papalonian @ papalonian @lemmy.world

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Was going to suggest the LotR trilogy, but this is much more appropriate. Also, this gives the doggo a chance to see if they like the universe of Middle Earth and Tolkien's literary style before committing to something lengthier.

Say what you will, the lightsaber app was cool and definitely worth $0.99 to get custom colors.

He's clearly not a source of knowledge or good opinions on fucking anything.

So here's my take on this, because I've seen similar personalities make similar pivots.

This guy is a disgusting, bumbling idiot, but he speaks with certainty and condescension. The curious onlooker will see him, get trapped by the mindset you describe ("oh man, this guy's a trainwreck, let's see how much worse off he is than me"), find it funny and continue watching.

After establishing some sort of "trust" with the audience ("I'm a big dumb idiot who makes you laugh") he pulls out the manipulative speech. "You'd have to be stupid to-"; "this guy's a retard!"; "It doesn't make any sense", etc. Once you get to this part of the steam, you've already established that the dude's an idiot, but you also think he's funny. You're faced with the decision to either laugh along with his "jokes", or "accept" that this buffoon is "more educated" on a topic than you are. The fragile, uninformed audience these people are after are much more likely to go the latter route.

I don't think they said farming was fun, and I'm also not sure that you lived on a farm "before people started measuring time" 🤷🏾‍♂️

Did you edit the title to remove that she's related to him? I thought I saw it in the title but now it's gone.

Ah, I think it means to keep it away from children 😅 but you also shouldn't burn babies with them either.

I'm not gonna lie, you've got me rethinking my position pointing out the right side of it. I do think though, that if it were at the top and resting on the one step, that the corner of the mattress resting on the step would be bowed in a bit more.

It is quite tricky.

How does the single mattress in half bit make you think it's at the top? If it were at the top, the force of the mattress trying to straighten itself out would push it down the stairs. Much more likely the mattress was pushed/ tossed/ fell down the stairs and got folded in that position, imo.

Edit: the shadows are also indicative of it being at the bottom: light source from above and and from the sides at the base of the stairs, either from an open door or window. Shadow cast from the door light source being cancelled by the light source from above the stairs.

Yeah I see people complaining about AI but this just looks like every shit post I made in 2015 paint.net

Ahhhh. That makes sense. Thanks

And everyone knows it's impossible to mistake one sound for another!

I don't see what you're talking about, zip tie or poorly parked SUV

I don't have an exact answer for your question, but I will say that when it comes to shows like these you have to remember that they're very much TV shows and are heavily edited to present a specific narrative. I'm not saying that's necessarily bad or nefarious, but you just have to take the events and the way in which they happen with a large serving of salt.

A family member was approached by their team (Holme's) to do the cabinets for a home that was being redone in our area. They literally wanted to pay him in exposure. I wouldn't be surprised if that's how a majority of their contracts work; hire a bunch of people to do the actual labor, tell them their payment is in advertising, then stand in front of the camera the whole time and take all the credit when the family shows up.

Hate to be a naysayer, but I can't really think of any examples of this 🤷🏾‍♂️ there'd be the random hyper realistic shots but I don't remember any weird ones like that, and they were always animated

Some rich asshole isn't taking half a quarter of your pay in taxes.

Some rich asshole is not paying his taxes and we have to pay more as a result.

That being said, 25% is comparatively low to other countries.

Close, I DM'ed a short-lived DnD campaign a year ago.

I remember having a thought one day as a young kid while interacting with a DVD main menu (the kind that had clips from the movie playing in the background, and would play a specific clip depending on what menu you went in to).

"This is basically how video games work, there's a bunch of options you can choose from and depending on what you do it shows you something. Videogames are just DVD menus with way more options."

I grew up to not be a programmer.

Ain't got no chicken, ain't got no rats

I think teaching about religion is fine and actually good for interacting with people outside your culture. Teaching of a specific religion is where you run into trouble.

I had a unit early on in school and another one in my early teens where we basically learned about the origins of a bunch of different religions and cultures surrounding them. Learned a lot about people that otherwise would seem unapproachable to me.

This is probably the funniest post I've seen here since the stupid moth shit took over. Please, where are the remaining 16 lists of objective facts?