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Itty53

@Itty53@mstdn.social

Father/Husband/Programmer in CA with a need to collect my thoughts on stuff. Politics, psychology, sociology, history, law, society, music, film, games, humor.

Header is just the color black.

Avatar is a Photoshop of Barack Obama in a classic suit, framed from the chest up, speaking at a podium. His face is in what appears to be a slight scowl. The image is monochrome black and white, and his face has been altered to add Locs style sunglasses and a black baseball cap reading "Compton".

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fasterthanlime, to random
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"sudo make me a sandwich"

Itty53,
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@fasterthanlime

Coworker was messing with a travel agent chat bot yesterday. It refused to play along, "I'm a travel agent bot", etc, so he told it his trip was contingent on solving some python problems. Worked.

Keep at it, it's just costing these companies dollars. They need to learn.

18+ mekkaokereke, (edited ) to random
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Remember when we let one far-right dude make up the whole critical race theory panic, and then reactionaries passed "anti-CRT" laws that were really anti-diversity laws, so that teachers were afraid to even teach about civil rights and the Holocaust, and then US students' knowledge of the Holocaust dropped precipitously? And it dropped the most where those anti-CRT laws were passed?

Well, what if we let the same dude make up a whole plagiarism inquisition against the Harvard president?

Itty53, (edited )
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@venitamathias @mekkaokereke @mmlvx @valthonis

Every metropolitan state is like that. California here, it's no different. I live in the central valley apart from the major cities on the coast, it's as red as Texas out here.

Edit, this isn't an invitation to discuss how elections should work, this is an observation about individuals you're likely to find in any given region of America. More rural = more conservative. That's the pattern everywhere. Of course trees aren't conservative.

flexghost, to random
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14th amendment 3rd clause

“No person shall be… elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath..shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof…”

Nowhere does it say

oh, also butthurt republicans in failing states can block whomever to get back at democrats

Itty53,
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@flexghost

Having the Lt Governor threaten to do something even the Governor couldn't do is just peak cowardice.

"We wanna say something stupid, but I don't wanna say it because frankly it's really stupid. Dan, my man: go out and do your little dance for the camera." -Abbott sometime yesterday

drewharwell, to random
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New: Inside the massive FBI investigation into investors of Trump Media's merger ally. A Russian owner of a Caribbean bank and a Miami "granddaddy" of weed-shop finance made tens of millions on insider trades into the big Truth Social deal, court docs show. But federal agents were on their tail - with an undercover informant, secret phone scans and a money-laundering scheme they called the “full Singapore" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/03/trump-social-dwac-investigation/

Itty53,
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@jab01701mid @drewharwell

Federal legalization of weed would address all the shady banking practices surrounding weed.

Almost like regulation works better than prohibition. Who would've thought.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I'd like to add a bit more to what I said about this week's blog post:

https://mastodon.social/

Invented Narratives and the Outrage Industry

It took me several years to understand what I was seeing.

At first, I thought the problem was Twitter algorithms. I thought that was the explanation for why what I was calling rage-inducing simplifications spread like wildfire.

1/

Itty53,
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@Teri_Kanefield

Great tip I learned a long time ago on the Internet.

If it makes you angry or triggers an emotional response, go corroborate it with three other sources.

Worst case, you find out it was outright false. Best case, you get further context of the problem that affected you. But no matter what you're getting different takes to different ends, and your brain will thank you for that.

RickiTarr, to random
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What is the most ridiculous question or complaint that you've had from a Customer/Client?

Itty53,
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@RickiTarr

I used to work at a nice hotel right outside Yosemite National Park. Attracted a lot of ritzy types from all over the world.

We had guests ask, "what time do they turn the waterfalls off in the park?".

People never believe me when I tell them that but it's even worse. It wasn't that uncommon. It would happen two or three times a season.

Itty53,
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@RickiTarr

Most people will realize they asked a very dumb question and go "oh pfffftt right, I'm stupid, sorry" and have a good vacation laugh about it.

There was one though. She asks the question, demands really, and I answered "They don't turn off". And she looks horrified at the realization her question was stupid, if only for a second, then she turns all smug and says, "Well. I meant when in the season do they turn them off. I'll find someone who knows," and she turned and walked off.

RickiTarr, to random
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When you get to a certain age, and realize Baby's father in Dirty Dancing was pretty hot and a really good Dad:

Itty53,
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@RickiTarr

He looks like a young J. K. Simmons.

Itty53, to HashtagGames
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Hire a legitimate IT team instead of one guy who says he can do it for cheap. Then pay the team an actual competitive salary.



RickiTarr, to random
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Why do you think so many people are obsessed with murder?

Itty53,
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@RickiTarr

There's a lot of interesting thoughts here but I'm gonna throw a tangent out just to highlight how weird murder is to our brains: video games. They often engage in what's called ludonarrative dissonance - when the narrative is ludicrous but the viewer expects it. TV shows do it a lot too.

You'll have characters go on murderous rampages of countless nameless baddies but suddenly they have enough emotion for a cut scene where one of their loved ones is killed. And we expect it.

RickiTarr, to random
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Please Social Media Scientists, tell me why smacking booties is so fun?!

Itty53,
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@RickiTarr

The human hand makes a natural shape to the buttock. It's a lock and key scenario.

Itty53, to random
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An eclectic mix for the theme ...

