Soulifix

It's a class-based metaphor that judges how successful you are when compared to an idealistic version of someone who is successful by class. The Jones's are portrayed metaphorically as this rich, up-to-date, always on top of things, always getting things first and other things. If you don't meet those kind of qualifications, then you're not keeping up with the Jones's.

I'll give you a better Gary Stu example - Superman. The guy was originally designed to be all-perfect, all-knowing, all-seeing and incredibly strong with a reinforced moral system for good. He has to always be the one saving the day, he's got the looks and that ran for a very long time. Up until the 90s did we get ballsy writers to actually kill him off temporarily, but even then he came back shortly after renewed.

Quite frankly, I don't like Superman that much for that reason. Sure he's been going through different arcs in the past 30 - 40 years that challenges his mystique but I can't care enough for him to even feel slightly in favor of him.

Batman is more of my level. Sure, he has his fair deal of plot armor, but his origin has always been that he was just a guy who has a lot of wealth and wears a bat suit while wielding lots of technology at his disposal. He can still get his ass kicked, he can still be succumbed to everything a normal human would suffer with and isn't too afraid to admit that he's human who would need help from more capably powerful heroes.

If it already is, because it had already been decided. People once again misunderstand what exactly the 1st Amendment even covers. It protects you from the government silencing your voice and expression, which is what someone like Trump has been working hard to do.

It does not and should not protect you outside from that. You do not have a case on your hands when you're banned from an online forum for using hate speech. Because that forum, is not the government. Facebook, is not the government. Reddit, is not the government. So on and so forth.

These lowlifes will turn anything into content, including everything from relationships to childbirth. That's how pathetic it'd be.

I think what always has plagued software engineering jobs is the office politics. The constant meetings. The ridiculous standards. The monotonous routines. The zig-zagging logistics of upper management. The dead-end dread feeling.

I don't even work software engineering, but it's just something I always heard about and kinda seen a bit of.

I'm revisiting a project where, I'm trying to subtract vocals off of an old radio talk show I still listen to religiously. They use techno music from DI.FM in the 2000s and the reason I still listen to the episodes at all is because of what music is used. It's a hard project to do because, first off, I have to find something to remove 'vocals' (in other words, the hosts talking in the show) and not only that, it is mostly mono. That's why it's difficult to do.

And someone before, when I was last on the Lemmy platform, was kind enough to DM me and ask if I sent audio snippets of the show so he can identify what tracks that was played. Since he claimed he had some archive of many tracks from that period. Problem is, I didn't go through with it because this show would be considered incredibly politically incorrect, moreso by today's standards and I don't want to go through the trouble of being asked about 'what the fuck is wrong with you' in regards to the content.

Like, I'd like to stop listening to it too, least at the rate I'm listening it. But until I have those episodes where the talking is removed, only then will I begin trying to splice and upload pieces to see what people can identify for me.

Do you ever stop to think that maybe you're being lied to? Where was that part of the process?

I think the word 'slop' has really been overused at this point. It's dead to me.

IMDB has existed for a long, long time. It's honestly a shame as to what they turned into. They used to have been like the pinnacle of online movie reviewing and showcasing. Then they decided to axe the forums. Then they decided to blanket their splash page with what big movie is happening.

It just declined from there.

I'm incredibly jaded about voting. I think these mid-terms and the next general election are elections of which I will not bother with. And it isn't even because of what's being done with voters rights or the intimidating corruption from the republicans/trump.

It is stemming more from me realizing that there has to be more done than just simply voting someone end. That there has to be more done with getting society straightened up more to be aware as to how badly they're getting fucked with. There just simply has to be more there to be done and I think voting isn't enough.

I've voted in past mid-terms and general elections, I felt I tried my part in being with those who tried to vote against and vote out corruption in anyway I can. But, I'm having difficulty in seeing how much voting can do in these chaotic times.