MushuChupacabra
@MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world
Carbon based. Not overly precocious.
- Comment on Do movie actors or actress keep the skills they learned? Like no one would screw with Keanu after seeing all the John Wick films? And if they did would they just be fucked from the start? 1 week ago:
He’s acquired a certain set of skills.
My understanding is that his firearms training and proficiency are quite good.
He did a lot of his own stunts, and did train a bit of BJJ and other martial arts training, but probably doesn’t have enough hours of training for proficiency.
With respect to firearms training, I’d put Tom Cruise near the top.
- Comment on Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says criminal “geoengineering and weather modification activities" could have played a role in recent Texas floods 1 week ago:
This is the horseshit you get when you insist on voting Republican.
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 2 weeks ago:
You can’t treat governments like they’re people. The same detachment from the human spirit applies as it does to any sufficiently large corporation, multinational, politburo, royal court, whatever.
Even if your specific nation holds your specific code of ethics and standards, there can be severe consequences to holding all other nations to the same standard.
Unless you’re a superpower, in which case you’re the oppressor, simply by engaging in diplomacy.
Given all of this, what you’re asking for is for one nation to have perfect foreign policy that would compel change in North Korea. Then, all other nations would need to adopt and extend the same policy, but independently and without external pressure.
- Comment on You received a(nother) like! 2 weeks ago:
Holy crap is this ever a good meme format.
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 3 weeks ago:
Because Microsoft insists on treating its users with contempt.
With Linux, you don’t need to replace your computer if it is capable of running Windows 10. For many, hardware upgrades are a requirement if they wish to stick with Microsoft. Installing a Linux distro will extend the life cycle of an older machine, at no cost.
That’s too much value at zero personal cost to ignore.
- Comment on Christ the Redeemer vs. Christ the Knock Off Brand 3 weeks ago:
We refuse to fund the statue, unless you include a subtle nod to hydrocephaly.
- Comment on Don't tell me what to do. 4 weeks ago:
Maybe the worm likes spring rolls.
- Comment on Melon-chicken-Aspic 5 weeks ago:
The sacrilege is visceral.
As a strong atheist, I’m impressed.
- Comment on Melon-chicken-Aspic 5 weeks ago:
Every day, we stray further from God.
- Comment on How Oceangate's Titan Ignored 60 Years of Solid Engineering - Oceanliner Designs 1 month ago:
On the upside, we learned at what depth hubris implodes.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
These are dark times, and it certainly feels like doing anything on your own is hopeless.
Which is a line of thinking that the bad guys love to hear.
What the bad guys cannot stand or tolerate, is solidarity. The truth of the matter is that the bad guys are badly outnumbered, which is why they act forcefully; they need the populace to to be docile.
You don’t need to be a foot soldier to help. You can resist in all sorts of ways. A constant supply of passive aggressive acts from all directions can be incredibly effective way of degrading the morale of fascists.
- Comment on Trump Amplifies Outlandish Robot Biden Conspiracy Theory 1 month ago:
This is because he is spiteful and also stupid.
- Comment on Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama on Trump’s Campaign Trail 1 month ago:
Bear in mind that this is happening in the United States of America, where companies do drug testing on their employees, and can fire people because they smoke weed.
That’s for ordinary mundane jobs, that have nothing to do with national policy.
- Comment on White House Health Report Included Fake Citations 1 month ago:
Gross incompetence.
- Comment on Argentine Movie Theater Ceiling Collapses During ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Screening 2 months ago:
Immersive
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene picked a fight with Grok 2 months ago:
What the fuck is the point of arguing with an idiot machine that only knows how to spew talking points it doesn’t actually understand?
What did Grok think it would get out of MGT?
- Comment on Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
Pffft, what an overreaction.
The HAL 9000 is the most sophisticated artificial intelligence in the world, and is incapable of malicious action!
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 2 months ago:
It might be a demographics thing, but instead of getting pissed off, I’m willing and able to simply let sentiment and any sense of fealty die.
Never mind calming a sense of anger, how will they get me to feel anything about their product?
