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1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Megathread: Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University EventEnglish1791·11 days agoThere’s so many layers of irony to this event. You can’t make this shit up.
A man, who made a career downplaying gun violence and advocating against empathy for its victims, was shot while giving a talk about his favorite topic under a tent that said “Prove me wrong”, on a college campus in a state that just lifted its ban on weapons on college campuses. His own quotes can be endlessly used to shut down any outrage at his ironic demise.
Charlie Kirk’s final moments were spent being definitively and completely proven wrong.
If this wasn’t going to used as an excuse to ban Trans people from owning firearms and for further violence against the opposition, it would be hilarious.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Megathread: Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University EventEnglish141·11 days agoYeah I know its straight out of the Fascist playbook, but this is way to conveniently timed and flawlessly executed. Its going to take some pretty compelling evidence for me to be convinced that this wasn’t a false flag. I definitely wont trust that its whomever the regime eventually pins it on.
Charlie was a disposable pawn of right wing moneyed interests, and he will continue to serve those interests in death.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Games@lemmy.world•What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?English6·2 months agoI adore BG3 but yeah. Viconia in particular felt like a big middle finger to fans of the original games. If they wanted to bring back an OG character to be irredeemably evil, Edwin is right there!
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•The Billionaires Are Abandoning HumanityEnglish19·3 months agoThe Billionaires are a bunch of Degenerate Morons who diddle children, much as the ruling class has always been. They’re funneling the world’s wealth upwards thinking capital will insulate them from the coming climate crisis they’re exasperating. How I wish I could be there when they realize that it won’t.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto politics @lemmy.world•Trump threatens to throw 'bad' citizens 'the hell out' of the U.S.English26·3 months agoCommunity organizers and vocal opposition are at the top of the list Palentir is making right now. Scrub your social media and start taking your data privacy seriously if you aren’t already. Degoogle and take your opinions off Meta and Reddit at the very least.
They’re going to test the waters by going after some brown protestors first, but the end game is all political opponents and uncontrolled opposition.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto politics @lemmy.world•An "unimaginable sum:" Trump's Big Beautiful Bill would appropriate $200 billion to ICEEnglish9·3 months agoI think (and hope) that one key difference here is that the US is much more divided politically and culturally then Nazi Germany was. At least right now, there is no way the US declares a war of aggression against a former Ally and doesn’t fall into Civil War. It will take a hell of a lot of internal suppression for that to change, the act of which will likely ignite the Civil War itself.
My hope is that the next few years will be less “What if the Nazi’s controlled the most powerful nation in history?” and more “What if Francisco Franco controlled the most powerful nation is history?”
Europe and China likely have time to prepare, and they really fucking need to. If they’re smart they’re already covertly looking into ways to arm and fund internal opposition in America.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•We beat 'em before...English3·3 months agoYep. And the most prominent fascist power that wasn’t overthrown externally (Francoist Spain) lasted 40 years until it’s demogogue died. The reason it wasn’t a bigger problem for the world at large was that it was a politically isolated minor power.
The world hasn’t yet seen something like an (openly) fascist modern USA.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•“No Thrones, No Crowns, No Kings”: June 14 Set for Massive Nationwide Protest Against Trump and Military Parade - EsstNEnglish4·3 months agoNo doubt something will go wrong. At all levels this administration is monstrously incompetent. They probably had Chatgpt plan the parade route.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Elon Musk allegedly took large amounts of drugs including ketamine while advising Trump – reportEnglish26·4 months agoThe Fascism-to-Incontinence pipeline is real.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organizationEnglish81·4 months agoIn general the entire series is mean-spirited. You can see the roots of Rowling’s hate in how she describes any of the series antagonists.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Games@lemmy.world•Europa Universalis V: Official Announcement TrailerEnglish1·4 months agoOh, guess I don’t have to worry about catching up on all the dlc I’ve missed!
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Games@lemmy.world•The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - Official Trailer (Available Today!)English23·5 months agoMorrowind would be a whole different beast to remaster. Not saying I wouldn’t enjoy some better graphics and tweaked systems, but it would be a hard sell to most gamers if they only did that.
-no voice acting -outdated gameplay systems -Game map that wasn’t designed with unlimited draw distance, fast travel, or even unlimited running in mind.
Honestly at this point it would be better served by a full remake.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Games@lemmy.world•The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - Official Trailer (Available Today!)English33·5 months agoWhat exactly has been changed besides the graphics? Sounds like they tweaked the melee combat to more resemble Skyrims.
Imo Oblivions two biggest problems were level scaling and how barren the world was between cities and dungeons.
Edit: I got it after watching more of the gameplay. It still feels like Oblivion, but there’s a lot of little tweaks that improve the experience. Combat and movement has more weight to it, so while the systems all effectively function the same it feels a lot less floaty then the original game. There’s a lot of small tweaks and QOL improvements, like the UI is reminiscent of the original but much more fluid. Cant comment on if they fixed level-scaling or not, as I’m only at level 3.
Make no mistake, this is 100% Oblivion. Its just a lot prettier and with a lot of small improvements. So far it seems like a rare modern Bethesda W.
Humanity stands on the brink of self-destruction because we have yet to overcome the primitive, selfish aspects of our nature. I have to believe that any civilization advanced enough for interstellar travel—without having destroyed itself along the way—must have achieved a certain level of cooperative enlightenment.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto politics @lemmy.world•No One Is Safe From Being Rendered To Foreign PrisonsEnglish3·5 months agoI think they’re starting with foreign prisons until the process becomes more normalized. Right now it would be too risky, the victims would have too many pesky rights. Need lawyers and journalist afraid of being sent to the El Salvador Death Camps before we can open the American ones.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto politics @lemmy.world•No One Is Safe From Being Rendered To Foreign PrisonsEnglish8·5 months agoI mean… kinda? Its no excuse, but Trump, Musk and the lot of them seem to all have deep insecurities rooted in childhood trauma. A toxic culture that encourages abusive behavior and discourages self-reflection and accountability certainly doesn’t help.
The memes about it how these men would rather destroy America then see a therapist are pretty real.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto science@lemmy.world•No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinctionEnglish3·6 months agoThey couldn’t even be bothered to pick a name of an actual Dire Wolf from GoT either. Fucking tourists.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto politics @lemmy.world•Trump portrait artist says career is in peril after president accuses her of distorting his likenessEnglish15·6 months agoI daresay he almost looks… Stately in the portrait. It’s like a look into an alternate reality where Trump was loved by his father and got into politics out a desire to serve his country, and were he’s also done the bare minimum to care for himself for the past 79 years.
Shaxs has some great anti-facist quotes!