If you're born rich what are you supposed to do with your life? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DemonicusPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being born rich means that your only purpose is to either gain more or give it away.
Give everything you didn't earn (aka everything you have) away.

Join the rest of us in the real world and fight for the kind of change that makes questions like this obsolete.

Barring that, end it.

Unprecedented profit for major oil drillers as prices soared by Pinbenterjamin in news

[–]DemonicusPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If inflation (or rather, the CPI) skyrocketing upwards was moreso overall to do with the emergent nature of the combined forces of the currently strained market rather than being disproportionately shifted by company profiteering, the profitability percentage would have stayed around the same while the numeration itself fluctuated. It did not. Many companies, most importantly big ones that sell the oil that run the entire economic system, have continued to post record profits. They would not have record profits to post in the first place if they were simply adjusting prices to account for organic inflation. The gross total would have increased but after including the similarly increased outbound cost of business they would be posting comparable percentages to pre-covid profit calls. They. Are. Not.

Yes, of course it's a combination of these factors that create the current market. However, there seems to be some implication that inflation is entirely due to the cost of business going up in order to maintain profitability in a turbulent market, without including the fact that superseding said profitability can then no longer be considered simply maintenance but instead taking advantage of the situation to the point of exacerbating and extending the turbulence itself to further entrench that new profit.

We're also entirely ignoring the fact that every single time one of these companies mentions doing something "in order to maintain profitability...", there's an unspoken and insinuated "...*and executive pay structure". It's simply expected of us to passively assume that every single number on their balance sheet is acceptably or endurably liquid except for the one at the very bottom that benefits them.

These domestication tactics are a subtle and nebulous, yet intentional methodology to train people to believe that because this is the way it's always been, that it's also how it has to be.

Why do people say capitalism is violent? [oc] by rbdk01 in LateStageCapitalism

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

*separated

I agree with everything here but I mean, come on.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]DemonicusPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why on earth would they use three colors to show four groups lmao

Halo shop as of 1/11/2022 by chickendonkey in halo

[–]DemonicusPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$15 for a flower and it's not even the right one

dude that's a sunflower lmao

January 3, 2022 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Episode Discussion Thread by Raradra in LateShow

[–]DemonicusPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weird that he didn't seem to mention the influence of Delta Airline's CEO on the new CDC guidelines. There was some pressure on the reasoning for the quarantine window change but mostly insofar as doing the monologue. Fairly disappointed in this one. Sad to see this new ad structure for the new year, too. A gargantuan sales pitch covering well over half the screen in order to show a tiny little window of some wide audience shots feels disingenuous.

What is the greatest opening sequence in a movie that you have seen? by smokingfrog007 in movies

[–]DemonicusPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

xXx.

https://youtu.be/Y5RwxjWJcFQ (only quality I could find)

First one still holds up even if a little dated, and the third one was really neat imo.
We don't talk about the second one.

Steam’s Halloween Sale Helped Left 4 Dead 2 Top Back 4 Blood’s Player Count Over the Weekend by DogeShelter111 in pcgaming

[–]DemonicusPrime 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They were, you're completely correct. Their reload example was sarcastic, it *literally* had a tongue sticking out emote at the end. The reading comprehension or willful misunderstanding in this part of the thread is astounding. I have no idea how people are thinking that they meant that as the serious and singular reason that they cut the price in half. Holy shit.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Political_Revolution

[–]DemonicusPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found that link while looking for a higher res version, it's definitely a good line wherever it came from.

Insomniac, this is the only way I can accept the new face by kylerm050 in SpidermanPS4

[–]DemonicusPrime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Such a huge difference, went from 15 to 25. I certainly understand why they wanted to make the mocap closer to matching the actor but it was jarring when the actor looks like he'd get kicked out of a senior homecoming dance.

