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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
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Comment on Obsidian Entertainment reportedly lays off a quarter of staff, cancels multiple projects, and begins work on new Fallout game in ~games
bushbear Link ParentI reckon they could do something in Washington state or Wyoming...that where yellowstone is if my quick glance at google maps is correct. Im not that into the universe, im only playing New Vegas...I reckon they could do something in Washington state or Wyoming...that where yellowstone is if my quick glance at google maps is correct. Im not that into the universe, im only playing New Vegas now, so i figure there are enough landmarks in these locations.
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Comment on Godzilla Minus Zero | Official teaser in ~movies
bushbear LinkSick! I watched a few of the older godzilla movies last year and really enjoyed it. These new ones are really good and probably the only movie that will drag me to an imax to see.Sick! I watched a few of the older godzilla movies last year and really enjoyed it. These new ones are really good and probably the only movie that will drag me to an imax to see.
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Comment on I wrote a new Thing movie...on a World War II submarine in ~movies
bushbear LinkI really enjoyed this. It got me thinking that it would be a cool creative exercise in story telling.I really enjoyed this. It got me thinking that it would be a cool creative exercise in story telling.
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I wrote a new Thing movie...on a World War II submarine
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Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro
bushbear Link Parentyea I think the climate change denial lobby are going to be working overtime for this one because you can't really argue with the physical aspect of this weather.yea I think the climate change denial lobby are going to be working overtime for this one because you can't really argue with the physical aspect of this weather.
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Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro
bushbear Link ParentYea it will take a heat event similar to the opening chapter of KSRs The ministry for the future before people stop and listen.Yea it will take a heat event similar to the opening chapter of KSRs The ministry for the future before people stop and listen.
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Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro
bushbear LinkIv been monitoring the discourse around this heatwave and its truly bonkers to see people claim this is business as usual. There is the 'Its just summer' crowd(specifically here in the uk) that...Iv been monitoring the discourse around this heatwave and its truly bonkers to see people claim this is business as usual. There is the 'Its just summer' crowd(specifically here in the uk) that claim this sort of weather happens every summer which is just not true, although will become more frequent. This is countered with ever redder heat maps which fuels their conspiratorial thinking that its all a massive scam for net zero or whatever. There are some seriously unhinged takes out there about the current weather which I don't even know how to try unpick.
As sad as this story is I wonder if it will have an impact on the climate change deniers as it isn't the apocalyptic catastrophe they think scientists are predicting.
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Comment on Memory System | Ambient Swim | Liquid DnB, Jungle, Breakcore (2026) in ~music
bushbear LinkIv seen this playlist floating about on youtube because while I was writing essays for uni I would chuck on some sort of EDM for background noise so now Im getting tons of these recommended. My...Iv seen this playlist floating about on youtube because while I was writing essays for uni I would chuck on some sort of EDM for background noise so now Im getting tons of these recommended.
My personal favorite is this one
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Comment on Caught the cycling bug. Anyone else? in ~hobbies
bushbear Link ParentIt all depends on how you want to travel. Iv never flown with my bike but I know its a hassle coz different airlines have different rules for bike. The one constant is you pay extra for a bike. I...It all depends on how you want to travel. Iv never flown with my bike but I know its a hassle coz different airlines have different rules for bike. The one constant is you pay extra for a bike.
I have a British passport so I can basically go anywhere without an issue. In saying that visas are the same as when you fly into a country. You apply and make sure you have enough time to cycle the country on the allotted time. The thing with cycle touring is that you can do it any way you want. Its your trip and you plan it your way.
I think the best way to learn about this is to watch some videos. I'll link some of the recent videos iv watched.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
bushbear Link ParentThey have also removed wealth from the continent. I recently heard a statistic that for every dollar sent to Africa the global north extracts $7 or something along those lines. I'm not sure what...They have also removed wealth from the continent. I recently heard a statistic that for every dollar sent to Africa the global north extracts $7 or something along those lines.
