GreenShimada

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Nope. I have a family member that chronically sends and demands absolute detritus for Xmas. It's a relief to get cash, and I'll often either 1) do some charity donation with direct recipients and send the cash sender a pic and tell them that's how I used their money, or 2) go somewhere nice and send a pic and tell them it's how I used their money. Both seem to work.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

I mean, it's a poster style from the 70s. It's a mix of older distros and newer ones.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

According to the schedule, it's DJ set with a lot of samples from the 1960's TV show Green Acres. It's pretty weird.

 

No AI used. I have 5 fingers on each hand! There are 27...wait, no, 5.... wait... no, 4 lights! No, that's not it. Oh, no , it's 3 Rs in strawberry. That's it.

Poster in an homage to the Isle of Wright Festival with The Doors

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

JFC, I'm using it NOW to make a real version! It was a proof of concept use! Y'all are so blinded by hate.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The brand of wackadoo on /r/Conspiracy used to be different, too. Less hostile and agenda-pushy, just sort of anything that didn't belong in /r/UFOs or whatever. Now it's just /r/Conservative with no filter.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for actual feedback.

I also like the style, but the concert poster version would be much easier to mock-up in gimp. Though, it looks like most psychedelic concert posters were for single acts, not festivals, as would work best for a lineup of distros. I'll see what happens.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Elementart, my dear Whomp whomp!

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (14 children)

Famously, peaceful movements don't use a lot of propaganda posters.

Maybe we ask Shepard Fairey to do one for us? Or just some psychedelic 70's concert poster with distros?

Edit: Don't crucify me for using AI:

Edit 2: People downvoting, I was using AI as the tool it's meant to be - a quick first draft, proof of concept to sort out ideas. I'm not going to spend hours mocking up both of these for a comment on a meme. I will spend time on one of them, maybe, later. Real human time with 10 fingers and eyes that aren't all squishy.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure, 5% is standard, but a .333L bottle is far more likely if they come in a "box" of 24. That's a difference between 12L of beer and 8L for 24 bottles. Both are a lot, but one is A LOT a lot. Personally, I would struggle to get though 4 liters of yellow lite beer in an evening, but it's also weird to ask "hey, do we have any functional alcoholics coming? If so I should buy 100 beers."

Conclusion is based on bad data. Estimate 1 beer per person for 45 minutes of time and you'll be lucky to have 2 left over afterwards.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

This depends on your farmer's market entirely.

Plenty of the non-fruit/veg stands are also small shops trying to go somewhere with more foot traffic.

 

This made for TV movie originally aired in syndication instead of Hercules/Xena reruns. Later ran on SciFi. It's the same premise as Galaxy Quest, but on a more individual scale.

It's cheesy, it's campy, and it's worth a watch for some quality 90's throwback entertainment.

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Request from @Allero@lemmy.today...well, kinda. They asked for J-Law and got this. Put yer GD pitchforks away.

No AI used, ya snobs!

 

Credit to @Broadfern@lemmy.world for coming up with "MinTay" as an OS name.

 

Just curious.

For me, it's in Season 6 when everyone gets amnesia due to WIllow's spell forgetfulness spell oopsie. Once they undo the spell and everyone's standing around, Xander chuckles and says "I just back the memory of watching King Ralph."

No idea why it's THAT moment, but it sticks with me and always makes me smile.

 

Angel chat also allowed.

Hey, at least it's not politics, right?

 

BTVS - the show, the movie, whatever. Angel? Angel, too. Five by five.

Comic books? OK, sure. The Season 8 motion comic? .....uh....I guess if you want too... the PS2 game? Tips and tricks, my friend.

Matching a dress with a leather jacket while doing slayerage? We can do that. Pro Tips on how to steal holy water to throw at baddies? Got you covered.

 

Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday.

 

So, without needing to guess much, it's likely going to be a shittacular Holiday Season. Everything is going to be expensive and stupid and extra scammy and shit. More so than usual (Subscribe for more uplifting messages every day delivered to your inbox. Or don't. See if I care.)

Anyway, I cook, and make lots of homemade stuff as the season and market allows.

I just finished making 10 jars of super dill-y dill pickles, and a few of okra. Which I'm making with the plan of giving them to people I like for the holidays, as people usually love the recipe I use. I never planned on being "the pickle guy" but here we are.

Might also make some bubbly 7% ABV spiced honey wine, beer, vanilla extract, herbal bitters for coughs. We'll see.

Just curious if anyone has any similar plans in mind and what y'all are making.

 

Posting this here so that in 3 years I can point to it and say "I told you so!" from a reeducation camp.

In economics and human behavior, sunk cost fallacy is a huge reason why people do what they do, and keep doing what they do. They are invested, they've spent the time and money thinking they'll get something out of it. It's why people who haven't caught a fish all day going on 5 hours, will spend 2 more hours out on the lake.

Based on the inauguration, the tech broligarchs are heavily invested in the current situation. And if you listen to them talk, they genuinely don't care WHO it is that makes what they want happen actually happen, they just want it to happen.

Humans also hate instability. While what's happening now reminds me SOOOooooo much of what I've seen in developing countries in terms of corruption, what those countries also suffer from is the whiplash effect of changing powers. If a new party comes into power everything will change. Not just who's in the WH, also who's on The Hill.

