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  1. Comment on Kendrick Lamar - Meet the Grahams (2024) in ~music

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    Just to clarify, euphoria and 6:16 in LA weren't released on the same Friday, but a week apart. EDIT: I'm wrong too lol, idk what I was thinking but euphoria was released on tuesday.

    Just to clarify, euphoria and 6:16 in LA weren't released on the same Friday, but a week apart.

    EDIT: I'm wrong too lol, idk what I was thinking but euphoria was released on tuesday.

    11 votes

  2. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Haven't had too much time to read for the past month or two, but over the last week I did quite a bit. Finished up To Green Angel Tower, which I enjoyed a lot. My only complaint is that the ending...

    Haven't had too much time to read for the past month or two, but over the last week I did quite a bit. Finished up To Green Angel Tower, which I enjoyed a lot. My only complaint is that the ending feels a bit rushed, but it's quite understandable that Tad Williams didn't want to make this already lengthy book any longer. Hard to pick a favorite of the trilogy, all three are super enjoyable and I look forward to checking out the sequel series, although will probably hold off a bit on that since I really only like to read one big fantasy series at a time and am itching to explore some other stuff (Looking at you Dune).

    Memory Sorrow And Thorn was one of GRRM's big inspirations, which is the reason I read it in the first place, so I decided to go back and finish the Dunk and Egg books. These are a lot of fun, but they still scratch the itch for the worldbuilding that ASOIAF does so well. Dunk is a great character, and it's great to view Westeros through his eyes. My favorite of the three would be The Mystery Knight, love Maynard Plumm and appreciate it expanding on the Blackfyre rebellions.

    Also started reading Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. This is a poetry collection in which each poem serves as the epitaph of a different character from the fictional town of Spoon River. I grew up and live in Central Illinois, the region which Spoon River is located in and based on, so there is a bit of a local connection that made me pick it up. Many characters stories overlap with each other, and the subject matter and style varies between poems. I'm not that far into it, but my favorite poem so far is Benjamin Fraser. Would recommend!

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  3. Comment on Satirical news website ‘The Onion’ sold to Global Tetrahedron in ~news

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    Glad to see ONN will be returning! Love the onion's old video content, the new Tik Toks/shorts they've been making have essentially just been a presenter reading onion articles which isn't...

    Glad to see ONN will be returning! Love the onion's old video content, the new Tik Toks/shorts they've been making have essentially just been a presenter reading onion articles which isn't particularly interesting. Assuming clickhole is a part of this, I hope they return to a video focus as well.

    24 votes

  4. Comment on Amazon grows to over 750,000 robots as world's second-largest private employer replaces over 100,000 humans in ~tech

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    As somebody who does one of these jobs that no one wants to do (I'm a housekeeper at an old folks home. I clean up piss and shit on a regular basis) it's hard for me to agree that if my job were...

    As somebody who does one of these jobs that no one wants to do (I'm a housekeeper at an old folks home. I clean up piss and shit on a regular basis) it's hard for me to agree that if my job were automated tomorrow and I lost it, this would somehow be beneficial to me. Sure, these things are inevitable, but that doesn't mean we need to give amazon props for finding a way to make more money by employing fewer workers.

    18 votes

  5. Comment on Former naturalists/materialists, what changed your view? in ~humanities

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    To your latter question, no. A p-zombie is defined by not having an internal experience at all, so it would not appear to itself as anything.

    To your latter question, no. A p-zombie is defined by not having an internal experience at all, so it would not appear to itself as anything.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Movie of the Week #26 - Aliens in ~movies

  7. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (April 2024) — Version 1.0 is out for Android! in ~tildes

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    One little quirk I noticed in the app, on edited comments it shows only the time of the most recent edit, not the original posting time.

    One little quirk I noticed in the app, on edited comments it shows only the time of the most recent edit, not the original posting time.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Woody Allen’s cancellation is a crime against culture in ~movies

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    This article doesn't bring much new to the discussion about Woody Allen. I think it is fair to have questions about the truth of the allegations, and the situation is certainly muddy. That being...

    This article doesn't bring much new to the discussion about Woody Allen. I think it is fair to have questions about the truth of the allegations, and the situation is certainly muddy. That being said, I can't say that anyone is wrong for not wanting to work with or support a man whose adopted daughter maintains that he sexually abused her.

