Frivolous_Beatnik

joined 5 months ago

So my family's chickens are old and a bit skittish (they weren't super socialized when they were young) except for one. This hen hurt her leg at some point and couldn't walk very well for a week so my sister would carry her around, to the water dish, food etc. Since she recovered over a year ago she is the only hen who lets everyone pick her up. She'll even run out to see people and will stand on your shoe until you carry her.

Ah fuck, what did gun jesus do? I don't know anything about the FW or inrange community drama

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, if the post wasn't removed I woulda mentioned that I didn't mean any ill will towards you for making the post lol - the disgusted "ugh" didn't help with the tone though I'm sure.

IMO it's weird that this type of post isn't allowed on c/fakenews, but I admit the mind of the fakenews mod is an enigma to me

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago (7 children)

longboi

always looks odd, seeing the slide serrations on the front of this family of guns

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

brigade

Lol, ass

I just don't find that type of post funny and would rather have them blocked at once. I was actually thinking that having the post removed wasn't helping because there wouldn't be a nice place for such posts to reside that I could then block lmao

Ugh, I'd really rather not have this stuff contaminate my feed when I have that comm blocked already

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'll have to start replying to posts with a blank comment, just for my avi

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Remember this handy chart before trying this funny joke us-foreign-policy

If you're white, it's alright! If you're brown, don't be the clown

I remember the pervasive rumor that their track "Shiny Happy People" was an anti-China anticommunist song about tiny man square. It was never confirmed afaik but it's seeming more likely now...

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Digressing to treat topics for a moment; I have been reading the 6th edition of Achtung! Cthulhu (call of cthulhu ttrpg set in ww2), and its Guide to the Eastern Front specifically. It is strangely nuanced in that it notes the reality of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact as a measure to buy time after France and British rejections and it even mentions the Munich betrayal.

The weird but not entirely unexpected thing is it then goes on to portray Stalin as stupid and bloodthirsty, and "not one step back" as an "unbelievably cruel" order that blindly threw soldiers into a meat grinder.

This is after it gives relatively neutral or positive portrayals of Zhukov, Molotov, Beria, Khruschev, and Tito - Stalin is the only dude in the book who's portrayed as a cartoon character. It ofc praises Lenin as a genius organizer and strategist in comparison too. The cognitive dissonance is intense - it even acknowledges that the Finns were fighting on the fascist side which is an unusual for this type of media, but only Stalin is unequivocally evil.

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That certainly is a component of it I admit I hadn't really thought of

spoilerThe power disparity in the relationship between the god of magic and a mortal wizard/devotee does raise a lot of ethical questions. Definitely not a good look for Mystra.

I still am skeeved out by his emotional manipulation tactics and willingness to drag you and potentially the entire world down with him.

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