SpaceCowboy

@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why it used to be not orange, obviously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's a whole lotta hydrogen!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s this woke nonsense? Most of those helium atoms started life as hydrogen atoms. Therefore they shouldn’t be considered to be helium atoms!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mandola effect⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “Ladies and gentlemen, with great pleasure, I give you RoboCop 2.”

  Oh wait, are we doing quotes that aren’t in the actual movie?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[meme] choochoo⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded” - Yogi Bera

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨conditional soap⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hate it when that happens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨conditional soap⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I should’ve known they were up to their old tricks again! Is this coming from their frog division or their unicorn brigade? I suspect chicken man is the ring-leader!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"The trolley made me fear for my life"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well he was, but then he walked around the car and then was in the path of the vehicle again (because he feared for his life?) and continued around the vehicle and was mostly out the way of the vehicle when he pulled out his gun.

  So he was directly in front of the vehicle two separate times. A vehicle that was being driven by someone alleged to be a terrorist intent on using her vehicle as a weapon had two opportunities to kill him with her vehicle before he drew his weapon.

  So the story is that a “terrorist” had two opportunities to kill the guy with her car but didn’t so so until after he had drawn his weapon and was no longer directly in front of the vehicle. Because I guess a “terrorist” wanted it to be a fair fight?

  Sorry just pointing out the fact that he was indeed directly in the path of the vehicle (twice!) since it’s really relevant in proving that it was not at all Renee’s intent to kill him… which is a story the government is pushing. Cops are generally trained to not be in front of a vehicle, especially not a vehicle with someone dangerous behind the wheel.

  The fact that he was directly in front of the vehicle proves he didn’t consider her a threat and was not fearing for his life. Killing a person that you do not consider to be a danger to yourself and others is murder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨conditional soap⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What? Someone is going on the internet and telling jokes? How is this allowed?

  What is their agenda? Which nefarious shadowy group are the promoting by doing this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A complete tier list for our solar system⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  WTF did Pluto ever do to you? We finally get a decent photo and it’s got a big heart on it. Pluto is trying to make things work and you go on about how it’s not special.

  I think you’re just racist against dwarf planets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(TW) Phishing mail in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you saying normal people wouldn’t want to opt out of having “I support ICE” on all of their emails?

  This email is targeting people that are angry at ICE. The people that support ICE presumably wouldn’t click the button to opt out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hurry pls it's urgent⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve donated money to lemmy instances before. If someone posts nazi shit on lemmy, do you consider me to be someone that financially supports Nazis?

  Also the claim is that someone associated with a project has said some far right shit, not specifically a Nazi. I got a racist uncle, does that make me a Nazi to you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I implore you to stop using the drake meme template⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Commenting “me no like post about me no like thing.”

  –> Replying to comment about “me no like post about me no like thing.”

  Reply to reply below?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s kind of a thing where the switch benefited from the failure of the Wii U while the Switch 2 is being hurt by the success of the Switch.

  BOTW was available on the Wii U, but since so few people had one of those, it made sense to get a Switch to play it.

  With the Switch 2 I feel like “Meh, I already have a Switch it doesn’t seem like it’s offering much more than what I already have”. Also it’s larger and when I want to use the Swtich hand held (mostly just when I’m on a plane) seems like that might be a pain in the ass. Also with the Switch 1 they eventually came out with a better OLED model, so I’ll just keep playing the Switch 1 until they come out with something a little more compact and maybe with a better screen or whatever. Stick drift has been an issue for me so also want something with more reliable sticks.

  Seems like I might be asking a lot, but for the price they’re asking if I’m not getting what I want, then I’ll stick with the Switch 1. It’s fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda like how the US, UK, and the Soviet Union were not aligned before the 1940s?

  Alignments can change when there’s a common enemy. Sure those alignment changes may be temporary but they can last long enough to see a country bombed flat and the leaders dead in a bunker.

