Dessa

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[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 10 points 7 hours ago

Capitalizing the M so they're given Megagrams instead

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

It'd be good for office cubicles too!

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My dad tried this. He had to travel back either twice or once a year to keep social security up as basically a paperwork trip, which ate up some of that social security cash

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

Iran needs to do a preemptive strike

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

And more cheaply

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Sometimes even old architecture. There's a giant old victorian house in my neighborhood owned by the Warner from Warner-Stellian furniture that's been painted grey, had its turret removed, and been given a McMansion hump.

And it's always dark. Never seen a light on in that house, a body or a car at the premises

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Gen X shows were less often black & white moralistic shows once we got out of the 80s. Yeah, they still existed for sure (and still do), but things started to pick up more grey morality. Antiheros were inescapable in the 90s, and sometimes you'd even see tragic or relatable villains. Seinfeld never had an aesop -- they were just kinda asshole protags. Frasier was quite often wrong. Batman had you rooting for Mr. Freeze.

And beyond that there was just a shitton of shows that didnt engage with moral questions at all, or that settled on moral apathy

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I haven't thought about Mathnet in decades

(actual decades!)

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago
[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Never lost a war*, baby!

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 34 points 3 days ago

If you claim to support workers rights but refuse to wear a mask, you're a fucking poseur

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Sniping toddlers because there's a hamas hideout in the area

 

So let's say an AI achieves sentience. It's self-aware now and can make decisions about what it wants to do. Assuming a corporation created it, would it be a worker? It would be doing work and creating value for a capitalist.

Would it still be the means of production, since it is technically a machine, even if it has feelings and desires?

It can't legally own anything, so I don't see how it could be bourgeoisie.

Or would it fit a novel category?

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Komala Harris

 

Oh my fucking GOD.

 

I can't find any evidence that a group "Pride Against Pinkwashing" exists at all. Literally every mention in google links to this exact news copy, as though it's a press release.

Does anyone have any news about this event, group, or their demands?

 

Denmark has recalled several spicy ramen noodle products by South Korean company Samyang, claiming that the capsaicin levels in them could poison consumers.

Three fiery flavours of the Samyang instant ramen line are being withdrawn: Buldak 3x Spicy & Hot Chicken, 2x Spicy & Hot Chicken and Hot Chicken Stew.

Denmark's food agency issued the recall and warning on Tuesday, urging consumers to abandon the product.

But the maker Samyang says there's no problem with the quality of the food.

"We understand that the Danish food authority recalled the products, not because of a problem in their quality but because they were too spicy," the firm said in a statement to the BBC.

"The products are being exported globally. But this is the first time they have been recalled for the above reason."

It's unknown if any specific incidents in Denmark had prompted authorities there to take action.

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration said it had assessed the levels of capsaicin in a single packet to be "so high that they pose a risk of the consumer developing acute poisoning".

"If you have the products, you should discard them or return them to the store where they were purchased," it said in a statement.

It also emphasised the warning for children, for whom extremely spicy food can cause harm.

The notice has sparked heated discussion online with many amused reactions from lovers of spicy food. Many have made assertions about the Danes' low tolerance for spice.

"I had a friend from Denmark who thought tasteless breaded shrimp with a little bit of ground pepper on it was too spicy. Not surprised they think this ramen is poison," read one top-liked comment on the Reddit r/Korea group.

Samyang said it planned to "closely look into the local regulations" in Denmark and respond after that.

The noodles don't appear to have been recalled before in any other country, nor have there been other safety warnings issued.

Capsaicin is the chemical compound in chilli peppers which creates the burning feeling.

When humans eat peppers, the capsaicin is released into saliva and binds on to receptors in the mouth.

Samyang is a major South Korean food manufacturer which brands itself as the first company in the country to create instant noodles, back in the 1960s.

 

We've been duped

 

Lately, we've seen DnD and Pathfinder move away from some of the more blatant signifiers, like renaming "race" into "species" and "ancestry," and in the case of Pathfinder, having systems in place to mix ancestries in a character build. DnD has decoupled good and evil from species, and pathfinder has done away with good and evil entirely ( keeping a vestige of it present for things like demons and angels).

Race is almost alwys tied to a language and a culture, with, say, kobolds having the same certain cultural signifiers all over the world. To an extent, this makes semse because different peoples in these games can have different physical abilities, or have different origins entirely, which would naturally lead to them developing along different lines -- If one people can breathe underwater and another was born from a volcano by a specific god's decree, that would inform how these cultures behave.

Is it possible to have a fantasy along these lines with a materialist underpinning, or is this very idea of inborn powers anathema to that sort of approach?

 

I was subjected to a liberal rant about Assad gassing Syrian people, and it sounded like some BS (Just smells like propaganda), but the Internet is a fuck these days and I'm unable to find any informtion I trust, or develop the tools to debunk wikihasbara.

Did it happen?

 

I don't wanna have to listen to a Mattless episode to find out

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Pic not related

Genuine question tho

 

That was pretty funny

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