swordgeek
@swordgeek@lemmy.ca
- Comment on My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks? 4 days ago:
It’d be an interesting lawsuit, at least.
Why does a jail have a website?
- Comment on What's going on with imgur right now? 5 days ago:
Remember […] reddit?
- Comment on Hey 👋 2 weeks ago:
A bot would be second worst. It may well be AI slop, which is even worse.
- Comment on What would be ancient ways to properly store vitamin C? 2 weeks ago:
In fruit.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Ohhhh, it’s her!
Yeah, troll.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 2 weeks ago:
False premise.
There’s nothing good about suffering, we just expect it.
- Comment on How abnormal is it for a mother to be her son a fleshlight for his 18th birthday? 4 weeks ago:
“Abnormal” is pretty clear - this isn’t something I’d expect to see from one mom in a thousand - maybe ten thousand.
But so what? I doubt it’s an unhealthy act or situation, so fuck those other 9,999 moms! Actually, don’t - you have a fleshlight.
- Comment on Does trump know he cheats at golf? 4 weeks ago:
Trump is a psychopath. There is absolutely no cheating in his mind, unless he’s caught.
If he outright kills someone, it’s not murder unless he’s convicted (and even then, he’s find an excuse).
He doesn’t understand the concept of cheating, only getting caught (“losers!”) and “winning.”
- Comment on What were the original antiperspirants before modern day ones? 4 weeks ago:
They weren’t.
Check out wikipedia. There was one product developed in the late 1800s (“Mum,” which was zinc based), then not much happened until it was repackaged as Ban roll-on in the 1940s.
The idea that sweating is bad is very much a modern concept.
- Comment on Do we dream smaller now than we did decades ago? 5 weeks ago:
YOU certainly do, because (like all of us) you’ve grown up.
It’s hard to remember how big your dreams were when you were young enough that the universe was infinite.
As for kids of that age, they want to be what society values. Cops aren’t well-loved at the moment; and firefighters are mostly ‘just another profession.’
- Comment on Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files? 5 weeks ago:
I think you missed the point.
Trump won’t release them because his name (and others in the GOP) is all over it and he could be facing actual prison time.
The Democrats didn’t because…well, we know that Clinton at least was involved with Epstein. I’m sure many others were as well.
Besides which, other powerful people outside of politics are likely to have put strong pressure on the US to keep them locked up (e.g. Prince Andrew).
The problem isn’t one party or the other, and it’s not that “all parties are the same,” but in this particular case it IS almost guaranteed that too many people are named and shamed for any group in power to release them.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Nope. For some stupid reason, Canada pays servers passably (not great) but has almost exactly the same tip culture of the US.
Here when it’s time to pay, they bring a wireless machine to your table. You punch in the tip you want, and then either tap or insert your card to pay. A receipt printer is built-in, so you can get your paper as well.
- Comment on How do you combat boredom? 5 weeks ago:
I can’t fathom being bored. In half a century, I don’t think I’ve ever felt bored.
My problem is that I have too many hobbies AND too many things that have to get done, and I will occasioanlly shut down and do none of them, but that’s more panic than boredom.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I was in the US (probably for the last time ever) in December and was amazed that they still do this.
Here in Canada, that was done away with…maybe 20 years ago? Trips to the UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands have been similar.
Signing a CC receipt is something most people’s parents did. Except in the US.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Utterly not.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 month ago:
Punitive damages can be awarded for bad-faith bargaining, which definitely seems to be the case here.
It’s a stretch perhaps, but that’s what I think would be reasonable.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 month ago:
Probably not really feasible - it will require constant connection to a back-end server to play or some bullshit like that.
But even if you can, that’s not the answer. The proper action is to deny them entirely. Don’t play the game, don’t play PUBG, don’t do anything that expands their reach, money or not.
They need to suffer with NOBODY playing this game. They need to suffer by people deleting their Battlegrounds accounts. Software piracy is what makes games legendary.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 1 month ago:
Oooh, there’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.
$250M PLUS legal costs PLUS $250M in punitive fees. That should hurt them a bit.
