towelie

joined 4 months ago
[–] towelie@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

It may be a bold of me to say, but I hold the controversial opinion that I don't really give a shit which computer OS you use. If you can use a mouse and keyboard to navigate a desktop environment then 🤙 you are ahead of the curve at this point.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I couldn't bear to make e-waste, so I repaired two c.~2012 era chromebooks earlier this year. The end result was equal parts rewarding experience and a complete was of my time xD. Those sandy bridge cpus are sloooow

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

The original series is all I've seen but its legit hilarious and definitely still worth watching. Many of its storylines have been revisited/retold over the decades, but the plots maintain their charm and originality. It's campy as all hell, but the campy atmosphere of the show elevates it rather than aging it in a bad way.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Thanks, how much do i owe you for this session?

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (11 children)

I mean, it's more than just the coffee, lol. It could be that i obsessively dig into projects and hobbies and lose all sense of the passage of time and my bodily needs like hunger.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This may be specific to my sector (government), but every job posting requires a highly detailed cover letter that addresses numerous specific criteria outlined in some departmental rubric. It takes forever and requires sifting through verbose, corporate-slop documents to grasp their internal jargon and values, etc etc

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (17 children)

Thanks to my wife I've come to learn that I probably have ADHD. I never would have realized it on my own, but it's so obvious when someone points it out. If she has an extra cup of coffee she is buzzing and shaking for hours, whereas its basically a sedative to me. I can drink a whole pot and still pass out on the couch for a mid day nap lol.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the ultralib has ultrabutthurt this user

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

The more shit you buy the more your shit owns you

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Americans in a literal fascist state be like: This is literally fascism

they’re trapped in a Cassandra‑like tautology: forewarning what has already come to pass

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago

Reason # 3,487 to get off/stop paying attention to X, the 'everything app'.

[–] towelie@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The Canadian population rose by almost 20% in the last 5 years. The infrastructure we currently have was not ready for irresponsible immigration policy, and these things need to be done in coordination. I can't predict the future, but I'm sayin' my political concerns lie in this decade, not the next century.

Bad immigration policy also fuels distain towards immigrants, and it bolsters people like Pierre Pollivre, and I think we probably both agree that's a bad thing

 
 
 

The title's a bit disingenuous, I know: this didn't come out of nowhere. White supremacism is as American as Manifest Destiny and has been heavily intertwined with Nazism from its inception. That overlap with the Republican party, and their gradual slip into the extreme far-right, is evident.

But Seig Heils? Even the most dense among them must know that blatant Nazism hurts their legitimacy in the eyes of the public, even among MAGATs (as is evident right now if you peek at their echo chamber on Reddit). Surely they would have a much easier time pushing their rhetoric and establishing their agenda by keeping a purposeful distance from that sort of indefensible imagery and symbolism. How do they expect to keep cohesion in the military when you imply to the soldiers that they are Nazis now, seig heils and all.

Why Nazis?

Any theories as to where this is coming from? Follow the ketamine-fueled leader? A directive for operative Krasnov, from Putin himself, to implode the country? True Nazi beliefs among the Heritage Foundation, Proud Boys, etc? I just don't understand how they thought this would fly. I don't understand anything anymore lol.

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