SoylentGrunt
SoylentGrunt t1_jefn2xm wrote
Reply to comment by idliketoseethat in Barry Goldwater, 1967 by FNTM_309
The left is just as indoctrinated (brainwashed) as the right and equally rabid in their blind dedication to their own side of the same control system the rich man has allowed them to choose from. Subtle nuance escapes a great many people in here. There is absolutely no common ground between left and right allowed now. None. If anyone says something about "the enemy" the other side doesn't understand they take it as an attack on their side. That and there's an extremely broad demographic on Reddit. Some of which just plain can't pick up on what's being laid down so they assume the worst and downvote.
The majority of your truly educated and smart people wouldn't be caught dead in a place like this. They simply have better things to do with their time. There's smart people on here but you're not going to see Noam Chomsky posting memes. I doubt many would get them if he did.
There was a study done that says once a comment gets a downvote chances are it will continue to be downvoted. Like when people will buy the product there's the least of on a store shelf assuming those that came before knew something they didn't and they best follow suit.
A mod somewhere said lefties dogpile with facts. Righties attack like vicious dogs. Mods just want the reports to stop. The easiest way to do that is ban the source of the reports. Right and wrong doesn't enter into it.
I went looking for stories online about how Reddit works when I first got here. Bottom line is it's a free site and you get what you pay for. Lowest common denominator rules.
Karma is a control system to keep you in line. There's no way Reddit will spend the money to accurately police a site this big.
Don't ask me for sources. You have the same internet I have and I can't be expected to remember where I found every last single thing I ever seen on the internet. (that gets me downvoted lol)
SoylentGrunt t1_jedxshe wrote
Reply to Barry Goldwater, 1967 by FNTM_309
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”
― Barry Goldwater. The politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s.
Edit to offset the heavy hand of politics. The ol' boy looks tough as nails.
SoylentGrunt t1_jedrs2e wrote
Reply to comment by Ormetkruper in Fearless construction workers in 1925, working without any Safety equipment.. by JettMe_Red
A lot of people still die. OSHA is gutted right now. The government is letting the big boys get away with things they normally wouldn't thanks to regulatory capture.
Iron workers got, and still get, a pass on a lot of OSHA regs because the steel erection companies were instrumental in writing OSHA rules and didn't want their crews slowed down with safety equipment.
Workplace safety today is not about saving lives. It's about saving money by avoiding wrongful death lawsuits from surviving family members of killed employees and OSHA fines should OSHA decide to actually do their job that day.
SoylentGrunt t1_jebrw9o wrote
Reply to comment by reddog323 in Faye Dunaway touching up her lips before filming the finale of Chinatown, 1974 by misspcv1996
Right? Finding those backstories about who almost played who in famous movies always trips me up trying to imagine the difference.
SoylentGrunt t1_jebgzwf wrote
Reply to comment by misspcv1996 in Faye Dunaway touching up her lips before filming the finale of Chinatown, 1974 by misspcv1996
Right? New Hollywood was full of envelope pushing movies. Then the blockbusters came along. Mixed feelings on that.
SoylentGrunt t1_jebda2p wrote
Reply to Faye Dunaway touching up her lips before filming the finale of Chinatown, 1974 by misspcv1996
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Steve McQueen didn't want her on The Thomas Crown Affair, Called her Faye Done Fadeaway. Her part as the shrink in the remake of the same movie was a nice touch.
Edot-used the wrong word
SoylentGrunt t1_jeaxhbt wrote
Reply to Me in 1995, looking like 1975 by RobertFahey
Captain Hook crewmember. I can dig it.
SoylentGrunt t1_jeavzf0 wrote
I think you could take him today.
SoylentGrunt t1_je57lse wrote
Reply to comment by Roboplodicus in Korean business owners protecting their stores during the LA riots in 1992. by RightThwart
Texas allows it. But then they do things different there.
SoylentGrunt t1_je301q6 wrote
Scary Henry Fonda
SoylentGrunt t1_jdynjuu wrote
Garbled the soundtrack to keep you straining and more susceptible to the jump scares. Brilliant.
SoylentGrunt t1_jdxbh94 wrote
Reply to comment by Jedibri81 in Elvis Presley getting a parking ticket, Memphis, TN, 1956 by MalibuHulaDuck
Elvis' love of guns is well documented.
SoylentGrunt t1_jdx8rxx wrote
Reply to comment by macabre_irony in Jodie Foster, 1970s by [deleted]
Travis Bickle has entered the chat.
SoylentGrunt t1_jdtnqnh wrote
Amsterdam? Judging from their eyes I think we just deduced one of the the colonel's secret herbs and spices,,,
SoylentGrunt t1_jeg9w8u wrote
Reply to Dawn Wells, of "Gilligan's Island" fame, 1960s by hairhair2015
Ginger was a bimbo.
Edit- Wonders how many down voters think Dawn Wells rather than Tina Louise played Ginger. Also wonders how many down voters can distinguish between an actor and their character.