MelodiousFunk

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[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

Videodrome

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. I remember watching it as a teenager in the 90s and having no freaking clue what was going on.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

You ever try emptying your clip at an entire Ikea?

No... but you probably just aroused a few dozen ammosexuals.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 11 points 10 months ago

I hate that people in charge were never able to properly communicate this subtle difference.

It was communicated just fine. I got that info. You got that info. It was out there. But the signal to noise ratio was unreal. People seem to prefer soundbites and false dichotomies over accurate, nuanced information. Sprinkle in a metric shitton of wedge issue misinformation delivered via sledgehammer and you get what we got:

VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE GOOD!

GRANDPA HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL DIE!

VACCINE STILL GOOD!

I HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL GET SICK AND BOSS MAKE ME STAY HOME AND NO GET MONEY! VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE... BAD?

DOCTOR LIED! SCIENCE BAD!

Well actually...

YOU STUPID, VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE BAD!

COVID OVER, NO NEED VACCINE!

HOORAY!

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 points 10 months ago

The US loves the cartels. They get us all the drugs we consume and give us a lucrative market to sell our surplus small arms.

Shipping powders back and forth
Singin' black goes south and white comes north

- John Perry Barlow

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apple sells refurbs. The headset hasn't even been out two weeks yet. Give it time.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 18 points 10 months ago

I laughed way too long at this.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 30 points 10 months ago (5 children)

SciShow did a piece (partially) about this recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEFQH5UXHQ

And Veritasium did a deeper dive a while back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA

The whole situation is thoroughly fucked up, but hey, as long as people are making money amirite? 😑

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 16 points 10 months ago

...damn. That was great.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I love Nightwish, and this is a great cover.

Many moons ago, I was in an IRC room when power metal came up. Someone started talking about Elvenpath, so I went and looked up the band. "Huh, this is pretty good." So the first three albums went into my rotation. Then a few years later I saw a music video someone put together using 10th Man Down and footage from 08th MS Team and was freakin floored.

Edit: just posted the video over in !gundam@possumpat.io if anyone is interested

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Getting a heat pump has been on my want-to-do list for years. But even though my furnace is aging, it still works so it's been hard to justify while there were other issues going on. Accelerating adoption is only going to make the process easier when the time comes.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, this shit happens all the time in NJ. Related to someone powerful? Here, have a free political position!

Andy Kim is getting my vote in the primary but with Murphy getting anointed like this, the full weight of the machine is going to be behind her.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MelodiousFunk@startrek.website to c/totk@lemmy.world
 

For as phenomenal is the game is, we sure are getting some lame cop-outs in place of tying up loose ends.

Edit: looks like the spoiler tags render correctly on the web page, but not all apps support it.

tl;drIt was magic and just disappeared and people are used to magic so... yeah shit's gone, yo

 
 
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