VinesNFluff

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech Execs Plead for Great Firewall of America to Protect Them Against Scary Chinese AI⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking called it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some games you like that most people hate and/or were panned by critics?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fable 3

  It got a lot of flak back then, mostly because people were sick to shit of Peter Molyneux promising THE WORLD and delivering, like, JUST A GAME.

  But here’s the thing. I didn’t follow gaming news. I didn’t know what a Peter molyneux was. I just know I got a fun little action RPG where I get to be royalty, and that scratched a very specific itch for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone planning on doing anything about trump creating a concentration camp at guantanamo bay?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone who was supposed to prevent this and had the power to do so either tried and failed or didn’t bother.

  Right now the objective is “Survive”, the bad guys have already won.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I avoid communities on lemmy.ml?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on how you feel about communists

  As far as far left instances go, ml is actually pretty unspicy, despite the bee in their bonnet people got.

  So like, if you can’t stand hanging out with em pinko commies, avoid it. If you’re fine with that, don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As I understand it (thanks technology connections), the sockets linked to light switches are made that way in case you want to have like a floor or desk lamp and turn it on when you enter the room

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's Rednote and why is "everyone" talking about it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know this human instinct, when if told we can’t have The Thing, we start wanting it even more?

  The American government told its kids that they can’t have The Thing, the thing in this case being tiktok (a Chinese-run social media app)

  So they found out about an even MORE Chinese social media app (tiktok was openly courting the west, had an English language app etc, while Rednote is made by the chinese for the Chinese and doesn’t even have a client in English) and went there, which slightly miffed the Chinese userbase suddenly having to deal with all those weirdoes who wanted them to stop speaking mandarin and start speaking english.

  It’s just a trend. People are trying to ascribe deep meanings to it because conspiracy thought is entertaining, but really, it’s just a bunch of people following what’s trendy, and either way for any eagle burgers pearl clutching about the red menace, Rednote is covered in the ban because it is a blanket ban on any “apps run by a foreign adversary”. You’ll be safe behind the great american firewall soon.

  Ofc, I doubt it’ll be enforced for things like temu and wish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do you think elon musk would be if he wasn't born into wealth?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh. There’s plenty of cis bigoted dudes in the Furry fandom (and Musk would absolutely be a furry if he didn’t have every eye ever watching him).

  And on the fediverse for that matter, you just don’t run into them as often here because most major instances ban (at least the more egregious) bigoted talk, and are also defederated from all the far-right instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do you think elon musk would be if he wasn't born into wealth?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course, if he wasn’t born wealthy he wouldn’t be who he is,

  Musk wasn’t always as completely off his hinges as he is right now, and I feel like at least half of the reason he got as bad as he did, is because he is constantly, 24/7/365, surrounded by yes men who do nothing but say how great and smart he is (and he has the money and power to ensure this always remains the case)

  Like he was always a bigot and kind of a dumbshit, but he didn’t become unhinged until a few years back.

  Which is why I think a hypothetical middle-or-lower-class Elon Musk would be just.

  … A mediocre internet user. Holds some bigoted opinions. Gets into fights on webforums and social media. Has a low-level job in tech doing something no one cares about for a company everyone hates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do you think elon musk would be if he wasn't born into wealth?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  (I think they are asking about what level of wealth he’d be born into in your imaginary scenario – I wrote my post assuming ‘my own’, which is to say ‘comfortably middle-class parents in a rapidly crumbling economy, guaranteed to be poorer than his folks’)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do you think elon musk would be if he wasn't born into wealth?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Statistically?

  Here. Not this very thread, but the fediverse in general.

  He’s very autistic, but if he weren’t a billionaire the material conditions that made him a fascist wouldn’t be there. (Although being from South Africa, he’d probably still be a massive Racist)

  This means there’s a 93.4% chance he’d be a smarmy Linux guy. Nowhere near as intelligent as he thinks he is and honestly pretty obnoxious, but harmless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the endgame when the rich have all the money?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  🥚-xactly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lenovo is removing the iconic Trackpoint with its new ThinkPad X9⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In Brazilian early aughts urban lingo, “x9” means “snitch”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the endgame when the rich have all the money?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Slavery 2: It won’t matter if you’re black or white

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being a moviephile and a tvphile I see all the time people on death row get asked the question of how they want to die. My question is it true or just fiction? Why or why not?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s happened a couple of times, but it’s not the usual practice. AFAIK when someone is condemned, the method of killing them is already set from the get-go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am going to commit several violent acts (in Stellaris)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At the same time, years of propaganda by monied interests have led us up to this point

  See you’re right but –

  – Those monied interests are also coming from within. The wealthy and powerful from America who see this as a way to consolidate and protect their own wealth and power.

  Silicon Valley wanted Neofascism. Wall Street wanted Neofascism. Fracking Barons like the Koch Brother(s) wanted Neofascism. Some out in the open, like the afore-mentioned Koch(s) and Elon Musk, but make no mistake, every billionaire who “shuts up about politics” is most likely a Neofascist in private, because this benefits them.

