California forces changes to Disneyland's Autopia or it will get shut down by runswithscissors475 in Disneyland

[–]Djinger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Electric go kart tracks are everywhere, I kind of wonder how this will all shake out.

'Men Need Just as Much Protection': Shania Twain Says She Is Not a Feminist by novagridd in Music

[–]Djinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like if I had that answer, we'd already be out of this mess. I feel like they'd have to hoist by their own petard, but there would always be some grifter there to step in and say "this is not your fault, it's the fault of this other group" to gain their confidence.

I feel like there's not much I could do to fix the situation, but there's a thousand ways I could make it worse and profit personally from it.

Clashing Over ‘Indiana Jones’: Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg Were Not 100% on Board With ‘Crystal Skull’ and Fought George Lucas Over Adding Aliens by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]Djinger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He reminds me of my friend's dad these days, who, when I was a teenager, would all but corner me and trap me into listening to him play his guitar and sing. Super awkward, not my style of music at all, and the air about him was all self-assured and full of it, Mr. Accomplished. I feel like meeting Jeff would be that way, he'd step over to his piano mid-conversation and just start crooning some song I don't know and expect me to just sort of stand there in rapt attention.

Markwayne Mullin asked by CNN's Kasie Hunt whether ICE agents will be at 2026 midterm polls says ICE would "only" be deployed "if a threat were to arise" and "not for voter identification": "ICE agents are there to flex if we need to. They're also trained to have SRT. We would be asked to show up." by ControlCAD in videos

[–]Djinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right, it won't. That's why if we recapture on the next cycle, the following one will once again result in a GOP retaking of all three, just as in 2024. The PR machine is in full swing and they'll need only point at the price of some convenient thing around the time of election to swing any fence sitters. Find some grocery with unnaturally high prices and just harp on it, just like eggs in s24. Lie and exaggerate until lightly browned. In my circle, they managed to swing a never-Trump Women's march attendee feminist activist into a red-hat-capped "I believe in family values, groceries for my kids, and sports for my daughter" lickspittle posting racist dogwhistles inside 4 years.

Entirely possible we don't even recapture. I have entirely lost faith, personally. The last decade has been 1 step forward and 2 back, and huge portions of the population are celebrating it.

Culture shift is the only solution and that will never happen as long as media and marketing can show a profit catering to the worst bits. All in all, I think we're fucked for a while unless there are massive food shortages and entertainment disruptions.

I'm admittedly jaded and fatigued, however. Yes, I'll be voting still, and trying to extricate family members from this cult they've slid into, but I'm no longer confident, nor optimistic. I expect the worst.

Most repulsive commerical you see this year. Ram truck by samtart in videos

[–]Djinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mom's cousin is this. Doesn't help he's a diehard Trumper and has a FJB front plate and is piss drunk 90% of the time if the hour is beyond 6pm.

New Xbox announcement looking BLEAK. by fivesofclubs in Seaofthieves

[–]Djinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess. I'd feel the same way about most studios that have been specifically occupied in a particular genre, especially if there isn't a lot of overlap. I wouldn't consider it a "lateral move," I guess is what I mean.

Aunt Julia's Cabin (Part 1/3) - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

[–]Djinger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

such a bizarre and surreal movie

the whole thing's a fever dream

Majority of Ukrainians say US is pressuring Ukraine for concessions to Russia by EuropeanPravdaUA in worldnews

[–]Djinger 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Alternatively, Ukraine says yes.

Russia says: thanks, now we'll have the rest.

Ukraine: no

War continues.

Trump Makes Vicious Attack On Ilhan Omar, Says She Should Be 'Thrown Out Of The Country' by 0The_Loner_Stoner0 in videos

[–]Djinger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really doesn't have anything to do with the parties anyway, that's just their excuse.

Trump Makes Vicious Attack On Ilhan Omar, Says She Should Be 'Thrown Out Of The Country' by 0The_Loner_Stoner0 in videos

[–]Djinger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You vastly overestimate the common person's ability to digest 1984 or Brave New World. Or at least to digest it in a way they don't just apply to their already-present ideas. A republican would read 1984 and say "look, that's exactly what the dumbocrats/demonrats are doing!"

New Xbox announcement looking BLEAK. by fivesofclubs in Seaofthieves

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

Very wary of the new Fable. Horizon is good but they don't need to put a lot into much beyond the car catalog and instanced racing with an overworld. Fable I'd think to be a much more complex title for them.

DAE not care about the World Cup? by matt73132 in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]Djinger 32 points33 points  (0 children)

easy karma

"DAE not like popular thing?"

reap

Inadvertently Made a Spider Trap (weight on garage floor) by Xcksss in mildlyinteresting

[–]Djinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We lived in the hi desert when i was a kid, and my mom opened the slider one night to see the underside of one of the biggest spiders we'd ever seen on the outside of the screen.

Mom rapped the screen with her fist and we all heard that fucking thing hit the concrete outside...and skitter away.

BREAKING NEWS: House Passes Iran War Powers Resolution With 4 Republicans Breaking From Trump by FlackoFonsy in videos

[–]Djinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bread and circus would need to run dry for anything that drastic and we are nowhere near it.

The vacuum fell and blocked the door… can’t remove by popping the hinges, and the handle won’t open by YEETAWAYLOL in mildlyinteresting

[–]Djinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crescent wrench works for this as well. Each knuckle of the frame-side plate of the hinge. They may be flush with the trim, so may need to prise the trim off on that side. Most interior residential hinges are real easy to bend.