Lianodel @ Lianodel @ttrpg.network

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Are we talking about the same Akinator? In my experience, it used to be great, but has been dogshit for years.

Do you mean the reactionary behavior, or the inability to understand it? I feel like it could go either way, but one is more depressing than the other.

Love it.

In a similar way, I also like to pull out "capitalism only works on paper."

Yeah, that was a bummer. I first heard "Big Iron" via Fallout, but I listened to all of Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs and absolutely loved it.

Then I heard his songs that were less Old West and more Cold War.

Seriously. If someone's support is transactional, it isn't worth shit. It's not like having an okay position on some issues means you "get" to call for a little extermination, as a treat.

You don't have to be perfect on every issue, but for fuck's sake, there are hard lines when it comes to people's right to exist, and live free. And even any decent takes she had are long past, since nearly ALL she does nowadays is rage tweet about trans people from her fucking castle.

I'm sure it will also include civil responses to what opposing people are actually saying.

I recently got into hiking, which provides some nice changes in scenery!

Granted, that's hard to do as a regular thing multiple times a week. But still, a walk around your neighborhood, or especially local parks if you've got any sizable ones, might be fun in a way going on the treadmill isn't.

That was such a dumb move, not just because it was petty in and of itself, but because it means you now can't separate Musk's drama from his products. His antics will demonstrably spill over into fucking with your car, even after you bought it.

To go one step further, it's not just that their customers will fill in the gaps, they'll also take the blame.

The DM struggles with a products that provides them with little to no support? "Skill issue. You just need a good DM."

The DM works doggedly to fill in and paper over the gaps? Sure, they'll appreciate the DM, but WotC gets some credit because "This module is so much fun!"

Fun fact/wet blanket:

Actually those are just coins, which can sometimes be triangular in the Forgotten Realms.

Interestingly (to me at least), the only specific example I found was the Sembian silver piece, or "hawk." In the image, we also see what looks like copper and gold, too, at the minimum.

Sokka, Scanlan, John Snow, Walter White - except “more based” or “less of a cuck”.

The two that stick out most to me are Sokka and Walter White.

A major part of Sokka's character arc is outgrowing his misogyny. I mean, Christ, the Kyoshi Warriors episode had him humble himself, ask to learn, and crossdress.

As for Walter White, his arc is becoming "more based" and "less of a cuck." It's also about him becoming a total monster.

There's been a lot of discourse about "media literacy," and it's frustrating that the people who most lack it, often in destructive ways, end up just dismissing the criticism out of hand, as though it's not dead-on.

That happened with my local library system. We had a dipshit conservative try to ban pride displays. Turns out, even if this is a red county, the people who actually read books and care about public services don't like that, and now knew to pay attention to local library politics. The hearing about it was packed, and she lost badly the next election.

I admit I didn't consider voting in library board elections before, but now you bet I'm showing up.

...Is this an element behind the "we're a republic, not a democracy" bullshit?

I mean, I know it's nonsense, and I know it's fascists testing the waters for being openly anti-democracy, but is it also just playing into the names of the two major parties? It's so silly I genuinely never considered it before, but it's depressingly plausible.

In my subjective experience, gender issues bring out the worst in Lemmy. There's a small but very obnoxious contingent out there ready to fight, even if they have to put words in your mouth to do it, like you've pointed out.

From what I've seen from Not Just Bikes, there's also car-sharing. There are services to make it super easy to borrow a car for as little as a few hours if you just need to lug some furniture or something.

Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)

Basically, proper bike infrastructure and snow-clearing make a world of difference. It's not nearly as bad as it seems if you just put on a coat and get going.

First thing I found when I searched for "Maersk IBM blockchain":

A.P. Moller - Maersk and IBM to discontinue TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled global trade platform

I thought, "Doesn't Illinois have one of the few good state flags?"

Nope, I was thinking of the city flag of Chicago. The state flag is literally just the state crest on a white background. It would absolutely benefit from a redesign. :p

Do you think the same people who refused to show up for Hillary in the 2016 general voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries?

Well, no. I'm not sure what point you think I was making.

My point is that the DNC isn't going to be pushed left by a loss. The leadership is old, stubborn, and stupid. They'll tell leftists to shut the fuck up during the primaries because they don't matter, then blame them after a loss because suddenly they did matter enough to make the difference. When it turns out that most leftists held their noses and voted Blue anyway, they'll just ignore it. Then, if we get to vote again, they'll take exactly the wrong lesson, and just push harder to the right.

The point in bringing up 2016 is because they did push a centrist candidate, she did lose to a fascist clown, and then, four years later, they pushed Joe Biden. Why on Earth would anyone expect them to do anything different if it happens again?

Yeah, that's one of the episodes that immediately came to mind.

Harley: There's one thing I've gotta know: why'd you stay with me all day, risking your butt for someone who's never given you anything but trouble?

Batman: I know what it's like to try and rebuild a life. I had a bad day, too, once.

It was absolutely a rehabilitative vision of justice. The same thing happens with The Ventriloquist, where Batman is extremely supportive, and goes to great lengths to talk him down after he was manipulated into returning to crime. Heck, there's even a villain, Lock-Up, who personifies a cruel, punitive form of justice. He even reveals the guard's abuse, through a clever ploy, as Bruce Wayne, in a hearing about Arkham.