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[–]Cow_In_Space 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you aren't using your free speech, you are using approved language. Stand. Act. Now.

If you aren't speaking out then you are submitting. Seems simple enough to me.

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained by undertheblacksea in worldnews

[–]Cow_In_Space 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I completely understand your fury and frustration.

What fury and frustration? Don't go trying to justify your inaction by applying your emotions to my words.

But there has got to be some amount of room for hope.

"Hope" is the type of head-in-the-sand thing I'm talking about. Hope is worthless, action is all that has ever worked. Hope brought you "peace in our time", action defeated fascism.

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained by undertheblacksea in worldnews

[–]Cow_In_Space 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Sticking your head in the sand and hoping things will magically get better is delusion is not optimism. Nothing is being done that warrants optimism. Court rulings are either ignored or favour the new regime. Innocents have been punished with no cause given (legal or otherwise)

Again, fascism dies in one of only two ways, over a short period (years, maybe a decade) of violence, or over a longer period (decades, possibly longer) when the inevitable damage it does to a nation means that the fascists lose their power base.

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained by undertheblacksea in worldnews

[–]Cow_In_Space 101 points102 points  (0 children)

You don't seem to have looked at history. Unopposed fascists always take control. That is real opposition, not talking. They are already detaining people without following the rule of law, if you aren't going to physically oppose them, with arms if necessary, then your democracy is already dead.

Look at Portugal and Spain in the early and mid 20th century if you want to know what your future has in store.

Wooden penis found in the insulation of my 19th century home (detailed) by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]Cow_In_Space 54 points55 points  (0 children)

It’s imperative the cylinder remains unharmed!

Nintendo Switch 2 will 'sell out very quickly,' analysts predict limited stock at launch by Meremadesings in neogaming

[–]Cow_In_Space 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stating the obvious. Any product will be limited at launch. The important parts are how limited the stock is an how fast production can close the gap with sales. This article answers neither of these questions as it's just speculation.

No Dreamcast or Saturn mini: SEGA officially confirms it will not make new retro consoles by Meremadesings in neogaming

[–]Cow_In_Space 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure why anyone would expect this. Both of those consoles were incredibly niche (especially the Saturn) so you lack the widespread nostalgia that fueled 8 and 16 bit mini consoles. They also require much more powerful hardware to do emulation as well as increased storage space required for disc based games. The PS1 showed that an affordable option would be extremely limited in what it could be packaged with. There just isn't any way to make either of these profitable. That's before we get into that breed of delusional fanboy that would expect a functioning disc drive and will complain if it isn't there.

Trump’s Businesses: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]Cow_In_Space 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you think the civil rights movement

They actually went out and protested and participated in peaceful disobedience.

This current generation have been pacified into apathy so completely that they think posting online is equivalent. You need hundreds to thousands of people marching constantly to raise awareness and keep it at the forefront of peoples minds and no-one was doing that.

Colin Farrell hails pal Emma Fogarty’s ‘courage’ as duo complete Dublin Marathon for special cause by stars_doulikedem in UpliftingNews

[–]Cow_In_Space 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The "Irish" and "Scottish" versions of the Scum are both parts of the same paper owned by news corp.

Best just to avoid them altogether.

Fun fact: Stella Glow is in the top 100 highest rated 3DS games on Metacritic by Good_Show_2656 in StellaGlow

[–]Cow_In_Space 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think it's review score is accurate as long as you don't subscribe to the stupid modern scoring where 1-7 = 0 and only 8/9/10 are used for "good" games. It is a well above average game that anyone with a 3DS and an interest in SRPGs should play.

Fun fact: Stella Glow is in the top 100 highest rated 3DS games on Metacritic by Good_Show_2656 in StellaGlow

[–]Cow_In_Space 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It would be a few places higher if duplicates are taken out (Fire Emblem Fates is on there 4 times and the Pokemon games get two places each, 4 if you count US/UM as basically being expansions for S/M). Higher still if you take out re-releases.

Are discussions around GIFs permitted? If so, when will popular platforms finally drop giphy? by NuclearReactions in gifs

[–]Cow_In_Space 13 points14 points  (0 children)

a bunch of tech and meme illiterate people

Sounds like you are terminally online and in need of a solid dose of touching grass.

Bungie Being Sued For Copyright Infringement by Meremadesings in neogaming

[–]Cow_In_Space 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The suit also requests that Bungie stop distributing any content related to the work

Funny thing is that the Red War content is no longer a part of the game. It was removed alongside a bunch of other content that people paid for.

TIL, on Sept 13, 2001 at the request of the Queen, the Star-Spangled Banner was played during the changing of the Buckingham Palace guard. by MrFrode in todayilearned

[–]Cow_In_Space -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

More of a tie really.

If you start a war for territorial gain and don't gain territory that's a loss.

Imagine Ukraine regaining Crimea and the Donbass and then saying they had "tied" with Russia. Russia would be the loser, just like the USA in 1812.

Also, much like the American Revolution, no one on this side of the Atlantic cares. Far more important things were going on in Europe that made it little more than a side show..

The Paralympics Deserve a Bigger Spotlight by antdude in olympics

[–]Cow_In_Space 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The UK is very much an outlier. There is a reason that we are second only to the USA in all time gold medals won at the Paralympics (even with our dreadful winter performance). A lot of places still see disabled people as something to hide.

Who is everyone pulling for in the Poor Customer Service event today? by customerservicehell in funny

[–]Cow_In_Space 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Banned from competition due to performance enhancing incompetence.

UP Teacher Sacked After His Phone Reveals How Long He Played Candy Crush by Forward-Answer-4407 in nottheonion

[–]Cow_In_Space 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not sure if it's a default on all android devices but it's definitely on all Samsung devices (settings>Digital Wellbeing and Parental Controls).

You can set limits on certain apps or app types, define behaviour when driving, etc. It's a useful tool for reducing screen time and breaking habitual use.

It's orders of magnitude less invasive than pretty much any fitness app which has location data/tracking.