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Cake day: November 19th, 2023

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  • He must be in the “but I did nothing, for I was not _____” stage.

    A lot of people seem to be under the impression that if open fascists spouting fascist rhetoric at every opportunity take full control of THE MOST EXPENSIVE MILITARY IN THE WORLD, that it will just self-implode into a nice neat little controlled demolition.

    Lmao that is naive at best. And actually wishing for it is downright stupid. I don’t want Russia to collapse and kill itself, I want the scum leading their politics and militaries to be dealt with in the only manner befitting such filth. Anyone wishing different for the US or Russia, or ANY current or former world superpower that still has massive amounts of sway and firepower, is just wishing for collateral damage.

    When shit hits the fan, it goes everywhere. When their backs are against a wall, they will strike out and take what they want, to hell with the fallout. Possibly literal.

    A sad number of people just go “[large country] bad lol die” like their lives will be unaffected by such a massive global power shift.



  • I have a friend who works for a local, but widespread bank, and got to head up their digital security and IT stuff. Not sure what all it encompasses, but he quickly found out that it was a lot, and the previous guy quit because he had had enough bullshit.

    Long story shorter, after a particularly bad week, he decided to just… Stop doing his job.

    Kept all their legal stuff and sensitive info under lock and key, but the smaller stuff, he just let it go. Went on vacation, turned everything off, didn’t do everything for a temporary replacement (which isn’t even his job, it’s hr’s) and spent a week playing video games and spending time with his wife and baby.

    Several employees just in his building basically ended up doing nothing by the end of the first day because they had locked themselves out of the system.

    By day 3 there were several lines that couldn’t be used by the tellers in every branch, older employees were bricking their systems so fast, construction workers started taking notes.

    By the end of the week they had people showing up at his door to try and contact him since nobody could get ahold of him. Some legit thought he was dead.

    His first words when he got into the office on Monday, we’re “THAT is why you pay me.”

    And after that, he was given 3 people to help out (he had been asking for 4) and they had a company come in and redo a lot of the computer systems that year.

    Still works for the bank, still has a team although I think they’re bigger now since they’ve opened a few more branches, and still tells that story at every gathering after his one single beer gets him tipsy.

    Is it just me, or do programmers only come in “lightweight” and “Rivals Þor in trying to drink the oceans dry” varieties?


  • I just bought an external cd/dvd drive so I can convert my DVD library into a digital one for convenience and to preserve the dvds longer.

    I’m having some issues with the speed of conversion, but my biggest problem is quickly becoming storage space.

    Also, I dug up some of my old games like Caesar III and installed a no-CD “patch”.

    Good times.

    There’s an adapter or replacement for everything


  • Imagine if the x-men movies all had the same director, all from basically the same team… But the director made Hugh Jackman audition for the part of wolverine every single movie, constantly tried to replace him, constantly threatened to replace other actors, and ultimately Hugh Jackman finds out the latest chapter in Logan’s story is coming out soon, and nobody even bothered to call him about it.

    Now replace Hugh Jackman with David Hayter, the director with Kojima, and the other recurring actors with other voice actors from the series.

    I used to be obsessed with all things metal gear, and after tons and tons of interviews, tweets, things said in panels, and at conventions… Kojima is a fantastic creative, tells some great stories, and there isn’t a single negative thing I can think to say about that aspect of him… But on the personal side… Ehhh…





  • I’m confident half of my highschool debate team could wipe the floor with Trump, including the ones who quit because it was boring to them.

    But can they wipe the floor, AND get elected?

    The sad reality is that is our choice.

    Eat a shit sandwich, or let the entire house get set on fire.

    There’s a secret third option, but most are too comfortable with their lives. ✊✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿


  • Also: “Is this humor?”

    I take a weird amount of pleasure in hearing people laugh at something homo/transphobic or racist, and asking “Oh, I love jokes, especially inside ones, what’s the joke here?”

    Plenty of people actually try to explain “why” it’s funny but it just wraps around to “I find racist things funny especially if it’s against my preferred group to target”

    And if they try to bring their “version” of statistics into an argument, I go “OH so you find incorrect numbers funny? I get it.” and then make up some bullshit that disparages something they’re likely to enjoy to make it seem like a bad thing, and laugh.

    LPT: take some improve classes that make you go out of your comfort zone, you can have a LOT of fun messing with people when you’re more practised at ad-libbing and being in uncomfortable situations.

    Or other LPT: don’t, and save the energy.