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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · Feb 15

I feel like Catch 22 is one of the most obviously leftist books just bc the protagonist is a smart guy who understands the insanity around him in perfect clarity, but nobody takes him seriously because it's also turned him into a miserable, high-strung neurotic

And what's more leftist than that

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 2h

Cesar from the Simpsons episode the Crepes of Wrath discussing the use of anti-freeze in wine with "Whenever my faith in god is shaken, I think of the miracle of anti-freeze"

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 2h

Seconds away from bathtub gin or toilet hooch, you gotta love it.

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 2h

I find the recession driven big spike in interest in homemade shit to be really interesting, but my favorite has got to be all these suburban gen-z/millennials going "Guys did you know you can make high proof alcohol at home??" on tiktok

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 14h

I just watched him IMMEDIATELY spin out over one gentle "I wonder if, y'know, if legal demonstration really counts as terrorism--" response from a CNN anchor. Like mad enough to blurt out "plenary--" before someone in his earpiece told him to stfu

This man would angry-cry if you mildly trolled him

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 14h

It's a bit frustrating to know from prior experience with annoying high school contrarians that it would really only take minimal low-effort bullying to send him careening over the edge

But that media guys will NEVER do it

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 14h

"Oh my god Stephen calm down, why are you freaking out lol" would melt his brain, like giving an Asimov robot instructions that contradict the Three Laws

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 14h

It would really only take responding "I dunno Stephen I think you're fuckin lying" over & over until he's practically having a stroke, and then make fun of him for getting so mad

AKA exactly how you handle the annoying teen contrarian in high school

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 14h

Exactly, like its some really basic one trick pony shit and the unfortunate fact that it works isn't bc it's 12D Chess Tier Spin, it's because liberals are fucking incompetent

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 14h

nuts that Stephen Miller clearly aspires to become some Goebbels 2.0 mega-propagandist

His sole rhetorical tactic is "willing to make 10 batshit claims in the hopes one sticks" and then whining like a bitch if he gets pushback. It's the skill level of an annoying teen contrarian.

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 14h

Lol absolutely

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 15h

The craziest thing is [spoilers]
Laszlo and Erzsebet are *initially* skeptical about the idea of making aliyah

but then give in & move to Israel at the end after reaching their breaking point in the US

So, literally, he's mad that they weren't JUST smiling at the camera like "mm I looove Israel"

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 15h

I think the real moral of the story here is that The Brutalist was practically made in a lab with the express purpose of upsetting dumb idiots like Ben Shapiro

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah the closest he got to C was "It makes America seem SO xenophobic 😡"

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 15h

I'm thinkin...god this is actually hard. It's gonna be E isn't it.

AHH NO IT WAS B, THE DEPICTION OF JEWS BEING LESS THAN COMPLETELY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ZIONISM. DANG IT.

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 15h

Learned Ben Shapiro hated The Brutalist & I wanna guess why for fun

A) he specializes in a style of architecture popular in eastern bloc countries
B) Jewish characters going "I don't think moving to Israel's a real solution"
C) criticizes power structures
D) depicts male SA
E) all of the above

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 20h

"Buwhaaat, a rabid fascist who wants to send all British Jews to Uganda and exterminate labor union leaders?? In MY family??"

Come on dude lol

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 20h

The Crown is such weird pro-monarchy propaganda. Saw a clip where the queen is STRICKEN to learn of her uncle's nazi ties

she had nazi in-laws and existed in British aristocratic circles--half of those freaks were fascists. I feel like "nazi uncle" is a very standard part of being English nobility

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 22h

I think this should be in more sports, probably

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 23h

I was just thinking soneone really should've channeled this into, like, field hockey or something

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 23h

Get that salt juice in me, I wanna bloat tf up like one of the vampires in Blade when they're hit with the blood clotting darts

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 23h

I do like how sports is the only arena in life where an adult will earnestly be like "Congratulations, ma'am your child has no survival instincts and a concerning degree of aggression. What a delight"

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 23h

There was some kind of language barrier there almost, like

"your kid will get kicked in the side of the head and just keep going [complimentary, very resilient]"

Vs

"your kid will get kicked in the side of the head and just keep going [pejorative, dumb thick skulled mule child]"

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 23h

Remembered when my soccer coach told my mom they loved having me on the team bc I had an almost self destructive degree of fearlessness, like "Most kids are terrified of taking a ball to the face, but not our Roo :)"

And my mom's just horrified, fully taking it to mean I'm a fuckin idiot

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 1d

"Ohoho try as you might to urge me to make an informed decision, you won't trick me, I am too clever by half. That is why I will be voting for Carter Burke, Weyland-Yutani's most polite junior executive, for President"

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 1d

If Pete even leaned a little into having a non-milquetoast opinion on child labor laws, Brooks would be yelling "SIRI WRITE ARTICLE ABOUT THIS FAR LEFT EXTREMIST SOWING DIVISION. SIRI. SIRI ARE YOU WRITING THE ARTICLE" while driving