Serious question: Is everything okay, bud?

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who’s currently failing in her quest to become Donald Trump’s running mate, gets caught lying about meeting Kim Jong Un. How shitty of a politician do you have to be to be so awful at lying?

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You're projecting

Yeah, I have a Mrs. Doubtfire fetish. I admit it.

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Fit check

Shut up. You know you'd bang.

God you're so bad at masking your sexual tension.

Anything can be a buttplug if you're not a coward.

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That's synonymous with saying: Legalized Casino gambling needs to vaporize and be no more.

Neither event will occur in our lifetimes. But it's a rosey thought.

To be fair, ending legalized casino gambling would do significantly more to punish the rich than a sudden and permanent upheaval of the stock market.

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You’re under the impression that the stocks crash and then it’s business as usual after a few months. It’s a failed economy that holds no base in the reality of company performance.

The stock market needs to go away. When I say it crashes, it should not come back.

You're starting to sound a lot like that guy who ran all those troll accounts that plagued this place, just on the other end of the political spectrum. Nothing rooted in reality and an abject refusal to consider facts that don't conform to your very circular grasp of logic. Yikes.

I like pizza toast because it's great when I'm craving a slice or two of pizza instead of a whole pizza.

I got my latest go-to recipe off a home-taught chef's Instagram, but it's garlic bread. If it's sliced thin, then I do a layer of cheese before the sauce so it doesn't get soggy. Mozzarella (duh), shit ton of pepperoni, classic marinara sauce, drizzle of honey, and fresh basil.

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Well, 90% of all stock is owned by the richest 10%. The other 10% is owned by the richest 50-90 percentile.

So I know who would get fucked now. Also I only bank with federally insured credit unions so my money is protected.

So, the rich will lose their shirts and the poor are relatively safe as those federal insurances cap out after about 200k per account. So the stock market crashing will most dramatically impact the richest people who’s entire fortune is kept in the tax have that is the stock market. And since it’s overvalued anyway we’ll succeed in wealth distribution pretty much immediately.

LMAO

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I would hate to have to moderate the chatrooms there however!

They would most likely consist of you vetting conversations about all the yeast infections resulting from those god awful bath bombs.

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I’m sorry if I come across as a paranoid delusional but I feel since the move to lush 2.0 there has bern more interest and development in the other aspects of the community here than in the stories. In my original post, I merely questioned if this rebrand on mobile devices was the first step in an acknowledgment that Lush is more than just the stories. If it is, that’s fine but be honest about it. You might vote Tory but you are still voting for the Conservative Party so you might refer to Lush but people still publish their stories on lushstories.

Huh? I'm not really understanding the whole "first step in an acknowledgment that Lush is more than just the stories." When have we not acknowledged as much? As far as I'm aware, we've always acknowledged that Lush is about more than just stories, with stories being the heart of the site, which is why they take centerstage in branding.

People typically come for the stories and stay for the community. We have moderators dedicated to the many facets of this site (story moderators, chat moderators, forum moderators, group moderators). The communal aspect of Lush, in my opinion, is what sets us apart from other smut story sites, so it'd be pretty counterintuitive on our part not to acknowledge that Lush is more than just the stories. It's something we've always done since before the switch to the new version of Lush.

Switching to just "Lush" dismisses the identity of this site that's rooted in stories. Not to mention, it'd be a shot in the foot because just Lush is a thriving (yet in my opinion shitty and overrated) cosmetics brand. No sense in fighting for our identity when we already have one, which is why that's not happening. As noted above, it was no more than a blip.

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What a stupid asshole

The people gloating on social media every time people made fun of this tanking ass stock was hilarious. They would all claim “You don’t know what you’re talking about. With the price drop, I’m gonna buy even more and sell it when raises again.”

The Boeing hearing that occurred yesterday featured testimonies from a whistleblower and other experts highlighting the declining quality of Boeing aircrafts due to skimping on quality checks and ignoring reported issues. This was due (shocker) to their prioritization of profits and making shareholders happy.

Boeing has an extensive history of problems ranging from "incidents" to straight up disasters, for which they always receive a slap on the wrist. Are there really gonna be significant repercussions for Boeing?

As a side note: I don't think Boeing would have had an opportunity to get to this point if the transportation system wasn't so fucked in the US.

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Can you be more specific. 100m, 400m, relays, marathon?

You can be so many ways, yet you choose to be this way.

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Looks like the Olympics felt the sting of the conservative boycott. Finally we have some MEN in an ad.

Race complaints loading in 5…4…3…2…

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Like with a little leaf covering the balls? At least God had leafs for both the pussy and balls so it’s equal.

But the original Olympics everyone was naked. Not just the women. Men got to be naked too.

So you just wanna see some schlong? Why didn't you just say so?

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This is one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen in a while. Bravo.

Our good buddy DeSantis has signed a bill banning heat protection laws for outdoor workers. He abandoned his usual fanfare of signing bills via press conference and instead signed this one privately.

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The entire purpose of the this site in my mind is freedom without judgement if there are going to be rules (excuse me stupid rules over a bit of virtual currency it is time for me to move along. I did not come and pay my money to have a housing association tell me what I can an cannot do. I like most came here to enjoy the interaction of whatever, porn, buildings, birds or BSDM, what ever I bloody well please. I agree with Vampire_vixen I will do as I damn well please with my coins.

This.

If you're here for the stories and believe only stories and their authors are worth Lush Coins, use them that way. If you think a nice pair of titties is worth Lush Coins, use them that way. The end.

