TankovayaDiviziya
@TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
- Comment on Communism 2 days ago:
- Comment on Game Reveals kind of suck now .. 3 days ago:
Me: People still watch game reveals from big events?
For over twenty years, I stopped paying attention to big gaming announcements from big events like E3. I just learned the hard truth that it’s all marketing jazz and when the game is finally released, it is nothing like what was hyped up to be. I don’t even remember what was the game that disappointed me so hard to make me give up looking up game reveals.
I just let the finished product and reviews speak for themselves to influence me on whether or not I will play the game.
- Comment on The Projected Truth 4 days ago:
It’s a quote from Nietzsche; which I think is becoming more true than truth itself the older I get.
- Comment on The Projected Truth 4 days ago:
There is no truth, only interpretations.
- Comment on indoor mushroom farming 5 days ago:
It reminds me of the room where Abstract Daddy is in Silent Hill 2.
Obligatory: if you know, you know.
- Comment on The ride of a lifetime 6 days ago:
A friend’s boss retired to become a children’s book writer.
Money–or lack thereof-- is what really hinders most of us to do what we want. I grew up admiring polymaths and I want to do whatever I want because I want to learn about the world. But it is in the past couple of years which I realised, that the polymaths I admired? They are rich while I’m not. Polymaths in the past were more common back then because they inherited lots of money from their parents as safety net, and don’t have to worry about specialising and finding a “secure job” but is soul sucking.
- Comment on why is it never the 'close friend' who gets shit on? 1 week ago:
I don’t condone, but I understand.
- Comment on SBA G Series #136 1 week ago:
*still gets beaten up
- Comment on Anon plays World of Warcraft 1 week ago:
My first PC game was WoW. I didn’t know how to use keyboards back then, and so, I was killed by boars 5 minutes into the game.
Fun times.
- Comment on The Matrix 1 week ago:
It’s escapism versus reality. I didn’t think The Matrix is far more nuanced than I initially realised.
- Comment on GOAT 2 weeks ago:
My opinion is that social media algorithm polarised and poisoned everyone’s minds. We have become corralled into our own different sets of reality. So, we only see what we want to see and not see what others see.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 2 weeks ago:
It’s alright. Story wise it’s lukewarm and the humour isn’t as funny as its predecessors. However, the multiplayer was fun so i can see why it is extremely popular.
- Comment on Need for Speed: Most Wanted – The game that got me into racing 3 weeks ago:
When EA was good. I lament some of the best gaming companies have been captured by greed.
- Comment on We’re NHS analysts organising together against Palantir. Here’s why 3 weeks ago:
The leader Nigel Farage has mentioned he wants ICE-style immigration agency.
- Comment on Attention, Please! 3 weeks ago:
It’s a joke.
- Comment on Attention, Please! 4 weeks ago:
Now, if only you could monetise getting people’s attention…
- Comment on Wild Ones 4 weeks ago:
I avoid killing insects and other small critters but you’re right, I only kill insects that carry diseases like cockroaches and mosquitoes because they carry diseases.
- Comment on please bro just one more try bro 4 weeks ago:
I am seeing more tankie posts recently mocking anyone to the right of them regardless of extreme. Maybe OP is only trying to counter that.
- Comment on please bro just one more try bro 4 weeks ago:
Despite the differences, ideologues from any group say the same thing: “But, but, it wasn’t real [insert favourite ideology]. It has actually never even been tried!”
Yeah, I don’t really care about what the rose-tinted form ought to be, I am more concerned about what it has been in practice. I can’t remember who it was but a Greek philosopher mentioned practising and observing a concept to see if it works in real life or not, or what could be rectified. This is important.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Ben Shapiro: My sister doesn’t have any armpit hair at all.
- Comment on Maybe three towels 1 month ago:
She’s got that “the girl next door” vibe. She’s not sultry and seductive looking, but very beautiful in an innocent way.
- Comment on She only wanted the ring bros 1 month ago:
I’ve always thought about this should I get married and have kids some day.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Is this an Onlyfans promotion?
- Comment on Miss me 1 month ago:
At least the earnings from the sales of lottery tickets go to charities.
- Comment on Miss me 1 month ago:
I remember in school doing statistics and probability. There was a question to calculate the probability and chances of winning a bet, and we got a near zero answer. I then asked my teacher if that means the person is actually going to lose. She confirmed yes, and warned us that this is why you have to be careful with gambling and being in debt as a result, and being involved with loans sharks who prey on those with gambling problems.
