Nemo

@Nemo@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your MarioKart character and why?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I like Wiggler because he gets so heated and makes silky faces. Best Heavy driver.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the USA have gifted schools or was Spider-Man Homecoming lying?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The rich kids need the smart kids there to tutor them. It’s self-serving to make sure you get them in there together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  yes, but there’s no demand for it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would a disk shaped planet have uniform gravity like earth or would it vary depending on whether you're near the center or edges?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That is to say, the flat planet will feel like a bowl, because the further out you are the more steeply sloped it is relative to the pull of gravity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come when paying cash for gas, it is not like a coke machine where you can insert your money? And when it hits that limit it clicks off?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  you CAN do that — go inside and say “$30 on pump 3”

  you pay cash in advance and it cuts off when you hit $30

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you haven’t played Universal Paperclips, now is the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is what happens when Billionaires own the news media.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  a rapidly descending point, you mean?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Centrists have such a Hard Choice.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But not these ones, better ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats the point of the 2nd amendment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The country was founded on armed rebellion, and the framers recognized it might be necessary again in the future, so they enshrined the right to an armed populace almost immediately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is there any language that doesn't have four basic directions?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From the Greek for above and below, and also not in the general use. But I really appreciate seeing them in this discussion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is there any language that doesn't have four basic directions?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  English and Spanish also feature “above” and “below”, sooooo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your thoughts on anti-populism and those that say populism is fascism?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, yeah. Populism is a necessary precursor to fascism. Because remember, populism isn’t giving the public what they need, or even what they want; rather, populism is feeding and glorifying the worst impulses of the public: tribalism, vengefulness, novelty-seeking, and other destructive behaviors. It’s a distraction from deteriorating material conditions and an outlet for the stress those conditions create at the same time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do people make mods for games without access to the game's source code?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes they reverse engineer enough of the code to modify it.

  Or sometimes they leave the code alone and just modify data files.

  But often, even without tools, there’s a modding API that tells would-be modders how to interact with the game as a black box.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you vote why don't they just say something like this will raise your taxes for this and over here won't. Wouldn't it be simpler?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Making things simpler” works against the interests of the politicians, sooooo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the people who say "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" ever consider Heroin?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Heroin kills you, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people identify with a political party even if many of their views don't align with that party's platform?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t get it either, I really don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible for someone in America to not know who Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi is?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but most of us do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can people with ADHD possibly enjoy movies if they daydream and can't focus on the movie?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I generally don’t watch video media for exactly that reason. Even audiobooks are too much for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in the trucking industry they are very against carrying a gun? Some area's my sister went into in new york I would have carried an AK-47. No offense NY.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  screencap of vicious rant followed by “no offence” (sic)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in the trucking industry they are very against carrying a gun? Some area's my sister went into in new york I would have carried an AK-47. No offense NY.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t just say “no offense” at the end. You have to actually try not to be offensive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is life like living in area's controlled by Drug Cartels? Can a kid out of high school go get a job that is legit? Or are they just like in Chicago with different gangs?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “like in Chicago”

  bruh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in America Cunt is such a egregious word but not the same in Europe?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh there’s a slew of them for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in America Cunt is such a egregious word but not the same in Europe?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because feminism is more normalized here, maybe? And so misogynistic slurs are less welcome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do other countries view American super hero movie's always putting the threat in new york or whatever? Instead of their own country and have their own superheroes?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is Sekovia erasure! Again!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I say this as an ex-coder, but is it possible to ask for a paper ballot instead of using the stupid machines when voting?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always been offered one, usually as the default.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it’s going to happen no matter what. Save your energy for somehing else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just to get this straight Odysseus angered the gods by just trying to survive the only way he could at the time?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose if you’re immortal, dying at 30 isn’t much different than dying at 60

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just to get this straight Odysseus angered the gods by just trying to survive the only way he could at the time?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Greek gods did not seem to believe that mortals had any right to survival.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In what medium be it print music movies or other was the first villain monologue delivered? What was it about?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The oldest in English that we have access to might be in Beowulf? Villain monologues are as old as stories, and stories are as old as humanity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the first Black Hole was discovered in 1971 what did the scientist actually think it was at first? How come now it seems that it destroys everything it ingests? Why is it not a funnel of sorts?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It kind of IS a funnel of sorts, except the funnel has no small end, it just gets what falls into it more and more packed together.