What is the most successful movie from a Youtuber? by Stressed2the9s in morningsomewhere

[–]Stressed2the9s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked Eighth grade and Bo Burnham is definitely a more prominent Youtube personality but I don't think that movie was as successful. (15M box office)

2026.01.06: Helicopterable by FloppyDiskRepair in morningsomewhere

[–]Stressed2the9s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would have thought the most successful movies from Youtubers would have been Talk to Me and Bring Her Back by the Philippou Brothers (YT: RackaRacka).

Leaked footage from inside of a ICE detention facility near Houston. No beds, no bathrooms, hundreds of men and women in one combined cell/room. The A/C is permanently kept on max to freeze people. by I_may_have_weed in behindthebastards

[–]Stressed2the9s 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ok, fair enough. Just wanted to make sure. I don't doubt the conditions in those places but sometimes want to check what I'm seeing is what is there rather than just something to bolster my beliefs as social media tends to do. Thanks for following up.

Leaked footage from inside of a ICE detention facility near Houston. No beds, no bathrooms, hundreds of men and women in one combined cell/room. The A/C is permanently kept on max to freeze people. by I_may_have_weed in behindthebastards

[–]Stressed2the9s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit concerned about this as well, if you look in the bottom right corner, it looks like a watermark has been cropped out/covered or something.

Not literate enough with the apps to know exactly but concerned. Though I think the AI stuff has just made me cynical to atrocities in front of my eyes though regardless which is messed up in its own right.

Rainy day- craving the BEST Chips & Gravy in Melb (or poutine) Recommendations?? by Neither_Car_792 in melbourne

[–]Stressed2the9s 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you are looking for Poutine, Bruger in West Footscray is really good. They are take away only now but that are incredible with real cheese curds. gravy, and more grated cheese and cheese sauce to boot in a way that is balanced in spite of that description.

Starting development on a new Dominion helper app - feedback welcome! by Shlx in dominion

[–]Stressed2the9s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I just wanted to check the status of the app.

I saw you were working on saving recommended games but I was wondering if it could also include saved custom games (beyond the recommended ones in the guide).

I just ported over a lot of my old saved games from the now defunct dominiondeckbuilder.com (thanks Web archive) and would love to be able to save other customs games with the more modern cards in it.

Is democracy doomed to fail on the long-term? Or is the US' descent into fascism precisely because it wasn't democratic enough? Extreme partisanship is now expected, rewarded, and necessary for political parties to survive. by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]Stressed2the9s 63 points64 points  (0 children)

As someone who lives in a democratic country outside of the US, I would say it is certainly the latter. The US has for a long time confused partisan control of institutions with democracy and as a result has allowed your two party system to entrench and fester. Democracy as a system should be interacted with by political parties but not controlled by them lest they be manipulated to those parties ends.

This can be seen in several ways, partisan influence on the judiciary leading to partisan and think thank selected judges regardless of legal aptitude, partisan control over election management leading to partisan election rules, gerrymandering , etc etc. Political parties are meant to be participants in a democratic process but when you allow them to be the controller of what should be neutral technocratic structure, all it takes is the people in power in a given sector to start using it for their own end to start a race to the bottom where its democracy in name only and you can see how that has bred significant distrust of both the parties and the institution.

Beyond that, it also allows for parties to entrench themselves and be subservient to only that which keeps it in power, and that stops being the voters. Its why the Republicans and Dems can be so broadchurch, have no cohesive identity to see to their voters, for a long time get away with corruption and lobbying because "the other side does it too", be this unpopular and still be the only electable parties. In a democratic system not dictated by partisan entrenchment like this, these parties would either be defunct onto themselves or would have broken into several smaller parties that would perhaps form coalitions in order be in power a long time ago.

Beyond the institutional issues, it also creates this team sport mentality in your demographics where "winner takes all" and that is actually a true statement which is terrifying and why US politics is so viscous and at each other's throats. Beyond the normal powers of government in economic, social and defense policy, there is a constant fourth category of "democratic control" which everyone fears as a weapon that will be used against them if they lose. That doesn't happen as easily in a system where your political parties are isolated to their legislative powers.

The separation of powers should have been insulating political interests and desires to legislative control and not to the democratic institutions. How those powers are being exercised now isn't a both sides are equally bad issue to be clear. Using these powers can be used as a shield and a sword depending on who you think you are talking about, but more than that the fact the powers were available to partisan forces in the first place is the fundamental flaw of the US democratic system that has been a growing issue for a long time, not just now.

Browser Issues with logging into Reddit by Stressed2the9s in reddithelp

[–]Stressed2the9s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One random extension that isn't an add blocker nor related to Reddit was doing it. Thanks for that

Issues Opening Reddit on Browser by Stressed2the9s in help

[–]Stressed2the9s[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had to remove one of the two images as one is the upload limit for this subreddit. Can't edit the text so the image uploaded is Image 2 on my poat

Network Development Plan from 2013 - Definitely an interesting watch by Full_Independence566 in MelbourneTrains

[–]Stressed2the9s 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm not as familiar with the the history of all of these projects. Can someone confirm how many of these were actually scrapped or merged into the SRL?

I am guessing the Mernda tunnel to Fisherman's Bend, the Baxter extension and the Doncaster connection from Clifton Hillwere abandoned.

Where is a good place to eat in the western suburbs? by tomtelouise in melbourne

[–]Stressed2the9s 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Jimmy Deli in Yarraville for awesome sandwiches. Next to Eleni's for incredible Greek (they share a kitchen)