redhorsejacket
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- Comment on Watching passport bros get bodied by SEA women is a complete mood. Get rekt manlet. 4 days ago:
I’m speculating, but I believe that’s a portmanteau of “gut” and “cunt”…
- Comment on USA President term limits 5 days ago:
By all means, I’d expect him to try, however, this is a constitutional amendment. The Supreme Court can’t take back an amendment the way they can strike down laws (I.e. by ruling it unconstitutional for whatever reason), because it IS constitutional by definition.
Thankfully, the Constitution is also very specific about what it takes to amend it further. 2/3 of both chambers of Congress, or 2/3 of state legislatures must vote to just propose an amendment, and then, to pass the amendment, they need 3/4 of the vote. Because the process is enumerated, there’s no legal ambiguity they can use to shape their ruling the way they want. To remove term limits, you must amend the Constitution. To amend the Constitution, you must meet these (intentionally) high thresholds. If A -> then B.
So, unless Trump is able to woo half of the sitting Democrats, as well as 100% of the Republicans, we’re safe from the system being used to guillotine itself (instead, the system will spend the next 4 years hitting itself in the face with a bat). Now, if Trump wants to seize power outside of the system, that’s a different ball game, and the relative friendliness of judges and Congress is a moot point.
- Comment on Eat lead 3 weeks ago:
Not that it really matters, but trying to learn about (Christian) God by reading the Old Testament is like trying to perform maintenance on your 2024 vehicle using a manual from the 2000 version of that car… Like, yeah, that was relevant once, and there’s some overlap, but the situation has evolved since then. It’s called the Old Testament because it is based on something outdated (again, from a generically Christian perspective). The Old Covenant (which is what the Old Testament is testifying to) was between God and the Jews, and was based around compliance with the law. That’s why the OT is so full of rules and punishments.
Then, Jesus arrives on the scene and changed the game. His birth, betrayal, and death, represent a new contract between God and humanity (not just the Jews) wherein mankind is saved by God’s grace alone. In fact, God has done a 180 on the whole obedience to the law thing. Turns out, God loves sinners, and prostitutes, and tax collectors, and prodigal sons, and all sorts of ne’er-do-wells that the God of the Old Testament would have reviled. From the death of Jesus forward (and maybe retroactively too, I don’t know dogma all that well), the only thing necessary for your salvation is God’s grace, and that is given to all, as long as you accept God into your heart or something like that. Basically, God is Darth Vader, and he has altered the deal, pray he does not alter it further.
Of course, as with anything A) religious and B) 2000+ years old, there’s a lot of disagreement on like every aspect of the above. But, I think I’ve got the gist of it correct from a generic, if Catholicism influenced, perspective. It’s been a long time since I had to sit through a theology lecture.
With all that being said though, I imagine that the reason the OT has stuck around in Christianity is that it’s characterization of God as vindictive and capricious and obsessed with toeing the line is a very useful tool for keeping the plebs compliant. They get to have their cake and eat it too, as it were. “God loves you unconditionally sweetie, remember that, but also if you have sex before marriage you are DAMNED to HELL for ETERNITY!”
- Comment on Rap Video rule 4 weeks ago:
Say what you will of the aesthetic being virtually insane, but personally, I think it’s supa dupa fly.
- Comment on US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms 1 month ago:
I mean, that’s true, but correlation v causation and all that. The list of countries “owned or influenced by” the British Empire includes a lot more than just these 7, and yet the forced arbitration club is a small one, so I’m not 100% sure I agree with your police work there, Hal.
- Comment on Day 28 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 3 months ago:
Are you running any mods, or rolling vanilla?
- Comment on Justice Department considering push for historic break up of Google after landmark antitrust ruling: report 3 months ago:
Yes, I believe the figure they cited was that Google earns 73% of their revenue through ads. I imagine what they would have to do is bust up the ad services in addition to the various departments of Google. Each new entity formed gets to keep revenue from ads shown on their platform maybe? E.g. YouTube gets spun off into its own thing separate from Google proper. They get to keep ad revenue from what is shown on their platform, but they don’t get to touch any revenue from sponsored search listings, or from banner ads on other websites, etc.
That’s an approach that makes surface level sense to me, but I am neither a lawyer nor a business bro nor a tech bro. So, I don’t actually have the faintest idea if my idea bears any resemblance to reality.
- Comment on Justice Department considering push for historic break up of Google after landmark antitrust ruling: report 3 months ago:
I’m speculating, but perhaps the thought would be that separating Google Search from the rest of the company would deprive them of the alternative revenue streams they used to maintain their market position? If I remember the ruling against them correctly, one of the key pieces of evidence cited by the judge was that Google spent like 30 billion dollars a year to have 3rd parties use their engine by default.
- Comment on What is the better game...The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Final Fantasy VII? 3 months ago:
While I agree with the spirit of your comment, I’m not sure I’m on board with Predator being outclassed by works influenced by it. Admittedly, I’ve not watched Prey, so grain of salt and all. I hear it’s quite good, but with it being put in a historical context rather than contemporary, I think it’s a bit of a different animal.
