Mr_Fish
@Mr_Fish@lemmy.world
- Comment on If you didn't vote, the current state of things is partially your fault 1 day ago:
Playing devil’s advocate here, a lot of the refuse to vote crowd see the democrats as also unacceptably evil, and in almost any other context I would agree with them. A lot of democrats are failing to push back against Trump and his bullshit, either out of cowardice or acceptance. Not to mention they’re encouraging the whole Isreal situation.
The immediate problem is that the US has roughly the worst voting system. Gerrymandered to shit, FPTP but even worse because you’re not voting directly. The solution (at least for now) is to change the voting system to something that allows third parties without the spoiler effect. Unfortunately there isn’t an easy path to reach that as far as I can see, because both democrats and republicans would be long gone if not for FPTP.
- Comment on A secret cord 4 days ago:
And here is an even more cursed version
- Comment on Both the original Star Wars trilogy and the prequel trilogy end with the fire roasted Anakin. 4 days ago:
Let the man cook
- Comment on How do you sleep at night? Please respond with a number 5 days ago:
Solution: more blankets. Where I grew up we had regular frosts all through winter, but I never really went with anything more than 18. 2-3 blankets and a thick duvet does a lot for keeping you warm.
- Comment on "Party in the USA" and "Pink Pony Club" are opposite views on America: "Yay, the US is really all the same!" vs. "Yay, there are real cultural differences within the US!" 1 week ago:
There are definitely cultural differences, but for its size, the US is really homogeneous. As an example, Tom Scott’s video on “jingle bells, batman smells” shows way more regional variation in the UK compared to the US, despite being smaller than some states.
- Comment on I like kiwi 1 week ago:
Kiwi is also the nationality
- Comment on It's weird looking back at life, and seeing all the paths I didn't go down 1 week ago:
I get that, but this wasn’t really a “look at the opportunities I’ve missed”, it was more of “huh, my life could have been completely different by now”. I like my job, I like my social life, and I have an amazing fiance that I’m marrying in less than 2 months. I don’t know what would be on my other paths, but I’m glad I chose this one.
There are some I’m glad i didn’t take. I started a degree in computer science in 2020, and I had plans to focus on machine learning research. If I hadn’t dropped it at the end of that year, I’d likely have finished my degree right at the start of the chat gpt shitshow.
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- Comment on There should be a browser extension like the old Cloud to Butt that replaces "AI" with something funny. 1 week ago:
Go ahead. Also feel free to add “automated incompetence” to the list as well
- Comment on There should be a browser extension like the old Cloud to Butt that replaces "AI" with something funny. 1 week ago:
“Artificial ineptitude”
- Comment on *confused flatfish noises* 2 weeks ago:
That’s like how in dnd lore the tarrasque, basically the biggest, scariest monster, is always depicted with big spikes on its back. Animals evolve spikes like that to ward off predators. That means something at least used to hunt tarrasques
- Comment on Power word: STUN! 2 weeks ago:
SCOTT STERLING IS BACK
- Comment on Unfurled, you say? 2 weeks ago:
Does your dick hang low
Does it wobble to and fro
Can you tie it in a knot
Can you tie it in a bow
- Comment on Take the plea deal 3 weeks ago:
It’s also in large part Trump’s fault that any attention is on the files. He was the one pushing the conspiracy theory, and running on the promise of releasing them. So anyone who’s name is in the files can blame Trump for them not getting away with it.
I don’t like that line of logic, but it works out
- Comment on THIS is real. There is an app that allows you to text with Jesus 3 weeks ago:
There’s probably less editorializing than you’d think. At least less that was successful in being hidden. There are verses that we know we’re added in later that seem like they fit in perfectly. Example: “for yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, now and forever” at the end of the Lord’s prayer. That verse feels right at home there, but based on early copies and differences between copies as Christianity spread, we know that wasn’t original.
- Comment on THIS is real. There is an app that allows you to text with Jesus 3 weeks ago:
He would and did quote the old testament. The prophets books were written at least a few hundred years before he lived, and those were the latest of the old testament to be written.
The new testament was written about 100 years after he lived, and canonized a few hundred years later.
- Comment on Thanks for letting everyone know so you could embarrass me 3 weeks ago:
Porn Revere
- Comment on When we eat the billionaires, we should spare Gabe Newell? No? 4 weeks ago:
He’s low on the list for sure
- Comment on When Xfinity has an outage, I don’t pay for those days. The government’s been shut down for 39 days so can I pay 39 days less in taxes? 4 weeks ago:
Given Americans, it wouldn’t surprise me
- Comment on Billionaires are extremists 5 weeks ago:
Using Field’s disease there is a huge false equivalence, for two main reasons.
A: you can’t just choose not to have Field’s, but a billionaire is capable of donating their wealth to charity or something, and no longer being a billionaire.
B: the existence of people with Field’s has little to no impact on the average person outside that group, but the existence of billionaires massively changes
- Comment on If you want to be classy and impress people 1 month ago:
“Dost thou desire to gaze upon mine phallus?”
- Comment on Secondsies 1 month ago:
take one tablet by mouth
You know for a fact that instruction is there because someone tried the other options
- Comment on A treat before bed. 1 month ago:
Sorry, I’m coming
Already?
- Comment on Condiment udders 1 month ago:
“Tomatitty sauce”
- Comment on You finally woke up! 1 month ago:
You were trying to cross the border, right? Same as us, and those ringwraiths over there
- Comment on "I used to be with it" 1 month ago:
“Look grandpa, I found this box full of save icons in your old stuff”
- Comment on Uncle Ben should be alive in further adaptions in Spider-Man 1 month ago:
This is a terrible analogy, because it insanely understates the importance of someone like uncle Ben, but think of him like one of your legs.
You’ve never known life without your legs. No matter what, you have always been able to count on the fact that tomorrow you will be able to walk. Sure, some days your legs hurt, and they clearly don’t want to do any walking, but they will if you need them to. Now imagine that you did something stupid that resulted in you completely shattering all the bones in one of your legs. The only option is to amputate that leg. You wake up after the surgery, missing a leg. Suddenly, that leg that you’ve never known life without is not there. You want to get up to take a piss, but you can’t because you’re missing a leg. You want to go over to get a drink from the tap over there, but you can’t because you’re missing a leg. The remote for the TV in the room is over there, but you can’t get it because you’re missing a leg. Almost every aspect of your life changes after that one surgery, and you know this is all because of your own actions.
That gives a glimpse at how much Peter Parker’s life gets fucked up when Ben dies. Uncle Ben was one of the few constant things in Peter’s rocky life. Now he’s gone. All because Peter chose not to take action. I don’t blame Peter for wanting revenge, then taking the memory of Ben and using it as motivation to do better.
As I said, terrible analogy because a person is way more than a leg.
- Comment on The C programming language is like debating a philosopher and Python is like debating someone who ate an edible 1 month ago:
If we’re continuing this analogy, did python or js take more drugs?
- Comment on People dont believe protesting works if they will only do it on their day off. 1 month ago:
I think you can do a peaceful protest and still have it be effective, as long as it’s disruptive. Strikes are a good example. Rich people care about a protest as long as you can threaten their bottom line
- Comment on English moment 1 month ago:
Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.