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Imit8m3 posted...

Fabric masks do nothing for viruses.
This is the only right wing "talking point" that is actually true.

Nah, they block water droplets from passing through, droplets that can contain viruses.

SHOOOOOOCCKKKKEEEEERRRRRRRR!l

I am open minded to the possibility of there being a powerful being analogous to a God in existence, but I don't have a good reason to think that any of our religions have accurately described that being.

Is the Biden Admin doing anything to fight this lunacy?

Ron Johnson isn't an idiot: he's a cretinous evangelist for capitalism, a propagandist. He gets paid well to keep the oligarchy in power.

I mean, he's probably also very stupid, but that isn't the core issue.

TailsStillRight posted...

Link?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-a9VDIbZCU

https://mobile.twitter.com/etienneshrdlu/status/1485956332989693953

Distilled Despair in video form.

Just wanted to mention that Dan Olson has tons of other great videos. His video on chicken nuggets is very short but still great.

Esrac posted...

See, now this description makes it sound like it isn't a good video for anyone who either isn't already a fan or doesn't already agree with the premise ahead of time.

It's a good video for people who are uncertain about the merits of crypto and NFTs. Plus it's also highly educational.

The video clearly explains the problems with NFTs. As it turns out, most of the problems stem from cryptobros being massive wankers.

Also

Like I'm sorry I'm trying to get through the video but he will just move from a topic like how having capital makes it easier to whale on bitcoin to the energy usage of crypto vs ATMs and then detours to a review of a book someone wrote about ethereum while focusing more on calling the writer a loser than just explaining ethereum.

These subjects are directly related. The people with capital are the same people creating gigantic crypto mining rigs that consume ungodly amounts of electricity.

Doe posted...

I dont really listen to / watch video essays anymore, they are the enemy of brevity and anyone can make one

Like you really don't need 2+ hours to explain why NFTs don't meet any reasonable or useful definition of "ownership" (an NFT of an image by itself is no more interesting than if DaVinci sold you a receipt for the Mona Lisa that gives no control over the art).

Nor to explain why it's delusional to believe that financial firms aren't fifty steps ahead of the retail investor crypto mob (financial firms learn from experience, mobs do not).

The video goes into detail regarding the technology behind cryptocurrency, the history of the movement, and the internet communities that exist around all of it. I guarantee that virtually everyone who watches it will learn something new.

Esrac posted...

Who is he and why should anyone care about what he says on the topic?

He's an absurdly articulate journalist and video essayist. Just listen to him speak for like ten minutes and see what you think.

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This video is legit amazing.

He also would have consumed copius amounts of Tifa rule34 art.

Jesus would have smoked weed were he alive today.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

Unfortunately, Pokmon fan games have a bad habit of indulging in a 15 year old emos idea of edgy and/or grinding as a requirement for progression.

Well yeah, most fan games are shit lol. But surely at least a couple are decent.

legendarylemur posted...

Can vouch for Monster Sanctuary. I quite liked it.

Also just play better turn based, like SMTV, which is also on the Switch and utterly shits on all the Pokemon games on the Switch combined except New Snap, which I love

Funny you mention that! I'll be playing that tommorow.

Does anyone in this topic know of any fan made Pokemon games that **** on the official releases?

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Why people acting like Breathe of the Wild isn't on this system >_>

THIS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g

This video is very long, but an essential watch for anyone who's unsure on the merits of Crytocurrencies and NFTs. Watch it in chunks if you have to. Watch the first two chapters if nothing else.

Vyrulisse posted...

Get back to me when meat substitutes don't taste like ass then maybe we can talk about not eating meat. Until then I'm gonna keep enjoying actual meat.

How many of them have you actually tried?

Legato-and-Vash posted...

Yea I really don't get the whole bad performance thing to be honest. She was supposed to be angry. >_> Also, I think her fight scenes were really impressive considering she's an amputee in real life.

Yeah, I thought the actress gave a solid performance.

Matrix 4 was a genuinely funny comedy film at points.

Middle hope posted...

Isn't he still immortal?

Then shoot him in the nuts and the kneecaps.

One for me is "soylent green". I don't even know what it means! But the phrase is funny for some reason.

Okay, so, I want to say something important

Murderers are still human beings and all human beings deserve certain basic human rights.

