nixon

@nixon@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alien (1979) predates Predator (1987)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  During CoVid some friends and I had a virtual movie club called CoVideo Club where we would meet up in VR each week to watch a movie in a virtual movie theater together.

  Over the 200 movies we watched we screened all of the Predator movies. I picked the movies and sometimes I wouldn’t tell others beforehand what we were going to be watching during our next session. None of my friends follow upcoming movies so they had no idea about Prey, what it was or when it was coming out. It had been months since we had watched the last Predator movie so when I screened Prey they had no idea it was a Predator movie. It came out the day before we screened it so there wasn’t much talk about it in the media yet.

  The slow realization they had that we weren’t watching a western but a sci-fi horror movie set in the Predator universe was fun to sit back and watch play out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"fridging" is honestly the only good motivation to become a superhero or good person⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah bud, I totally would do that.

  I think it is common to have deep feelings for non-romantic partners, friends or family that would be strong enough to compel someone to avenge them if they were hurt or killed.

  I’m not saying anything is wrong with you, we all experience our emotions and perceive the world around us and the people in it different, but as another poster said, you may want to talk to a therapist. Your post indicates you may have some stuff you can get help with that may expand your empathy towards others. Not an accusation but some friendly advice.

  Personally, I had a lot of anger when I was younger that severely limited my empathy towards others. If I could have sorted it out in therapy a couple decades earlier than I did I know my life would have been better earlier. The connections I now have with me family and friends is now deeper than I once thought possible.

  It was hard to face my past and who I thought I was but once I did let go of all of that baggage I had much more space within myself for others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are vertical farms really the answer? A new study reveals their surprisingly large footprint | ironically, vertical farming even uses twice as much *land*, by using farmed jute fibers as root casings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If the land isn’t otherwise arable, such as extreme desert, then there most likely isn’t any population centers nearby. Minimizing environmental impact would have to factor in the transportation of resources to the facility and grown food out of the facility to consumers too.

  I think verticals farms are going to be an important component for future food production, especially with climate change. You are right though, the entire process needs to be redesigned holistically before it is a viable option compared to traditional farming.

  That isn’t to say we shouldn’t be building these facilities now though; I think the more we build now the faster we will solve these problems by putting practical research into the needed technology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most creative mushroom in a while⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like Lion’s Mane to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hope his set doesn't bomb⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny thing is, he does have a helicopter and his helicopter pilots license. Which he got in case of emergencies. After the LA fires this year I saw an interview with him where he was talking about it.

  He was making fun of himself because he got his license and the helicopter to flee things like the LA fire but helicopters are expensive and he couldn’t afford more than a 2-seater so he can’t take his whole family if he ever had to really use it.

  So my comment was based off a real thing he may say as to why he needed the money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hope his set doesn't bomb⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed about 90s Chappelle… I think he would have had more empathy and understanding in selecting gigs than current Chappelle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hope his set doesn't bomb⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right, I guess spin is the wrong word here since it is a PR term and Bill Burr isn’t a PR type of guy. I meant what he will have to say about it.

  He will be blunt and honest with answers ranging from, “it’s none of your damn business” to “I needed a new helicopter that has more than 2 seats so I can evacuate my family from LA safely once shit hits the fan and I don’t want to put myself in a Sofie’s Choice kinda situation” or “Sorry, I wasn’t thinking when I accepted the job but donated the paycheck to the 9/11 families fund.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hope his set doesn't bomb⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed on the Bill Burr part.

  He is the only one who I was surprised and disappointed to see attending. All those others are people who’d I expect to chase money or morals and I didn’t respect as individuals already.

  I wonder how he is going to spin this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Chrono Trigger Taught Me The Word ‘Epoch’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wrote a free guide for GameFaqs while living in Japan learning Japanese, the FAQ is still up there 25 years later.

  I feel seen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says ‘bad things’ will happen if Afghanistan does not return Bagram air base⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the current situation if US wasn’t propping up Israel than I doubt Israel would be brazen enough to attack Saudi Arabia which would mean we also wouldn’t have the need to reclaim Bagram airport in Israel’s defense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says ‘bad things’ will happen if Afghanistan does not return Bagram air base⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope all this never gets far enough for us to find out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says ‘bad things’ will happen if Afghanistan does not return Bagram air base⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Saudi Arabia has an alliance with Pakistan, including using nuclear weapons as a response in Saudi Arabia’s defense.

  If Israel attacks Saudi Arabia, Pakistan responds. Bagram airport is only a couple hundred miles from the Pakistan border and an excellent place for the US to intercept any response from Pakistan headed towards Israel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says ‘bad things’ will happen if Afghanistan does not return Bagram air base⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Saudi Arabia has an alliance with Pakistan, including using nuclear weapons response in Saudi Arabia’s defense.

  If Israel attacks Saudi Arabia, Pakistan responds. This airport is only a couple hundred miles from the Pakistan border and an excellent place for the US to intercept any response from Pakistan headed towards Israel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the last 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with you, stranger!

  Dive out of sight

  Mind if I hang out in this void space with you until things die down out there?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That white guy on the Cracker Barrel logo they were trying to get rid of.. Is his name just Cracker?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know, right?

  Seems like there would be a better way but I guess that’s just how things were before cardboard was invented.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That white guy on the Cracker Barrel logo they were trying to get rid of.. Is his name just Cracker?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Crackers came in barrels, honestly that is the real answer. Back in the day it was how crackers were packaged/stored/shipped.