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- Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States 1 day ago:
Gerrymandering is the reason I get upset when people assume all texans/southerners are hateful hicks. Lived there for years and the right/left split is pretty balanced, even leaning left on most big issues, in most of the area I’ve frequented. It’s just that poorer areas are rigged to fail and the powers that be have been running dirty campaigns for longer than many of us have been alive.
Just this last cycle, an old friend in the area received two different mail ads for Ted “Zodiac” Cruz. One of them was in english and the other spanish. The english one was, for the most part, “honest” (as much as these types can be called honest, I mean) about his platform, while the spanish one explicitly lied in a way that made him seem like he was trying to benefit the immigrant community. Extremely fucked up and not too uncommon, according to a few inter-generational sources. That plus how jurisdictions are divided has made it extremely difficult for the left to get any major wins for the last handful of decades+. The south is even less ruled by the people than the rest of the US and the many decent people just trying their best to survive out there get shit on for what their oppressors choose all the time.
Sorry for the rant and tbc, there are also tons of shitheads out there too. Its just not like what many outsiders assume it is, and everything about the situation pisses me off something rancid.
- Comment on Birds are just Nightcore remixes of Dinosaurs 3 days ago:
That does sound really cool tbh. I bet they got started by making minor alterations to other people’s work, too. And I really do hear you and, on some levels, really agree. I just also see it as we all start where we start and that can’t be helped. Like, those first few steps need to be pretty small for the average person, and most of everyone models themselves after someone else in some way or other. I just dont think of it as an fu until the money comes in, is what I’m saying ig. It’s definitely a deeper shade of grey past that point tho.
If you ever find that fortnite vid or one of some magically talented sweepist (lol), please do drop a link!
- Comment on Birds are just Nightcore remixes of Dinosaurs 4 days ago:
I am of the opinion that once a piece of art is shared with the world, it stops belonging solely to the creator and instead becomes the property of the community. I also know how hard it can be to just barely scrape by, so I don’t personally have a problem with people making low effort money in this way. It is a bit scummy to piggyback on people doing actual skilled work, but at the same time, so is much of the world in far more direct and brutal ways.
Other than that; agreed. It feels like one of a few next logical steps for that sort of og YouTube fandom energy. If it inspires joy and isn’t hurting people, I say let em at it
- Comment on Birds are just Nightcore remixes of Dinosaurs 4 days ago:
Second verse slapped harder than expected.
And on the topic of nightcore being art or not; who cares? Art doesn’t have to be this totally involved thing for every person’s every project. Making minor alterations to other people’s work is its own style and form of creative exploration and, if encouraged and engaged with sufficiently, can easily grow into something with more luster and prestige. And besides that, some songs do just be sounding better when played faster and higher than intended. Artists or not, good on em for playing around and finding the ones work.
- Comment on Ah shit 1 week ago:
Hah! Jokes on you! I have very sensitive skin and was already experiencing this hell!
- Comment on Oxygen 1 week ago:
Wow. So powerful (idgi)
- Comment on 😭😭😭😭😭 1 week ago:
I hope that you someday understand how telling us what you think is sad and pathetic in this thread is only a reveal of what makes you the same.
- Comment on 😭😭😭😭😭 1 week ago:
Caring about someone dying is not the same as elevating them to godhood. People on tv are still real people, and it’s weird that you are so adamant about playing down the value of those lives.
- Comment on Is the peoples deep interest in chemical experiment viral videos (e.g. liquid nitrogen in a pool) related to being shooed away from understanding real science? 2 weeks ago:
Ooh. Be they uninitiated? We thinks they may-could be. If so; do enjoy :3
- Comment on Is the peoples deep interest in chemical experiment viral videos (e.g. liquid nitrogen in a pool) related to being shooed away from understanding real science? 2 weeks ago:
Hello, potion seller. I am going into battle and want your strongest potions.
- Comment on I may have a chance to see GWAR later this year; what should I know before going? 2 weeks ago:
Definitely dress down lol. And make sure you have fun in all that noise and muck!
- Comment on Why do people hate coldplay? 2 weeks ago:
I came to this thread intendending to defend them (not a fan, even if i like a few songs, I just dont like people getting unreasonable hate over anything) but this comment is just so real that I have lost the will for battle. Coldplay is Radiohead but mid and that is okay.
- Comment on Lemmy is ... ahhrrr, c'mon ... WTF? ... the door! ... who the hell would ... ? ... where is this darn towel ... AHHH, FUUU ... hnnnrrghhh ... 2 weeks ago:
BOOOOOOOO! SHUN THE NON-BELIEVER! SHUNNNNN NN!
- Comment on Why do we humans love music so? 2 weeks ago:
Cause it makes me feel funny and I like it duh
- Comment on At least I know what opinions are wrong 3 weeks ago:
Too real 😞
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 3 weeks ago:
Very informative listen so far. Thanks for sharing
- Comment on "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to in some way". 3 weeks ago:
The way I see it is that language inevitably evolves over time. Not all of those changes make sense to everybody, and not everybody likes them, but that they will keep occurring will stay true as long as language is what we use to communicate.
It’s all approximation anyway, so I just don’t think it matters very much as long as we understand each other. To each their own though.
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 3 weeks ago:
Til that i don’t know enough about the Korean War. Jfc
- Comment on "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to in some way". 3 weeks ago:
Sure, but you can literally use “literally” figuratively and people will still know what you mean
- Comment on Having the ability to lie and manipulate with no remorse will get you much further in this world than having morals and being correct 4 weeks ago:
You could do it and then give me the money
- Comment on Confirmation that you are a loser at everything 5 weeks ago:
Becoming so powerful that an entire buffet fears your presence is cool actually. Eat the card and hold your ground.
- Comment on Moo 5 weeks ago:
E - I - E -oh no
- Comment on Sign me up 5 weeks ago:
I am okay with this (but only if Mistress allows ofc)
- Comment on Would you be dumb enough to wear this shirt in public? 1 month ago:
Nice
- Comment on 'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events 1 month ago:
Half agree. Even if many of them are just money-hungry, there is still a ton of non-fiscal value in making it clear that queerness is not a shameful anomaly and can instead be a point of both strength and pride. Lots of kids out there are stuck in families that want them to believe the exact opposite, when they genuinely need to know that the world has more to offer than just that.
I don’t appreciate companies trying to capitalize on this, but as a friend and sibling to many queer folk (and as well as being a bit fruity myself, even if not fully this or that), I think this visibility is currently very necessary and possibly even life saving for some severely stuck folks. Even if the motivation is obviously crook, I can get behind giving those people the inspiration they need to accept and understand themselves in spite of those who would rather see them hating themselves or worse.
- Comment on What grass starvation does to the perma-online 1 month ago:
It kind of is though. Any ass lickiabuse, technically anal sex because it is sex that involves the anus, but not all anal sex involves ass licking.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yall is convenient and flowy. I am from the US (fml), but not from the south and use it regularly anyway because I just like it’s sound and how it feels to say.
- Comment on I "found" this brick today on my walk home. I'ma keep it. Maybe put googlie eyes on it. Name it Brichard. 1 month ago:
Hello, rich people? This is Troy. Yes, I’ll hold
- Comment on Is this "artist" on spotify AI generated? 1 month ago:
Louis Zhong has a similar schedule and has been doing his thing since decades before ai was anything but scifi fodder.
I’m not saying you’re wrong on the ai part of this, but some people definitely do just make a lot of music very fast.
- Comment on Why is Jordan Peterson both a Christian and not a Christian? 2 months ago:
Reading “god is conscience” in Kermit’s voice was surprisingly hilarious