chemical_cutthroat

chemical_cutthroat, 6 hours ago

This is what happens when you only eat two meals a day…

chemical_cutthroat, 20 hours ago (edited 18 hours ago)

Really it should operate the same way that voting in France does. If I move to France and live there for 10 years, do I get to vote in elections? Do New Caledonians? I honestly don’t know 100%, but it looks like you have to live in France for 5 years and then apply for citizenship in order to vote (or be born in France, or marry someone who is a citizen, etc.) So, it seems like they should apply the same rules to New Caledonia. If New Caledonia doesn’t want you as a citizen, then you don’t get to vote. Living in another country for 10 years and suddenly being granted the opportunity to change national politics seems like an easy way for an Oligarchy to get started. A bunch of rich people buy apartments on the island, and boom, 10 years later they control the politics of the island. Again, I don’t truly know the ins and outs of the system, and I could be completely wrong, so if there is something I’m missing, please, let me know.

Edit: or just downvote without explanation. You know, whatever works.

chemical_cutthroat, 16 hours ago

But it doesn’t operate as a part of France. If it did, this law wouldn’t be necessary because a French citizen living there would already have the right to vote by virtue of being a citizen. This measure seems to remove that block and allow outside influence to control the politics of the island. Honestly, I can’t think of a non-nefarious reason to do this. It reeks of a political coup.

chemical_cutthroat, 2 days ago

Really glad I waited to snag this one. If they are going to continue to pump out updates like this, I think now is a great time to keep waiting… And waiting… Probably a decade or more.

chemical_cutthroat, 2 days ago

“Woah! You can’t just cast any spell you find laying around. You have to create a virtual world first, then cast the spell. That way if shit goes pear shaped, you just pull the plug and the world vanishes. Can you imagine if you got a grimoire labeled ‘Summon Frog’, but it actually summoned a plague of frogs? Do you know even who wrote the book? Bro. Virtual World.”

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

Boy, I bet many people are going to comment on this that either A) don’t live in an affected city, or B) didn’t bother reading the article and seeing the nuance in the situation.

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

I think you are projecting a viewpoint on to my words that I didn’t assert. Did I say, or even imply, that I am for or against these bans? I stated I believe that people that comment on this will probably have less information than necessary to make a reasonable argument.

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

The nuance is that there is more to it than, “really shitty.” I’m not going to bring out the yellow legal pad and start up a Pros and Cons list for or against the bans, because there is no point to it. Banning them or not banning them has ramifications that extend so far beyond “really shitty” that it’s a fucking insult to anyone involved that you even typed it out. So, please, save your virtue signalling, I don’t want to hear how “lame”, or “whack” the housing crisis and the homeless problems are. I bet they do over on TikTok, though, so why don’t you waste your time over there so I don’t have to read your bullshit here.

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

The nuance is that if they built the homeless shelters that are needed, there wouldn’t be “needles in the park and angry homeless people shouting” problems as the article states, because they wouldn’t be in the park where kids play.

I live in a city dealing with this right now, and while I have never been directly involved, I did date someone who was and dealt with their emotional distress every day when they would come home from the shelter they worked at. There isn’t a lack of shelters, at least in my city. What there is is a wealth of people that have been kicked out of the shelters for violence, drug use, and other law breaking offenses.

So, now your argument is “We need to get these people the help they need, then.”

Yep. Doing that, too. Turns out the problem people, the ones that are screaming at kids and leaving the needles around, are the ones that don’t accept the mental health help they need. And, it’s a human rights violation to force them into treatment against their will, so now what do we do?

Well, one option is arresting them. However, that just clogs up an already over burdened legal system (they don’t just “go to jail”, they have to be tried, too, and that means judges, state appointed lawyers, etc.)

Another is fining them, but if they could afford those fines, they would probably not be in as harsh a state as they are now, so that’s off the table.

We can’t outlaw the drugs they are taking because that’s fucking stupid and Reagan was a cunt for trying, so that’s out of the question.

Do you see now why I responded the way I did? It isn’t because I am for the bans or against them. There are nuances to each side. I responded the way I did because all of this is completely fucking worthless to talk about with fucking strangers on a fucking web forum where nothing will fucking happen. It’s a waste of fucking time.

