considine

@considine@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just one toke!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He was smoking the reefer, too! He sold that film for drug money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tariffs can be paid by the export country, indirectly. They usually have to lower the price of the commodity to make it competitive under tariffs.

  Under Fordist economics the domestic industrial boost would lead to increased wages and buying power.

  Under neoliberalism the domestic industrial capitalists gain a larger market share and then don’t pay their workers more. Then they are faced with the problem of what to do with products that are unaffordable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hideo 1⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So… is no one going to comment that it looks like Mads is going down on Hideo?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what they smell like.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good film. One of the few good Lovecraft adaptations, IMHO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what they smell like.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Richard Stanley was hired to direct “The Island of Doctor Moreau” but was replaced by John Frankenheimer after a few days of shooting. However, Stanley considered the film to be his baby (he co-wrote the script) and didn’t want to leave. So he disguised himself as one of the mutants and secretly remained on the shoot.

  You can watch the documentary about the shooting of this B-movie and it’s full of weird details like that. It’s called “Lost Soul: the doomed journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Doctor Moreau”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Nature of Nature⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that David Frum, speechwriter to the Bush Jr administration? Writer of speeches about the axis of evil? Writer of speeches to whip up frenzy for an invasion of Iraq? An invasion based on lies? That David Frum?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who is more sigma? This guy or Patrick Bateman⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some horrors need not be shown in the light of day

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon figures out how dieting works⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for your thoughtful answer. I agree that so much is at stake with diet. It all changed for me when I hit 40. I’m going to have to think about the manageable pieces of diet you mentioned. That appeals to me as practical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon figures out how dieting works⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do you think it is especially difficult to follow this diet now? I keep trying to implement it myself but find the high effort required difficult to sustain, given other demands on my attention and will power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me, who doesn't use ai⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  (This is) me, (a person) who doesn’t use AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ghibli ass nature⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ISTG stands for It’s Studio Giblets

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes public humiliation⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That was very amusing.

  Reminds me of buying coffee at franchises in China. They won’t take cash. You have to have the app, and the banking app.

  I have to hand my phone to a coffee shop worker to scroll through infinite options and then look at my banking app because… It’s more convenient!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨democracy in Russia⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, he is essentially pro Western which is why the NED funded the Levada center.

  Putin had a meeting with the other candidates yesterday, by the way. I think that opposition is likely kept our of power by various means.

  Especially important if the opposition is funded by the UK and US, like Navalny’s Democratic Alternative

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨democracy in Russia⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The point I’m making is that he is popular in Russia. Ergo, why wouldn’t he get elected? And more specifically, his election result is exactly in line with the US-backed polling company prediction.

  As for how he runs the country, whether there are lies, I’m not making a point on that.

  We should question the original Western narratives about a stolen election when we can see the evidence of Putin’s popularity. You can read articles in western media that affirm Putin is popular in Russia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨democracy in Russia⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Check the second link. It’s a National endowment for democracy backed polling company. NED is founded by US Congress, has US Congress and State department oversight and funding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨democracy in Russia⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Putin got 87% of the vote and yet in polls he only got 86% support. Definitely rigged.