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[–] SeeMinusMinus 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you got to go to church if you want to stay out of hell. God just fucking hates us.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TheFlopster 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I would have said god is a fascist. There's a real "do what I've decided is best for you, or there will be hell to pay" (pun intended) vibe throughout his interactions with humanity.

But he does always seem to need money, so maybe you have a point.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes they're not that far apart.

[–] Viking_Hippie 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the fascists currently in control of the GOP are very much capitalists too, for example.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not both?

(Couldn’t coun a proper portmanteu)

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A workday was also like 4 hours or less in biblical times though.

The idea that people in the past worked long, grueling hours due to lack of technology is a myth. People had way more free time in those days.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I've heard this a few times and wholeheartedly believe it. But I don't know any sources, when I'm asked. Do you happen to know any?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Smoke meth: hail Satan: raise hell: and praise Dale 🤘

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Smoke grass, eat ass, and get out of the left lane to let others pass!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish my industry had unions lol

[–] Thepinyaroma 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Start talking to your coworkers!

Even if you don't convince your workplace to unionize, you're laying the groundwork for the next person who tries.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's true, but it's easier said than done. As someone who already experienced job loss once this year, I'm not looking to go through with it again. I have to look out for myself and my family first, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

you can always have it in the back of your head and prepare for a future optimised rollout / means to be anonymous

[–] Surp 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can someone link actual facts of this info so I can argue it with my boomer family that doesn't get it?

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When they tell you that your lazy and expect to have everything handed to you, this is what they mean.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

You are savage... but truthfully

[–] DaMonsterKnees 7 points 1 year ago

"I ain't seen a white man beat like that since Abraham Lincoln... dude."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

And in a few more decades neither will unions. I'd laugh if it wasn't so sad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let me rephrase. "There is no evidence that god exists". Better?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Somehow the reddit athiest gang is even worse here lol

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like the facts, but know nothing about Dale Earnhardt. Was he not a typical Republican?

[–] PP_BOY_ 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dale Sr. never really spoke about politics one way or the other, but it's worth noting that his son is an open progressive in an industry that appeals almost entirely to the Conservative crowd. Is there any reason in particular you think Dale Earnhardt was a typical republican?

Edit: after a little more research it seems that Dale was probably a traditional Southern conservative but not what we would call today as a MAGA conservative. An excerpt from this article reads:

Dale’s daughter Kelley recalled an incident that occurred in her childhood, when her father placed a bumper sticker reading “American By Birth / Southern By The Grace Of God” on the rear of his truck. The family’s black housekeeper mentioned that the sticker, which featured the Confederate flag, made her uncomfortable. Dale immediately took a pen knife and slashed the flag off his truck, leaving the expression of Southern pride while divorcing it from the region’s sour history.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's hard to say, while he did grow up stuck in a western town, outside of racing there's not much else known about his life outside of what's been show by him and his son.

You can't make assumptions based on the stereotypes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I know, that's why I'm asking, for all I know he was very liberal. I'm not a NASCAR guy by any stretch and don't know anything about these guys, but I know what the fans tend to be like.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, seconded. He’s in a business surrounded by right wingers and right wing fans. It would be highly unlikely that he didn’t lean hard right, but sometimes these guys surprise you. Like Garth Brooks being a super-popular country singer back in the day but being very liberal - of course that political stance wasn’t talked about at all during the height of his fame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

News to me. I don't know anything about Brooks beyond that he sounds like every other country music guy, so I definitely just painted him with the same brush as what I know about the rest.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is there a source for this quote? My googling failed me

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a meme. Dale Earnhardt (probably) didn't say tthat.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeahhh. That writing, too, lmao. As a Carolinian, the little faded "comrade" was a good one. Down to earth and huge hearted as he was said to be, I don't think the christian republican co-owner of Dale Earnhardt Inc. is your friendski, pal

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In H3 Podcast lore, it stems from this clip

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's from It's part of a comedy bit by Keith Lowell Jensen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Best I can do is this Wikipedia article.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did I miss an internet? What's with all the Dale memes lately?

[–] BlackVenom 1 points 1 year ago

For Dale it is done.

[–] GreyYeti 6 points 1 year ago

Didn’t this dude work every Sunday?

[–] sagrotan 4 points 1 year ago

The Intimidator and his 'stache are quite right here

[–] wordskilove 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I thank Pope Gregory XIII who introduced calendar according to which today is Friday.

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