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oh yeah we’re plurbin’

Such a Carol response.

It’s hard to get into it without spoilers so I’ll try to be unspoilery while giving the general of the first season so far:

I will say that this show beats you over the head with how prestige it is. You get lingering shots that seem to exist more for cinematography composition nerds than any real narrative function in the show. The show is deliberately paced with little sprinkles of information in between long character moments. It’s more of a Better Call Saul character show than a Breaking Bad genre show. Apple TV lists it as “Drama, Sci-fi” so I don’t think this is going to be a sci-fi heavy show, or sci-fi horror/thriller.

Leftcom.

Actually, after some searching, I found them. Their last account was not banned.

https://hexbear.net/u/whygodwhy

They had a thread here, but it looks like it got scrubbed because the comm was removed, their comments are still in their post history though: https://hexbear.net/post/128539
Then this one here inviting hexbears to r/ultraleft (lol): https://hexbear.net/post/167374
Then this comment chain in a thread about the mistakes of the USSR: https://hexbear.net/comment/2077278

I also found this person: https://hexbear.net/u/aws0me

Historically, from what I understand, it was people who understood theory but sat on the sidelines while Monday morning quarter-backing revolutions. While revolutionaries were out doing stuff, testing ideas, coming up with new theory, the ultras would nitpick every action as wrong. They were always around for a debate and criticism but conspicuously didn’t have much to contribute otherwise. They’re overly academic about action and dogmatic about theory.

The reason it comes up is because people think they’re doing something useful (whether they are or not) and are criticized for it (whether valid or not). It feels like someone being unnecessarily critical of a productive action (whether actually productive or not). Since it’s an internet debate and nobody wants to be owned, the person doing the action will never see it as unproductive or the criticism as necessary. The ultra will always want to see the action as unproductive and feel there is nothing harsh about their criticism.

We had a self-proclaimed ultra at one point. They would write paragraphs every week about why ultras are the correct tendency. They were banned several times. I assume they’re still around under an alt and learned not to be so obvious. But I also assume people are looking for ultras when criticized because it’s the internet and nobody wants to be owned.

Silky smooth 15 fps

It’s so bad idk what to do. I struggled for a long time to find a job that could support me and was tolerable. Four years of that and they shut down. Now I’m trying to find something else but can’t. It’s hard to even find jobs that pay more than $15 an hour. I feel like I’ve seen wages fall over the past 6 months on top of scarcity.

I’m doing seasonal work now just to stave off defaulting and being unable to afford car insurance. My savings are gone and using credit will just make things worse.

I’ve had one in person interview that went well but the company decided to not hire me. The position is still open. I had one phone interview. I have a video interview next week but I expect it just to be something for HR to keep busy rather than hire.

See this is how it starts. “Clean your drier filter.” then it’s “clean your dishwasher trap” then it’s “Clean your drains” then it’s “clean your toilet.” Now you’re just cleaning everything endlessly. That’s how they get you. The screw tightens and everyone just goes along with it.

How about I make a site that charges you a subscription and every month clean lint filters are delivered directly to your door. That way you can just throw out the old one and replace it with a clean new one.

I don’t think it hurts him. It can hurt the legitimate accusations against him though. If people bundle a rumor, based on misinformation, with real accusations, then it makes dismissing the legit things easier. He can say that the people who want to hurt him are willing to make up rumors about him being gay so the pedophile rumors are also false. MAGAs are willing to drop real accusations of pedophilia so they are willing to drop petty rumors that exist as an attempt to humiliate him. Alex Jones already did.

Stick to the real implications of the emails. They’re pretty damning.

I think the Dems got ahead of them this morning with the 3 emails. This release feels like an attempt by Republicans to say they released the files. Sure enough the WH press secretary said as much today. However there are still the DOJ files, that everyone has been asking about for months, to be released. Those will only come after a congressional vote now that they’re all back.

The Cheney stand-in and Americans being climate refugees in Mexico were pretty funny.

The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (in Soviet historiography), or Bolshevik revolution, was the second of two revolutions in Russia in 1917.
It was led by Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks as part of the broader Russian Revolution of 1917–1923.
It began through an insurrection in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) on 7 November 1917 [O.S. 25 October].

It should have started on the 7th not the 2nd.

I’m kind of hoping it will be like a new Marvel movie and not do as well as the previous one. But I also think we’re seeing the nature of gaming transform. We’re going from these solitary or multiplayer experiences to a viral, meta experience. People will buy the game because doing so will allow them gain social media influence. Right now there is some no-name gamer youtube channel that will be a millionaire in a few years due to this game. That’s already what we have seen. Aspiring influencers latch on to a viral game and then gain a massive following, even off of one or two games. You get people not only racing to finish the game first but videos on how to do things in the game, details, bugs, lore, speed running, glitches, cheats. Go see how many “Details in RDR 2” videos there are on youtube and how successful they are. Then you get the periphery content of visiting the real locations, cosplay, and humor.

There will be a goldrush to be one of the GTA 6 influencers. Then all that hype will drive further sales in people who just want to play the game. Even if the sentiment on GTA has cooled, the increase in social media from 2012/2013 to 2028 will drive interest.

My theory is that Rockstar already knows this. They’re designing the game around this idea. I also think it’s the present and future of corporate game development overall. God knows what monetization they have cooked up since shark cards and how that ties into all this. The depravity will be astounding. I’m waiting to see if they do any partnerships with influencers. There were also rumors that the game will have a social media simulator that’s more in-depth that V’s facebook parody. Who knows if that’s real or how it would relate to the monetization and real social media.