[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Dunno about you, but when I was 19 the thought of raping a child never crossed my mind. He's spent less than a year in prison, and hasn't repented for what he did. Redemption has to at the very least come with an understanding that what he did was wrong.

Edit: slightly more than a year; 13 months

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

very unpoggers. they should ban it 👍

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'll offer up an alternative viewpoint. Because Xavier has the ability to see minds, he grows up as the most empathetic person on the planet. He sees what everyone else is feeling, and can necessarily see everyone else's point of view. When his parents are cross with him, he understands why. He could grow up as one of the kindest and most accommodating people, only using his powers when he deems it absolutely unavoidable.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 5 months ago

I think I'd still argue the free open source part is inherently left wing. Why would I, a right wing libertarian, lend my time to developing a piece of software that I am unable to make a profit from? I have no motive.

Something like bitcoin is the kind of tech project of that mould that i think attracts the right wing libertarian. Just my opinion though.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40090809

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-pain-of-listening-using-music-as-a-weapon-at-guantanamo-a-672177.html

Metallica singer James Hetfield has said he is proud that his music is used against enemies of the US

Metallica's Enter Sandman had became a particular favourite at the height of the War on Terror, when US interrogators admitted using music to break the resistance of captives in Iraq. The goal was to deprive them of sleep and offend their cultural sensibilities.

Unco-operative prisoners were exposed to children's TV music from Sesame Street, and the purple singing dinosaur Barney.

Sergeant Mark Hadsell of the Psychological Operations Company (Psy Ops) told Newsweek magazine: "These people haven't heard heavy metal. They can't take it.

"If you play it for 24 hours, your brain and body functions start to slide, your train of thought slows down and your will is broken. That's when we come in and talk to them."

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 9 months ago

So often I've sent a teams message and had no reply, and the temptation to send them an UwU is devastating.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 9 months ago

Just like the sounds mummy and daddy used to make on their special nights.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 9 months ago

Wow, that's a terrible name for a country.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 9 months ago

It's banging; the texture and flavour are both great.

Some people just have no taste.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 11 months ago

Tee-hee! Us few are enlightened enough to recognise the groupthink! I think I shall leave a slightly snarky commenting highlighting how intelligent we are, and how like sheep the other thickos are!

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 year ago

While sure it's a funny joke, it also kind of misses the point of the original analogy. The monkeys are intended to be stand ins for entirely random inputs, which Shakespeare, and the human species as a whole, is not.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 year ago

It depends on the context and the motivation. The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, for instance, I'd argue was a success -- it halted any momentum the reconciliation movement had at the time, and led to the situation we're in today. Would talks have broken down anyway? Who's to say.

By contrast, the assassination of JFK, though the purpose is unknown, allowed Johnson to galvanise his party in support of a raft of measures.

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