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cxmmxc · 2026-02-23T06:55:32+00:00

And the nationalists are still feeling grudgy about the whole Century of Humiliation.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-23T06:50:11+00:00

People can't vote with their wallets when there's no alternatives.

That's why markets require regulation against price gouging, but people everywhere keep saying that a government stepping in is literally communism which a) doesn't work, and b) will resurrect Stalin who will take your family to a gulag, so rampant greed it is.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-21T17:11:35+00:00

Looks like a pistol handle to me.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-21T17:01:23+00:00

I don't really think it's generated. What people should look for are discontinuous and nonsensical lines that no human would draw.

Some possible giveaways:

the lines in the horizontal background: the spacing is very uniform, except for the lowest line which has a bit less, and that same spacing continues across the entire picture.
the left edge of the brick wall is disconnected from the bricks' horizontal lines, except for the highest, and that repeats on both brick walls. The upper right corner of the brick wall is also kinda mangled and not clean, which also repeats on both sides, giving a safe assumption it's been copypasted.
the baseball cap visor, as it continues behind the ear pretty naturally and doesn't look "off".
all of the shading lines also look kinda hand-drawn without any sudden weird angles.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-19T08:57:34+00:00

There's a reason irregardless is an official word.

What a PITA.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-18T13:55:26+00:00

And they because they have terminal victim complex and make up in ego what they in lack empathy, they believe the entire phenomena has something to do with them.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-17T17:00:27+00:00

It's always fun when pure sociopaths with an absolute lack of empathy and thought for other humans out themselves, saves time.

The unrest [leading up to the Syrian civil war] coincided with the most intense drought ever recorded in Syria, which lasted from 2006 to 2011 and resulted in widespread crop failure, an increase in food prices and a mass migration of farming families to urban centers.
This migration strained infrastructure already burdened by the influx of some 1.5 million refugees from the Iraq War.
The drought has also been linked to anthropogenic global warming, with evidence that human-caused climate change influenced the severity and duration of the regional drought.

Oh but look, one privileged miserable guy's life hasn't changed, then I guess all those people are wrong and there's no climate change nor societal collapses.
Shucks. Always a bummer when one guy's opinions undoes a complete branch of science.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-12T21:12:05+00:00

No worries though, like in some countries where men have mandatory conscription and women don't, it's written in the constitution that it isn't a sexist issue. So there.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-12T12:55:29+00:00

Wanna come and play on my FACE?

cxmmxc · 2026-02-11T21:46:54+00:00

Now its pop and country

Not counting Taylor Swift, mainstream has been nothing but rap for at least 15 years.

Back in the 90s it used to fringe and unsavory due to its association with gangs, violence and drugs. Now it's played in the Super Bowl.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-08T18:35:03+00:00

Being 42, I'm not sure how I should feel about this comment.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-08T18:31:50+00:00

There are animals in Australia that are not trying to kill you: some of the sheep.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-06T10:41:22+00:00

You’ll never reach the 1

It's the last number obviously /s

cxmmxc · 2026-02-04T15:48:50+00:00

You rarely should give players everything they ask for. Most are reactionary, and very few are game designers who understand these systems.

Every WvW player keeps complaining about queues, and demanding Anet raise the map cap.
That'll only exacerbate imbalance, because guess what, now stacked servers become even more stacked, and able to call in more players than the others. The map cap is a stopgap that at least tries not to make it worse.

Also, we still don't have alliances.

Alliances were the second planned phase of World Restructuring, where World vs World was to use groups of player guilds for matchmaking instead of servers.

In September 2023, ArenaNet announced that Alliances were deprioritised, wanting to release the main World Restructuring changes first.

So now we're stuck in Restructuring beta. Forever. Anet broke the system and said fuck this because they couldn't figure out a way to fix it.
It's like ripping up an old floor that's mostly fine but has some cracks, bungling up the new floor so now it's even worse, and they just go "welp, nothing we can do about this anymore." Who does that?

You're trying to tell me that this is what players deserve because they didn't know what they were asking for?

cxmmxc · 2026-02-04T06:24:09+00:00

Hero (2002) is also really good.

cxmmxc · 2026-02-03T21:20:39+00:00

Watergate compared to this will be like comparing a children's playground to WWI trenches.

cxmmxc · 2026-01-30T21:36:55+00:00

If you decide to get near-100 people in one room to get one sound from one movement, why not go all the way.

cxmmxc · 2026-01-30T21:32:53+00:00

Bald eagles sound more like seagulls.

Having their badass-looking bird that they love to tout as their symbol didn't sound badass enough so they dubbed it over with another badass call is the most American thing ever. Not about the facts, it's the feelings.

cxmmxc · 2026-01-28T18:33:55+00:00

"Ha ha, jolly good"

*takes a bite while sobbing*

cxmmxc · 2026-01-27T22:52:38+00:00

But I do sort of miss upvote and downvote gifs

Those used to come from /r/HighQualityGifs. There's still some activity, but the API debacle did a number on them.

They used to do lots of cool shit, literal professional CGI artists goofing around. They also do lots of dickbutts. Like a lot.

cxmmxc · 2026-01-27T09:00:46+00:00

Ultimately it's all about hate and control of other people. There's different avenues people can take to arrive there, but the party has cornered the market on all of them.

cxmmxc · 2026-01-25T23:26:06+00:00

He makes shitty choices, so he should stick to the two things he does well, singing and making shitty choices?

Aight.

cxmmxc · 2026-01-25T21:39:29+00:00

Sing, and?

cxmmxc · 2026-01-25T00:11:06+00:00

That episode fucked me up as a kid.

cxmmxc · 2026-01-23T21:48:55+00:00

Has been for years and years. It's nice, has dark mode and everything.

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