giantripdrop

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[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 26 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

No, this dude was not a bully. He's a sociopath (maybe psychopath) who has had always had the means to overcome his antisocial disorder.

You can see it in his responses, he feigns emotion. He acts in a way that he believes others perceive as confidence or authority but it just "feels" wrong as the other. Dead facial expressions followed by forced pauses for fake introspection which extremely animated facial expressions, then right back to dead face.

[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

"We changed timezones?" "It's a common mistake" "NOT FOR THE US GOVERNMENT!" "What kinda schmuck ass system is this?"

(in the background) "Can we have a civilization?!"

[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Ya see, bio class taught me the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, and, uhh ya see, ya see these young kids with all the mitochondrial challenges. They have cell powerhouse problems.

We need the mitochondria power levels to be over 9000 to return balance to the force.

[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I just saw a person in a suit, then read the "mansplaining" comment, then went back and saw the posters name.

It feels so forced or I am just oblivious. I thought the response was an asshole being an "acktuallllllly" response.

[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

I'm old. vCOD, UO, and CoD2 were my shit. Cod4 was the transition, but still good. Blackops lost the theme and killed any competitive scene opportunities for the game, and as you said, it's been Ctrl+c/Ctrl+v ever since, yet also worse every time.

[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 38 points 1 month ago

Mercenaries. We have a term for this already and it's Mercenary. Not a private contractor for a security company. Mercenary.

[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

I always heard this "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" attitude/saying attributed to goebbels and went to go find the source.

I fell down the research well and found it's actually from an author I've read but evidently not enough of his work: Upton Sinclair.

The source is The Profits of Religion and "Sinclair attacks institutionalized religion as a 'source of income to parasites, and the natural ally of every form of oppression and exploitation.'"

Seems sadly relevant to today.

[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

God, the performative bs. Like watching a B-movie only half the audience is enthralled like it's some Oscar winner.

Matthew 6:6 - pray in private But I think Matthew 23:27-28 fits better:

27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Serious question, what would you do if you were in America? Call your buddies and organize a march? Start offing people by yourself? Stand on a street corner with a sign? Donate money to a contradicting politician?

This game plan is enacted by design, it's what makes fascist regime takeovers work, what makes it difficult to organize and resist. You have a husband, kids, a mortgage, a job, car payments, need to put food on the table.