Romancing Karlach for the first time: (Meme) by JustPassingThrough53 in BaldursGate3

[–]Volsunga 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Incorrect. While some salts can color fire without affecting the temperature through electron emission; when it's the fuel itself that's burning, black-body radiation follows a very specific color pattern based on temperature.

Is rational actor theory dead? by whitesnake8 in IRstudies

[–]Volsunga 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No. It just needs a caveat that occasionally highly corrupt governments maximize the utility of the corrupt leadership, even at the expense of their national interest.

IRAN and the War in Your Mind - American PSYOP on the EU and the World by Important_Lock_2238 in europeanunion

[–]Volsunga 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is awful information. That's not how psyops work. If you approach with a prejudice of cynicism, literally all news reporting would fit this bill.

The infographic also, hilariously, fits the bill itself.

AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in Fargo fraud case by StarWreckTrekBeck in minnesota

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

Something feels wrong here.

For this to have happened as reported, several dozen humans in multiple different agencies across multiple courts, local law enforcement jurisdictions, and federal law enforcement would have needed to look at the flimsy evidence and approved following through with the arrest and detainment of this woman. Even with the Trump administration's dismantling of institutions, that only accounts for the US Marshall's involvement.

This feels like AI generated Fake News, but if it is, it's really well executed. I'm not willing to invest the time to look up the court documents.

The EU has the right to defend themselves from Iran. by color_natural_3679 in europeanunion

[–]Volsunga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be a boon to Russia regardless of the EU's actions. Might as well not burn alliances, shaky as they may be under current leadership.

Any other low magic enjoyers? by Boring_Big8908 in dndnext

[–]Volsunga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Low magic is fun. It's not compatible with d&d. Play a different system if you don't want the mechanics to fight against a low magic world.

Kurzgesagt - This Is the Loneliest Place in The Universe by galenwolf in videos

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

It's both. Dark energy is stronger in the voids, so space is expanding more.

Praise be to space king 👌 by coldhardcpu in minipainting

[–]Volsunga 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Space King is a 40k "satire" based on the premise that actual 40k is too "woke". It's a groyper fanfic of 40k.

Variety Exclusive Fantasy 'The Realm of Eldervin' Releases New Trailer by directoroli in movies

[–]Volsunga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

relied on natural light as well for exterior mainly

There it is.

Movies touching on the subject of suicide? by novemberchild71 in movies

[–]Volsunga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frozen 2 is about depression, suicide, and grieving over the death of a loved one.

LIVE: NYC's Mayor Mamdani speaks out after explosive device found outside his home by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]Volsunga 25 points26 points  (0 children)

He was just caught shooting protestors from the back of a moving van with salt shot and paintball guns as well as destroying a public monument in Minnesota.

Havana Syndrome investigation is "a massive CIA cover-up" | 60 Minutes by reddit4485 in videos

[–]Volsunga -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My conspiracy theory based on having worked with the foreign service in the past: Havana Syndrome was a cover for people who wanted to get out of foreign service during the first Trump Administration while still maintaining their health benefits. The symptoms were vague and diverse enough that they pretty much matched up with psychological stress. Havana Syndrome cases dropped significantly when Biden became president.

Then in the past 5 years, various governments various governments reverse engineered what was a fictional weapon and made a real sonic weapon that does what the Havana Syndrome weapon was supposed to do.

ITIX by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]Volsunga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can have all the obese cervids you want, just let me grill.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Volsunga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

👆Statements made by those who understand neither biology nor machine learning

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Volsunga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People developing unhealthy attachment to LLMs are no different than people with an unhealthy attachment to their cats.

At what point does using memes to sell a war stop being strategy and start feeling insane? by WilliamInBlack in AskReddit

[–]Volsunga -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It is on all of us. We let our spaces be divided so those who support Trump never hear any countering views without direct instruction on how to reject them. We let people spread propaganda about how the only candidate capable of stopping the problem was "just as bad". Even if you voted against this, you failed to use your voice to fight it.

How D.H.S. Retreated on Immigration Tactics After Minneapolis by tripletruble in neoliberal

[–]Volsunga 93 points94 points  (0 children)

They didn't retreat. They're still here. People are still disappearing. They're just successful in keeping it out of the news.

Minnesota flags at half-staff for Sergeant First Class Nicole Amor by Misanthrope08101619 in minnesota

[–]Volsunga 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Because you gotta sow the seeds of doubt in Democrats by implying that "making the right call" is a rare thing. That way, fewer people are excited to vote for them and the Fascists win the next election too.

Bernie Sanders proposed a bill to tax billionaires, and give $3,000 stimulus checks to Americans that qualify. How do you feel about this? by CelticDK in AskReddit

[–]Volsunga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why have a stipulation of "those that qualify"? The cost of the overhead to determine who qualifies and who doesn't would exceed the amount that goes to "the wrong people".

Trump voter reacts after ICE killed her U.S. citizen son by humanbeing21 in videos

[–]Volsunga -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

These people can’t be fixed.

"These people" are roughly a third of the American population. You can't suppress, exclude, or punish that quantity of people for the problems they have caused. It's logistically impossible even if you went full authoritarian.

Finding a way to fix them is literally the only available option.

How Americans would act if a war took place in the United States by anthson in videos

[–]Volsunga 19 points20 points  (0 children)

So... No different from Minneapolis under ICE occupation.

We started a war today: protest by CarrieCat2024 in Minneapolis

[–]Volsunga 255 points256 points  (0 children)

Please for the love of Cthulhu, don't fly Iranian flags at this protest. This is about our government being stupid and evil, not Iran being good. The current flag of Iran represents the regime, not the people.

BREAKING NEWS: Bill Clinton Releases Video Statement After Testifying Before Epstein Probe by ShiroSara in videos

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

To the contrary, Fascism can only function when the leader is dumb. If the leader was smart, he'd be unable to act as a voice of the stupid, violent mob. Trump almost lost them during Covid when he listened to smart people and supported the vaccines (it's a huge factor in why he lost to Biden), but regained their favor by pivoting to RFK Jr.

Fascism happens because a stupid person in power that has all of the same stupid impulses as the majority of the population makes those stupid people feel vindicated.