I am curious to hear examples of films you think improve upon the og Predator’s formula. If nothing else it will give me some new movies to watch.
- Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line 3 months ago:
Hmm, so, last month I began to have issues with my Chromecast for the first time. I have an old 3rd gen Chromecast attached to my bedroom television (not a smart tv) for the purpose of casting obnoxiously long video essays to fall asleep to. After like a decade of essentially hassle free operation, it suddenly stopped being able to maintain a connection to my phone. I cast a video, and after approximately 10 minutes, the cast disconnects and I get a message on my phone saying “this video cannot be played in the background”. I’ve tried ever troubleshooting technique I can think of.
I know I shouldn’t attribute to malice what can be explained by other causes, but boy, seeing this news today sure makes me think about things like planned obsolescence.
- Comment on Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster - Announcement Trailer 4 months ago:
Oh my goodness. Thank you for pointing out the different VA. I knew something felt off, moreso than the new character models.
Also, I can’t help but feel like the updated Frank wandered out of the basement tier of fighters from a Street Fighter title. I feel like he should be chubbier and ruddier. I can’t speak for the direction they took the character in later installments but he always felt like kind of a goober schmuck whose “instincts” finally paid off. I like that characterization, especially in light of the game’s satire of clueless Americans.
I’ll keep an eye on this one. I never did get that achievement for killing the 53,000 zombies in a playthrough…
- Comment on Or Germans on the Ryanair flight from Frankfurt Hahn to Mallorca 4 months ago:
Bro, maybe the Wally world clientele is different in your neck of the woods but seeing someone with makeup on, or their hair did (leaving aside the question of quality for the time being…) is the exception to the rule.
- Comment on What are y'all buying on the steam sale? 8 months ago:
Grim Dawn is the most fun I’ve had with an ARPG in years. The class system is very interesting and, as far as I know, unique to this game. Rather than just being a barbarian or necromancer or whatever other typical ARPG class you can think of, your class is determined by selecting any 2 archetypes. For instance, maybe you like being a pet class like necromancer, but you want to have a slightly more active play style than just watching your skellingtons paint the map red. So, you mix in the Nightblade (melee rogue) class at level 10. Your new, combined class is called a Reaper, and you have access to both skill trees, free to mix and match as you wish. Very interesting playstyles can emerge from creative pairings.
I am a casual player so I can’t offer any perspective on the endgame or anything like that, but if you’re looking for something to scratch the Diablo 2 itch with a fun twist on classes,you cant go wrong with Grim Dawn.
- Comment on Choose your ultimate lineup! 8 months ago:
I barely know anything about Static-X other than the music video for Pushit, but that’s one rad picture there.
- Comment on Marvel’s Blade | Announcement Trailer 11 months ago:
Microtransactions, if you’re curious.
- Comment on What a random person on the internet thought of Grant, Lee, Sherman: Civil War Generals 2 11 months ago:
Really? Fascinating. I know of Impressions from their work in the city building genre. I hesitate to even guess how many hours I’ve put into Caesar 3 over the years. Seems they branched out far more than I anticipated.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 11 months ago:
Every few months I get the itch to dive into an MMO. I drift around among many of the free to play offerings depending on what sort of world I want to inhabit. As is tradition for me this time of year, I’ve been rewatching the LOTR trilogy, and thus I’ve decided to hop back into Lord of the Rings Online.
I haven’t played in years, but dusted off my level 10 champion and set about getting reacquainted with things. Thus far I’m having a really good time. There’s something quaintly nostalgic about this kind of tab target MMO. The whole thing is very cozy to me. Maybe that’s just my love of the setting and the opening areas being consciously pastoral, but I find it very easy to just zone out and churn through content in this game.
I don’t know how long I’ll stick with it, as MMOs tend to demand more investment than I’m willing to give single games, but as of right now I’m having a wonderful time.
- Comment on What a random person on the internet thought of Grant, Lee, Sherman: Civil War Generals 2 11 months ago:
Thanks for the read. I have fond memories of playing the Sid Meier civil war games that I think came out a few years after this series. However, from your description and my memories, the games seem to share a lot of DNA. I also recall the Ultimate General Civil War game from a few years back. The mention of unit customization down to what equipment they field and who their commanders are reminds me of similar features in that game. Thanks for the write up! I love reading about this era of PC gaming.
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- Comment on What games can you recommend that didn't get the appreciation that they deserved? 1 year ago:
Heyyy time to see if the benefit of 10 years helps me complete Uplink.
- Comment on Recommendations for good YT channels exploring lore and stories 1 year ago:
Jorphdan (the ph is silent) has dozens of videos exploring the lore of the Dungeons and Dragons multiverse. Those worlds have been the setting for enough videogames that I think it applies.
You might also check out Eckhart’s Ladder. He focuses primarily on Star Wars but with some digressions into Halo and other science fiction universes.
One of my personal favorite gaming essayists is Grim Beard, though his particular style may or may not gel with you. His videos are generally about a single game and often encompass a game’s conception, development, gameplay, reception, and legacy. It’s not exactly a lore channel, per se, but I feel like it might be in the ballpark of what you’re looking for.