TheDoozer

@TheDoozer@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this even a question?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, you weren’t kidding. I was expecting a cop car, not six.

  To anyone looking, you have to get the corner/mid-intersection shot to get the mess of police. If you’re just going up Pine, it looks pretty benign.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨genius⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Got that Alaskan Airframe and Powerplant license, I see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give me some good ones⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.”

  -Malcom Reynolds, CAPT.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Check mate, atheists. ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Short, memorable stories that show people getting punished for misdeeds and others rewarded for positive deeds is much easier to impart onto peasants than the nuances of collectivism.

  I would agree if the stories consistently portrayed that. In the Bible and Torah, Job is the most righteous and good and gets fucked because of that. David has a faithful soldier that goes so far as to refuse to go home to his wife while his comrades were still fighting, and David has him killed in a fucked up way (told his general to send him where the fighting was worst and then have everybody pull back from him), all to try to cover up fucking the soldier’s wife. David’s “punishment” was he married the hot widow and the child conceived in the affair was miscarried. And as soon as she miscarried, David shrugged it off and moved on with his life.

  Also, the entire Christian religion is based on absolution for whatever evil you do, you just have to be part of the club. If Hitler had “come to Jesus” right before he died, he would be in heaven while an atheist who spent their whole life doing good would be in hell. Deeds are irrelevant for punishment.

  And let’s not even get into Greek Mythology, where how good or bad of a human you were was completely irrelevant to what happened to you at the whims of the gods. Same for Norse.

  I don’t know how it is for any other religions, as I haven’t studied them, but I don’t think religion was required to establish a moral code and accountability. The Code of Hammurabi didn’t require religion to have a legal code (while recognizing the relief at the top showing the god of justice handing it to Hammurabi, it seems pretty clear that was artistic expression), and it pre-dated the Ten Commandments.

  Someone could point to the horrible acts done in the name of religion, but just imagine if those people didn’t have the fear of god in them.

  I just… what kind of argument is this? Do you think the people running the Spanish Inquisition would have tortured harder if they didn’t have the “fear of god” in them? That the Crusades would have been bloodier? What reason do you have to think that the horrible acts done in the name of religion would have been worse if it wasn’t for religion?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neither do I, Mr. Raccoon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that it is unfortunate that he got shanked, as he was convicted and appropriately sentenced for the murder he committed. That is as it should be.

  Shank the ones that get away with it, not the ones in jail for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨there's actual 🌽 in cornucopia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the horn of a goat that Zeus broke off when he was a… child? God-child? Whatever. It was magical and provided an endless supply of food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Technical debt is probably one of the best dramatic tropes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Supernatural’s whole story arc was based on this (and it worked for them). Inevitably, to beat this big bad that the brothers have absolutely no business going toe-to-toe with, they must do something that is bound to catch up with them, but it’s either that or the world is fucked. Then the next thing is even worse, and they have to do something that will bite them even worse in order to stop the world from getting fucked. And it just keeps ramping up, they keep losing more and more of themselves and punching so far above their weight class that they end up… well, no spoilers, in case somebody wants to watch (and I don’t know how to do spoiler tags).

  There’s a point when Sam has some injury, like a broken arm or gunshot wound or something, and he’s talking to a nurse or doctor who asks him to rate his pain from 0, which is no pain, to 10, which is the worst pain he could imagine. He gets a thousand-yard stare for a second and says “3.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over the past 5 years, police in the U.S. have killed over 9,000 people⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, they could have at least had a picture of Vegeta.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got a little drunk last week gave money to a cult. Again.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  American Civil Liberties Union, and I’m not sure what they’re on about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even if you develop the worst type of dementia imaginable, please find a way to always remember the events of 11/13/25.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Much better way to organize. It’s how a lot of my files start:

  YYYYMMDD-Name-Document-signed

  So much easier to keep track.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truth is way more fucked up than fiction⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  the man who has openly declared since the 2000s that democracy is a mistake and that he wants to destroy the United States and European countries to establish city-states, each governed by a different corporation (fiefdoms), on our ruins

  Wait. Did dude read Snowcrash and think “yeah, that future, that’s my utopia!”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bum trumpet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard about deaf people learning with horror that farts make sound.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How hard would it be to trap gated communities by crashing dozens of cars into the front of their gates blocking them from leaving ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  An old buddy of mine commented once on the amount if minor havoc you could wreak with a handful of chain bike locks. Cheap, wrap around some door handles and lock, walk away. Yeah, somebody can bust out a bolt cutter, but for the amount of challenge to remove it, the low cost per use, and the speed of application, it’s pretty impressive for minor mischief.

