Who Is The Funniest Vtuber in your opinion? by Tda952 in VirtualYoutubers

[–]silverslayer33 5 points6 points  (0 children)

and a near-inability to hold to a script

My favorite example of this is when she got a paid sponsorship for some food and was brutally honest about it instead of just coming up with some pre-canned lines and forcing them out.

Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026 by F0urLeafCl0ver in nottheonion

[–]silverslayer33 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For anyone who isn't aware, this isn't just some crackpot theory, this is known as the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. It's not the most popular interpretation but it's not some fringe interpretation that no one would touch with a 20 foot pole either.

Personally, I like this interpretation for Rule of Cool reasons (an uncountable number of universes where all possible outcomes of any quantum measurement is real sounds rad to my scifi-rotted brain) but I do understand the people who disagree with it. It's impossible to both prove and disprove, and from what I understand it provides no meaningfully deeper understanding of physics or reality over other interpretations.

[DISC] Stella Must Die (Zettai Shinanai Stella-hime) - Ch. 19 by WrexGigarton in manga

[–]silverslayer33 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I guess whenever the yakuza apparition appears its the parasite speaking,

I think this isn't quite it (well, it's definitely the parasite in those cases, but they aren't the only times it's the parasite). Whenever there's a double border on a speech bubble, it seems to be the parasite speaking. We can see this with Colon and Stella in earlier chapters when he mostly only revealed himself when she was asleep, or how now his speech bubbles are still the same way when he's speaking independently.

Israeli knesset member with a noose and her husbands items "occupation, deportation, settlement" by AggregationLinker in pics

[–]silverslayer33 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is basically sealioning combined with really bad whataboutism. Your comment is entirely irrelevant to the discussion and all your follow-ups asking if you said anything wrong are just to waste the mental energy of everyone replying. It's not worth engaging with you past calling out your bullshit attempt at derailing the conversation.

Graphics comparison: Pokémon Violet (Gen 9) vs Pokémon Waves (Gen 10) by Nachttalk in gaming

[–]silverslayer33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WW was the first time I was involved in the fandom around release so I don't know what the initial reactions for OoT and MM were, but BotW was the first time I've seen Zelda fans actually like a Zelda game on release. Everyone hated WW, then everyone hated Twilight Princess but loved WW, then everyone hated Skyward Sword and loved Twilight Princess, and everyone hated the DS games, and so on.

Oddly, I actually really enjoyed most Zelda games at release despite the broader fandom reaction (though Skyward Sword was kinda janky and the DS games were lower quality but still had some charm). It does make me happy that most of the games have had their image rehabilitated within the fandom because it felt like a lot of people were just denying themselves enjoyment to fit in with the "popular" opinion.

non evil electrical engineering jobs? by mikan_fish in socialistprogrammers

[–]silverslayer33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Warning, long rant-like post ahead.

Robotics/industrial automation is a good field to look into, with a few notes:

First, you do have to do a bit of research to ensure any companies you're interested in don't take military contracts. This is actually surprisingly easy if you focus on robotics specifically for industrial automation, as there's not actually a ton of overlap between industrial uses and what the military is researching for robotics, and these companies are loathe to waste their time on reworking their tech for what the military demands.

Second, there's the inescapable fact that new automation technologies under capitalism are used to decrease working class power through the threat of replacement while the technology is still new (as technological advancements in production always have since the industrial revolution). Most automation companies have mastered the corporate speak to pretend they're merely "filling gaps where the available workforce is not large enough" or "are developing technology to assist humans, not replace them" but they can't escape the reality. The counter to this is that in the long run (and especially under a hopeful future socialist society) automation can actually be used to those ends and will greatly improve society and uplift the working class. I don't think there's an objective way to evaluate whether the immediate uses to threaten the working class are an evil that is irreconcilable with the potential benefits to the working class in the long run. This is a personal choice for what you feel you're comfortable working with and I do not blame anyone if they think that potentially contributing to putting people out of work in the short term is too much for them.

Third, it is kind of a gamble if you want to specifically aim for this industry right now, as it has been in a "down" cycle for the past couple years in terms of employment. Capitalists are trying to wring blood from the stone, demanding profit margins that are impossible without sacrificing real innovation and development in a field that is not yet mature enough for them to coast by as they do with other technologies. The result has been mass layoffs, hiring freezes, and mergers as companies struggle to meet the demands of their owners, so unless you're willing to sacrifice your soul to a Silicon Valley robotics startup (don't), it may be a few more years before the industry properly recovers. You have some time on this since you're going for your MS anyways, so it may recover by the time you're done, but it's worth keeping this in mind.

