Funny events in anti-woke world

[Chimpzy]

'I am almost done...': Elon Musk to quit DOGE and leave Washington DC after $1 trillion in US govt cuts

At a time when Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla has been facing widespread protests, its CEO and tech mogul Elon Musk has made shocking remarks about stepping down from the DOGE role. Elon Musk was appointed as a special advisor to President Trump as he spearheaded the government's...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

Trump tariffs on Canadian lumber risk toilet paper supply

Donald Trump’s tariffs on softwood lumber risk disrupting the supply chain for something nobody wants to be without: toilet paper. Read on

financialpost.com

Oh shit!

 

[Silvanus]

US citizen and politically motivated.

You haven't explained why the former makes it worse. Are you saying non-US citizens should have drastically less protection from arbitrary detention, even if they're perfectly legal and innocent? That alone makes 1 night worse than 2 weeks, does it?

The latter is speculation. He was on tape trespassing, so there's already a non-partisan reason to charge him.

It's called reading between the lines and doing some basic probability. Like if a friend can't make it to DnD says his power went out and he has to stay home waiting for the power company, you know that's like a 99% chance of being a bullshit excuse; also, a true story.

And you're drawing this conclusion solely because... you haven't heard anything more about it in the press? Do you think ICE just always let's lawyers and reporters tour it's facilities?

No, it's simply a misuse of words. I know I'm not living under a fascist/dictatorial regime so stop saying that I am. I'm then very unlikely to believe anything else you say when you say other erroneous things.

OK. Authoritarian and repressive government then.

Ah, but it's authoritarian towards people who aren't you, like non-US citizens, so you couldn't give a shit! You've already indicated above that such people should have less safety from arbitrary detention.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Trump tariffs on Canadian lumber risk toilet paper supply

Donald Trump’s tariffs on softwood lumber risk disrupting the supply chain for something nobody wants to be without: toilet paper. Read on

financialpost.com

Oh shit!

Not this again. Especially not if we get that stupid worldwide panic leading to shortages leading to less stupid panic.

 

[Agema]

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I've no idea who this "Grummz" is that we should give a shit, but seeing as that's the second time he's cropped up in this forum's threads in a short time I thought I'd find out, and according to a Google Search, it's one "Mark Kern".

He seems to have done some solid work for Blizzard, then founded his own studio. In this new role he appears to have been generally incompetent and/or lazy, although the studio did manage to produce a game - which was a major flop, and the studio dissolved. Since then in the last ~10 years he appears to have no significant accomplishments whatsoever.

The number of people who care what he thinks shouldn't even reach four digits.

 

[Silvanus]

The number of people who care what he thinks shouldn't even reach four digits.

FTFY

 

[Agema]

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I mean, seriously?

I can't help but point out that literally every boss you ever meet in a computer game is specifically designed to be beatable. It's just a case of getting your strategy right and (where appropriate) having sufficient dexterity. An impossible odds boss battle is catastrophic game design because it guarantees the player cannot complete the game.

I can quickly pop onto Steam and look at the stats, and see that in most games, even relatively undemanding ones, fewer than 20% of players have completed the game. This suggests to me that a huge number of gamers do indeed give up and stop.

Has he not considered that a large number of gamers... aren't on his side? Even if that shit he was saying above was true, he's unfortunately also describing the people he's going to have to go up against. Haha! Good luck with that, numbnuts.

 

[Hades]

The democrats only sent a mob to get Trump that could actually possibly remove him from office.

That's a weird argument. Investigating Trump for his misdeeds isn't ''sending a mob'' and it doesn't dispute him having won the election. It merely says he should lose it due to illegal or even treasonous behavior. And the end of the day Clinton didn't send a mob after Joe Biden when he didn't abuse power he didn't have to crown her as an illegitimate president.

And while Clinton saying Trump illegitimate may be considered a faux pass, she did not say her losing was a reason to deny the election by default as Trump keeps doing.

 

[Hades]

He seems to have done some solid work for Blizzard, then founded his own studio. In this new role he appears to have been generally incompetent and/or lazy, although the studio did manage to produce a game - which was a major flop, and the studio dissolved. Since then in the last ~10 years he appears to have no significant accomplishments whatsoever.

Apparently those that worked under him at Blizzard said Kern was bad at his job even then. Though since they rightfully hate his gutz you could argue this should be taken with a grain of salt. Just as interesting is that Kern is rumored(but not strictly confirmed) to be the famed ''breast milk thief'' at the company.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

You haven't explained why the former makes it worse. Are you saying non-US citizens should have drastically less protection from arbitrary detention, even if they're perfectly legal and innocent? That alone makes 1 night worse than 2 weeks, does it?

