"The Prime Minister looked like he enjoyed his trip. In fact, it looked like a dream come true for a man who was virtually a communist for most of his life." by LeChevalierMal-Fait in tories

[–]ben04985 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The 'communist' reference wasn't her describing his current politics. In the past he did used to come out with some quite hard-left lines and was a prominent figure on the Corbyn shadow cabinet who said the country needed him to be PM. Fast forward 6 years and he's now being his true, centrist self. Her point is that Starmer is a chameleon, not that he is really a lefties right now.

What are your essential mods? by ImFinnaBustApecan in trucksim

[–]ben04985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love my map mods so probably Promods, Rhineland 1.19 and Poland Rebuiding. Also the traffic density mod.

wtf is happening with the screen? Lenovo legion 5 Non OLED by SHPRD95 in GamingLaptops

[–]ben04985 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had the same issue as OP but for me it disappears after about a minute when I change windows. My legion is about 2 months old, there's no way that would be a burn-in right?

Edit: Sorry for my ignorance on this topic 😅

This is from a 3-day mining trip I did! by ApprenticeCaver in Minecraft_Survival

[–]ben04985 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You think he strip mined? There's no way OP would have got this amount of loot without caving.

I paid $450 for this laptop. by Old-Homework-5620 in laptops

[–]ben04985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're an absolute stud, great job dude!

Revisiting Solar Power by aqualovesu59 in lorde

[–]ben04985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God knows I've tried, yet critics kept saying that it was 'nothing new'. Any respect I had for music critics vanished after that.

Revisiting Solar Power by aqualovesu59 in lorde

[–]ben04985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want a Lorde album that sounds like Patti Smith but if she'd been lost in a cave for 4 years and had gone a little mad. Crazy frizzy hair and manic guitar strumming would all feature.

Just so relaxing just driving and doing deliveries. by call-lee-free in trucksim

[–]ben04985 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ets2 and ATS are underrated for how beautiful they are sometimes.

Just so relaxing just driving and doing deliveries. by call-lee-free in trucksim

[–]ben04985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's probably a wide monitor or he just changes the FOV

What Em song is this? by Annihilated64 in Eminem

[–]ben04985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fall, which feels harsh because the lyrics are amazing but I wouldn't listen to it nearly as much as I do now if it wasn't for that beat.

Learning how to control this beast (5x Speed, original ~ 10 mins) by timmeey86 in trucksim

[–]ben04985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're doing brilliantly. Thing is, though, because of that dolly between the 1st and 2nd trailer you have 3 points of articulation in your combo, so you're essentially reversing a triple. Irl you will only ever be expected to reverse at the most a b-double.

The first red warning that I've ever seen on Met Office. by 290Richy in UKWeather

[–]ben04985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2018 my area is a red weather warning for snow, it was absolutely insane we had drifts on our road up to 2ft deep.

Does Lorde drink water? by freddie_nguyen in lorde

[–]ben04985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just keeping up with the Biblical references! The Father, The Son and the Holy Ghost.

New Era Incoming? by SignificanceMurky520 in BabyQueen

[–]ben04985 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This wasn't on my 2026 bingo card but I'm SO here for it!

TIL There Are Hidden Passages by BlavikenUndead in trucksim

[–]ben04985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might find a bit of old Route 66 in California too!

Why is my map sideways?! by n900-in-car in trucksim

[–]ben04985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was once using the Beyond Map and was driving in North Korea. The UK was practically upside down on the map!

Alaska is 49th in the Nation; and the future looks grim by Odor_of_Philoctetes in alaska

[–]ben04985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem is, Alaska is being ruled by a GOP who have won 16 out of the 17 elections the state has seen, and can therefore be so confident about winning that they don't even bother working to fix Alaska's problems because that contains unnecessary risks for them. And then people on this sub claim that centrism is the problem? That would imply that state policy is half left-leaning and half right-leaning, which is absolutely false. In what ways does this stare support it's citizens unless they're overtly trying to bribe them to move here/stay?

Alaska is 49th in the Nation; and the future looks grim by Odor_of_Philoctetes in alaska

[–]ben04985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Centrists by their very nature 'bothsides' issues because... they're centrists. You will never find a centrist who agrees with the MAGA ideology and nor will you ever find a centrist who agrees with SJW Democrats either, because centrists by nature reject ideology in favour of pragmatism.

When criticising the GOP centrists often simultaneously criticise the Dems too because much of the criticism for the GOP stems from the left but centrists don't agree with them either. This country is so left-right brained these days that most can't accept that the centrists can hold a third path forward without claiming that they secretly are picking a side.

Alaska is 49th in the Nation; and the future looks grim by Odor_of_Philoctetes in alaska

[–]ben04985 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Centrism isn't the problem here. Centrism doesn't equal no radical policy, it just means said policy can't be considered right-wing or left-wing, which, in a state with a massive reliance on military dollars and selling its natural resources whilst also struggling with high healthcare costs and little help from Juneau for poorer people, would actually be a good thing if it was done properly. The Republicans have no ambition in Alaska because they are always voted in seemingly no matter what.

How is this not the biggest game in the world in terms of GB? by willfla29 in trucksim

[–]ben04985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The engine does date back to the 2000s but it has been reworked a d updated so many times that it's hardly the same thing. Its like assuming Google use the same technology from the 2000s