SnotFlickerman

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to asklemmy in What are the funniest Halloween costumes you have personally seen?

Also doubles as a Jerry Seinfeld costume.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to asklemmy in What are the funniest Halloween costumes you have personally seen?

In college a buddy of mine went as “that bad dream where you forgot to wear pants” and had a nice dress shirt and blazer coupled with tighty whities hidden underneath an oversize pair of boxer shorts. Also dress socks and shoes. Wad a well recieved costume.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to aboringdystopia in Remember when Target blamed theft for closing stores? It's all lies.

I would agree on this point, generally businesses lie to the public for political reasons, to gin up political favor for their desired outcomes.

Most rich CEOs are out of touch and think crime just comes from “undesirables” and the only way to fix it is to massively increase police presence. In other words, they’re authoritarians. This has more to do with creating a narrative about crime and intent to get political support for further instituting a police state and taking the required effort for security off the businesses. It’s really about passing the bill for keeping their stores “secure” onto the taxpayer, so they can rely more on local police and on private security less.

The article in question even covers how there are already attempts to write bills targeting this problem at the Federal level. (A bipartisan bill, I might add.)

They are usually pretty honest with their investors. I would expect their investor presentations are a lot more honest, but because that’s “economics news” it usually gets fewer headlines or people reporting on it. It would be interesting to contrast Target’s investor calls compared to what they’re saying publicly. Same with other businesses like Walgreens leaning on the same story.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to technology in Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug

And when Google added it, it became accidental ransomware, locking them out of their system?

I’m not sure how this is a good argument. “Yeah, well, that thing that Google just released that’s totally fucking broken, really badly. Does the iPhone even have the same thing?”

No, last I checked, the iPhone doesn’t have an option for multiple users that results in an a ransomware-like-outcome.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to technology in The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution

For a hot minute, I had a 9-inch screen Dell laptop that could barely run Windows 7.

These small form factor PCs were pretty cool at the time, I remember loving the little thing.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to memes in It was supposed to be ME

Found someones fetish.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to news in Tech bros' attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages

Except, unfortunately, in the business world, some of the most well-promoted people are those who do almost nothing and take all the credit for themselves, who tend to be the exact kind of people those articles describe.

We don’t have as many safeguards against sociopathy in career-building, it seems, and the whole stupid fucking game seems rigged towards the interests of narcissists, sociopaths, and psychopaths, especially with the frequency they are represented in the C-suites in the US.

So these misogynistic chucklefucks often rise to the top.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to gaming in 2023 Is The Best Year For Games In A While (And Maybe Ever?)

Hi-Fi Rush just consistently reminds me how comically bad I am at rhythm games. I love the game, but man I got burnt out because even though they made it “easier” for folks with no rhythm like myself, it’s still tough if you just can’t match the beat.

I am some kind of masochist though, because in the past I beat both Parappa the Rapper and UmJammer Lammy.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to news in ‘Hamas has created additional demand’: Wall Street eyes big profits from war

We know better. We claim to be better in empty rhetoric. In actions though, our species is made up of proud monsters, their enablers/worshippers, and their victims.

I’ve been saying this for years. The “civilized” world acts like we’re better because we’re not cutting people’s heads off, but we’ve clearly just exchanged that for the far more sophisticated (and far more fucked up) mental and emotional torture.

Just look at how we treat prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. We have never been better, it’s a fucking lie we tell ourselves.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in Mystery Star Trek 3000

RiffTrax (a MST3K spin-off created by Mike Nelson after the end of MST3Ks original run, and would eventually go on to include Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot)) actually riffs a bunch of the original series movies like Wrath of Khan.

www.rifftrax.com/collection/star-trek

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in Which is which though?

Lore: It’s pronounced GIF… because of the implication.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to news in Getting angry may help you achieve your goals, study suggests

If you can’t control your anger and allow it to make you impatient and careless, that’s far more on you as an individual than on the idea of anger.

Plenty of people are quite capable of being quietly, patiently, absolutely fucking furious.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to news in Getting angry may help you achieve your goals, study suggests

It’s true, anger can make a motherfucker real productive.

The question is whether or not what they produce will be good for anyone else.

I fully agree that anger can be directed towards good goals, however, it can also be directed towards totally dangerous goals, both getting their drive to succeed in their plans from “anger.”

The person whose anger leads them to create something that helps people, or prevents the horrible violence they suffered, is doing a service for those around them, born out of the anger they had at a broken system. There have been many like this throughout history. Fred Rogers took the pains of his childhood and created Mr. Rogers Neighborhood for similar children, who were maybe bullied and needed a friend, much like he did in his youth.

The person whose anger leads them on a shooting rampage to kill innocents because they’re angry at a broken system and too dickless to know what to do other than lash out violently are the problem.

We need more Fred Rogers’ and fewer mass shooters.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in Mystery Star Trek 3000

Well folks, the crowdfunding for Season 14 has begun in earnest. If you want Joel, Jonah, Emily & the rest of the gang riffing stuff like The Original Series, get your manos on their crowdfunding!

showmaker.mst3k.com/makeseason14

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in KVN

I havent checked in a hot minute… maybe it did.