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Comment on You get to choose your favorite director's next project. What is it, and why? in ~movies
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Comment on Megathread: April Fools' Day 2025 on the internet in ~talk
Captain_Wacky LinkThe animation for the LoFi Girl Livestream has been changed as a callback to its original channel name. The change itself is absolutely blursed.The animation for the LoFi Girl Livestream has been changed as a callback to its original channel name.
The change itself is absolutely blursed.
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Comment on An engineer says he’s found a way to overcome Earth’s gravity in ~space
Captain_Wacky Link ParentIt's not your fault. Popular Mechanics has been around for at least 100 years, honing it's skills in duping the unaware. It's only inevitable, one's gonna get got by the professionals.It's not your fault. Popular Mechanics has been around for at least 100 years, honing it's skills in duping the unaware.
It's only inevitable, one's gonna get got by the professionals.
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Comment on An engineer says he’s found a way to overcome Earth’s gravity in ~space
Captain_Wacky Link ParentAs is the Popular Mechanics way.Nope, it's just a fluff article with just claims and no substance.
As is the Popular Mechanics way.
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Comment on “I don’t see how we can save it.” in ~life
Captain_Wacky Link ParentYeah, Twitter/BlueSky seems like the kind of place this kind of thing might get traction on.Yeah, Twitter/BlueSky seems like the kind of place this kind of thing might get traction on.
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Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food
Captain_Wacky Link ParentMesquite ice cream was something I'd try again, if given the opportunity.Mesquite ice cream was something I'd try again, if given the opportunity.
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Comment on Ho-hum, ho-hum: ‘Snow White’ opens to $43m — what poisoned this princess at the box office in ~movies
Captain_Wacky Link ParentI'd say go full-bore, make a trilogy around the entirety of the 1001 nights. Have it centered around Scheherazade looking back at everything, telling an audience the stories that saved her life....I'd say go full-bore, make a trilogy around the entirety of the 1001 nights. Have it centered around Scheherazade looking back at everything, telling an audience the stories that saved her life.
There's potential for that to be the next LotR.
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Comment on What are your goto cocktails? in ~food
Captain_Wacky Link1 part Jagermeister 1 part cola Served in a lowball over ice. It's very much a strategic drink. Its a combo nobody asks for. It's a combo that, while still for discerning tastes, is still quite...1 part Jagermeister
1 part colaServed in a lowball over ice.
It's very much a strategic drink. Its a combo nobody asks for. It's a combo that, while still for discerning tastes, is still quite approachable. It's a unique drink that I don't think I've ever been charged over $5 for, in contrast to all the other over-ordered spirit+cola cocktails. Lastly, if a bar can't produce those two ingredients, what the hell are you even doing there? Leave.
About the drink itself, it really does taste good. The cola balances out the jager a lot. Was at a bar that had birch beer on tap, and a 50/50 of birch and jager, while sounding wonderful, turned out to just amplify each other and be horrible.
I'd be curious to see if there could be a third ingredient to complement the two (an aromatic of some sort), but honestly it's a complete drink as-is. The ice may be my "missing third."
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Comment on What does a newcomer moving to your town/city/state/country need to know? in ~life
Captain_Wacky Link ParentIn Mississippi, circa 2015 I was unfortunately in the company of a white man in his mid-20's dropping a hard-R "n" word loudly in conversation in a Cracker Barrel, since they had the audacity to...In Mississippi, circa 2015 I was unfortunately in the company of a white man in his mid-20's dropping a hard-R "n" word loudly in conversation in a Cracker Barrel, since they had the audacity to serve their food on those "n-word plates," which were just plates with flowers on the edges/border.
His mother-in-law-to-be looked at me and said something to the effect "I don't know what you're so surprised bout, that's how everybody talks down here!"
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Comment on There are two kinds of credit cards in ~finance
Captain_Wacky Link ParentSome banks also hold some pretty timely deals with their points systems, too. The card that's my daily driver has a 36x points bonus for doing taxes online through H&R Block. If the average cost...Some banks also hold some pretty timely deals with their points systems, too.
The card that's my daily driver has a 36x points bonus for doing taxes online through H&R Block. If the average cost for services rendered is something like $300, then:
300 x 36 = 10,800 points, which is a $108 value.
While in the grand scheme of things, $108 may be a spit in the bucket when on the topic of taxes, any triple-digit number would be a genuine help on a different endeavor.
That's gas for a month, right there.
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Comment on For the eighth year in a row, Finland has taken the No. 1 spot on the World Happiness Report's list of the happiest countries in ~life
Captain_Wacky Link ParentI'd imagine it would involve a competent education system that can handle changes in goals and direction, taking on the task of "demystifying" booze.I'd imagine it would involve a competent education system that can handle changes in goals and direction, taking on the task of "demystifying" booze.
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Comment on What are some good stories told from non-human perspectives? in ~books
Captain_Wacky Link"The Chair" by Jose Saramago is a short story about.... A chair. It's super short, the more I talk about it the more would be ruined. "EPICAC" by Kurt Vonnegut is another short story about a..."The Chair" by Jose Saramago is a short story about.... A chair. It's super short, the more I talk about it the more would be ruined.