Furthermore, the circumstances of individual murders vary drastically, and its not rational to assert that everyone who murders has some innate "murder gene" or whatever.

Imagine a scenario in which a child gets assaulted by a predator, and their Father goes on to track down and kill the predator. That is very different from a sadist killing for pleasure or a sociopath killing for personal gain. The Father who murdered the predator should of course have their mental health evaluated while isolated from society for a number of years, but they shouldnt be branded as an evil person.

Allanon23 posted...

Do you mean the Heritage of Shannara series? That one is four books and is pretty solid imo. It does take awhile to get going though.

Sword of Shannara is a little rough to read through sometimes even for me, and I've been a fan of the series since I was 5 years old. Elfstones and Wishsong are still fantastic.

I thought Elfstones was the best, mainly because of the large-scale battles, but the story of Wil felt kinda off. Wishsong had some decent ideas but weak antagonists and weird pacing.

Hmm, I re-read the original trilogy recently and found them hard to get through. I didnt care much for the first book in the second trilogy, either.

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Samurontai posted...

Arent most of the big auto industries already moving away from fossil fuels?

Unless all electric cars are charged with renewables or nuclear, they will still contribute to CO2 emissions a lot.

This is an uncomfortable reality that liberals continue to refuse to acknowledge. The profit motive influences virtually all decisions made by the government and has allowed the fossil fuel industry to dominate energy production and do immense damage to the planet. This aspect of capitalism must be done away with.

I had a Gameshark on the GBA and remember dicking around with it on a couple of games.

Except NFTs offer absolutely nothing of value that existing technologies dont already accomplish. Commissioning artwork online was a thing long before NFTs existed, and plenty of online artists have successful Patreon feeds.

At their core, NFTs are a late-stage capitalist grift designed to trick idiot tech-bros out of their money.

Why is it that the NFT craze hasnt lead me learning about any artists while instead subjecting my eyeballs to dozens of ugly apes and lions?

https://hard-drive.net/politics-are-ruining-video-games-says-person-ruining-video-games/

Another banger from Hard Drive.

CyricZ posted...

cuz im bored

Are you incapable of alleviating your boredom in any other way?

Questionmarktarius posted...

Both of those games reek of "yeah, I played a lot of Mario 64".

It sounds like you havent even played AHIT, man.

HHH is the game posted...

No. To me they were basically different words for the same thing. A boy was a male, a girl was a female. I don't understand them as different concepts, or understand why they should be separated.

I guess my ideal world would be that we remove gender roles and just let them = sex so we can all do whatever we want, as boy or girl, with no expectations. The current social movements seem to be going the complete opposite now

Sex refers to the physical characteristics of a person's body related to its reproductive functions. Having a womb or producing sperm are sexual characteristics.

Gender refers to certain social behaviors , expectations, and roles associated with sexual characteristics. Women wearing dresses at weddings while men wear suits is an expression of gender.

Does this make sense?

@HHH_is_the_game

Question: Do you understand the distinction between sex and gender?

MushroomMuncher posted...

Why does one need materialistic things to tell me who they are

Clothes? You're talking about clothes, right? Clothing is the easist way to communicate your gender identity to people who see you.

hockeybub89 posted...

Children know they are cisgendered and straight = nice man

Children know they are trans or gay = "Ugh how have their crazy parents been abusing them? Liberals won't let kids be kids and grow up on their own!"

Precisely. Transphobes deny the reality that being trans is just as valid as being cis.

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This.

TC, are you a transphobe?

All children should be given choices for how to express themselves and determine how they want to identify. No child should be forced to dress or act in a way that makes them uncomfortable.

https://mobile.twitter.com/lizshuler/status/1473318720068071432

More strikes like this one to come. Workers must seize control of the means of production one step at a time.

CountDog posted...

Why people even care about voting is beyond me. What did George Carlin say. Your voting for who the next person is going to be that is shoving their fist up your **s for next four to eight years. There was more to this joke/reality bit. Can't remember it completely.

Because the GOP is a deranged fascist death cult that wants to end democracy. Democrats are deeply flawed, but we must acknowledge the reality that fascism is impending threat that we must resist.

But we can and should do more than just vote. I know I'm not the only one with a craving for revolution.

Biden should have threatened Manchin's family and business interests months ago.