kelpie_returns
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- Comment on Why does no one in the bible have a last name? 16 hours ago:
Not sure about Iscariot, but iirc Christ is a title, not a name. It’s actually Jesus the Christ, but that takes slightly more effort to say and languages often develop the habit of slowly streamlining themselves.
So it kind of became a quasi-name*~ because of how much easier it is to say as one.
*~or maybe ‘ascendant title’ would be more accurate? I feel like there’s a specific word for this that I cant seem to remember atm
- Comment on The President of the United States of America 2 days ago:
It’s not crab for me (thank god), but yeah pretty much. That boy zonkin
- Comment on Be careful with this information 3 days ago:
Oh! My tits, no!
- Comment on What life hack helped you this year? 3 days ago:
I cast acceleratum ulceratia!
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
Kind of an umbrella term for social gatherings of all sorts
- Comment on MAGA, rebranded! 6 days ago:
Yeah, bud. The stupidest. Which in a way makes us the best, even if it’s the best at being the worst. Kinda bittersweet, that. I mean…not really, but kinda.
- Comment on Americans be like: 1 week ago:
Yep. NPR is often on while I’m in the car, but I’ve never gone seeking it out online except for specific shows (in podcast form) which do not necessitate going directly to their site. I think its pretty typical for people to interact with it purely as news/entertainment radio.
- Comment on The Temporal Loom is unstable, Quick! how will you fix it? 1 week ago:
If Grant Morrison has taught me anything it is that we should all start masturbating at times like these
- Comment on Is there a word for when someone is not capable of, or doesn't try to understand verbal communication in a language, they are fluent in similar to functionally illiterate but for speech? 1 week ago:
Asemia seems a good fit. Especially so under the context OP has chosen with the lawyer and the contract, as that scenario explicitly ties it to a loss of the function rather than lacking it altogether.
- Comment on Another angle of this modern art installation 1 week ago:
What’s the context on this?
- Comment on tragic 1 week ago:
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- Comment on Best meal ever 1 week ago:
It’s “bread and butter” but with some silly on it. Not a real word lol
- Comment on Best meal ever 1 week ago:
Bredanbuddah
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 1 week ago:
Purchase a fanged grill and keep them in biting range
- Comment on Gaming Pet Peeves 1 week ago:
Artificial difficulty. If I can only finish a game by grinding for hours on end or after endless tedious fetch quests, I am going to be very disappointed. Like there’d better be something else real strong in the title’s favor or I’m likely to drop it altogether.
There was a time when making games more difficult by way of time investment made more sense from a design angle, but that time has long since passed. Some genres are more prone to it than others (with some niches even revolving around the idea), but imo it’s just lazy design in 9/10 cases theses days.
- Comment on Unlike most people, I get my information from a vetted, trusted source. 1 week ago:
I am slowly getting into sumo and am not so sure about this claim
- Comment on When you wake up, how long does it take for your brain's "OS" to "resume from hibernation"? 2 weeks ago:
30+ years and im still waiting for all systems to come online tbh. Any day now…
- Comment on Pokémon Lazarus: When a Fan Game Becomes a Conversation 2 weeks ago:
Imagine sending someone hatemail because they like rocky road while your favorite is salted caramel. Who cares whats in their bowl? Why care? Eat your own fucking ice cream, losers.
- Comment on They Wylin' 2 weeks ago:
Hell ya. Thanks!
- Comment on They Wylin' 2 weeks ago:
They unfortunately do not make bleach for your mind’s eye. This is a weight we will all have to carry, kin.
- Comment on They Wylin' 2 weeks ago:
You got this without the text? I like silly cats
- Comment on The House Of The Guy Calling You A Libtard 3 weeks ago:
A lot of the propaganda they’re fed does certainly dehumanize people, but they are still not all receiving the same information. That is what some are receptive to. Others would never have it if they knew that was the truth, which is why they have so many other avenues for selling this shit in every color and shade you can imagine. Gaia tv, prager u, countless woo-woo “woahhh dude” influencers, tradwife influences, ‘moderates’ who jsut like playing devils advocate but will hear nothing of this racism, good sir! And just on and on and on. Everybody is not tapped into the same internet.
