Adderbox76

@Adderbox76@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Since when is that allowed!? /s

  I’m fine with that. My bigger question was simply why am I seeing it in sports news instead of entertainment news all of a sudden? It’s not a sport. it’s a variety show sponsored by the makers of steroids.

• Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  100% agreed. Such a fun show.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do people develop feelings for someone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Flirting is chatting with more intense eye contact

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do people develop feelings for someone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, “like”, “love”, and “in love” are not separate emotions. They’re the same emotion resonating at different frequencies, for lack of a better metaphor.

  “Like” and “Love” are largely hormonal as far as I can tell.

  • You get along with someone and you want to hang out together, the chemicals in your brain say “hey…this person gets me and I’m happy being around them. I LIKE them.”

  • You get along with someone, and you want to hang out together, and you’re sexually attracted to them. The chemicals and hormones say “Hey…I really really want to be alone with the person and tell them everything and share my intimate self with them. I LOVE them.”

  “IN LOVE” is the one that takes work. Because “IN LOVE” happens long after you’ve started in that relationship. You know their goods. You know their bads. You know what makes them tick and what annoys them. You know what they do that annoys you, and yet you STILL have gotten so addicted to having them as a part of your life that you wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s like the old saying “Yes, we fight. But there’s noone else I would rather fight with.”

  They are all one and the same emotion, and where it lands with any one particular person depends on the individual circumstances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  MAGA is pretty much entirely a cult of personality. Take out the Jim Jones, and they tend to go back into hiding. That’s the only hopeful part of all of this is that when Trump finally dies (by any means necessary), I’d bet everything that MAGA goes with him. Or at least as a political force. Hillibillies are still gonna hillbilly, but without Trump to embolden them, they’ll go back to ranting about 'libs after finishing up fucking their cousins and nothing more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised it hasn’t been taken care of already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the scientific method⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If at first you don’t succeed, avoid child endangerment charges and put your students in another irresponsible situation next week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people here left-wing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You think the allure of being fully independent and having your own instance would be right up their alley given how they value independence, but nope.

  Because it’s not about freedom of speech for them, it’s about freedom to force people to listen. Having their own server where they can shout at each other all day doesn’t serve their purpose. Their panties get wet by forcing others to listen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the most realistic fictional movies ever made?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  • Children of Men

  • Gattaca

  Both feel like extremely realistic portrayals of possible near futures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  • Odyssey 5 (Only lasted a season, but damn…)

  • Boardwalk Empire (for some reason the least talked about and most forgotten HBO show)

  • Into the Badlands (Deserved a longer life. Great martial arts action in a post-apocalypse)

  • First Wave (Nostrodamus, Conspiracy theories and the first wave of an secret Alien invasion)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you pronounce "centaur" and why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I pronounce it “Phil”. And he would appreciate it if you would stop staring at his missing eye.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jon Lovitz Wants A Reboot Of ‘The Critic’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL Jon Lovitz isn’t dead. His career was just doing a damn good impression of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s Team Calls Europe ‘Pathetic’ in Leaked Signal Group Chat Messages⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just don’t get how these morons honestly don’t grasp the idea that America’s global “reach” is entirely dependent on having military bases overseas in friendly countries.

  Do they honestly think their influence remains the moment they’re told to get their troops off the fucking continent and every country pulls a Norway and stops refueling their ships?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It is indeed dangerous to rely on any one country for too much

  Cries in Canadian

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem like many Americans have an arrogant personality trait?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The U.S. is like any other country; it has its share of assholes. But I generally avoid painting everyone of however many million people with the same broad brush.

  There is a somewhat obnoxious level of patriotism to Americans in general that comes from simply being the biggest economy and a net cultural exporter to the rest of the world; think blue jeans and coca-cola, metaphorically. (I’m sorry, Americans, but it’s true. Put on your big boy pants and deal with the criticism like adults, please.)

  But it only rises to the level of arrogance in those people who think that the rest of the world only exists because of them and should behave as some sort of client state to American hegemony.

