Semi_Hemi_Demigod

joined 7 months ago

Yeah, I’ve been waiting to pull the trigger on a new four-bay RAID and I’m gonna do that tomorrow

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 21 points 4 hours ago (6 children)

Good, we’ll need the kids in the fields picking crops and the slaughterhouses processing meat when he kicks out all the migrants out.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I would suggest anyone who can buy a chest freezer and stock up on groceries now

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 points 7 hours ago

On the horizon? How the hell is my twelve-pounder going to reach there? We need to get yardarm-to-yardarm with the dogs! Then we can deploy our real smashers, the 18 pounder carronades

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, the writing wasn't good and the vibe was real bad, dealing with extreme mental illness and sexual abuse. But for the visuals and the fight scenes it's great.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Nah, I could see it being pretty great. Reviews of new high performance bikes of all kinds, interesting challenges, builds. For instance, build and test something that will force cars to give you the legally required clearance.

Heck, they could even do a Vietnam trip and go down the Ho Chi Minh trail, which is a famous example of the bicycle's utility.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

The only political ad I experienced this year was one saying the Democratic Senate candidate would let boys play in girl's sports. It was horribly transphobic, even ending in a joke about genitalia, but I can't help but think it had an effect on the outcome amongst all the women who aren't smart enough to pair their phone to their car and think NPR uses big words.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

"You can't be two minorities! That's not fair!" - Wine moms, probably

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

There's lots of them but one that hasn't been mentioned is Sucker Punch. It's 6.1 on IMDB and 22% on Rotten Tomatoes and I loved the visuals.

Also, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is terrible but everyone needs to watch the opening sequence

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Complaining that people don't know how economics work and that they have the memory of a goldfish is like complaining that knights move weird in chess.

These are the rules of the game we're trying to win. Whining about how stupid everyone is doesn't change the fact that we need to get stupid people to vote.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

And Americans voted ovewhelmingly in favor of that.

I really hate that I'm seeing this everywhere. Americans overwhelmingly didn't vote. Yes, according to math that means they voted for Trump, but why they didn't bother to vote is a lot more important. Yes, that means they're responsible for what happens, but if Democrats can't get people to vote for them how do they expect to win?

 

The algorithm brought me this and now I'm passing it on to you

 
 

Well, if you're one of the millions who own one of them gas-drinking, piston-clanking, air-polluting, smoke-belching, four-wheeled buggies from Detroit City, then pay attention

I'm about to sing your song, son

Well, I'm not a man appointed judge

To bear ill will and hold a grudge

But I think it's time I said me a few choice words

All about that demon automobile

A metal box with the Polyglas wheel

The end result of the dream of Henry Ford

Well, I've got a car that's mine alone

That me and the finance company own

A ready-made pile of manufactured grief

And if I ain't out of gas in the pouring rain

I'm a-changin' a flat in a hurricane

I once spent three days lost on a cloverleaf

Well, it ain't just the smoke and the traffic jam

That makes me the bitter fool I am

But this four-wheel buggy is a-dollarin' me to death

For gas and oils and fluids and grease

And wires and tires and antifreeze

And them accessories, well, honey, that's something else

Well, you can get a stereo tape and a color TV

Get a back-seat bar and reclining seats

And just pay once a month, like you do your rent

Well, I figured it up and over a period of time

This four-thousand dollar car of mine

Costs fourteen thousand dollars

And ninety-nine cents

Well, now, Lord, Mr. Ford, I just wish that you could see

What your simple horseless carriage has become

Well, it seems your contribution to man

To say the least, got a little out of hand

Well, Lord, Mr. Ford what have you done?

Now the average American father and mother

Own one whole car and half another

And I bet that half a car is a trick to drive, don't you?

But the thing that amazes me, I guess

Is the way we measure a man's success

By the kind of automobile he can afford to buy

Well, now, red light, green light, traffic cop

Right turn, no turn, must turn, stop

Get out the credit card, honey, we're out of gas

Well, now, all the cars placed end to end

Would reach to the moon and back again

And there'd probably be some poor fool who'd pull out to pass

Well, now, how I yearn for the good old days

Without that carbon dioxide haze

A-hanging over the roar of the interstate

Well, if the Lord that made the moon and the stars

Would have meant for me and you to have cars

He'd have seen that we was all born with a parking space

Lord, Mr. Ford, I just wish that you could see

What your simple horseless carriage has become

Well, it seems your contribution to man

To say the least, got a little out of hand

Well, Lord, Mr. Ford, what have you done?

Come away with me, Lucille

In my smoking, choking automobile

 
 

Complete with "Under Construction" gifs

 
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