I should start keeping a book full of quotes

Social media (and virality) are useful in *sparking* needed convo, but change-making happens through sustained personal relationships.

— Suey Park (@suey_park) August 14, 2015

Opinion

The Reformist Bloc should go all-USA and conduct primaries. 

USA is not a clusterfuck of bad things. Considering the current status of the Bloc, and the fact that primaries, if not anything else, give much larger exposure to the candidates and the process of choosing them, they can be only a good thing for the Reformists. The same idea hardly makes sense for the rest of the Bulgarian parties, of course. GERB is highly authoritarian, so it wouldn't be in the party spirit to have primaries. I don't even want to mention the rest. However, Svetlio actually did conduct primaries. Not that this helped him. Now, as for the Reformists. The problem in question, of course, is how to involve enough people in the decision process. If it's only the core members of the parties, it wouldn't mean much. But they are still faring well, so I'd say this is the best point to start such a tradition. Once it's shown to work, they can continue forward easily. It has the chance to cause internal divides, but if done well, it should actually make even the current divides disappear in the end. And, if done well, it will involve more (disillusioned) bulgarian youth in the internal workings of the party, thus gathering wider support for RB. What might prove useful to repeat one more time in this pursue of "doing it well" is to involve the Bulgarian diaspora. That is, use the fucking internet. As much as you can. Except for voting, you just don't do voting over the internet.

Pertaining to romance

Shit, Sasameki Koto (the manga) is (near) perfect (I always have a soft spot for whining for more diversity in the romances, and Kazama's brother's romance wasn't too well developed, more tacked on, thus leaving only homo couples (I'd've praised the Sun for giving us this unmatched gem of true worth if the crossdresser had ended up with Lotte)).

Относно GATE

[23:29:45] Reighe: do I watch it raw or do I watch BakedFish?
[23:30:22] hellraiser: rejisyora e kazal 4e shte namali eksyhna i nasilieto za da ima pove4e moe
[23:30:28] Reighe: ...
[23:30:33] Reighe: why would I even watch it then?
[23:30:51] hellraiser: taq deto ozvu4ava elfkata kazala 4e imalo beach epizod deto i bilo napravo neudobno da go ozvu4ava
[23:31:06] Destructo: ahahahahahahahaha
[23:31:06] Destructo: wtf
[23:31:26] hellraiser: ama kato go kazva taka na 4ovek mu se iska da vidi kakvo to4no stava
[23:31:31] Reighe: mda

ViVid part 1 (hopefully)

And the anime is over. Final verdict: while StrikerS is still by far the best season, at least this one was significantly more enjoyable than the first two.

The Thunder King and her waifu should have had a bigger role; the whole tournament felt uninspired and full of battle shonen bullshit. Somehow the occasional good choreographics from the first half was completely forgotten for the tournament games. I guess that's because everybody from the powerhouses won with minimal effort. People say the whole main cast has reached the moment where they lose in their next matches, and that should have proven kind of fun, but up to now we had like, a combined 10 minutes from the whole tournament that I actually enjoyed. So yeah, the only truly good part of this anime was the complete lack of Nanoha and Fate. Anyway, I guess we are to have more this autumn? Complain as I may, I will be here with my body ready for it.

ESORAGOTO SPAIRAL

Best C-ko scene

Being evil and unethical

Bogdan: I... shouldn't be laughing at the students
erejnion: stanishev na protesta v Makedoniq
Bogdan: the best part is, "google.com" doesn't work like he thinks
erejnion: prikazvajki po tipichen nachin vse edno shte go izbirat
Bogdan: toj puk vse edno che znae drug nachin
erejnion: true
Bogdan: kazhi ako namerish nqkude putvurzhdenie na tova neravenstvo na Bonzé
erejnion: tova da ne e kato teoremata na Daskalov?
erejnion: ako ti lipsva nqkakuv fakt, deto izglezhda veren, i dostatuchno izchisten, prosto pishesh che e teorema na Daskalov, i tolkoz
Bogdan: vuzmozhno e
Bogdan: moq vipusk beshe Van der Verder
Bogdan: ama mozhe da e istinska teorema, koj znae
erejnion: Bonse
erejnion: http://pefmath2.etf.rs/files/120/901.pdf
Bogdan: huh, so it's the real deal
Bogdan: you can just type it in google.com and see the proof
erejnion: yup
Bogdan: Dude is still a problem short for the excursion to Paris, but I guess he's getting full score there
erejnion: samo che se zaqzh s nego
erejnion: "googling BonZe's inequality doesn't help"
Bogdan: I don't think we're giving them their works back
erejnion: google him
Bogdan: Jesus, this is evil and unethical
Bogdan: ..I might do it
Bogdan: Actually the biggest reason why I found this so amusing is probably that this inequality just fit so well with the rest of the problem that I was sure it was Daskalov

I am just slightly triggered

erejnion: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/14/days-hosting-massive-free-speech-march-france-arrests-comedian-facebook-comments/
erejnion: you know
erejnion: i was there
erejnion: it's fuckall about "defending free speech" or "war against terrorism"
erejnion: the main point is making the citizens feel safe
erejnion: SJWs are part of the same thing
erejnion: they just want safety
erejnion: minimal human dignity be damned, they need to FEEL safe.
erejnion: there will be paramilitary troops in the center of Paris, with automatic guns, because the average parisian who can afford to live there is SURE they will not fire at him, but because of the damned muslims on the news they FEEL the need to see them there in order to feel safe.
erejnion: Practically speaking, there are numerous better ways to station troops if you expect a terrorist attack; it's all about making the rich feel safe.
erejnion: Because it surely aint making the poor feel safe.
erejnion: And France is okay when compared to countries like UK, Sweden, or, god save us, the States.
erejnion: Simple pandering to people who want a totalitarian government.
erejnion: Who want to refute any personal responsibility and independant thought, instead relying on the party line to do the thinking for them.