drislands @ drislands @lemmy.world

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Do you have any sources besides a Twitter thread? I can't stand Boebert any more than you, but this stuff would be really straightforward to fake with some time and effort.

"No it's not." Me, reading this headline.

If it's anything like the Marshmallow "concert", no. It's pre-recorded.

Info about how they did that: https://youtu.be/dPHPNgIihR0

Imagine if Star Citizens got picked up by someone else who could actually finish it.

I don't think IP shouldn't exist. I saw someone say studies show 7 years is the correct time limit before they go to public domain though.

I admire your restraint.

"Reaping what you sow" is one thing, but it is never reducing our enemies to less than human. Not now, not ever.

None of that is the same as classifying your enemies as not human. That road leads to genocide and fascism and we are above that.

You cut that shit out right now.

They're reprehensible, obviously. But that doesn't make that not human. That's the same kind of rhetoric that leads to folks believing they could never make bad or evil choices, because "only a monster would make that choice, and I'm not a monster".

And then you think no choice you make can be that bad, because you're a good person after all. This is precisely the kind of train of thought that the modern-day Republicans have when they take away human rights, and you should never allow yourself to fall into this trap.

FYI, the phrase is "rite of passage".

Good post, thank you for sharing!

Missing the /s there, too many folks taking you seriously.

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COCOON and Viewfinder are a couple of not-terribly-long puzzle games with super cool mechanics.

I bet you do. 🙄

Well said. This is something I was thinking recently when discussing the matter of Trump's disqualification from being on the ballot with my partner -- on the one hand, it's tempting to think that the Conservative appointees would definitely rule in favor of Trump and that the 14th amendment doesn't apply to him.

But on the other hand, at the end of the day isn't Trump really just a useful idiot for the real power behind the Republican party? He certainly didn't invent all the "issues" he ran on -- he just co-opted them while (as you say) saying the quiet parts out loud. Now he's getting even more divisive and a lot of people that previously thought he was harmless have seen how insane and dangerous he really is, even before January 6th.

With all that in mind, I think it's more likely that SCOTUS will wind up ruling that Trump is indeed disqualified under the 14th amendment so they can finally get him out of the way of the more serious candidates that will do what they want.

Hell yeah, I'm glad it's worked for you! I capitulated because I wanted to do VR gaming and I couldn't figure out a way to make that work.

AI generated, if anyone is wondering.

Qubes! Holy hell, that's a blast from my past. I didn't contribute or anything, to be clear, but I did use it and enjoy it while I did. It's a really interesting way to handle security.

Oh dang, is that still federated with you guys?