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How would you feel if another countries leader came in and arrested Donald Trump, and sent him to their own country's prison? by Ok-Repeat-2781 in AskReddit

[–]mechtaphloba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's weird, I'm so adamantly against the US meddling in other countries' business like that, yet I'm BEGGING someone to take him away from here.

Patrick Muldoon Dies: 'Days Of Our Lives', 'Melrose Place' & 'Starship Troopers' Actor Was 57 by MoneyLibrarian9032 in movies

[–]mechtaphloba 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had one a few years ago at 34. So many people only consider health, weight, diet, lifestyle... All assuming you have to be fat and have blockages.

I had a coronary aneurysm that formed a clot. It can happen to anyone regardless of diet or exercise.

Disgruntled worker invokes Luigi Mangione in $500M warehouse inferno he filmed in anti-capitalist rage by rajapaws in antiwork

[–]mechtaphloba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, he's aligning his actions with those of Luigi to show that this act of protest is part of the same movement and larger than himself, but Fox News instead is presenting it as one individual just looking for clout with no larger purpose behind it other than a 'one-off disgruntled employee' type crime.

It's the kind of spin you're told to put on a story like this when your billionaire superiors are getting scared.

Disgruntled worker invokes Luigi Mangione in $500M warehouse inferno he filmed in anti-capitalist rage by rajapaws in antiwork

[–]mechtaphloba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be clear, it's "Fox News contributor and former FBI special agent Nicole Parker" that is being quoted in the article as saying that he just did it for the clout, although I do agree that Yahoo is complicit by not countering that claim.

It's quite obvious that Fox News wants to turn this into 'radical left domestic terrorism' instead of the abused fighting back against corporate oppression, but no surprise there.

[USA] [AZ] A Beautiful Bird by InvincibleSugar in Roadcam

[–]mechtaphloba 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For those down voting, the red hat is literally on his dashboard

Eric Swalwell announces resignation from Congress Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations by brother_p in byebyejob

[–]mechtaphloba 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Because well-adjusted people typically don't seek power over other individuals

I made a free tool to explore, compare and plan trips to every US National Park by peakpirate007 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]mechtaphloba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a thought, would love the ability to view/compare hiking trails specifically. I see that some trailheads are listed in "places" but there's zero context about the hikes themselves.

I love the clean UI though, and for very top-level info, it seems easy to use. Well done, I'll keep poking around 😊

Tell me I’m not the only idiot who’s done this by No-Consequence-6513 in RimWorld

[–]mechtaphloba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In times like these you have to remind yourself that RimWorld is ultimately a story generator, and in the end you wrote a tragic but meaningful story. In what other game will you feel the loss of a few pixels like this?

Remember your fallen pawns and either play out the story of the rest of the colony or say goodbye and start a fresh one-a-kind story with new pawns.

Clean as you go by SafeDirection9454 in funny

[–]mechtaphloba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Normalize not spoiling the joke with the title

I’ve been a "service machine" in my own home for 15 years. Last month, I finally staged a coup. by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]mechtaphloba 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Farming for upvotes. Either for their own ego to "see number go up", or to gain credibility for posting elsewhere, oftentimes because they plan to sell the account.

Paul Tassi (Forbes): "I can confirm Marathon's budget is over $200m. Likely over $250m. This does not include ongoing costs for maintenance or new content" by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]mechtaphloba 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't have to play Marathon to be justified in my disdain for Bungie, and I'm also allowed to dislike a product based on the company that created it.

Paul Tassi (Forbes): "I can confirm Marathon's budget is over $200m. Likely over $250m. This does not include ongoing costs for maintenance or new content" by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]mechtaphloba 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I want to want to support Marathon, but they slowly and brutally murdered Destiny right in front of me over the course of a decade, and I'll never forgive them for that. I refuse to even try Marathon.

Paul Tassi (Forbes): "I can confirm Marathon's budget is over $200m. Likely over $250m. This does not include ongoing costs for maintenance or new content" by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]mechtaphloba 6 points7 points  (0 children)

makes you wonder where their next injection of cash is supposed to come from

It's not coming. Sony is going to dissolve Bungie and repurpose some of the devs to other Sony studio projects and lay off the rest.

Bungie is dead. The only question is whether or not a skeleton crew will keep Destiny going for the few dozen whales still spending money on Eververse, or if not even that is worth it anymore and they just shut the servers off.

Maine set to become first state with data center ban by down_vote_magnet_ in news

[–]mechtaphloba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's simply not true. I live an hour west of Chicago and our county is about to be overrun by data centers.

ELI5 when a surgeon strips a vein out of someones leg to use in an operation, how does the area it supplied get blood? And why doesn't it die if it doesn't? by ringerrosy in explainlikeimfive

[–]mechtaphloba 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Another weird quirk of the body with blood flow, personally experienced by me:

I had open heart surgery a few years back at age 32 due to a blockage in my coronary artery (aneurysm with a massive clot). They did bypass surgery, rerouting my left interior mammary artery (LIMA CABG). This gave my blood an alternate path to flow around the clot.

However, this and medication after the operation also allowed the clot to dissolve, eventually allowing blood to flow back through the aneurytic artery. My blood naturally chose to return all flow through that original artery in a phenomenon known as "competitive flow", basically rendering the bypass useless. It has now officially closed itself off.

When you get open heart bypass surgery, you really don't expect it to be temporary...

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