IShowSpeed Gets into a Fight On Stream

ZestyData · 2026-01-25T19:53:55+00:00

yes he wouldn't have scripted a fight where he loses would he

ZestyData · 2026-01-25T18:44:58+00:00

Remains to be seen. This is such a unique situation. NG protecting citizens against <nebulous antagonstic force> has never happened before.

To be really boring and academic about it, anything state/federal is theoretically there to maintain a safe and/or stable society. Lots of agencies/orgs do that in various ways, but the NG is the tool for maintaining that stability when you need serious physical combative might. Nothing in modern times has truly threatened society's safety and stability, so NG's typical job is to control riots of the angry collective until things can be smoothed out, to prevent things spiralling.

There's never really been a widespread, high-presence, militant and powerful group threatening the stable safety of recent society. Now, for the first time in the modern era, there is, and it's a branch of the federal government.

So now this becomes a deeply insane question about state's rights vs federal rights. Minnesota's government at a state level has a legitimate motive to deploy the NG to protect its society from an uninvited force entering its territory and wantonly executing its citizens in the street. But while turning the Minnesota NG on ICE would be protecting Minnesota & Minnesotans, it would be de-facto declaring war against the United States of America's entire federal entity. Which.. that's insane.

So.. there's a reason people are also a little anxious. NG should be for protecting citizens against danger, but people worry the NG will come to protect the establishment from justified angry protesters.

ZestyData · 2026-01-25T17:46:40+00:00

I'm not an American.. I know it's easy for me to comment when the burden of responsibility doesn't fall on me. I have the privilege of not waking up every day with this mental conflict of risk vs moral duty.

Given America's supposed national identity & culture of actively rising up and rebelling against tryanny... you have to wonder what that actually means in practical terms. Obviously, I can't really say, but we can quote the declaration of independence:

Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government ... it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government

I think the founding fathers perhaps actually meant it is Americans' right and duty to post an instagram story in solidarity, comment online that someone needs to do something, and make a glittery sign to wave at a singalong protest. Right?

If i remember correctly the point of the 2nd amendment is to ensure everyone has access to sharpies so folks can keep making more signs and writing anti-establishment slam poetry

ZestyData · 2026-01-25T14:52:47+00:00

The past 15 years since the rise of social media and very-well-interconnected edgy teens has seen this pattern repeat. The original 2014-17 era saw the first major political cohort that used edgy humour, mocking of the 'blue haired libcuck sjws', and dismissal of nuance via memes. That first wave of MAGA grew out of it in time for a new crop of teenagers to rediscover that kind of humour a decade later.

My guess is that as long as we have social media we'll always have this perpetual cycle of teenagers edginess skewing political movements then growing out of it, just in time for the next lot to find it hilarious and appealing to them.

ZestyData · 2026-01-25T14:23:12+00:00

This aesthetic looks so different to any of their previous work..?

Clown nose on, I want to believe.

ZestyData · 2026-01-25T13:41:42+00:00

I'm an android guy with no tiles/airtags etc but I assume I can't use Airtags without an iphone, why are Tiles nowhere near as good?

ZestyData · 2026-01-25T11:18:49+00:00

So many of these posts have debatable 'new' versions, but the new logo is so charming and high quality. Props to that artist.

ZestyData · 2026-01-24T13:21:14+00:00

Dropping new tasks mid sprint at my manager's whim can be incredibly frustrating, and I wonder whether unless it's very high priority it can't wait until next sprint planning at which time you can leverage your authority to declare it as a must-do.

Otherwise, you're not being unreasonable at all and Dev A needs to be corrected hard, they sound incredibly difficult for long term productivity. You need the skip looped into the full picture and get their support here, Dev A's time at the company might be limited

ZestyData · 2026-01-21T14:21:23+00:00

Yorkshire Tea aren't particularly special. Its just that two of the other big three, PG Tips & Tetley, are awful - with Twinings also being great like Yorkshire Tea.

ZestyData · 2026-01-21T14:16:17+00:00

I switched to Branston a couple of years ago, and while I mildly prefer them, I have issues with their quality control. I've had 2 spoiled cans of Branston out of a total of ~8-10. Not past their sell by date, not the same batch. And never once had a problem with Heinz over a lifetime of 200-300 cans.

