BeardededSquidward
@BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Goes right over some people's heads, I tell ya 3 days ago:
Rogue Trader which it was based on was a parody yes had a lot of references to politicians or political doctrine at the time. It evolved over the editions as it gained popularity, especially outside the UK. The parody now is much darker in tone, less comedic or silly. The problem is they started to realize how cool the setting was as they developed it and took out even more of that satirical bite. There’s some satire still but it’s not as on the nose now.
- Comment on he did that 4 days ago:
Apparently, like with McConnell, being a bag of the worst excrement keeps you alive a long time. Not looking good, just alive.
- Comment on War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready? 1 week ago:
No, you can’t be psychologically prepared for the horrors that all out war, especially in this era, would bring. Even if the Geneva Convention was followed as closely as possible, the body count would be staggering. I don’t think we have a modern equivalent display of military power versus one equally so. While there’s always some disparities, most conflict during our time has generally been either civil wars in countries that were exploited by colonialism, or the USA going to pound some non-white people into the ground for profit.
I don’t think Ukraine and Russia really counts, Russia has the surplus but it’s literally just throwing bodies at the problem and their advanced tech has failed often to just the rampant theft in the system.
- Comment on ‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job 1 week ago:
When you’re in your 50s unless you suffering a neurological disorder, you’re still sharp and aware. Just the body is starting to wear down more so they need accommodations at times. Why hire them when they can just not hire anyone and force the rest of us to worker harder for longer?
- Comment on Anon listens to music 1 week ago:
That’s the right mentality to have there. Do what you can where you can.
I ran into an amazing character creator and animator recently and loved what I saw. I shared it with some friends and they pointed out the person is a complete CHUD. I now blacklist their stuff, as simple viewership of their media gives demand for it.
- Comment on Anon listens to music 1 week ago:
Perfection is impossible, you’ll never know someone is like that until they get vocal about it. But for actual Nazis and their sympathizers, I do what I can to not give them attention or money. It’s like ethical consumption under capitalism, it’s impossible to be 100%. Just do better when it’s obvious.
- Comment on Anon listens to music 1 week ago:
That those people then funnel money into organizations that are anti-LGBTIA+ as well should be a very good reason to not buy their crap. Initially with Rowling we didn’t know she was such a POS, but now that we do, I no longer consume her media willingly. I wouldn’t even say pirate it, as it still creates an obvious demand for it.
- Comment on Anon listens to music 1 week ago:
Money going to people like that is then funneled into culture war bullshit. Rowling as an example is personally help fund many anti-trans pieces of legislation. There is not ethical consumption with Nazis/Reactionaries involved. If you can’t be assed to not pay for media that funds such actions then I personally so little difference between you and the creator.
- Comment on It's The VIDEO GAMES! 1 week ago:
I learned a fair amount in school, and I’ve learned to hate bullies and their types with such an extreme disdain that it’s entirely irrational how much so.
- Comment on This mess of a keychain I was handed at work 2 weeks ago:
Had a prior job that handed me dozens of keys to access the different buildings. It was a security measure in case one key gets lost it limits what the “students” can gain access to. The entire campus was essentially one open air prison that had a history of local trouble makers thrown into first before throwing them in jail. It was not a good place to work and honestly I would find it humiliating to have been there voluntarily with how they treated people.
- Comment on Blizzard is reviving StarCraft as an open-world shooter, but it'll be a long wait 2 weeks ago:
It’s already a survival horror game with the wrong people.
- Comment on Happy Kirkday! 2 weeks ago:
Pretty much.
- Comment on Happy Kirkday! 2 weeks ago:
Reddit post of a MAGA explaining they’re all in on Trump, don’t care, never will, stop trying to argue with them in their own words.
- Comment on Happy Kirkday! 2 weeks ago:
Laura Loomer is a reactionary asshole with early winter ground level intelligence. She doesn’t know and would argue you’re lying to not look stupid.
- Comment on Happy Kirkiversary 2 weeks ago:
He spewed nothing but hate and bile, except in the end when it was blood.
