#nathan white

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The Carrier (1988)

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“Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?"

Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response:

"A few things spring to mind.

Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.

For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever.

I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility - for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is - his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults - he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface.

Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.

And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.

He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat.

He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully.

That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.

There are unspoken rules to this stuff - the Queensberry rules of basic decency - and he breaks them all. He punches downwards - which a gentleman should, would, could never do - and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless - and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority - perhaps a third - of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

* Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

* You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.

After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.

He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.

In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish:

'My God… what… have… I… created?

If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set."

Thanks Occupy Democrats

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2019 Alumni Game Recap

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He Is Enough - The Aquila Report

by Nathan White | How, then, does the gospel of Jesus Christ speak to this common quest for more? The tenth commandment, “You shall not covet” (Ex. 20:17), gets right to the heart of this matter. Westminster Shorter Catechism 147 identifies the duties required here as a “full contentment with our own condition...

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Vi que acabou de conhecer a versão de conto de fadas de JACK FALAHEE! Por aqui o nome dele é NATHAN WHITE e ele tem 23 ANOS de idade. Você, no entanto, deve conhecê-lo como a prole de COELHO BRANCO (ALICE NO PAÍS DAS MARAVILHAS). Recomendo que fique de olho nele, pois, apesar de ser CHARMOSO E PRÁTICO, também pode se mostrar muito DEVASSO E SARCÁSTICO. Bom, agora que as devidas apresentações estão feitas, espero que tenha a chance de vê-lo novamente em breve, provavelmente andando pelos corredores da STATERA!

— ✕ HEREDITARIEDADE;; ❞

Segundo filho de outros seis. É o estereótipo de família grande de coelhos.

— ✕ HEADCANONS e HABILIDADES;; ❞

✧ Nathan sempre foi o mais inquieto dos seus irmãos. Não sendo o primogênito, não tinha responsabilidades e parecia aproveitar muito bem sua liberdade pelo País das Maravilhas fugindo de casa várias vezes até os seus sete anos, quando fora convocado para o “inferno de regras” mais conhecido como Ethereal. Lá, sua cólera atingiu níveis desproporcionais e tornou-se o mais rebelde dentre todos os irmãos que também entraram na instituição. No início, seu passatempo favorito entra passar horas na detenção, mas os anos mudaram os olhos castanhos do garoto que agora virara um rapaz introvertido, silencioso, sorrateiro e de olhos fundos. Tinha o sangue da neutralidade entre o bom e o mau (afinal, o Coelho Branco não poderia ser considerado um herói dos mais valentes, muito menos um vilão dos mais malvados), e pareceu-se aproveitar-se disso, como se aceitasse a loucura do país das maravilhas. Hoje, é um rapaz de poucos amigos, desconfiado, ácido e sarcástico, mas extremamente bem controlado nas palavras e no tom que aplica. Pode ser considerado um garoto charmoso, devasso e manipulador e, por ter cometido um número tão grande de infrações que seu arquivo compara-se ao dos filhos dos vilões mais cruéis, conhece de tudo um pouco dos piores lugares e segredos da escola. É contatado (e contratado!) muitas vezes como informante, caso alguma informação valiosa e muito bem escondida seja necessária.

✧ Não deve sua lealdade a ninguém, e por isso não tem nada contra qualquer pessoa até que se prove o contrário. Pode ter sido alguém rebelde na sua adolescência e um adulto problemático atualmente, mas não é um sociopata. Apesar de ter vontade de sentar em um camarote e ver o mundo queimar, gosta de se manter aberto a coleguismos por toda a instituição – afinal, não pode ser considerado um informante sem contatos. É minimamente educado pelos anos de detenção e não sai disparando ofensas gratuitas, apenas em forma de sarcasmo e a quem devidamente merece. As únicas exceções à regra são seus irmãos, que, apesar de tudo, tem um carinho e um protecionismo que prefere não demonstrar com as outras pessoas. Afinal, nos anos em que queria derrubar tudo e todos, eles foram as poucas pessoas que o suportaram, e deve muito a eles.

✧ ALQUIMIA

✧ MANIPULAÇÃO DE PROBABILIDADE: Esse poder permite que o manipulador rearranje as situações de acordo com o que bem entendesse, tornando possíveis as mais difíceis ocasiões propícias. 

— ✕ EXTRACURRICULARES;; ❞

Arquearia, Clube de Duelos, Clube de Poções.

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Dog views northern lights

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Jested

Czech Republic

[sideofjupiter]

I randomly had a dream about a guy I went to school with, used to be friends with, and haven't seen or spoken to since I graduated 7 years ago. Yikes I graduated seven years ago this June.

Anyway, he still had a bad back and was still a hardcore drinker. He was hanging out with my family and me and I had to drive him to get some type of liquor and some beer and I lived in this little town that was weird. There were round-abouts everywhere. Actually it may not have been my home. I think it was my cousin's. EITHER WAY, random dream.