So, yeah, let’s go with your idea and cram all of the homeless into an abandoned strip mall, because that will solve the problems. Who is going to work there? Who is going to cover the cost of construction to get it fit to live in (bathrooms, kitchens, privacy, etc.)? N U A N C E. Nothing is as simple as everyone wants to think it is. We aren’t 1 step away from solving this problem. We aren’t even 100 steps away.

Oh, and before you say “that’s what our taxes should be going towards” when I ask about who is going to pay for all this shit, just shut up now, because I don’t have the breath to waste explaining tax law to someone who thinks that homelessness can be fixed with a fucking vacant strip mall.

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

I… wow.

Yep. You got me. I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. Just, please, shut the fuck up, I can’t deal with whatever it is you think you mean.

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

Here is a bit more for you, from another reply.

lemmy.world/comment/10038886

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

It’s an end-user plateau for the moment, but there are still tons of things going on underneath the hood. From the outside it may not look like things are moving, but we’ve gone from Model-T to Chevy Bel Air fairly quickly, and while the difference is huge, the engineers are still trying to get us to Bugatti Veyron level. Until then, we are going to have a long “80 and 90s” period of sameness.

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

Beavis

chemical_cutthroat, 3 days ago

And though President Joe Biden is “an uninspiring candidate who doesn’t have any main-character energy,”

Sigh.

Come the fuck on. Just shut the fuck up, you dipshit. “Main character energy.” Motherfucker, it’s not Goku VS. Vegeta for the 2024 bid. It’s the goddamned leader of the country. Maybe not having main character energy is a good thing. Maybe instead of having a pissing contest we can have have an actual ballot. I’m sorry, I’m probably expecting too much when I hope that ego takes a back seat and the person I’m talking to literally named himself “tha god.” Fucking moron.

chemical_cutthroat, 4 days ago

I kinda reads to me like he gave them the place to stay, and then used that as a “Hey, remember how I helped you out? You owe me.”

chemical_cutthroat, 5 days ago

Well now, that is certainly terrifying.

chemical_cutthroat, 5 days ago

That’s the beauty of it. The right has created an insatiable monster. They don’t pay them, they feed them fear and watch them grow fat. They wait for them to try to overthrow the government like they tried on January 6th and when the treason fails they disavow all knowledge. No money needs to change hands anymore, they just make sure they are well fed.

chemical_cutthroat, 6 days ago

Thunder Rolls?

chemical_cutthroat, 6 days ago

Ahh yes, the mighty empire of… checks notes the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

chemical_cutthroat, 6 days ago

I’m not denying the imperialism of the US, I’m just saying that a group of islands with a total population 1/10th the size of my city isn’t really the chief problem, and kinda comes off as anti-American for anti-American sake. There are myriad other problems, and a couple of islands that gave us some strategy in the Pacific are hardly the East India Trading Company.

chemical_cutthroat, 6 days ago

I’ve seen a lot of bad acting in my life. I have never seen anything that bad. Chucko is giving Seagal a run for his money, or is running for Seagal’s money. Maybe both. Either way, the trailer was offensive. I can’t imagine how much money it took to put the film together and how many children died of starvation that could have been fed instead of making that piece of shit.

chemical_cutthroat, 6 days ago

It’s 50/50 for me.

A: I don’t want to give the algorithm any reason to promote the film to others that may be interested in the other things that I am.

B: It’s a train wreck. There is a morbid curiosity.

Weigh your options and make your choice. I’ll usually try to find a way to bootleg truly awful movies, but I won’t even bother with this one. It actually made me angry.

chemical_cutthroat, 6 days ago

Oh, ok. I haven’t bought an EA game in over a decade, and the one that I was gifted ended up being broken and nearly unplayable, so I’ll just continue abstaining from them.

chemical_cutthroat, 6 days ago

Jimmy Eat World has a fucking solid catalog from front to back. A lot of fans bag on Chase This Light as a weak release, but it still has some solid jams on it. I have a playlist of their discography and there isn’t a skip on it. I just let it go while I’m working and I’m never bored.

chemical_cutthroat, 8 days ago

I rented a Malibu several years ago and it was the most bland, uninspired car I have ever driven. It set a new bar for mediocre. There was nothing “bad” about it, but I couldn’t wait to be rid of it. And that’s coming from a guy who has owned more than one Buick. I can’t say I’m sorry to see the badge retired.