warbond

@warbond@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes when I think about US politics, I worry. But then I remember this is a country that had gone through a civil war, numerous scandals, a great depression and dust bowl, two world wars,⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that the semantic discrepancy is really the point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have searched far and wide⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t the BC/AD crossover supposed to be for Jesus’s birth?

  I just think it’s funny to say Harambe was born 17 years Before Harambe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sheeple⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a freak gasoline fight accident

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think my co-worker will hear about this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a self-defeating attitude. Be careful with what you’re looking for, because you’re likely to find it. If you’re looking for reasons that she doesn’t like you, you’re going to find them!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  15 hours, huh? Have you finished creating your first character yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too bad we can't all act like this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve thought about it and I really should have just let that guy in. I don’t remember all of the details, I just remember feeling righteously indignant afterward, so that’s how I tell the story. It was probably just a coincidence that we ended up at the same speed right next to each other and it would have been super easy to just move over, barely an inconvenience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too bad we can't all act like this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the US the person in the acceleration lane/on-ramp is responsible for merging with the flow of traffic on the highway, presumably because the person already on the highway has less opportunity to yield safely.

  One time, in the middle of the night on an empty highway, as a car was getting on they accelerated right up next to me and then did the same speed as me until the acceleration lane ended and then honked at me for being in their way.

  I don’t think I was in the wrong there even if it would have been easy to change lanes for the other car. They could have just as easily merged ahead of or behind me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you think freewill truly exists?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the word “pairents”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope i don't get downvoted for this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tongue-punching the fart box

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(Technology Connections) Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind [33:46]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just the information for me, he’s also passionate about the stuff that he explores and that comes across in his videos.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there an interpretation where it means somebody who is shockingly audacious?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stack overflow is almost dead⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People don’t like when you don’t answer their question because it doesn’t give them an answer to their question. Just answer the question first and then hop on your high horse to tell them why it’s not going to work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Escape from Tarkov PvE.

  It’s so much fun to not be head/eyes’d from fucking nowhere by a random PMC. The bots are a little dumb, but the risk/reward for bot PMCs and Bosses is still there, for sure.

  I bounced off of PvP Tarkov for years just trying to play with my friends, and now I’m finally having fun with it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If they take it down we’ll make it again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No idea why my previous comment shows as quoted, but whatever

  My argument is that if they were actually competing that would mess with the performative nature of the storytelling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla's "Predictive" Odometers Had 9+ Drivers Complaining of Inaccuracy Before Lawsuit. We Even Found Video!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof, yeah, forgot about that. Yeah, people are people everywhere… I just liked having a more idyllic version of things in my head

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla's "Predictive" Odometers Had 9+ Drivers Complaining of Inaccuracy Before Lawsuit. We Even Found Video!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When I lived in Germany I found that the people were far more self-policing than Americans. There just seemed to be a general attitude of, “we know we’re not supposed to do that, so we don’t.”

  Fully anecdotal, sure, and that was 15 years ago, but nonetheless it’s hard for me to imagine “ze Germans” tampering with odometers to sell cars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  athlete Athletes compete or strive against others to attain a goal, TV wrestlers perform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In heat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a funny challenge I like to come up with simplified, stupid-sounding, 3-word search queries for complex questions, and more often than not it’s good enough to get me the information I’m looking for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I find that I don’t like full games of chess, but chess.com has these little chess puzzles that highlight the surprising deviousness of the rules that can turn a sure defeat into a swift victory.

  They also have an algorithmic engine that will calculate the general effectiveness of each move so you can get instant feedback, which I like.

  I guess I need more focus in the things I play, and chess is just too broad as a game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chess is a logic puzzle that changes as you play it, with the randomness coming from player interaction. If you’re not into solving those kinds of puzzles, you’re probably not going to have fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you use your blinker in a car?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to try to use them 100%, but there are so many situations where it’s completely unwarranted (in my specific driving circumstances). So I guess I default to using my indicators, but I try to use them the right way, i.e. before a lane change rather than after I’ve started to commit.

  Also, I used to put on my indicator for a lane change nice and early, but dear god the way these cars warn about your blind spot being occupied, holy shit. Music turns down, loud beeping, it’s madness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you use your blinker in a car?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but only because I rarely pull out of a driveway or parking spot into any sort of traffic. Parallel parked on a road, though, sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump White House holds Hamas ‘entirely responsible’ for Israeli execution of Palestinian medics⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, I guess not, but it still hurts every time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Going on Reddit today be like...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Batteries Not Included is one of my all-time favorites

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord is getting mobile ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I promise I’m not completely stupid, but the first time I saw an ad I went looking for ways to never see them again and came up with nothing. I’ll look again, though!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord is getting mobile ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I pay for Nitro yearly to the tune of $15 a month and the ads cannot be disabled, only hidden after they come up.

  So yeah, I’ve cancelled my subscription, this is only going to get worse, especially once they’re completely beholden to shareholders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People Are Using AI to Create Influencers With Down Syndrome Who Sell Nudes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, What to hate worse, the people or the shit they make us all go through? 🤔

  I’m trying to be a more understanding person, but goddamn

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With a huge drippin hog

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eggs sure have gotten cheap! Oh they haven't?...well I'm sure Trump is doing EVERYTHING he can⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, never really considered that.

  Do you think the levels of “caricaturization” (my phone doesn’t like that one, so I mean turning the “enemy” into caricatures) and satire directly correlate to feelings of fear or loss of control, maybe? Those in power don’t seem to use satire much, if at all.

  So yeah, I agree that it’s probably counterproductive, but it also seems to be a somewhat instinctual response, and therefore it should probably be guarded against in particular. Unless I’m overlooking some hidden benefits that aren’t just racist to some extent…