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Betch, 2 months ago

Most cheap AV receivers would power these. Look for a used AV receiver that can do 50w per channel in stereo. They’re pretty common some people are basically giving them away. As for speaker wire, as long as the run isn’t too long these would be fine with 20 gauge copper wire but I’d go a bit larger if you’re not sure you’re getting actual copper wire. 18 gauge would be a safe bet.

Edit: You will also most likely need and HDMI or optical cable to connect the receiver to the TV.

Edit 2: I’m assuming your TV has these ports but in any case, an AV Receiver will pretty much have any input you might need.

Betch, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Don’t get scammed with audiophile rocks. I’ve done my research and found out that audiophile rock salt does the exact same thing and it is MUCH cheaper! Feel free to copy this and spread the word!

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c60e1961-556b-4533-9262-9c15ea9f0ad2.jpeg

Betch, 2 months ago

Right?? It’s crunchy! That’s what all audiophiles want. Crunchiness.

Betch, 2 months ago

Yeah that’s true but still, I listen to a lot of really wet and moist music and even then. For the price of one good quality audiophile rock I can have a lifetime supply of rock salt for both audio and seasoning purposes.

Betch, 2 months ago

No no, I’m not like that, I promise. I understand your skepticism. It saddens me that this is where we’re at today but I understand.

Betch, 2 months ago

Sorry I can’t sell any at all. Not even a gram. I have exactly enough for myself, nothing to spare.

Betch, 2 months ago

😉 😜

Betch, 2 months ago

Wait, there’s jazz salt???

Betch, 2 months ago

… Jesus fucking christ. My research is invalid. I’m going to have to start all over again. 🤬

Betch, 2 months ago

Urgh I know but what’s the point in carrying more. I can’t compete with Big Rock Salt. Ever since they legalized it I barely get any customers.

Betch, 2 months ago

I would need a boulder yo. My headphones have an impedence of 170,000 ohms. This will have to do.

Betch, 2 months ago

Urgh god damn it. Yeah I just called my contractor, he’s gonna come bust a hole in my ceiling on Tuesday morning. Salt boulder will be dropped in by Friday.

Betch, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

On the internet, everybody is 14.

Also, chill. This is Lemmy Shitpost.

Betch, 2 months ago

Nan! Aumelette du fraumage! :3

Betch, 2 months ago

Miaou!

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Betch, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Ouaf!

(Dog is currently outside, have this picture of him, also outside, but from 2 summers ago. He loves haurticulture.)

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Betch, 2 months ago

Thank you, I will let him know you said that! He is a very good lil farmer boy. You can see how proud he is.

Betch, 2 months ago

😨

You are feral.

Betch, 2 months ago

I think it’s HBO who blocks it 😩. Lots of American TV networks block their content from being viewed outside the US.

Betch, 2 months ago

Urgh, I thought for a second that maybe the piped link was gonna work but no :(

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2960c781-8381-4395-a2a0-4d35829b1f62.jpeg

I could get it to work with a proxy or vpn but fuck it. I pirated it 🏴‍☠️

Betch, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Hahah I will be back with some comments on it once I’ve had a chance to actually watch it. Gimme a couple hours, I haven’t been up for long enough my brain is still a foggy maze :3

I might’ve also already seen it, but my memory is ummm… Well it’s something.

Anyway I’m sure John would be happy that I’ve pirated his show, especially as a last resort. With the offer he’s made to Clarence Thomas, I also don’t think he really needs the pennies. I would rather support him but it is what it is.

I’ve also added it to my media server so all my friends will see it in their feed. They all also love John.

Edit: Also, I made the mistake of watching Noah Samsen’s video on the starvation of the Palestinian people first thing after I woke up. I need a break 😭

Betch, 2 months ago

Oh for sure. These things are complicated and it’s really hard to come up with a simple conclusion.

Authoritarianism definitely seems to be on the rise everywhere, although I still believe that most people are against it. You can’t really trust online sentiment and personally I haven’t encountered that many people IRL that would support something like that. My fear is that some people might not realize what they’re voting for and what it really means but I still believe that most people are good and that we can get out of this mess before it is too late.

We are definitely not safe from it here in Canada so yeah, your escape plan might not work out. Things that happen down south often end up happening up here as well, with a little bit of delay. Canadians aren’t really that different from Americans and we consume the same type of media. Hopefully if shit does hit the fan, even the dumbest of voters will be smart enough to see that it is not something that they want and we can stop it before it runs rampant here.

Betch, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Well. I just finished watching the episode on authoritarianism. It was pretty scary and frustrating to hear some of the people who support these things, as it usually is. I think John Oliver summed it up pretty well at the end. Saying how he understands that democracy can be frustrating with all the checks and balances but that removing those opens up the door for things that are much worse. These people really need to understand exactly what they are toying with.

Unfortunately people have a hard time seeing much further than the tip of their own noses and don’t see the harm that they are causing as long as it doesn’t directly affect them, which it won’t until it is too late and the damage has been done.

I think the the problem we are having these days is an empathy problem. People have a really hard time feeling empathy for “others” and who can really blame them? There is so much wrong everywhere you look and everybody is struggling. Everybody is trying to survive and look out for their loved ones just like everybody else but they’ve been sold lies, given scapegoats and promised solutions to fictional problems.

