based_raven

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[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

In 2008, I was lying in bed watching some of the US presidential election on TV. I had no real interest in politics and am not from the US, but it was just something to put on while I fell asleep.

I dozed off then woke up in the middle of the night, and I vividly remember hearing these words come from the TV: "John McCain is the next President of the United States." There was a picture of him on the TV and I think there were some results underneath which showed the votes. Not really caring either way, I turned the TV off and went back to sleep.

When I woke up the next day and went to college, I was absolutely fucking shocked when people were talking about Obama winning. I checked several news sites and they all confirmed Obama had won.

It genuinely feels like I slipped into some alternate reality or some shit because I can remember that line so strongly, and I'm absolutely certain that what I saw on the TV was that John McCain had won.

Could be down to me waking up and possibly being half asleep, but it felt more real than that. It's so weird.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Yep. Was on reddit since like 2012 or 2013. Site was so different and a lot better back then. You subbed to a specific sub, you saw the shit you wanted to see. Now everything is completely overrun with politics and they're banning people for absolutely no reason.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Convinced that was the original plan. He bottled it.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Well they are doing it. So there's that. Looks like a lot of excitement online and in the videos comments about it too.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Funny thing is, Digg is coming back and it would be hilarious if redditors jumped ship back to it.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

I remember downloading 2 fast 2 furious from either Kazaa or Limewire. Pressed play. Opening scene was some detective guy stood outside on a dark evening in a long brown coat. Was kind of like a noir vibe to it. Then all of a sudden it cuts to a woman just sucking him off on the pavement. Had to nope the fuck out as quick as possible as my family were in the room lol.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago

You are 100% right.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It still absolutely baffles me that they bought the franchise for so much money, yet couldn't even come up with a coherent story for the trilogy. Absolute tragedy.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

I honestly agree here. Better to suggest a specific distro than just saying "use Linux".

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Haha, unreal. Not American so I didn't realise how bad the customer service was. To be fair, the chatbot crap has taken over in the UK too and you often have to request to talk to a real person. My partner always just phones the companies directly and mostly gets her issues sorted out that way.

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This should be the standard lol. Who you dealing with, the mafia?

[–] based_raven@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

Part of me just thinks this place needs a natural barrier to entry. Look what happened to the internet when the iPhone released.

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