MossyFeathers

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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 15 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Damn, you've been showing off a lot of privilege, my dude. I don't usually like invoking that concept, but you're dripping all over the floor. Maybe it's time for you to stop and think about the fact that it easy to paint everyone with a broad brush and say, "it's okay if the body count goes up by a few million, I'll just wait until a better candidate comes along" when you're not the one on the firing line.

It's easy to say that when you're not the one who may get bounced from country to country as you try to seek refuge from a genocidal dictator.

It's easy to say that when you're not the one who's going to have to rip their entire life apart just to survive.

It's easy to say that when you're not the one who's family is going to be split up as a result.

Like, feel free to criticize the Democrats as much as you want, I hate them too. But I don't have the privilege to just sit around and wait for Mr(s) Perfect to arrive. I may have a matter of months, if not weeks before I have to flee the country.

So fuck you and your "both sides" bullshit. It takes some serious privilege, or at the very least, the mindset of a bucket of crabs to say something like that.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 33 points 10 months ago (14 children)

"splitting hairs" could mean the difference between up to a couple million people dying, and potentially tens of millions of people or more dying. That's not splitting hairs at that point. That's not "po-tay-toe/po-tah-toe" anymore. Anyone arguing otherwise is either brainwashed or is arguing in bad faith.

Imagine thinking that there's no difference between one genocide and several, simultaneous genocides.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why do you think it isn't the other way around? I'm honestly kinda wondering if this is a case where at one point perhaps the US has Israel on a leash, but it seems like Israel now has the US on a leash.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is redneck Dracula flow

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 60 points 10 months ago (6 children)

BofA deez nuts

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That's true, but if the car is cheap plastic, then it might be fine.

(For those not familiar with gallium, it's basically mercury but safe; so it's a liquid at room temperature but a solid just below that, depending on where you live, without the risk of Mad Hatter's disease)

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 44 points 10 months ago (7 children)

A balloon filled with helium tied to the handle. (How did that "fall out"?)

A gallium coin (if it's cold outside then it'll stay solid and then melt when they put it in their pocket).

An opened (but unused) bandaid. The biggest one you can find. Stick it to the handle so it flaps around and they have to choose between touching the gauze (it's clean, but they don't know that) or the sticky part to pull it off.

A household smoke detector. Use a piece of string to tie it to the handle.

Baby shoes. Again, tie them to the handle.

7 worms in a bag. They're lucky.

Whenever you go into a gas station, buy a random keychain and put that on there. Watch your friend start drowning in keychains.

Christmas lights. Just all of them. All the Christmas lights all over the car. But make sure to thread them through the driver-side handle and include your "I think you dropped this" note.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 26 points 10 months ago (16 children)

How... How did it break up in orbit? It should be effectively weightless, and depending on the altitude it shouldn't experience much, if any, atmospheric drag, right? Did they forget to fasten the bolts on it or something?

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 4 points 10 months ago

I still have mine in its original box in my closet. I wish there were modern drivers for it with custom game support; so you could mod support into your favorite games.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Not really an "older iteration" as much as a "sideways iteration", but the Novint Falcon was the coolest controller I've ever used. It had a ton of potential, but it seemed like the company had no clue how to utilize it.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, if I'm not mistaken many octopuses can not just change color, but also change shape to mimic their environment. In other words, an octopus trying to mimic a brick would not just take on the texture of the brick, but also the shape.

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