WatDabney

@WatDabney@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s Tariff War Is Being Fought to Lower Taxes for the Wealthy⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, one could just start with the sentence, “Trump is ______ing the ______ to favor the well-off even more, and cloaking these changes in a thin veneer of ______,” and fill in the blanks with any matched set of terms and end up with a true statement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize… Demolishing Section 230?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Preach.

  It’s not a coincidence that it was Democrats who coined the term “flyover country.”

  And it’s not a coincidence that “flyover country” won’t vote for them.

  And they’re okay with that. They’d rather lose than lower themselves so far as to associate with the unwashed masses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize… Demolishing Section 230?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t ignorance or missing the point - they know exactly what they’re doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump literally referred to himself as "King". Surely conservatives are against a monarchy forming?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Conservatives don’t care.

  Their blinkers don’t allow them to even see things like that. They’re just focused on seeing the people they hate made to suffer, and as long as that happens, they’re content. The rest is just trivia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do people say annoying/rude stuff and then tell you “it was a joke!”⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In the terms of the cliche, they’re trying to have their cake and eat it too.

  They want the immediate gratification of being rude assholes, so they do it just long enough for that initial rush, then they back away to try to avoid the consequences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your "this is totally fine and I'm going to have a great time" FPS?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have one.

  I have a very simple process for dealing with all of this - I never check my framerate in the first place, so I never know what it os.

  I just play games If there’s noticeable lag then I maybe try to do something about it, and if there’s not, then I just play and don’t worry about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think of anarchism?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that if humanity can manage to survive long enough, anarchism is inevitable.

  It’s essentially the adult stage of human society - the point at which humans collectively and consistently, rather than just individually and situationally, can be trusted to generally do the right thing simply because it’s the right thing and therefore the most reasonable thing to do.

  Forvtgectime being snd the foreseeable future though, humanity is nowhere even close to that. Through the course of history, human society has managed to advance to about the equivalent of adolescence. There’s still a long way to go.

  In spite of that, I do identify as an anarchist, but my advocacy is focused on the ideal and the steps humanity as a whole has to take to achieve it. I think it’s plainly obvious that it cannot be implemented, since any mechanism by which it might be inplemented would necessarily violate the very principles that define it. It can only be willingly adopted by each and all (or close enough as makes no meaningful difference), and that point will come whenever (if) it comes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition Drops As a Standalone Package In Response To Take-Two's "Cruel" Move⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s unfortunate that the mod devs were so thoroughly fucked over, but their response was perfect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game Company Square Enix Threatens To Sue Customers For Criticizing Their DEI Practices⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or framed another way, representative of a noxious vocal minority that has to some degree succeeded in bullying companies into accommodating them bemoans the factvthat the companies would really rather that they just fuck off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meloni: Soros is interfering in democracies, not Musk⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this “Soros” in the room with you now? Can you describe him to me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On Fox News, Harris Proves She’s Tough⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Has anyone else noticed that the NYT’s coverage of the election lately has been more generous to Harris and more critical of Trump?

  I think a case could be made that that’s potentially an even more sure indicator that Harris has the advantage than any poll, since the NYT is so craven and cowardly that the only way they’d shift their coverage like that is if they’re reasonably confident that Harris is going to win. If they thought that Trump might win, they’d still be kissing his stinky ass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24%⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And here we have the root cause of every other problem that plagues the US - the entire nation, socially, politically and even psychologically, has been warped towards the sole purpose of pouring as much wealth as possible into the pockets of a relative few.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hexbear is sort of like a village of eldritch abomination worshippers in a Lovecraftian horror story - isolated, insular, entirely wrapped up in their own esoteric rituals and ideas and language, and immediately and collectively hostile to outsiders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bacon Prices and the Windmills of Trump’s Mind⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow… that’s the first time I’ve ever read an essay, liked it, looked at the byline, and seen Paul Krugman’s name.

  I’m not sure what to make of that…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New York Times turns on Kamala Harris and slams her as 'a phony'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The reliably liberal New York Times…

  lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨best GBA games? I need recommendations⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most similar to Advance Wars:

  Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

  Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis

  Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation

  Shining Force:Resurrection of the Dark Dragon

  Just in general:

  Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

  Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 1 and 2

  Drill Dozer

  Golden Sun 1 and 2

  Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

  Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town

  Guru Logic Champ

  Metroid Fusion

  Metroid Zero Mission

  Medabots RPG

  Klonoa: Empire of Dreams

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woman of the Hour (2024, dir Anna Kendrick)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mmm… yeah.

  I’m pretty sure that if someone had just told me the outline of this movie and that the lead actress was also making her directorial debut, I likely would’ve guessed it was Anna Kendrick.

  Something about the very serious topic of a serial sexual predator and killer and the pointedly misogynistic but still somewhat kitschy and silly idea of him actually appearing on The Dating Game right in the middle of it all - and winning - seems like just the sort of thing that would grab her attention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The introverts are winning⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All I see here is a selfish extrovert who resents not being able to feed off of enough other people’s energy, so is degrading and belittling introverts and trying to frame the issue as some sort of “war” that needs to be fought.

