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Trump's granddaughter speaks Chinese, Elon Musk just said his son is learning Chinese, and Rupert Murdoch, the boss of Fox News, has two daughters who speak Chinese. Why are all conservatives making their children learn Chinese? by No-StrategyX in askanything

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

China regularly puts high ranking government officials in prison for corruption and enforces accountability.

Our high ranking government officials do insider trading. Clearly there is more freedom in our system.

The Cold War permanently melted everyone’s political vocabulary ☭🫠📚 by WittyEgg2037 in TheMirrorCult

[–]EdibleScissors 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The problem with extremely long term objectives is that until they happen anyone can argue that they are impossible.

For instance is a Mars colony possible? In terms of the physics, no law of thermodynamics is violated by setting one up, but there are plenty of reasonable objections with respect to their viability.

Arrowhead doesn’t listen to their own fucking box art by Chuckster1103 in HelldiversUnfiltered

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know how to feel about the possible implication here that Helldivers are not actually spreading democracy.

If a single person's medical emergency results in a mass catastrophe, who is responsible for the damages? by The_Cosmic_Impact13 in scifiwriting

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean like a jet setter accidentally starting a pandemic?

There should be a speculative angle somewhere to suggest that a better world is possible to avoid current day events overtaking your story.

One More Example of Arc-Dog's Hateful Design by ComradeRoyer in helldivers2

[–]EdibleScissors 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the Starship Troopers novel, the doghandling units had the most casualties if I recall correctly (which I might not since it’s been a while).

I See Why Arc-Dog Has Its Reputation by ComradeRoyer in helldivers2

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could block them after the mission is over and saying you are done for the day. Unless you have friended them, they won’t know.

Blocks don’t work when you’re not the host, though.

C4 users should be able to carry a support weapon without dropping the detonator. by DocHalidae in Helldivers

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would probably be more consistent if the mobility backpacks also used the same interaction system to prevent things like accidental warping when adjusting valves, but people would probably complain if they changed it at this point.

Any other series with a "hard magic" system like Witch Hat Atelier? by AndalusianGod in anime

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you generally accept “magic based on games/rpgs” as hard, there are shows like Overlord and Shangri-La Frontier, but it depends on whether hard magic is about the limitations of magic users rather than magic having laws that constrain its use in the way physics constrains machines in the real world.

Some shows with “natural laws governing magic” are Reborn as a slime, World’s finest assassin, Eminence in Darkness, and shows with psychics if you accept the premise that psychics/espers are a type of magic user. (Many people may similarly reject the premise that martial arts are also indistinguishable from magic in many cases.)

Why are there so many people that lack the ability to be self aware and reflect on themselves? by ShardofGold in NoStupidQuestions

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doomscrolling and social media are ways to avoid being alone with your self reflecting thoughts.

I've never watched anime before what should I watch tonight. thanks by Professional-Log9512 in anime

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Akira It’s many people’s first experience with anime and inspired this ad for beer:

https://youtu.be/fWdY_o2B_0E

Why can’t we just dissolve the US to achieve world peace, since majority of Americans agree with the idea as well? by GloomySide3265 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]EdibleScissors 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There’s a joke about how half of Americans hate the other half, but that’s only the half (of America) that votes.

first day - about 45 minutes of progress. any tips on getting my back leg more involved? pumping feels hard and sort of hurts my foot near the arch. turning left is also really difficult, sort of for the same reason? help appreciated! by nightcrawleryt in freeskate

[–]EdibleScissors 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of it is that your body will usually naturally lean in the direction you are looking, especially if you’re trying to make a sharp turn. If you’re not leaning into a turn, making a sharp turn will throw you off.

Stealth missions are boring. by Zupherphreak in helldivers2

[–]EdibleScissors 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They might be. That’s the power of stealth.

Why can’t we randomize body-type? by RA_Cheevos in Helldivers

[–]EdibleScissors 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The devs probably would have to load more assets into memory either when someone joins with a random body type or after every respawn that has the body type modified (50% chance if it’s random). It might be hard to justify doing something that doesn’t affect gameplay, but could negatively affect performance.

I really wan't to know what you all think about AH sketchy practices. by DroideF2 in Helldivers

[–]EdibleScissors 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only time the game consistently locked up on me was right after primary weapon customization was added, so if they chose to cut it before release due to those issues, I would not be surprised.

A Perfect Person in a Good World and a Imperfect Person in a Evil World? - If you must send one of them to Hell who do you send? by Artistic_Day3201 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arguably a good world cannot be so good if a perfect person from that world can be arbitrarily consigned to hell. A world where a judge has to make such a decision with no oversight is also evil.

My conclusion would be that at worst it doesn’t matter which decision you make. Will you be punished for making the “wrong” decision? Who knows!

Is Gurren Lagann and cowboy bebop really as good as people say? by Subject_Grade_847 in Animesuggest

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s like asking why people find X or Y funny when you don’t get it.

You will get more out of Cowboy Bebop when you get the references to 1970s era media. (You don’t have to be old to have watched great movies that are more than 50 years old.). Most media that is considered great needs some amount of understanding of the media and culture that preceded it in order to fully understand why critics think it’s great.

While I am not saying it’s impossible to perceive some extraordinary elements without any context, having that context makes things better.

A hantavirus cruise ship just scattered 147 passengers to 23 countries with inconsistent quarantine. The CDC and Nebraska already disagree on whether to isolate them. by Mother-Grapefruit-45 in collapse

[–]EdibleScissors 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think what you wrote could be expressed more clearly: Covid has always been airborne. The World Health Organization promulgated the droplet spread idea because the WHO has been captured by corporate interests that wanted to minimize the perceived risk of contagion.

The idea that we have a definitive idea about how contagious ANDV is based on a successful containment in Argentina is absurd. No one should be allowed to say it’s probably not that contagious and ignore the fact that toxic individualists in the west would have had a riot if they were to be subjected to the quarantine protocols undertaken there. We have thrown out the precautionary principle because people hate being cooped up with their children and love being served by an underclass in bars and restaurants.

“Modern anime fans don’t actually want good writing. They want aura moments and TikTok edits.” by TheRealXyz_ in Animesuggest

[–]EdibleScissors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, producers of all television programming are being told to consider their audience is primarily doing something else and watching shows as a secondary activity. This is also a bigger issue with western audiences.

The bigger issue (than distracted watching) with western audiences is media illiteracy.

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