Dadd Volante

Yeah, this whole “that place hasn’t had peace for thousands of years” is a Western talking point made to justify our occupation there.

The Ottoman and Arab empire (which we LOVE to pretend never existed) not only brought a lot of the innovations in science and technology that we still use to this day, but they also had a lot of social advancements that predated Western culture.

If you had the power to save only one life would you take it, or let them die because you don’t like your options?

You aren’t as morally pure as you think. We have to do what we can with what we have.

Now they’re all going to die.

Blatantly incorrect. They jumped on the sword to protect a legal precedent concerning emulation.

If the courts had ruled in favor of Nintendo, guess what? That means ALL emulators are on the chopping block. All of them. They knew.

Once you have case history to back you up, it becomes a domino effect.

This has absolutely nothing to do with cowardice.

The hell he is. He hasn’t been coherent in years. He just says his insane shit with confidence

Does he honestly believe that an single browser company can take down google by checks notes LOSING 85% of their resources?

Gonna guess the poster is very young

Yes it was. Gold star for you.

I must be his #1 fan because reasons.

Have an ice cream cone or something man. It’ll help that attitude.

It’s almost like he had the self awareness to change his mind when presented with compelling, new information.

It’s what mature adults do

If you think the only way any adult can change their mind is if they’re forced to, it speaks more of you than them.

No it doesn’t. Didn’t for me. I lived in a twenty year old Ford explorer for almost a year pursuing mine. Didn’t succeed or make it big, but I wouldn’t have traded it for the world. Not every dream relies on college loans, dude. Not if you’re an artist.

I’d go so far as to say man, many dreams people have don’t require a degree.

And if they do? DO IT ANYWAY. I attended two years of college for film. Never got a career out of it. Still paying off my debt. Still don’t regret ANY of it.

Still getting by on the strings of my butt hairs in my 40s. Still wouldn’t take any of it back.

Never sucked the love for either dream out of it. Did I get depressed? Sure. Did I go through a lot of shit and a lot of disappointment? Definitely. I’m two years out from failing in my latest attempt at pursuing one of my many dreams. You couldn’t pay me all the money in the world to take it back.

You’re speaking to me… about me. About my experiences and telling me how it made me feel. Sorry my dude, I can’t agree with you.

Take those chances. The memories are worth it. The stories are worth it. The lessons you learn along the way are definitely worth it, homie

Counterpoint to all the young people: Never listen to ANYONE who tells you not to follow your passion.

It’s better to try, fail and learn than it is to grow old and wonder what could have been

Travel. Try new things. Eat food you’ve never tried before.

Get into the habit of reading. Actual books, not just things like lemmy.

Realize that literally every person you meet is a walking story, just like yourself

Brush your fuckin teeth.

Also: Floss. Seriously. Take care of your damn teeth. They’re important.

You shouldn’t trust Snopes at all anymore. They literally said that Trump never said “good people on both sides”.

Which Trump bragged about in the debate a few days later.

I don’t trust them at all, anymore

They have more uranium than we do

There’s a documentary for free on YouTube. It’s good.

Only because I turned 18. But it was nice, nonetheless.

I’m in my 40s, now. I still have nightmares about getting out back into a center. But I also have a strong sense of justice and sometimes compassion for strangers due to my time in those places.

Seeing people my age put their OWN kids into those places and lost me a friendship, recently. I see nothing good coming from those places

I’ve lived in multiple “troubled teen” centers. You are 100% correct.

Good news for you, I guess… this includes making women sign up.

So you stand up and let the shit spread further?

I love all of the Apes movies with the exception of the Burton fiasco.

The new one isn’t quite as good as Rise or War, but it’s definitely fun.

The third in the original (Escape from the Planet of the Apes) is fricken awesome

I liked Kingdom but it was weaker than the trilogy of movies that came before it.