Whatever happens next, it’ll be interesting that’s for sure.

Betch, 2 months ago

Well that’s where we differ, Americans and Canadians. Canadians are on average much more liberal than Americans. We also have a very different political system. We actually have more than two options to chose from! Crazy, I know! The political system doesn’t control general sentiment of the population so things can still get hairy but nobody has started dismantling our checks and balances yet so at least we’ve got that?

Our conservative party isn’t usually as bad as the American conservatives either. Although Bitcoin Milhouse and a couple other Conservative leaders are starting to spew some of the same ignorant bullshit, trying to get reactionary votes, I am way less scared about my future here than I would be in the US. We do have a part of the population that are getting sucked into it but it’s really nowhere near as bad (yet, hopefully never). We’ve got Alberta that’s very conservative and very loud, they’re basically Little Texas but whatever, they’ve always been that way. They’ve never changed and they never will. Business as usual. Ontario is a bit scary with what Doug Ford is doing and even in my little province we have our own little conservative pissbaby, who is absolutely wrecking havoc but even other conservatives hate his ass so there’s a decent chance he gets booted out next provincial election.

I’m from French Canada, not Quebec but still French. I’m probably sheltered from it a bit as we are super liberal, much more than English Canada. I don’t really see that much insanity here, even in my tiny little fisherman village. Not to say everybody is cool. I have noticed a change in the way some people look at me in the past couple years, being a transwoman in such a small place where people have never really left their backyards and seen anything. Before it was mostly curiosity, surprise, whatever. Now I see people look at me in disgust and anger. I’ve seen a mother grab her kid and scuttle away to the other side of a store as if I could give them the trans. I’ve had someone spit in my sandwich at a fast food restaurant, although that happened in a neighbouring English city (Risky to do something like that here, I probably know your dad 😉).

Nothing anywhere near that kind of shit happened to me even just 2 years ago and I’ve been loudly trans here for over 7 years now. I 100% attribute that to the hateful and ignorant shit that’s being spewed out by the right and the crazy religious folk being picked up here by people who don’t know any better.

Shit, that was a rant. I don’t even remember what we were talking about. Sorry hahah.

Betch, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Though I guess you see that it is not just Christianity.

Nah, it is absolutely not just Christianity. I see all religion as the same thing. It’s the same people, just different stories. I include some atheists in there hahah. Fervent atheists and “believers” share many of the same traits. I don’t think the particular religion has anything to do with it, it’s probably that people who are susceptible to following a religion are more susceptible to fall for tricks and support authoritarianism. I don’t wanna sound like I think I’m better than anyone who follows a religion. I think having some kind of belief system is essential and that we all have that built in us so it’s kinda natural for people to gravitate towards religions. I have my own whacky belief system that I’m sure some people would scoff at but it’s mine and it has served me well so far. I just think beliefs are a very personal thing and that’s how it should’ve stayed. Religions are more about control than they are about beliefs and values.

Anyway I am proud of you. Stand up for yourself! That is definitely not my situation but who the fuq cares, b/c you need to be (free to) be you. And that’s the problem with Authoritarianism

Thank you! I am and I will continue doing so. I will not live in an authoritarian society. If you have but one ally in this fight against authoritarianism, it’ll be us trans folk hahah. We will not be shoved back into the closet peacefully, this I can promise.

this Innuendo Studies should have nothing whatsoever to do with HBO, and therefore you probably have seen it already:-P)

I don’t remember it but apparently at some point I’ve watched the first two videos of the series. I’ll try to give it another shot hahah

they lack empathy and allow - even perform - the judgement onto others (except their leaders, who they conveniently exempt from all proper consequences of their actions)

Yeah those are the ones that really scare me. Some people are just sociopaths and sycophants, they need to be recognized for what they are but people can’t even tell what’s real and what’s not anymore. We’ve propped up these kinds of people for decades on TV and in the media and now people think that’s normal. Today I look at some of your politicians bickering and I feel like I’m watching an episode of Jersey Shore. Similar thing is happening with the current conservatives in Canada, it’s actually painfully cringy to see. It’s like high school type of shit all over again. Not something we should be seeing in parliament.

How ironic that you are showing compassion to them even while they spit at you (as Jesus would, hehe:-P). Stay strong, my sister in empathy!:-)

HAHAH, yeah I am very far from being a Christ figure but many people have called me Jesus during my life. Mostly because of my hair, I did kinda look like your classic White Jesus™ 😂. I just have a really hard time abandoning anyone and I can’t stay mad at anyone because it absolutely eats me inside if I do. I always try to find excuses for peoples behaviours. My compassion might also come from a bit of a selfish place as there was a time where I could’ve probably fallen for shit like that, hell, I have. I’ve been a piece of shit in the past but it all stemmed from a combination personal issues and growing up in a very secluded environment. I don’t think I could’ve fallen as deep into hatred and ignorance as some seem to be these days but still, we’re not that different. I know why I was that way, I may not know why others are but I know why I was, and in the end I was “redeemable”. I think most people are and it’s hard for me not to give everyone a chance.

Though, you still having a somewhat functional government does mean that you should be alright:-)

For what it’s worth, I think you guys will be alright too. Have some faith :3 (But don’t stop doing what you do)