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[–] [email protected] 39 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

I just saw the news that they've charged him with terrorism. It's like they want to keep the outrage going, and give the jury a reason to acquit.

[–] zergtoshi 6 points 6 hours ago

They've charged Brian Thompson with terrorism for what he did - or at least caused - to tens of thousands of people each year?
Finally they start to make sense!

[–] chiliedogg 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Most life insurance policies don't cover acts of terrorism.

I'm just saying....

[–] WoodScientist 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Not guilty. You can only murder human beings. Brian Robert Thompson willingly relinquished his humanity a long time ago. What Luigi did was more akin to using bleach to treat mold in the bathroom. Killing a living thing? Yes. Murder? Certainly not.

[–] FordBeeblebrox 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Daniel Jackson: It’s obviously fighting to survive.

O’Neill: So do bacteria!

[–] WoodScientist 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, one Luigi damaged your world? Institute health care reform, or we'll send dozens of them, one after the other!

God. How was SG1 so damn good? Every few years I do a rewatch of the whole franchise. It's a masterpiece.

[–] FordBeeblebrox 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Trek is my usual background show but I’m currently on a SG1 rewatch. It’s funny to see so many people from Trek show up in various roles, I think Hammond of Texas would fit perfectly as a statue in front of Starfleet Academy as a model of humanity’s ideals regarding exploration of the stars. Given access to advanced healing technology, both O’Neill and O’Brien would be busting heads to ensure everyone got a fair shake, they’d both despise a CEO like this one

[–] WoodScientist 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

My theory is that once you have a role as a main character in Star Trek, you're pretty much stuck in sci fi. The exception to this is if you were already a well established actor prior to Trek. So Patrick Stewart could go back to high theatre, but Colm Meaney ended up mugging Atlantis for a little C4.

[–] FordBeeblebrox 1 points 8 hours ago

Ha! I’d forgot about that one, my favorite role of his outside engineering was the DEA asshole in Con Air who gets his sweet Corvette stolen in epic fashion

I think the Venn of actors doing sci fi shows and actors in the Vancouver area is pretty close, same with how every British show has at least one person from another. Some obviously like the genre, and who wouldn’t?

[–] Kbobabob 11 points 15 hours ago

They can charge him with whatever they want. Proving it to a jury is a whole other thing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Be careful not to say anything positive about luigi because you're certainly going to end up on a priority list of people they are going to keep a lot of surveillance on. It's true, feds are terrified of people who seem inspired by things like this. If you say something really really nice about Luigi, the feds might even send you one of their female undercover agents to be your girlfriend for a while and spy on you.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 1 points 1 hour ago

Some dingdong on Lemmy messaged me to tell me that he had notified the FBI about a Luigi post I made. LOL sure bud.

[–] return2ozma 25 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm gay. She'll have no power. They better send a muscle zaddy instead.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

Where do I sign up for this?

[–] Randelung 11 points 13 hours ago

I can fix her~~

[–] fannymcslap 12 points 14 hours ago

Obsess away as long as it leads to more billionaires in the guillotine.

[–] robocall 7 points 13 hours ago

I know I certainly will be! 😊

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago

id rather people focus on the lessons learned.

as long as this puts fear back into the burgeoise i aint complaining too much.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

I mean could also go out like the guy who everyone would remember, who burned himself for some cause and everyone just forgot about him. Man, what a thing

[–] kreskin 14 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

marketing hirelings will sabotage the narrative with BS to make it go away.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 14 points 16 hours ago

They're gonna attempt to do so. There's no guarantee it will work.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme 6 points 15 hours ago

Over advertising has inured most consumers to these practices. Especially younger ones.

[–] SLVRDRGN 40 points 20 hours ago

Mangione has tapped into something most Americans share: a deep hatred of our health insurance system and of the profiteers who seem so indifferent to our suffering and death. He has still not been mentioned by Donald Trump, who must realize that Mangione’s fandom has no political boundaries.

Wow even DT can't touch this

[–] WoodScientist 40 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Hopefully he's the first of hundreds.

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[–] Dkarma 4 points 14 hours ago

What do you mean trump is a CEO?

[–] Fedizen 82 points 1 day ago (11 children)

the bullet etchings alone make it a work of art. He picked out the absolute most unloved plutocrat in america. Its very much a masterwork execution at a time when everybody wanted a reprieve from the trump media circus.

Timing: 10/10

Execution: 9/10

Target 10/10

Style: 10/10

We live in a country this happens every day I would take a CEO death over a Sandy Hook every time. I wish shootings weren't as common but it is what it is.

[–] WoodScientist 5 points 13 hours ago

Personally I would appreciate the irony of school shooters instead going after gun manufacturer executives. I like my justice delivered ironically.

[–] kreskin 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

If we were the principled society we pretend to others that we are, we would prefer 100 ceos to 1 Sandy Hook. CEO's would be all for it as well.
But capitalism doesnt breed a lot of impulses to sacrifice for the greater good. "eff those peasants" is practically explicitely baked into it.

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