I’ve personally witnessed what gambling does to a person and their loved ones so I despise it. A lot of the gambling are rigged and so you are more likely to lose.
I tell people that if they’re going to gamble, do the ones with more likelihood of success. Poker is rarely rigged, if ever, because it is based on pure psychology of the players. Investing and stock trading has a more established science, despite the occasional stock manipulation. Although, if one invests in more reputable companies with long term growth and only put in the amount of money the person is willing to lose, hardly anybody goes bankrupt with investing.
- Comment on reuters.com 1 month ago:
So Aaron Schwartz was right not to trust Sam.
Also, isn’t this old news? His sister filed a lawsuit last year against him.
- Comment on AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20 1 month ago:
Not only, buying £70 of a broken game om initial release.
- Comment on North America contains some of the longest continuous decididous forest records on the planet. 1 month ago:
If democracy is by the people, of the people, for the people-- does that mean people are pedophiles?
- Comment on Iran's shitposts were obliterated, too! 2 months ago:
Well like I said, Trump is stupid administratively, but he’s a good conman. Einstein might be good at physics, but he is the last person you would ask on ecology. So to repeat what I said in my original comment: there is no one type of intelligence. It’s not “just world” fallacy, one could argue that it’s “unjust world” fallacy for someone idiotic could con an entire world. To deny that happened is burying one’s head in the ground.
As it happens, Trump did squander his inheritance, but managed to claw back his fortune, first by money laundering for Russian mobsters, then by using his political office for personal gain. Fake it until you make it very much applies here.
It reinforces my point that he is not as stupid as he looks, still having been able to persuade and manipulate people despite having little to no resources. If you have seen the movie Catch Me if You Can, it does take certain skills to get away with so much scam.
Well, call me naïve, but they are pretty cautious around this kind of stuff in Germany, I doubt the US government has access to these kinds of records.
That’s fair enough. But Trump’s Project 2025 buddies have the intention to undermine Europe. Unfortunately, when America sneezes, everyone catches the cold.
- Comment on Iran's shitposts were obliterated, too! 2 months ago:
I used Putin as example because any sleazy jobs require the same Machiavellian instincts as with being a devious salesman. Not every dodgy salesman becomes millionaire or CEO with political leverage, because they may either happy with their gains or not ambitious enough and comfortable to remain in their stations. However, those ambitious enough beat their competition with ruthless efficiency. I’m sure there are hundreds of millionaires and billionaires who started as lowly deceptive salesman, but we just haven’t heard of them because they’re not publicly prominent.
Going back to Putin, it wasn’t really a chance on how he came to power. He was a colonel of one of the most feared spy agencies. I mean, what would you do with that much access to power if you are as ambitious as Putin? Sure, luck and happenstance also play key roles, but luck is a residue of preparation. Knowing how to take advantage of those lucky opportunities to forward own’s agenda takes certain skills to mobilise and pull the necessary levers.
A lot of people of dismiss the likes of Musk and Trump’s ability on how they got into power as being the result of being silver spooned. But people conveniently forget that it still requires knowledge, skills and experience to maintain the high status. Plenty of famous intergenerational wealthy families eventually lose their status because their descendants squander the fortunes handed to them. If Trump and Musk are stupid, they would be poor and not have gotten to the White House. So, they still have some intelligence but not about being empathetic.
I’m talking about in general on the anti-Trump camp as underestimating his stupidity. Authoritarian bodies eventually fall because of corruption and stupidity, but that’s not what is happening at the moment. The Trumpian America is just getting started and him and his cronies are smart enough on how to gain power and secure it. You may not be politically active, but they know already that you’re possibly anti-Trump because they took your social security details and other public records, and fed it into their surveillance system. Sorry to be so gloomy but I’m gonna be frank, they’re not stupid for having just robbed you, a nobody Lemmy while they are the ones in charge and spying on you.
I don’t know, I came from a former dictator run country and know how to call a spade a spade. So I will be blunt say Americans are still making heads or tails, on whether or not they are in a fascist state, because they never experienced what dictatorship is before. Constantly calling authoritarians stupid, while you and I are relying on supply chain run by them and could pressure us to conform, maybe we’re the stupid ones. Calling them stupid is coping for not accepting the fact that the inferiors outwitted us and manipulating our means of living.
