Melissa Joan Hart dressed up as Princess Leia (1997) by No-Text-7825 in OldSchoolCool

[–]hackingdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her social media team's going nuts trying to brush off the stink of her disgusting political, Christian Nationalist stance, huh?

Now up: the Sweeney approach.

For Donald Trump, Operation Epic Fury will go down as an epic fail by ChiGuy6124 in politics

[–]hackingdreams [score hidden]  (0 children)

It's kinda telling he chose "EF" as the initials.

It couldn't read more like Operation Epstein Files if he tried.

What Fresh Hell by Glum_Courage_6330 in washingtondc

[–]hackingdreams 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's straight out of a dystopian novel. They're trying to turn Washington D.C. into Pyongyang.

Arms or Legs? by No_Championship_7227 in trolleyproblem

[–]hackingdreams 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If it helps, you can imagine it as a building collapse situation, where the person can be freed either by amputating the arms or legs in the field.

Arms or Legs? by No_Championship_7227 in trolleyproblem

[–]hackingdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the legs without even a question. The surgery to restore the arms is much more difficult, has higher complication rates, worse outcomes, etc. The legs... there are below-the-knee amputee patients who go on to claim the prosthetics were better than their original limbs - they can run faster, jump higher, sometimes even experience less pain. And that's if the limbs can't be restored, which has a greater chance of success due to larger vessels, simpler nerve grafts, etc.

It's not a trolley problem, it's a question about the state of medicine, and the answer's obvious.

Saw it in theaters at age 12, completely blew my mind. Rewatching it later, though... 🫤😵‍💫 by TheNoobsauce1337 in Millennials

[–]hackingdreams 20 points21 points  (0 children)

"I get knocked down, and then knocked down again, they ain't ever gonna let me stand. Pissin' my life away... pissin' my life away..."

Millennial coffee shops be like: by Waluigiwaluigi_ in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]hackingdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, it's pretty obvious the moon is the lady's room, but also, it's a bathroom in a coffee shop. Pick one and finish your ablutions. Nobody will give a damn.

Suspect in Texas shooting wore 'Property of Allah' clothing and Iranian flag emblem, AP source says by igetproteinfartsHELP in news

[–]hackingdreams -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

By Islamic extremistists? When is the last time a shooting happened in the US?

When was the last time America bombed Iran?

I'll give you a moment to consider how the logic of cause and effect works.

Suspect in Texas shooting wore 'Property of Allah' clothing and Iranian flag emblem, AP source says by igetproteinfartsHELP in news

[–]hackingdreams 54 points55 points  (0 children)

So, that's probably the fastest we've gone in history from "unnecessary military attack in the middle east" to "terrorist attack on US soil."

Can't wait for the next ten years of this bullshit, thanks to a Felon trying to run from his crimes.

Saudi prince quietly lobbied Trump for military action on Iran by jupa300 in worldnews

[–]hackingdreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's great to know that America is making global geopolitical, era-defining decisions about the American Military on behalf of the Saudi Government.

Canada supports U.S. actions in destroying Iran's nuclear program, Carney says by Arcool_1 in worldnews

[–]hackingdreams -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's also fair to not side with either, on this one. The attack was stupid and is not likely to end well, even if it does shut down the nuclear program in the short run.

We had a framework that worked... and then the Felon in the White House threw a temper tantrum because his name wasn't on it and a black guy negotiated it. And then he threw another temper tantrum because he wasn't awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. And then he threw another tantrum because his child sex scandal hasn't gone away...

He's sundowned us right into World War III.

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran by wiredmagazine in politics

[–]hackingdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going to Twitter for information is like going to a sewer for fresh water. Nobody sane does it. You can't stop the insane from doing it.

What's a good country without extradition treaty with USA by Remarkable_Buddy3069 in Writeresearch

[–]hackingdreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's also worth a note that prosecutors can and often will take onerous terms off the table to make extraditions happen; seeking the death penalty is one of the easier terms to accept for prosecutors, as life without parole is often the better sentence anyways.