I'm not sure what your point is but if its that the global north has invested trillions into Africa so they should be developed then you are not looking deeper into the issue. You are assuming that money went to projects that solely benefit people but that most likely went to building infrastructure to continue exploiting the natural resources of the continent and funding authoritarian regimes.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
bushbear Link ParentOk so Im talking about tribes in the context of several centuries ago not more modern times. Also they didn't know they were gonna be colonised so why would they prepare for that. Again as I said...That's kind of the problem, no? Without economic development, you don't get food security, running water, vaccines, hospitals, electricity. It also leaves you vulnerable to being preyed upon by other countries, like European colonizers. Capitalism or not, I find it hard to justify any arguments that you shouldn't at least develop economically and technologically until everyone can meet the lower tiers of Maslow's pyramid.
Valuing social coherence so much that you'd prefer to drag down members who overachieve is the issue. It's not a good thing. It perpetuates itself, but not only continues human misery from a lack of resources, but leaves you weak when stronger neighbors come knocking.
Ok so Im talking about tribes in the context of several centuries ago not more modern times. Also they didn't know they were gonna be colonised so why would they prepare for that. Again as I said they most likely did not pull people down so that they were immiserated. Thats not how a kinship society works.
Seems overly defeatist. That's what the global north would want African countries to think - that they're doomed forever. Then they can stripe mine the country of resources forever.
Its by design. The world bank and IMF have structured African economies in such a way that they cannot develop. Its one of the big plays by neoliberalism. So no matter how much positive thinking you wanna throw down Africa will most likely stay as is for a long time. I would love to see Africa prosper but like I said earlier it was never decolonised. They just shifted to corporations doing the dirty work.
Southeast asia was also colonialized and suffers many scars, but countries like Vietnam and Thailand have made huge strides in quality of life. China went through a colonial control, a civil war, and an imperial invasion with casualty numbers that make the Western theater of WW2 look like a cake walk, and it's now a technological powerhouse that scares the US.
China's GDP per capita in 1960 was $90. What would become Ghana's GDP per capita was $192.
These are geographically different places. Just because parts of Asia are flourishing doesnt mean all of Asia is. Just like there are parts of Africa that are doing well and parts that aren't. At this point I actually think you are trolling because that was a wild statement to make.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
bushbear Link ParentOk I dunno what you want me to say here. I am not a social anthropologist who specialised in Kinship societies from the sahel. Im going to go out on a limb and say maybe the indigenous peoples of...Ok I dunno what you want me to say here. I am not a social anthropologist who specialised in Kinship societies from the sahel. Im going to go out on a limb and say maybe the indigenous peoples of the region didn't place as much value on economic development as much as social development hence the way they structured their society and had these kinship rituals. All Im saying is that they had a way of doing things that im assuming worked for a long time. Sure life wasn't easy and im sure when they had a funeral they didn't eat through their entire food stocks. This is also only one aspect that shouldnt be taken in isolation. They would have had exchange system with other tribes and various other practises that insured they didn't die out.
To reply to your last point. I think things could be better but that is not going to happen because it isn't in the global norths interest for that to happen. How Europe underdeveloped Africa is on my reading list.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
bushbear Link ParentOk I will try reply to all three comments here. I am aware of the financial situation in Africa,since I am from there,which was by design by imperialist powers. Im not saying that people should...Ok I will try reply to all three comments here.
I am aware of the financial situation in Africa,since I am from there,which was by design by imperialist powers. Im not saying that people should not at any point aspire to have more wealth and live a nice life. My point was that Kinship societies functioned fine(not perfectly) before our modern day economic systems were forced onto the people of the continent. The fact that they invest so much money into these funerals in this modern day is not the greatest but this is a tradition that has been co opted/corrupted by capitalism. Before that came around I imagine they would throw lavish feast in the same vein as the Potlach of North America but that doesn't cut it in our modern times so here we are with funerals that bankrupt families.
Iv not studied much social anthropology but whenever I have, iv noticed that many traditions from the before times generally don't gel with how we operate today. These rituals seem almost alien because they are woven into the fabric of their society and make sense to the people practicing it. I find it sad that what was once a death ritual that would most likely bring together a village is now been bloated to something that is barely recogniseable from its origin.
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Comment on How funerals keep Africa poor in ~life
bushbear LinkThis was really interesting but I can't help but think he was going out of his way to not mention capitalism at all. Sure kinship societies probably have their issues but while reading this I...This was really interesting but I can't help but think he was going out of his way to not mention capitalism at all. Sure kinship societies probably have their issues but while reading this I couldn't help but think that the clear problem here is that everyone in these modern kinship societies is viewing it through a capitalist lense.
