Got_Bent

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to news in 'We pay taxes so the corporations don’t have to': Amazon to get 100% tax cut for project in Mississippi — when the state has the ‘highest rate of poverty in America.'

not to put too fine a point on it

say I’m the only bee in your bonnet

Got_Bent , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to technology in Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads

How the fuck can an economy that’s almost nothing but advertisements sustain itself for any period of time? It feels like forcing more and more ads is the only thing anybody does for money anymore.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to games in Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability.

Some games really needed manuals to play. That’s what text files were for.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to news in Trump’s Net Worth Falls by $1 Billion as His Media Company’s Stock Plunges

I wonder if he’ll try to grab his stocks in the groin when they’re trading on the pink sheets.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to lemmyshitpost in I've only ever played the home game.

The boss level puts you up against the eighties gravity bong.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to lemmyshitpost in How to know you're in Indiana.

They’re pollinated by the majestic lot lizard.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to memes in "Cancel Culture"

I love that there’s a reference to the Tom Hanks classic Mazes and Monsters in there.

Funny thing about the eighties. I was absolutely forbidden from playing dungeons and dragons but was totally allowed to play wizardry, Ultima, and bards tale.

Explain that parental logic.

I do feel I missed out. Never did get to play the real deal.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to news in The wealth of the 1% just hit a record $44 trillion

Of course, repayment of loans for billionaires is entirely optional. Just raise the overdraft fees of the normies to compensate.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to news in The wealth of the 1% just hit a record $44 trillion

Aren’t there some billion dollar super yachts out there? There’s always a reason for the stupidity rich to claim they need more.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to news in US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS

I immediately knew this would be the fifth circuit.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to news in WaPo Shrugs Off Legal Threats and Finally Publishes Kim Mulkey ‘Hit Piece’

Yeah I read through it, and on a scale of one to Bobby Knight, she’s not really all that out of the ordinary when compared to her male counterparts.

That’s not to excuse some of the behavior mentioned. Rather I saw it as somewhere along the lines of, “ooh! Look! Terrible woman!”

I’m more of the opinion that the pressure to win at all costs has turned the coaching profession into a cess pool of sociopathic disease regardless of gender.

For some real fun, look up Rick Majerus shitting in a towel.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Every single jigsaw puzzle in the store was one of these.

Maybe you could just enjoy a nice game of Scrabble instead.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to news in Texas woman sues prosecutors who charged her with murder after she self-managed an abortion

Ken Paxton gonna be 24/7 surveiling her now looking for any little thing.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to news in Texas GOP meets group suggesting death penalty for women who seek abortions

Death for abortions and IVF.

The latter surprises me since it’s generally affluent white people doing it, and this group definitely wants more of those babies.

Up next, death for miscarriage.

Coworkers who don’t have daughters mock me when I say I don’t want my adult daughter living here because it’s dangerous. They think I’m overblowing it. They’re taking the standard, “if it didn’t affect me personally, it’s not real or important,” stance.

Got_Bent , 4 months ago to world in A Filipino villager is nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace

He should be more like Peter who refused to imitate Jesus and was thus crucified upside down.