    Edit: a word

    25 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival - World downloads in ~games

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    I'll give it a try this evening, I haven't tried to load world yet

    I'll give it a try this evening, I haven't tried to load world yet

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival - World downloads in ~games

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    I'm seeding and will remain so for a while here. I usually keep my computer on.

    I'm seeding and will remain so for a while here. I usually keep my computer on.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Megathread: April Fools’ Day 2024 on the internet in ~talk

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    One of my favorite free games, The Powder Toy, added sounds to the game. The meaning of this is that every time you place a particle or one is spawned by a reaction in the game, a narrator says...

    One of my favorite free games, The Powder Toy, added sounds to the game. The meaning of this is that every time you place a particle or one is spawned by a reaction in the game, a narrator says the name of the element. It sounds hilarious when you get some big reactions going it. There is a setting to turn it off (actually change the "number of sounds", 100 by default) but when you attempt to change it it says it can't if you don't pay 20 powdercoins (which don't exist). The changelog also revealed that if you use the zoom feature, some of the particles have little faces now.

    11 votes

  12. Comment on ‘Godzilla x Kong’ conquers Easter box office with $80m opening; Legendary Monsterverse franchise crosses $2 billion in ~movies

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    @mycketforvirrad I believe the word Legendary should remain capitalized in title, it is referring to the production company

    @mycketforvirrad I believe the word Legendary should remain capitalized in title, it is referring to the production company

    1 vote

  13. Comment on "I watched fifteen hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to" in ~health

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    Off topic, but this is my first time learning about raccoon dogs. They're so damn cute!

    Off topic, but this is my first time learning about raccoon dogs. They're so damn cute!

    8 votes

  14. Comment on Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to twenty-five years in US prison in ~finance

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    Grayscail's comment doesn't seem to be accepting that story, just saying that it's in SBF's best interest to stick to the story

    Grayscail's comment doesn't seem to be accepting that story, just saying that it's in SBF's best interest to stick to the story

    9 votes

  15. Comment on Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to twenty-five years in US prison in ~finance

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    I have no sympathy for the guy, but I always think people underestimate just how huge a punishment multiple decades in prison is. There's very few crimes outside of multiple murder or rape that I...

    I have no sympathy for the guy, but I always think people underestimate just how huge a punishment multiple decades in prison is. There's very few crimes outside of multiple murder or rape that I think really deserve more than 25 years in prison. That's about a third of your life (maybe a quarter since he's rich). In terms of keeping them out of society, I understand why a longer or life sentence can be important, but 25 years is a massive punishment.

    66 votes

  16. Comment on Children predict the year 2000 (1966, video) in ~life

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    I don't think it's that surprising. Not only was it around the height of the cold war, but remember that these kids were raised by parents who went through world war 2. The UK had already seen the...

    I don't think it's that surprising. Not only was it around the height of the cold war, but remember that these kids were raised by parents who went through world war 2. The UK had already seen the horrors that can come just from conventional bombs, it makes a whole lot of sense that in the context of the cold war they would be terrified of the possibilities.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Movie of the Week #21 - High Noon in ~movies

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    It didn't quite stick with me the way The Sting did, but if you liked the sting you would probably like House of Games as well. It's written and directed by David Mamet, more famous for writing...

    It didn't quite stick with me the way The Sting did, but if you liked the sting you would probably like House of Games as well. It's written and directed by David Mamet, more famous for writing Glengarry Glenross.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Movie of the Week #21 - High Noon in ~movies

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    It was a while ago so I don't fully remember, but I believe i was comparing it to another heist film (possible House of Games?) I watched the movie for the first time to write the paper but the...

    It was a while ago so I don't fully remember, but I believe i was comparing it to another heist film (possible House of Games?) I watched the movie for the first time to write the paper but the film stuck with me more than the paper I guess

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Movie of the Week #21 - High Noon in ~movies

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    My fault for clicking the spoiler lol. I don't care too much about getting spoiled on stuff anyway. I love The Sting, wrote a paper on it in college!

    My fault for clicking the spoiler lol. I don't care too much about getting spoiled on stuff anyway. I love The Sting, wrote a paper on it in college!

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Movie of the Week #21 - High Noon in ~movies

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    That's one of those classics I haven't gotten around to seeing, this is a good reminder to get around to it!

    That's one of those classics I haven't gotten around to seeing, this is a good reminder to get around to it!

    1 vote