Olhonestjim @ Olhonestjim @lemmy.world

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You do not understand what you're talking about.

Listen. We need you to shave another $0.13 off the cost of the unit. Just like, reduce the quality a bit. No end user will ever notice.

It seems that you can only think of value in terms of making a profit. But there is also great value in making something to see what is possible, regardless of profit. If you can't see that, you'll never make something innovative. The best a mindset like that can ever achieve is only incremental.

Nothing worth doing is ever worth doing just for money. You'll never innovate if you never put time into projects simply for practice, or better still, enjoyment.

I'm not saying it'll all go away. But Trump losing twice is a devastating blow. It demonstrates their lack of support. They put everything behind that idiot, and it shows. Anyone else they try to get behind will never get the same cult following. They'll never be able to unite behind just one person for a while because they're all a bunch of backstabbers. It won't go away, but it should cool off.

Honestly, I think a lot of this will cool off in a big way when he croaks, even him in prison would help. Just him losing will be a great thing. And I don't believe for a second that MAGA will ever find anybody else who can pull their strings so well. They don't have the skill, the popularity, or the back-assward charisma. Plus they're all a bunch of sociopaths in it for themselves. Their cooperation is a matter only of convenience. They're constantly backstabbing and they cannot change.

No one has made fun of me yet for using PopOS.

If he wins, China and Russia will take whatever opportunities they can. Taiwan will defend itself, likely better than anyone expects. Russia may try nuking Ukraine or Europe. Ukraine will likely build nukes. Israel may nuke Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, etc. North Korea might light off a few just to try and look cool next to the big kids. Who knows about India and Pakistan. And we've got like a third of the USA clamoring for Civil War 2.

Well, it's a critical text in the history of Wicca, since it began the practice of burning accused witches. It also contains a great deal of the prevailing myths of the time regarding them. Its title translates to The Hammer of Witches. Finally, besides historians, they're some of the few people keeping the text alive in the eye of pop culture, since the church no longer wants to be openly associated with it.

LoL

It's only the virtue signalling that annoys me. If you're just trolling me, then it's good for a laugh.

I swept for your freedom.

If he wins, expect one. That powder keg is already primed.

Because it was the official church doctrine they used to begin persecution of anyone charged with witchcraft in the European middle ages. It didn't simply justify all the tortures the church is famous for; it set that ball rolling as the legal document behind it all, written by a bunch of deranged zealots. It was used to genocide the native European religions and cement the power of the church. The perfection of the art of torture, all the burnings and rigged trials, all those horrors began with that book. Anytime you hear people freaking out about witches even today, anywhere, Malleus Maleficarum is the root of it all. Throughout the centuries, it shaped the brutality of European colonialism around the globe as one of the most influential books most people never heard of. Due to the extent of colonialism, it destroyed more lives and culture, and caused more agony and torment than probably any other book ever written.

It's obscure, archaic, dogmatic, bloodthirsty, batshit legalese translated into Old English from Latin. These days it's mostly of interest to particularly focused scholars, Wiccans, and edgy teens dipping their toes in. I wouldn't expect it to be a good read.

For maximum WTAF, throw in Demonology by King James. Yes, that King James.

Probably the most evil book ever written.

Probably because symptoms of mesothelioma take decades to develop, and I only encountered that stuff around a few holiday seasons in my earliest memories.

One assumes eventually.

To make people believe it was safe. They knew it wasn't, so they manipulated public opinion with marketing stunts.

"Of course it's safe! Look how safe it is! It's fun for the whole family! What do you think we are, monsters?"

Oh yes, the market will grind us all into a thin gruel for another dollar.

Aw fuck, I knew I remembered that shit from childhood.

This is how all world wars began. Major powers don't start them with each other. That's too dangerous. Instead they always let themselves get dragged into it by their proxy nations.

I'm including the Peloponnesian War, which tore apart the Greek empire quite similarly to WW1 & 2. It didn't start with Athens and Sparta directly.