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Cake day: February 16th, 2025
  • Alloi@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration?
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    3 days ago

    side note, if you are really fed up with this news cycle, you could take up a new hobby.

    drones are crazy fast these days, and cheap to make, and there are SO many ways to build them now. they come with so mant different attachments, especially in the states. you could attach all kinds of crazy things to them. like nerf guns, and paintball guns and do all kinds of fun activities with lots of friends

    also i hear the area around mar a lago is beautiful to vacation in, it would be great to get some birds eye view footage of that place. just for fun with a bunch of your friends

    i hear also about how good drones are at stabalizing for long distance shots on video these days. you could fly them so high up you could barely see them or hear them from the ground.

    some people even use them to drop small, or large packages from the air as well. just be careful they dont land on anyone important

    that would be aweful…eh?

  • Alloi@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Trump makes more sense when you realize in the 90s we fought neo-liberal and conservative ideology with vapid consumerism. The world should take note: we are bad at this.
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    3 days ago

    buy clothes second hand, or make your own. never buy a brand new vehicle if you absolutely need one. learn how to DIY repair as much of your tech, laptops, computers, cellphones as possible. can or freeze your left overs. grow your own food and herbs if you can. recycle whatever you can at home for purposes you may need them for. BUILD YOUR HOME OUT OF RECYCLED AND AVAILABLE MATERIAL IF POSSIBLE WHERE YOU LIVE.

    BUY AN OLD BIKE, AND RIDE IT WHEREVER YOU CAN REASONABLY. upgrade it to a DIY ebike using systems like bafang if you need to go further or or faster. buy second hand if possible.

    cook all your meals at home, dont eat out, the food quality dependant on sources of ingredients will likely be higher if you put time and effort into learning a core skill like cooking.

    learn how to do calisthetics and jog, ditch your gym membership, or build a home gym from second hand equipment. some can even be sourced for free.

    make home made gifts, home made cards, learn how to knit, people go ape shit for scarves and sweaters made by hand. maybe learn how to make jewellery, you do not have to use precious metals and stones to make jewellery.

    buy tools second hand, borrow them from friends and family if needed

    it requires a little extra work to be more independant and consume less, but it is by far more rewarding mentally, and physically to do so. and for some, even spiritually.

    buy second hand computers, and computer parts, build a “homelab” for self hosting your own streaming and entertainment services, email, gaming servers, etc.

    get rid of all of your subscriptions where possible, and learn how to offer that service yourself where you can.

    ive personally done all of this, it can be difficult, but your wallet will thank you in the long run if you can adapt to your new economic environment. and i vuarantee you, your life will be much more fulfilling.

  • Alloi@lemmy.worldtoMildly Interesting@lemmy.world•How they edited SURGE on Even Stevens
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    3 days ago

    hey yall, im a props master, builder, set dresser in the film industry for the last six years.

    thats called “greeking” which is used to cover up brands that a film or studio may or may not have the rights to, to avoid copyright, or associating the brand itself with something they may not want to be associated with, and then getting sued for it. (for example i recently worked on a film about a domestic terrorist, and coca cola wanted nothing to do with it. so we either had to turn labels for all of their brands, cover them with fake labels, or edit them in post, or blurr them in the background, etc)

    you may be wondering why its called “greeking” and the answer is back in the old days they would remove or scratch off certain letters (we still do this sometimes) until you could look at it and say “its all greek to me” meaning you couldnt understand what it said.

  • Alloi@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Finland turns down US request for eggsEnglish
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    6 days ago

    wonder if rapey mc rapist and techno nazi along with their gaggle of dip shit losers invested in poultry and eggs before this.

    i mean its not uncommon for rich assholes and their corporate entities to heavily invest in things they know are about skyrocket in price or short smaller out circle businesses they know wont make it if the market craches, especially if they get to control the “soft landing”

    even during a recession its possible to make a pyramid sized pile of cash if you bet on the right failure, even more so if you can fix the bet in the first place by forcing its price down.

    they literally made a whole movie about this about the 2008 financial crisis.

    you may not see it on paper right now, but that doesnt mean corpos arent sifting cash into secret accounts, either directly or on their behalf.

  • Alloi@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.world•Pokemon Legends Z-A's visuals aren't "great" say former Nintendo marketing leads, but hope Switch 2 could allow Game Freak to "go back to the drawing board"English
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    8 days ago

    the games and cards are fuelled by nostalgia and gambling addictions.

    there is no quality to their game play and pokemon go was a massive invasion of privacy through tracking data.

    fuck pokemon.

    MTG IS THE GOAT.

    edit: the irony of my statement is not lost on me, thats why its a joke :D. but since yall former redditors like to argue so much.

    MTG is a better TCG. theres no getting around quality of game play as well as gameplay support. ive never met a pokemon card enthusiast who actually plays the card game instead of just raw collecting, and ive met A LOT of them (i was one, as a younger man, and have spent decades at conventions and in TCG shops, events, etc) as opposed to MTG players where its 95% about deck building and play for them. collecting is a huge component of MTG, however a cards financial cost is secondary to most MTG players, as opposed to card GAMEPLAY value.

    ive collected both, and played both since the 90’s.

    pokemon relies on merchandizing, video games, and TV shows, whereas MTG is just 99% cards, newer card game simulators that most people dislike (go Xmage, though) and some loose lore.

    theres just no contest when it comes to TCG gameplay. sorry, not sorry.