SpeedRunner

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[–] SpeedRunner 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah. Nightmare fuel.

[–] SpeedRunner 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It didn't. It's a movie. They don't care.

[–] SpeedRunner 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, it probably doesn't help that Graham Norton comments the Eurovision every year. And makes fun of it. Used to even openly mock it.

Maybe entertaining to watch, but gives completely different precident to the show that other counties have.

If you're taking something as a joke, you shouldn't be surprised you come in last.

That being said: Fuck EBU. From disqualifiying the Netherlands last year to keeping double standards all across the board.

It's not about songs or nationalities any more. It's only about money.

[–] SpeedRunner 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Any universe? I'd like to be Bruce Wayne. Not Batman. Bruce.

[–] SpeedRunner 8 points 1 month ago

This is basically an issue only if you live in a two-party winner-takes-all country. By redrawing the maps you ensure that in most districts your preferred party wins.

Most countries do not function like this.

[–] SpeedRunner 1 points 2 months ago

Because of secondary smoke. If you drink or gamble, that does not affect people around you.

Smoking always does.

[–] SpeedRunner 5 points 2 months ago

Well, that's just an added bonus. Killing two birds with one stone and all.

[–] SpeedRunner 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I'm not saying I'm against the ban - I actually am for it. I'm just saying that if it was good enough for older people to make an informed decision, why are we denying only the younger ones that right.

If we truly wanted to fix things, we should ban it for everybody. Not at some arbitrary age cut-off.

Last I checked, secondary smoke does not respect age limits.

[–] SpeedRunner 238 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (27 children)

Not only games. Goes for all electronics as well.

Sick of supporting your 'old phones'? You're required by law to disclose all binary blobs as source code to let somebody else pick it up the slack.

Feeling like bricking old Kindles? Fine, but users must be able to install alternative OS on your old device.

Not providing software updates for your TV anymore after you removed features? That's your right, but so is the right of the effing device owner to install something else on it.

And it's not just consumer electronics. (caugh John Deere caugh).

[–] SpeedRunner 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

It's the same reason that Age Gating is popping up all over the world.

It's because fuck young people, that's why. I got mine, I don't care about you.

[–] SpeedRunner 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I don't know what's "short distance" for you, but a flight from Zagreb to Amsterdam takes about 2 hours.

Using public transportation on the same route is 20+ hours at best and you need to switch between bus and train four times. Driving is 10+ hours.

Maybe, just maybe, we should stop immediately providing kerosine to private jets first? And droping subsidies for jet fuel and financing public transport instead?

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