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  1. Was anyone on here named Adam Hussein?

    Tuesday, 27-Oct-20 23:53:32 UTC from web
  2. Naruto: Five Characters That Joe Biden Could Beat (& Five He Couldn’t)

    Sunday, 25-Oct-20 08:29:23 UTC from web
  3. Damn. I bought another 3D printer.

    Wednesday, 14-Oct-20 10:06:10 UTC from web
  4. Meanwhile, in Murrica: "The seven-day average of new cases has climbed above 56,000, a level not seen in the past 12 weeks, and is 14% higher week over week, according to John Hopkins data." https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html

    Monday, 19-Oct-20 16:40:08 UTC from web
    • @scribus Majority infection will be the eventual outcome, slower or quicker.
      There are two ways to beat a virus: you either completely isolate every infected individual and anyone who is physically capable of contracting it for at least twice the lifespan of the virus, and I'm talking full lockdown, napalmed when opening the door; or you wait until almost the entire population has been infected and developed herd immunity, at which point new infections become very rare if the virus survives at all to mutate over following years.
      Full lockdown wasn't done in time and in any case it is impossible considering the social paradigms of any western country, so the option that remains is the latter. Containment can only be reasonably used to slow spread to a rate to which the health system can handle it, but won't stop the spread, no matter how much a government insists on it. And it also vastly increases the number of deaths from existing conditions untreated due to lockdown.

      Monday, 19-Oct-20 20:52:53 UTC in context
    • @nerthos @scribus In short, don't lose your mind over it too much, there's nothing to do about it. Just make sure you're taking care of your personal health so if you get infected you have high chances of recovery.

      Monday, 19-Oct-20 20:54:08 UTC in context
  5. I love when Dan Harmon says something mean about Trump and people start bringing up that time he humped a baby doll in a Channel 101 sketch ten years ago.

    Friday, 14-Aug-20 23:55:20 UTC from web
  6. I'm not even sure some of these changes are "problems" and not more like "just an obvious place to maybe recast for a start," really?

    Tuesday, 30-Jun-20 03:38:19 UTC from web
  7. was about to joke about how like 50% of Always Sunny will get thanos'd but i googled it and how are netflix only removing a single episode lmaoo

    Monday, 29-Jun-20 23:18:47 UTC from web
  8. I know that they're pulling an episode of Community for implied blackface, and without even reading into it I know the exact scene they're talking about and I sincerely do not believe that a single person with any stake in societal progression watched that scene and thought it was actually a problem

    Monday, 29-Jun-20 10:45:08 UTC from web
    • @tiff Similarly, I’m pretty sure pulling an episode of Golden Girls is not especially high on BlackLivesMatters’ priority list.

      Monday, 29-Jun-20 19:25:25 UTC in context
    • @mrmattimation I dunno how far exactly I'd go to defend these sorts of jokes but pretty much every example I can think of is pretty obviously a subversive criticism *of* blackface. Obviously I am not the person who can/should decide if that makes it more okay, but I feel like removing these scenes is stifling discussions of anti-racism if anything. Like just put the disclaimer in front like WB and Disney or whatever

      Monday, 29-Jun-20 23:17:39 UTC in context
  9. in the mood to chase someone off the site again, quick someone say something headass

    Sunday, 28-Jun-20 23:13:09 UTC from web
    • @tiff apu wasn’t really that big of a problem

      Monday, 29-Jun-20 00:25:44 UTC in context
    • @mrmattimation I would prefer it for future reference if POC actors got to voice POC characters, especially in the current industry where they aren't getting the same treatment or opportunities as white people; but I absolutely agree that this current wave of networks removing TV episodes with instances of racism and actors conveniently regretting voicing POC roles all of a sudden is largely posturing in the absence of actual willingness to, you know, hire and support and pay POC. I also don't think it's a particularly far reach to suggest that companies are just pretending this is what activists are asking for as some sort of psyop, since it will most likely push the needle back in their favour (i.e. still not hiring, supporting and paying POC)

      Monday, 29-Jun-20 10:42:30 UTC in context
  10. Is there a name for people who are basically terfs but instead they hate gay men because they think male homosexuality is the result of misogyny? I seem to recall knowing someone like that in high school.

