qarbone
@qarbone@lemmy.world
- Comment on This is real 4 days ago:
But his antics and crimes haven’t changed since his first term. What we’re seeing isn’t some new portents of doom; it’s the long resolution of the omen that was “a second Trump presidency”. Until he’s removed from office, all this will be is the “prophesized” descent.
- Comment on This is real 5 days ago:
The jury’s already come back in: it’s not boding. It’s already been bade.
- Comment on I hope she found herself 1 week ago:
The first time I took edibles, I was solo and took too much. I was spaced out and far too aware of the wind blown by my ceiling fan as it touched my skin. It wasn’t even a fun trip.
- Comment on Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads 1 week ago:
Fuck that. Tell US pressure to go suck a fatty.
- Comment on America is fucked 1 week ago:
Were all the "ja"s an affectation or do modern Germans just ja that much?
- Comment on America has lost something essential. At any other point in my life, if an elected official, said anything like this they'd be tar-and-fethered and we would speak of them no more. 3 weeks ago:
Jesus wept, relax.
Have you considered that the original comment was “sarcasm”? They are clearly aware that the image is flaired as satire.
It makes the title of this post you’re kvetching in nonsensical because there is nothing truly objectionable in the image and thus no need for this post about how “people wouldn’t have gotten away with saying something like this before”. Because nothing was really said.
- Comment on Hydro 4 weeks ago:
Fuck you. Why’d you make me laugh at that.
- Comment on Great Advice 4 weeks ago:
You have a hard shell inside the soft tortilla
- Comment on Battle Brothers gets an update two years on from its last one with some fixes and, surprisingly, some new content 4 weeks ago:
I don’t like losing but I’ve been doing it my whole life, so I’m pretty good at it now
- Comment on Israel publicly announces genocidal intent 4 weeks ago:
Unfortunately, I’m fully capable of comprehending this.
- Comment on Tesla investor calls for Elon Musk to step down as boss 5 weeks ago:
Sure, step down from DOGE. But what the hell would even do? Now that he doesn’t even have the veneer of a futurist/technologist to massage public opinion of his businesses, what does he do as a CEO besides fellate other rich people to secure investments?
- Comment on You're* 5 weeks ago:
Two hours? Yeah, right, Philippides.
- Comment on China will enforce clear flagging of all AI generated content starting from September 5 weeks ago:
You should read some of the content you’re commenting on before posting a critique.
- Comment on China will enforce clear flagging of all AI generated content starting from September 5 weeks ago:
It’s impossible because the text these LLM-based models produce would be obtuse to watermark.
Huh?
What about photos and video and audio?! Why are you asking?
- Comment on How it feels wandering into different bubbles sometimes 5 weeks ago:
*s(ch)piel
Shpheal is a Pokémon.
- Comment on Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’ 5 weeks ago:
It probably always was. It’s just that before rich people used to think being intelligent was a thing worth pursuing. The idea that you needed to be well-read and experienced to lead people.
- Comment on Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’ 5 weeks ago:
As a Millennial (and now an adult), I will preface that I’m out of touch with the youths, so I don’t know their perspective on colleges now. But it is common societal idea in the US. No company will openly put out notice that they are discriminating but the prestige US schools are more rigorous in their application screening and get more money, and so are expected to have more rigorous curricula/standards and better teaching. It has shifted so that non-Ivy League schools were becoming recognized in their fields for various subjects. But that just adds them to the “Prestige” category for those in the know.
When people look at a resume, it’s sorted into “Prestige” and every other university. And prestige will take your further.
- Comment on Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’ 5 weeks ago:
Even beyond connections, just the sticker on a resumé that says “<prestige school name>” means you’re less likely to get shunted into the shitter with 95% of other applicants, if you don’t already have an “in” that cuts past the resumé stage.
- Comment on The sound of the deep 1 month ago:
I can’t, in any conscience (good or bad), upvote this.
- Comment on I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better 1 month ago:
This is weird take on an op-ed. OP didn’t alter the title. The onl ways I can conceive of a headline being “misleading” is when it declares a falsity (this doesn’t; it’s an opinion) or doesn’t match the content of the titled text (this doesn’t; it matches the text).
- Comment on He thinks they'll just GIVE him money? 1 month ago:
I think this probably betrays how he’s always tamped down his debts.
By money laundering. Getting someone(s) to pay big on something not worth the price at a suspicious and unreasonable scale.
- Comment on RIP (again) 1 month ago:
You get second PTO?
- Comment on France's biggest game industry union puts together a 'Grève Bundle' to support striking workers 2 months ago:
TO’s comment truly is a mélange of victimhood and jingoism that, curiously, is as American as apple pie.
As if a joke more dated than boomer humour is a concerted psyop to discredit French people in “the marketplace of ideas.” Not to mention the myopic view of America in the second half. Baffling.
Anyway, hope the bundle helps those devs hold on and push through some positive change.
- Comment on Advice on enjoying your life 2 months ago:
Hey, you’re right! Why aren’t the mods executing OP!?
- Comment on Advice on enjoying your life 2 months ago:
Well, I make home-cooked meals, at least.
- Comment on Kryptonite 2 months ago:
I want someone to kill Superman with a Kryptonite sling bullet, like David and Goliath.
- Comment on It's a skill 2 months ago:
After about 2 years of practice, I can confidently say "I wish I didn’t have to practice this. "
- Comment on Steam now warns about Early Access that have not been updated in months. 2 months ago:
What’s the problem with staying in early access? It’s not like the games are squatting on welfare. Do they get anything from Steam beyond a placard that says “my game ain’t finished”?
The only thing is people deflecting criticism because of the “early access” tag. But if you want to introduce arbitrary term limits so you can win internet arguments about video game developer malfeasance, then you’ve lost me.
- Comment on AI slop 2 months ago:
Eh, it’s consistent because it’s not entirely right.
“Slop” was a term for pointless, shitty, “earn a quick buck”-motivated commodities way before AI kicked open the door. A synonym with “schlock.”
- Comment on Sid Meier's Civilization VII | Review Thread 2 months ago:
I don’t understand why we let Civ get away with amputating gameplay from the end-of-lifecycle previous game to repackage as new DLC again? If they hit upon great ideas in an expansion, why is that not folded into the core product like most decent games do with sequels?
They started with a triangle for 6, slowly carved it down to a semi-smooth, functional circle, then turned around for 7 and said “how about a cube this time?” Stop reinventing the wheel and finishing refining it.
Honestly, the development mirrors my playthroughs of 4Xs: start with something funky and a lil different, struggle to make it work, and then restart when I’m close to done.