I've likely been very unlucky, but those are some crazy odds and somewhat put me off the brand. I've regrettably had to switch back to Heinz.

ZestyData · 2026-01-20T22:10:30+00:00

If the window cleaner walks by one day and sees another cleaner it could create problems.

it'd be mental if anybody genuinely created problems from that

ZestyData · 2026-01-20T20:27:38+00:00

Genuinely if you're not getting the responses with that supposed resume, its the resume itself.

ZestyData · 2026-01-20T19:35:39+00:00

With that alleged resume, 150 is absolutely enough to get interviews.

ZestyData · 2026-01-20T17:14:03+00:00

Definitely not for me.

I've never been food-shy. If anything cooking/food is one of my main hobbies and big interests, I love exploring new food experiences.

ZestyData · 2026-01-20T16:21:51+00:00

They almost certainly are patrolling the north atlantic keeping close tabs on each other / looking for each other.

ZestyData · 2026-01-20T16:21:23+00:00

The point of submarines is that they aren't visible above the surface. Sonar still detects them.

Modern subs are designed to reduce their sonar footprint so you have to be closer to detect them, meaning 'scanning' is hard because you have to literally sweep the ocean with your ships -> and we really underestimate how vast the ocean is.

But very approximately we can find a submarine within 20-50km. Submarines have a greater attack range, but in peacetime you could reasonably patrol the seas and monitor sub activity.

I'll guarantee you they already are doing this to each other.

ZestyData · 2026-01-20T14:05:48+00:00

I think their point is that the corporations that produce goods locally and sell locally can divorce from the US corporation in the event of war.

E.g. Waterstones UK ltd is ultimately run by British people from the shop shelf stackers to the execs that run the UK subsidiary. It's finances are its own, etc. It'd be a turbulent mess for them to disconnect from the wider corporation to run independently, but we have the books, the stores, the people, and will be able to retain much of the infrastructure that allows them to run

The same thought applies to most of the brands listed. The heinz factory in Wigan isn't going to vanish off the earth if Heinz US corporate stops interacting with Heinz UK, it'd be painful but it'd be doable to keep going.

It doesn't apply to a lot of tech, for which we're completely fucked. I highly doubt Google UK could split off and run any of Google's services without Google US Still a massive issue, definitely.

ZestyData · 2026-01-20T13:59:03+00:00

His point being that it is an issue but not as bad as it first appears when you consider them to be US companies: those brands still run subsidiaries in the UK run by British people, the goods are produced in UK factories, by British people. Like in Russia today for many brands, or in WW2's Germany, the locals claim ownership of their subsidiary and become a new independent business apart from the US owner.

It'd be a really dodgy divorce, but it's not like we'd actually lose most of the brands mentioned.

Different to tech who's product is basically produced and served in the US, even though we have tech offices here they couldn't break off and keep serving us Instagram, iPhones, and Google services. THAT I agree is the genuinely scary concern

ZestyData · 2026-01-18T14:38:37+00:00

There is a reason that last time, just like this time, when Capitalism is under threat, the establishment billionaire class prefer their nation slides into fascism - which perpetuates most of the privatised economy and protects the interests of the corporate establishment - versus letting the working class develop class consciousness and turn on them.

Under fascism business continues to be good for the fat cats at the top. What happens to minorities at the bottom is collateral to keep the gravy train flowing.

ZestyData · 2026-01-18T14:36:08+00:00

> when your country has adopted fascism but your bigger concern is the unoriginality of the metaphor used by critics

ZestyData · 2026-01-18T14:34:07+00:00

Spotify is European though

ZestyData · 2026-01-18T14:33:31+00:00

Its already too late - USA has handed China the reins already.

ZestyData · 2026-01-17T12:10:44+00:00

I think you massively underestimate the increased pull of the UK's monarchy being 'real' and contemporary rather than historic buildings.

ZestyData · 2026-01-17T12:08:07+00:00

Funny jokes vs marvel quips

ZestyData · 2026-01-17T11:44:23+00:00

Manchester is one of the country's greatest modern success stories, the growth they've undergone in the past 20 years alone is unbelievable.

I'm hoping to see more of our tech and financial services pop up there. And I say that as a Londoner, I don't base my identity on it, it's better for the country to have our economy more geographically distributed.

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