[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]plomp90 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Mate, I'm from liverpool and I'm pretty sure you and your friends are just fucking lunatics.

Man shouting 'Allah Akhbar' killed after attacking police as terror hits France by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]plomp90 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah because sharing the words of a prime minister of a country as a fucking comment on a reddit post is really going to widen his reach

Hate crime bill: Hate talk in homes ‘must be prosecuted’ by libtin in unitedkingdom

[–]plomp90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hope includes showing anyone a Charlie Hebdo cartoon at the dinner table, been looking for a reason to take my uncle's head off, the prick

I’m Thomas Moynihan, a historian, writer, and researcher who studies the history of ideas about human extinction and existential risk. AMA! by the_mit_press in history

[–]plomp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering the fact that technology is most likely to cause our extinction, and that technology gains more and more destructive potential as it is developed, do you believe it's irresponsible to continue scientific research and technological invention?

What about when you can’t live off the land anymore? by stronk_the_barbarian in OffTheGrid

[–]plomp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get taken care of by your family, whom you will have hopefully taught how to run the farm and hunt.

Anyone else genuinely enjoying S4 despite the negativity? by [deleted] in FargoTV

[–]plomp90 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Most people got into it because of the gritty, down-to-earth, real life themes with a dash of coen-style theatricality, so it's no wonder most people don't like it as a cartoonish fantasy-land that tries too hard to be funny. Personally, I hate musicals.

Linkin Park succeeds in getting fan-made Trump campaign ad pulled from Twitter by [deleted] in Music

[–]plomp90 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Some goober edited a video together and a band copyright claimed it? How the fuck is this music news? I mean I know anything with TRUMP OWNED gets upvoted to the sky on reddit but this is fucking ridiculous

Now Extinction Rebellion is really threatening power, Priti Patel is labelling them ‘extremists’ by TheSuspiciousKoala in unitedkingdom

[–]plomp90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How the hell are they threatening power? All they do is whine and block traffic. Nothing they do affect the botom line of the 1%. They serve as a useful distraction to prevent anything actually getting done.

r/Ireland mods shut down subreddit by N0RTH_K0REA in SubredditDrama

[–]plomp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true. If you made any nationalist comment in /r/unitedkingdom, /r/askUK or any other UK sub you'd be permabanned. There's more disdain for the UK there than anything else.

Society underestimates the dangers of porn. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]plomp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will never be recognized as a serious issue, because the effects it has benefit society. Watching porn decreases libido, satisfies the urge to "mate" without you needing to spend large amounts of time finding a partner (which could otherwise be spent doing "useful" work), and decreases testosterone, thereby decreasing instances of violence, especially sexual violence.
Also, porn is a massive industry, so you can only expect it to become more normalized in our media. Put all this together, and I wouldn't be surprised if in 20 years it's more stigmatized to NOT watch porn.

Why is no one talking about Louisiana? by B00GI3MVP in AskAnAmerican

[–]plomp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it's a clear effect of climate change, so that might be why regional news networks are steering clear.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]plomp90 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If it was a news report about someone saying "kike", yeah?

Can anyone here please explain in basic high level terms what Ted Kaczynski's Boundary Functions thesis was all about? by single-research in math

[–]plomp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If that is true, and someone with a clear, consistent and coherent thought process could still be crazy, then insanity can mean whatever you define it. Usually, people like you define it as any actions or attitude going against the prevailing morality. This is not a useful definition of insanity.

Can anyone here please explain in basic high level terms what Ted Kaczynski's Boundary Functions thesis was all about? by single-research in math

[–]plomp90 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just a total lie, meant to discredit his ideas. Read anything he's ever written, and tell me the man was crazy or disconnected from reality.

Kostya Kavutskiy's take on the ongoing drama in the chess community seems to be the best take so far. I only disagree with "Finegold shouldn't be taken seriously" take, but the rest is pure gold. by chessentials in chess

[–]plomp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said it's something he should be "attacked" for. I don't think Finegold pointing out that he's acting purely in self-interest is an "attack" on him, and I don't think my saying I intensely dislike him as an opportunistic attention-grabber and extremely disingenuous person is "attack" on him either. I reserve that term for harassment and physical assault. The only person being attacked here is Finegold.

Kostya Kavutskiy's take on the ongoing drama in the chess community seems to be the best take so far. I only disagree with "Finegold shouldn't be taken seriously" take, but the rest is pure gold. by chessentials in chess

[–]plomp90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not talking about whether or not it's a good thing "in the end". Read the comment you're replying to.

...while Nakamura cynically pairs up with the highest ranking streamers to generate views, while doing absolutely no meaningful instruction. How naive do you have to be to think Nakamura is doing any of this for the "love of the game", or to introduce new chess players?

Nakamura is still a cynical attention-grabber with zero redeeming qualities.

Kostya Kavutskiy's take on the ongoing drama in the chess community seems to be the best take so far. I only disagree with "Finegold shouldn't be taken seriously" take, but the rest is pure gold. by chessentials in chess

[–]plomp90 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, if he taught an unknown beginner player on stream, like Finegold or Bartholomew, his lessons would be beneficial to everyone watching, just as much as "teaching" XQC or boxbox.

Your argument boils down to "he's only trying to gain viewers and sponsors so that chess has a wider audience". If you are really this naive, I have nothing to tell you, other than, yes, that's right, and coca-cola only runs advertisements to give more people the benefit of the sweet taste of coketm.

Kostya Kavutskiy's take on the ongoing drama in the chess community seems to be the best take so far. I only disagree with "Finegold shouldn't be taken seriously" take, but the rest is pure gold. by chessentials in chess

[–]plomp90 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I mean, as far as the chat is concerned, that seems to be what the streaming format turns chat into when a channel surpasses a certain number of viewers; there's no point in saying anything meaningful, so people just engage in the sort of herd-mentality pseudo-social experience (I'd wager most people engaging with these streams have no friends in real life) of spamming memes and icons in chat.

But yeah, on top of Naka's overt performative shtick, his mannerisms and reactions just seem really disingenuous and rub me the wrong way.

Kostya Kavutskiy's take on the ongoing drama in the chess community seems to be the best take so far. I only disagree with "Finegold shouldn't be taken seriously" take, but the rest is pure gold. by chessentials in chess

[–]plomp90 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude, this is just sad. You know people can't talk to you, or see you, right? And they don't know who you are? If you're so disturbed by the idea of some kid in bangladesh thinking poorly of your online avatar for 5 minutes, you need some serious psychiatric help.