  To which I have to respond, in the baldest possible terms, fuck you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Pattern of Lavish Spending at a Leading L.G.B.T.Q. Nonprofit | GLAAD paid for its chief executive to fly first-class, rent a Cape Cod house and remodel her home office.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It should be commonly understood that for all intents and purposes, charities and advocacy groups have an expiration date - a point beyond which they’re no longer any good.

  And that point is specifically the point at which the focus shifts away from serving the original goals of the organization and toward simply paying the salaries of an increasingly bloated staff and the ever-more outlandish salaries and perks of the executives.

  And GLAAD is apparently one of the many that’s reached that point.

  And the solution is simple - if you give money to GLAAD (or any other such organization), stop. Never give them another penny. Look around, and it’s guaranteed that you’ll find another organization - a newer, fresher, more dedicated one in which the rot hasn’t yet set in. Give them your money instead, because they’ll use it to actually serve the purpose rather than to just pay for the undeserved privilege of the people who managed to weasel their way into the executive suite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you can hear this image⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An oldie but a goodie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Live Election Updates: Trump Declines to Back Away From ‘You Don’t Have to Vote Again’ Line⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course he’s not going to back down - his supporters know that he really meant that there will never be another election after he and his fascist cronies and patrons “fix” things, and they like it. That’s exactly what they want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Pedigreed Rail Magnate Is Pouring Millions Into Electing Donald Trump⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The plutocrats want an autocracy at least as much as the christofascists do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait - so now I can avoid Google and that means I automatically get to avoid Reddit too?

  Hell yeah!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to Quit Vaping | Millions of Americans use e-cigarettes. There’s little research into how to help them stop.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, most vapers I know of know exactly how to quit. It’s actually very simple and convenient.

  Vape juice comes in a wide range of nicotine strengths, including 0. So anyone who wants to quit can (and many do) accomplish it simply by incrementally decreasing the nicotine strength of their juice until they reach 0. Then they’re done.

  And broadly, why is it that every one of these articles is painfully obviously written by somebody who really knows next to nothing about vaping?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don’t understand quantum physics⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m often reminded of a cartoon I saw years ago, with a stereotypical Einsteinish physicist standing in front of a chalkboard, looking at this enormously complex formula with a big blank space in the middle of it. Then he gets a “eureka” expression and starts writing in the blank space. Then he steps back, and you can see that he’s filled the blank space with “and then something happens”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop. Calling. Everything. AI⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m often reminded of a bit on Top Gear years ago, when they were talking about “turbo” as a marketing tool in the 80s, when you could buy “turbo” sunglasses or “turbo” watches or “turbo” after-shave.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet is already over (2022)⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The internet has essentially come full circle.

  In the early days, search engines were of dubious quality at best, and the only way to find really good sites was to just poke around and keep your eyes open and hope to stumble across them.

  And it’s really pretty much exactly the same today. Search engines are of dubious quality at best, since virtually all of the sites to which they might point us have been warped by money-grubbing corporate owners and/or buried under a flood of morons, assholes and bots, but once again, there are great sites and communities to be found if you just poke around and keep your eyes open.

  It’s almost as if the old internet has been recreated in little gaps and out-of-the-way corners of the new one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Photographers Push Back on Facebook's 'Made with AI' Labels Triggered by Adobe Metadata. Do you agree “‘AI was used in this image’ is completely different than ‘Made with AI’”?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No - I don’t agree that they’re completely different.

  “Made by AI” would be completely different.

  “Made with AI” actually means pretty much the exact same thing as “AI was used in this image” - it’s just that the former lays it out baldly and the latter softens the impact by using indirect language.

  I can certainly see how “photographers” who use AI in their images would tend to prefer the latter, but bluntly, fuck 'em. If they can’t handle the shame of the fact that they did so they should stop doing it - get up off their asses and invest some tome and effort into doing it all themselves. And if they can’t manage that, they should stop pretending to be artists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why The Left Hates It When You Point Out We're 'A Republic'⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh look - oligarchic apologetics in a periodical named in honor of the country’s original oligarchists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. Sues Adobe Over Hard-to-Cancel Subscriptions⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never really understood what the deal is with Adobe.

  They put out a couple of notable pieces of software relatively early on that have become the standards for their fields. So from that point of view, it would seem that their corporate identity should be that of a staid, venerable old institution.

  But instead, for whatever reason, the company has always been and still is more like a fly-by-night used car dealer bent only on fleecing as many saps as possible by whatever means might serve.

  They genuinely appear to be entirely and completely without ethics or integrity, entirely willing at any time to implement any scheme no matter how odious.

  It’s just weird to me that a company that could be well respected for quality software is instead run like a Nigerian prince scam.