moakley

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Makes sense. It seems like Motorola is always trying to innovate and then it just doesn't catch on. I still say it'll be standard one day.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Invention that will seem obvious after it's introduced: a phone camera that can film in landscape while being held vertically.

Invention that's not obvious but I'm sure it's a brilliant idea: edible, bacon-flavored wrapping paper so that pets can open their own presents!

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That's why he said start with Google Translate. Because Google Translate isn't giving gibberish like vegetative electron microscopy.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Say what you will about Biden

I held my nose voting for him, but Biden was the best president of my lifetime.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're right, but there's value in saying it.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I agree with what you're saying, philosophically. A group is just a framework we put around individuals. That's how it works in the real world.

But the idea of being able to have an impact on my own has a special appeal for me personally. It's not a practical thing, which is why it's escapism.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Super heroes are an individualist power fantasy. In the real world , real power comes from groups and collective action. Super hero stories imagine a world where the power to do good resides in the individual.

I believe it's a reaction to our powerlessness in the face of things like this.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Good for it. Those are both fantastic songs.

Even 30 years later, Black Hole Sun blows my mind. Chris Cornell's voice walks this impossible line between sounding so full of emotion that it's about to burst, and sounding somehow soothing and precise.

That's not even a line that exists to walk; he creates a line that cannot logically exist, just so his voice can walk it.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Lately I've been seeing a lot of comments coming from that instance that are indistinguishable from the ones I see from .ml.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

When people "speak to" a topic. Just say "about".

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's the internet hate machine. Everyone has hobbies, and some people's hobby is to hate things. All kinds of things. Celebrities, sitcoms, children's movies, but especially video games.

It doesn't matter what you put into the internet hate machine; the only thing that comes out the other end is hatred. It's not fact-based or even experience-based. It's just pure negativity, perpetuated through shitty memes and circle jerk forum comments.

The claim in this meme isn't even true. It was debunked days ago. Doesn't matter. It'll keep getting repeated by people on the internet who copied it from other people on the internet. The definition of a circle jerk.

The internet hate machine has killed lots of good media. It's a shame to see Nintendo get caught up in it. I hope it doesn't stick.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's not even way too much. Plenty of big games cost that much in the 90s. Accounting for inflation and the fact that games are way more expensive to produce nowadays, $70 is extremely reasonable.

 
 

And I definitely didn't accidentally step on any crayons in the process.

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