Ericthescruffy [he/him] @ Ericthescruffy @hexbear.net

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Good instinct, adaptation is infinitely worse. I was gonna say: the movie is trash and blatantly anti Stalin and USSR but I think you're being a bit too harsh of the comic because I remember it actually being quite sympathetic.

Wait...did you read the comic or watch the shitty animated adaptation?

I saw a really great comment/take on a thread for the movie that pointed out: if DC had balls they would really contrast Superman's experience as an Immigrant with the black coded and/or presenting Martian Manhunter. Superman is white, conventionally attractive, and fully assimilates which leads to his story being emblematic about the beauty of immigration and the American dream...whereas J'onn often has to literally mask and hide his true nature to avoid Ostracization.

One of the punchlines of that story is that President Luthor eventually institutes a planned economy to fight back against Superman...so by the end of the story the conflict isn't even about capitalism versus socialism but whether or not the dominant ideology will be socialism with superman characteristic, or socialism with Luthor characteristics.

This kinda weird shit is a big part of why I love star wars. If it were cannon that there's a Chucky cheese style outer rim attraction with repurposed trade federation droids doing song and dance numbers it would be entirely consistent and on brand for the universe.

Hard agree. Hell even BB-8 is a really goddamn cool design.

There's a flat to VR mod that really takes this to the next level. No motion controls but you can just straight up put on the headset and use the controller to walk around the world as you turn around and look at everything and just feel how alive and atmospheric the city is. Its awesome...if you can run it.

You're not wrong...but isn't it fucking wild how we've just totally normalized and accepted the idea that if you get a call on your phone and its a number you don't recognize there is a 90%+ chance that it is someone on the other end looking to do and engage in literal crimes?

I think what the article is highlighting though is that while the material things he was offering are the primary reason for his victory...what's genuinely wild and kind of a game changer is that its not even really accurate to say he won in spite of the third rail issues of Israel and antisemitism claims he was weighed down with. Its looking like there's very little evidence to suggest that it even hurt him or had any impact at all. That should scare the shit out of the DNC.

Honest to god if you offered me like a 30% pay increase but I have to come into the office and do a 40 minute commute everyday...I don't think I would actually take that deal. Speaking as a formerly single parent: work from home has been the greatest thing for my mental health and personal satisfaction I can honestly remember. Being able to clock in and out not only to get kiddo from school doesn't just save a fortune on childcare and grief in logistics management but also as a guy who does programming its easy to go knock out a load of laundry or prep some stuff for dinner and let my mind kind of ruminate on the problem I'm dealing with. That means when its finally time to clock out for the day I was able to actually handle my household responsibilities and still get a little ACTUAL goddamn leisure time.

You said everything I wanted to say, so bravo. I just really want to emphasize this point again:

There is little point in making such a small gaming device these days, basically outside of retro niche do it cuz you can startups (more on that below)... because most modern smart phones are powerful enough to do everything a Vita can do, if you set it up for emulation, or just natively play android games.

Seriously, I used to run n64 emulators on my phone from like 6 generations ago. I bet they can probably run them in 240hz in 3D now if you want. If all you want is a small tiny portable handheld gaming device then buy a USBC or Bluetooth controller/dock for your phone and never look back.

The steam deck and the switch are the only viable future for dedicated handheld gaming because they actually bridge the gap between portability And console gaming.

A lot of American soldiers, just like a lot of Americans otherwise, have main character syndrome.

There was a reddit post a while back from some troop who had regrets who really summed it up well saying: "When I enlisted I thought I was signing up to be Luke Skywalker. Instead I realized one day I was just another faceless Stormtrooper."

I love the Republic!

Reminds me of how China was stupid and backward for overreacting to sars and then overnight we suddenly were told to be very skeptical of their numbers and even question if they leaked it themselves. Legit...I take everything in western media with a huge grain of salt these days.

Ultimately whatever your feelings on this action...Isn't this kinda the inevitable conclusion without any effort to de-escalate?

The ruling class has made it perfectly clear that any and all posturing and moralizing about political violence and human rights is complete cynical horseshit so inevitably you're going to have people that call them on it. Wrong target, wrong method et al.....I don't know how we really are supposed to engage in that kind of dialogue when nobody in authority seems to have any interest in doing so.

What is the politics of Pac-Man?

Just as a surface read: something about strength through consumption or nourishment to overcome obstacles and enemies. Also: ghosts are bad.

I don't think it's a gotcha at all, but rather an important additional point that just because all art/media is inherently political does not also automatically mean all art/media is inherently deep or complex. The saying is less the idea that all art/media has secret political messaging and more an observation that because all art/media has human voices and creativity behind it it objectively means that it has their own views and biases baked into it.

Exactly. All art and media is political. No exceptions. The degree to which you consider a piece of media/art 'Apolitical' is the degree to which it either reinforces or at least does not challenge the politics you consider to be 'normal'.

I never knew that but fuck me does that track. Honestly between this and like 90% of the people my company employees I'm starting to wonder if country boys are all imaginary and it's nothing but petty bourgeoisie cosplaying all the way down.

Edit: fuck me. I made this joke to my SO and she laughed and said: "duh. Babe.... do you think you can actually be that level of country bumpkin and own land???" It is all fucking cosplay. Even the people who live in cheap ass housing on this shit do it to get the homestead tax credit it sounds like.

Nobody gives a shit about the events that happen in your story. They care about how the events impact the characters of your story. Your audience will never get invested in the stakes of the story if the characters aren't invested in them.

I don't want to say they bare zero responsibility for remaining ignorant and never seeking basic media literacy but: partly I really do think it's an inevitable consequence of both neoliberalism and the cult of celebrity. Art under neoliberalism is about commodifying and branding everything and I think most mainstream actors of today's generation are basically always playing two roles in any project. There's the role they have in the film, and the role they play on late night, press junkets, and social media that everyone in fandom sees. Most marvel stars are especially good examples of this one. People get thrown for a loop with a legend like de niro because he doesn't have to play that game and people aren't ready for it.