  That’s not all Americans. Heck, I’d say it’s not even most Americans. But they’re just really really loud and drown out everything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happens when I ignore the cookie preference dialogue on websites?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What happens when I ignore the cookie preference dialogue on websites?

  You get stuck with the leftovers; which is usually the maple flavour or those really really dry shortbread cookies that feel like dust in your mouth. And you’re not allowed a drink of milk to wash it down.

  It helps to get in line early for your cookie preferences.

  What? … Wrong cookies?

  Sorry about that. I stand by what I said however.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨telecommunications dish⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why’s your aardvark wearing a cone?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would America declaring cartels terrorist organizations be a problem for Mexico?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It might be his best book since Name of the Rose

  My personal favourite is The Island of the Day Before. Though I haven’t read either in years and it might be nostalgia because that was my first introduction to Eco.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do most Americans use an iPhone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Marketing.

  Convincing stupid people that their self-worth is based on how much they spend.

  Not a thing that is exclusive to Apple, of course. It’s how society has been since the 80s and Reaganomics, with Nike and other running shoes being the first really noticeable marketing push in that regard.

  Where Apple paved the way is that, even back then, a company would make a product, assign a profit margin to it (traditionally about 30-40%), and sell it at that price…

  Apple came along and said, “the only limit to a profit margin is how much you can convince stupid people to pay. We’ll use billions of dollars in advertising to convince people that they’re sub-human if they don’t agree with it. If the consumer is dumb enough to pay 250% profit margin for a phone device that costs us literally a couple hundred bucks to make…than that’s on them and their own stupidity.”

  So in short, profit margin is no longer a relatively stable number dictated by market forces and the relative strength of the economy, and (thanks to Apple) instead has become a function of marketing. How much can you convince suckers to spend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would America declaring cartels terrorist organizations be a problem for Mexico?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Best review of it I read was:

  “DFW is a perfect example of what happens when people think they are above editing.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would America declaring cartels terrorist organizations be a problem for Mexico?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve honestly never made it through the whole thing.

  Tried to, back in the day. It’s one of those things that’s expected of you if you want to be a proper turtleneck wearing, pretentious literati as a university student. (I was a douche, okay…I admit it…it’s the same reason I fought my way through War and Peace and Foucault’s Pendulum) But I’m much better now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would America declaring cartels terrorist organizations be a problem for Mexico?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a pretext for invasion. Just like invading Afganistan was to intervene in order to get Al-Queda. Or invading Iraq was about getting the Taliban… etc… etc… etc…

  If America wants a war with someone for oil/economic pressure/etc… (really whatever reason they choose to make up) they simply say that there are terrorists there.

  I’m calling it now and saying that in two weeks he declares the Quebec Sovereignty movement a terrorist organization for reasons…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why hasn't the deep state stopped trump?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Those dreadfully dangerous Antifa terrorists sure have gone silent too, haven’t they.

  It’s almost as though they never existed.

  Right now, we need Antifa to be everything that the right wings pretended Antifa was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So, is the USA screwed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  More and more every day…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Found the Spartan warrior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there is no photos of earth from space?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are no stupid questions.

  But there are in fact, some very stupid ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would happen if USA invades Canada?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You think a U.S. military base isn’t getting kicked the fuck out of a foreign country the moment they are declared an enemy? Or do you have such a little opinion of everyone else that you think a couple of military bases will immediately take over every European county at once?

  If America invades Canada it’s global reach becomes null and void essentially the next day. Every Nato country expels American military personnel, by force if necessary, and America’s role in the world is done, regardless if they win against Canada or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what if another country staged a coup in the US and deposed trump?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Putin is currently staging a coup, and it’s on the United States’ dime. If all of this is somehow actually the machinations of Putin, you can’t help but be impressed with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you like the smell of bookstores?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  oh god yes. ESPECIALLY used book stores. Shared stories have a particular smell that just speaks of history.