[-] doleo@kbin.social 59 points 6 months ago

The internet, as experienced by most humans today, primarily consists of ads, sponsored content, propaganda and spin. I don't really see how it's contributing to our development in a constructive manner.

[-] doleo@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago

32% voted NASDAQ, huh?

[-] doleo@kbin.social 24 points 8 months ago

Oh, fuck. He's optimistic

[-] doleo@kbin.social 36 points 8 months ago

1 every 5 years?? Yeah, ok, Mr. Popular.

[-] doleo@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago

He was more like that Bond parody with Rowan Atkinson. Bumbling and fumbling while bragging and shagging.

[-] doleo@kbin.social 58 points 8 months ago

Britain is not holding up its end here, producing the mega-shagger we need to save us all.

[-] doleo@kbin.social 120 points 9 months ago
  • Makes a game about beating the shit out of people

  • Complains about offences to public order and morals

[-] doleo@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago

Serious question: what actually is the value of hard work?

[-] doleo@kbin.social 36 points 10 months ago
[-] doleo@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

That someone has a job working for the railway? In the UK? And that they're measuring distance in kilometres? Now, that would be interesting.

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Hey everyone, I'm a bit out of the loop with these pedals, and I'm trying to understand the ways people are using them.

I understand what they do, I'm just wondering why someone would use a pedal instead of just setting on an amp that has the gain or tone shaping characteristics that they're looking for.

In particular, because the pedal then (presumably) gets plugged into the amps preamp section anyway, which is going to colour the sound again. So then, would the optimum use be to plug into a really transparent, clean amp?

To be clear, I'm talking about pedals like the UA Ruby, Zvex box of rock, Benson Preamp. Not so much about Helix, ToneX, etc. I know the latter are more like an all-in-one recording solution, so you can DI and still get great sounds at home, but the former? I'm not so sure what they're best used for!

[-] doleo@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Am I suffering some kind of confirmation bias, or does Spock spend an unusually large amount of time expressing emotions, for someone who's supposed to never express emotions?

EDIT: By way of addressing some of the replies to this post, without replying to them all individually, I just wanted to add this:
I'm not critiquing the handling of Spock's character in relation to TOS or movies, Peck's a great actor and is doing a fine job at interpreting this role.
The point I'm trying to make is that Spock (and data, T'pol, Tuvok, etc. after him) gets juxtaposed so often, it seems more entertainment-oriented than story-oriented. Like, "wouldn't it be cool if they had to...". The classic sitcom trope of putting the awkward person in a public-facing position, with hilarious consequences. It just seems like these hilarious consequences are occurring too often to call it character development.

[-] doleo@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I'd go as far as to say that it's not a trend, it's a prerequisite.

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I'd like to offer an alternative to the subreddit dedicated to my favourite football (soccer) team. I'm pretty sure none of the reddit mods are interested in doing this, and I've deleted my account there, so I'm not going to try to persuade them.

Where would you recommend starting the community if you were in my position? I don't mind doing the leg-work in the beginning, but I'm a bit too new to all this to know where to start.

I have made a magazine on kbin, but that doesnt seem to show up on a search of lemmy, for example. Am I missing something? I'm hoping to just get a visible presence on the fediverse, so anyone interested in leaving the reddit community can see they're not alone.

#RedditMigration

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