Dlayknee

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[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Not the original commenter but I'd wager similarly that yes, the vast majority of the American people are far too comfortable to venture into the "inconvenience" of an actual war. Gripe about it from our couches? Yep. Lift a finger to bring about actual change (and no, signing an online petition doesn't count) in the face of real, actual, severe consequence? ....nah.

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I worry that we as a society have turned a corner and these kind of folks have been empowered to the point there's no going back. If they aren't latched into Trump, it'll just be the next DeSantis/Gaetz/MTG grifter they saddle up to.

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

How would a sham Supreme Court judge be removed? I know there was talk of impeaching them but... is that actually a thing?

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Digital Cinema Package; basically the movie file you're watching when you're in a movie theater.

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's some RFC 2549 logic, right there.

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I, too, am a John Stewart connoisseur!

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I thought the same thing, except this is like a reverse-Infamous plot where (presumably) Tony is Doom rather than Doom is Ironman.

I trust Marvel & the Russo Bros quite a bit at this point, but this is definitely a weird casting.

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I really want to give him the entirely unwarranted benefit of the doubt that he's saying it won't matter in 4 years bc he won't be running (making the assumption he'll win this time and reach his term limit) but having watched the video I dunno, that "we'll have it fixed by then" sounds reeeeaaally ominous.

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I just finished reading the LotR series with my now-11 yo son (we started a few years ago) and there were definitely plenty of sections like this that I converted to more understandable terms and concepts on the fly. Sure my son may not have heard this exact line, but he definitely got the idea that ~~Shelob was old, bad, and Sauron had encouraged get 8 in exchange for a scary guard in the tunnels into Mordor~~ the fell beasts were scary.

Edit: apparently my son may or may not have gotten an entirely different version of the book told to him!

[–] Dlayknee@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

🎵"Maybe they're born with it, maybe it's the x-gene!" 🎵

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