The latter is speculation. He was on tape trespassing, so there's already a non-partisan reason to charge him.



And you're drawing this conclusion solely because... you haven't heard anything more about it in the press? Do you think ICE just always let's lawyers and reporters tour it's facilities?



OK. Authoritarian and repressive government then.

Ah, but it's authoritarian towards people who aren't you, like non-US citizens, so you couldn't give a shit! You've already indicated above that such people should have less safety from arbitrary detention.

Citizens have more rights than non-citizens. If he was on tape trespassing, why was he innocent?

Handcuffing someone is like a nothing story. That might have been the easier story to get out faster but if there was anything to do with those 2 other people being taken away, that would've been a story by now.

How loose/strict are you being with authoritarian and repressive? Because those terms easily apply to the democrats as well.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

That's a weird argument. Investigating Trump for his misdeeds isn't ''sending a mob'' and it doesn't dispute him having won the election. It merely says he should lose it due to illegal or even treasonous behavior. And the end of the day Clinton didn't send a mob after Joe Biden when he didn't abuse power he didn't have to crown her as an illegitimate president.

And while Clinton saying Trump illegitimate may be considered a faux pass, she did not say her losing was a reason to deny the election by default as Trump keeps doing.

RussiaGate was a lie on par with WMDs and Iraq.

 

[Hades]

RussiaGate was a lie on par with WMDs and Iraq.

Unlike WMD's some of Trump's cronies were caught red handed and went to jail. But that's honestly not even relevant because Russiagate wasn't what the impeachments were about. Those were the blackmail of Ukraine and the coup attempt.

 

[Silvanus]

Citizens have more rights than non-citizens.

Why should "protection from arbitrary detention" be something one group should have so much more than the other, to the point where 1 night becomes worse than 2 weeks?

Handcuffing someone is like a nothing story. That might have been the easier story to get out faster but if there was anything to do with those 2 other people being taken away, that would've been a story by now.

...presuming the reporters are able to access the detention centres, where ICE routinely denies access. Or that they're able to find them at all, when ICE routinely keeps that secret.

How loose/strict are you being with authoritarian and repressive? Because those terms easily apply to the democrats as well.

Indeed they do. Still got nothing but whataboutism?

 

[Chimpzy]

Far-Right Influencers Are Hosting a $10K-per-Person Matchmaking Weekend to Repopulate the Earth

The Natal Conference, which costs up to $10,000 to attend, features multiple matchmaking strategy sessions and onsite ministers so attendees can get married, WIRED has learned.

www.wired.com

10K to bag an incel is a steal

 

[Trunkage]

Far-Right Influencers Are Hosting a $10K-per-Person Matchmaking Weekend to Repopulate the Earth

The Natal Conference, which costs up to $10,000 to attend, features multiple matchmaking strategy sessions and onsite ministers so attendees can get married, WIRED has learned.

www.wired.com

10K to bag an incel is a steal

This isn't anything to do with incels. This is Musk and Kennedy thing and is fucked up in a totally different way

Also, you pay 10K so you can cook and clean for them? I hate cleaning after myself

 

[Trunkage]

RussiaGate was a lie on par with WMDs and Iraq.

Well, now you've shown you don't know what the word lie means

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Far-Right Influencers Are Hosting a $10K-per-Person Matchmaking Weekend to Repopulate the Earth

The Natal Conference, which costs up to $10,000 to attend, features multiple matchmaking strategy sessions and onsite ministers so attendees can get married, WIRED has learned.

www.wired.com

10K to bag an incel is a steal

A) The amount of people who will try to scam this sorry mess is astounding.

B) The world population is at 8 billion; what's this "repopulate" shit? How many people do we need? (Rhetorical question. I know they just want more white people to keep those people at bay.)

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

I wise I had the power to make the richest man in the world cry

 

[Cicada 5]

FCC Opens Investigation Into Disney for Going 'All In' on DEI

Chairman Brendan Carr says he is concerned the media giant's policies may violate the agency's "prohibitions on invidious forms of discrimination"

www.thewrap.com

 

[Seanchaidh]

Well, now you've shown you don't know what the word lie means

A much more successful lie. Apparently.

 

[Chimpzy]

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

www.nature.com

Would be funny if they moved to Germany