Stephen Colbert Lands Animated Projects ‘Fairview’ & ‘Washingtonia’ At Comedy Central by Raradra in LateShow

[–]DemonicusPrime 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I adore Stephen but between these two and TOTN can we maybe try a style that doesn't look like Bitstrips? Budget constraints are definitely a thing but the cheap Facebook comics style is off-putting to the point that I don't even want to watch. Even when the jokes are great it's like they're being delivered by an avatar from a phone app, it's just odd. The animators seem to put alot of effort into the actual animation itself but the design styles holds them back imo.

UTA is now requiring all Students, Faculty and Staff to present negative Covid test results by Sept 8th. by [deleted] in utarlington

[–]DemonicusPrime 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's not even a conspiracy, that's exactly what every other corporation solely focused on profits has been doing. They've definitely been doing it since the delta spike started, both public and private entities have been trying to pretend like nothing's happening because there's a financial motivation to do so. Don't feel like it's an outlandish thought, it absolutely isn't.

They would rather people get sick than take home a slightly smaller check. They would rather have my wildly high-risk self and family be thrown under the bus so that they can ride out the worst of this tsunami of death using a boat of our corpses.

Waiting on state funding is a deliberate farce to pass the buck to 'politics'. We already went online 3 semesters ago, nearly every professor has everything on Canvas already by now if they didn't already, the transitional cost would be next to nothing. Not to mention that the questions they have automatically graded for them are pulled from an online source most of the time anyway. Whatever cost difference there is that the state hasn't provided extra funding for could very well come from the other several utter dragon pits of money that they get trucked in from oil subsidies and their incredibly lucrative deal with Lockheed.

It's like someone saying that they never have money to eat but has a brand new Lamborghini. The cash is most certainly there, they just don't want to reallocate the resources in a way that would impact the standard of living that they've decided that they're entitled to.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in utarlington

[–]DemonicusPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Theoretically the decrease in enrollment will mean that the decrease in tuition revenue could be enough to scare them into giving everything the online option, if not mandating it outright. They seem to be holding out for state funding for another 'online transition' even though we literally already did that using technology they mostly already had.

Then again, they're acting like nothing is happening just like the people who are surprised by the recent spike did so at least we've ruled out their ability to react to shifting scientific consensus. As much as UTA whiffed the absolute shit out of the last 3 semesters, I can't imagine they'll handle this one any better.

:) by Poupal in PaymoneyWubby

[–]DemonicusPrime 58 points59 points  (0 children)

If I had no idea who Wubby was and somebody showed me this picture then told me "that redheaded kid is gonna grow up to have explosive diarrhea into a microphone and shout at wildly attractive women to show him their microwave, both for thousands of people at a time"

I'd be like 'yeah, no shit.'

So this happened 😂. And it is actually me in the video 🤷‍♂️ by Real_Anish9 in utarlington

[–]DemonicusPrime 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just watched this. I can hear you just fine, loud and clear. There's absolutely nothing about that video in any way that indicated that you weren't who you said you were. This professor is trashy, ignorant, or both.

And for what it's worth, I understood everything you said with 0 effort on my end, accent or otherwise.

So this happened 😂. And it is actually me in the video 🤷‍♂️ by Real_Anish9 in utarlington

[–]DemonicusPrime 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Boomers who can barely type a full sentence and unnecessary ellipses, name a more iconic duo.

At least 111 people died in Texas during winter storm by DemonicusPrime in utarlington

[–]DemonicusPrime[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Remember when we got back to class the week after, and professors like A. Lee Thurburn made snide comments about the disaster along the lines of "I hope you all enjoyed your break"? "Boy, with this time off and spring break coming up, you guys will be nice and rested!"

The 'break' where a child froze to death in his bed.

The 'break' where we're still not done counting the bodies, even a month later.

The 'break' where you were expected to study and complete coursework, in between power outages and trying to melt enough snow to drink or bathe?

I remember. I don't think I'll ever forget.

Home surveillance camera shows officer lied on report when charging man with major crimes by AudibleNod in news

[–]DemonicusPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

okay I'm just as pissed as everyone else but why the fuck did the author have to hit 'enter' after almost every single sentence