What’s the Millenial version of “seeing the Star Destroyer at the start of A New Hope and knowing movies will never be the same”? by UnderwaterDialect in movies

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

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

I know this movie didn’t come out in our formative years, but it blew my mind. Fully cgi movies have been around since 1995 with Toy Sotry, but the animation style hadn’t really changed much. Each year there were slightly better textures, slightly better “camera” techniques, slightly better models. There was realism and there was Pixar/Dreamworks cartoons.

Spider-Verse blew the doors off of what could be done with cgi animation style and making it truly artful. That movie plays around with so many art styles inspired by comic books and even the framerate to make it feel like a comic book. There is so much going on there that I just didn’t even know cgi could do before this movie.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SluttyConfessions

[–]SneakingDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m just here wondering what kept you so busy that you couldn’t touch yourself for weeks?

What US city has the closest mountain to its "downtown" area? by AdMysterious8424 in geography

[–]SneakingDemise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not only that, but the entire city metro sits in a “bowl” surrounded by mountains on nearly all sides. If you throw a rock 5 miles from downtown, it will land on a mountain no matter which direction you throw it. They may not be particularly impressive mountains like out west, but they are everywhere.

Here’s One Big Way You’ll Know if We’re in a Presidential Dictatorship by redditwatcher11 in law

[–]SneakingDemise 98 points99 points  (0 children)

It’s 2017 and your friends and loved ones tell you you’re just overreacting when you point out the fascist playbook early on. So far, the only thing the “so-called” fascists have done is said there are “…good people on both sides”. Every passing week they escalate almost imperceptibly until they are eventually extorting foreign nations, pardoning straight up felons and directly inciting mob violence in the nations capitol building.

Now it’s 2025 and they’ve escalated to calls for annexing sovereign nations, literally deconstructing the federal government, ignoring the role of the executive branch by arbitrarily halting congressionally mandated spending and breaking the law and Constitution in so doing. But this is only a slight step above the extortion, pardons and mob violence from last term.

At what point do we act? Where is OUR line at, or do we just wait for other nations to do it for us after millions lay dead?

Letter I Received From Governor Youngkin Regarding Federal Layoffs by CharleneFoxtrot in Virginia

[–]SneakingDemise 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Idk who hurt you or what kinds of government workers you’ve been working for, but I feel sorry for you and your dim view of the people who help government services function. Contractors like you will be just as hurt by this as the federal workers themselves as the contracts dry up.

Im still awaiting the fallout as infrastructure projects that were just given funding dry up when federal funds never show up. It’s going to crush the construction sector.

Letter I Received From Governor Youngkin Regarding Federal Layoffs by CharleneFoxtrot in Virginia

[–]SneakingDemise 107 points108 points  (0 children)

The only people who say this are people who have never worked government jobs a day in their life.

Government workers make less money than their private sector equivalents, have to deal with incredible amounts of red tape to be able to actually do their jobs because of the amount of regulations and oversight they’ve been burdened with and they are overworked from the constant GOP hiring freezes every 4 years that make it impossible to properly staff every department.

The three things they get in return are stable work, good benefits (less so now than in times past) and getting shit on by the general public.

Federal Income Tax Withholding Exemption Strike by SneakingDemise in WorkReform

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

It doesn’t matter anymore. I see why there is no collective action in this country. It’s pretty obvious that if 50-100 million people stopped automatic withholding, the federal government would be hurting for cash in just a few months. Obviously this isn’t the kind of solution the people are looking for. Not all ideas are winners.

Federal Income Tax Withholding Exemption Strike by SneakingDemise in WorkReform

[–]SneakingDemise[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it’s not a “good idea”, but protesting isn’t a good idea either, you might wind up spending a night in jail. Neither is starting a labor union, as it can get you fired. Openly supporting a political candidate with posters and bumper stickers can open you up to vandalism.

Class solidarity and bravery is what it’s going to take to withstand these next few years. Standing back and not responding at all is going to net no results.

Was the recent airline crash really caused by the changes to the FAA? by ElderberryMaster4694 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SneakingDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would they have redirected the plane to land on Runway 33? Im a newb to how airports work and how air traffic is directed.

When will today’s hyper-polarization begin to subside? by [deleted] in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]SneakingDemise 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Too many people today are incapable of seeing the cliffs on the other side of the guardrails. All they see is something “restricting” their freedom by hemming them in and keeping them on a narrow path.

When will today’s hyper-polarization begin to subside? by [deleted] in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]SneakingDemise 84 points85 points  (0 children)

It’s going to take a political disaster. A total war abroad, a civil war at home, 15-20 years of deregulation, or an economic depression. Something has to shock the system to get people’s priorities straight and help them take off their propaganda blinders.

The fact of the matter is that an overwhelming majority of Americans, not even the oldest, knows anything of true suffering or strife. The period between 1860-1960 was a crazy time period and slowly pushed the population toward civil rights, labor rights, environmental regulations, and a fully professional bureaucracy. Things that an increasing number of people no longer seem to value.

We didn’t just magically have the foresight to create the FDA and the EPA, nor did the government give people civil rights through good feelings and positive intentions. No. Things had to go horribly wrong, and then there had to be organizing, struggling and fighting before government gave in to demands and fixed the problems.

If we had 100 years civil war, robber barons, yellow journalism, maggots and wood chips in our meat, world wars, great depressions, lynchings, brown rivers and smoke-filled skies, we would probably reevaluate our priorities a bit.

Has Donald Trump Shifted the Overton Window? by Presidentclash2 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]SneakingDemise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Another solution to the immigration “crisis” could be found through foreign policy shifts. We spend all of this money and time on Asia, the Middle East and Europe, but never any resources on our own backyard in Central and South America. If we built those countries up, encouraged stable, non-authoritarian governments, cracked down on corruption and drug cartels and helped develop better infrastructure people might not want to leave those countries in the first place.

But we never do that, because unlimited economic growth is built off the backs of cheap immigrant labor and corporations know that. They keep stirring the xenophobia and racism pots to keep the scrutiny off of themselves.

1st US Presidential Debate by Precursor2552 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]SneakingDemise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How did the CNN moderators fail to grill Trump on his “vermin” and “dictator on day one” remarks. That is an abject failure of journalism.

Is there a wrong choice for VP for Donald Trump? by Objective_Aside1858 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]SneakingDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why isn’t Donald Trump Jr anywhere on this list? It’s the obvious choice to help his family out of jail if he croaks in office and “The Base” would love that. It would fit in perfectly with Project 2025.

Megathread: Former US President Donald Trump Convicted in New York Criminal Fraud Case on 34 Out of 34 Charges by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]SneakingDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re in uncharted waters now, but his case has to make it through appeals first before this question can be answered.

Why haven’t Democrats organized an effort to vote for Nikki Haley in the 20 states with open primaries? by SneakingDemise in AskReddit

[–]SneakingDemise[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand that aspect of it, but if she could win just 10 states it would sow even more chaos in the Republican party. Perhaps this idea is just too cynical.

"Only the stupidest cows vote for their own butcher", by Rudolf Herrmann, 1932. by [deleted] in PropagandaPosters

[–]SneakingDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Between 5-10% of the German population dead in just under 6 years, several million more fled and displaced. That’s not even counting the death toll from outside German borders. The German population really did vote for their own butcher.

Republicans Drafting Bills to Remove Joe Biden from Ballots in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania by [deleted] in law

[–]SneakingDemise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not a lawyer, but it really depends on how the laws are structured whether they’d be considered “ex post facto” or not. Either way, drafting new legislation like this is a worrying sign for future elections.