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Just want to add in Jardiance commercial, an overweight man with man boobs can work the copier until the woman (who sings through the commercial) plugs it in. In another ad, a young man is selling a car through his phone; his Grandmother tells him to use Carvana. Later in the ad, the grandmother needs help with a tech problem but tells her grandson she will ask his sister.

LMAOOOO.

Why are you like this?

Also, consider a different username. It's clearly a misnomer.

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Thread isn't about biologic male athletes competing with biological female athletes for women's medals... It's about how there is a genocide being conducted on American men.

Out trolling the troll that made this original troll post. Nice.

This effort could have been extended elsewhere more productively, but whatevs I guess.

Georgia Republican Vice Chairman Brian K. Pritchard voted illegally 9 times while serving a sentence for a felony charge of check forgery. The honest party, am I right?

LMAO. This post is dumb.

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If only elderly Democrat judges retired when the Democrats were in charge instead of hanging on so their appointment could be held as leverage against voters in future elections.

Or if only the Democrats had moved to codify abortion rights as the populous had asked instead of keeping the issue around to threaten women with if they dared stray from the party lines.

Yep, Democrats got a lot to answer for in this shit show of a country.

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But.. that will rally the progressives Trust the plan 👍

Remember the year Trump won and we found out all those idiots wrote in Harambe? It’s gonna be that shit all over again.

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It’s too polarized now. Too late. The republicans avoided the straight up racism and the actual denial of women’s rights and as long as 50% of the country was living the dream and the other 50% perceived that they still had it better than most people in other countries than nobody really cared. The republican party decided that it had to win in 2016 so created that Frankenstein’s monster called Trump to turn the Supreme Court conservative. They started going too far. Some people will just never stop hating women, gays and minorities and some people will never want to have anything to do with people that hate women, minorities and gays. Seeing that 70 million republicans voted for trump was the bell that was rung. The true colors of 70 million republicans were undeniable after that.

Pretty soon we’re gonna have a nationwide abortion ban. Fun times ahead.

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Feels like I'm not the one triggered here, but OK.

And I'm sorry for pointing out how I have personally been touched by the increased anti-Asian racism when I'm explaining why this was important to me. I can see it's only weakened my argument and made it an avenue to ignore what I'm saying.

Do you not understand the cognitive dissonance of “I have been personally victimized by Asian racism…vicariously…through a friend…”?

I’d be pissed if I were your friend who’d experienced such a horrendous trauma only to have my friend center themselves in it, and furthermore use it as a misplaced gotcha moment in a think tank on a fuck site. It’s one of the shittiest forms of virtue signaling there is, and your friend deserves better than you bastardizing his trauma this way. Fucking gross. So if I am triggered, it’s in that regard.

Get a grip. Start another thread. This conversation is done here. I won’t give this directive again.

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I didn't say it was. I was asking him to specify the people because the language he chose leads to further racism. Go back, and look at the posts. Did I accuse him of racism? I simply asked him to specify who he was talking about to avoid a line that has been used for systematic racism in the US since its inception.

The utter defiance against even thinking about it and the internalized accusation of racism do make me believe he is racist now though.

I think the pushback against my statement is an overreaction. Why is it so important to use blanket statements against 'the Chinese'. And since it still hasn't been acknowledged, the Epoch Times is not owned or affiliated with China in any way, but an ousted group of religious extremists banned from China. It's a large multinational organization that pushes hate speech, misogyny and anti-LGBTQ agendas. They are not allowed to operate in or out of China, and most members are not Chinese anymore.

You saw something on the internet, got triggered, and made it more about you than the issue you’re fighting for…or whatever it is you think you’re doing right now. Now you’re using the blanket statement of racism to describe someone because your emotional blinders are keeping you from seeing beyond your own purview. If it means so much to you, start a separate thread that’ll do this topic more justice than a thread that exists to mock the hypocrisy of conservatives.

In the meantime, quit lashing out at people because you’re choosing to make your friend’s hate crime about you. Please and thanks.

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saying nothing is tacitily condoning actions. as a member of a minority group who works with minorities, some of which are asian, i am very close to the issue as well, i am too well aware of thruth of the phrase: Silence = Death.

This statement feels incredibly unfounded given my understanding of the circumstances. I’m also a minority, many times over.

I truly do not understand the harm in saying “Look at these conservatives using a Chinese news site that promotes right wing propaganda to show how ‘the Chinese’ are taking over Hollywood.” The hatred that’s being discussed was in the hatred spewed by Kevin Sorbo’s post, not in Jack’s mockery of said post.

It does justice to no one to jump to conclusions and make the wrong person the enemy. There’s been more effort in painting Jack as a racist than actual advocacy to stop Asian hate. In fact, this is the first I’ve seen of the conversation about Asian hate in this space in a while…possibly ever.

I know Jack would stoop to many lows to fuck with people, but racism isn’t one of them. And that’s not a brushstroke you wanna go painting people with lightly. That’s really fucked up.

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so Rowan's 'overreaction' doesn't belong here while Jack's continual baiting and BS are okay?

I agree Jack’s an asshole, and he baits people all the time, as does just about anyone who posts in the Think Tank. If there’s baiting in relation to Jack posting a glorified Chinese tabloid posting far right propaganda, I honestly don’t see it.

Here’s my understanding of Jack’s post: Conservatives complaining about “the Chinese” running Hollywood, and using a Chinese tabloid that promotes right wing propaganda as proof of said running of Hollywood, which is stupid on the part of conservatives.

Rowan’s response was to assume that Jack was engaging in the bashing and therefore persecution of Asians, which I interpreted as an overreaction.

Is there some context I’m missing? I’m happy to be incorrect. Well, happy is a strong word, but I’d be fine if I’m wrong.