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where once I dedicated myself to upsetting dipshits on the internet, I now prioritize upsetting dipshits in government.

please do be warned, I'm still very good at upsetting dipshits on the internet. if you're here because you're upset, well... oops.

  • In Seville, there's a district called Macarena.

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  • You'll be pleased to hear, then, that the song is actually about a woman who cheats on her boyfriend after he joins the military.

  • Gives it away every time

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  • I was using em dashes before AI made them uncool, no fuckass thieving robot is gonna make me change my typing.

  • Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”

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  • Yeah, I know about it, I'm just saying it's not as easy because someone has to do the legwork of adding them to the wiki.

  • Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”

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  • Ah yes, I forgot how being an obnoxious dick to people you're ostensibly on the same side as was an effective, accepted method of communication for getting your point across.

    Wait, no, the opposite of that.

    Anyhow you have fun making obtuse "points" via sarcastic shitposts on the fediverse, I'm sure that'll go really well for you. I'm gonna go do something more productive than that now. Byebye!! <3

  • Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”

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  • I'm doing more about it than being a smarmy cunt on Lemmy, which is more than I can say for you :D

    incidentally, making a dedicated edit to complain about downvotes on a site that doesn't have cumulative karma tracked like reddit, makes you look really, immensely stupid. So maybe don't do that if you want your opinions taken seriously. Or do anyways, I'm not your dad.

  • Report: U.S. Commander Told Troops “Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran

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  • Negatory, if Jesus had returned to Earth he'd be flipping over the resolute desk and chasing -- sorry, anointing -- Trump with a whip.

  • Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”

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  • Why yes in fact I would like the people showing up to be armed, dead fascists would be a good thing. :3

    Also, I don't know if you've been paying attention to the news at all, but you can also get shot for dropping off your kids at school or helping other innocent people who've been assaulted. So I'm not really sure what you're trying to say here.

  • Senate GOP gives Trump free hand in Iran as war powers vote fails

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  • Don't forget the stare of disappointment Schumer surely gave everyone over his glasses. I'm sure that'll show 'em all.

  • Reports suggest that Windows

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  • Could they suggest something else instead?

  • Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”

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  • Start showing up at their homes, see how they like it. Fascists still have names and addresses -- getting them might not be as easy as it is for them to get yours, but if they think nobody will ever come knocking I can't wait for someone to prove them wrong.

  • Betrayal 🥲

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  • I just thought I'd clarify as that's an insult to Mr. Goggins, he looks nowhere near as bad as post-surgery Carrey.

  • Betrayal 🥲

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  • no, I believe that's Walton Goggins if I'm not mistaken.

  • Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS

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  • That was the breaking point for me, actually, back in February 2024; when I realized I was going to have to tard-wrangle my operating system to get it to behave right no matter which OS I used, I'd rather use the one that's free, doesn't include spyware I have to rip out, and won't re-fuck itself after an update. Like, yeah, the terminal is still a pain in the ass for me on rare occasions I have to use it, but it's no bigger a pain than any of that stuff on Windows; nor is it inherently any scarier than Command Prompt or PowerShell like some seem to think; and unlike Windows things actually stay fixed instead of some corporation going "ah-ah-ah, you can't do that, let me just fuck that right back up for you."

    Like, I was prepared for the same kind of fight with Linux I'd had with Windows because the fight didn't seem all that different by that point; that Mint ended up just working most of the time was an unexpected delight.

  • Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS

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  • I remember in early 2024 when I switched to Mint I got some mild pushback from acquaintances, saying in so many words that I was overreacting to Windows getting shittier and that "you can just strip all that bullshit out/you can make a local account/etc." (while at the same time telling me "linux is too hard/painful because of all the stuff you have to do to make it work right/doesn't have xyz program").

    I have been getting ever more smug and feeling more vindicated about this decision every day for the past two years.

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  • I assure you, the enshittification of music streaming services is already here. Even before Spotify went completely to shit there were some things that just couldn't be found on the platform, and others still that I used to listen to suddenly becoming unavailable.

    I, and a lot of other people, pirate music now because (among other reasons) having a hard drive full of MP3s or FLACs is something no corporation can arbitrarily decide to take away from you at any time.

  • ok then

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  • The last game I pirated was Driver: San Francisco a couple years ago, because you couldn't (still can't? maybe?) buy it anywhere except for like, second-hand physical media, and I am not going through that hassle. I can't even remember the game I last pirated before that (Probably Sims 4, because fuck EA and fuck that laundry list of DLC -- but I can't be sure).

    Music, movies, and TV shows, though? Oh yeah, baby, that's a weekly activity now. Netflix I dumped many years ago when the fracturing of content to twenty different streaming services happened, and Spotify I dumped just this last year for a few different reasons (the CEO donating to AI weapons programs, introducing a fuckass AI DJ, ICE ads, getting fed up with songs I either can't find or can find but aren't available in my region, or could listen to and enjoyed and then having them suddenly become unavailable, etc...)

    I'm sure, someday, Steam will enshittify. Probably shortly after Gabe dies -- and it will be a dark day for me and millions of gamers worldwide. But for now, I'm more than happy to let Gabe empty my wallet with sales and convenience, because the gettin's been good for a couple decades and will likely remain so for another couple. I can't say the same for music, movies, and TV; I don't know if I'll ever end up paying for them again unless the distributors involved sort their shit out.

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  • Do yourself a huge favor and download Nicotine+ (which is a client for Soulseek, you can also use the official SoulseekQt I guess but it's old and not as feature-rich). That and Spek to make sure you don't get any fake bitrate files from people.

    The only two real downsides to Soulseek, imo, are the fact that a lot of the chatrooms are basically unmoderated IRC (So many nazis to ignore. So many.), and the problem of fake bitrates. The huge upside is you can find pretty much any and everything on there if you wait for the right people to be online to share it. I've found quite a few rare albums and such that I couldn't get from my usual gettin' places.

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  • the fact that Gabe said "piracy is a service problem" fifteen fucking years ago, and none of these fuckwits in content distribution have learned this at all is a source of continuous astonishment to me.

  • The UK has arrested high-profile figures connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Will the US?

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  • No.

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    Chumbawamba - Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name)