  The people in America are heavily propagandised, but that propaganda is funded and developed by and for the benefit of the wealthy within America itself.

  Some people lean really hard into the whole “russian influence” thing because it is comforting. And it is entirely possible that there ARE Russian fingers in this pie – Russia does benefit from a weakened America, in any way they CAN weaken it. Heck, China and the Middle Eastern powers do too, so maybe they have fingers in that pie too.

  But never forget that it started with wealthy Americans, and not some foreign agent. And if every foreign influence walked away, it would continue without them.

  Theoretically, The Revolution™ that lefties like me talk about could change things. Just like theoretically, a peaceful political reform could change things. Theoretically.

  But I’m from the third world. Hopelessness is my bread and butter rice and beans. So I’m entirely accustomed to daydreaming of one day things changing, while expecting elections to change nothing, and knowing for a fact that any attempt at armed fighting would most likely end in a victory for the bad guys (they have the bigger guns).

  The idea of “things are already fucked, have been since before you were born, if you want to make a difference, look out for yourself and those you CAN help, make a difference in the micro, because The System as a macro thing is outside your reach entirely” is in fact how most people have dealt with things since forever, and we survive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This post is about recovery, not abandonment

  Recovery from what? Fascism is what your own neighbours chose. This is the system working exactly as intended and pretending it’s not is covering one’s own eyes. There are hundreds of millions of Americans for whom this is a good day. And their project is to remove any chance of them ever losing power again.

  Thinking you’ll stop something like Project 2025 in the ballot box is willful ignorance at this point.

  Since OP has already made it clear that “violent uprising” is not on the cards, then the alternative is to get out while they can. Hopefully while helping others do the same. Save themselves and their own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This has actually all been a very elaborate “come to Brazil” meme on my part.

  Jokes aside, given how a lot of our people tend to worship the floor 'Murica walks on, if a bunch of refugees from the US came over, they’d probably be welcomed with open arms. :P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It would.

  But I think that ship has sailed.

  And honestly it might be the third-worlded-accustomed-to-things-being-uttter-bullshit in me. But I think “Winning back the country” is an unrealistic and foolhardy goal. Everyone who is on the radar for being harmed by Trump should look out for themselves and their own. Which includes “getting the fuck out of the country” if that is what it takes.

  Additionally: A significant portion of the country won today. They got exactly what they wanted. And pretending that this neofascism is some kind of external infection is tantamount to covering one’s own ears.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly at this point y’all should just get the fuck out. Where to? Anywhere honestly. You’ll probably find the third world preferable to a post project 2025 Murica.

  Russia’s been having a major brain drain issue as all people with functioning brains either have escaped or want to escape the country. I don’t see why Americans should do any different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your pet peeve in 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That specifically has actually not happened to me. Though I’ve seen people comment on it.

  … But.

  One scenario I run into a lot is finding a result that would be useful…

  … But it depends on external links. And those links are dead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your pet peeve in 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Internet search has gotten stupider

  Used to be I could always find exactly what I wanted with a quick google

  Now I usually have to go into the second page or change my terms a lot before getting there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you like/dislike about lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Asshole (but left wing)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the term for someone that likes Jesus of Nazareth, but doesn't identify with church, religious dogma, or whatever?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Jesus fandom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does the media print rags to riches stories?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Propaganda.

  That’s it

  That’s literally just it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is this true?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yoshi and Kirby respectively

  I just think they’re neat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Trump Made of Teflon?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Laws don’t apply to the ultra rich ____________________.

  This is true everywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people on the internet (and Lemmy) so quick to say someone "deserves to die"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve once read somewhere that the human brain is only REALLY able to include about 100 people at any time in the list of “people one truly cares about”, that we are neurologically unprepared for the level of exposure to other people and their problems that we get nowadays.

  But I never bothered checking the veracity of that statement. It might be complete bullshit. A lot of stuff online is. Either way it’s irrelevant because if it IS indeed a problem, then “overexposure to someone else’s problems” is a concept at least as old as the printing press. What the internet adds to the mix is… Well…

  … It’s far easier to act like a psychotic jerk to someone that exists as a few paragraphs of glowy text on a slab of silicon and glass. You aren’t forced to look another human being in the eye while you talk about all the horrid shit you wish upon them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I Haven't Seen Any Trump Supporters In Fediverse (Lemmy and Mastodon)?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally I’m cool with that. I don’t think daily exposure to actual fascists is good for one’s head. And I wouldn’t mind .ml getting the axe too (though I’m not gonna be the one pestering my instance admin about that) because Tankies are equally as draining.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the hell even is Diet Coke?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t even under the illusion that it would be good for me, lol.

  Even IF Diet Coke is a sometimes drink for me, that ‘sometimes’ means ‘once every saturday’ – It’ll probably give me diabetes long-term but y’know. Some people ruin their livers with alcohol, some people fuck their lungs with cigs, I’m screwing up my pancreas with diet soda. 🤷