Vespair
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- Comment on Broccoli, cheese, and MILFs 1 day ago:
Broccoli is so good it makes me horny too. I fucking love broccoli.
- Comment on Just because you're a slob at home do you have to be an inconsiderate slob in public 2 days ago:
I do.
Now you have some compassion, asshole.
- Comment on Just because you're a slob at home do you have to be an inconsiderate slob in public 2 days ago:
Many people don’t wash their hands and smell like shit from a diet of McDonald’s and sourkraut.
The human experience is an inherently dirty, stinky thing. It’s great to strive to be better than our inherent conditions, but not so far that we can no longer recognize them.
- Comment on Just because you're a slob at home do you have to be an inconsiderate slob in public 2 days ago:
Comfort is a compelling reason. Jesus Christ, we are so constantly stifled and repressed in this world at every single fucking avenue that I personally will never begrudge a person for sneaking an innocent moment of human comfort in when they can. The idea to frame this as a disrespectful monster shamelessly flouting our sacred decorum instead of as a tired person with aching feet seeking a moment of comfort when they are obviously away from home honestly depresses me a little here, guys.
I’ve never taken my shoes off on the train (“the metro” in my neck of the woods), but I’ve absolutely felt the throbbing of sore feet after a long day at the office.
Or fuck man, maybe they feel great and they’re just kicking back and soaking in the world to the fullest. I still don’t give a fuck. So much of our world is designed to be minimally inhabitable at best. We aren’t building things for humans; we’re building things to transport, direct, herd humans. It doesn’t have to be like this; we can reclaim some of our space. Look at any other mammal—are they maintaining strict orderly lines and never taking up space, or do they lounge when they’re exhausted? Why the fuck shouldn’t we, the supposed kings of the animal kingdom?
I don’t know man, this shit just gets me riled up because we end up being the torchbearers of cultural order in these cases; we are our own oppressors. And we’re so absolutely unwilling to risk any kind of exposure to discomfort, like we expect the entirety of the human experience to cater to our individual sensibilities. It’s madness.
So look, I don’t know about you, but I’m personally willing to concede some my personal aversion to the possibility of experiencing temporary discomfort to extend to my neighbor their need or desire for human-animal comforts. I won’t be ignorant about it; every case requires weight, but in the case of literally a person resting their feet on a seat, I find their potential benefit greatly outweighs the impact of any personal discomfort I might experience. I guess you will just have to measure and come to your own conclusions.
I have more to say on this, but this is already a fucking book, so I guess I’m stopping it here.
- Comment on Just because you're a slob at home do you have to be an inconsiderate slob in public 2 days ago:
It’s feet. We all have them. Ya’ll are acting like this person just squatted and dropped a quart of chunky diarrhea all over the seat. Calm down.
- Comment on Just because you're a slob at home do you have to be an inconsiderate slob in public 2 days ago:
Lemmy is a funny place.
“Don’t conform! Fight the corporate homogenization of society!”
Somebody steps outside the bounds of expected socially-conditioned behavior:
“Shame! Conform! Shame!”
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- Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay 1 week ago:
This is an interesting reframing of the situation. I appreciate you replying; I’m going to process this for a bit.
- Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay 1 week ago:
You ask “what the point” of Socialism is if you aren’t “picking your boss” and whatnot, but the real answer is efficiency and supremacy over Capital. Markets have a natural tendency to centralize, but at the peak of this they stop actually progressing, because the amount of information required to direct production becomes massive. Central Planning alleviates this, and by folding all property into the Public Sector related industries can be better coordinated, all in service of maximizing human happiness and raising the floor as high as possible.
You lost me here. I’m afraid this is above my comprehension. I’m not arguing against it, I don’t understand what you’re saying (I assume this is my ignorance not any lack of eloquence on your part).
Regarding the public vs private sector that preceded that section, I want to ask clarifying questions if you’ll allow: to you understand does this pathways towards eventual goal then include plans for further assimilation of key assets of the private sector into the public somehow? Is this possible/necessary or is the presumed reality of the ideology at play that some level of capitalistic private sector is inevitable? If it is within the plan, what does this look like?
- Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay 1 week ago:
I appreciate this comment immensely. I wasn’t being facetious about my comparative lack of understanding on the topic. This was well-worded and informative, and I’m going to take some time to process this into my understanding. Thank you.
- Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay 1 week ago:
Look, I’ll admit I’m not as smart as some of the folks who debate this topic, so for me it comes down to a simple question:
Do the Chinese people own the means of production? Not a government body claiming to represent the people, but the people themselves; do the people own the means of production? Can the factory workers choose how the factory operates?
If no, then what’s the point?
