heggs_bayer

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[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

I believe REgon mixed up you and @Owl@hexbear.net.

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

You clearly lack reading comprehension. The quoted text is not trying to draw some distinction between "defending" and "celebrating one's accomplishments" and say that the former is bad while the latter is fine. What it does do is point out that the common attack on socialism that accuses actually existing socialist states of being totalitarian hellholes and important historic socialist leaders of being dictators is a load of shit; using a consistent standard to compare them to their contemporaries would reveal that socialism accomplished many wonders starting from extremely difficult conditions and that most "democratic" leaders are far more monstrous than even the nastiest tales cooked up about Stalin and Mao.

Among what I just said and some other things, it makes a point that is very pertinent to this discussion: the characterization of tankies as "uncritically defending authoritarian regimes/dictators" (as asserted by the zine from the OP) and detesting literally all dissent regardless of what the content of that dissent might be (as you asserted) is also a load of shit that depends on treating socialist experiments as radioactive failures that are entirely bad and not worth defending. Tankies are perfectly capable of recognizing and criticizing the mistakes those experiments actually made; the commonly hurled criticisms are torn apart because they are factually wrong and made in bad faith.

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago

Wow, our current political system prevents us from getting someone who's third party elected for president, making our votes spoilers than can prevent one of the mainstream candidates from winning? No one I've ever encountered has brought that up before! WTF I'm pro Kdolf now! wowee /s

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

I liked it quite a bit. The combat system is easy enough to wrap your head around. Being able to see what your chances of hitting different enemies are before you move is a nice touch. I played on daring and the game felt a little too easy at points.

The story is good and the companion characters (and some other npcs) are compelling. The game has roughly 3 "alignments" that decisions can fall under that give perks for advancing them. I played as a heretic, for instance, and got an ability from that alignment that lets me massively boost a party members' stats for a few turns, but they fall prone afterwards.

Each character gets 2 classes as they advance. With that in mind the choices currently feel pretty limited.

The minigame Owlcat shoved into the game - ship combat - is actually pretty fun unlike in their Pathfinder games.

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I beat Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader finally. Now I'm doing a fash playthrough of Disco Elysium.

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

Thiel is the evil universe version of George Soros.

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 27 points 6 days ago

The virgin cuck well vs the chad cuck pit.

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

kelly Claudia De La Whos

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

Ah, butt yuo see, ham ass are terrorists, unlike the wholesome keanu chungus East Turkestan Islamic Movement.

[–] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

kelly Chick or treat.

 

People I know are sharing polymarket predictions about the presidential election, and just reading about how the predictions work sounds like the most capitalism-brained nonsense. Like, try reading this without shaking your head:

On Polymarket, you can buy and sell shares representing future event outcomes (i.e. "Will TikTok be banned in the U.S. this year?")

Shares in event outcomes are always priced between $0.00 and $1.00 USDC, and every pair of event outcomes (i.e. each pair of "YES" + "NO" shares) is fully collateralized by $1.00 USDC.

Shares are created when opposing sides come to an agreement on odds, such that the sum of what each side is willing to pay is equal to $1.00.

The shares representing the correct, final outcome are paid out $1.00 USDC each upon market resolution.

Unlike sportsbooks, you are not betting against "the house" – the counterparty to each trade is another Polymarket user. As such:

Shares can be sold before the event outcome is known_ (i.e. to lock in profits or cut losses)

There is no "house" to ban you for winning too much.

Thing is, I'm 3 stupid 5 explaining why this stuff sounds off. Am I just doing a liberalism by speaking without investigating more? Is this as BS as it comes off as to me?

 

Mine is when a lib says that a socialist leader is filthy rich because le ebil dictator owns literally everything in the country.

 

In 8^th^ grade my social studies teacher showed The Notebook to the class to help teach us about WWII. The movie had less than 5 minutes of content about the war; the rest was only tangentially related at best because it was set in that time period.

 

Granted, its to prevent overcentralization of Lemmy and not related to their shit takes, but still sicko-laser

 

... then why was it called MakhnovshCHINA? PRC-emblem some-controversy anarxi deng-stoned chairman

 

Easily one of my favorite bits up there with confederate Stalin.

 

So fanum tax.

 

It's a mobile game where you get to larp as a landleech. The blurb alone tells you all you need to know about why this game is cringe:

Imagine the world as a giant board game, where you can buy and sell real-life places and earn rent every time someone visits your property. Now it’s possible! Landlord Real Estate Tycoon is an award-winning geolocalisation Monopoly-game, that throughs (sic) you into the reality of big business! Make the best property deals, earn big money, compete with friends, people from you country or even the entire world to ultimately become one of the most powerful ~~parasites~~ magnates on the globe!

Here's a review from the kind of person who enjoys this tripe:

The game is addicting and fun. Love being able to own my own town, and whats around me. I find myself driving to my favorite spots just to own it!! Lol

mao-wtf

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