Veraxus

joined 2 years ago
[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

There are a lot of game development communities there. It’s basically a cheap, more public alternative to Slack.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (21 children)

Ever since Reddit killed itself, the only places I really lurk are Kbin (and therefore Lemmy by proxy) and Discord. That's pretty much it.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

According to my family, I've been brainwashed by "the mainstream media". When I asked what that even means, they listed all these conservative news outlets that I don't follow AT ALL. All I could do was laugh. "Where did you hear this?" I asked. You can guess at the answer. You'll probably get it on your first try.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 77 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mostly. Actors will now get residuals based on performance metrics of their shows, rather than based on the subscriber counts of the service itself (which is what the guild was originally fighting for). I think that's fair and good for everyone - actors, studios/services, and customers. Actors get rewarded for successful shows, studios will not have to choose between deleting an existing show from existence or cover residuals that are more than the show is worth, and customers lose less content as a result.

Once of the reasons so many shows have disappeared lately is because a "royalties based on service subscribers" provision existed since the last strike, meaning even shows that aren't successful can cost a service a lot of money to keep around. So instead, they just remove them from existence.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Is there any chance WV can elect a senator that isn’t a far-right fascist, regardless of the letter next to their name?

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

To people who feel deprived of a clear social identity, Ur-Fascism says that their only privilege is the most common one, to be born in the same country. This is the origin of nationalism. Besides, the only ones who can provide an identity to the nation are its enemies. Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged. The easiest way to solve the plot is the appeal to xenophobia. But the plot must also come from the inside: Jews are usually the best target because they have the advantage of being at the same time inside and outside. In the U.S., a prominent instance of the plot obsession is to be found in Pat Robertson’s The New World Order, but, as we have recently seen, there are many others.

Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism"

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Are you confusing me with a different conversation?

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