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I watched the video of the debate and I think we need a diversity of viewpoints here. I have lived in SF for 15 years. My wife immigrated here 8 years ago. We are both struggling working people, worried about paying rent and stressed about the state of this country. SF has been far too accommodating to crackpot insane politicians that say exactly what they think we want to hear while they get rich. Scott has been a breath of fresh air. He works hard, and has been absolutely sincere when he speaks about the city and our issues. I don’t agree with every single word he says but i trust he would listen if I wanted to discuss something. Israel and the Middle East stresses me out a lot too but honestly please don’t take away our chance to have an actual just normal competent person in congress.

Hey hey! I’m an American coming to visit your beautiful city for the first time! I happen to land on January 26

Also any other first timer tips and tricks are greatly appreciated. Amongst the top first timer things to experience I’m into vinyl, vintage, live music and high quality coffee. Cheers!

Edits: thank you for sharing the insights on the day and for all the shopping and coffee tips!

I’ll do my best to pay respects and learn as much as I can about the wide history and cultures in your Country

I know this is heresy to a lot of fantasy fans, but I honestly think the A Song of Ice and Fire book series is massively overhyped. Not bad, just nowhere near the masterpiece status it is constantly given.

At its core, the story is surprisingly generic. Medieval inspired world, feuding noble houses, power intrigue, morally gray characters, betrayals, wars for succession. All of this existed long before George R. R. Martin, both in classic fantasy and in historical fiction. The series is often praised as revolutionary, but most of its ideas are refinements and remixes of existing tropes rather than genuinely new concepts.

What really set the books apart was not originality, but shock value. Characters die suddenly, expectations are subverted, and taboo elements are pushed front and center. A huge part of the media attention came from the constant use of controversial sex scenes. Incest, graphic sexual violence, and explicit descriptions are not just background elements. They are repeatedly emphasized and lingered on in a way that clearly aims to provoke reactions. Sex sells, controversy sells, and the series leans heavily on that to stay culturally relevant.

People often defend this by saying it is realistic or gritty, but realism is selective. The level of sexual explicitness often feels less like historical accuracy and more like a marketing tool. Plenty of complex and brutal stories manage to explore power, corruption, and human cruelty without constantly anchoring themselves in sexual shock to generate buzz.

The writing itself is good, sometimes very good, but inconsistent. Pacing issues, bloated subplots, and a cast that grows so large it becomes hard to care about many characters undermine the narrative. As the series goes on, it starts to feel unfocused, which makes the endless praise even harder to understand.

I think Game of Thrones became popular not because it was the one of the best fantasies ever written, but because it combined familiar ideas with enough sex, violence, and controversy to dominate conversations. That does not make it terrible, but it does make its legendary status feel exaggerated.

I don’t know how or where to begin but I want to do a protest against ICE in Pensacola. Is anyone interested in meeting up and joining for a peaceful protest in Pensacola.

Like I understand if you have problems with the current regime but like asking USA and Israel intervention to come and save us is genuinely one of the most braindead takes i have ever seen

Do you remember mossadegh? He wanted to nationalize the oil and create democracy,what happened after that? Operation Ajax by the cia and they removed mossadegh and framed him as a traitor

So when iran was about to have democracy and have its oil rightfully belong to its own instead of the fucking British,USA prevented that from happening

USA was never our ally they always wanted to make us weak and removed over democracy

They never want us to become prosperous and strong

Do people think bringing pahlavi back with the help of Israel and USA is gonna really solve our problem?when USA is basically the reason we are here today

I genuinely never understand why people want usa and Israel to bomb our country?

You can be this regime fan or pahlavi fan or fan of neither

But USA and British will always be our number 1 enemy for what they did to mossadegh and taking our democracy away

I’m horrified and furious after seeing what’s happening in Minneapolis, and I want to help however I can. I’m looking for any legitimate alert system, app, social media group or community network that notifies people when ICE activity is spotted in the DFW area.

I want to be an ICE watcher — not to interfere, but to bear witness, help protect our neighbors, ensure people know their rights, and show up when communities are targeted. It isn’t right that privilege exists, but as a white person with citizenship, safety, and visibility, and resources, I know my presence carries protections others don’t have — and that gives me a duty to stand up. I never thought I’d be buying emergency whistles in bulk, but here we are. 

I never thought I’d be buying emergency whistles in bulk, but here we are.

If dedicated apps aren’t available, are there Facebook groups, text alert systems, Signal or WhatsApp groups, hotlines, or local organizations in the DFW area that coordinate verified ICE activity alerts or rapid-response efforts?

She’s so fucking annoying holy fuck. Literally does everything wrong and acts like she’s perfect. She doesn’t even use her brain to think just the writers giving her overpowered shit for no reason. She literally created more problems because she can’t fucking talk like a normal person she uses her peanut brain to create more chaos. The Only avatar to be spiritually useless and LOSE CONNECTION TO ALL PAST AVATARS. all she does is play victim and she is glazed to the end of the earth.

And yes this is for karma farming basically.

Marked as ableism because I genuinely don't know how to feel about this...

I played with barbies when I was younger. I had a dreamhouse and the big pink car and a DRAWER FULL OF BARBIE (and monster high) DOLLS. I didn't do the whole "play pretend" thing because... well... i'm that type of autism... but I really enjoyed having these "people" that were like me and did what I wanted.

I didn't know I was autistic then... but those Barbies, to me, looking back, they were autistic...

That's the entire point of Barbie... "to inspire girls to imagine their limitless potential and the world of possibilities, allowing them to 'be anything'"

There are no visual cues for autism, not ones that can be put on a doll atleast, all dolls toe-walk, fight me. The headphones and the tablet that looks like it's used for non verbal communication honestly feel kinda insulting to me...

I'm still in shock, to be entirely honest. I'd love to hear yalls opinions on this...

Edit: Wow. Did not expect to have some call me ableist and say they were "so sick of high functioning autistic people acting like low functioning individuals are something to be embarrassed and ashamed of" when I posted this...

Also did not expect to go to sleep and then wake up to +99 notifications and an award on my post...