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I suppose "here, he's heading off into the interior of the vast continent. with 5,000 kilometers ahead of him, he's heading towards certain death" gets at the utter pointlessness of conservative viciousness

Conservatives don’t realize he’s heading towards certain death. They think he’s a pioneer penguin willing to think independently and walk down an untraveled path instead of blindly following the herd.

It's interesting because they romanticize PTSD as it affects soldiers (and gets revenue for certain charities.) But this meme feels a lot like that kind of romanticized-broken attitude that comes after every war (including our recent ones.) It sometimes produces great lit, but it ain't healthy.

it's a fantastic performance. there's a real genius to simply casting werner herzog as himself in things and have him say the lines in his normal voice

So this was suppose to be a funny video about how penguins will leave the group because they cant handle it anymore and die. And like people joking they can relate when it gets hard. No idea the right was using it as I guess I will die if I have to live in a multiracial democracy

I always thought of these penguins as manifesting the same kind of "I gotta get outta here" (IGGOH) energy The Elephant Graveyard talked about in regards to Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, etc. Just, "Fuck it, I'm out" for no reason. So unsettling.

Fascism is always basically nihilism. It's a rejection that there's a better future worth building. No, just tear it all down and rip up all the rules, and hope that people will think you're worth following based on empty rhetoric alone.

It is stupid AND evil. That is the paradox of the "success" of Trumpism. It is easier to achieve epic acts of stupidity and evil than it is to achieve great acts of wisdom and goodness. They will always have a leg up in that regard. "Stupidity has a knack of getting its way." - Camus