There are people that simply never hear the racist stuff because that is the whole point of the operation; to obscure reality in order to be sure that as few people are acting on good information as is possible. They are plugged into the kinds of propagandic feeds that best suit their values, and pushed further and further down that tract. They get pavlov’d into knee-jerk reactions to the people pointing out the racism (among other things) that they are so artfully removed from, which turns into this self-feeding loop, pulling them further and further from reality.
And thats not even getting into what they did with the spanish speaking community; literally giving them incorrect translations of speeches and policies that make it all sound safe, standard, and sane. Not everyone has access to the same information as you, and not everyone is information-competent enough to even recognize what makes that difference, especially not after being taught to learn fear of the idea of challenging their beliefs.
I think you are severely underestimating the breadth and long-con of this project, as well as what kinds of people have been brought in and how. Though I do agree with you on how to solve the problem. Fine details may vary, but it’s clearly time to try something different.
- Comment on The House Of The Guy Calling You A Libtard 3 weeks ago:
This assumes that we’re all receiving the same information about what all’s going on, which is very definitely not the case. Literally watch 5 minutes of fox news and compare what you hear to the actual events they’re contorting. The difference is basically immediate and painfully obvious. That is only one of a countless many arms in what is one of the most wide-spread and thoroughly controlled propaganda campaigns in history.
We all lived through the first term, but some devious steps were taken to ensure that different groups were receiving very different coverage. This is getting harder for them to do now that the consequences of their lies are starting to outwiegh the lies themselves, but many of these people were and are still being fed bold-faced lies right along with the same kind of propaganda that literal cults deploy. The sort of mind ganes that are used in order to prevent their victims from ever individually coming to the conclusion that something is very fucking wrong. They are running near-every inch of an information ecosystem that traps their victims by making them completely repellent to the sane, effectively isolating most of them from the people that could otherwise help them see reason.
Many of them understand whats actually happening and are going along because of the hate within them. But many others are being manipulated through well tested and well documented means, which are being deployed in a novel way (via these high control/high volume digital ecosystems) and on a scale that we have not yet had enough time to learn how to properly combat.
They are basically breaking people down, isolating them, and driving them into a useful simulacrum of insanity, if not outright madness. It is a mistake to forget the shades of grey and the humanity that underlines every decision made, both among the perpetrators and the victims alike. If the goal is to do what’s right rather than punish anyone and everyone who wasn’t perfect to your standard, then these distinctions really and truly matter. Some of them need rehabilitation, and others need the full brunt of what these rotten choices should earn them. They’re just not a monolith.
- Comment on The House Of The Guy Calling You A Libtard 3 weeks ago:
*Some of these people. Many have been outright deceived, and many others (people living in trailers, I mean) are and have long been fully opposed to all of this lunacy.
- Comment on the dog that poops rocks is my favourite Fire Emblem Engage character 3 weeks ago:
Your sn inspires trust so that seals it. Am I a 90s hacker rn cause I’m in
- Comment on the dog that poops rocks is my favourite Fire Emblem Engage character 3 weeks ago:
So it’s like the dragon-girl in Fates but it actually does something worth doing? Sounds fun enough and is cute, but holy shit does it look so not what I’d expect of this series.
Glad to hear they did another ‘look at all the cool gals and guys we done made’ after Awakening cause that was a blast (maybe my favorite in the series even?) and even gladder to hear they moved back to more of their older gameplay. I liked Three Houses well enough, but it just wasn’t the one for me. The characters were great and the split paths thing was fun, but the mechanical changes just did not hit the notes I want from FE in enough ways that I got burnt out enough on run 2 that I just never tried for a 3rd. I still have no clue what Claude’s story looks like lol. Been putting off Engage for that reason, so it’s nice to hear they’ve moved back into form a bit. Will probably be getting a copy after all :)
- Comment on the dog that poops rocks is my favourite Fire Emblem Engage character 3 weeks ago:
I started playing when Sacred Stones dropped and Engage just happens to be the one title I haven’t tried some version of yet. Fire Emblem has changed.
So uhhhh…wtf am I looking at?
- Comment on How Old We're You when You Learned the Word, "Fascist"? 3 weeks ago:
In a better world it would
- Comment on Grocery shopping. "Please have courage." 3 weeks ago:
Anyone know the source?
- Comment on I miss him 3 weeks ago:
Kyle MacLachlan tho. What a mensch, that fella.
And you and me both. Maybe I’ll even actually finish it this time!