I find it funny that younger people use Harambe for the pivot point. I thought shit seriously went downhill after 9/11…. Patriot Act and increased (overt) racism.
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harambe has become a time marker like 9/11 was for the generation before.
The sheer fact that a gorilla dying is being used as an anchor period is kinda mind blowing.
Have you heard of the similar meme-theory that Shrek 1 was the last positive thing before it all went down?
right time, right place.
You're speaking of the bipartisan Patriot Act?
Who supported it is irrelevant to me. I’m very much a believer that Democrats are controlled opposition. So that’s not the gotcha you think it is.
Lemmy died on December 24th in 2015. Just saying...
before it was created? lol
Before Lemmy, the software, there was THE Lemmy, god of heavy metal, after whom this software was named.
that's impossible!!! nothing existed before lemmy! lol
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Harambe died in 2016. Trump took office in 2017.
This is the reckoning.
This implies that the fall will stop some day. I take this as a win.
Don't underestimate how bad things are going to get and how long it's going to take and don't assume who is going to win. Things can, and will, get much, much worse.