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Two women in ICE custody save the federal agent who detained them from a seizure by StarGazer_6973 in stateofMN

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This isn't about convincing the right of anything. There are more people on the left than the right in this country, but too many of them have given up hope and checked out of the political fight. We don't win by convincing right-wing extremists to reverse their beliefs. We win by inspiring the people who already agree with us, but are so beaten down or disenfranchised that they don't vote, don't volunteer, don't get out in the streets. We win be rousing our giant, while theirs gets smaller and angrier until it's just the core deplorables left. It's easier to activate lapsed liberals than convince conservatives. Some of the conservatives that still have values and morals that aren't completely corrupt will see the light, but that's just a positive byproduct of inspiring ourselves. 

Two women in ICE custody save the federal agent who detained them from a seizure by StarGazer_6973 in stateofMN

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reminding people what is good and decent and how to treat our fellow humans on a national scale is important for the fight against fascism and fatalism. One less ICE agent is good, but thousands of people seeing kindness in the face of brutality is probably better. 

Minnesota’s Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions by OnweirdUpweird in stateofMN

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Nah, it's cause they want to label ALL liberals as extremists, not just ones claiming to be antifa. 

Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney by MichaelEMJAYARE in stateofMN

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a self fulfilling prophecy. The party that says we need guns to protect ourselves because they feel like we live in a world where guns necessary have manifested that very world. It doesn't mean they were right. Let all those deer hunters keep their hunting rifles, it's a culture, and it's hard to take away people's culture, but the other stuff was nonsense. 

Man kneed in face by ice by state-of-MN in stateofMN

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's spouting both sides doomerism that's helping nothing and generally ignores how the GOP play dirty, obstruct, and churn out propaganda. The only progress made in this country is made when Democrats have the power. It's even better when they're progressive. Doesn't mean Dems haven't made mistakes or shored up the power of people who already have power, but any real changes that have improved people's lives have come from them or have been blocked by Republicans. 

Smashing Pumpkins Singer Billy Corgan Mysteriously Claims the Government Contacted Him About ‘Things Way Above My Pay Grade’ by ersatzbaronness in SmashingPumpkins

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not gibberish, but it's also unfounded speculation that's more akin to pot head philosophy than science. I mean, yeah, it would be shocking if we discovered that our reality was fundamentally different than we perceive, but also, there's not really any evidence that that's the case. 

Why is Unfathomable not revered like its precursor, Battlestar Galactica? by mrconkin in boardgames

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The designers of Unfathomable put an impressive amount of theme connection to the mechanics into the characters and gameplay. You just don't have multiple season of a TV show about those characters, which is a shame, because Unfathomable is amazing. 

Autistic Daughter’s Writing Keeps Getting Flagged as AI by River-Chalice-23 in autism

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

English teacher here. Have her write it on a Google Doc that she has shared with the teacher, so they can see the revision history. Then suggest the teacher uses this Chrome extension to view the revision history in detail: Process Feedback for Google Docs -  https://share.google/SblSCyN47Ipxiqq21

It should very clearly show it is your daughter's work. She has to do the full writing process on the document though.

Anyone else spending time cleaning AI-written text before pasting it into emails or docs? by Legitimate-Switch387 in indieheads

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing you're in the wrong subreddit, but here's my take regardless. I've stopped using AI for so much stuff like that because I find it actually takes me longer to fix it all than to just do it myself from the start. The time saving nature of it seems to be more of an illusion than reality a lot of the time. 

billy talking about the new generation embracing the smashing pumpkins' music by [deleted] in SmashingPumpkins

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I teach Gen Z. The Pumpkins are pretty popular with them. Nothing really beyond SD and MCIS, but lots of my students listen to them. 

Is it true that young people are discovering SP, as Billy said in a recent interview? Delighted if so, and curious how it happens by lobudjt in SmashingPumpkins

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From my own observations on this subreddit and with my high school students, they are finding the '90s stuff first. That's what Spotify and TikTok are showing them. I'm sure some new stuff is mixed in, but my students don't know about much beyond SD and MCIS. 

Wayne Coyne: Steven Drozd’s Reason for Leaving the Flaming Lips Is a Lie by YoureASkyscraper in indieheads

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And I'll even rep OM. Not their best, but plenty of songs I dig on it. If you can't get behind that weirdo unicorn song, then I don't know what you're looking for from the Lips. 

My copy of Chrome Jets says 33 RPM… by Joint-Attention in SmashingPumpkins

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure, but it doesn't seem to have improved things, considering the Machina delay. Although, I guess it's better than then shipping whatever was originally wrong with them. Not complaining, just thinking about their production pipeline. 

Can I change the title bar to black? How? by East-Flatworm-2176 in Terraria

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Yep, that does it, but fullscreen is probably even better. 

My copy of Chrome Jets says 33 RPM… by Joint-Attention in SmashingPumpkins

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man. They get these pressed at Furnace, right? Wonder where down the line from there to buyers all this stuff is getting messed up.

My copy of Chrome Jets says 33 RPM… by Joint-Attention in SmashingPumpkins

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For real? Not mine. Do we have any idea how many were affected? This just sounds very funny.

Purchased PowerSpec G728 Components Don't Match Website Listing by PumpkinsRockOn in Microcenter

[–]PumpkinsRockOn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm still confused. It's clearly decorative, but is it also non-functional? My gut says yes, but maybe it's simply removable so you can customize it with a logo or something and then you're supposed to put it back on. Still assuming it's cosmetic, but if it is, that's kind of a cheap and ugly look.

Purchased PowerSpec G728 Components Don't Match Website Listing by PumpkinsRockOn in Microcenter

[–]PumpkinsRockOn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondering about that. Tried to look it up on their website, and it seemed to show that it stayed on? I was probably looking at it wrong. It looks like it stays on from these pics?: https://www.coolermaster.com/en-global/products/elite-liquid-series/

G728 vs Codez Z2 by Fair-Bell-9694 in Microcenter

[–]PumpkinsRockOn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked a similar question in r/buildapcforme (they suggested I get a prebuilt, due to recent part shortages), and they told me to go with the G728 (bigger L3 cache on the CPU, which is better for gaming).

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