swordgeek
@swordgeek@lemmy.ca
- Comment on When We Sleep Our Mind Creates A World In Dream Then Can't We Believe The Power Of The God? Human Birth Is To Attain The Supreme 2 days ago:
I don’t come across a lot of evangelical Hindus.
Seems they’re just as crazy as any other evangelical.
- Comment on [serious] when was the last time Donald Trump went swimming, has he ever swam? 3 days ago:
Why do you ask?
- Comment on Why do we still joke about setting up old wooden guillotines? 4 days ago:
If it’s about sending a message, then the item itself is the conveyor of the message, not an unrecognizable but more efficient substitute. The guillotine is a recognisable symbol of people rising up and seizing power from the criminal ruling class. It is a warning and a threat.
If you plan on actually executing people, then sure - optimize all you want, or just go with a bullet to the brain.
But as a symbol, the guillotine is powerful.
- Comment on Does being a ‘hero’ mean you are a perfect person? 6 days ago:
Of course not.
If a fictional character is a perfect hero, then you’re either writing for five year olds or a terrible author.
- Comment on Street racers are not criminals 6 days ago:
Sorry, yes they are.
The difference between “Reckless Endangerment” and “Criminal Negligence Causing Death” is one tiny slip. If you’re guilty of the former, you should be aggressively prevented from being the latter. Impound your vehicles, suspend your license for life, and fines in the six-figures.
If you’re street racing, I hope you only kill yourself.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 6 days ago:
Motorcyclist here. Pretty much everything I say except stunting is also applicable to car drivers as well.
Speed is so damned much fun, especially on two wheels. Hit the straight and twist that throttle, and you are GONE!!!
That said, we have a name for people who do that on the streets - squids. They are the bane of our community, and give us a bad reputation in the general population.
Want to go fast? Hit up a track day and get some instruction to go with it. Or book some track time just to unwind. Or maybe - just maybe (depending on your local circumstances), find a paved secondary highway with no traffic.
But street racing? Stunting? Showing off? GET THE FUCKING FUCK OFF THE FUCKING ROAD YOU FUCKING FUCK!!!
- Comment on The Sumud Flotilla Has Succeeded in Making Israel a Pariah 6 days ago:
Hot garbage. Israel has aggressively made themselves a pariah.
- Comment on Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics? 1 week ago:
That was a pretty wild ride! Despite an hour of in-depth discussion, it really seems to come down to an affectation.
- Comment on Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics? 1 week ago:
Which is really bizarre in a studio setting.
- Comment on Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics? 1 week ago:
OK, before asking this question, I was merely baffled. Now after this video, I hate holding tiny mics, hate tiktok and youtube content creators, and hate everything about the internet more than ever before.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 week ago:
I have a streaming service, but most of my music is physical. I have around 800 CDs and a comparable number of records. I also listen to the radio, seeing as how we have an actually great station
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- Comment on I've been alive for the entire narrative of the internet and it's crazy to think any of the newer generations will be able to sort it all out for themselves. 1 week ago:
A lot of people equate ‘the internet’ with the web, which would be 1989.
Others will point to when they got their first email address, some years before that.
Really though, you should be looking at the beginning of ARPANET, which goes back to 1969.
- Comment on What are your must-block tags on social media? 1 week ago:
PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com
At least since this post.
- Comment on What are your must-block tags on social media? 1 week ago:
You completely ignored the very specific and obsessive instructions, so I am going to have to upvote you.
- Comment on whatever happened to in-store coffee grinders? 1 week ago:
I can think of a lot of reasons for it.
- The machines take up a lot of space, and create a lot of mess.
- Pods have taken over a huge chunk of the pre-ground market.
- More people than ever have grinders at home.
- Packaging of pre-ground coffee is better than it used to be - better sealing containers, and fresher coffee to start with.
- The huge variety of coffee brands means that what you would get out isn’t what you put in.
There just isn’t much of a need for people who want to buy whole beans but grind them before getting home anymore. People will either buy whole beans and grind at home, buy ground coffee in a well-sealed container, or buy pods of some form.
- Comment on How come butthole scratches doesn't get infected with poop bacteria ? 4 weeks ago:
It can happen. And when it does, it can be horrendously painful and hard to treat.
- Comment on What's the name of the type of man I'm attracted to? (pictured) 4 weeks ago:
Douchebag.
- Comment on do you apologize, even if it's not your fault just to make the other person feel validated? 4 weeks ago:
Canadian here. Sorry, but that’s our thing.
- Comment on My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks? 1 month ago:
It’d be an interesting lawsuit, at least.
Why does a jail have a website?
- Comment on What's going on with imgur right now? 1 month ago:
Remember […] reddit?
- Comment on Films and video games have age classifications. Should books? 1 month ago:
No.
Absolutely not.
- Comment on Hey 👋 1 month ago:
A bot would be second worst. It may well be AI slop, which is even worse.
- Comment on What would be ancient ways to properly store vitamin C? 1 month ago:
In fruit.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Ohhhh, it’s her!
Yeah, troll.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 1 month ago:
False premise.
There’s nothing good about suffering, we just expect it.
- Comment on Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery 1 month ago:
I messed with a few browsers (Librefox and others), but ended up on Waterfox because it’s just Firefox…without much extra shit. It’s faster, lighter, and runs all of the Firefox extensions I love.
- Comment on Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery 1 month ago:
It was. I’m struggling to find anything that was an actual improvement in the UI. Most of the changes were trivial and change for change’s sake; but some were awful, and none are clearly better.
- Comment on Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery 1 month ago:
Mozilla has stopped working on developing and improving their products, and is now entirely focused on adding trendy terms and garbage, to feed money to their C*Os.
- Comment on What are some games with absolutely fantastic soundtracks? 2 months ago:
Grim Fandango.
Seriously, it’s one of the only games I consider to even HAVE a soundtrack. It’s absolutely next-level.