I was surprised to learn that foxes are able to be cute only at certain times of day.
For example, not at 2 am.
People are not exerting enough of their political will in a material way. All this energy we (myself included) put into having these perfect little opinions on the internet should really be directed at in-person protests, organising, and demanding better. Really shouting in faces type of stuff. That's what's up.
They are losing faith in the current system certainly. Corpoganda can easily convince them that they're dissatisfied with the only redeemable aspect of the status quo
I sent this to my wife across the breakfast table and she got a little offended when I pointed at her. Still laughed.
Big Depression won't allow it, it's a scheme to sell more sad
It just needs a story. What stories have salmon?
Grizzly eats a salmon. Maybe that's the basis of our creation myth. Is the grizzly bear an antagonist?
No, it's an impersonal force. Our mythos rejects dualism; we have a time travel fish. The bear represents something else, like circumstance or cupidity.
Fox could really point at a democrat and be like "this fucker thinks it's his job to govern well, can you believe it? Fuck him, right?!" and at least 40 percent of the viewers would be shaking their heads in angry disgust
Joke's on them, I'm already in hell
I can't even pretend to be Christian, but I also have an interest in the morality/ethics of free will in a seemingly deterministic universe. For the sake of conversation, I'll try to articulate where my head is at.
The basic idea of determinism might be flawed. We don't have a grand unified theory of physics at the moment, but the last Stephen Hawking book I read (The Grand Design) gave me the impression - carefully putting no words in his mouth - that every possible universe may in fact exist on some level.
In light of that, it kind of makes a sapient being something extremely privileged - to apprehend the present moment, to make choices between this or that, to see oneself within the larger context and make tenuous connections with others - we are like quasi-divine beings of chaos at the infinite centre of creation.
The universe is determinish. We can apprehend macroscopic forces, trends, material conditions and apply our understanding of natural laws to say X must follow W under prescribed conditions. The universe may be on some deep level completely deterministic on every scale, in ways that elude our ability to comprehend (or even balk at) quantum mechanics. But the question was never whether our fates are bound to good or ill, but what we chose to do with the small amount of insight we have been afforded.
One of the best things I ever heard was that "art is the study of choice", and I think that there is certainly an art to life. To study ones own choices and make more meaningful choices in light of what we do know about ourselves and the world is the only meaningful sense in which we can have free will, whether the future is set in stone or no.
That may the problem, I don't happen to have any of my FromSoft titles on PC, and the PS4 won't talk to my 8BitDo.
They did say they'd pay so presumably there'd be some production value to the affair. I'm seeing a Roman theme, along the lines of "Christians to the lions".
2A or not 2A, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in South Carolina to suffer the tweets and gators of outrageous assholes, or get strapped against a sea of idiots and by opposing, Luigi them.
Downloaded! I felt bad for not liking OrganicMaps' interface as much as I like the idea of it, so I'm always on the hunt for something like it that scratches my map itch.
This has been our lunch for the past couple weeks. It's filling, pretty easy to do low calorie, and a great way to beat the heat.
Wish it wasn't so hard to find fresh bean sprouts, the ones in the shop are always a bit sad.
Is this even brioche at this point? Who cares.
The sugar is to make it more attractive to my kid, I'd rather top it with everything bagel mix.
Bad oven spring this time, I screwed up the proofing and didn't have foil around to tent for the second half. Result? Cooler oven, darker crust.
You know how Nidhogg is just one thing, and it's super simple and slightly just...nothing, but you can spend ages with it and it's got an incredibly high skill ceiling, and there's no flaws at all and they've just sort of achieved everything they set out to do without making a big deal out of it? It's that kind of game.
Kill The Crows is such a pure, condensed game. So rare to find a gameplay loop so utterly on the mark. Every moment is a small crisis where you're either lost in a flow state, or you're dead - and then right back into the action a couple seconds later.
Can't believe how few people talk about this cult classic-in-waiting. It's really charming.
I’ve spent the last year every weekend creating a 2.5 hour block of tailored programming to recreate the experience of Saturday morning cartoons for my kid, with selections from ~60 of the best (and some bad) cartoons from the last several decades, animated music videos, unearthed funny old clips, and modern indie animations, often with seasonal themes.
My programming is (I think) objectively better than the Saturday morning block ever was, and it takes hours every week to gather clips, edit, and manage where we’re at with every show. I sometimes wish I could share it with a larger crowd. Do you know of a PeerTube instance that would be cool with hosting this kind of content? I've tried sharing this with friends and family via SyncThing, but they didn't like it and it was a pain to help them troubleshoot all the time. It would be nice to have a platform for this work, even though I know it's all mostly untenable from an IP standpoint.
Just outstanding stuff. I don't think I've ever seen a Mega Man boss fight quite this interesting in how it plays out. Seems like this game is going to have an incredibly high skill ceiling.
Mythians are Elves, but bound to our world. No longer wanderers between worlds, they are elves that have forsaken some of their magical power to reclaim their souls and live in Karnum. Some have traveled in Profundum, but none live there. The first Mythian came into being when an elven sorceress lef...
This is a playable race in a game I've been developing. I like the premise, but the overall impression feels lacking to me. Mythians come from elves in this story, which are more like cenobites than fairies (taking cues from Pratchett's Lords and Ladies but hyperbolically so, until you're more into Gwar territory). They've renounced horrific madness and cosmic power. It's got a lot going for it, but I'm not happy with how "simple" and just-so it all feels. Any help?
As title says. I want to really soak in that high-minded worldview today.
Made this as a quick sketch for my kid, decided to do a quick touch-up in GIMP for printing it again later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_Hill_Cheese-Rolling_and_Wake
Many stretch and folds (almost pretending I was making pan de cristal) later, this is a stupidly soft crust. Like a Neapolitan style.
I'm going to try this again soon with slightly lower hydration, more oil, more heat, and a pre-bake of the crust without toppings so it gets more of a chance to grow. Any suggestions are very welcome.
I basically was winging it with this recipe. Did one stretch and fold because it was so wet. Spent an hour in my improvised banetton. Mostly just playing with my new little Dutch oven but it might be my prettiest crusty loaf ever
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If it was 1970, I'd have a job at a factory