    Friday, 19-Jun-20 22:46:58 UTC from web
  11. Started binge-watching Community. Before I have never watched more than a few episodes.

    Thursday, 11-Jun-20 16:48:56 UTC from web
  12. Does anyone else find it particularly gross when for-profit corporations send messages about donating to charities or supporting a particular political opinion that doesn't have to do with their main business? It makes sense on the hiring end of course, and I get that companies are made of humans, but doing it on the public end just feels like capitalizing on people's emotions. The realty group holding my apartment made a donation to a campaign related to the protests. Why not give that money back to your leasers, or even your employees instead? They can then choose to do what they want with it.

    Friday, 05-Jun-20 10:44:41 UTC from web
  13. I wonder what news today will bring. I'm waiting for the stress to be the one last thing for Spraytan's heart.

    Monday, 01-Jun-20 14:59:22 UTC from web
  14. And I feel like the asshole for sitting here and watching them, after first shouting, then yelling, then cursing, then fuming, then apologizing, but I swear to god I have tried to grow something for years with setback after bullbanana failure and right now these goddamned gourds are about the only thing I have going for me in my life and I swear if anything happens to them I will jump in the pool wearing ankle weights

    Saturday, 30-May-20 15:24:13 UTC from web
  15. When I was in high school I used to talk endless batcave on BLM because I was dumb and saw Ferguson on TV and, in a profound inability to recognize my own privilege, clung to the idea that the riots were a failure of the community, instead of a result of failure by society. I’m truly, truly sorry to anyone I offended with that kinda BS

    Saturday, 30-May-20 07:05:12 UTC from web
  16. also I don't wanna hear any "haha this guy is surprised to see the left eating itself" bullFluffle Puff because I want it on record that I would throw any number of neo-woke glamour progressives in front of an oncoming freight train

    Monday, 25-May-20 15:25:14 UTC from web
    • @tiff Oh, just let me organize a rant on content warnings, and how an initially good and considerate idea has turned into a mollycoddle circlejerk, and if you're so terrified of spiders that I can't say "Spider-Man" that's YOUR problem, etc etc

      Monday, 25-May-20 15:57:17 UTC in context
    • @scribus I am wholly sympathetic towards people with those sorts of predispositions but at the same time we are at (arguably past) the point where people act like the Internet should be catered towards them and their sensibilities specifically and it's to the detriment of years of societal progress

      Monday, 25-May-20 16:04:18 UTC in context
  17. there's no way around it; the minute any of my tweets gain any sort of traction I will have to delete this account so as not to get cancelled instantaneously

    Monday, 25-May-20 10:39:46 UTC from web
  18. went through my DMs for old time's sake and damn I caused a lotta FrankerZ around here huh lol

    Monday, 20-Apr-20 20:00:33 UTC from web
  19. damn the end of bojack was rough huh

    Sunday, 12-Apr-20 21:03:32 UTC from web
  20. I have a pretty great immune system and viral infections don’t actually do a whole lot to me and I’m wondering if maybe I could shrink down to microscopic size and just take on the coronavirus myself, mono y mono

    Sunday, 29-Mar-20 23:31:32 UTC from web
  21. Like I said - I have no reason to believe I’ve got it other than this cold, which is also going around right now. No fever, no headaches, nothing. Just congestion.

    Thursday, 19-Mar-20 19:31:33 UTC from web
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    • @thismightbeauser But, the Carnegie and Rockefeller and all those families, they used to do public works and stuff. They may have been hoarding the wealth, but not damn *all* of it. Their flash contest was at least servicing the greater good as a side effect of the ostentation. This new crop seems more about raw, bigly yuge numbers, and hoarding, like a dragon (or a priapism). But, again, this is all coming around to perception. . . .

      Thursday, 19-Mar-20 23:22:24 UTC in context
    • @scribus I mean, there's Bill Gates and whatnot. On the other hand you get people like this guy, who think it's an okay idea to keep making electric cars at a moderately high risk of illness to his employees with no one to buy them. http://rainbowdash.net/url/875471

      Friday, 20-Mar-20 05:35:27 UTC in context
    • @thismightbeauser @scribus That is indeed the case, a lot of rich people have middle class cars and discrete houses and do their best to keep people from knowing how rich they are, due to the general sentiment of "wealth equals evil"
      You can't blame them really, if the mob will hate you just for managing to make good decisions and earning your family big money. I'd probably do the same if I couldn't simply relocate to a fortified compound with a minefield around it. It makes no sense to feel empathy for a group that has none for you, for whom you'll always be the bad guy regardless of what you do or don't do, that openly talks about how good it'd be if you died.

