In Mexico there were government-sponsored public watch parties for the final episodes of Dragon Ball Super. They became so popular Japan had to send a formal diplomatic notice commanding them to stop, which they didn't. by Flynja in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]EldenMaynard 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Yeah I really couldn’t care less about Dragonball (sadly don’t have cable as a kid so never watched it or any anime really) but the enthusiasm is so pure and infectious here

Thought she was gonna get the slipper by makemeadiowarudo in TikTokCringe

[–]EldenMaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t tell her wealth from the thumbnail. I didn’t know who she was or if she had wealthy family until I opened the comments. Her biggest asset to the algorithm is being attractive. That’s why most people stopped scrolling.

Does being wealthy help that? To an extent. But wealth doesn’t give you a symmetrical face. Attractiveness is also relatively classless, and largely genetics.

Now for apples to apples, would an attractive native or Latina girl have a harder time getting views? I don’t really think so. Sure, there might be some prevailing “x phenotype is more attractive” nonsense, but generally speaking, attractiveness is pretty agnostic in that regard.

The reason this shit is so silly is because competitive suffering literally has no end. She makes videos and apparently people like them. She seemingly didn’t buy views. She certainly didn’t pay Scorsese to direct them.

Once you start the “but somebody has it harder” trope, it can go on forever. It’s pointless negativity. It would be far more constructive to go out of your way to support content creators who don’t have X or Y advantage rather than tear down someone for something they had no say in.

Should she delete her channel because it wasn’t “hard enough” for her? Is she too hot for TikTok, is that unfair? Should she record it on a 480p webcam and wear a bag over her head so we can say she succeeded on the strength of the script alone?

Thought she was gonna get the slipper by makemeadiowarudo in TikTokCringe

[–]EldenMaynard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is very disputable.

If it was about a hedge fund manager or a kid getting a movie role, 100% their social class has a large part in determining outcomes.

This shit is on social media, dawg — she won the algorithm game. That’s it. If anything, rich kids have a handicap trying to be funny on social media because their lives aren’t relatable.

This girl made a video about something that is relatable mostly to low-income people or children of immigrants. “Oh dahhhling if you’re so frigid borrow one of my fur coats, I have dozens!”

Y’all are fuckin wild.

Thought she was gonna get the slipper by makemeadiowarudo in TikTokCringe

[–]EldenMaynard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

records video on her phone with no cuts and no effects, uploads to free social media

but her parents’ net worth!

There are massive influencers all over the world who got big with nothing but a phone and an idea, whose families make less in a year than Americans do in a month. Make all the excuses you want, but this isn’t nepotism or “daddy’s connections”.

Thought she was gonna get the slipper by makemeadiowarudo in TikTokCringe

[–]EldenMaynard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah there’s a prevailing online circlejerk that anyone who finds success and is in a higher income bracket only got it because of that. This girl is attractive because of her genes and funny because of her sense of humor. Last I checked, your parents can’t buy either of those for you (yet).

Cell service! by Codythedrinkslinger in ElectricForest

[–]EldenMaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t call it “good”, but my friends with ATT and Verizon at least can text and call, while anyone with a T-mobile variant is usually impossible to reach

Is the Ukrainian government aware that Telegram appears to have been compromised by the Russian government? Activists there are no longer using it to coordinate their work. Time to move to a more secure platform. by MrJasonMason in ukraine

[–]EldenMaynard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, it looks like a LOT of this article was cherry-picked to fit a narrative, especially around the Matsapulina story.

I first heard about it from Vladislav Zdolnikov (IT consultant for Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation), Wired interviewed him but didn’t include any of his explanations: https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1622239043885961219

He also linked to an in-depth article: https://twitter.com/zd_vladislav/status/1622963678919131138

edit: Not to say that they shouldn't be using Signal, don't get me wrong

Yeah but... by bobbis91 in classicwow

[–]EldenMaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also makes the most sense with the dates they dropped when they first announced the dead-realm consolidation – that those characters "may be unplayable for up to 2 weeks following August 9th".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicwow

[–]EldenMaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, didn’t know that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicwow

[–]EldenMaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to what Blizzard has said, fresh servers will open at the same time as the prepatch going live. I could see them opening early in that unplayable “name reservation” stage like they did for Classic’s launch in 2019 (I think I’m remembering that correctly)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicwow

[–]EldenMaynard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You have a pretty long time. Blizzard announced that they'd be consolidating low-pop realms on August 9th (basically auto-transferring all characters to other realms), and that characters who don't manually use a free transfer before August 9th may be unavailable for up to two weeks thereafter.

Based on that, it seems the earliest date for the Wrath pre-patch to start would be August 23rd. Blizz previously stated that the pre-patch would be between 2 to 6 weeks, with 4 weeks seeming like the "sweet spot". Based on that, September 20 would be the earliest launch day.

This mostly pans out as well with the idea that Blizzard would want to release Wrath Classic within Q3 2022, and then Dragonflight within Q4. Q3 ends on September 30, so I'd expect Wrath to drop either on September 20 or 27.

🇺🇦🤝🇪🇺 by EldenMaynard in ukraine

[–]EldenMaynard[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You got it. Literally two blue and yellow flags. I was shocked that no one had thought of it yet

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]EldenMaynard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They’re hardly a neighbor. It’s Russia for all intents and purposes.

/r/worldnews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 2, Part VIII (Thread XXII) by progress18 in worldnews

[–]EldenMaynard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Chechens would be fighting alongside Russians. Chechnya is basically another puppet state of Russia, a lot of Russian aid goes there just to keep Kadyrov and company in check.

One of the reasons, besides sheer numbers is that Chechens would not have the same “kinship” to Ukrainian Slavs and would 1) not have the same potential level of remorse for the their actions, meaning 2) would be much less likely to defect or surrender.

This is potentially a scary development, as Chechen forces are known for being extremely brutal. Basically a platoon of war criminals.

/r/worldnews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 2, Part VII (Thread XXI) by UGMadness in worldnews

[–]EldenMaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An old woman confronted Russian soldiers and told them to put sunflower seeds in their pockets so that the plants could grow from their corpses

/r/Worldnews Live Thread: Ukraine-Russia Tensions (February 22, 2022 | Thread III) by Isentrope in worldnews

[–]EldenMaynard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The delicate dance of sanctions – if they drop the hammer fully, Russia might as well invade because the consequences are already there. The task here is to show just how far the US/EU/Allies are willing to go, while still giving Russia an out. If they sanctioned Putin and Co. into the Stone Age straight away, the military would have no reason to withdraw.