durdenhobbes
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durdenhobbes
4d ago
If the legal statutes allow for that level of immorality, they should be considered entirely irrelevant. Human systems are for human beings, not the other way around.
This scene from Gran Turino probably best embodies why guys banter in profane and seemingly-offensive ways: it's a counterintuitive means of signaling a deeper intimacy beyond the typical small talk that would take place in a conversation with a stranger or casual acquaintance. The subtext is, "I can say absolutely (well, nearly) anything to your face, because you know that I love and care about you at the end of the day". Because most men traditionally would never say that actual phrase out loud.
From personal experience, it's also an amusing way to get reactions from oblivious eavesdroppers who are like "wtf are these guys' problems with each other?"
durdenhobbes
27d ago
- Yep
- Also yes
- Ditto
- Unfortunately yes as well
- No, not for those of us paying attention
- Who cares
- No, I don’t think opinions have changed much; still a stupid idea
- Which ones?
- Doesn’t matter. Trump has dissolved his own coalition, and there’s no getting it back at this point
I mean, given the premise that you’re attempting an assassination of the most powerful people on earth, how else would you better phrase it? Came across as shockingly self-aware, to me.
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