Ericthescruffy [he/him] @ Ericthescruffy @hexbear.net

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Something something "great firewall".

Big piece of advice I would give is: pick up a new hobby. If you still enjoy your old/current hobby that's fine but during heartbreaks/breakups I found myself spiraling lot because they were fun things I did either with them or at least while we were together.

New hobbies necessitate new neural pathways which is a big help in getting shit off your mind.

Easy there Joseph Campbell.

Okay, so I'm kind of speaking in ignorance because despite my embarrassing enjoyment of cape shit I haven't yet seen the movie...but I am curious. I actually accept the author's premise that Superman does have Jewish roots, but as we all understand here: Judaism and Zionism should not be conflated.

So I can't help but wonder then: if the name of the countries in question were changed... Just what gave it away to this writer that they were talking about Israel?

If you recognize that they were talking about Israel and Palestine because it was a bunch of armed fascistic bloodthirsty well armed colonizers massacring farmers and women and children... How is that not straight up telling on yourself?

Not in the literal sense, but the author is correct that the character has symbolic roots stemming from his creators. Just consider Superman's powers and his origin story as an infant sent, metaphorically speaking, down river as an infant wrapped in blankets to a far away land by his birth parents to avoid certain death.

Good instinct, adaptation is infinitely worse. I was gonna say: the movie is trash and blatantly anti Stalin and USSR but I think you're being a bit too harsh of the comic because I remember it actually being quite sympathetic.

Wait...did you read the comic or watch the shitty animated adaptation?

I saw a really great comment/take on a thread for the movie that pointed out: if DC had balls they would really contrast Superman's experience as an Immigrant with the black coded and/or presenting Martian Manhunter. Superman is white, conventionally attractive, and fully assimilates which leads to his story being emblematic about the beauty of immigration and the American dream...whereas J'onn often has to literally mask and hide his true nature to avoid Ostracization.

One of the punchlines of that story is that President Luthor eventually institutes a planned economy to fight back against Superman...so by the end of the story the conflict isn't even about capitalism versus socialism but whether or not the dominant ideology will be socialism with superman characteristic, or socialism with Luthor characteristics.

This kinda weird shit is a big part of why I love star wars. If it were cannon that there's a Chucky cheese style outer rim attraction with repurposed trade federation droids doing song and dance numbers it would be entirely consistent and on brand for the universe.

Hard agree. Hell even BB-8 is a really goddamn cool design.

There's a flat to VR mod that really takes this to the next level. No motion controls but you can just straight up put on the headset and use the controller to walk around the world as you turn around and look at everything and just feel how alive and atmospheric the city is. Its awesome...if you can run it.

You're not wrong...but isn't it fucking wild how we've just totally normalized and accepted the idea that if you get a call on your phone and its a number you don't recognize there is a 90%+ chance that it is someone on the other end looking to do and engage in literal crimes?

I think what the article is highlighting though is that while the material things he was offering are the primary reason for his victory...what's genuinely wild and kind of a game changer is that its not even really accurate to say he won in spite of the third rail issues of Israel and antisemitism claims he was weighed down with. Its looking like there's very little evidence to suggest that it even hurt him or had any impact at all. That should scare the shit out of the DNC.

Honest to god if you offered me like a 30% pay increase but I have to come into the office and do a 40 minute commute everyday...I don't think I would actually take that deal. Speaking as a formerly single parent: work from home has been the greatest thing for my mental health and personal satisfaction I can honestly remember. Being able to clock in and out not only to get kiddo from school doesn't just save a fortune on childcare and grief in logistics management but also as a guy who does programming its easy to go knock out a load of laundry or prep some stuff for dinner and let my mind kind of ruminate on the problem I'm dealing with. That means when its finally time to clock out for the day I was able to actually handle my household responsibilities and still get a little ACTUAL goddamn leisure time.

You said everything I wanted to say, so bravo. I just really want to emphasize this point again:

There is little point in making such a small gaming device these days, basically outside of retro niche do it cuz you can startups (more on that below)... because most modern smart phones are powerful enough to do everything a Vita can do, if you set it up for emulation, or just natively play android games.

Seriously, I used to run n64 emulators on my phone from like 6 generations ago. I bet they can probably run them in 240hz in 3D now if you want. If all you want is a small tiny portable handheld gaming device then buy a USBC or Bluetooth controller/dock for your phone and never look back.

The steam deck and the switch are the only viable future for dedicated handheld gaming because they actually bridge the gap between portability And console gaming.

A lot of American soldiers, just like a lot of Americans otherwise, have main character syndrome.

There was a reddit post a while back from some troop who had regrets who really summed it up well saying: "When I enlisted I thought I was signing up to be Luke Skywalker. Instead I realized one day I was just another faceless Stormtrooper."

I love the Republic!

Reminds me of how China was stupid and backward for overreacting to sars and then overnight we suddenly were told to be very skeptical of their numbers and even question if they leaked it themselves. Legit...I take everything in western media with a huge grain of salt these days.

Ultimately whatever your feelings on this action...Isn't this kinda the inevitable conclusion without any effort to de-escalate?

The ruling class has made it perfectly clear that any and all posturing and moralizing about political violence and human rights is complete cynical horseshit so inevitably you're going to have people that call them on it. Wrong target, wrong method et al.....I don't know how we really are supposed to engage in that kind of dialogue when nobody in authority seems to have any interest in doing so.