TheAlbatross

@TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who are the "middle class" supposed to support in the class stuggle?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The middle class is a fabrication. It’s an income bracket created by capitalism, not a true analysis of one’s association to the means of production and labor. It’s “real” in the sense that many people identify themselves to it, but it’s not real in a Marxist sense.

  A vast majority of people in the middle class are the proletariat. Some of the people in the middle class are petite bourgeois.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  On the whole it doesn’t sound like the worst idea and obviously you know your kid best.

  But c’mon, you never hid stuff from your parents as a teenager?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What would you do if you were a 16 year old with their own apartment?

  I think if you can rent an apartment for your kid, you can get a hotel room in which to bang your girlfriend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A real question about trans athletes and records⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The “issue” seems moot to me, personally. Between the facts that no one is transitioning in order get an upper hand in the sports world and that there are plenty of documented incidents of cis women athletes being falsely flagged as trans women due to their high testosterone levels… I just don’t think it really matters. It isn’t like there are record breaking trans women dominating the sports world. This “issue” mostly feels like an overt attack on trans people in general than genuine concern over the alleged purity of sport.

  The people spearheading these attacks on trans people aren’t interested in some nebulous notion of sports integrity, they simply want to further denigrate and attack an already maligned minority. They are concern trolling on a national scale and that I find deplorable and transparent.

  I might be biased here, as I really couldn’t care less about some Olympic notion of athletic purity, the idea itself feels somewhat eugenic adjacent, but I also think the impact of accepting trans women in sports is ultimately very minimal on the sport world, but huge for the progress of trans rights, something that I think is very important, especially in this day and age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OHHH wait I remember this conversation from Disco, lemme see if I can still do the spiel.

  I think it’s good if it brings more fans to series and in a way I envy the idea of them wanting more Star Trek and finding out about TNG, DS9 and VOY.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Monogamy isn’t important to everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subnautica 2 leak is "authentic" say publishers who benefit the most from that leak⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dang looking at that feature development slide is depressing…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We do? I’ve had one for over a decade

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Steam or Discord offer the option to hide when we're typing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I agree with you that it should be an option to turn it off, who is telling you that you need to send a full message if someone sees you were typing?

  We’re the ones making the rules for this world full of technologies and we create the social rules for them daily with our own actions. Fuck that expectation, I’m sure other people can surmise what happened even if they noticed you were typing for just a second, they’re working with the same limited software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*pat pat pat*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You think I’m big? Look at the weird hairless ape on the right!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*pat pat pat*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whoa

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you gently tell someone you only want to keep seeing them if it's on a dating level?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honey this is gross she’s better off without ya

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you gently tell someone you only want to keep seeing them if it's on a dating level?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I cannot fathom why you would want to date someone you don’t want as a friend unless you’re just horny about them and misdirecting that into romance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chilled factory-builder shapez 2 gets a massive upgrade⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s vouching for shapez 2 and their dev team clearly having a phenomenal handle on what makes a factory game fun. They’ve distilled it to its essence while keeping things casual and relaxed. There’s no resource limits or biters to worry about, just build the factory using their intuitive UI and blueprint system and have fun at your own pace.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I replace honey with maple syrup?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You could, or add in some sugar. My experience with this kind of substitution is mostly in baking where volumes and ratios are far more important. In this application, it’s a little more loosey goosey, so I’d say try a 1:1 swap and if it’s not sweet enough, use more next time or toss a lil sugar on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I replace honey with maple syrup?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Short answer, yes. Long answer, honey contains less liquid than maple syrup while being sweeter. This matters far more when baking than anything else so you should be fine in coating the granola with maple syrup instead of honey. That said, since it’s more liquid than honey, you may have to add something to stabilize it like a pinch of starch, though I’m not sure that’s truly necessary in this application.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Rowling still gets paid for the IP and likely gets some sort of kickback on its success.

  I understand the appeal of a children’s fantasy set in a wizard world, but until it’s financially detached from Rowling, it’ll continue to fund her hatred.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That racist bigot Rowling gets paid for this dreck, destroy this shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Casts Harry, Ron and Hermione⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t watch this shit, the revenue from the show goes right to its bigoted piece of shit author

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would I need to do to successfully paint with my own menstrual blood?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t help with your art, but I’m curious about the connection between the t shot and menstrual cycles. Bf has been getting closer and closer to mustering the courage to figure out how to get on T, so I’m curious to hear some of the side effects people have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Koalas can eat shit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I lowkey think it’s okay if koalas go extinct they’re like terrible stink bears and I think sometimes some animals just aren’t like…

  It’s natural that some species don’t make it. It’s bad that humans speed that up in horrendous ways but the koala? I dunno man they like all got chlamydia and loose buttholes and they eat shit they can’t digest so they gotta suck down mama poops idk yall

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That feels like a sound read on things.

  I think a lot will have to change before America elects a woman, gay man, Jew or anyone else outside of the white straight man again.

  One could talk about the qualities of each candidate and argue how Hillary Clinton, Sanders, Buttigieg, Harris etc weren’t as strong as X other candidate, but twice now we’ve seen highly qualified candidates lose either primaries to a senile, milquetoast sack or generals to an unqualified demagogue.

  The country is fucked up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While there’s no rule on the books, of course, it took a massive (coopted) grassroots movement to elect someone with a different skin color. I think a lot of Americans are backwards thinking and he would struggle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Long Story Short’ Netflix Animated Comedy Sets Premiere Date of August 22nd.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The picture, cast line up and title sorta make it seem like a Passover themed comedy show. While I’m interested to see what they do for this concept, gah, what a shame to lose out on that title.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HBO Boss Insists 'Harry Potter' Show Will Not Contain J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Views⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yah but was she paid for it? Or will she receive money for it?

  Fuck that noise, may all her works and resulting ventures come up penniless and be forgotten

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6 has been delayed, even though Take-Two boss kept telling everyone it wouldn't be⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kerbal Space Program. They bought the IP and really bungled the development of the sequel then dumped it unfinished and ownerless

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6 has been delayed, even though Take-Two boss kept telling everyone it wouldn't be⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A reminder to steal every Take-Two game. Fuck Take-Two for what they did to KSP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeremy Renner Turned Down ‘Hawkeye’ Season 2 Because He Was Offered ‘Half’ His Season 1 Salary: ‘Did You Think I’m Only Half the Jeremy Because I Got Ran Over?’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We are all half a Jeremy on this blessed day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am playing Far Cry 5 do you think it would be possible for the cultists in game to start their own massive movement in todays America?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean like Q Anon? That decentralized cult ended up storming the capitol a few years ago. Or maybe more like the NXIVM cult that still operates despite its leader being in jail? Or Scientologists which have successfully infiltrated many parts of Hollywood?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oscars’ New Rule Requiring Voters to Watch All Nominees Could Reshape Awards Campaigning, but Academy Members Already Found Loopholes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lmao wait they didn’t even have to watch all the nominated entries?

  Fuck the Oscar’s yo what a jack off festival