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Fortunately Nazi Germany is the one and only example ever of a strongman getting elected and turning a country into an authoritarian state, so it's fine.

One thing I'm going to miss about the past four years of the Biden administration was how precious little anybody had to say about it. This is day one and I'm already getting bombarded by friends and family with all of the old nonsense that I'm trying to avoid. It's like everyone is terminally addicted to Trump, one way or another.

Considering that as democracy demands that majority of people support the decision, then less than half of 66% that does not include over 3,2 million citizen of country isn't a democratic way to elect leader. But in this case democracy has never existed.

I want to congratulate all you American forum members of joining the fairer sex!

I still get zero ads on YouTube, on the PC. FF/Ublock+noscript. This is while not logged into any YT account. Tablet/phone with chrome/zero ad/script blockers, I will occasionally get an ad mid-very long video but it's rare (edit: also rare I watch super long videos to begin with). Or I'll get an ad if I left a tab open for a long time/turn tablet on/off so it reloads the tab automatically then. Or if I manually reload the tab sometimes. I still have my simple method for not seeing any start/b4 mobile video loads ad, ever, when opening a new YT video and it still seems to work, but I no longer say what it is because then they'll find out and put a stop to it. Edit: also, a pc that doesn't crash while gaming is nice to have again, but of course it doesn't actually solve my racing-brain/lack of focus, issues. Just sayin'. Hehe.

It's regrettable this shirthole country will drag the entire world down with it.

Somehow that reminds me of something. Wait a minute... Ah, yeah. Found it.

Because he will end his presidency or because he's died of bad health till then?

Had a nice dream my office got hit with a cruise missile, Storm Shadow I think. Sadly woke up and not the case. Damn that's cold, not safe to be outside at all

Well, I don't complain about that one because I won't be playing it. Haven't played GTAV either, and still don't feel the mood to do so. RDR2 was the exception, because I'm digging wild west theme very much, but still it was clear as day how dated R* approach to modern gameplay is... it just doesn't exist. They still make the same game as 20 years ago, just with better graphics.

Your sarcasm detector is on the fritz.

The Substance (2024) More than I should, I think of my younger self as a different person. Often with a jealous lens, like I could do better if I was 10-15 years younger and would have made different and better choices with who I am now. But that's all bull****. I'm still the same guy as 18 year old KP: prone to staying up later than I should because I got really into this or that, somehow both underthinking and overthinking everything, restarting every ****ing thing I do because I changed my mind or get annoyed by some insignificant nonsense so no progress is actually made, etc. I may be older and it materializes in different ways and through different lenses (ie "pruhsteege movees" instead of ****ty anime), but none of that has fundamentally changed despite that now I work out more, sometimes meditate (thanks David Lynch), and maybe have developed a modicum of discipline. What right do I have to look down on my past self? He may be a crazy ****up who should have worked harder and indulged less, but ultimately he got me to where I am today. All of that is still me, it's taken a lot of work to realize that and I think this film did help me in doing so. Lizzy Sparkle shoots herself up with god knows what to be able to live as an idealized version of herself for a week before going back to her "real" body. But Sue is Lizzy Sparkle, the separation of them is an illusion imposed by herself. Piloting the Sue body she doesn't do anything different than she did before, she just gains more interest because she's now back to being hawt (even though Elisabeth Sparkle looks much better than Dennis Quaid, which I believe is a point, if not THE point) in a society/industry where that is THE currency, especially for the ladies. Which causes her to develop a body dysmorphia when piloting the Elisabeth body, beautifully communicated with that makeup scene. This dysmorphia and her addiction to being "perfect" shatters her mind, creating the illusion of two people when in fact she's just one person riding the highs and withdrawals. As Sue she can't help but take more and more and more, as Elisabeth she keeps enduring the ravages on her body because it's worth it to chase that high, both are fundamentally addicts. The end sequence is how it ends, with your body being ravaged and your mind lost in the high. Easily one of the best movies of 2024 and the decade. The People's Joker (2022?) I remember @majestic and I once talking about how the irl version of Darmok would be stuff like anime and superheroes. This film is pretty much that concept come to life, hijacking Batman to communicate gender dysphoria via a shoestring budget multimedia cluster**** that comes together beautifully. Frankly I do not see why WB tied to sue over this, not only would no one believe that WB would actually make something that feels handmade like this, but it actually does a better job of generating interest than the vast majority of content sludge being pumped out by the 600-pound sisterwives company. It just feels really genuine, like beneath the audacity of portraying Batman as a guy who became Elon Musk after he who failed to get on a legally distinct SNL there's an emotional core to this film that hits well, because it is someone's real story.

Fortunately democracies have never ever fallen after electing a putative strongman, so it's fine.

It wasn't my intention to compare them, I just find it funny that he pardoned his whole family. The joke was he forgot to pardon the family dog. They are both just as ridiculous and the fact is telling how much corruption there is on both sides. I also have to share this gem

Considering Trump and his pardons now and before, this shouldn't be an issue for anyone. Biden should have pardoned Luigi

You think the US shouldn't fund the WHO? Americans really don't grasp the idea of soft power sometimes.

https://open.who.int/2024-25/contributors/contributor Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation contributes about same amount as USA and is second largest contributor. Interesting tidbit is that based on voluntary contribute percentages, Somalia (0.38%) contributes more than China (0.32%), South Africa (0%), Russia (0.17%) and Brazil (0%) combined. WHO's budget is bit over 6.5 billion dollars, so quite big sunk of the countries would be able to handle it alone without massive problems.

It's not a big difference indeed. I think the biggest plus is that your Grazes become suddenly base 50%+80%=130% base damages attack. It means that rolling a 16 on a near death foe may suddenly be enough/ Counter intuitively, Death Godlike best combo is probably not with Rogue. Ranger with bow double attack should work better. Or Wiz/Druid with low damages ticks. It really encourage switching to cheap convenient usually low damages attacks vs under 25% foes.

I'm just here for the chaos

What, that's just a bit nippy, perfect weather to live in tents. To think that I complained about having to spend basic military training in the snow at -20° C. Yikes.

School was cancelled because it was -51 F (with wind chill) this morning. BACK IN MY DAY...well, back in my day, I think they would've cancelled school for -51, too.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta-6-costing-as-much-as-100-could-help-video-game-industry-rebound-in-2025-analyst-says/1100-6528832/ And you people complain about 70...

the disingenuous assertion are worthless it is obvious why usa are now hostile to who they want to allow megacorp to poison people if it means more profit it is not complicated

US presidential election is not democratic by design. It was designed to protect state rights. Every state has their own rules for voting (like who are eligible to vote, how to register to vote, where you can vote, how you can vote, when you can vote, when your vote is eligible) and how state electors are elected. US citizens living in US territories like Puerto Rico don't get to choose any electors, because only states have electors. Some states have more electors per capita than other states. Most states give all their electors to person that got most votes, which has lead to situation where many states can be said to belong to republicans or democrats before they even have picked their candidates. There is no federal system that gives people right to vote for their president, there is no federal laws that says that states can't override result of the state vote. We can call it democratic system, but we can also call Russian elections democratic, but that don't change reality how those systems are designed to give people in power to go around will of the general population