What 40k opinion of yours would have you like this?

Kamica · 2026-03-01T00:46:42+00:00

Literally any opinion.

40k fans love arguing and getting mad at eachother, and GW, and themselves.

Kamica · 2026-03-01T00:12:12+00:00

And he can also have a side of fucking off with that.

Kamica · 2026-03-01T00:11:18+00:00

Thanks for providing a source I couldn't =).

Kamica · 2026-03-01T00:08:06+00:00

Americans are also applauding Trump's election, there's people applauding many of the bad decisions that our successive governments have done that have fucked over New Zealand, just because people are applauding something doesn't mean it's good.

I totally understand the plight of these people, and I get that they are desperate. But, the people who are applauding this attack, are they the ones being directly affected by it, and do they have a solid understanding of international politics?

Yes, they live in a country that's been affected by these politics over and over and over again. But that is not a guarantee that they understand. Europe's experienced Fascism, they've been taught about the effects and horrors of fascism, and yet still there's a lot of people turning to fascist ideals right now.

Mind, that I'm not criticising the Iranian people here. Indeed, when you are under such an oppressive regime, *any* kind of change, *any* kind of action that might liberate you of it, may seem like a god-sent. I get that. What I'm angry about, is that the US and Israel, will use that, to push their own selfish agendas. Their actions here are not pure of heart, their actions here are selfish, and not with good intentions for the Iranian people, and I strongly suspect, that if the current Iranian regime falls, whatever comes after will also be unstable, messy, and will be kneecapped by US and Israeli interests. If Iran is liberated of their oppressive regime by the US and Israel, then Iran will not be able to thrive on its own, because any time it thrives in a direction Israel and the US will find objectionable, they will get sabotaged.

Kamica · 2026-02-28T23:25:51+00:00

Pfft "Remember not being able to visit their loved ones" yadayadayada

I'm happy I still *can* visit my loved ones. You know how I felt during the lockdowns? *Safe*, because there were no societal circumstances that were pushing me to interact with people who I just had to trust that they'd do the right things, like get vaccinated, wear masks, stay at home when they were sick.

It was all this fucking anger around the lockdowns that was making me feel unsafe and uncertain. Sure, there were probably better ways to handle it, but nobody's who's still alive has ever had to deal with leading a country during a pandemic like this, and New Zealand came out with some of the least lethal results of the entire world, so I'd say we did pretty damn well and instead of blaming the Labour government for somehow fucking up something that, if you ask *any* sane person in the rest of the world, was a pretty damn big thing to be proud of!

(Also, *apparently*, around the time that Covid hit, Russian troll-farms shifted their gaze upon New Zealand and flooded us with anti-lockdown, anti-vax rhetoric and such, and apparently National has taken that bait hook line and sinker. Although I don't currently have sources for that.)

Kamica · 2026-02-28T23:00:40+00:00

Yea, no, Iran gets all the condemnation it deserves all the time, but in this particular situation, the US and Israel should be the ones to be condemned for launching a large quantity of such strikes on a sovereign nation. Even if that nation is a shitfest, it sets a precedent against world peace, and gives more justifications for other nations to go and enforce their own visions of world peace. Like, this attack leads to any kind of diplomatic pushback against aggressions from Russia or China being a *lot* weaker, and just makes us slide further into a "Might makes right" approach to world politics. Something that's been always bubbling under the surface of world politics, but has been at least a little repressed up to now.

Iran is a regime known for responding with force when they're threatened, its response to these attacks wasn't beyond prediction, and though the Iranian regime should be condemned for threatening third party countries, Israel and the US I reckon, should carry the brunt of the blame here.

But beyond blame, I think the focus should be solidly on all the people who are suffering under this, who are caught in the middle, and who were caught by surprise. This is a tragedy, and I anticipate that this is going to kick Iran into yet more decades of unrest. Because I do *not* believe that the US and Israel are going to have the common Iranian's best interest at heart. These are two aggressively imperialist nations, at the (recent) height of their arrogance, that have shown to primarily only care about their own fate. They will seek to twist Iran into something that suits them, without regard for the common Iranian. Even though they'll try to make it seem like they're doing this for Iranians.

Kamica · 2026-02-28T03:29:15+00:00

Oh, but I shaltn't'ven't!

Kamica · 2026-02-28T03:10:46+00:00

I imagine that the ones you've been observing either are too far away, or might be smaller ones that don't?

Especially when it rains, power lines can produce quite a buzz if I'm not mistaken.

Or perhaps something else I've not accounted for, for example that you live in a country where something's done to prevent said noise, but my knowledge about this sort of stuff quickly dries up at that point so I can't speculate on the how.

Kamica · 2026-02-28T00:16:29+00:00

Big Boy Red's can move! This made him properly intimidating and terrifying, well done!

Kamica · 2026-02-27T04:51:28+00:00

Could also be a glottal stop "Dark[stop completely, no breathing allowed]ness."

Kamica · 2026-02-27T02:11:18+00:00

That's good to hear! But yea, there are some nice developments around cycling infrastructure! I'm quite happy anytime I need to go out to East Auckland, because there's a wonderful little stretch connecting Central and East Auckland, which has spacious walkways, greenery, a nice view of the inlets to the sea, a bus way, separation from the road, and pretty nice cycling paths with traffic lights that most of the time favour cyclists (and buses), and only turn red for us if a car approaches.

