Hannes

Ever heard of “bread and games” to keep the population docile and stop revolts?

Also too many rich snobs that think owning a car is the pinnacle of freedom

Tbf even if it IS the punisher skull that’s still a massive dogwhistle.

I have yet to meet someone showcasing that that also wasn’t showing fascist tendencies…

The problem is that many issues today aren’t as simple and require a lot of compromises to happen which then makes it way more complex if an issue to vote for something.

I agree that the way it is today is absurd. A couple of years ago there was a speech of a politician in germany congratulating his party for making so hard to read laws that it often take weeks for critics to even understand and explain what’s happening in that law and by that time they could farm support for it.

I guess that’s a slightly different issue to yours though.

That’s why you have all those MAGA Barbies with enough plastic-surgery to cross into uncanny valley territoriy

Also usually the ones pushing some kind of antisemitic narrative ala “global elites controlling the country”.

Right wing populist patriotism is just a total joke invented to exploit the poor and stupid…

I mean it’s kind of important to be more mindful about the choice of words in general as many people say pedophile but mean child predator.

There are many people born with that attraction to kids that never act on it or even actively seek help.

The whole “let’s call everyone a pedophile” is doing more harm than good as it creates a huge stigma preventing people from looking for help.

That said: they are 100% not caring about that at all and just moving the goalpost…

It’s the go-to strategy for fossil fuel companies to stay in the market as long as possible

They know it’s not possible, they don’t want to build new ones but the discussion alone is slowing down renewables and makes it less likely that the current fossil power plants can be shut down soon.

Also just look how hard it is to find spots for renewables

Surely there will be no NIMBYs preventing atomic power plants and storage spaces for the used material from being built…

What do you think?

Meta also allegedly modified settings “so that the smallest amount of seeding possible could occur,”

I think it’s possible to have her somehow take back that magic in a desperate situation, or to have her go through the trial for some reason, too (she always was kind of interested, but Geralt didn’t allow it)

I mean Geralt died in the books and is somehow alive for the games. A lot of stuff can happen and be explained in a way that fits with the lore good enough to spin a story around it

I bet the people complaining with “what about the lore” have a big overlap with the people that wanted Ciri to be a love interest in W3…

Shiftphone is a good alternative but it’s also on the more pricey site.

You could get lucky and get a used one for cheap? Since the battery can be replaced and is usually the only part needing regular replacements every couple of years you should be fine?

I always love to imagine the other orphans reaction when the family shows up and picks a rat over them

Why does a vending machine even have AI in the first place?

So you can see mastodon posts on bluesky and bluesky posts on mastodon?

Completionism is an ADHD symptom?

I wonder what kind of securities Taiwan needs in order to bargain with china about it.

Joining NATO, being able to be officially recognised as a sovereign country without immediate sanctions by China against whoever did that? Permanent stationing of western troops?

I feel as if China giving up the claim to Taiwan in exchange for Taiwan’s product capabilities to be made available within the mainland China would lead to China becoming the new global superpower for sure.

Yeah I’d argue it was the most precisely targeted attack possible on such a scale.

But of course - since it’s Israel people use every angle possible to criticise it.

Or a kgb agent in the hotel room next to someone that just fell out of the window