- Comment on Happy Labor Day! 2 weeks ago:
Agreed. Unify, don’t divide, everyone who can have the day off should. There’s certain positions they have to keep operating but for them they should get time and a half for so.
- Comment on How are you going to never forget 9/11 this year? What are you never forgetful for? 3 weeks ago:
What better way to fight your enemies than selling them all armaments and watch them go at each other’s throat.
- Comment on How are you going to never forget 9/11 this year? What are you never forgetful for? 3 weeks ago:
Hot take incoming.
Turns out, Bin Laden was right, we should have not become so deeply invested in the middle east like we have and should have left it. Militarily and essentially colonialism of territory for oil.
- Comment on Minimum wage isn't survivable anymore 3 weeks ago:
I don’t see people stealing food.
- Comment on Minimum wage isn't survivable anymore 3 weeks ago:
That’s the neat thing, it isn’t for us.
My boss makes a dollar, I make a dime,
This rhyme comes from a different time,
My boss makes a dollar, I make a cent,
That’s why I can no longer afford rent.
- Comment on She slap yo man's ass at the club, what would you do? 3 weeks ago:
Everyone has knees.
- Comment on why do we punish people when nothing bad happened ? 3 weeks ago:
I go around waving a gun around that’s loaded and safety off at the range. Nothing bad happens, but I took a risk that put not just myself but EVERYONE ELSE in danger.
- Comment on why do we punish people when nothing bad happened ? 3 weeks ago:
- Cars are generally made to take impacts at certain, reasonable speeds. Going too fast and the safety features may fail. Add in your response time goes DOWN significantly as well. So you’re going 40 in a thirty and a kid runs out in front of your car. That’s more energy needed to stop from turning the kid into a road statistic. When you’re speeding, you’re gambling or taking a mathematical risk. And I’m here to tell you, luck runs out or a lot of people are really bad at math.
- This goes with the end of number 1. You’re taking a risk, you’re significantly increasing the chance something WILL happen. The Tesla cars are not “self driving” as it’s been showed to be a load of bunk. They can assist heavily but they will make wrong maneuvers given enough time to do so. There’s been at least a dozen articles I’ve seen of a Tesla driver getting into a collision because they were asleep. Most of them end up badly for SOMEONE in the collision.
- Comment on Feels Like 2016 Was When It Started 3 weeks ago:
The Evangalists got the useful idiot they needed that thinks P2025 is a good thing. They want to bring around the end times because they’re fucking wackos. They’re a threat to humanity.
- Comment on Walmart actually teaches their employees how to get food stamps 3 weeks ago:
Capitalism is all about a few people getting all the capital, if you’re not owning something you’re the worker that they exploit to do so. Billionaires and trillionaires are inevitable in such a system.
- Comment on Walmart actually teaches their employees how to get food stamps 3 weeks ago:
I remember when I was working at McDondald’s and they never worked me above 32 hours typically. Back then it was 40 as the cutoff. That they’re allowed to scuzz their way around the law through this means we’ll never get equity with our system. They must be punished for such practices.
- Comment on Just checking in to see if anyone cares that the mumbling turtle is still on full salary while being MIA for two-and-a-half months 4 weeks ago:
Most countries that have figured out people have worth beyond the bottom line.
- Comment on Just checking in to see if anyone cares that the mumbling turtle is still on full salary while being MIA for two-and-a-half months 4 weeks ago:
He absolutely has to be, or at least has such brain damage he cannot function properly. They wouldn’t go through so much to hide his state like this.
- Comment on Why is that a problem? Did something bad happen in 1929? 4 weeks ago:
This time, there’ll be a lot more violence and dead people.
- Comment on My student loan is gaining interest while I'm in school but I'm not allowed to start paying it off yet 5 weeks ago:
Unless something has changed in the past decade, you can still make payments to your loans, you just defer the requirement to do so until 6 months after graduation.
As someone else here said, if you would pay money to a loan while in college, it’d be better to put into a high yield account of some sort to hold onto until after college. From there I would get advice from a finance counselor on what to do with that money, whether save for longer or start it into payments.