Orcocracy

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[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That’s not really what the US military ever does though, right? Normally they lumber in with bombers and poorly armoured jeeps and build a big base with a Burger King in the middle of it, then continue to bombard the surrounding countryside for about a decade or two before leaving in disgrace.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, the bills don’t circulate normally anywhere except the US. Even in the couple of countries that are dollarized that’s not normal circulation and is quite precarious. The digital dollars only exist in the computers of bankers and are basically spreadsheet placeholders for whatever currencies are actually used at the origin and destination of whatever material thing is being traded around the world.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If by “a few years ago” you mean 1975. NASA has been making promises that it can’t keep for about half a century now.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

There’s a lot of tragedy in that photo. The massive ecological waste of suburban McMansions and luxury trucks, the inequality of these bloated two-garage monstrosities while people are forced to sleep on the street, the genocide of the indigenous people who used to inhabit this land, the brutal and blood-soaked American state that rules it, etc etc etc.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Then prepare to be surprised when you play it.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It runs fine under emulation, but it’s the worst game in the series by a very wide margin.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

The amount of British monarchs is also weird. Why on Earth is Charles II on this list?

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I expect a shitty chain’s salsa to usually be chopped onions floating in tomato water.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

About 24 years ago most of these countries didn’t follow the US to Iraq either. The big difference is the UK and Australia not going.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Bibliophile is what book lovers call themselves. I’m not sure about painting, but it’s probably also something in Latin or Greek.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I have to wonder why hydro is always left out of the solar+wind clean energy statistics. Is it just because it’s old tech?

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, when things are in high demand in the 2020s that means the just-in-time supply chain immediately fucking breaks and nobody gets anything except for scalpers who buy up the meagre supply and re-list it for five times the price.

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