Given that far-right politics are about domination and performative cruelty, being greedy and corrupt is consistent with its principles. Any far-right politician who wasn’t out for self-enrichment would be at risk of being denounced as “woke”.
Nature is healing
Even better if they can twist it to be something about weird sex: “why are our taxes going to a buncha eggheads studying the sex lives of bugs? Whaddareya, perverts?”
It’s an authoritarian thing, not strictly limited to the right (see also: Xi “Pooh” Jinping), a sort of Giuliani Broken Window theory of public discourse. If your authority comes from force, letting people show any disrespect to you, even in the form of expressing affectionate familiarity rather than fearful deference, could be the beginning of the end of your power, as memes today could escalate to protests tomorrow.
Harsh realm
“groovy” was already only used ironically back in the day, having much the same connotations as referring to Nirvana as a “beat combo”
“Gunzel” is also Australian/New Zealand slang for trainspotter/railway enthusiast. Not sure if it’s related.
Well, since he bought Instagram, he did turn it from a social hub to a slot machine whose payout is fragments of connection to people you care about, carefully metered to be just enough to keep you coming back without leaving ad money on the table.
“F***ing mirrors, how do they work?”
AfD follow orders from Moscow, and one of their priorities is to restore Germany’s energy dependence on Russian oil and gas.
If the SHTF regarding Poland, the rear of the threat will be somewhere in Siberia, and being able to reach it would be useful.
Maybe it’s time to petition politicians in jurisdictions like the EU and Brazil where third-party app stores are legally mandated for mobile platforms to stop exempting game consoles from this regulation. If Sony were forced to allow Steam/Epic/GoG on the PS6, it would make the platform a lot more consumer friendly.
I imagine there would have been hours of footage in which the other actors succeeded in making him respond (i.e., what they call “corpsing” in theatre) and they have to retake the scene.