bampop
@bampop@lemmy.world
- Comment on Sounds Pretty Cool Honestly 14 hours ago:
I’ll settle for one of those. No less. Do we have a deal Satan?
- Comment on The right kind of vibe 1 day ago:
You need something you can walk to, like Another One Bites The Dust, Stayin’ Alive, anything by ZZ Top, that sort of thing
- Comment on Live laugh love 5 days ago:
Once they’ve figured out there’s soft meat on that thing, I doubt they’d stop at one eye
- Comment on Ed Sheeran’s latest foot in the mouth moment… 1 week ago:
It’s true that he was in a corner and there was no easy way out, and I’m sure Macklemore never wanted to put him in that position. He still made the wrong choice though.
He could have dug his heels in and defied Kraft, maybe cancel the tour, whatever it takes. If it cost him 70 million, he can afford that, but given the unreasonable basis of Kraft’s demands, I expect there’s a legal case to be fought there. He would have had a lot of support, and it would have been a public disgrace for Kraft. Sometimes you just need to grow a spine and do what’s right. Money isn’t everything.
I do feel some sympathy for Ed Sheeran. He just wanted to do music and not be in the political spotlight. And when it comes to punishing people for complying with injustice, let he who is without sin cast the first stone. But I am glad of the conversation it has sparked. When the time comes to not comply, we need to recognize that moment, and we also need to recognize what it means to say “I don’t do politics”.
- Comment on Ed Sheeran’s latest foot in the mouth moment… 1 week ago:
Why is it so evil to not do politics? He’s not harming anyone.
It’s impossible to “not do politics”, that’s a bullshit position which just means taking whichever political decision is easier and more self serving. Sheeran chose to comply with demands to deplatform one of his supporting acts, to serve zionist interests. There was no apolitical decision to be made. A choice not to act is still a choice. He had to pick a side and he picked the genocidal one.
Don’t get me wrong, I think what he did was dumb and selfish rather than deliberately evil, and I can sympathize with that to a degree. He just wanted to maintain a comfortable status quo. But we should recognize that inaction in the face of injustice makes us all complicit, and there are times when that inaction is simply unacceptable.
- Comment on Jury unanimously acquits Churchill statue spray-painter 1 week ago:
No doubt the sentencing of the Palestine Action protesters influenced the outcome here. In that case the jury convicted them of criminal damage and the judge used that to sentence them as terrorists. Pulling a bait and switch like that has consequences. The intended consequence was to intimidate protesters into silence. The actual consequence was to undermine confidence in the legal process. This jury knew that a guilty verdict would give the judge free rein to do the same trick, and they knew what an injustice that would be. The jury did the right thing, given that they were acting within a broken system.
- Comment on Hate it when this happens 1 week ago:
That’s so neat, we should resurrect the Indiana Pi Bill with this value!
- Comment on I will not be opening for Ed Sheeran 1 week ago:
it’s so hard though. I’m thinking about opening for Ed Sheeran. I really like money
- Comment on Hate it when this happens 1 week ago:
They had the same intelligence as us. What they didn’t have is the same education. That’s the difference that education makes.
- Comment on Hate it when this happens 1 week ago:
256/81 (~= 3.16) as the stand-in for π.
Interesting choice, it suggests they didn’t have any way to verify the accuracy of that approximation, since 22/7 is way closer, but (4/3)^4 is really cute and elegant.
- Comment on It was cold this morning. You all know what this means. 2 weeks ago:
That’s the true horror. It’s like a recurring nightmare where you’re powerless to stop it. Also you can’t wake up
- Comment on Just a matter of time before it's reality 2 weeks ago:
The cool thing about the model with wifi is you get the built in camera and microphone as standard
- Comment on How hard could it be? 2 weeks ago:
“The race must be won at all costs. When I am god-emperor of the universe, then we can talk about curing cancer or whatever”
- Comment on Complicated 2 weeks ago:
Is it really work though?