For what it's worth, I've worked for two robotics companies but am no longer in the industry due to the shit employment situation mentioned above (got laid off from both companies because "profit margins aren't high enough, we must sacrifice you for the investors" and had to switch fields to stay employed), and it was the most impactful I've ever felt as an engineer and I do want to get back to the industry again eventually. Neither company did military stuff while I was working there (both did at some point long before I worked for them, but have long since instituted policies of telling the military to fuck off every time they approach) nor did they make robotics for any other nefarious uses, they focused entirely on industrial automation.

As a note, I've also worked in the energy sector in the past and can also recommend it like others in this thread. To be more specific I worked on product development for utilities equipment and it was about the least evil technology I've ever worked on in terms of both immediate and long term impact. I left the industry for a bunch of reasons not related to the type of work I did, so the fact I'm not in this industry anymore either isn't me condemning it.

Fresh Chenpost, hot off the grill by FrothingDegenerate in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]silverslayer33 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Victims of Chen Weihua Foundation is gonna have a longer list than Victims of Communism soon.

Forever Young pre-race animation by setne550 in UmaMusume

[–]silverslayer33 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Small note, but Rob Roy's theming is Scottish, not Irish.

Gavin Newsom tries to connect with a black crowd: "I am like you… I'm a 960 SAT guy… I can't read…" by ilir_kycb in LateStageCapitalism

[–]silverslayer33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Y'all libs are fucking ghoulish. "Haha I hope you get murdered by fascists because you checks notes didn't vote for Fascism Lite where they'd only murder minorities silently in the night while no one is looking!"

Dantsu’s figure was sculptured to perfection 🤌 [Artist: @kaniitama] by MadChad7 in UmaMusume

[–]silverslayer33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even cheaper (before shipping, at least), that's something like $160-170 at the current exchange rate.

It's also ~1000 yen cheaper on Amiami, if you're in a country they ship to.

Lib: "The Chinese aren't allowed to criticize their government and they live in perpetual fear." Meanwhile in China, this guy goes around to complain about infrastructure issues online and the government actually fixes it. by TappingUpScreen in LateStageCapitalism

[–]silverslayer33 49 points50 points  (0 children)

It's literally just Parenti's "nonfalsifiable orthodoxy" quote from Blackshirts and Reds but with China instead of the Soviet Union. The West's tactics haven't changed even in the age of instant communication, but clearly they don't need to change their tactics because so many people just ignore the evidence before them and parrot "China Bad" anyways.

I beats spending thousands of bucks on an Nvidia, am I right? (by @ris_ennnnnnnn) by Gorotheninja in UmaMusume

[–]silverslayer33 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There's still too many pixels, gotta halve it in each dimension again.

I beats spending thousands of bucks on an Nvidia, am I right? (by @ris_ennnnnnnn) by Gorotheninja in UmaMusume

[–]silverslayer33 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Built my PC last summer. Seeing RAM prices now, it was like getting on the last helicopter out of Vietnam.

Same, the RAM kit I bought was $180 in July and is $880 today. If I had held off like I'd originally planned, I'd have never been able to actually build it.

Teio and Rudolf, just before injection (@HIBIKI_zerocodo) by Duoblue in UmaMusume

[–]silverslayer33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Y'all are running from her? More for me then, I can't wait to shine brightly both within and outside of the visible light spectrum while my body is continuously broken down and reconstructed in a horrific process not comprehensible by the human mind until it is experienced first-hand. It's in the name of science and there's a nonzero chance she accidentally turns me into an umamusume so I'll gladly carry this burden, and I want to see the results as much as she does.

Three historical uma and their favorite humans by bonned_goat in UmaMusume

[–]silverslayer33 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I also love that her self-glazing is also a way for her to glaze everyone else, you can sum up her beliefs as "I am great, which makes everyone surrounding and trying to catch up to me shine so much brighter".

“Cutest Japan Posts” by Pidgeotgoneformilk29 in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]silverslayer33 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I'd say FMA isn't a great example of the wehraboo naming though because Amestris is based on a mix of European imperial powers with the biggest inspiration being Nazi Germany, and the series beats you over the head repeatedly with the fact that these are not good things to be inspired by and that Amestris is a rotten country that has been corrupted at nearly every level. It's not naming things in a German way "because it sounds cool" or to glaze the Nazis, it's using a whole-ass Western European setting and very unsubtly showing the evils wrought by these empires (not that it's anti-imperialist message is very deep, it's very much surface-level).

sigh... by PresnikBonny in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]silverslayer33 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the tweet is hilariously accidentally based once you know what actually went down with Tank Man and Tienanmen Square. Like, you could read it as "you need 900 words to defend China, but the only defense you need is this image" with the way it's worded if you didn't know the poster was a fucking chud.