ryven

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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

They won't, because there's no other company that can credibly meet the Artemis objectives for a lunar lander in a reasonable time frame. Boeing is the main competitor but they're already struggling to satisfy all of their current contracts: Starliner was supposed to be operational in 2017, but it had its first crewed test flight this year and it malfunctioned seriously enough that they decided it wasn't safe to bring the astronauts home on it. NASA pulling SpaceX off of the Artemis project would functionally be the end of it.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

As someone who swore off WoW not for gameplay reasons, but due to appalling behavior by Blizzard management, I'm not sure I think associating your political campaign with the game is a good idea.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The problem with this one is that, as a reader/watcher/whatever, it affects your experience even when it doesn't happen. I was so convinced that Dumbledore was alive at the end of book six. Fell off a balcony? Point of view character gets dragged to the infirmary so we can't see what happens after that? There's a phoenix, a bird associated with healing and rebirth, conspicuously singing? That guy is pulling a Gandalf in the next book for sure.

So I spent the whole next book waiting for the dramatic reveal that never came...

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He influences his followers to buy products. An influencer is like a freelance marketer.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

In the opening sequence of Final Fantasy XII, two separate characters get stabbed through the "stylish" gaps in their armor... and somehow this doesn't prompt anyone else to reconsider their armor choices.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"The mentor/parent has to die so that the hero can prove they're self-actualized" or whatever. It's okay for your hero to have living parents, even if their parents are also heroes. I promise your story won't be less interesting if your character's mentor figure survives.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is being suspended even a punishment? I would have been psyched to be suspended, I hated going to school.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sorry isn't "gender identity" the most common public restroom type in America, and also the opposite of the one they're concerned about? They aren't putting windows in the boys' room or the girls' room, which are segregated by gender. These are the gender neutral restrooms that they want to peek into (or really, discourage anyone from using). Up is down with these people.

Edit: Wait, I just looked at the picture again. The caption says gender neutral, but the actual signage on the restroom says "Boys" and then below that "Gender Inclusive" and I'm not sure how those two things go together.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm just in favor of throwing paint at things!

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I can't believe how many otherwise seemingly reasonable people are still involved in the MTG and D&D content ecosystems after Hasbro hired the fucking Pinkertons to threaten a Youtuber. How little self respect do they have? Promote a game that isn't made by someone who would send thugs to your house!

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

I wonder if I can make a cheat that doesn't do anything but turn myself into a frog...

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

You do what you gotta do.

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