Hyperreality

Yep. Umberto Eco:

Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak". On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.

Yeah. He's an obvious troll. The bigger problem is that when I've called him out in the past, a mod here has deleted my comments for misleading reasons. So it's obvious that at least one of the mods does support Russian bs. Of course, there are other mods who do give him the occasional ban so he calms down a bit.

I've said this elsewhere, but if you're angry about what's happening in Gaza, you really don't want 'friends' like that supporting your cause. One spoilt apple ruins the bunch. It's like if you run a children's hospital that accepts donations from Gary Glitter.

Or create your own instance:

https://kbin.pub/en

This is was the original plan anyway. Not that everyone should join kbin.social.

This is western Nazi propaganda.

The Russian ministry of defense is reporting that what actually happened is that their refinery succesfully intercepted and eliminated at least two Nazi drones.

American Psycho needs to be remade, if only because it'll shut up all the people who keep saying "You couldn't make something like that now!"

AFAIK European law isn't often based on common law, but Napoleonic Code / civil law. Ie. precedent is less relevant.

Also, given Meta's been fined 2.5 billion euros in the past few years, it sounds like they're going after the big guys first.

Journalism: you get what you pay for.

Also:

1995: Skynet is founded. Its name is a reference to the evil mainframe computer from Terminator Franchise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximus_Skynet

Putinsbutt.com

Obviously don't google this, but IRC one of the terms used was lemon party.

Suspect it depends on where you live, but you're not wrong.

I think I've driven a million kilometres by now, it's all become so fucking boring and second nature, that you start really being sloppy and distracted. Because you gained so much experience, you start to (unconciously) overestimate your skills.

But the two hands thing really is necessary for if you hit something slippy or need to make an unexpected manoeuvre. The risks of driving are incredibly low, but if shit does hit the fan you're in for a world of trouble if you're doing something else.

For those who don't know, depending on who you ask:

Lynch was close to panic. Wracking his brains, he said, “How about that actor we met in London?” That actor was Patrick Stewart, whom the Dune producers had seen in Henry IV. Stewart flew straight to Mexico. But when he arrived, Lynch didn’t recognise him: Stewart had sported a vast beard on stage in London. Shorn of the shrubbery, he looked entirely different – initially, the director had no idea who Stewart was or what he was doing on his set. Stewart had much the same reaction to Sting. A ripple of excitement had passed through the production as The Police frontman arrived to play Feyd-Rautha. Stewart, however, was oblivious to the fuss. He asked Sting what sort of band he played in. “The Police,” said the singer. “You play in a police band?” replied an incredulous Stewart.

Speaking of Gurney Halleck, Sir Patrick Stewart was awarded the role by mistake. In the rush to replace Aldo Ray at the last minute, Lynch thought he was hiring another actor named Patrick Stewart for the role.

Also: apparently the Harkonnen outfits were made from old (used) bodybags.

Also: Is it just me, or is the 1984 Dune more fun than the newer one?