LordWiggle

@LordWiggle@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the worst offender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  When they sensed that I was stuck with my french

  So you speak some French. They are friendlier to French speaking people or French car owners, but only a tiny bit. Ever sat at a table full of French people? They will just act like you’re not even there. Or worse, act angry because another French person could have sat on your chair. Especially in rural areas the French are assholes. They even make fun of foreigners right in your face because they believe you don’t understand what they are saying (but my French is good enough to understand that).

  No. And I respect that the perspective from (former) colonies can be quite negative.

  They treat them like slaves. I’ve seen them hit locals, pay them much less than minimum wage, I’ve seen entire parts of cities where locals weren’t allowed because they are black, put children to work with chemicals without protection. I’ve seen this in Djibouti, Seychelles and Madagascar.

  No, not ever. I have heard tourists speaking french here and there, but no notable occurrences.

  Most French tourists here in NL are assholes. French tourists in French (former) colonies are massive assholes (except towards other French people). I just got back from holiday in Cambodia, many French tourists I’ve seen were assholes too (not all).

  I’m not.

  Omelette du fromage.

  I’ve had to work with the French when I was in the navy. Those people were extremily rude. They feel like they are better then the rest, so superior they can treat others like peasant scum.

  One of my cousins speaks fluently English, unless there are other French people around. He’s ashamed for knowing English so he just makes fun of you and treats you like shit in front of others but changes to being kind when you’re alone with him. Another cousin knows many languages, he works in a 5 star hotel in Paris. But he’s gay, so he’s treated like shit as well. He can’t be openly gay because he gets beaten too often. So the kind and social French are being bullied by the rest, which makes the French in general assholes.

  Sure, not every French person is an asshole, just the vast majority.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best doctor advice to stop falling in the shower⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Poor choice of alcohol. I’d rather slip, fall and break my back than having to drink Jack Daniel’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the worst offender⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  And they surrender all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the worst offender⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do people have to support their claim the French aren’t nice when the French already do their best to be disliked? Have you ever experienced not being French in France? Have you ever experienced the French in their (former) colonies, how they act towards the locals? Have you ever experienced a French tourist in a different country, being angry because not everyone speaks French? I have experienced all of these scenarios. I have family in France, they aren’t different. My best friend is French, she left France because she thinks all French people are assholes. She’s never going back.

  Hatred towards the French is what the French created. They were so successful doing this, there’s no need to elaborate why exactly we’re making fun of them.

  I doubt you are French because if you were you would have surrendered immediately, so why bother defending them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the worst offender⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The French are not a race, they are just not nice (except in Nice). So it’s not racism but discrimination.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not the worst offender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The Grammer nazi in me just got a heart attack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You forgot some important aspects:

  People will have to give you all their belongings. They will have nothing if they ever want to leave. This can be done by making them pay for the workshops, with levels each more expensive then the other, making them not wanting to give up since they are already this far in and makes them give you everything they have to reach the next level. They must do so, otherwise they won’t have true devotion and they will risk punishment and have fear of being expelled. Look at Scientology, NXIVM.

  They need to break ties with friends and relatives. Isolate them, so they have no one to return to if they ever want to leave. True isolation, with only you to lead them. They cannot trust anyone else, they cannot trust themselves. Only you. Again, Scientology.

  Reward and punish them, but haphazardly, you don’t want to be predictable. This way they will do anything to get rewarded and are super scared to be punished. Break them down mentally, then build them up again according to your strict plan. Controlling their food and sleep helps (deprive them). They will follow you blindly and give up everything. See the documentary Stolen Youth on Hulu.

  What many cults do wrong, is not having a business plan. You need income, so make them work for something you can sell. See the documentary Wild Wild Country on Netflix, they did this perfectly. You have basically free labor so you can compete in many markets.

  And don’t forget you need good propaganda. You need new members, they need to think everything is super happy and they will learn new things about themselves (they will, after you break them first). Have a PR division, don’t be scared to pay someone properly to do this. Look at NXIVM, Scientology.

  There’s a documentary about NXIVM called:

  • The Vow. Documentaries listed above:
  • Wild Wild Country
  • Stolen youth Other documentaries to watch:
  • Love has won, the cult of mother god
  • The way down
  • Escaping utopia
  • Raël
  • The deep end
  • Breath of fire
  • The program
  • Escaping twin flames
  • Kumaré
  • Prophet’s prey
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's totally not a Nazi tho⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice.

