The Lutheran Political Gamer

I've been a Lutheran (LCMS) since birth, a Political Scientist since 2012 (Though my interest in it peaked on 9/11), and I've been a video gamer since I was 1 and a half (if you count watching my father play NES).  Open-minded and decently thick-skinned, I'm here to get those brains of yours thinking.

[jingo]

I'm back and I'm more feral than ever

[jingo]

You can talk with God about ANYTHING, by the way. No topic is too embarrassing for Him to discuss and you are not wasting His time.

[supersoftly]

Len*BOOP*a-ch*BOOP*an, p*BOOP*leas*BOOP*e!

Wh*BOOP*at d*BOOP*id I d*BOOP*o to *BOOP*you!?*BOOP*

[icarianarts]

Inventing new dishes

[owa-tagoo-siam]

[targetedknowledge]

[outofcontexttomodachilife]

(submitted by @misceris)

[outofcontexttomodachilife]

(submitted by @bingus48)

[edenemy-art]

yeah this is a good game

[firethekitty]

top 5 me posts of all time

[dogpuppy]

[jvlianbashir]

my friend's discord server has a "proof of touch grass" channel where they post pics of them doing regular activities outdoors/in public. i think many online spaces could benefit from such a thing

[weaselle]

when i was super depressed - like struggling to eat anything barely able to get out of bed to pee depressed - my good friend asked me every day to send her a picture of me holding a leaf and a picture of a meal i was eating and it helped me significantly

(also, she was never judgey - if my meal was a single potato chip she would simply say good job eating a potato chip today <3 )

which is to say, i agree proof of touch grass is a good idea for online spaces

[yadelah]

This kinda required my brain a bit

[faggyton]

[ID: A tweet by tapir worf (@eggy_egregore): If you don't go outside every single day during the day and look at the sky, you are performing a punishing biological experiment on yourself previously reserves for prisoners. End ID]

[rocketbirdie]

unstoppable force meets immovable object

[owa-tagoo-siam]

[beardedmrbean]

[isuggestkillingyourself]

[tactfulsaboteur]

[psybomb]

Every time I see that last pic, I have to note that the funniest line is the one immediately after the highlight

[special-agent-dale-gooper]

[uncle-beanbag-mojave]

We would fully accept any Japanese buckaroo

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

Foreigners will never understand how someone like Rawhide Kobayashi would immediately become a beloved local fixture in whatever small American town he ended up in.

[brazenautomaton]

every single time someone pulls the "How would you AMERICANS like it if someone came to AMERICA and" reversal, the answer is always "we'd fucking love it"

[not-so-innocent-bi-sander]

@kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd

Your tags summed up the exact feeling I had about this

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

I just Googled the Swedish-Japanese guy in the OP, and according to this interview, his Japanese name was given to him by the master gardener he was apprenticed under:

“The family name ‘Murasame’ was given to me by my master. The given name ‘Tatsumasa’ is a combination of ‘dragon’ (tatsu), the [zodiac] year when I was born, and one character from my master’s name,” says Murasame."

So I think maybe it's less like naming yourself 'Brandon McFreedom' and more like moving to the states to work under a veteran car mechanic named Bud McLean, and then having him turn to you after a few years on the job, and say "Son, it's time for you to become an American so you can open up your shop. And when that day comes, I think the world should know you by a new name: McLeo GM Corvette."

[teaboot]

Named by his superior by conventions one would apply to a super chill stray cat

[hiddenwwi]

Carving deep underground by German WWI soldiers accompanied by the words “Gott mit uhs” (God speaks to us)