One time, we pried the backs off some claymores, and daisy-chained them together with det cord. Smelled like a new can of tennis balls. Plasticizer off-gassing, I gather.
One time, we pried the backs off some claymores, and daisy-chained them together with det cord. Smelled like a new can of tennis balls. Plasticizer off-gassing, I gather.
I had an urge to make a baseball-related joke about that throwback, but I feel like pro sports are a net drain on society, so I’m just gonna make this dumb meta comment about it. Good one, though.
You’re really proving their point here. You’re starting with the false assumption that both sides have good ideas, and the best solution must be somewhere in the middle. If one side’s platform is based entirely on lies, this is an idiotic position to take. It’s an ideology for privileged autofellatio enthusiasts who haven’t bothered to really figure out what’s going on, because it’s much easier to just pretend you’re the smart one, and everyone’s getting upset over nothing.
I mean, it’s gonna depend on how long you want the runs.
I agree that it’s only really the low-information undecided voters who will be swayed by a bad debate performance. Happily, we still have 5 months until the election, and I doubt that many people will be thinking about this by the time they get to the ballot box.
I used to live in GA, and there was a one-way street that google maps was constantly telling me to turn the wrong direction onto. It really bugs me that I switched to Waze because it was better than google maps, then google just bought them. Long past time to bring antitrust suits against big tech. At least we have an FTC chair at the moment who’s trying to make some progress.
Would you care to expand on this? My impression is that he did what he did out of ethical concerns, and has paid a high price for it.
I picked up “Yakuza 0” on sale not too long ago, and I’m enjoying it so much that I picked up the rest of the remastered series while it was on sale. Based on how long I’m spending mucking around in the first one, It may take me the rest of my life to get through them all. I don’t know how “Like a Dragon” compares to the earlier games, but I really enjoy the narrative, combat, sub-stories, and mini-games in “0”.
As an aside, I really enjoy a well-done pool mini-game. I probably spent more time playing pool in the various space stations in “Rebel Galaxy Outlaw” than doing anything else. Likewise, Kiryu spends a lot of time in the pool hall, as well as hanging around the batting cages, and fine-tuning his pocket racers.
Sorry to take so long to respond! It’s a novel set in a plausible near-future in which existing power structures have been fragmented by the effects of climate change. It follows a handful of disparate characters in the western US, and talks a lot about the water politics of the Colorado river. It’s very well-written (claims random internet guy, but hey—you asked!). Can also recommend The Windup Girl by the same author. Same eco-dystopian timeline, set in Thailand. Delves more into issues surrounding AI and genetic engineering.
That sounds interesting. It looks like you’re right, though; I couldn’t find an English translation, at any rate. Luckily, the search reminded me how much I loved The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi, and now I’m planning to hit the bookstore when it opens.
I mean, they made the emoji movie. And fucking battleship. Nothing’s too far-fetched. A family drama based on Connect 4? Why not! How about Dwayne Johnson stars in an action movie based on Hungry Hungry Hippos? It’s all too plausible now.
I think that the therapist(s) in this case would have to be AI. The person could be in their own little simulation, experiencing a reality tailored to addressing whatever psychological problems they might have. It’s all science fiction, anyhow. There’s no theoretical, let alone practical basis for this technology afaik.
I mean, setting aside the danger inherent in creating demi-god wizards, there’s no reason they couldn’t do both.
Theoretically, if you had such technology, maybe you could use it to rehabilitate instead of punish. Being able to undergo months or years of therapy in a matter of hours could be extremely beneficial.
To supplement the other answer here, Lemmy is home to a (relatively) large community of people who LARP as leftists. They claim exclusive access to the moral high ground, while uncritically parrotting state propaganda from Russia, China, the DPRK, and anyone else who appears to stand against western hegemony. Their sole creed is that the USA is the Great Satan, and obviously anyone who opposes Satan should be heeded. Tribal dipshits that rarely argue in good faith; in behavior, not dissimilar to former residents of r/the_donald.
I generally agree with your stance regarding humor with a victim. Stupid and regressive. Caveman stuff. I don’t know if that precisely applies here, although I don’t see any humor in the comic either. Maybe that wasn’t the intent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I didn’t say that they didn’t exist. I merely commented on the fact that I hadn’t seen any, which seemed odd to me, given the three meta posts which I had seen. There was really no reason at all for you to react with hostility (and more than once—like, what’s your deal?*). Given that I already had you tagged as an idiot centrist, I’ll be happily adding you to the list!
*This is rhetorical; I don’t care
What the hell would my motivation be to lie about that? What a demented take. Ironically, right after posting the comment I did see a post with Patrick Stewart all in denim. First one. I think it’s quite likely that I had already blocked many of the authors. One has to curate one’s own experience here, and I frequently block people who repeatedly post content I’m not interested in, or just act like assholes. It’s great!
What’s funny is that I browse here at least once a day, and I’ve seen zero of these jeans memes. Not a one. Dunno wtf you’re all on about. Nor am I particularly interested. But this is the third damned meta post I’ve seen about these—apparently rampant—jeans memes.
Ah yes, another casus belli for the generation war. The whole concept of generalizing an entire cohort of humanity is bogus. Just another nonsense distraction to generate a bunch of clickbait bullshit articles, and get people angry at the young or the old, instead of the rich. No war but the class war.
Edit: Not really directed at you, OP.