  Literally 2 days ago I was thinking of photoshopping the X logo as a swastika, but I’m on holiday so I had put that idea on hold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sounds like a place I'd love to work for⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d burn the place to the ground. I won’t put up with this, nor should anyone else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's totally not a Nazi tho⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hitler did nothing wrong, he was just misunderstood! I was just following orders! I had no choice! I didn’t know! I’m the victim here, not those millions killed! I had the best intensions! I am just a small gear in a very large system! Yeah, but they did stuff too!

  Aaaand scene

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murica⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We need more funding in teleportation tech development.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murica⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Driving in Iceland indeed was a lot of fun. Norway and Sweden also have many pretty roads. I’m ok with sightseeing with a car, but for just travel it’s just boring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murica⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ignite the combustion engine and control something larger than yourself

  I used to control a hyper modern Navy frigate, a car is just boring. You go straight, have to wait for the next exit and constantly have to deal with morons who apparently got their drivers license with a pack of cornflakes or something.

  (just seeing you live in Netherlands though, yeah not the most fun country to drive at all lol)

  We have the best rated roads in the entire world, so. But traffic jams are a thing.

  When I’m going on holiday I usually drive, to Portugal or Norway for example. But driving for 18h is just boring. Especially when you’re not allowed to go faster then 90km/h like on most roads in Scandinavian countries.

  But like, sea to sky highway for example in a sports car. That’s one of the true joys in life. What a time to be alive

  Try a sports car in Germany. No speed limit. It’s fun, for a bit. But I prefer to get my thrills from other things in life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murica⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had a car for many years. I’m a very good and responsible driver. But I sold it, now own an electric bycicle and use public transportation. It helps against traffic jams, gives me time to do other things while traveling and doesn’t get me as frustrated by the stupidity of others as fast as driving a car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murica⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Boring, I’d rather have the driving done for me, get me a train

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skyblivion, the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, nears completion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Combining oblivion, morrowind and Skyrim into one game mod: Bethesda broke it. Fallout London: Bethesda broke it. Both very soon after release by an update which was specifically designed to break the mod. Yeah, they do actively break mods to screw too enthusiastic modders who will create more and better content using their platforms, which will show their failure, laziness and not-caring-at-all-about-their-customers-at-all, because they only think of money and how to get as much as much as possible by screwing their customers over again and again. Todd is an asshole and Bethesda is a rotten company which still profits and milks their old successes from the time they weren’t rotten.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hardcore gaming⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Poor woman. Having a baby with some weirdo who installed windows on his steam deck, who brought his gaming setup when you’re in labor. Idiocracy was a prediction, not a comedy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skyblivion, the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, nears completion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bethesda heavily leans on their community to fix their insane amount of issues. When the community comes with a big project, like Fallout London for example, they screw them over by quickly updating the game, breaking the mod, or by releasing their own shitty remake like in this case. They encourage people to work for free for them but they love to screw them over when they do something Bethesda could earn money with or show the shortcomings of that shitty company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skyblivion, the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, nears completion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ign.com/…/the-elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remake-det…

  Yup. They love to screw the community. All they care about is money. Fuck Bethesda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skyblivion, the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, nears completion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bethesda is already prepping to screw them over. Like with the Fallout London guys. Fuck Bethesda. Leaning heavily on the community to fix their issues but ready to fuck them over when they come with a large project by quickly releasing their own shitty remake or updating the game, breaking the mod. Better pirate their games or don’t play them at all, they do not deserve our money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murica⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing feels more like freedom than being stuck in a traffic jam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I needed that. Long time ago I’ve seen that, I love every bit of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 37. Thanks for making me feel old. I haven’t had kids yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨meirl⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a catfé in my town, a café with cats. Great concept, could work for cinemas too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨meirl⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ik have a beamer and an automated download system on my NAS. I have my own cinema but with a comfy couch, I can pause when I need a new drink or for a toilet break, watch anything I want and I have my own snacks too. Plus, 3 kitties fighting for my lap.

  A fiver is a good deal though, cinema over here is expensive. €20 for a ticket. Snacks and drinks are also expensive AF.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do transphobes mention pedophiles/compare them to pedophiles when most trans people (as do most people) hate pedophiles?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just to alienate and villainize the people they don’t like. Image someone as criminal and disgusting and other people will grow the same feeling. It’s what, Trump does too, with immigrants and trans people. Hitler did the same with jews. Spreading hate 101.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨meirl⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You pay to watch stuff? Why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Speedometer, or Siegometer?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Going 110 hails you a cab.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't exactly remember it that way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m 37 now. It’s kinda accurate when I was a teen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do I do for my sister/her friend?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, wtf. That’s not narcicism, a narcicist doesn’t acknowledge it. That’s rly fucked up. Wtf is wrong with that person. Get them some mental help. That’s seriously fucked up.