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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If someone tells you that communism has led to famines in the USSR and China, that it doesn't have any incentives and that anyone who supports it use products of capitalism, how do you counter this?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  the world could genuinely really use a “better than both” system right now, before capitalism kills the planet and then the planet kills us.

  having said that, I am not certain how one would even begin to build a system that assholes can not exploit. Assholes will always exist, and frequently team up to be bigger, more effective assholes to everyone else. Communism fails for this simple reason, humans are corruptible. Capitalism is a “winning” system (until it isn’t) for assholes and few others. How do you even begin to formulate a system that works for everybody (or most everybody), that does not just disincentivize or punish but make it entirely infeasible for bad actors to undermine it or game it? One that doesn’t allow starving children and billionaires to exist at once?

  Anarchism is all well and good in a world where there are no other governments, but I doubt we get from here, where we are now, to universal mutual aid open bordered bliss, without a lot of kicking and screaming from the die-hard capitalists (read: very successful assholes) of the world. So there must be formulated some system that can compete and exist, not just survive but thrive; in a world filled with manipulative bad actors, entire foreign governments comprised of them and those home-grown; while not being susceptible to the same hollowing out of government function/principles or being conquered militarily.

  it’s a discussion worth having, certainly, but I doubt it’s one that would bear fruit in our lifetimes. Sure, I know the divine right of kings ended, and hell, I might even be sitting in a front row seat for watching the end of American democracy – who knows what’ll implode next – but hoping for the end of assholes in power, being able to amass incredible power, something seemingly older than the wheel and recorded history? seems like a reach.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, really, I will!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I, too, remember candleja

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every so often, it's important for our community to pause, heal, and reflect together on what's truly important and why we're all here.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  IT’S NOT DIFFERENT AT ALL, IS IT STEVE?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer claims to have built an autonomous AI system that can earn money, pay for its own computing, improve its tools, and even copy itself without human approval⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “the birth of superintelligent life”

  Whoever wrote this couldn’t huff their own farts harder if they tried.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thank you Boris⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Boris sounds like a cool guy, I wish I had a Boris.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would unironically sooner become an actual hermit and never socialize again than give these cretins my ID or even trust that they’ll delete an age verification photo. Knowing Discord? yeah, no, absolutely fucking not

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grass 😾⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Be the change you want to see in the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I detect no errors of logic here⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to mention, fully consenting Latinas! I know “not being a rapist” is a really low bar to clear, but for a wealthy, male, politically-connected American in 2026? Fantastic. Wonderful. Groundbreaking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Trump Says He’ll Only Accept 2026 Midterms If He Deems Them “Honest”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Today, Donald Trump began laying the groundwork to call the midterm elections fraudulent.”

  Just drop the bullshit, c’mon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Scowling Void of Pure Nothingness': Critics Destroy $75 Million Melania Trump Documentary | Common Dreams⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the same way the Trump family obtains most things they want, fraud.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Poor Jeremy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Careful, if the Republicans get wind of this they’ll start calling snails a woke, radical trans plot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK Tips for a Winter Storm⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve found having a cotton t-shirt as a base to actually help when wearing layers, as the cotton wicks away any sweat from my skin and keeps me feeling generally drier and therefor warmer. Also helps if you find wool or other outer layers itchy. You’re right to not wear additional layers of cotton fabric, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera GX Gaming Browser Confirms Native Linux Version⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now for the million dollar question: is anyone who’s smart enough to be daily driving Linux, simultaneously dumb enough to daily drive a “gaming browser”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rules for a gun fight⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  it’s just the usual “hurr durr anything smaller than .45 is for girls” bullshit. Usually espoused by the sort of ancient old farts who remember carrying one in WWII, Korea or Vietnam and who dislike the general shift to smaller bullets going faster because they don’t understand terminal ballistics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MK Ultra 2: Electric Boogaloo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Precisely what I mean. If it were a high enough dose to notice, we’d all be tripping balls. If it weren’t, I would assume everyone to just be mildly more pleasant. And uh… that is absolutely not what is happening. Nobody is pleasant right now. At all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MK Ultra 2: Electric Boogaloo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m like 50% certain (as someone who has not partaken in the substances which I’m about to talk out my ass regarding) that OOP must’ve simply meant something less… kosher, shall we say – PCP? Bath salts? Cocaine? Some other drug that would actually account for the insanity? As far as I know LSD is a vastly more pleasant experience than whatever the fuck is going on in the world right now, unless you’re taking really massive doses, in which case… I think things would be arguably less coherent, though you’ve absolutely got me stumped as to how the current news cycle could be more insane than it already is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MK Ultra 2: Electric Boogaloo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d like to think I’d notice if the world suddenly went all kaleidoscope on me, actually.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's once-hailed fantasy MMO New World will vanish from servers in a year's time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a friend gift this to me, according to steam I played it for 14 hours, and all I can say is that it is thoroughly meh. I barely remember it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bully Online, the ambitious mod that brought multiplayer and more to Rockstar's classic school sim, shuts down a month after launch: 'This was not something we wanted'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll never get over how some people whiteknight for soulless corporations that not only don’t give a fuck about them but actively hold them with contempt, yes, the internet is a silly place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bully Online, the ambitious mod that brought multiplayer and more to Rockstar's classic school sim, shuts down a month after launch: 'This was not something we wanted'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  no, you don’t understand, as Take Two and R* quite happily also take down free mods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bully Online, the ambitious mod that brought multiplayer and more to Rockstar's classic school sim, shuts down a month after launch: 'This was not something we wanted'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  for the umpteenth time, quit making mods for games that are developed by asshats. Take Two/R* very clearly don’t want a healthy community surrounding and supporting their games as evidenced by virtually every decision they make regarding community modding efforts, stop trying to give them one; spend your time making mods for better games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Going to a Protest? Don't Bring Your Phone Without Doing This First⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No no, you’ll need one-ounce slugs if you want to hole-punch any kevlar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Losing_weight_IRL⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have a swiss army knife handy, use the awl to punch a new hole in the belt. Worked great for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Losing_weight_IRL⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, if you have an awl handy you could always just make new notches. That’s what I did when I had a belt that didn’t have a hole at the right spacing for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Water time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Counter-counterpoint: if you, on the other hand, wrap your lips around the spigot while drinking – you have exactly ten seconds to get the fuck out of my sight you absolute gremlin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In other news, fire is hot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A swing and a miss⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  part of me wants to believe somewhere down the line, days, weeks, months, years – they’ll have a sudden realization in the shower or before bed, and never stop cringing internally

  the more realistic part of me knows in my heart that that moment may never come without being gently prodded towards it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Backing up Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  well, there is an option for “raw media download”, so I’m assuming turning that on will get you the .ogg files you seek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Backing up Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  don’t ask me. I just know with a premium spotify account it’ll give you 320kbps mp3s, without, you’re limited to 128kbps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Backing up Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  try OnTheSpot.