At some point, all the money and Gerrymandering in the world can't stop people from voting out of anger and going for the other guys, as milquetoast as they are.

So what should we expect? Midterms in 2026 will be bad, and I would bet a beer that we'll see a couple contested results that end up with a R/D even split, or sliiight D majority that will suddenly and surprisingly get rendered null because or some shenanigans. Either way, don't expect a slight D majority in the house to actually end up meaning something.

As for '28, I fully expect something to happen that counts as a full on constitutional crisis if it happened today, but by then will just be "Oh, you silly, we didn't expect that!" The GOP will run a primary, because it's a money-maker. But when a suitable heir apparent doesn't bubble up, then why on earth would El Jefe leave? (Short of newly religious Peter Theil running as a dark horse that the GOP would LOOOOVE)

And who will keep him there? Why all those donors and people that lined up to give him things. All the people he's locked out of their $T coin wallets for "reasons" that will get access back just in time to donate half of the value as a kickback. This level of chaos is something that these people can manipulate for enrichment, and something that they don't want to give up. Why let your Orange Goose fly away when he can write an EO declaring an emergency and suspending the 22nd Amendment?

Let's recall that the most recent historical attempt at an American coup was the "Business Plot" where oligarchs in 1933 wanted to overthrow Roosevelt and install a dictator, but the guy got cold feet. In 2028 you won't have to look that far to find the guy willing to stay around, and who has a tendency to help that along, but also will be willing to make it worth your while.

To anyone reading this in Nov 2028, please send a T-800 back to us to explain how to undo it all.

 

Americans, I don’t need to tell you where we are as a country. We are currently operating outside the bounds of the Constitution. Quite a bit outside, in fact.

A lot of this is predicated on the use of the long-standing Unitary Executive Theory. Google it if you’re not familiar. If you are familiar, your cortisol level just jumped reading those words.

I have a bad feeling that 2028 is going to be more of the same. Even if it’s not, it’s not getting better. I’ve worked in a lot of developing countries, and even without a conflict to tear a functional country apart, it can take decades to recover from a period of prolonged corruption and survival for spoils. It's going to be a rough patch.

Also, it’s been 54 years since a Constitutional Amendment that mattered to Americans was passed, the 26th Amendment lowering the voting age to 18. The longest gap between substantive Amendments was 61 years, between the 12th and 13th – that stagnation included the Civil War, you’ll recall. IMO, it’s inevitable that in the next 15-20 years, we end up at a place demanding a Constitutional Convention to unfuck all the fuckery that’s only just getting started now. Not some little band-aid stuff, I mean like a full-on gut-rehab.

So we must ask: How do you prevent an Executive ruling by EO fiat? How do you dismantle the Unitary Executive Theory once and for all so it never does this to the country again?

You revise Article 2 to make the Office of the President an Executive Council.

There’s two current examples of this in action at the national level: Switzerland and the UAE. Classic Examples also include the Venetian Republic, which was baller AF for the day. I’ll take the Swiss Example, which is that a seven-person council where everyone takes turns being the ceremonial head of state. No single person can go off the rails, no single person can flip out and jerk around tariffs, no single person can put their personal enrichment ahead of the nation and get away with it either. Not that the Swiss are immune from issues, but this is a single-issue fix.

How would Americans work this? Probably pretty easily.

We already segregate ourselves by geography: The Southwest, the PNW, The Plains, The Great Lakes, The South, the Midwest, and the Mid-Atlantic. It really depends on how many divisions you want. Governors already have conferences grouped by geography and culture as well. This is the natural progression.

And no, 12 districts is not the right number. Depending on if you want ties or tie breakers to enforce decision-making, six or seven regions would be the way to go. It’s not the mess of Congress, it’s a group small enough to arrive at decisions quickly. Maybe a super-majority of five out of seven so it doesn't turn into the Supreme Court right now where one swing vote ruins everyone's year.

So if we’ve revised Article 2, we’ve eliminated the Electoral College as well (praise be!). Depending on if we have an enlightened set of descendants and survivors rebuilding from the wreckage of the Thunderdome being erected now, what would make the most sense would be either rank-choice or direct 50%+1 wins in most counties in the region, which is how janky US elections are already organized anyway. As much as I don’t love the Electoral College, it stands to reason that something needs to prevent one major metropolitan area from just steamrolling the rest of the region. LA, NYC, and Chicago, yes I mean you.

The Council would take on some part-time duties of Cabinet positions, rather than adding a half dozen people to the room. Some of those roles might actually be better delegated to those sub-national levels anyway. DOT, HUD, HHS, and USDA come to mind as already being so on-the-ground as to benefit from decentralized leadership. Things like DOI or DOD or State stay at the national level. Questions like “Who does The Football follow?” are worth asking, and as much as the fun job of being Ceremonial Head of State rotates, so does “being on call” for Defense issues, Domestic Issues, etc. where a council member can make some decisions that can always be re-checked by the council as a whole, or push decisions to the full council if needed.

Thoughts? Come at me. Tell me I’m an idiot or whatever, then steal this idea for a PoliSci thesis.

 

Just curious. I've had a few things, but wondering about others.

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