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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  While it’s definitely still possible, I’m optimistic that the US doesn’t have a history of being forcibly silenced. While we may not be great at mass‑movement or general‑strike action on a national scale, or at least we are out of practice, we’re not used to being afraid of speaking our political beliefs and I don’t see that switching overnight.

  In a nation like Russia, that kind of political submission to the state was seemingly drilled into people during the Soviet Union (really, through much of recent Russian history). No one runs into the street to take cell‑phone video of Russian thug troops rounding up political foes. They know that if they speak up, they’ll be alone, isolated, and face a bad fate. But in the US, we get outside and document. We know the names of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

  And consider hypothetical war support: there’s no way the political ruling class would survive if the US got into a meat‑grinder war like Russia’s in Ukraine, with millions of casualties. Vietnam almost broke the country, and there were only 58k deaths (not to belittle the number, but Russia has suffered around 1.2m in military losses in just four years).

  I think Jan 6 was a wake‑up call that it’s not a joke and not crazy to think they would attempt (and could succeed with) a coup here. I 100% think Trump and co. will try again to stage a coup or fix themselves in power, but I don’t yet believe they’ll succeed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that info is just a decision based on the political optics of how the joint operation was conducted (who should strike first). If Netanyahu wasn’t in Washington the week before, pressuring Trump to act, would Trump have opted to hold hands and go for it with Israel? I feel like this is what Netanyahu has been trying to get the US to help them do for years and years.

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at the White House last week pressing the administration to do what it must to derail Iran’s nuclear program, its ballistic missile infrastructure and its support for proxy militias in the region.

  Like the kid that keeps asking dad for a PS5, but dad keeps saying no or offering lesser prizes. They finally asked on the right day, when dad was already in the mood to get that PS5, and dad said “fuck it, let’s go get it.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My sense is that Trump is going for the “we’re at war and therefore it would be imprudent to have elections” argument. I agree that this will drag on, but I think it depends on if Trump is able to successfully pull off the first ever skipped election in US history.

  I don’t think his supreme court would go that low to allow it, but…the chance that he succeeds is not 0%, which fucking sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly don’t know if US was driving the ship on the decapitation strike. I think Netanyahu might have been the one who wanted to take the shot and Trump just saw it as a convenient distraction at a time when he desperately needs a distraction. Neither here nor there, really, because both are in it together. Maybe they both (Trump and Netanyahu) had their foot on the gas?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck is going on with Iran and what will happen next?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That situation was different though. Japan was 100% getting invaded and they knew that when the bombs were dropped. Maybe not right away, in the very immediate term. Iran does not believe the US will execute a proper invasion as it has not been credibly threatened. If Iran believed that invasion was imminent, then the calculus would be different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nova Launcher unashamedly inserts malware ads into your home screen now.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 for Octopi launcher. Very nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays GTA VI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dec 13, 2026 is technically still fall 2026. Winter doesn’t start until Dec 21st.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who's gonna tell him?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think he destroyed his mind with drugs, TBH. I think he was different to some degree back then. Still was an asshole, but not this asshole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is gold investing a scam?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It will be whatever the remnants of society deem valuable and convenient to use for condensed wealth. Probably bottle caps.

  Unrelated, anyone else looking forward to fallout season 2?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  2 years ago, I would have agreed with you. But so much progress has been made and lots of devs have already enabled multiplayer support, it’s really just a handful that need to be convinced, so I don’t think 20% will be necessary to get there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weapons trafficking⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So we’re just giving out free points now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weapons trafficking⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I remember, only a few of the kids on the trip were his, the rest were cousins. His wealthy(er) brother was the one flying them to Paris at his expense. Also he was the one sitting on a ridiculously 3 story brownstone in Manhattan. I don’t believe we meet the brother in the films. Kevin’s mom was supposed to have been the substantial breadwinner in the house as a fashion designer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games have you put the most hours into?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You can beat it??

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They nailed it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Reddit posts with pictures of reddit posts and comments is not uncommon (IIRC)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deadlocked is one of the funnest games I've played in a while⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Want to throw me an invite? I really want to try it, but none of my friends are on it. I stopped playing OW when they jumped the shark and announced OW2. You can only play if you know someone who is playing, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Slop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure Bill Watterson has some thoughts on AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh interesting…the plot thickens!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Modding is pretty big" says Baldur's Gate 3 director as over 1m mods are installed in less than 24 hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of the UI mods are really good. Gives what can be a bit of a clunky experience some QOL features and look.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For the optical media side of things, the name was coined by Phillips while they were consorting with Sony to develop the standard and named it the “Compact Disc” to compliment their already existing “Compact Cassette” product. They developed an official logo for the format which spelled it “disc.” That’s been with us ever since.

  Didn’t LaserDisc predate Compact Discs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh, the humanity!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s hard to overstate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gardening⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Every sign, every rule, has a story as to why it is necessary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel betrayed...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially those who own horses (because they have money)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When does investing become gambling?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So emojis like this are the internet equivalent of the cockney rhyming slang, innit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It definitely feels more robust and a lot more activity in recent weeks/months. It takes a lot longer to get to the infinite porn posts in All.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LPT Do it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Google Docs is perfect for stuff like this. Great history management, better (though not great) at formatting and stuff, has features like revisions from editors and notes. Way better than Word IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI will change the way we do everything. All jobs will be replaced.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, not countries!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This concept for budget double decker airline seating⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Why did they say if like it was a bad thing? I want this to be a thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oilers' McDavid wants NHL to reverse ban on theme tape including for Pride⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not even for during game time, it’s during warmups. It affects nothing allowing whatever tape (or jerseys) they want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Next line speaks to that…still.

  “That’s my position. We just haven’t figured out how to do it yet.”

  This might be the most memorable quote from the entire run of the West Wing for me. Our teachers are doing their job out of good will and our society is taking advantage of them because their value far outstrips what they are paid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: the largest piracy community is blocked from lemmy.world⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. This is about protecting themselves from legal liability, not anything else. As the guy who hosts it is just a regular guy, not a corporation with limited liability/tons of startup dollarbucks, I don’t begrudge him/them at all.