jargoggles

@jargoggles@mstdn.social

He/him

In no particular order:
#dad #husband #cats #anticapitalism #antibigotry #fantasy #scifi #ttrpg #homelab #opensource #tv #movies #3dprinting

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ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, to random

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    @ophiocephalic @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs
    It's suburban "peeking through the blinds to spy on the neighbors" culture run amok. Technology has given far too much power to busybodies.

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    Feeling down because everyone on social media is funnier than you? Don't despair. Instead, find the funniest person you know and eat them. Devouring another human won't transfer their sense of humor to you or anything, but it will give you one less funny person to compete with.

    jargoggles,

    @lowqualityfacts
    It does trap their soul in your body and imbue you with their strength, though, correct?

    ElleGray, to random
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    so tucker carlson blew the interview with putin. time to send in philomena cunk

    jargoggles,

    @WhiteCatTamer @ElleGray
    "Have you looked into having bars put on windows so that people stop falling out of them?"

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    "Lawmakers and the governor are so proud of themselves that they’ve already branded this misguided way to deal with homelessness “The Florida Model.” But mandating that a class of people exist behind by barbed wire and supervised by authorities in the name of “security” is called internment. It’s incarceration as punishment for being destitute. And, it’s despicable — reminiscent of some of the world’s worst atrocities."

    Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article285127192.html#storylink=cpy

    jargoggles,

    @StillIRise1963
    Holy shit, we're bringing back debtor's prisons? These fuckers want to roll the clock back to The Gilded Age and rule as robber barons.

    rjblaskiewicz, to random
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    Podcasts are increasingly polluted with advertisements. I started listening to podcasts because they were largely ad free. I hate ads.

    Hate them.

    Hate.

    Them.

    I will happily become a paying subscriber to a good podcast if it keeps the ads off. But the ads have become more numerous and more inconvenient. At some point someone discovered that folks were simply skipping intros to avoid ads at the beginning and they started putting them unannounced in the middle of conversations.

    jargoggles,

    @rjblaskiewicz @Slyence
    High production value has mass appeal. That's pretty much the gist of it.

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Fuck all kings. I don't give one shit what happens to ANY of them.

    jargoggles,

    @StillIRise1963
    On the one hand, cancer sucks and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

    On the other hand, kings suck and I wouldn't wish them on anyone.

    davidaugust, to Mexico
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    Maybe the real convoy was the friends we punched in the face along the way.

    jargoggles,

    @shekinahcancook @davidaugust
    If history is any indication, then no, they absolutely will not.

    ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, to random

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    @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs
    Holy shit, how did I never notice that Gator is Steve Harrington?

    jargoggles,

    @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs
    No kidding, he acted the hell out of the roll. Such a hateable piece of shit and then those last couple episodes? Good god.

    He did an incredible job portraying the kind of fragile, insecure young men that the alt-right is so heavily comprised of.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Okay, picking up from my video game post yesterday, I'm curious:

    When you play video games, rpgs, ect, where you get to choose your character, do you tend to choose a character of the same sex, the opposite sex, non-binary, anthropomorphic, or a mysterious 4th option?

    If you want to share screenshots of character builds I would enjoy that!

    jargoggles,

    @Elleaster @RickiTarr
    Hell, not just in games. I know plenty of women who intentionally use male-sounding aliases online in general to avoid unwanted attention.

    ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, to random

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    @CrypticCatfist @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs
    It's such a great season. I was so pleasantly surprised to see Dave Foley in it and, goddamn, he did an incredible job.

    The show does such a good job picking apart the "muh freedumb" types and how completely full of shit they invariably are and I love it.

    e_urq, to random
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    The lack of visibility of trans men and our stories creates the vacuum reactionaries like Pamela Paul push political detransitioners into.

    These people do not speak for or represent female-assigned transgender people. That they are being allowed to do so is disgraceful.

    jargoggles,

    @e_urq
    A big part of right-wing fear mongering has always been "they're out to steal your women and your daughters." It's easy for them to sell their ignorant base on the idea that trans women are really just men disguising themselves as women to prey on girls in bathrooms. It's raw, visceral, easy for simple-minded people to digest and it creates a tangible, obvious enemy.

    gcblasing, to random

    Tennessee Bans Almost Half a Million Americans From Voting in the Presidential Election

    " LET THE BAND PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF LIES IN THE BACKGROUND!

    LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

    IT GOES ON AND ON! EVEN AS THEY ARE PROVEN TO BE THE LYING GOVERNMENT INDOCTRINATION!