  You’re obsessed over ideology but that’s mostly irrelevant in geopolitics. If it’s in the best interests of a bunch of countries to work together to destroy the US economy, those countries will work together regardless of ideology or internal politics. In WWII the UK had a government of national unity with both the Labour and Conservative in a coalition. Perhaps the US is incapable of having political parties working together for the common good of the country, but not every country has the same weaknesses the US has.

  And countries can always go back to being adversaries for bullshit ideological reasons after the enemy is destroyed like the US and Soviet Union did after WWII. So animosity between countries can be put aside temporarily.

  If Trump thinks he can be an existential threat to a large number of countries in the world, it’s a FAFO situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aldo Leopold was right.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With global warming we’re in triage mode now. Not every ecosystem is going to make it. Gotta focus efforts on the ecosystems that can survive… while there’s a bunch of maniacs in the operating room trying to set fire to everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Sadly the US has handed the 21st century to China without a fight.

  I remember what some Hong Kong dude said to me once… “China is the future, and it’s a bleak future”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And so long as the US is the wealthiest nation on Earth, what’s going to deter them?

  I think the answer to your question is contained within the question. Americans are greedy people and a coordinated effort by China, Japan, and the UK could sink the US economy.

  But I doubt that would even be necessary. Why kill someone intent on suicide? The US economy will likely collapse on it’s own if it continues on the path it’s on. I’m not talking about some recession like in 2008, I’m talking a collapse you’ve never experienced. Something similar to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

  Also if you were going down the military strike route, an aircraft carrier would be stupid. Trump has broadcast to the entire world what the achilles heal of the US is and it isn’t the aircraft carriers. It’s something that’s dug up from the ground and needs to be processed by refineries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evidence⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but in the 70s basically everything was carcinogenic, even the air.

  If you were stressed about that, you’d just smoke a cigarette.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evidence⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I take the bus to work because of climate change.

  Does that make me fanatical?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon catches a glimpse of his own mortality⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah that shit doesn’t go down until 2029.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People like this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to downvote hateful content and disinformation. So is it “hatorade” to downvote hateful content and straight up lies?

  Though more often I reply back to tell people to tell them to try not to be so hateful and then I get downvoted. I cry myself to sleep every night when that happens :P

  While you’re judging people, someone else may be judging you. If you’re motivated by upvotes maybe consider going to reddit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Relevant username⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t click it but it’s Technology Connections, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I always found it hilarious that the villain in Robocop 2 is actually called Robocop 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Best we can do send a live video feed from a camera on the robot and have someone in India control the robot.

  It’s like having a robot, you just have to accept that someone is seeing everything you do in your home!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huge if true⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmmm… for some reason having 14 beers has made the prospect of having a 15th beer seem like a very good idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi, Jeffrey!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude, we gotta live in a society and we have to have a government. It seems it doesn’t matter what the government does (Mandani isn’t even mayor yet) you just want to be a rebel without a clue. You’ve probably lived a life of privilege so you don’t need to worry about real world problems.

  Whatever, you do you. But for us peasants that actually need a government, Mandani isn’t in the wrong for not burning everything down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finds a bot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Note to self: If the Epstein files ever come out, search for Steve Huffman in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi, Jeffrey!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I figured it would be about a month after Mamdani was actually mayor before leftists would turn on him. But maybe I underestimated the need of leftists to be against anyone with power that’s sympathetic towards them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Today's meeting where Trump fell in love with Mamdani, this is MAGA tomorrow morning.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  PROTIP: Nothing Trump says is genuine. One day he could say someone is a great person, the next day he’ll say that person is nasty or whatever, and the day after that he’ll say they’re a great person again. Everything is transactional to him and everything he says is entirely dependent on what benefits him personally in that specific moment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Take the plea deal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Snitch to whom? Pam Bondi? Kash Patel?

  Who is it do you suppose would offer a plea deal to take down Trump?

  If anything it’s the opposite. Gislane Maxwell said Trump did nothing wrong and got transferred to Club Fed and will probably wind up walking out of that “prison” in a few months.