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He's definitely won. I think the silver lining of all this for me is that this is going to hasten American's decline and decay. It's a process that was already well under way, but another Trump presidency will speed it up, America will only become more and more insular and inward looking. In the...

Oof, grim. It's looking like an easy Trump victory at this point. He might even win the popular vote. I've had a feeling this would go Trump's way, there was too much going against the dems. People feeling financially worse off (and not being educated enough to realise they're sure as hell going...

Out of interest M0nsoon, what is it that you find attractive about the idea of anime on TV over streaming? I do sympathise with your desire for TV though, but as a 35 year old I think a lot of that is nostalgia based with me. Obviously TV still exists, but one of the things I miss about TV back...

While I get that the system is crap for the average working person, I really don't get where this idea comes from (well actually I probably do know, the media) that it's actually great for the average unemployed person, which I guess is what @Dave1988 seems to be saying. There are people in...

^Brilliant review ayase! Having never really known a thing about Higurashi other than just being sort of familiar with the name, you've made me now put it near the top of my to-watch list! Sounds like just what I'm in the mood for! I'm also definitely with you on wanting to move into an old...

I'm with Radfem on this. Means testing will inevitably mean deserving people fall through the cracks and end up missing out on support they'd otherwise be getting, and that's a shame. Rather than claw back a bit of money this way at the expense of some people in need, the government could just...

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I think the only way to really stymie the rise of the far right, racism and bigotry is to start actually improving people's lives, everyone's lives. And I guess similarly to you I've long worried that a centrist Labour under Starmer that will do nothing to...

It's not all toxic though, there are people and grass roots movements out there really trying to make people's lives better, and everyone's lives, not just brits, but migrants lives too, "boat men"'s lives included. I mentioned him before in this thread, but I honestly struggle to imagine anyone...

There is a fair bit of common ground. But I'm not sure that the popularity of Farage types are necessarily factually tied to how well the government is or isn't handling immigration. Yes governments totally leave themselves open and look untrustworthy when they lean in to that same narrative...

@BrokenPhoenix I generally agree with your point that as a country we haven't been having an honest discussion about immigration. Our political leaders haven't been honest with us about the necessity of immigration for our economy and society to function. So you're correct when you say that...

@ayase Personally I'm not convinced throwing this guy to a mob to tear apart will satiate their blood lust. I don't know that for a fact of course, but to me it seems naive to expect that would have some kind of civilising effect on society. Anyway, I'll never be able to get behind of state...

Rui pretty much said everything I would have wanted to say and better than I could have, but @BrokenPhoenix I don't think I'd agree with you that the Conservative party in the last few years have been particularly silent on the topic of immigration. It's been a pretty endless stoking of fears...

I don't know exactly what you're going through Rad, but I'm sorry to hear you're struggling. I have plenty of iffy days where I struggle with my mental health too. In my case sometimes I find it pretty tough to even get out of my front door and in to the world, which you can probably imagine is...

Yeah I get the feeling it is one of these highly self referential of anime and otaku culture kind of shows. That's ok and if done well can be a great show with extra satisfying meta layers to enjoy if you get it, something like Eva you know which is obviously screwing around with mecha show...

bakemonogatari ep 1 and 2: I tried this show years ago and wasn't a huge fan but I've mostly forgotten it except for the fact it was was a little bit on the pervy side. So I'm trying it again as I know it's very popular and wondered if I was missing something. Well it's starting to come back to...

Thanks Radfem, and glad to hear you're doing pretty darn awesome by the sounds of things! No, no date yet set for the wedding or anything. We're both hoping it won't be too far away and like to sometimes talk about how we want the wedding to be and what songs we want played and stuff, but we've...

Ah thanks so much @ayase @Rui and @RadFemHedonist for the words. You lot, and this place in general, have truly helped me cope with so much over the years and have helped me become a better person too, so I doubt I'd be in this position without you, and I mean that sincerely:)

I got engaged last night! Yeah I'm really engaged man. I mean, I know this is were the journey really begins, but that's what's so exciting. It was so nice how it happened, because neither me nor her actually made any proposal! Seriously, it just somehow...happened. It was like "hey, whoa, we're...

Nice review, Ian! This sounds pretty cool. I, like probably many of us, remember being an insanely in the closet anime fan throughout my teenage years, it's so odd to think back to how much shame I felt about liking anime, to the point of even actually trying to stop watching it. That totally...

ICJ's rulings in South Africa's case of genocide against Israel are surprisingly good and are surely historic in being one of the few times Israel hasn't got it's way. I don't hold any hope of Israel willingly complying to any of its orders, since that would effectively mean stopping the...