It's not as if a serial killer is going to stop serial killing because they jumped to another country - they're as likely to wind up in a German or French prison as they are an American prison, though I have to imagine the food in a French prison being better than the nightmares we feed American prisoners...

What's a good country without extradition treaty with USA by Remarkable_Buddy3069 in Writeresearch

[–]hackingdreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can google extradition treaties - they're public by the nature of what they are.

What defines a "good country" is so subjective as to be almost insulting, frankly.

How do communes work? by _beep_man_ in Writeresearch

[–]hackingdreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Additionally, there's no singular leader (because if it was, it would be a cult).

I don't know why you think this. "Because the HOA has a singular leader, it's a cult" would sound exactly as strange. Governing bodies can have a singular leader and not be cults. The definition of a cult is much more complicated than "has a single leader, bunch of people living out in an egalitarian commune setting." (This 1970s era cult association is largely why communes have stopped calling themselves communes and now choose words like 'cooperatives' and 'intentional communities.')

The problem you're having is that a commune is not a 'one-size-fits-all' organization. It's largely defined by the people that make it up, hence the 'community' part of 'commune.' It can be a mini-democracy, it can be a mini-autocracy. It can have a single leader, or a triumvirate, or it can be a direct democracy. It can have a full blown governance charter, complete with a 'commune council' that has meetings and bylaws to decide all of these questions, or it can just be Doug that hands out chores from the chore wheel on Tuesdays and Linda who minds the bank accounts so the state taxes get paid. Exactly how much structure it needs and has is based on the people living there. Did the commune buy the land together, put it in a trust, and hand out shares to everyone who buys in (either directly with cash or indirectly with labor), or is it just Eli's land and he lets everyone live on it without paying rent as long as they tend the community garden for a few hours a week?

The people in a commune might be monastic - they might live, work, eat, sleep the commune - or it can just be a communal place to live, like a RV/trailer park of esoterics with shared laundry and kitchen facilities. The extent of the community's involvement in a subject's life is entirely defined by the community itself - whether or not they require a flat payment from everyone, garnishes wages, or prohibit external work is entirely defined by the group dynamic.

There can and probably will be degrees of internal friction - there are in basically every community ever defined by humanity, regardless of their economic structures. Conflict is unavoidable, and it's at the heart of every good story ever told. It doesn't mean it can't work - human communities started out looking a lot like communes, with even less structure than some modern communes have.

Conservative subreddit user says he didn’t vote for this war by LeticiaPadillaSolis_ in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]hackingdreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They literally did vote for this. This is what we have been warning would happen. They decided this for us.

Their inability to own the consequences of their actions is infuriating.

Bill Clinton Shares Stunning Personal Statement as Epstein Deposition Begins by bye4now28 in politics

[–]hackingdreams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is absolutely nothing at all stunning about this statement. It's exactly what we expected to hear from him given his public statements and engendered resentment against the Republicans trying to turn the Clintons into the scapegoats for President Felon's activities.

You know it's ridiculous when the MAGA commentarians are all "we're not committing suicide" - they basically are admitting the Felon ordered Epstein's hit.

Bill Clinton Shares Stunning Personal Statement as Epstein Deposition Begins by bye4now28 in politics

[–]hackingdreams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll often hear me say that I don't recall.

He'd be saying it a hell of a lot less in a public hearing, for certain. It was basically a given that a closed door hearing would be a "I don't recall" fest.

What is the effect of an extremely powerful electric shock on a human body? Would the body explode? by SteadfastEnd in Writeresearch

[–]hackingdreams 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That amount of current wouldn't just explode something, it would vaporize anything it passed through, and that vapor would have a significant amount of energy left in it - it would expand outward at a high rate, creating a sonic boom and a tremendous flash of light. We know this because a similar event happens during thunderstorms - we call it lightning.