BumpingFuglies
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- Comment on Trump reinserts himself into Canadian politics, saying 'as a state, it works great' 1 week ago:
What we need is a parental figure to take Trump by the scruff of his neck and force him to apologize for what he’s done.
Excepting that, I hope conscientious Americans are writing to other countries’ leaders to apologize for Trump on behalf of the reasonable half of the population.
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 3 weeks ago:
Look, dude, I don’t have the energy to teach you in addition to my own kid at home. Improve your reading comprehension, reread my last comment, and maybe we can have a reasonable discussion.
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 3 weeks ago:
It’s as similar to racism as any prejudice is. It’s just a lazy term coined, I’d bet, for the sake of quick understanding within the context of its era, rather than for semantic accuracy.
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 3 weeks ago:
I tried to find the correct word or phrase to use, and the consensus seems to be “cultural racism”, so I guess it’s technically a kind of racism, even though it doesn’t directly relate to race. “Culturism” would be a more accurate word, I think.
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 4 weeks ago:
No, the only one approaching racism here is you, as you’re the only one equating culture to race. A black German is the same as a white German.
- Comment on European police say KidFlix, "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world," busted in joint operation. 4 weeks ago:
Oh no. I remember that video now. I didn’t need to remember that video. Why did I have to ask?!
- Comment on European police say KidFlix, "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world," busted in joint operation. 4 weeks ago:
I’ll probably regret asking, but I’m out of the loop and insatiably curious.
Brick in the window video?
- Comment on Amelia Earhart's name sounds like "Air Heart" 4 weeks ago:
The vaudevillian steampunk band Steam Powered Giraffe apparently had the same thought, and made a song about it.
- Comment on I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave? 5 weeks ago:
Take me with you.
- Comment on I've never said "I love you" to my sister 5 weeks ago:
It’s okay. I’ve never said “I love you” to your sister, either.
- Comment on I do not agree with their political views, but skinheads make pretty nice punk music 1 month ago:
Any fan (or hater) of punk will tell you:
“Nice punk music” is an oxymoron.
- Comment on Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming 2 months ago:
That’s just, like, your opinion, man.
I think it’s perfectly sized. No need for change. And the OLED model is noticeably more lightweight than the original LCD model, so the newer one isn’t too heavy.
- Comment on is it wrong/selfish to cut contact with my trump-supporting father? 2 months ago:
There’s a distressing trend of people (self-identifying “progressives”, for the most part) abandoning family because of ideological differences, so most here will probably tell you to cut contact.
I don’t know you or your father, but as a dad myself, I can tell you that if he has the slightest decency as a parent, he’ll be willing to listen if you come from a place of love and respect. Tell him how you’re personally affected by his actions. Appeal to his paternal instinct. At best, you could convince him to rethink his ideology. If that fails, you can hopefully get him to agree to avoid discussing politics with you.
It’s especially important now, with a nationwide financial collapse looming, for family to stick together.
- Comment on Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide 3 months ago:
Why would you trust anybody intrinsically? Scientists are people, too, and are just as corruptible as any of us. And since so many people do trust them intrinsically, when they are influenced by moneyed interests, the negative impact they can make is amplified. After all, who are you more likely to believe - a random billionaire or a random scientist?
I’m not saying no scientist should be trusted, and in fact I do believe that scientific research as a profession is more noble and tends to attract more honest people than most. I just think that anybody attempting to influence the public - through policy or the research behind it - should be met with skepticism.
- Comment on Anything tempting you? 3 months ago:
If Monster Hunter Wilds plays nice on Steam Deck, I doubt I’ll be able to resist. Otherwise, it’s a small game, but Heroes of Hammerwatch 2 releases next week, and I am hyped. The first HoH is the GOAT roguelite, IMO, and the demo for HoH 2 was very promising.
- Comment on PlatinumGames Reveals Bayonetta 15th Anniversary Celebration 3 months ago:
Sounds like you didn’t play the game at all. Or you were just really bad at it.
It’s like Devil May Cry; you absolutely cannot button mash if you want to do well in the game.
- Comment on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hits Over 2 Billion Mod Downloads 3 months ago:
It’s a Wabbajack modlist. So it’s actually hundreds of mods.
- Comment on Valve set Palworld back as Steam Deck Playable but with multiple listed problems 3 months ago:
I love the Steam Deck; I think it’s the best thing to happen to PC gaming since Steam itself, but the Verified system is so unreliable that I mostly ignore it. I’ve played “Unsupported” games that work perfectly out of the box and I’ve refunded “Verified” games that wouldn’t even launch.
ProtonDB is a much more reliable metric for how well any game will run on the Deck.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
The wrong candidate.
- Comment on Cryptocurrency promoters on X amplify China-aligned disinformation. 5 months ago:
A review of the account revealed that “Watermelon cloth” regularly posted content critical of social inequalities in the United States, the Ukrainian and Israeli governments
Disinformation or common sense?
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
I disagree with your ban, even if I agree with the reason for it.
But saying Reddit doesn’t ban people proves that you are either disingenuous or deeply ignorant. Reddit is infamous for banning dissenters. It’s one of the big reasons I left for the greener (though still awfully ban-happy) pastures if Lemmy.
- Comment on Whether you've got big plans for your Sunday or are just going to relax, Putin could change your plans, end your life, kill all of your family, and incinerate everything you own. 5 months ago:
If this is the kind of thought you have in the shower, you might wanna get your pipes checked for lead.
- Comment on Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval 6 months ago:
Nah, it’s pretty simple. Pronouns don’t use apostrophes for possession; they only use them for contractions like “it’s”.
- Comment on Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval 6 months ago:
In English, apostrophes are only used for possession and to indicate missing letters (usually vowels), as in contractions.
My example showed apostrophes incorrectly being used for non-possessive plural nouns. I used a proper noun (“Johnson”) and a common one (“pizza”) to better illustrate my point.
- Comment on Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval 6 months ago:
Interesting. In English, I’d say the “idiot’s apostrophe” an apostrophe that’s used for a non-possessive, non-contraction ‘s’.
E.g., “The Johnson’s are going to the mall to buy pizza’s.”
- Comment on Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx gets shut down 6 months ago:
Well, I guess this cinches it - I’m never buying another Nintendo product.
I was already on the fence, as I still wanted to support innocent developers who happen to be part of a shitty company. I even bought a Switch and every game I pirated so I could have a clean conscience when playing them on my Steam Deck.
Not anymore! I’m putting Nintendo squarely in my list of publishers to ignore. It’s a small gesture, meaningless to a megacorp like them, but it’s enough for me.
Fuck you, Nintendo. You used to be cool.
- Comment on Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games 6 months ago:
Say it with me once again:
Fuck Nintendo.
They’re the Disney of the video game industry.