- Comment on Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game 1 month ago:
Gen X weighing in. That’ll only last you so long, then your body starts to rebel no matter what.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
It depends on who “we” are.
If you’re in the US, then bad news buttercup - you’re already under the thumb of a ruthless insane dictator, and the economy is the last of your worries.
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 1 month ago:
I guess I’ve just given up and assume everyone would just cut us off. I’ve really only seen negativity twords the US, so that colors my view. There’s also my buddy from Japan who advised me to say I was Canadian when traveling internationally due to the negativity he’s seen directed at the US when he’s traveling Asia and Europe.
Speaking as a Canadian, your friend from Japan can fuck right off.
Even the good people from the US (and there absolutely are some - some of my dearest friends are from SoCal) are not Canadian, and either (a) can’t pull it off, or (b) skew the rest of the world’s view of Canadians.
So please don’t.
- Comment on When does Trump finally start taking accountability? 1 month ago:
Oh, there are two simple answers to this:
- He will NEVER accept accountability for his actions. If he feels like it, he’ll eat a live baby on TV and walk away untroubled.
- He will be held accountable when (and ONLY when) the people hold him accountable.
He will never stop until he is in jail or dead. And the same is true for most of his sycophant followers.
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 1 month ago:
Even republicans don’t want fascism.
Um, sorry but have you been paying attention for the last eight years?
The people left in the GOP are driving at full speed towards a fascist dictatorship. It’s not Trump, it’s the entire cadre of sycophants and Nazis he’s set up to protect him.
Laura Loomer’s “Alligator lives matter” didn’t suggest that? Nor the fact that she was celebrating the creation of a new concentration camp to round up and possibly murder ALL Latinos in the US? (And selling merch to go with it!)
What about Kristi Noem filming propaganda in front of cages full of prisoners in El Salvador?
The six SCOTUS judges who are eagerly giving Trump every immunity and power he wants?
Ron DeSantis creating a second one-stop deportation centre?
The US Republican Party ARE fascists, and are ecstatic over how things are turning out.
If you call yourself a Republican and are against this, you’re either a hypocrite, or a liar.
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 1 month ago:
That’s true, but some of your dystopian ideas require the entire planet to fall into collapse and ruin. Eventually the odds are pretty good that the rest of the world (assuming we’re in decent shape ourselves) will start to provide humanitarian aide to the US.
And stating that “most of the world hates the U.S.” is definitely a sign that you don’t quite understand how we feel about the US.
- Comment on So if we're just good with careening into fascism 2.0 what does the future look like? 1 month ago:
Strikes me that you’ve forgotten about the rest of the world.
- Comment on Why do so many homes in rural areas have a front yard full of junk? 1 month ago:
…southern US…
I’d say that fundamentally it’s because it’s culturally accepted in those areas.
“Everyone does it” is a frighteningly strong impetus to do something.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Absolutely not.
We all have to make personal decisions about safety and risk, for our own unique situation.
While not in the US, I’m a straight, white, middle-aged dude. My risk in loudly speaking out is probably still orders of magnitude lower than yours is by staying quiet. If there are any moral decisions to be made, I’d say that it’s my moral duty to use my overly-consequential and protected voice to stand up for the vulnerable and suffering.
There is no moral flaw in trying to survive within your means - and if that means keeping your head down, then hopefully I and many others will have your back.
- Comment on Randy Pitchford asks fans if they'd swallow future Borderlands exclusivity deals, almost 10,000 people say just put your damn games on Steam 1 month ago:
I’m just here to say my god, that article was horribly written!
If this is what humans are cranking out, maybe I should reconsider my opinion of LLMs.
- Comment on If you have cut off mainstream music streaming, how do you discover new music or artists and songs like what you're listening frequently? 2 months ago:
I ask my friends. Well, friend.
Honestly, the recommendations from Spotify are often terrible, but occasionally give me something I like. I believe that free Spotify still has recommendations, does it not?
- Comment on What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes? 2 months ago:
Portal I and II.
Psychonauts I and II, with the caveat that there used to be a HUGE skill spike in the penultimate chapter of #1. I gather they’ve softened it, but don’t know how much.