  Relatively harmless, too, as long as you aren’t doing any additional nefarious shit. Might work for some gated community gates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A brain transplant is one of those rare cases where you’d rather be the donor than the recipient.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The origin and story of Dogman is certainly dark.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, Boston⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, man, kind and fast. Hands down. Every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Also pretty poor, with shitty health care coverage...am I getting warm?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t? I don’t think?

  I’m honestly pretty light on any emotion except anger. But I don’t care enough to be anxious, and I’m pretty confident I’m not depressed. I’m reasonably unhappy about the state of the world (and my country), but I wouldn’t equate that to depression.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What exactly is the reasoning behind Satan ruling Hell?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So ultimately, the punishment for not believing is being destroyed? Like, oblivion?

  Shit, this sounds like a win. I have no interest in eternal existence, even supposedly “blissful” existence. I feel like anyone who thinks of eternity on more than a surface level would feel nothing but existential dread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So...I feel like there are a lot of elephants in the room, could i get some help?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Don’t carry credit card debt. Save money if you can. Get a handle on basic finances

  Credit cards are this weird thing. If you need them, you shouldn’t use them (if you can help it). If you make plenty of money and don’t need them, they are a very useful financial tool. I have paid interest on one of my credit cards once in the past 3 years, and it was only to have extra available funds for buying a house. But I have accrued well over 100k airline miles and several hundred (far more than the interest I paid) in cash back. I use credit cards exclusively for everything but my mortgage, and have them set to automatically pay the statement balance prior to the due date. If you aren’t extremely confident you can do that, you should avoid credit cards.

  I definitely ran afoul of credit cards in my youth, so the banks have gotten their pound of flesh from me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hurdle⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also middle schoolers are awful. My wife and I kept telling my daughter through Elementary that Middle School age kids are the worst, because they have gotten smart enough to really hurt you (emotionally and physically), but haven’t developed the restraint or understanding consequences yet.

  She just got into 6th grade and came home crying from some fucked up shit some kids were spreading about her, and she was just baffled by it. We were like “yeah, see, this is what we were talking about. It will get better. Let’s have ice cream.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That fuckin moose, man. I’m a dad, and that shit killed me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fictional⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true. It should really be referenced by the number before 10 (e.g. Base 9).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tea time, innit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Awww NOW you fucked up!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …okay.

  Maybe… don’t draw attention to it. Let this one slide. Give him a win. Let’s not make fun of him for doing a good thing, even if it’s for a silly reason. Hell, if it ends the Russia/Ukraine war with no loss of land for Ukraine (I would argue, best case scenario), and they want to give him a Nobel Peace Prize, let him have it. Remember, Kissinger got one, it’s not like it’s meant anything for a loooooong time.

  Take what you can get.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does the GOP think “ANTIFA” is bad?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, to your first question (about Antifa), MAGA don’t consider what the current administration (or anything they support) to be fascist. Because they tend to put the conclusion before the question: “I am against fascism. I support these policies. Therefore these policies must not be fascist.”

  And because they’ve decided these fascist policies are not fascist, the term “Antifa” to them is similar to “pro-life” for pro-choice people. It’s a term that isn’t exactly accurate but makes the group naming themselves look like the good guys. And in the same way that pro-choice people don’t consider themselves “anti-life” just because pro-life people call themselves that, MAGA people don’t consider themselves “pro-fascist” just because Antifa call themsleves that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"fridging" is honestly the only good motivation to become a superhero or good person⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would absolutely react more to my child getting killed than literally anyone else on the planet, what are you on about?

  Though in fairness, if I had powers, I don’t think it would be a pursuit of justice or launch me on some path of heroism. Somebody would just die badly (assuming the initial killing was either deliberate or through willful neglect).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has this ever happened to you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I remember correctly (it’s been over 16 years), my wife suggested separate checks the first time, and I told her I’d pay this time and she could get the next one if she wanted to go out again.

  I think I still ended up paying for the next one (or separate checks), but that wasn’t a cultural norm thing, I just get uncomfortable with other people paying for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fear not, and enjoy this mere interlude to its fullest!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t believe in a soul. That is definitely not religious dogma.

  The idea that reincarnation is the default and one would have to be indoctrinated against it is… I would say, a very interesting position to take, if I’m being polite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lara Croft is a Sociopath⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember a comic where one character says “Why are there so many monsters in this dungeon?!”

  The other says “because they live here.”

  And the first character says “oh. …ooooooohhhh…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hardest battles⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To your second point:

  how often I send an email with a bulleted list of issues that need to be addressed and the response only addresses a fraction of them while the rest are ignores.

  I typically will reply with just the bulleted points they didn’t address and then keep sending it with less and less bullets until either they answer all points or stop replying… after the third or fourth reminder email. I make sure the previous emails are in the string and never change the title.