SkyeStarfall

@SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have Americans always been this stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe part of it is the whole “greatest country on earth” stuff as well. In other words, a lack of humility

  In the European countries I’ve lived in, pride like that wasn’t really encouraged. And if you’re too boastful or what not to the point of arrogance, you tend to get the stink eye

  And this applies to patriotism as well. Here in Norway for example, despite us having a stronger claim for stuff like “greatest country”, very few people, if any, really feel like being “proud” of one’s own country is something that one should be doing, or it being honorable at all. The best I see is that people enjoy living here and, if they see another Norwegian out there or Norway mentioned, they just get happy to see a fellow Norwegian, just because we are relatively small

  Honestly, most Norwegians I’ve met complain about Norway’s problems more often than not lmao, despite, all things considered, you can hardly find better countries to live in, except some other European ones depending on your own preferences

  There really is just, no culture of like, arrogance. Something that I feel like is very different to the US with its super heavy emphasis on individual capitalistic success

  Maybe that’s a large part of it as well. A consequence of American culture being so extremely individualistic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neko_irl⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  There is only one possible solution left

  Cats are gas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve gotten very uncomfortably close to a nuclear exchange multiple times in history

  The only reason it didn’t happen is pure luck

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Until one of them fires the nukes, that is. But sure, it might not happen

  It’s like paying your rent by playing Russian roulette

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But also don’t forget that the amount of gamers is larger today than in 2013. Gaming is much more mainstream, and so even 97% of the install base is still disappointing considering steam grew by, what, 3x or something in terms of average monthly users?

  Another source I found is that the amount of total gamers grew by roughly 50% from 2013 to 2025. But yeah, I just did a quick skin numbers are not precise

  But still, 97% is disappointing considering the general demographic was supposed to grow. And then, in reality, it’s just 67% too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've done it again...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Do people not use kitchen weights? It’s a very common thing where I live (in Europe)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happens every time⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  half life times log2(amount of atoms), right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The cost of living crisis is global. Exploitation of labour is global. Everything for profit’s sake is global. Climate action being hampered due to corporate interests is global. Wealth inequality rising is global.

  What’s the alternative? Continuing as we have so far? Doesn’t seem to have worked out so great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dunning-Kruger⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  …why shouldn’t they?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For 1., also don’t forget that major labour movements spring up during and after WW2, it’s hard to say how much of a repeat that will be this time around, but the potential is there

  And 2., I agree, I am concerned myself, especially with nukes these days

  But on the other hand, economy, and reliance on globalized production chains, is so much more central to the core of a nation these days. It’s not possible to just produce everything locally anymore, not like it was during WW2, anyway. everything is too hyper specialized for that now

  So there is the potential that, if the US really does something very stupid and gets a complete embargo from the rest of the west, they’re just going to get completely fucked (and so will the rest of the west, but you know). So the amount of damage they end up being able to do might end up being limited

  Of course, China would benefit massively from this, as they do actually go heavy on self-sufficiency, and then there’s the risk of Russia exploiting this as well, but the silver lining is that the US simply might collapse before it manages to do some real damage

  In the end, I think the future of how the world will look like will be up to China. I really really hope that they end up having a massive democratic movement for the sake of the world, but we’ll see. At least China so far still seems like a rational actor on the world stage, although still ruthless and self-serving, of course

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If there’s any consolation, I personally support asylum for Americans escaping political persecution for my country, I just hope that our government will act quickly enough for it, and the right not getting in the way

  I except a lot of, especially queer, people trying to escape, and I really hope we get something in place before it’s too late

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's totally not a Nazi tho⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an authoritarian take

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I still have the hope that people see the trainwreck the US is now and go “oh shit”, and try to avoid it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes you gotta move out and leave your roommate alone in the mess, for them to hopefully realize that they are the problem

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🪨 Rock on 🪨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but people were much less alienated from their labour, so it likely didn’t feel nearly as soul-crushing as it does today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The yin and the yang⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It did confuse me at least a few times

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1987⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is funny because these days I just buy frozen vegetables and make food with those, and I still enjoy it far more than my parent’s cooking

  It really isn’t even about fresh vegetables

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1987⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Modern tools are fascinating, the way you described it sounds so absurdly high tech

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google continues pulling the plug on Manifest v2 • The Register⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So you unironically think they are worse than Google?

  …really? I don’t think you are being serious

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It'll happen to you!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see a clear difference between 144hz and 240hz, so even that part isn’t right

  And I haven’t used an 8K monitor, but I’m confident I could see a difference as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not Americans right now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you buy a bag of flaxseed it will last you for months and months

  The amount of flaxseed you need to substitute one egg is tiny

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HEEEEEEEEELP⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But if it’s stupid enough to make them laugh, then it becomes good again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deepseek when asked about sensitive topics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In fact, there are already abliterated models of deepseek out there. I got a distilled version of one running on my local machine, and it talks about tiananmen square just fine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True love⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The funny thing is, a cheap quartz crystal based clock is more accurate than the best mechanical clock

  Fancy clocks being more accurate than cheap clocks is literally just marketing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell yea

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  🥺

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your thirst is mine, my water is yours

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are some downsides to marriage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t say I’ve ever had a relationship or friend that made me want to do sexist jokes about them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are some downsides to marriage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sad motherfuckers for calling out a shitty "spouse “bad” joke?

  No, it’s just people are super tired of hearing about jokes being made at the expense of people you’re supposed to love lmao. That’s like the exact opposite of “sad motherfuckers”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Images of 'Saint Luigi Mangione, The patron saint of health care justice' have been making rounds on social media"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And was it wrong to respond with violence back?