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The Universe’s greatest distributor of Spice. Cult of the Shrike member.

Old .world account: https://lemmy.world/u/SpiceDealer. Do not interact with that account. Leaving it up only for archival/backup purposes.

  • It's only a matter of time before evolutionary biologists and paleontologists are found dead.

  • Why, yes I would like to get literally cockblocked by Google and Apple. Thanks UK! /s

  • This far from a solution but the thing I do is do a quick search for it on a search engine and look for websites makes a list of the best ones you can buy at the moment. Here's an example: I search for "best hiking shoes for national parks" and many outdoor-focused gear websites will recommend shoes from brands like Columbia and Merrell.

  • Spending a lot less time on my phone and actually being productive and getting back into reading. My attention span has also greatly improved since "dumbifying" my phone; no socials (including fedi accounts), no browser, no Youtube. Just calls and music. I feel so much better and my mental health has improved because of it.

  • Don't give Epic your time or money. Putting aside Fortnite and their pro-AI stance, they forsake the Unreal Tournament series. That's just unforgivable.

    As for Hogwart's Legacy, the game is decent and even fun at first but gets repetitive quick. Bully from 2006 is a similar game minus the magic and lucrative IP attached. A shame it didn't get a sequel.

    And as for J. K. Rowling, forgive me but she's a cunt. I wasn't huge on Harry Potter when growing up so I don't have any nostalgia about the series - be it the books or movies- but I know many of you do. I also know that many of you are LGBTQ+ so how you decided to reconcile with the series is up to you. While you can separate Rowling from your affection to the series, don't give her any more your time, money or attention.

  • Wait, that Chris Claremont? The man that reshaped the X-Men series into what it is today?

  • Starting a nonsense war under the guise of "spreading democracy" just to take their oil reserves so that rednecks back home can pollute the air and warm the earth with their oversized trucks. Can it get any more American this?

  • Child sick, buy some medicine

    Your sick, buy some medicine

    How about providing free health insurance at no cost to the employee and access to child care services also at no cost? Or would be socialism?

  • Knockoff Rugby League.

  • Overheating laptops! Just like the good old days.

    Jokes aside, why would Apple want to work with Intel after proving they were unreliable in the past?

  • Reject bottom feeder, Embrace Rigid vacuum.

  • Mandatory anarchist "death to state" comment.

  • I knew there was life on Jupiter! I knew it! People would always tell me "gas giant" or "no solid surface" and that I was crazy. But who's the crazy one now?

  • Good to see physical media making something of a comeback!

  • I would take these over franchises any day!

  • I fully support the pedal and saddle!

  • Goodness, this article was a pain to read. Every single point raised is easily refutable but there's one particular paragraph I wanted to pick apart:

    Among the plan’s more than 80 demands is a bizarre proposal to build playgrounds smack in the middle of city streets that would then be redesigned into cul-de-sacs — a move the group claims will solve the city’s “playground desert problem.”

    Imagine calling a plan to build more playgrounds - something that would provide a long-term benefit for children- "bizarre" just because it just might remove some streets? I don't want come off as employing the overused "think of the children" argument since it's used to justify censorship but children do, in fact, have a right to clean spaces with breathable, unpolluted air.

  • (Mass dislikes time!)

    Yes, the US does evil shit in the Middle East. Killing brown-skinned practitioners of the other Abrahamic religion overseas is an American tradition.

    That still doesn't change the fact that China is persecuting Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province.

    You can't shit-talk one authoritarian state and cheer on another.