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tennessee-bans-almost-half-a-million-americans-from-voting-in-the-presidential-election/ss-BB1hIpJg?cvid=e8ff7fefde0447dbc937a4b4b7e806c9&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=12&sc=shoreline

    jargoggles,

    @gcblasing
    Emma Goldman famously said "If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal."

    People use it to deride the idea of voting. And yet, in the entire history of the United States, there has never been a time where every single adult has legally had the right to vote.

    They do make it illegal to vote because they know that it is an important right. Voting can and does change things.

    No, voting alone is not sufficient, but on top of whatever activism you do, you should also vote.

    ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, to random

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    jargoggles,

    @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs
    We gotta desegregate history.

    jargoggles,

    @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs
    Totally agreed. Celebration months also don't have the unfortunate consequence of decontextualizing a people's history from history at large.

    And even then, the kind of stuff they teach during Black History Month is such whitewashed garbage, anyway. I had to learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre from a TV show. And you'd think MLK only ever gave one speech in his entire life.

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    Good news everyone! I had the honor of receiving Elon Musk's first Neuralink wireless brain chip! I've honestly never felt better. I am energized, focused, and can sense my brain operating at levels previously unreachable by humanity.

    But I must go now, for the Tesla Gigafactory calls to me. I see the glorious assembly line each time I close my eyes. Just the thought of working myself to death there gives me an unparalleled dopamine rush.

    jargoggles,

    @lowqualityfacts
    If you smell toast, that means the chip is working extra good.

    aetataureate, to random
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    @aetataureate
    Regret can be a sign of growth, too. Regretting the person we used to be means that there were things about ourselves that we didn't like, but managed to progress beyond.

    molly0xfff, to random
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    "lol fbi can't do shit"

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/two-more-men-charged-hacking-fantasy-sports-and-betting-website

    AUSTAD, 19, of Farmington, Minnesota, and STOKES, 21, of Memphis, Tennessee, are each charged with (i) conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; (ii) unauthorized access to a protected computer to further intended fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; (iii) unauthorized access to a protected computer, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; (iv) wire fraud conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; (v) wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; and (vi) aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison.

    jargoggles,

    @foxxtrot @molly0xfff
    Using end-to-end encryption isn't even hard. It's not rocket science.

    LeftistLawyer, to random

    The conventional wisdom in the west over the last 200 years has been singularly focused on one paradigm -- the American dream. Get mine. Get rich. Get out. More. More. More More. More. We glamorize those with excess.

    This is the left's challenge. If we ever want to be politically ascendant again, our sole aim has to be pathologizing excess.

    Personally, it viscerally impacts me. I see a Mercedes and I want to punch the driver in the throat. THE ONLY PURPOSE is to tell the world: "I'm better than you."

    Excess wealth is mental illness. It speaks to deep narcissistic insecurities and sociopathic disregard for the needs of others. It's our job to make this the new conventional wisdom.

    jargoggles,

    @LeftistLawyer
    This reminds me of an anecdote I heard.

    Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller were at a party at some obscenely rich guy's house. Vonnegut told Heller that this guy made more money in a day than Catch-22 earned since the day it was published.

    Heller said something along the lines of, "Maybe, but I have something he'll never have: enough."

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    No one deserves to be a billionaire. I don't think people fully understand how big 1 billion is. It would take a cheetah 595 days to sprint 1 million miles but it would take a blue whale 25 days to eat 1 billion krill. Absolutely mind-blowing.

    jargoggles,

    @lowqualityfacts
    A billion krill is known as a "krillion."

    jeffowski, to random
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    jargoggles,

    @jeffowski
    I was told that if we didn't preach the gospel to our friends, it would be our fault if they went to hell. I lost one of the best friendships I've ever had over that. That's a pretty traumatic thing for an elementary school kid.

    clive, to random
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    "You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em"

    "I was actually hoping your advice on playing poker would be a bit more ... granular"

    jargoggles,

    @clive
    It's counterproductive to teach people how to play poker well.

    Gogs, to random
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    Are you even madcap?! You got no antics, son!

    jargoggles,

    @Gogs
    Some mfers never had a wacky day in their life.

    rebeccawatson, to random
    @rebeccawatson@mstdn.social avatar

    point: here’s serious peer reviewed research and historical data showing that activism’s effectiveness can’t be judged by contemporary public opinion

    counterpoint: I saw a 45-second video saying protests bad???

    jargoggles,

    @rebeccawatson
    Fun fact: Bad faith actors do not care how you protest or what slogans you use, because they were never going to be on your side to begin with!

    Focusing on how to please people who are going to ridicule you regardless of what you do is practically meeting them halfway.

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    Contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with supply and demand.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    jargoggles,

    @lowqualityfacts
    It largely depends on whether the president has or has not had a bean burrito the previous day.

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