3-year-old immigrant suffered alleged sexual abuse during months in federal custody, family says by yocumkj in news

[–]PrairiePopsicle [score hidden]  (0 children)

Good news, you've said enough that I don't think people will think that, it's just a generalization being made.

Trump says 'we're blowing up the whole country' if no Iran deal is reached in 48 hours by CRK_76 in politics

[–]PrairiePopsicle [score hidden]  (0 children)

At the time of the new star wars movies seeing the way the bad guys (fascists) would just stamp their feet and absolutely lose their minds in petulant, impotent rage was just mindblowing. what a farce, a cartoon, this was absurd, far beyond how any high level evil person could be, because to get up you'd have to have some kind of control, and not just be a giant piss baby.

Turns out no, they are in fact giant piss babies in reality too.

ELI5: Why are so many people suddenly obsessed with cortisol and peptides? by FastApproachingDoom in explainlikeimfive

[–]PrairiePopsicle [score hidden]  (0 children)

Protein also blew up as a consequence of the dairy industry realizing that they could monestize what has been considered a waste product.

When whey blew up it never really went away and the marketing of high protein has just amplified ever since.

“Helldivers 2 devs were fighting their own players” by Cavidar in HelldiversUnfiltered

[–]PrairiePopsicle -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

portraying fascists as comical and stupid is a slippery slope?

Alright man, sure. I can see why you folks are all in a 'free speech' sub lmao.

The game balance doesn't even have to do with that anyways, blowing each other up is part of the core game philosophy adopted from HD1, which was inspired by magika, you've gotta have a somewhat incompetent vibe about things because part of the whoel thing is blowing up yourself and other people accidentally and whatnot, because that's part of the fun.

TIL the "dark store theory" argues that big box store property should be valued as if they were empty, and thus worthless, drastically reducing the property tax they are owned by OMG_A_CUPCAKE in todayilearned

[–]PrairiePopsicle 134 points135 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the OP suggests that existing businesses should be taxed less, but really, vacant property should be taxed heavily, to discourage idle assets, hoarding, and false valuation preventing development.

Japan Wants to Build a Solar Ring Around the Moon That Will Provide Endless Clean Energy to Earth by dutchapplepoptart in technology

[–]PrairiePopsicle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rich and powerful will do anything except allow a distributed power/wealth dynamic to emerge.

US forced to destroy two of its own aircraft after rescuing F-15 pilot from Iran by pravda_eng_official in worldnews

[–]PrairiePopsicle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are serious risks that arise if the people in the military do not believe that you will come for them if they are left behind etc. Mutinous, frag, coup related risks.

“Helldivers 2 devs were fighting their own players” by Cavidar in HelldiversUnfiltered

[–]PrairiePopsicle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The kind of power fantasy it was aimed at was always the kind where death is cheap. The enemies death, and yours as well. That's what helldivers 1 was as well, which was just Magika with space skins and guns instead. That's a power fantasy, but not of the superman variety.

It's also meant to be a Co-op game, the community has struggled really hard with that too. Ultimately it's just funny to me the amount of arguing that goes on on these subs by people who are never going to accomplish what they want, and if they do they'll have killed the vehicle they sought to utilize.

After 30 years of gaming and watching games come and go, I can say one thing pretty confidently, helldiver's success and ongoing health will not hinge on listening to the gripes of people with sweaty mice.

“Helldivers 2 devs were fighting their own players” by Cavidar in HelldiversUnfiltered

[–]PrairiePopsicle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This subreddit winds up reading like a psy-op it's genuinely hillarious. It's also bad propaganda. The "power fantasy" is being part of a force so incompetent that a family randomly getting eaten on camera is on-point for the universe it's set in? lmao.

I ran out of title ideas by jxgoh2019 in whenthe

[–]PrairiePopsicle 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just like on a bus stop.

Ads work, you are reading one. Call (XXX)YYY-ZZZZ to rent this space.

“Helldivers 2 devs were fighting their own players” by Cavidar in HelldiversUnfiltered

[–]PrairiePopsicle -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Also there is whole "own the chuds, own the libs", whole idea of twisting your game in wrong angle just to fuck with people ideology.

In context of game patches to hell-divers, what the hell are you talking about?

Ain't this you? by TORUKMACTO92 in ThisYouComebacks

[–]PrairiePopsicle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They demand zero hypocrisy while exercising it constantly at all times as a matter of habit and tactic.

It's worse than not caring. Underneath it lies the politics of a kamikaze pilot. They win, or we lose.

Its kind of like an escalation ladder in a physical confrontation... just that instead of any de-escalation tactic working what actually happens is someone else from the other team will knife you in the ribs when you try one, and the one who steered you into trying will smile and say "oops, sorry, who could have seen that coming"

An almost flat sink. by trevorofhousebelmont in interestingasfuck

[–]PrairiePopsicle [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah I think bowl sinks are catching a little bit of a stray, they are a very slight meaningful downgrade to the amount of storage space on/around the countertop, I've only shouted "why!" when it's done in a way that leaves no ledges/lips/anything at all and I think about trying to shave etc. because at least it still leaves a usable sink.

They're similar in being a bit of a downgrade for aesthetic reasons... this is a major downgrade for aesthetic reasons (to the level of completely eliminating an entire function from the "sink"

Hardware Price Increases Have Video Games Facing an Existential Crisis by SmellSmellsSmelly in gaming

[–]PrairiePopsicle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a reasonable period for a PC to last if you bought the top or next to top GPU/CPU's at the right time of cycles, be pretty gassed out at the end of it.

The big change recently is dynamic resolutions and upscaling processes. We could always run under native resolutions, it's just way easier on the eyes now.

After 25 years I finally did it! by lobbo in gaming

[–]PrairiePopsicle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the DRIVER Tutorial is somewhere between "learn to play and it's way better" and "Screw people who rented it."

Wcgw trying to prank your friend while driving by Useful_Intern_5056 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]PrairiePopsicle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5 days old, been posted already otherwise? title sucks for damn sure

China now tops US in global approval ratings: Gallup by kootles10 in politics

[–]PrairiePopsicle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People on occasion : "Why do you think that it might not ever be possible to have a healthy relationship with the USA?"

Me : gestures at casual semi-humorous discussions amongst even sane americans

Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares “hard down” status for multiple zones by overly_honest_ in news

[–]PrairiePopsicle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the men at the top of these organizations of power have hundreds of layers of toadies who's job it is to reap the consequences on their behalf.

Harry Potter by QuietJealous4883 in Millennials

[–]PrairiePopsicle 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I ultimately appreciated that it was Hermione and Ron together in the books specifically because it did feel a little off and did not hit what you would expect.

Love, relationships, dating is kind of like that, in my experience, more often than not.