ZombieMantis

Ready to collapse?

I didn't say it wasn't? I just said the new party and it's leadership are a joke. I didn't say anything about the UK, itself.

Joke of a name for a joke of a party. Corbyn et al have already lost all credibility after the launch debacle.

Thankfully, the UK has more than one alternative to choose from, both the Greens and LibDems are shaping up to be strong left-challenges to the Uniparty and Reform.

¿Por qué no los dos?

I don't disagree about "American" being too vague, or the implied cultural supremacy over the rest of the Americas, I just hate the specific term "Unitedatatesian" because it's long and ridiculous. Besides, it doesn't really solve the problem of vagueness, it just shifts the question from "Where in the Americas" to "Which United States," since (while the USA is probably the first country you think of when someone says "America" or "United States") there are other federal republics, some of which use the same or similar language.

If you want to use a seperate word that's more specific to the United States of America, we already have one that's deeply connected to our history and culture, which is easy to say, and which won't get us confused with people of any other country: "Yankee." It's even used already in a lot of countries, notably by the English, and variants of it are used in other countries.

I despise "unitedatatesian" as a demonym. If you don't like "American," just say Yankee.

But yeah, Trump needs to either support Ukraine or fuck off. Our nvolvement is only desirable if it involves a shitload of material support to Kiev, not this backstabbing bullshit.

At least he's honest, I guess. This time.

Evil hitlerite country, should be occupied and liberated.

As in, an improvement on the original (fewer famines) model? Or an upgraded, more effective (bigger famines) model?

Maybe this time they won't dismantle the worker's councils after the revolution, that'd be nice.

I think I've got an even better idea, then. Make the carving the main attraction. Cut the shoots down after everyone's done, let it grow until it's tall again, and repeat the process.

You could make it play into some historical traditions of impermanence and cycles of death & rebirth

Call me crazy, but who cares? It's bamboo. Those names will disappear in about a week. Reinstate the entry fee, have a guy water-bottle-spray teens carving up the grass too much, and call it a day. It's not that complicated, nor a huge deal, it's bamboo.