[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If I am looking it up correctly, judge Amit Mehta was appointed by Obama (who had ties with Google), and still ruled google a Monopoly.

I just like stuff like this as it shows a judge can put bias aside in a ruling at least once, supposedly.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

I love the story is the king gets drunk, knocks out the stars in the universe and blames his son who has to put them all back. The prince happily kills billions of people to put the stars back.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

According to the links, the law was sponsored by Donna Howard (Dem) and Angie Button (Rep). Said 13 yays and 4 abstained from the financial committee.

Hopefully women constituents from both sides encouraged their reps to push forward.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When I worked at Best Buy I attended two full paid meetings about the horrors of unions when the Obama administration made it easier to create a union.

They even cancelled all our in home jobs one day for an anti union meeting

Holy crap I don't know who at Best Buy wrote all those presentations but the language they used was a master class in brainwashing. I probably would be a flat earther of they spent enough time crafting their wording 😄

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Sure you think paper snowflakes are useless but wait for an elementary school play to need set design and they will crawl in their hands and knees to rescue them 😉

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 96 points 1 year ago

Not into stuff like that myself but I would have thought the purpose of nipple rings was to show that you have nipple rings. Put on a tight shirt and walk proudly through the library with your chest out like a proud pigeon kind of thing.

But I guess one solution is to get extra piercings on your chest and stomach so people won't be able to tell which piercing is the actual nipple piercing.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Sakurai and Hayo Miyazaki drunk betting who will retire first

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

"I don't think freedom is simply doing what you want. I believe freedom is simply being able to love without fear"

That always stick with me and makes me wonder what heavy conservatives think of that line

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

I am still waiting for a day of no frills EVs or just more no frills cars in general. Less crap in the way to repair and whatnot. But all I see passing car lots are bigger vehicles that look like they have so much stuff in them.

We need like a Kirkland brand EV. Unless I am an idiot and people don't want stuff like that.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 108 points 1 year ago

I thought I read over a decade ago the main strategy in Republican campaigns is to convince young people to just not vote. As it's easier to convince someone not to do anything than it is to convince someone to do something for you.

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Kenny: "can't you pick the lock?"

Lee: "what makes you think that?"

Kenny: "you know, because you're... urban"

Lee: "what did you say?"

Kenny: "sorry I'm from Florida stupid shit comes out my mouth all the time"

[-] Kerred@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here are more recommendations if you crave "people figuring out weird crap":

  • Cohesion. It's fun to see them try to make sense of what is happening and I enjoy some of the group thinking albeit chaotic

  • Circle. The 'opinion' stuff in the movie feels forced, and at times feels like one of those YouTube eliminatoon games, but I love when they just figure out what is happening.

  • Exam. This is pretty heavy on figuring out what to do rather than monologues. The answer isn't quite satisfying but the journey to get there is interesting.

  • Cube. This comes so close to the perfect figuring weird crap out. No real complaints here.

TV:

  • Star Trek TNG: Darmok. Feel free to watch this episode if you haven't seen the show. Its a clever solution to an alien language that their universal translators couldn't understand.

  • Adventure Time Hall of Egress: this is free on YouTube. Holy crap this felt like a whole movie crammed in 11 minutes i was so sucked in to understanding what the heck was going on. Combined with using symbolism instead of exposition there is no wasted space in the figuring out part.

Games:

  • Return of the Obra Dinn. Its such a great mix of WTF is happening and "let's stop and think this out methodically". You can only experience this game once.

  • Outer Wilds. This is perfect. The endorphins that get released when you suddenly realize how things work is like discovering penecillin The DLC in particular is the greatest experience I ever had learning about an alien race.

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Some of my favorites:

Root: Vagabond: I enjoy how this is such a different style than the other three in the base game.

Gaia Project: Ivits: Just very clever encouraging to make a close nit Hivemind rather than spreading out, it's very satisfying every time you hit a new federation milestone.

Scythe: Polania: I just like exploring and claiming as many encounters as possible around the board.

Terraforming Mars: Ecoline for Solo Play: The extra plant just is a load off for my solo games where I don't always have to worry about focusing on oxygen so much and Ecoline feels like I have more freedom over what cards to pick.

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