TexasDrunk
@TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
- Comment on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters 11 hours ago:
I want to speak to this a bit because I enjoy a lot of flawed things, SNW included. I also don’t spend time complaining about entertainment I don’t like because if I don’t like it I just don’t talk about it at all. I used to spend that energy but it got old.
Side story: A friend of mine is a huge Wheel of Time fan. He has reread the books dozens of times. He started a book club where we worked at the time just to have someone to discuss them with (which i joined). This was in the days leading up to the final 3 coming out, so quite a while ago. It’s flawed. 90% of the plot could have been fixed by saying “then they actually talked to each other”. Women characters weren’t generally treated with care. Hell, dudes weren’t either in a lot of cases. When Brandon Sanderson took over the character voices changed. And I have bitched about all the issues with the books. But only because I really enjoyed them.
So when I come out and complain about yet another Spock romance, how the women aren’t being treated right, reversing the polarity of the jammy dodger flow (oh, that’s Doctor Who), Trelane vs Q, or whatever else it’s because I genuinely like Trek. I don’t talk about DS9 or the later seasons of Discovery because they’re just not my cup of tea. I’m going to let the people who like them have their own conversation without my negative opinion tainting the conversation.
- Comment on How many hands long do they get? 23 hours ago:
Ha, yeah. I wasn’t thinking about it. It’ll just stay as a list starting with 400 then.
You’re awesome for letting me know for next time.
- Comment on How many hands long do they get? 1 day ago:
- But don’t be fooled. Between brain, bones, and waste you’ll only get shut 200 double quarter pounders out of them. A little more if you add beef or pork fat to make them juicy.
- Comment on Charlie Kirk suspect is a gun-loving Trump supporter 6 days ago:
Yeah, it’s all scrambling and bullshit right now. I’ve seen his grandmother say she has no idea. The New York Post (trash rag) claims his partner is transgender but then claims they’re not sure if they’re romantic partners or roommates, then states they have no idea if they’re transitioning. His grandmother is on record as saying she has no idea what her grandson’s politics are. The governor says he’s a leftist and it’s very clear but has offered no reasoning. A former school friend said Democrat but then retracted the statement within a few hours (which could mean anything from “It’s true but I don’t want to get involved”, to “I didn’t understand what I was being asked”, to “I lied and don’t want my statement scrutinized so that I won’t be a national pariah when it comes out”).
- Comment on Charlie Kirk suspect is a gun-loving Trump supporter 6 days ago:
This is some really shallow “evidence” while everyone that knew him seems to say he was to the left.
I agree this evidence is shallow, but what people are saying he’s left? The one person who said that retracted it as far as I’ve heard.
I don’t think we have any clue. I think right now everyone is scrambling to make it look like he’s not on their team.
- Comment on Too soon? 1 week ago:
I have no idea but I like to imagine hundreds of editors rushing out every time there’s a prominent death to be the first to change it.
- Comment on ISO 26300 1 week ago:
I’ve been using free software (both free as in freedom and free as in beer) off and on since I discovered slackware in the 90s, but I’ll be the first to admit I’m not plugged into the scene. I’m not plugged into most scenes except possibly rock and Americana music, and I know all the gross shit that happened there. Rock music especially. And that may actually be why I tend to avoid getting plugged in.
But I went through the whole report. I’m sad to find out someone with such lofty ideals in one area is so scummy. A lot of that just sounds like typical neckbeard idiocy dialed up to maximum. And if he were just any neckbeard or incel on the street everyone could just dismiss him. But he’s a prominent figure that represents a movement spouting gross and harmful shit. It has nothing to do with the validity of the movement, nor does it remove the value of free software, but him being a keynote speaker everywhere and being so involved makes things feel dirty.
I don’t know. I didn’t take my medication today so I’m scattered. I just hate when people doing important or influential work are gross people, especially if they have harmful attitudes towards minors.
- Comment on ISO 26300 1 week ago:
I had no idea. With all of the things I have to follow on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis some things are just going to fall through the cracks. “Minor public figure holds reprehensible views” won’t generally hit my radar. “Major public figure did something reprehensible” may not hit my radar depending on how busy or drunk I am in a given week, which will leave me wondering why people hate them years later.
I’m not saying this as a criticism of you. You brought it up which is super valuable. There’s just so much shit to keep up with that I always appreciate context because I have other things going on and rarely have any idea what reprehensible thing a particular person has said or done.
- Comment on Choose wisely lemmings 2 weeks ago:
Rusty Shackleford is just the name he uses to order Pizza with.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? 2 weeks ago:
Hey, that’s fair! Not everything speaks to everyone. World would be terribly boring if it did.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? 2 weeks ago:
With the exception of the words “somewhat overrated”, I agree with this 100%. I have probably ~1000 hours in bg3 and just shy of 100 in expedition 33.
