[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 61 points 9 months ago

I think people forget that the Democrats literally chose Hillary instead of Sanders - like, the Democratic Party purposefully chose Hillary despite the fact Bernie was actually more popular amongst people.

Not gonna start saying why because there’s probably a myriad of reasons, but the fact that the Democratic party had a chance to put in somebody who was at least saying really progressive stuff for the people of America that the people really liked and just chose a fucking Clinton instead should say something about the party.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 61 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I always interpreted it as knowledge of religion in general. You can be faithful to a god, but knowing what rites, edicts, ceremonies, rituals, holy texts, and even history of other religions is separate from that.

Like, if you are Catholic, does that mean you know all about other religions like Judaism or Islam?

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 61 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean, you can argue that Google actually has a monopoly on web browsers right now. iirc Firefox takes a ton of money from Google, so if the choices are “Google’s proprietary browser” or “a non-Chromium browser backed by Google” (EDIT: unless you’re on Apple hardware and use Safari), then Google comes out on top either way.

Wish we could get another good browser engine that isn’t Chromium, WebKit, or Quantum.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 69 points 11 months ago

You can legally create, own, and use your own flamethrower in the majority of the US.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 62 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately, the United Corporations of America loves milking kids for money because they hope and bank on kids annoying the shit out of their parents to spend money on whatever is being marketed towards them

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 66 points 1 year ago

Why is Hitler censored? It’s his name, just use it.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 79 points 1 year ago

The conspiracy theorist in me says Unity planned this whole thing out to get less resistance on this thing they actually wanted to roll out; announce a super shit change that will intentionally outrage everybody, then say “ok, we won’t do it if you agree to use this other shitty model instead”.

Anyways, big shoutout to Godot for existing as an open-source alternative.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 71 points 1 year ago

Rail trucks.

Hell, they could probably get away with re-marketing ~~trains~~ rail trucks by talking about how much horsepower they have, how big they are, and how they can even pull other cars in a single line.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 57 points 1 year ago

Banks in 2008: "Hey customers, be ready for some real shit with the housing market - we can't help you guys out."

Also banks in 2008: "hi government, can we pls have all the money so we don't pay for our fuckups?"

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 52 points 1 year ago

Which is why I’m hesitant to actually call those greedy fucks “capitalists”, because they’re the very antithesis of capitalism. They literally break the system for their own benefit, and thanks to US politicians to being corrupt enough to allow themselves to be bought out for a few bucks from said greedy fucks, nobody in power is incentivized to actually do something.

Capitalism works with money flowing constantly, and it needs that to work well. When you have some Warren Buffet and Elongated Muskrat kind of people just hoarding wealth… well, you get the shitshow that is the the US today. $300B circulating in the system would be awesome, and I would think that is a good indicator of a healthy economy; but when $300B is pretty much tied to one person, then congrats, we missed the point of capitalism.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 55 points 1 year ago

Plot twist: this is an ARG for Larian's new hit, Baldur's Gate 3, which include brain worms as part of the main plot

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fact that this blind lady needs to have both her guide dog and a taxi/rideshare to get around anywhere sucks for both her and the driver - the former for obvious reasons, and the latter for the reasons you listed out. It’s a sort-of perfect microcosm of the major issue a lot of modern cities seem to have: poor public transit and heavy car-centric infrastructure.

The unfortunate reality that she absolutely needs a car to seemingly get anywhere is the problem here. People - and not just people with disabilities, but in general - should have (and deserve) different viable options to get around. The whole idea of a person becoming stuck at their house because of not being able to get the transport they need to get around the place is fuckin atrocious and should be what’s actually talked about here, not “jUsT lEt ThE aNiMaL oN!” or “MaKe An UbEr ApP fOr PeOpLe LiKe ThIs!”

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