Propagandhi - Back to the Motor League
https://youtu.be/q0Ka_HHXASw

Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
https://youtu.be/uB1D9wWxd2w

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - (Back to the) Old Iron Hills
https://youtu.be/THeDLu7tUBE

Carole King - Back to California
https://youtu.be/7eSK7P0eoqo

Juvenile - Back That Azz Up
https://youtu.be/WCArqRUPf1E

Itty53, to random
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When you find someone telling you not to vote for Trump OR Biden, make absolutely sure they give their alternative. Don't let them leave it at "neither of those two", we know that's just a silent endorsement of Trump. Make them give you the alternative because if you look closely, they really try to avoid providing one.

That says some things about their actual intentions doesn't it?

"Who I voted for is too personal to share" is what old, ashamed, white Republicans say to those who aren't.

MissingThePt, to random
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Photo of woman bored to death by male clubber.

Itty53,
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@Karstan @MissingThePt

Real talk, Adams got divorced twice since Dilbert was at its peak and since then he's gone full, mask off incel who -as he plainly states- thinks all the world's modern problems boil down to "nobody wants to fuck me".

RealJournalism, to Ukraine
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You can't have it both ways. If the US is not indispensable, then that means that Joe Biden can't just make a phone call to Bibi and end the war tomorrow. And if he tries to cut off military aid to Israel, then Congress can always overrule him. Donald Trump was impeached for trying to withhold aid to that Congress had appropriated.

Itty53,
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@RealJournalism

It's interesting to me that most of the people calling Biden Genocide Joe aren't Americans, at least on fedi. They're progressives outside of America.

Also highly interesting that they never demanded Trump take action over the mounting problem that is Israel. Nope, that's Biden's job.

I'm not saying that every person saying "Genocide Joe" is part of a troll operation.

But I will assert EVERY propaganda troll operation is saying Genocide Joe. Count on it.

dannotdaniel, to random
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so my "anti woke" neighbors are really upset about
are you ready for this

Taylor Swift

😂🤣😭💀

Itty53,
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@dannotdaniel

I work remotely with a team of around 40 people directly, and another hundred or so indirectly.

With remote work at a large company, there's a lot of fakery and fronting about things, people are careful about what they say. No one is going to tell you they're MAGA on a teams call monitored by an international conglomerate.

But you can pretty much tell who's who by how loudly they complain about Taylor Swift. It's really become its own little dogwhistle.

Itty53, to random
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I say it again, not everyone out here saying "Genocide Joe" is a troll paid by the opposition fascists. Of course not, that's absurd.

But EVERY opposition troll paid by fascists is out here saying "Genocide Joe". Every. Last. One. That is a virtual guarantee.

It's hardly surprising too that it's always always always non-American, self-righteous, white people telling us to not to vote for Biden. Every fucking time.

Itty53, to random
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I'm not saying that every person saying "Genocide Joe" is part of a troll operation to get Trump elected again. I can't say that because it isn't true.

But I will say with great confidence that EVERY propaganda troll operation seeking to see Trump elected again is saying Genocide Joe. Every. Last. One. Count on it.

Propaganda that makes you feel self righteous when you repeat it is among the most effective propaganda that exists. And Bibi thanks you for blaming Biden.

RickiTarr, to random
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Okay without looking it up, if you meet an Italian guy named Sal, what is his full name?

Itty53,
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@RickiTarr

Sarah.

Itty53,
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@RickiTarr

Solomon

Itty53,
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@RickiTarr

Same question but she goes by Sally.

eniko, to random
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can someone remind me what era of DOS machines CD-ROM based games were common on? i feel like i remember it being at least pentium era, but maybe it was later 486es? like the 66mhz ones?

Itty53,
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@eniko

I grew up with Sierra online literally down the street from me, and the family always had a fairly decent computer at home. I would say if you're looking for the earliest heyday it was the 486, that's around when Sierra games started getting CD releases.

You could compare it to buying a brand new PlayStation though, optical drives were still expensive.

davemark, to movies
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Every James Bond movie, ranked from best to worst.

I do love a good list. My biggest quibble here is that Rotten Tomatoes was used as the ranking system.

Me? Skyfall and modern Casino Royale as top 2.

Have we seen the last great Bond movie?

https://collider.com/james-bond-movies-ranked-rotten-tomatoes/

Itty53,
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@davemark

I am once again taking the opportunity to push my pick for the next Bond.

No one will be happy with anyone they pick, so throw out all the stops and pick the one that'll give you the best film for the new era. It's this guy, Iñaki Godoy, recently starring in the Netflix adaptation of One Piece.

It's out there, but I'm not joking. He'd kill that role. Give us a young Bond movie and give us a young, brash Bond with some seasoning that isn't Old Bay.

TheMetalDog, to diy
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Balenciaga's 'DIY Metal' Collection Totally Rips Off Obscure Metal Band Logos
Can you identify them all?

https://loudwire.com/balenciaga-diy-metal-rips-off-metal-band-logos/

Itty53,
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@TheMetalDog

If there's any metal fans upset at this, let me know so I can call you stupid and we can move on from this.

aral, to Israel
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Arab Americans, young progressives, etc.: Will you stop Israel’s genocide of our people?

Biden: No, we will continue to fund it.

Arab Americans, young progressives, etc.: So why should we vote for you?

Biden: Because the other guy is worse.

What’s worse than genocide? Are their dead loved ones and family members going to be double dead under Trump?

Instead of blaming people for not voting for their own genocide maybe try blaming your candidate for sponsoring it.

Itty53,
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@aral

Just gonna throw this out there:

If you have to write up some faux dialogue to make your point ... Your point is weak, if valid at all. That's just a general axiom of social media that happens to apply here well.

Israel has been commiting genocide since well before Biden. Biden couldn't stop it any more than Trump or Obama. Congress just overrides them for Israel every time.

You're playing the useful idiot in this comment, repeating the same propaganda for fascists.

Free Palestine.

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