I wish I could play Expedition 33 for the first time again. It’s amazing. And it is very much a work of art.
With BG3 I can play it for the first time again by making different choices, adding mods, and choosing different classes. It’s a very fun video game with a lot of choices.
I’d highly recommend both. If someone is searching to fill between 40 and 100 hours (I like side quests, ok?) then Expedition 33 is absolutely amazing. If someone were looking to spend a couple of years before they have the money for another game then I can absolutely recommend BG3.
- Comment on 1U mini PC for AI? 2 weeks ago:
I didn’t even know these sorts of mini racks existed. now I’m going to have to get one for all my half sized preamps if they’ll fit. That would solve like half the problems with my studio room and may help bring back some of my spark for making music.
I have no recs. Just want to say I’m so excited to see this. I can probably build an audio patch panel.
- Comment on Right in the feels 3 weeks ago:
All great options. I’ll throw in two here. Cocaine and Able by Amigo the Devil and Broken Window Serenade by Whiskey Myers.
- Comment on Should you look for a relationship if it feels like a compromise? 3 weeks ago:
It is exhausting. I’ve been in a relationship where my partner had no one but me. I don’t consider myself super outgoing but I have plenty of friends that I enjoy spending time with. I like playing music on the weekends. I like going to do things, sometimes last minute. I got fat and depressed because she just wanted to sit at home and for me to sit home with her.
It soured me on relationships for a bit. The next one was the opposite. She wanted to be out every night and didn’t understand I had to work. She never ever wanted to just hang at the house. It was also exhausting.
I’m open to a relationship if the person has similar patterns or doesn’t want me next to them 24/7. I can handle if they’re an independent person, but currently everything feels like either far too much or far too little so I’ve been doing my own thing for a while. I’ve got someone that I’m casual with. It’s perfect for now.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Next quarter? Who gives a shit! This quarter is all there is!
- Comment on Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates 4 weeks ago:
One eight hundred, five five one, eight nine hundred. Diesel Driving Academy?
- Comment on advertisement 4 weeks ago:
Years of drinking destroyed mine, and it’s all my fault. I would also try it.
- Comment on Well that didn't work out as planned 4 weeks ago:
Is this another US thing where employers require you to purchase the vehicle before you can work for them?
Not bus drivers, but some truckers are owner/operators.
- Comment on Refreshing to occasionally see an honestly written obituary 5 weeks ago:
Oh shit, I read it wrong! I stand by it though. They were all Lyle’s.
- Comment on Refreshing to occasionally see an honestly written obituary 5 weeks ago:
They weren’t Dennis’ children. They were Lyle’s.
- Comment on PARTY TIME 5 weeks ago:
White trash me: what’s the issue?
Same, buddy. We used to do this, except it was three quarters lemonade and a quarter whatever cheap liquor everyone brought. So you’d have whiskey, both light and dark rum, vodka (lots of vodka) tequila, gin if one specific guy showed up… Pretty much anything cheap.
Trash cans are not safe to drink out of.
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 5 weeks ago:
No, no, this time Star Trek will be woke. I can tell by the trailer. It’s never been woke before.
- Comment on Political Views 5 weeks ago:
That’s how I stay young. I’ve been 29 for years.
- Comment on It's 2025, the year we decided we need a widespread slur for robots 1 month ago:
- Comment on W.a.m.d.i.i. 1 month ago:
Full of whiskey.
- Comment on CEO Brags That He Gets "Extremely Excited" Firing People and Replacing Them With AI 1 month ago:
I can tell you it’s been pretty great to me. A bit of hard work and a bit of luck and now I’m doing well. I’ve got a long term contract with one company and take short term stuff that looks interesting or pays for my vacations.
- Comment on And nothing of value was lost 1 month ago:
I mean, how long did it take the cops to get there? Because .42 is crazy fucking high. It can absolutely kill you it’s so high. She would have had to have more than 10 drinks in an hour for that. That’s about two thirds of a fifth between the time it was called in and when the cops got there.
I’m not saying it’s not doable. I’m saying if she did that she was trying to die.
- Comment on "A guitarist who's also an astronaut" sounds more impressive than "An astronaut who plays the guitar", despite both meaning the same thing. 1 month ago:
I once paid a bar tab with my guitar skills. Does that count?
- Comment on Easy mistake to make 1 month ago:
Is that a thing now? I don’t keep up. I’m ready to cut it clean again. Not because of any coded thing, but because it’s hot as fuck. But I have to keep it a few more days, then I need to find the time to get it cut.
- Comment on She's a keeper 1 month ago:
No, it was very serious. Big red flag. He should hit a lawyer, delete a gym, and social media up.
