problems

embedded in language

there is not a place

at the moment

where a person can have private digits

and if you want your ones and zeros to be of service

that will not work

the feeling of creating that space is like ...

it's like the time i tried to understand

how to turn a sphere inside out

it progresses

i am willing to spill the beans if you are willing to be on the lists :)

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Some Guy's avatar

Can you start adding Pan flute gently plays in front of all your responses like this?

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The Shadow Band's avatar

trust networks

are our nukes

in this war

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Some Guy's avatar

I was kinda hoping they’d just make everyone happy and avert a war.

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The Shadow Band's avatar

that's a nuke in this world

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