The idea that nobody gathers more wealth than anyone else is perfectly fine in a society that doesn't also have currency or follow the principles of capitalism. It keeps everyone fairly equal within the community. The rituals they have then spread the wealth and everyone is happy. It's not a perfect system but it worked for a long time. Sure hording your hard earned funbucks so that your lazy cousin doesn't do anything and just wants hand outs from you makes sense because the kinship model has been dismantled by modern financial and social systems.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #9: How optimistic are you about the future? (Results) in ~talk
bushbear Link ParentNo I suppose that isn't the only trade off but it's not exactly uncommon to be in a room full of people and everyone is on their phone. I never got a smartphone until 2018 and I remember when...No I suppose that isn't the only trade off but it's not exactly uncommon to be in a room full of people and everyone is on their phone. I never got a smartphone until 2018 and I remember when working in a pub there would be a group of people sitting at a table and they would all be on their phones.
The example was more a broad strokes pointing to technology and how it has to a certain degree separated us from the natural world.
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Comment on Caught the cycling bug. Anyone else? in ~hobbies
bushbear LinkI picked up cycling again during covid and never looked back. I mainly cycle as a way to get around but iv joined cycle groups for social rides in the past. I have also done a few tours through...I picked up cycling again during covid and never looked back. I mainly cycle as a way to get around but iv joined cycle groups for social rides in the past.
I have also done a few tours through Europe and I'm currently thinking about doing a longer one to Asia next year. I have read a bunch of cycle travel books and have come to the conclusion that cycling can be a very political act. I think or also the best way to experience the world when travelling.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #9: How optimistic are you about the future? (Results) in ~talk
bushbear Link Parenthmmm as much as I agree with some of your points I do feel that the hole argument that we are so much better off today is sometimes lacking nuance. Sure things are vastly better now than say even...hmmm as much as I agree with some of your points I do feel that the hole argument that we are so much better off today is sometimes lacking nuance. Sure things are vastly better now than say even 200 to 300 years ago. We have so much to be thankful for and we should really appreciate our world more but I imagine that their are probably more people who wouldn't agree with us because of how absolutely shit their version of the world is. I think a large portion of the global south live in a hugely different world to us and their understanding of whats good would look very different to ours.
I also think that we are able to look back on the world and say "yes things are much better now" because we perceive some of the technological advancements we have as essential to our way of life. I'm not talking about sanitation,medicine and other truly life altering ways of living. Digital technology is probably not that essential to our way of life and I say that as I type away on my laptop while surfing the web like a cool cat. Would a peasant from the middle ages want a mobile phone if the trade off was rarely ever going outside and seeing your friends in person? They might accurately judge that to be a bad trade off and reject the phone because they recognise the real value of human contact. This is just one example.
So while we do live in the best time in human history, personally I think the period between the 80s and mid 00s was the best time for middle class white people, our values are very different from the humans before us and what we consider essential is most likely far from what was considered essential back in time. I voted somewhat pessimistic for this poll because I am coming from an environmental background and I think we are gonna really screw the pooch on this in our future but there is enough positive movement in mitigating real disaster.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #9: How optimistic are you about the future? (Results) in ~talk
bushbear Link ParentI think its been cyberpunk for a while but without the aesthetic.I think its been cyberpunk for a while but without the aesthetic.
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Comment on Elon Musk net worth estimated at $1.1 trillion in ~finance
bushbear Link ParentLet's hope some of the other players will flip the board and go outside to play with a ball or something.Let's hope some of the other players will flip the board and go outside to play with a ball or something.
Bring me the Horizon re recorded their debut album Count Your Blessings and it sounds...modern. I don't mind it although I need to sit down and listen to both versions back to back to see how I feel. I know the band don't like the original because it sounds like shit which is fair but I do really enjoy metal that isn't polished and clean.
Also the new Devourment ep is hench. I don't often listen to much slam because it can be very samey but Devourment are OGs and with the EP being a quick 12min there is no time for boredom here. Just blasts and riffs for lifting heavy things repeatedly.
Also took a trip down memory lane and listened to sixteen stone by Bush. Its a classic album thats easy to throw on and just loose yourself in.