"EPICAC" by Kurt Vonnegut is another short story about a computer that discovers love. It isn't necessarily from a non-human perspective, but it provides insight into a non-human one.
"The House of Asterion," by Jorge Luis Borges is a super short that isn't about a person, but that's another story that one needs to go blindly into.
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Comment on What's the oldest tech you use, and why do you still use it? in ~tech
Captain_Wacky LinkI live within walking distance of an antique store, and every once in a grand while they'll have something useful for me, at a price that isn't horrible. So far I've gotten... Finger-sized pruning...I live within walking distance of an antique store, and every once in a grand while they'll have something useful for me, at a price that isn't horrible.
So far I've gotten...
- Finger-sized pruning shears, perfect for small succulents. Took a little sharpening for them to be useful again, but it didn't take much effort.
- Wood, metal and glass magnifying lens, again for the succulents. Very weighty. Dollar General had some for $5 nearby, but $10 for a piece with some weight to it is worth it.
- Binoculars, Tasco 7 x 35 magnification, $30 from the same place. Red-shouldered hawks will use the trees in the neighborhood during springtime, and these are good to watch them with. Replaced the old crumbling strap with a shoelace, for pizazz.
- Lenovo T420 laptop, running Linux. Not from the antique store, but a bit unusual to be rocking something from the early 2010's still. The screen has gotten splotchy over the years, I think the plastic is degrading, but oh well.
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Comment on Lilo & Stitch | Official trailer in ~movies
Captain_Wacky LinkI'm really curious to know what the audience breakdown is for these movies, because I'm kind of like everyone else, asking "who the hell actually watches this? Who is this stuff for?" Etc. I have...I'm really curious to know what the audience breakdown is for these movies, because I'm kind of like everyone else, asking "who the hell actually watches this? Who is this stuff for?" Etc.
I have my hunches, but even then I'm still kind of doubtful one could divine a strong connection in the metrics.
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Comment on Back to the future: China revives blimps, now fully electric in ~transport
Captain_Wacky LinkI don't have any readily quotable sources in front of me, but I've noticed how grifters typically trend towards reinventing mass transit, especially airships and trains/subways, in an effort to...I don't have any readily quotable sources in front of me, but I've noticed how grifters typically trend towards reinventing mass transit, especially airships and trains/subways, in an effort to dazzle some unknowing "entrepreneur."
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Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and US influencers bash seed oils, baffling nutrition scientists in ~food
Captain_Wacky Link ParentI think you're on the right track, but all you mentioned above can be symptoms of a larger issue, hyperconsumerism and the deregulated economy/environment that allows and demands hyperconsumerism...I think you're on the right track, but all you mentioned above can be symptoms of a larger issue, hyperconsumerism and the deregulated economy/environment that allows and demands hyperconsumerism to flourish.
Without the socioeconomic forces that act to keep hyperconsumerism as a part of the modern American psyche, I'd be willing to bet that a large number of Americans wouldn't want a sedentary life filled with fast food.
Of course, hyperconsumerism isn't the only problem responsible for our mental/physical hellscape. There's the "frontier society" mindset we can't let go of, the isolating suburbia that helps to reinforce that, as well as the racism... But I think hyperconsumerism can shoulder a lot of the blame concerning how we treat food, exercise, impulsivity and discipline in the American Zeitgeist.
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Comment on Denmark's state-run postal service is to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025 – cites a 90% decline in letter volumes since the start of the century in ~news
Captain_Wacky LinkI hope they don't wholesale remove the infrastructure. Like how trains are gaining a bit of a resurgence of interest in the US, the thing that's crippling the idea of trains moving forward in the...I hope they don't wholesale remove the infrastructure.
Like how trains are gaining a bit of a resurgence of interest in the US, the thing that's crippling the idea of trains moving forward in the US currently (aside from the batshit crazies) was the destruction of infrastructure to cut costs in the latter half of the 20th century. It will be incredibly expensive to replace what was lost, and I can't imagine the US to ever again be consistently proactive long enough to accomplish that.
But, if trains can regain interest in the US, I'm confident that the postal service can do the same in Europe at some point in the future, and so it would be prudent that they try to maintain that infrastructure for as long as possible.
If anything, the angle of communications security makes a good argument. There's security in redundancy, and inevitably the digital system will go down. If someone successfully attacks the systems and puts it down for a month or two, they will be glad to have the backup system still ready to go.
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Comment on Has anyone read the books listed in the New Lifetime Reading Plan by Clifton Fadiman? in ~books
Captain_Wacky Link ParentFor a list that's also quite heavy for poetry, I'm surprised Fernando Pessoa didn't make the cut.For a list that's also quite heavy for poetry, I'm surprised Fernando Pessoa didn't make the cut.
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Comment on Has anyone read the books listed in the New Lifetime Reading Plan by Clifton Fadiman? in ~books
Captain_Wacky LinkA list without Vonnegut is incomplete.A list without Vonnegut is incomplete.
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US President Donald Trump calls for an end to the Chips Act, redirecting funds to national debt
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I would like to see Guillermo del Toro's take on anything involving The Classics. Epics like Gilgamesh, Iliad/Odyssey, 1001 Nights, etc. Take all the time needed, turn it into a trilogy, four hours apiece like LotR, if necessary.