TheLibraryOfWorlds

178 pts ยท April 12, 2014


Weaponized Knowledge

Of course it is an endorsement, engagement is the only metric that propaganda of any type is after, I'm inadvertently endorsing it right now by adding eyeballs to it. This isn't something that can just be "hah, funny, oh well".

More eyes, more engagement, that is the quest.

The quest is being fulfilled.

16 hours ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 5

Look, I get the idea, but you're also flat wrong. Helldivers is unique in your critiques due to the widely recognized parody aspect of the property.

Primarily, unlike your other points, Stormtroopers, etc, each of those cosplays is about "the core property here is cool" meanwhile, Helldivers are clowns. Unlike SS Troopers, the average person knows that Helldivers is a parody and laughing at fascism is one of the most powerful ways of destroying it.

No ideology wants to be the clown ideology.

3 weeks ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Hey, from a guy that used to do some of this stuff, there are therapists that work specifically with people that might have security clearances, so you could look in to that.

Otherwise, yeah... the number of "I'm a real warfighter" sign off lines is a direct indicator of how long something will last, and how stupid your co-workers are.

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

A first class comment from a first class loser. Well done.

2 months ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 2

Depends on who is writing Janeway this week

2 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I realize now that I approached your comment from my perspective, as a teacher. You merely care that "first aid is good." This is correct, first aid is good.

2 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

aka M.A.R.C.H procedure kits.

2 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Libel specifically. look it up. This effectively fits the Minnesota definition directly. It is a broadcast.

2 months ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 0

Old Testament, specifically the part of the bible where God isn't a chill dude, and specifically the part of the bible that "Christians" i.e. believers in Christ, believe that Christ died to save them from, because that was the "bad times."

Any "Christian" that tells you any portion of the old testament is still lawfully relevant, is someone that doesn't believe or understand their own faith.

5 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Worse, is that the fossil fuel companies probably aren't agreeable to this, when I worked in the oilfield for a huge company, we used OCO-2 to monitor for oil wells that were giving off less natural gas than normal or to monitor gas flare off values to decide where to put more oil wells. Overall it means that people like Shell and other companies will need to put forward an assload of money to do something they need to do to keep making money, that was free from the government, but is gone now.

7 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/b256b202-ff01-48dc-a2d1-80b0e43fa87a.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_15 - and this is the actual congress published PDF about it

7 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It is worth noting that their actions have also likely breached - External Conduct Standard 2 - for Australia charity, their actions have created an overseas effect on a company not based in Australia, and they directed that action at an overseas company specifically.

8 months ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Largely no, you'll find that due to the speed at which you can generate AI art and the innate need to make a large quantity to get "what you want out of the machine" it's a false positive. A smallish number of people are providing a LARGE quantity of slop.

HOWEVER, there also exists another portion of people who are indeed "paying for AI art" just they are doing it by paying the company to use the generator, be it midjourney, civitai or whatever. So, not paying for the ART, but the machine.

9 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Economic Historian here, fun fact, under Stalin, the Soviet Union was basically indistinguishable from the economic and political system that is commonly referred to as fascism. Mentioning the Ribbentrop Pact is further evidence of this, instead of what you are attempting to imply.

9 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Correct, but it's also why Iran switched to a far less vulnerable navy that can deploy far more mines faster. Specifically because mining the Strait of Hormuz was the only goal it needed for its main navy. The rest of the navy could be focused on the island war campaigns against the UAE and the Saudis.

9 months ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Shoots himself in the head in graphic detail moments later. This one is probably in poorer taste than the rest...

9 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

It is automatic, what we don't know is semi or full. If we're being this level of pedantic about weapons, you should be concerned about if they are assuming that it is "fully automatic" or if they understand it is "automatic, but semi"

If we're also being this level of pedantic, we know that 40 rounds (count the ribs on the PMAG) at 600 RPM would have done an enormous amount of damage, mostly negating whether your booger hook needed to move a millimeter or not.

this is a pointless distinction.

11 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 3

We only see the clip end half way through, could easily turn into a half barrel roll, especially if dropping a 2nd set of bombs, etc, no need to be pedantic on a short clip

1 year ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 9

Of course it is all far more nuanced than those two gotcha type questions, but until you have a definition of politics, asking people to tag it, so that it appeals to you personally, is going to be a long shot. We all live on spectrums of experience, good luck to you though, hopefully your political preferences are the ones that get tagged.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 3

I agree, you should tag your posts (this includes you OP), however, you're also asking to define Politics, without putting it in your post, so I ask you, honestly, what are politics? what is a political post that requires a tag?

Trans person talking about a daily experience? Politics?
Person Talking talking about a daily experience? Politics?
Where is the line? and who draws it?

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 21

Agreed with that, but also what are politics? Just the ones that you the reader find acceptable as politics? Part of the problem is the fact that we've mixed "politics" with ethics and morals, and thus the question becomes... "What is politics"

Trans people talking? Politics? or Just Life?
A person forced from their home due to bombing? Politics? or Just Life?
Public information about a vehicle that might be dangerous? Politics? or Just Life?

1 year ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 3

While I disagree about "no elements of fascism" it really does mostly come down to if the reader believes the speeches Dubois gives are indicating the overall philosophy of the the Federation, or if they are just his own viewpoints, if it is the former, then the book is far more about heavy authoritarianism and advocating political violence, usually close enough for people to think of the only heavy authoritarian with heavy political violence movement in recent history, fascism.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

While I disagree about "no elements of fascism" it really does mostly come down to if the reader believes the speeches Dubois gives are indicating the overall philosophy of the the Federation, or if they are just his own viewpoints, if it is the former, then the book is far more about heavy authoritarianism and advocating political violence, usually close enough for people to think of the only heavy authoritarian with heavy political violence movement in recent history, fascism.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

An actual usable solution for you is to use a link stripper, like - https://xcancel.com/ - you can post twitter content, while stripping any benefit from Muskolini. Provides dual benefit, he still has to pay for the cost of serving the thing, while losing out on everything.

1 year ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

https://itep.org/a-distributional-analysis-of-donald-trumps-tax-plan-2024/ - as a fellow accountant, I agree that the red hats are happy, they won, but I disagree with your assessment that you shouldn't believe this. the ITEP is an organization with a long history of being right. They employ far more accountants than us two on Imgur. This is from October, but the only thing that has changed is in SALT negotiations. Arrogance like your ability to project is put to no good use, learn to research.

1 year ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Get out of here with that fascist apologist AI bullshit

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1