Haha you’re coming dangerously close to admitting that capitalism works

That answer doesn’t explain why the western world has such stringent crash standards in the first place.

You should check out chessboxing it’s actually very entertaining

They dont actually fight and play chess at rhe same time, they alternate, but the whiplash is wild. And you’ve got high-level players completely shook making blunders cause they were fighting 30 seconds ago

There are multiple actual mercedes-benz commercials featuring the song “Mercedes Benz” by Janis Joplin, which is not-at-all-subtly mocking consumerism and purchasing status symbols

I think that occasional social drinking is probably a good thing for society. It encourages people to socialize, open up and trust each other. Yeah you low-key are poisoning yourself, but your liver can handle a couple drinks a week. Id say I average about 1-2 drinks a week, and as such I have like no alcohol tolerance. The upside of which is that im a pretty big guy and I can get pleasantly buzzed off a single drink on an empty stomach.

The first time I had alcohol I hated it. The feeling, kinda like what you said, that my brains processing power has gotten throttled down. But once I learned to relax, its actually quite pleasant. I dont judge anyone for not wanting to drink, though, it’s not for everyone. But if youre gonna alter your mental state with drugs I think its a decent choice. There are safer drugs, like cannabis probably, but I think in today’s world alcohol is more the energy that society needs. I dont think that its a coincidence that the decline in alcohol consumption among young people is closely correlated with an increase in loneliness.

Eh yeah it really depends, if he’s like a gacha gamer he’d probably be fine

Not only is it outrageous… its also completely unfair!

Yeah that was a crazy read by that commentor, but the real point i was trying to make was that people have been saying “totenkopf is an obscure symbol, only WW2 buffs know about it” and then there’s platner active on WW2 history threads about the SS, talking about skulls and Nazi symbolism in the US military. He’s clearly more active in those circles than 99% of the population, which is why I dont give him the benefit of the doubt he didn’t know what it was. It’s not THAT obscure.

Whatever you say man. I just feel like leftists are giving this guy with massive red flags a ton of benefit of the doubt just because they like his (current) politics, and I think there’s a very good chance they’ll regret it.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190226141422/https:/www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/auy0bi/battleweary_ss/

Here you go. Scroll down and you will see a comment from his confirmed reddit account “P-Hustle”.

Somebody asks how do you know the person in the photo is SS, to which someone replies “The totenkopf on the dude first on the left is a good clue.” Then someone says that having a skull on your uniform doesn’t make you a bad guy, using the Punisher skull as an example, and then P-Hustle jumps in and says “When I was in Ramadi in ‘06 as a Marine grunt, the SEAL platoon we worked closely with for the deployment all had the Punisher skull spray painted on their armor carriers. There’s no question it’s far more prevalent on all the dumbass Grunt Style and Nine Line shirts these days, but the teams definitely adopted it for a while.”

So he 100% knew about totenkopfs, I don’t see any way around that. I don’t read too much into his comment specifically but the fact that he was chiming in on a comment about the use of skulls in the US military, on a thread about totenkopfs, is pretty damning.

https://archive.is/20251026233121/https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/politics/graham-platner-nazi-tattoo-evidence-kfile-invs

Here’s the full article without a paywall. He also has other comments about Nazi-adjacent symbols in the US military, and how he thinks its fine.

Now, if you want to say, “knowingly having a totenkopf tattoo doesn’t make you a Nazi” I agree, I don’t think he’s a Nazi. But the lack of transparency (read: lying) he has demonstrated around this makes me question his character. Is it possible he really has made the crazy character arc of being a jarhead Iraq war mercenary misogynist to clean, woman-respecting leftist? Sure, but i’m gonna need a little more accountability than what he’s showing.

He had it on his chest for like 2 decades before getting it covered up. The only reason he got it covered up is because when he ran for office people called him out on it, but based on his comments on Reddit about totenkopfs and Nazi tattoos in the US military he clearly knew what it was long before the public outcry and did nothing (and in my opinion he probably knew what it was when he got it).

“Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody is watching”

That’s so disingenuous. If I had a “black sun” tattoo, yeah that’s a pretty damn good sign im a Nazi or at least a Nazi sympathizer or edge lord. There’s a huge difference between that and regular sun imagery. You’re making it sound like Platner had a generic jolly Roger or skull and crossbones tattoo, when his design was clearly a skull and crossbones based off of the totenkopf. It doesnt just happen to resemble a totenkopf thats literally what it is. It is NOT a pirate tattoo, no more so than a tattoo of an eagle holding a swastika is an Indian good-luck symbol. Sure you can trace its roots back to something more innocent but that doesn’t make it innocent.

Wow. So you’re saying that if you inadvertently got a Nazi tattoo (which is already being generous btw), and then found out later that you had a huge SS tattoo on your chest, your reaction would just be “oh lol that’s a bummer” and go on with your life and not get it covered? Cause I’d be pretty fucking horrified.

When confronted with his obvious moral failings over the years, Planter’s defenders say “he’s changed, he wants to be a better person.” To which i say, has he really shown accountability for any of this?

He to this day he denies knowing he had a Nazi tattoo up until he was publicly called out on it, despite clear evidence to the contrary. He denies allegations of misconduct against his past girlfriends. I don’t think he’s even been open about cheating on his partner with like 14 different women just said something vague like “I wasn’t a good partner cause I had PTSD”

I believe people have the power to change but this guy feels like just another greasy politician to me, and I dont believe he has genuine remorse if he’s not even willing to admit to this stuff.

The only other candidate dropped out prior to the latest allegations against him. So he was running against a dead candidate. There’s still a lot of time before November, and who knows what other bombshells might come forward? I wouldn’t take a victory lap just yet. I’ve seen enough controversial MAGA candidates with personal issues sweep the primaries only to get gunned down in the general election.

Nah that’s such a cope. First of all he IS a WW2 buff. Second it’s fairly common knowledge that the SS used the skull and crossbones symbol. So if you’re getting a skull and crossbones tattoo in CROATIA, literally an Axis nation with a strong Neo-Nazi movement, maybe you should have your guard up?

Oh, and then there’s the part where he has reddit comments prior to being called out on his tattoo literally talking about the totenkopf. And comments saying how lots of US military personnel have Nazi-adjacent tattoos but it’s totally fine.

You can a used laptop for like $50 if all you’re doing is browsing the internet on it.

Uh kind of. But when people in English say half of one, they mean the number (1 in this case) divided by 2. Not 0.5 less. So half of 5 is 2.5 not 4.5.

I do feel like if you’re going to use 20 as your base, you should commit to it and say 80+12. If you’re going to include fractions like 0.5, just commit to base 10 and say nine and 2.

But either way it’s kind of cool and unique :)

True, I did think of Long, although the etymology of that one isn’t always clear. For Irish people apparently “Long” is derived from the Gaelic word for seafarer.

Funny timing I just saw a trailer for Wildwood and it looks SICK

Yeah I did think of Armstrong, although that’s not quite rhe same thing. Still a pretty sweet last name though I feel like you kinda have to be some kind of craftsman with a name like that.