- Comment on Fox News sharing billionaire propaganda 3 weeks ago:
Just putting it at a level that we could relate to, like someone who is comfortably wealthy but not insanely wealthy. What we see as ludicrous extravagance is cheap and trivial to someone like Bezos.
- Comment on Fox News sharing billionaire propaganda 3 weeks ago:
Scaling that down by a factor of 50,000, it’s like having a net worth of $5.52 million, and a boat worth $10,000. You spent $1,100 on your wedding and bought your wife a ring worth $100.
- Comment on The cylinder must remain unharmed 3 weeks ago:
For anyone still on the fence maybe this helps Image
- Comment on The Bane Of My Existence 3 weeks ago:
The teeth are smiling but the eyes are saying “killll meeee”
- Comment on Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis' 4 weeks ago:
Lol I just call it IA (interaction algorithm)
- Comment on Just posting the dinner I made 4 weeks ago:
In case anybody needs the lyrics I have lovingly transcribed the YouTube subtitles:
Engine started appear 10 seconds 7.543 ignition. Ooh. Love me lovey lovey lovey [Music] love glory is the glory you can make us understand glory is the glory you’re in strength throughout the [Music] is the philosophy of life will get through. And as far as we can see, he’s the same as you and me. There’s nothing in the world we cannot do.
No hill too high, no desert too dry, no road too long, no tide too strong, no bridge too far. He’s got a car. No slope too steep, no thought too deep, no score too bright, no squeeze too tight, no tail too tall, no cat too cool, no place too low. Don’t give it into his nostr
The glory with Jesus Christ. You never [Music] get the glory. Go away. [Music] Although he’s got to know all you will be willing [Music] through the [Music] living show the world [Music] Glory is the glory of God. The [Music] [Applause] right Yeah. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music]
- Comment on Shhhh! it's sleeping. 1 month ago:
This is how the pyramids were built. Just build four triangles and raise them into position
- Comment on OCUPADO! 1 month ago:
“the party’s just starting!”
- Comment on Bring it back 1 month ago:
But it’s easier to avoid Switzerland now so that evens out.
- Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital" 2 months ago:
Good point, I’m guessing it probably falls short of physical media in that way. As I understand it, they let you download an install file for the games you purchase, which you can save and use offline. I doubt that publishers would put effort into enabling a second hand games market
- Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital" 2 months ago:
What nonsense. What matters isn’t whether we use physical disks or not. And it’s all digital anyway, you don’t get many games on vinyl these days. The real issue is whether you own the games you buy. As GOG is proving, game ownership is something that publishers can easily offer, regardless of the delivery mechanism.
- Comment on The pinnacle of Commonwealth culture. The trifecta of kids entertainment. 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇬🇧 2 months ago:
Daddy Pig is a pompous fool who fails at everything and exists only to be a subject of ridicule.
Bandit is the best dad ever.
- Comment on O hi 2 months ago:
This is what we’d get if there was a movie about the making of the movie Battlefield Earth with John Travolta played by Val Kilmer
- Comment on Well you see, uh... 2 months ago:
“That’s not even a…” < gets headshot by sniper >
- Comment on look 2 months ago:
Don’t buy this product. It doesn’t give you +10 health at all. If they could fix that issue, it would be good though. Also if it could give you immunity to tasers.
- Comment on Loosing my religion 2 months ago:
The problem with conglomerating your craziness is that whatever it conglomerates around becomes socially and politically powerful, and whatever ethos it presents tends to be deeply flawed. Self reflection and the capacity to doubt your delusions is a really important skill set for jumped up apes trying to function at a higher level, and unfortunately that’s just generally discouraged in religion. The belief system must protect and promote itself. So instead you end up supporting a bunch of pedophiles who want to fuck up the entire world, and getting all giddy about that because you just can’t wait for Jebus to come back and save us all. Still, if we could all agree that when you join a religion you give up your right to vote, perhaps that would be good enough.
