[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 32 points 14 hours ago

"the scorpion won't sting me, or he would surely drown as well. What healthy, rational animal would want to destroy itself?" - frog

"They're eating the cats and dogs, fuck paying overtime, and white ethnostate nationalists are my friends" - brainrot scorpion

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 52 points 14 hours ago

Any billionaire should be open to a robin hood law, if you're going to violate the social contract so much that it's obliterated and you're no longer subject to law or criminal charges then you should also be exempt from its protections.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Surprised he could lift his head high enough to make remarks with no spine, or did they drop the mics down to worm level?

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We used to have hominid cousins living at the same time as modern humans like neanderthals and denisovans. I don't think there's a consensus answer on what wiped them out, ecological changes over the last ice age reducing the availability of resources that they couldn't adapt to maybe, or prehistoric wars maybe and only the most vicious and violent hominid group survived, or some combination of changes and fighting and being absorbed by other dominant groups that they couldn't adapt to quickly enough.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The EU books, games, and comics before the prequel movies was peak Star wars. Thrawn trilogy, young Jedi series, rogue squadron series, bounty hunter short stories, x wing and tie fighter games, old Republic games and comics, dark forces, etc.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

Some code I wrote is buried in an archive storage underground in the Arctic

If you had some code in an active GitHub repo before February 2020 you may too, https://archiveprogram.github.com/arctic-vault/

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I asked him about his novelty "I owe, I owe, so off to work I go" front license plate. We lived in a state that just requires rear plates. I think I was around 8 or 9. That was my first introduction to unearned authority and fucked up nepotistic power hierarchies. He also had a couple good songs about destroying the company store and a few about fortified/bum wines (not an alcoholic himself but grew up around them).

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Alt: the freethought road versus the Orthodox route, a drawing from 1890 about the separate paths faith and reason will lead you to.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

PragerU and the fucking discovery institute are going to provide all of the materials to red state schools after Trump removes the DoE including slavery was good for slaves instead of teaching about the historic and current racial injustices inherent to the system, the US is Christian ignoring the enlightenment secular principles it was founded under, trans people aren't people instead of trans rights are human rights, and any social security for the working class is communism instead of the insane wealth imbalance worse than before the great depression or French revolution.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

Good, now do Snowden.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm surprised Republicans can even remember what a moral high ground looks like let alone pretend to hold it. According to them attempted insurrection, rape, grifting, child sex trafficking, taking away citizens rights on religious grounds, nepotism in high ranking government roles bypassing security screening, soliciting other countries for election interference, abandoning foreign allies, attempting to undermine elections, pardoning murderers, denying election results, etc are all legal and morally okay for people to commit with no restitution for victims or consequences for perpetrators.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

How is a medical doctor not able to understand the necessity of vaccines? Fucking buffoonery.

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Been listening to a few lately, a few John Carpenter's, Mayhem was pretty out there, looking for more that are interesting or wildly off topic or entertaining.

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"In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis in such dramatic circumstances. As humanity, we have a huge debt to their courage and commitment to freedom of expression," said Mauricio Weibel, Chair of the International Jury of Media Professionals.

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Just trying to live with as little advertising as possible and curious what tips or tricks the community has aside from moving out to a cabin in the woods.

I can't really get away from road side advertising for now. Public sporting events are completely infected, and for the ads I am forced to see I try to make a conscious effort not to buy their goods or services. I won't subscribe to a streaming service if they have a sub+ad tier, if they're separate free with ads or sub no ads I'll support it.

Not really for any moral stance, but ad blockers are good at avoiding malware and some services are basically broken if you have to wait for an ad network, and I just feel mentally healthier in general without the extra propaganda.

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