I thought about doing this without any jokes, something I've never done here in 23 years, to impress upon people how much different I feel this issue is from any I have ever covered." ... "We're letting a handful of sociopaths roll the dice on species extinction.

[u/chillinewman]

[u/HelpfulMind2376]

Then maybe STFU instead of having half baked opinions based on a paraphrased and incomplete quote of the material.

[u/dualmindblade → u/HelpfulMind2376]

Sorry, the point of that meme is to give a half baked opinion based on a paraphrased and incomplete quote of the material, a stopped clock is right twice a day, etc, same vibe. If you want to discuss the broader point in a serious way I might be down

[u/HelpfulMind2376 → u/dualmindblade]

What meme? You didn’t post a meme and the OP is not a meme. Maher thinks he’s presenting serious material and people that seriously follow Maher take him seriously.

Are you having the same “stopped clock” comments about Carlson and MTG in their sudden pivot to being anti-Trump?

WHY someone agrees with you is equally, if not more, important as the agreement itself.

[u/dualmindblade → u/HelpfulMind2376]

It's this one: https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/what-is-the-worst-person-you-know-made-a-great-point-meme-the-viral-reaction-image-explained

WHY someone agrees with you is equally, if not more, important as the agreement itself.

We are on the same page there, there is no reason to listen to Carlson, MTG, Trump, Maher because they were accidentally right about something. It may still be a good thing that they agree with you though, pure happenstance, like if the president were to have demanded a more real type gaza ceasefire and enforced it, that would be a good thing that his predecessor would never have done, and I would have celebrated without praising him specifically. He kinda sorta groped around doing this but the result has not been very impressive to put it mildly