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True, but with how secretive North Korea is, it’s difficult to get accurate cultural news directly from the source.

Send in the great musician!

When you have all that money and fame to insulate you, self-preservation is no longer a concern.

To be fair, it appears that by definition anyone who disagrees with them might have a hard time getting through.

skeptical of social change, instead tending to support the status quo

A more polite way of saying they’re firmly stuck in their ways, unwilling to accept a different perspective.

And I’m just pointing out how ridiculous their homophobic laws are. There’s a disturbingly small step between banning gay watches and banning gay cake.

Breaking News: Malaysian officials ban fabulous cake.

Anyone found baking or possessing kek lapis Sarawak may be caned and could receive a 3-20 year prison sentence, depending on how much of it they ate. Officials believe these intricately detailed and colorful cakes–which date back over 50 years–are part of a time-traveling gay agenda. More at 6.

It’s so ironic because we even have an inferno planet next door with a runaway greenhouse effect that everyone can use as an example. With an average surface temperature of 464 degrees, Venus got through to me as a small child. But knowing the type of ignorant person we’re talking about, Venus would just be held as further “proof” that Earth’s climate change isn’t caused by human activity.

I agree there were so many screw-ups in the response, especially in the early days. China insisting upon secrecy until it spread across the globe, the WHO’s confusing statements on the efficacy of masks in order to preserve supplies for the front lines, the ridiculous pro-masker vs anti-masker mentality, the Trump fiasco where he suggested doctors use lemon fresh Lysol or whatever the hell he was on about to disinfect people’s lungs as if he has a goddamed clue, the alt-right losing their minds over a dangerous vaccine with Bill Gates computer chips in it, etc.

But remember CFCs and the hole in the ozone layer? Scientists were like “Hey, guys. There’s a hole here. We need to stop using this crap or we dead.” And everyone banded together and stopped using CFCs, and the hole in the ozone layer closed happily ever after. Sometimes we can actually do it right. I don’t know, maybe it’ll take a crisis like losing Florida to the ocean for Americans to collectively give a shit again and start doing things right. Or maybe we’ll all die before we get a chance to see that happen.

I remember seeing those videos when they came out, and they were unsettling to say the least. I definitely have my thoughts on the case, but I think by far my strongest thought is that it’s not up to randos like me to decide. I hate what the #metoo movement morphed into. There’s someone else in here calling other SA survivors insane psychopaths, and this is the norm now. It’s like most people think it’s black and white, and that you can tell who’s guilty or innocent from a couple of youtube videos. The reality is that unless you’re the accuser or the accused, you don’t know. And unless you’re the judge and jury, it’s not up to you nor should it be.