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 2 months ago:
I love Nintendo. I have all the residual warm memories, plus the disposable income to buy a Switch 2. I am the easiest segment of their established base to market to.
I’m not mad, I’m just not going to buy anymore.
In time, Nintendo will be something I used to love.
- Comment on HBO Boss Insists 'Harry Potter' Show Will Not Contain J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Views 2 months ago:
I’m ancient, so never got into it.
It’s not quite the same thing, but I used to be a fan of Kevin Spacey, and can list at least five movies that he’s in that I really like.
As it turns out, the excellence of his professional work is utterly replaceable; I haven’t re watched any of his stuff, and backfilled any sense of loss with other content from other talented actors.
My advice would be to hold those memories fondly, but consider that chapter over. Moving forward, behave as though the author, and all her works died.
- Comment on HBO Boss Insists 'Harry Potter' Show Will Not Contain J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Views 2 months ago:
Won’t include my viewership either.
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 2 months ago:
Neat. Can we have access to everything he does online?
- Comment on Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them. 3 months ago:
Tl;dr: Strategy of appeasing bully fails to stop the bully from being a bully.
- Comment on Trump Jr. visiting Romania ahead of delayed presidential election following Calin Gorgescu disqualification 3 months ago:
Of course it feels awesome. You lack the insight necessary to understand the sleight.
- Comment on Trump Jr. visiting Romania ahead of delayed presidential election following Calin Gorgescu disqualification 3 months ago:
Your response is in keeping with what I expected from you, right down to the lol.
You probably felt clever while composing it. You should try basking in that, I guess.
- Comment on Trump Jr. visiting Romania ahead of delayed presidential election following Calin Gorgescu disqualification 3 months ago:
Speaking of your intrepid mission to put conservative content in as many spaces as you can, in an effort to put a positive spin on what it means to be a conservative:
Amongst the sea of heavy handed, lipstick on a pig takes of of ongoing Trump antics, i see that you posted some heartwarming story about some republican legislators shaving their heads in support of a Democrat colleague with cancer.
A few years ago, there was a gif posted on reddit, of a very loveable working dog of some sort being reunited with their owner or working partner or something, with all the warm fuzzy goodness you’d expect from such gifs. This reunion took place at a United Airlines gate/desk, clearly visible on the carpet of the wonderful reunion.
The gif was posted several days after United Airlines had their goons beat the fuck out of, and forcibly remove that surgeon, who didn’t want to give up his seat to fix an overbooking fuckup on United Airlines part.
There is a scene in the opening act of Django, right after he is liberated, and the slavers are now confronted by their now well-armed former captives, and the one guy summons up the absolute best example of kindness that he’s shown the captives, as a bargaining chip while pleading for his life. As in the absolute best case that he can make for himself, because his life was on the line. Do you remember what that was?
Yeah, it’s difficult to highlight examples of humanity, when the lies of ommision required to make them stand out are so numerous and severe.
You’re basically fueled by hate, but don’t like that about yourself.
Never mind spin for one moment, and consider every action that the Trump administration has taken. Disregard all of their words attached to those actions. Keep all of that in mind, and reflect on why a handful of republican politicians shaving their heads for a work buddy, is the best thing you could find to radiate how humane and kind Republicans are.
That’s a suggestion for introspection, if you have the capacity for it. Any rebuttal or comment you might have simply won’t address the character flaws that govern all of your responses.
- Comment on Trump Jr. visiting Romania ahead of delayed presidential election following Calin Gorgescu disqualification 3 months ago:
Your posting pattern betrays your purpose in the Fediverse.
That being said, if you’re actually a conservative versus just doing a paid gig at some Russian troll farm:
The ghost of William F Buckley Jr would kick your ass up between your shoulder blades for besmirching his name.
Never liked the man, but holy fuck would he be revolted by the likes of you.
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 3 months ago:
Looks good on em.
- Comment on How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious 4 months ago:
Came to be seen as?
Instantly recognized as.
- Comment on Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights 5 months ago:
No way.