MrTulip

joined 2 years ago
[–] MrTulip 17 points 2 years ago (10 children)

My default stance is that consolidation is bad, but Blizzard can't get much worse right now.

[–] MrTulip 12 points 2 years ago

This. From my experience, the kind of people who are drawn to fascism, the thing they hate more than anything else is being laughed at. Make them into a joke, they're likely to just rage-quit.

[–] MrTulip 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Designer probably got a dimension wrong on the drawing, and the pavers went "Alright, we'll do it exactly as you say. Teach you to proofread next time..."

[–] MrTulip 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The green onions, too. We have some growing in a container on our porch. They're super easy to grow, and are good to add some extra flavor to whatever poverty meal you're cooking.

[–] MrTulip 24 points 2 years ago

Angle of the spine. He had a whole bit about how if you lean at all, you're not manly, or something. Then he was selling shirts with the green line down the middle, because there's always a grift with these chuds.

[–] MrTulip 3 points 2 years ago

Terry Pratchett, author best known for the Discworld series of novels.

[–] MrTulip 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Like, just the billionaires on an island? Who will do all the labor required to maintain their lifestyle? Because they sure as he'll aren't. To paraphrase Pratchett, it takes a hundred people standing in the mud to keep one person with their head in the clouds.

[–] MrTulip 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If the fediverse starts gaining traction, you can bet the mega-corps will use every dirty trick they have to co-opt it or, if that fails, undermine it.

[–] MrTulip 3 points 2 years ago

That's the boat I'm in. My system can't run a lot of new games, and I can't afford to upgrade right now.

[–] MrTulip 23 points 2 years ago

Being railed, I assume.

[–] MrTulip 2 points 2 years ago

Checked RIF just after midnight. Got a goodbye message and nothing else.

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