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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Doesn't that title imply that children can consent? That's maybe not the best message? Lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago

Hey we share an interest!

My family would always say "why don't you do something with minerals?" And usually I say "well there's no job that is just admiring dioptase, and I really don't want to work for the enemy (oil companies)" lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

A humorous follow up response would be "sure, here's another question: How the hell did they think you were ready to be utilized?"

The only correct answer: "I can answer that for you! The reason they thought I was ready to be utilized by the general public is because money!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That's a good point, but to be honest even if those thumbnails were just straight up ads I'd be ok with that. I can simply not click on it. Having any kind of actual ad on a premium service is absolute bullshit though, that's straight up greed...

Hell as a free user I wouldn't mind in the slightest having their segments: videos, segment for shorts, more videos, be broken up to have videos, ad banner, shorts, videos, and banner etc... don't lock me into having to watch an ad but I do understand they need ad revenue and I don't mind seeing the still image ads "of the past" (well past for me since I've used an ad blocker for-absolutly-ever now.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

I believe the ML there stands for Marxist Leninist (one of the flavors of communism)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I literally grabbed my phone to text my friend something last night and deleted it half way because I didn't want to have a drawn out conversation lol

I'm the worst...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

This is exactly what I do with my tobii eye tracker. I'm a bit paranoid about what it can see so I have it plugged into a USB hub with power buttons that I just disable when I'm not using it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

That is actually my moms type. A pagan, "natural therapy," crystal healing tarot reading type. She never trusted vaccines, or Big Pharma, but she wasn't all conspiracy crazy about it just that she didn't trust corporations to make anything safe and not be entirely profit focused.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

The right wing was doing shenanigans at the very founding of the country.

It's almost like we're literally never going to not be dealing with their bullshit...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

At this point I have no idea lol I finished the demo and the way they left it that doesn't seem possible but when I went to look for a picture of him to show for comparison the first images were of an "adult" or young adult, not the kid in the demo.

Needless to say I was not happy to have that ruined for myself lol but who knows maybe it's another character with the same name. I immediately stopped looking because I don't want to completely ruin it for myself. At least my suspicions were correct as far as how the demo would play out lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

just sounds like a Cassandra.

I don't have much to add, but thanks for showing me a new expression! I had to look it up because I had no idea what you meant ending like that lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

One of the most disgusting things I ever ate was an applebess "endless riblets" deal... Ribs that tasted exactly like the sausage patty you'd get on a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich...

 

Hey Lemmy! Time to do some digging!

I was sent a link from a friend about some Totally Cool™ guy who has close ties to JD Vance: Curtis Yarvin. Anyone aware of this guy and his desires? I won't put the link in here as my last post was removed because of it, but a comment within the thread is copied below.

Apparently Japanese media covered the story as was posted to Reddit, but there doesn't seem to be too much talk of this in the US.

From a comment in the reddit discussion: “Curtis Yarvin is a far-right ‘intellectual’ that wants to end democracy and install what I can only really describe as cyberpunk feudalism. He’s suggested turning the United States into a patchwork of corporate fiefdoms ruled with absolute impunity by CEOs, as well as putting mandatory ankle monitors on all unemployed and poor people. This sounds like a joke, but I’m serious. JD Vance is not just a fan of him intellectually, but also a personal friend. As someone who has known about Yarvin for several years, it’s been really concerning seeing how he could potentially become a Rasputin-like figure in the event of a Trump victory. Beyond this, Yarvin has also spent many years advocating for what sounds eerily like Project 2025.”

Links within comment:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin

https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23373795/curtis-yarvin-neoreaction-redpill-moldbug

For those familiar with Star Citizen lore, he apparently wants to turn the US into the Stanton system “lol” …

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