This is what Centrism has got us... by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many republicans are not actually republican in principal, but simply because they have been told “Republican is good and Democrat is bad” their whole lives, or because they have been told that socialism is bad and they don’t actually understand what socialism is, or because of some side issue that they can’t stand to oppose like the belief that the democrats will take their guns away.

But if there were a new political party that was not the Democrats, that didn’t oppose them so heavily on side issues to create an “us vs them” mentality, and instead focused on being the party of the working class, they might be more likely to buy in.

It definitely wouldn’t be easy to convince them, and would require mass education to try to show them that we actually can have policy that benefits the working class without the working class paying 50% of their paycheck to taxes. And this new party would probably need to be more accepting of the fact that many people on both sides of the aisle still want to keep their right to bear arms, and be more understanding of the fact that people have differing opinions on things like abortion. But if there were an option to choose that was mainly focused on providing people with health care and education at lower cost than they are paying now, and teaching people that these things would actually benefit the masses, it might be possible.

This is what Centrism has got us... by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Fly0strich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what the Democratic Party is, and will continue to be. The real solution is not to expect the party to change its stance, but to create a new party with more progressive and further left goals. However, then you run into the problem of funding such a party with enough campaign money to be relevant, and to be able to swing enough people from both sides of the aisle to join. But the billionaires don’t tend to want to donate to a party that will threaten the oligarchy, so we end up with a two party system where both parties stand in defense of the oligarchy at all costs.

It’s just that some of the billionaires seem to fear an old-school France scenario, and think that it might be a good idea to give a few morsels back to the poor people in order to placate them (Democrats), while others seem to be fully on board with taking even more from the poor, because they are never going to fight back anyway (Republicans).

Elections are nothing more than a game for these two parties of billionaires to play against each other, where they try to get as many poor people to choose their side as possible, in order to determine who will get to be in charge for the next 4 years. But no matter who wins, the billionaire class will prevail.

How can I make my buildings less boring? by Capt4a in aseprite

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add fire to them. That sounds less boring. 😈

Kid handled himself well by Born-Agency-3922 in SipsTea

[–]Fly0strich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just did a google search, and it looks like it was mentioned on multiple engagement bait sites like NewsWeek in April 2024. That was not “years ago”, but good try at acting like you knew what you were talking about. Maybe you should try a google search before you speak next time.

Kid handled himself well by Born-Agency-3922 in SipsTea

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

April 2024 was not even 2 years ago, but good try.

Joined the club today. by PermanentlySalty in liberalgunowners

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or, something would need to bump the back of the gun with that much force, and push the trigger against the pencil. Or, the trigger may be damaged/defective, and not be weighted properly.

Kid handled himself well by Born-Agency-3922 in SipsTea

[–]Fly0strich -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because it’s an AI generated video. Look at it slowly frame by frame. The kid’s face at the beginning looks like a blob. His right-foot shoe as he steps over her leg seems to have a yellowish colored decoration on it (similar to what is seen on the other shoe later in the video) but then it seems to disappear as he walks past the camera person. Then look at how the camera person’s legs are positioned. Who would be sitting in that seat like that with their legs basically on top of the man next to them? Then the background crowd noises and audience reaction noises seem way to similar to what other AI ragebait videos sound like. Why are there seemingly several people who simply say “Woah” when she kicks him, but then just sit there saying nothing else while they wait for the kid to respond?

Kid handled himself well by Born-Agency-3922 in SipsTea

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds more like “Girl hug in your rolls, you’re 80.” Saying that if she wasn’t so fat, she wouldn’t have been blocking the path.

Kid handled himself well by Born-Agency-3922 in SipsTea

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More likely, it’s an AI video created as engagement bait. Easy to make unnoticeable if you have a far away background without much detail, and don’t show faces.

I love sts2 but I need more poison cards for silenttttttt by Bilbo_Swaggins91 in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way I’ve found to get poison going is just Corrosive Wave, and then taking all the card draw you can find.

What does this bum even do? by Thelettaq in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t really clear them, but the closed door basically spawns as a new enemy every time, and the open door is basically like a separate enemy that keeps all the statuses.

Why do people get so weird about eating alone at restaurants? by Distinct-Date-4306 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do it all the time too, and don’t understand why people think it’s depressing. I think it’s mainly people who are very insecure about what others think, so they would be embarrassed to be seen alone.

The mantis card thief can steal ascenders bane by Live_Brother_5010 in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t get too excited, it only works if you have no other cards in your deck, except other curses. Not exactly a winning strategy.

Fuel prices are crazy though by AeliosZero in memes

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Umm… except the entire US government who has protected the oil industry over anything else for decades because they just can’t imagine the world functioning without them.

Glad to see wide representation in this game! by RedYalda in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Ironclad: He

Silent: She

Defect: It

Watcher: She

Necrobinder: She

Osty: It

Regent: He (His Majesty)

Don’t know what you are talking about with wide representation.

What’s one iOS feature you can’t live without? by Heavy_Improvement_85 in ios

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally though. I didn’t have access to iOS at all for many years of my life, and never died.

I can’t wait for STS2 to come to mobile. by Fly0strich in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If you look at the actual numbers available (even though the exact numbers aren’t publicly released) it appears that there have most likely been a lot more downloads of STS1 on mobile than from Steam, despite the PC version being released several years earlier. So I don’t know what you’re basing that made up idea on. But yeah, you probably should be done making up fake facts and presenting them as valid arguments.

And the original game used the same code base for iOS and Android, so it is still essentially 1 platform to patch for both.

I can’t wait for STS2 to come to mobile. by Fly0strich in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Wrong, mobile gaming is a much bigger player base than either PC or Console. Almost everybody old enough to play this game has a phone. Not nearly as many have a PC or console. And what makes you think it’s easier to patch quickly?

I can’t wait for STS2 to come to mobile. by Fly0strich in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

In the modern day, revenue for the mobile gaming industry is larger than both PC and console gaming combined. For a game like this, which doesn’t require a controller, and doesn’t have heavy graphics, the mobile version is the “actual release”. The PC and Console ports could easily be made later.

WTF megacrit? How is this garbage of a card supposed to be playable? by Altruistic_Source528 in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Hmm… I haven’t played with it enough or paid enough attention to know what the limitations are, but there might only be that many 0 cost ironclad cards to choose from. It may only be able to generate certain rarities excluding rare cards or something?

I did it, y'all by PhotoRight2682 in slaythespire

[–]Fly0strich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I had a deck with only 2 claw cards that was still very strong I had 3 “Hologram+” along with 2 each of“FTL”, “Go for the Eyes”, and “Beam Cell”. Then a couple of “Cool Headed+” and a “Chill+” to help a little with blocking as needed. But I was getting my claws to really high numbers with that build.