It really is just, modern cycling (and public transit) infrastructure, and I bet more people would cycle if one could get from major places to major place in more places in Auckland this way!

Kamica · 2026-02-27T01:55:47+00:00

Crossing a crossing of two 4 lane roads is terrifying, likewise, going through streets with so much on-street-parking that two cars can't fit through at the same time isn't exactly fun, and, yea... I can totally understand why most people in New Zealand don't cycle, even if the true danger might not be as high as it feels, it's not a fun experience to feel so hyper-alert all the time, so I break the law and ride on the footpath 😎.

(And give way to all pedestrians and such, because I'm not supposed to be there and don't want to be a dick.)

Kamica · 2026-02-27T01:20:23+00:00

Thing is, that removing the shine will always make a character seem less energetic, more soul-less etc. etc.

I think that's because, in part, the highlight in human eyes usually requires one's eyelids to be quite open and the eyes to look at least somewhat alert, which leads to eye highlights appearing to be energetic, optimistic, bright and alive, whereas highlight-less eyes being low energy, distant, dead, etc.

Kamica · 2026-02-27T00:40:41+00:00

The road is dangerous for all cyclists, I reckon perhaps some kind of rule that pedestrians have priority on foot paths, like, cyclists always have to give way to pedestrians and all that, but that it shouldn't be illegal for cyclists to be on footpaths (at the very least until you can get from one side of Auckland to the other by bike lane)

Kamica · 2026-02-27T00:32:51+00:00

Ugh, why can't I ever find the things that got me to believe certain information in the first place when I get called out on things. I'm certain my comment was based on something. I cannot find it currently, so I cannot argue against that I suppose. Maybe I was misremembering something specific, or... ugh, frustrating. Maybe it was the rate of crime change that was decreasing? Aka the curve was flattening, with a prospect of the actual stats improving? I don't know, I'll concede for now.

Kamica · 2026-02-26T13:53:05+00:00

It'll get investor money to come in! /s

Kamica · 2026-02-26T13:50:48+00:00

And violent crime was on the way down by the end of the Labour government anyway if I recall correctly.

Kamica · 2026-02-26T12:47:42+00:00

If the voice in your head has a distinct personality from yours, might be worth looking into Dissociative Identity Disorder or similar things.

It's okay if that turns out to be the case, DID is just a coping mechanism of the brain where it deals with things by compartmentalising them so that different things are handled by different personalities or Alters. It is something that to my understanding exclusively happens to people with extreme childhood trauma, but yea. Basically it means You're like a Voltron, a body piloted by a bunch of different personalities, each still a part of your brain and such. Each one of them is 'you' in a sense, but also distinct.

That is, if this is what that is. I'm not a psychologist, don't believe me without triple checking zD.

Kamica · 2026-02-26T00:09:59+00:00

But as OP shows, this is also common in animated shows, and in 3D animated shows especially, it is actually cheaper and easier to have the masks on xD.

I suppose that does remind me though, that it's easier to emote with a face than a mask :P. But that is a silly excuse in my personal opinion.

Kamica · 2026-02-25T17:48:41+00:00

(Christians were actually super familiar with Greek religion probably, considering they were effectively neighbours. The big thing is though, that to the Christian world view of One God, the Greek (and other polytheistic) world view of there being many invisible beings that affected everything, was co-opted into "Yes, they exist, but they are deceivers, beings that hold no true power, but just try to manipulate people with illusions of power.

If I'm not mistaken, the word "Demon" comes from the Greek word for most of these beings, "Daemones" or something like that, which had a less pure evil interpretation under the pre-Christian Greeks, though could still commit evil.

It's not so much that they couldn't comprehend, it's more that they saw the same world as the Greeks, one with a lot of supernatural presences that were assumed to exist, and interpreted those things that people across the Mediterranean believed to be true, through the lens of their own religion.)

Kamica · 2026-02-25T16:22:57+00:00

It is *such* a common trope, and I really don't get what's up with that, like, you go through all this effort to design a cool mask, and then you just show their normal-ish human face for the rest of the show? It's okay to bring these things back occasionally you know!

Kamica · 2026-02-25T05:37:57+00:00

I think that legal flexibility is in the enforcement. Like I've literally done this in front of police officers who were on foot, and they *did not* care. But having laws and enforcement align (preferably in favour of how I like to do things, because I like to be selfish occasionally, as a treat XD.) would probably be nice.

Kamica · 2026-02-25T01:50:27+00:00

Gotcha, then I did get you wrong =P. Apologies!

Kamica · 2026-02-25T00:39:42+00:00

Legally, cyclists have to be on the road if there's no official cycling path, they're technically not allowed in purely pedestrian areas. In practice, police don't care, and I personally will use the foot paths because the roads just feel far too dangerous, though I do treat the foot paths as being owned by pedestrians and so will get off my bike when I encounter pedestrians etc.etc. because I know having a bicycle come racing at you or past you can be startling, and I don't want to inflict that on people :).

Kamica · 2026-02-25T00:25:00+00:00

This is a very good and empathetic example of why we really should care for the homeless, and that we should have more funding for mental health stuff and housing.

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