bitofhope

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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 12 points 6 months ago

Thank you for shedding light on the matter. I never realized that 69b model is a pisstillation of Lligma peepee point poopoo, that is to say it complicates the outpoop of Lligma4.20 while using the creepbleakR1 house design for better processing deficiency. Now I finally realize that any criticism of Kraftwerk's 1978 hit Das Model is just criticism of Sugma80085 and not deepthroatR1.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 4 points 6 months ago

I remember a YouTube personality around that time called BoyInABand who was a legitimately talented musician, but among his most popular videos were one where he praised Elon Musk and another called "don't stay in school" whoch advocated for exactly that.

I don't remember if it was the anti-school song, the Musk fanboyism or inappropriate relationship with an underage fan that first got him cancelled but I think he deservedly got owned for each of them.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 6 months ago

Not at all innocent, no. But I'd rather see the exchanges suffer than the small fry retail speculators (though I can still laugh at them).

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Imagine being afraid of allusions to classic literature in your own native language.

It's fine to miss a reference. I do it all the time and make my friends do the same. Not getting a reference is not a punishment to you, it's a bonus to those who do get it.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I see. You should maybe know that while it's true in a sense, a lot of people don't like that phrase very much. It's a cliché cryptocurrency fans recite in response to any issues with cryptocurrency exchanges and I among others feel it serves to downplay the responsibility of the exchanges and blame the victims.

Securely taking care of an offline crypto wallet is somewhat more complicated and technically involved than just having an account on an exchange site. That the easiest way to use cryptocurrency is also an insecure one speaks of a major usability problem in the whole ecosystem.

More importantly, exchange sites offer what is essentially a bank account with little of the accountability of an actual bank. If a bank gets hacked and loses all your money or freezes your account for frivolous reasons, people generally don't go "well you should have stored your money in cash inside your mattress instead". (I guess some do, but they deservedly get the stink eye from people in polite society)

I dislike cryptocurrencies and have little trouble having vindictive schadenfreude when coiners and their platforms keep being embarrassed time and time again, but I know the real problem are the corporations and the tycoons, so I don't like their responsibility being shifted on the least informed and most vulnerable group of retail users, who are also the most likely ones to use these exchange platforms and thereby not hold their own keys.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, thankfully little happening here, too. Checks Finnish news oh, apparently a cop guarding the president's house killed himself in November. Also some expert's "this kind of Muskian coup could not happen here because that would be illegal" shirt is raising questions already answered by his shirt.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 6 months ago (5 children)

What a snappy slogan. Did you come up with it all by yourself?

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And of course, that "pronatalists" should be in scare quotes. They're pro rich white people (or "elites" as they happily let journos call them) having more kids.

I wonder if any of the hacks ever managed to get them to talk about how they feel about poor white people or "elite" people of color having more kids. Would they seem ambivalent about that? On one hand, they're eugenicists, on the other, they believe in great replacement.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As per Nitish Pahwa's article from yesterday (linked here) they were "trying for their fifth" last month, which is certainly more than the average nowadays but still rookie numbers for pronatalists.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ultraman in particular may have been a big trendsetter in using Christian imagery for flavor in Japanese science fiction media at the time.

My take is that the meaning of the Abrahamic references in Eva goes a little bit deeper than just random aesthetics. Most of the allusions fit their mythological counterparts neatly enough, that clearly some research went into them and the references aren't just random. I don't think the series is trying to comment on Abrahamic religion, though. The references are considered and deliberate as worldbuilding devices, but ultimately just there for flavor.

And yeah, jury's still out on whether in-universe they're really invoking biblical figures and concepts or if someone at NERV/SEELE/GEHIRN was simply feeling a bit pretentious with their code name scheme.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 14 points 6 months ago

Headline "Heartwarming: The Worst People You Know Are All Fighting" with a picture of Josep Maria García, the man from the "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point" article, grinning happily

Evergreen reaction image.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The gov is currently just another faction of the fash infighting.

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