Hapankaali
@Hapankaali@lemmy.world
- Comment on We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas 3 days ago:
Yeah, honestly the prospects aren’t looking great, though the problem is not so much “billionaires […] captur[ing] [the] political class” as much as unregulated social media algorithms capturing the lumpen proletariat.
- Comment on We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas 4 days ago:
An economic system characterized by the private ownership of the means of production, and state regulation to protect the right of private ownership.
- Comment on We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas 4 days ago:
Strange, lived in capitalist societies all my life, yet none of these seem familiar (except climate change).
Let’s see who’s really behind that mask!
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shitty US policies
- Comment on Universities adding the word "Basic"to the course just to deceive you 4 days ago:
My university had an epic trolling department, naming one of the first-semester maths courses “LALA.”
- Comment on Wake up, liberal 6 days ago:
In US language, “liberal” is used pejoratively by people who call themselves conservative but are actually against conservatism to describe people who are not liberals, but are instead less conservative than the actual liberals, who are found primarily in the conservative wing of the Democratic Party.
Hope that clears it up.
- Comment on DSP clears Wolverine's motorcycle section without player input 1 week ago:
“Waiter, there’s a huge turd in my soup.” -“So what? Enough tasty soups out there.”
- Comment on "I am an ancient nobleman and need some coin made prove to me youre a craftsman that can make quality coin" "check this thing out." 1 week ago:
These were clearly used for fossil crafting.
- Comment on Tomorrow... 2 weeks ago:
People complaining about the time and date format, and not the equal sign for an approximation…
- Comment on Is this is a crime in your country? 1 month ago:
Is it “progressive” to not ban flag desecration? I would just call it “not idiotic.”
- Comment on Call for help 1 month ago:
Anyway, let me tell you about Tibet…
- Comment on Call for help 1 month ago:
The soundtrack is also one of the all-time greats.
- Comment on Call for help 1 month ago:
These are Frank Silva and Sheryl Lee, who played characters in the classic series Twin Peaks.
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The series revolves around the unexplained death of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Eventually, it is revealed… I don’t remember exactly, the whole thing is a bit weird (in a good way), but there was something about some alternate plane where this guy is an evil supernatural being of some kind.
- Comment on onions 1 month ago:
You haven’t lived until you’ve tried some fries with special sauce (mayonnaise, spiced ketchup and raw onion). Diabetes and heart disease included for free.
- Comment on Games with singleplayer campaigns that let me fight/kill nazis? 1 month ago:
JA2 is indeed similar to XCOM in terms of gameplay. If you can live with the very dated graphics, the gameplay still holds up and is even better than XCOM in my opinion. There are some recent mods and patches to fix some bugs and keep the game playable on modern machines.
I’ve actually never played HOI4, the setting just doesn’t appeal to me, maybe it just hits too close to home. In terms of Paradox games I prefer CK3, though that game isn’t without its flaws.
- Comment on Games with singleplayer campaigns that let me fight/kill nazis? 1 month ago:
You didn’t say “shoot Nazis (or fascists)” in shooter games specifically, so I’m going to interpret your question broadly.
In BioShock Infinite (story-heavy shooter game with some RPG elements), the main villain is some turbo-racist Nazi who runs his own “utopia.” The prior releases in the series have you facing objectivist villains, which I guess is Nazi-adjacent.
In the Jagged Alliance series (a turn-based strategy game), you control a small band of mercenaries fighting a totalitarian dictator. JA2 is a classic, though almost 30 years old by now. JA3 (released in 2023) is a more modern version and a worthy successor.
Hearts of Iron IV is a strategy game where you can literally fight the Nazis, though much of its dubious player base does the opposite. You won’t literally do the shooting though.
In Skyrim (which I’m guessing you’ve played already), there is a civil war between two factions that are basically lawful evil Nazis and chaotic evil Nazis. Though Skyrim is thin on story, at least you can decide to kill (almost) everyone.
One of the factions in Fallout: New Vegas (one of the best first-person shooter RPG’s of all time) consists of slave-driving Nazis (as much inspired by ancient Romans as the actual Nazis) called “Caesar’s Legion.” You can just go to their camp and kill everyone, including “Caesar.”
- Comment on I can't afford a car 1 month ago:
Crypto transactions have never been more “secure” than wire transfers with 2FA.
- Comment on I can't afford a car 1 month ago:
- has a gambling addiction
- complains about not having money
- Comment on Did you know? 1 month ago:
So in fact, the term “dog” meaning “sausage” does likely originate in sausages sometimes containing dog meat in the past.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog#Etymology
However, corn dogs are newer than hot dogs themselves, and it’s unlikely many of them ever contained dog meat.
- Comment on Camusflag 1 month ago:
That was a Camus reference, though if your response was as well somehow - well played.
If you didn’t get the reference, I’d recommend reading L’Étranger, which is a decently good book anyway.
- Comment on Camusflag 1 month ago:
Don’t care for it either way…
- Comment on *laughs in Dutch* 2 months ago:
On the other hand, the pronunciation in van Gogh’s local dialect would have been quite different from the standard Dutch pronunciation (with a “hard g”).
Then again, assuming this name refers to the town of Goch, the locals there (just across the border in modern-day Germany) pronounce it differently from both of these, which would likely be different from the way it was pronounced in van Gogh’s time (some Low Saxon or Low Franconian dialect, I’m guessing).
However, none of these pronunciations are anything like the absurd American or British English variations.
- Comment on Old but gud 2 months ago:
It’s an interesting phenomenon, because throughout most of human history it was men who wore (if they could) flamboyant outfits, while women tended to be more demurely dressed. Sexually dimorphic species (ducks, peacocks, etc.) are often similar, with males having vibrant colours. What changed, and why? I’m sure some sociologist has thought of an answer.
Signed, plainly dressed man.
- Comment on We are not the same 2 months ago:
It did in fact happen with regularity that incapable, insane or otherwise unsuitable rulers would end up ruling.
A famous example is Charles II of Habsburg (ruled the Kingdom of Spain from 1665-1700). Suffering from several though not precisely documented disabilities due to extensive inbreeding, he died in his late thirties.
- Comment on We are not the same 2 months ago:
I grant you, it would be hilarious to see footage of Trump on the front lines in Iran (Benny Hill music in the background).
- Comment on We are not the same 2 months ago:
You might think this would help prevent wars, but it was standard in the past for politicians to fight battles, and they were dying all the time back then in wars that were also much more common.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
What is the role of “capitalism” here? There were plenty of people who justified the position of slaves, serfs or peasants with similar lines of thinking in tribal and feudal times, long before capitalism existed. In fact, while many societies do not take full (or even much) advantage of modern administrative means permitting extensive income redistribution, it is still true that some modern capitalist systems are the most egalitarian in human history since hunter-gatherer bands.
- Comment on Suck my 2 months ago:
The package also mentions a “creamy filling” and emphasizes it is “organically produced.”
- Comment on Why are AAA games a rip off in US, UK & EU? 2 months ago:
The price elasticity varies by market. The publisher makes an assessment of what price maximizes their profits. In addition to that, fluctuations in currency markets can lead to (temporary) distortions of the relative price measured in the same currency. After all, a seller in Kazakhstan isn’t going to update prices daily just because the USD or EUR exchange rate has changed.
- Comment on Guess the game (#004) 2 months ago:
Anglophones and diacritics: not even önçe.
- Comment on Guess the game (#004) 2 months ago:
Actually, no one guessed it correctly. This is in fact from the game Brütal Legend.
