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For me the easiest tell is the up front, unprompted, and unsolicited declaration of nonpoliticalness. When someone takes the time and expends the breath to announce how nonpolitical they are, what follows is almost always a rant about how everything/everyone else is too political these days, and that of course leads into something between status quo advocacy and outright reactionary/regressive sentiments for some fabled time before those wicked politics were visible to the nonpolitical ranter. centrist

People that are hostile to service workers. Some just want to take some ideological stand against tipping when the service worker doesn't really have a choice and needs those tips to survive in the current unjust system in a way where ideological purity gestures toward that service worker just look like being a greedy and sanctimonious asshole. The worst of such people will actually declare, shamelessly, that they believe that service workers don't deserve a living wage. The implications of that are gulag worthy.

I may get shit for this, but I'll say it anyway: this hair and beard combo, seen on living people. yes-chad I have yet to meet anyone in person with that look that wasn't a chud.

(If one of you is a comrade with that look, I am sorry in advance for the prejudice and if I ever meet you in person I will atone by buying you a drink or something.)

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[–] Nacarbac@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, I first ask what they watch before responding in the affirmative. It's always something like AoT or isekai stuff, which isnt something I want to engage with - well, Escaflowne and The Twelve Kingdoms were cool, but not really part of the modern isekai trajectory.

One day, someone will say "Land of the Lustrous", and I will be delighted.

[–] NoYouLogOff@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

This made my check the manga, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it's been getting chapters this year. It's so good.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can only say "I watched Trigun and the Frieza saga on toonami shrug-outta-hecks"

Actually wait no, I've also seen a bunch of Lupin III movies, those were fun, and like the first third of each FMA but I got bored with those. Not really cause they're bad, it was just after I stopped watching any long tv series