Please explain this...

[Stretch]

Expand Quote

This post is heinous. I'm sorry Rick and Morty means so much to you, truly

[close]

I think you mean "horrendous". I hate Rick and Morty, the question has to do with scumbags who's actions affect other people.

What if your favorite artists did something fucked up?

You scooby-doo'd yourself with this one

[landedprimo]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

This post is heinous. I'm sorry Rick and Morty means so much to you, truly

[close]

I think you mean "horrendous". I hate Rick and Morty, the question has to do with scumbags who's actions affect other people.

What if your favorite artists did something fucked up?

[close]

You scooby-doo'd yourself with this one

Oh shit, haha. No, I know nothing about the guy other than what popped up in my news feed.

I should have named this "What should happen to products that support bad people?"

[Sizzle]

Fuck Rick and Morty, the first time I ever watched it I was peaking on acid with my friend and he goes “oh you gotta watch this show it’s hilarious” , puts this episode on and it traumatized me

[landedprimo]

Fuck Rick and Morty, the first time I ever watched it I was peaking on acid with my friend and he goes “oh you gotta watch this show it’s hilarious” , puts this episode on and it traumatized me

Wtf did I just watch? This is why I hate that fucking show.

[lesghettah]

You talk like someone who has 1 million points on reddit

[landedprimo]

You talk like someone who has 1 million points on reddit

What does that even mean?

[Pooh Drunx]

a tragic

[SneakySecrets]

Expand Quote

Explain to me how a whole country allows itself to fall under the spell of an evil despot.

[close]

The bad economic condition due to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the collective sense of shame from losing in WWI made people hungry for a scapegoat and a return to the "glory" days. Hitler provided them with a scapegoat and a road map to glory. Conditions have to be right for fascism to really take off. He showed up at the right time and said the right things. Definitely a simplified version of events but that's the gist of it. Unless you were just trolling, in which case, well played sir.

If the same conditions arise in the US, will we be just as susceptible?  Is it just a sad reality of the human condition? 

In 3 sentences or less plz.

[SneakySecrets]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Explain to me how a whole country allows itself to fall under the spell of an evil despot.

[close]

The bad economic condition due to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the collective sense of shame from losing in WWI made people hungry for a scapegoat and a return to the "glory" days. Hitler provided them with a scapegoat and a road map to glory. Conditions have to be right for fascism to really take off. He showed up at the right time and said the right things. Definitely a simplified version of events but that's the gist of it. Unless you were just trolling, in which case, well played sir.

[close]

I forgot where, but I recently read someone describing the whole period, WWI through to the end of WWII, as "the second 30 years war" and I thought that was actually pretty apt and might reflect how future historians view the conflict.

Believe it or not, I just brought that up in another thread and someone said only a dumbass would think that, haha.  I just don’t think they are as current on their world history trends as we are.

[cky enthusiast]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Explain to me how a whole country allows itself to fall under the spell of an evil despot.

[close]

The bad economic condition due to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the collective sense of shame from losing in WWI made people hungry for a scapegoat and a return to the "glory" days. Hitler provided them with a scapegoat and a road map to glory. Conditions have to be right for fascism to really take off. He showed up at the right time and said the right things. Definitely a simplified version of events but that's the gist of it. Unless you were just trolling, in which case, well played sir.

[close]

If the same conditions arise in the US, will we be just as susceptible?  Is it just a sad reality of the human condition? 

In 3 sentences or less plz.

*three six mafia voice* its goin down

[landedprimo]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Explain to me how a whole country allows itself to fall under the spell of an evil despot.

[close]

The bad economic condition due to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the collective sense of shame from losing in WWI made people hungry for a scapegoat and a return to the "glory" days. Hitler provided them with a scapegoat and a road map to glory. Conditions have to be right for fascism to really take off. He showed up at the right time and said the right things. Definitely a simplified version of events but that's the gist of it. Unless you were just trolling, in which case, well played sir.

[close]

If the same conditions arise in the US, will we be just as susceptible?  Is it just a sad reality of the human condition? 

In 3 sentences or less plz.

It could happen. Almost did.

[WavyDavy]

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

[landedprimo]

And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

Jokes on you, you have a RnM tattoo on your junk.

[GrayCellGreen]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Explain to me how a whole country allows itself to fall under the spell of an evil despot.

[close]

The bad economic condition due to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the collective sense of shame from losing in WWI made people hungry for a scapegoat and a return to the "glory" days. Hitler provided them with a scapegoat and a road map to glory. Conditions have to be right for fascism to really take off. He showed up at the right time and said the right things. Definitely a simplified version of events but that's the gist of it. Unless you were just trolling, in which case, well played sir.

[close]

If the same conditions arise in the US, will we be just as susceptible?  Is it just a sad reality of the human condition? 

In 3 sentences or less plz.

If the economy gets worse, people will get desperate, and crime will inevitably rise. In times of crisis, people will look towards a strong-man authoritarian type figure who offers simple solutions to all of the country's problems. The US is definitely not immune to fascism. No country really is unfortunately.