Take away the beans and I’m right with you 👌

I think the common denominator for all these things are people. People are pretty terrible in large numbers behind anonymity.

Limewire 👌

I’m a self-duplicating pastel-coloured horse in VR. What does that say about me? 👀

I don’t doubt that many proposals were made well before 9/11, but that attack certainly proved a catalyst in getting them approved.

Basically: we want to control citizens > citizens don’t want to be controlled > create a scenario in which they want to be controlled > control citizens

Might take a few years between implementation and the desired result, but politics is always a slow march towards authoritarianism.

Also, the fact it was labelled as the counter terrorism act. Not much call for a counter terrorism act of there isn’t much terrorism happening. No better way to say “we need this” than an actual terrorist attack happening.

I always remember the old web game. It was a bitch to get to Madagascar. Inspired the meme:

I like you.

Like, this is what conspiracy should be - actually somewhat believable - and not dumb shit like flat earth.

I always held that 9/11 was dubious. Not an “inside job” per se, but definitely a case of “we’re gonna turn our backs for just a second, and you terrorists better not do something silly while we’re not looking!”

One of the biggest things that will always stick out to me: the WMDs. They were adamant Iraq had them. They said they had actual evidence. None of it was true. It all came across as an excuse for ol’ George to go in and try to finish what daddy started in '91.

Just to be clear as well, I think other conspiracies such as the controlled demolition of the towers and the fake plane at the pentagon are bullshit. I don’t have my tinfoil hat on that tightly.

Game is BeamNG Drive 👍

That’s actually how I do my Lemmy feed. I have one chance to comment on a thread and if I don’t do it, when the page refreshes I lose it forever.

I’ve learned to accept that there are just some things the universe never wanted me to comment on.

With how wearily often this seems to happen nowadays, I feel like if I was working somewhere like this I’d be looking at new work immediately as soon as I knew it was getting taken over.

Ideally, there should be some kind of way to prevent this happening in the first place.

But it’s easy for me to say this kind of thing from my pedestal. The only opinions that matter are from those who are involved. There’s nothing more depressing and scary than to know you could be jobless at a moment’s notice.

Oh shit, just so happens I’m bald myself so I feel honoured!

Thanks for clearing that up ❤️

That makes me think about what soundtrack my life would have… Linkin Park would have to be a top choice. Constantly reinventing myself every few years, but never not filled with angst. I would probably say “Numb” would be the title of my movie, assuming we focused on my 20s.

€9.5? For that? I’m so glad I don’t fly.

Use Winiary Majonez like a true Slav, and stay Cheeki Breeki!

I’ve always told people to sound momentarily disgusted whenever your see it.

Köln becomes K-errrh-ln, for example

It’s also really hard for me to switch between languages at the minute because both my English and German keyboards are active on my phone so as soon as I spell Köln correctly, my keyboard thinks “oh scheiße, es ist Zeit für Deutsch!”

A million dollars, a million dollars, a million dollars…

… I’m waiting!

If they weren’t referred to in an objective manner, maybe it could have worked.

But the fact it’s about buying oil in general makes this an L

Fighting the Frizzies at 11

Petrol heads here in the UK 👍

I’d consider myself one, but I’m always skeptical when I meet others because I know my opinions are not aligned with what people generally consider a petrol head.

I feel the term can have negative connotations because whilst some may think of the kind of people who have their own little project car which they keep in their garage or put on a trailer and take to events or track days, others will instantly think of those asshole teenagers with their riced up compact cars who tear around the streets without insurance.