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  • qarbone@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldConsent machine
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    3 days ago

    That’s the thing American citizens/voters need to remember if/when we get past this term: Trump didn’t do this by himself. He was enabled and empowered by Republican (and a significant number of Democrat) members of legislation, as well as crooked judges across every level from state to Supreme. Trump will be kicked out and Republicans will say “Phew, that guy was a disaster! Right, guys? Good thing we all worked together and survived it.” And we can’t just let them do it; everyone currently serving in office from the GOP and 60% (if I’m being very generous to the remainder) of the Democrats should be barred from holding office again. Extend that to the judges too.

    The GOP has worked hard to sew shite into every strand of the fabric that binds the nation together. And so insiduously that many idiots will stare at a shite-brown rag and say it’s still the same, ol’ Red, White, and Blue they remember.






  • I don’t understand why we let Civ get away with amputating gameplay from the end-of-lifecycle previous game to repackage as new DLC again? If they hit upon great ideas in an expansion, why is that not folded into the core product like most decent games do with sequels?

    They started with a triangle for 6, slowly carved it down to a semi-smooth, functional circle, then turned around for 7 and said “how about a cube this time?” Stop reinventing the wheel and finish refining it.

    Honestly, the development mirrors my playthroughs of 4Xs: start with something funky and a lil different, struggle to make it work, and then restart when I’m close to done.



  • You speak about people reflexively picking their teams. But what about people that reflexively put everyone they meet on teams?

    I hold no allegiance to Team Testosterone but, if everyone who sees me says, “oh, yeah, you’re Team Testosterone. And also I know everything I need to know about you now.” It gets a bit grating.

    It is safer for vulnerable people to make those assumptions and I won’t begrudge them their safety. But I don’t have to like how it invalidates the lifetime of interactions I’ve had and I won’t feel compelled to laugh when a offhand joke necessarily implicates me because of the team I’ve been assigned to.







  • qarbone@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    10 days ago

    I have a sick compulsion where I read the comments on websites, willingly bathing my eyes in filth.

    Feels like the viewers of manga and anime are indoctrinated with their own tropes, forcing “titles” on characters just because they are expecting to see them.

    <Female doesn’t align with male main character> “Ah, here’s the fucking bitch character she’s so fucking annoying why hasn’t the author fucking killed off already?!!1” It’s deranged.