      The ones that show off are the sociopaths, politicians and entertainment industry guys, who by default are crooks as that whole industry is built on crime and debauchery.

      Saturday, 21-Mar-20 20:37:37 UTC in context
  22. So, no. I do not have goddamned nginx figured out, and no, the Pleroma 2.0 launch has not made this any less goddamned infuriating.

    Sunday, 15-Mar-20 04:19:48 UTC from web
  23. !vgp https://shp.itch.io/ Several fun games made by @shpuld@shpposter.club, give them a try

    Friday, 13-Mar-20 14:40:02 UTC from web
    • we need the Bernie Can Still Win meme now more than ever

      Wednesday, 11-Mar-20 16:10:55 UTC from web
    • That said, I keep meaning to launch a Pleroma instance for myself.... Just keep having problems with nginx.

      Thursday, 05-Mar-20 18:36:42 UTC from web
    • @scribus Carcino sends his regards http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/875456

      Thursday, 05-Mar-20 05:49:32 UTC from web
    • I'm sure it's not nearly so simple in reality, but I feel like conquering climate change is a simple matter of banning some of the bad stuff with obvious alternatives (gas vs electric consumer vehicles, for example) and watching the market self-correct. But everyone is afraid to pull that lever because it could be political suicide.

      Monday, 02-Mar-20 05:01:17 UTC from web
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      • @thismightbeauser An actual solution to the issue is deglobalization of economies and achieving food and industry autonomy in every relevant country, but good luck cutting the flow of shekel just like that. There is a reason any sort of nationalism is treated as evil incarnate by mainstream political parties and economic groups, a global market that depends on countries not being self-sufficient is extremely profitable, no one can stop buying or selling or their internal situation crumbles within months.
        A secondary effect of this, while a positive from an environmental point of view, is that a lot of countries simply don't have the capacity to achieve food autonomy due to having bigger populations than their fertile land can sustain. Take Nigeria for example, <1 million km2 of surface with a rapidly growing population at 190 million right now. Without world trade the country would starve, and lead to open war in the region.

        Monday, 02-Mar-20 16:50:53 UTC in context
      • @thismightbeauser So you not only need to completely reshape the economy of most countries but also need to regulate the population of each to levels their own land can sustain (without further destroying the environment to grow more crops)
        Some countries have a food surplus of 10 times their internal consumption, so they can keep their current populations without issue. But what happens with a country that has a food deficit of say, 50% of consumption? the population has to be cut in half or starve. Either way, you have a disaster in your hands with no clean way to solve it. You can pick between genocide, mass starvation or civil war, neither acceptable by any humanitarian standard. And you can be sure it'll spill to neighbouring regions.

        In short, environmental damage is such a big issue because there's no clean way of solving it, nations and fortunes depend on the wheel spinning, and genociding the world to a sustainable population numbers is off the table.

        Monday, 02-Mar-20 16:58:01 UTC in context
      • @nerthos I think some of this makes sense, but I have a hard time believing that the world's current population level isn't sustainable, just that we haven't figured things out yet. There's a lot of junk produced that isn't necessary, or made in inefficient ways that could be cut out. I get what you're saying about deglobalization and the whole "buy local" slogan that environmentalists have been pushing kind of points back to that. Where do you draw the line though? Even goods shipped within larger countries like the US or China can travel vast distances before reaching their destination. Do those countries have to be split into regions then? People would probably be freaking out about that. No more California oranges in PA? No way! Probably not a great example due to Florida being closer, but still.

        Tuesday, 03-Mar-20 17:59:34 UTC in context
    • How can people continue to believe this spraypainted bunghole

      Saturday, 29-Feb-20 04:05:03 UTC from web
    • I’m not too proud to admit I was wrong @nerthos was right. I am in fact, enjoying Fallout 76 a great deal.

      Friday, 28-Feb-20 09:01:25 UTC from web
    • well, my dying friend is now my dead friend.

      Sunday, 01-Mar-20 20:34:05 UTC from web