- Comment on Funko, BrandShield speak out about itch.io takedown 1 week ago:
“Funko did not request a takedown of the @itchio platform.”
Man, I fucking hate corpo-speak like this.
Yes, you didn’t personally make the request against itchio… But you hired this company to enforce “brand protection” and that’s what they did. So you did actually request the takedown, but you just did so by authorizing another party to make such requests on your behalf.
This is like a military General saying “hey I didn’t commit any warcrimes, I just gave the orders to my men to commit warcrimes!”
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 2 weeks ago:
I hear and understand your point, and I can’t say that I disagree with it.
That being said, I sure as hell wouldn’t convict the guy.
- Comment on Reactor goes brrr 2 weeks ago:
Jesus christ this comment deserves a noble prize. Incredibly succinct explanation of something I didn’t get before.
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 2 weeks ago:
I agree they don’t have to be anti-consumer to be pro-developer, but my point is that that is how they are approaching being pro-developer - by limiting pro-consumer features at the behest of developers. Or perhaps I should be saying more actively publishers, to be fair.
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 2 weeks ago:
I gave what I see as a significant example in my original comment. Not being able to see comments or reviews from those who have purchased games through the storefront is a problem for me. If a game has a bug or problem, especially if it is one that could potentially be tied to or unique to the EGS version, I would like to know about it. That EGS currently doesn’t provide readily available user feedback when it frankly has been the standard as defined by steam, just doesn’t for me.
So you have to ask yourself why they wouldn’t include such a simple a rudimentary feature - the only result I can come up with is to appease developers who want to prevent being negatively impacted by bad reviews. Thus what we have is prioritizing the wants of developers at the expense of features which benefit consumers.
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 2 weeks ago:
Some people prefer not to do business with entities whose business practices they don’t support.
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 2 weeks ago:
Steam doesn’t engage in the same kind of strong-arming and anti-consumer practices, so it’s not exactly comparable, is it?
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 2 weeks ago:
I say this every time Epic comes up but it remains the same.
Steam is the pro-consumer storefront. Epic is the pro-developer storefront. What Epic seems to fail to understand is that by being so staunchly pro-developer, they effectively become *anti-*consumer. And as a consumer, I’m not going to spend money on an anti-consumer marketplace.
When Epic considers adding necessary pro-consumer measures like actual user reviews so I can hear how a game actual performs from real end users, then and only then will I consider Epic a real storefront viable for consumers.
- Comment on Meal prep 2 weeks ago:
🤷 I think all coffee is shit, personally
- Comment on Meal prep 2 weeks ago:
We have replaced your American passport with Vietnamese to better accommodate your beverage preferences, please enjoy your new citizenship.
- Comment on Meal prep 2 weeks ago:
Americans who drink hot tea have them (source: have had one for like 20 years).
Americans in general are just more hot coffee cold tea people. Exceptions abound of course, but in generalities.
- Comment on What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? 3 weeks ago:
I can’t decide if I’m proud or sad that this answer was buried so deeply into this post
- Comment on "I never asked for this" 4 weeks ago:
Live Action Cowboy Bebop was amazing, people just didn’t realize what it was supposed to be because Netflix was stupid and coy about it. It was never meant to be a 1:1 adaptation, it was meant to be an expansion of the anime into a whole ass franchise. The show had to lay the ground work and deliver enough of the anime to show promise and appeal to fans, but as far as I can tell it was always intended to diverge in a way that allowed more storytelling and development in Cowboy Bebop’s incredible and therefore tragically under-utilized universe.
Also the casting for the main three was perfect.
- Comment on This world is cruel… 4 weeks ago:
I’m a 4 and 7 with a touch of 1, so I guess I’m a hot commodity.
…my dating history tells me otherwise.
- Comment on It's fire... Maybe concerning but fire still 4 weeks ago:
Finland also has a Sesame Street-like heavy metal of dinosaurs making educational and children-appropriate heavy metal music for kids:
- Comment on “Alright my brothers listen closely.” 5 weeks ago:
Shit, that’s a good deal!
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 1 month ago:
Who knows. Apparently half my country is full of legitimately hateful people who just want to watch the people they don’t like suffer.
How the fuck do we come back from that? Honestly, are we even worth redeeming?
For me, this is it. This is when America died. If you’re still “proud” to be an American after this, you’re brain-damaged.
- Comment on It's never a bad time to check your biases 1 month ago:
And then they introduced Coke Zero (pronouns) and suddenly everyone is debating the natural of singular “they”
- Comment on It's never a bad time to check your biases 1 month ago:
Bro maybe if you weren’t so prejudiced you’d be willing to accept that women can be beverages
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