thedirtyknapkin

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to news in Lawsuit challenges Alabama inmate labor system as 'modern day slavery'

yeah, but we already went down this road and defeated it in court back when they were leasing inmates after the civil war.

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to selfhosted in Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023)

it’s one of the only commonly known messaging platform to most people that:

1: isn’t owned by a company that many people hate, even if they don’t know much about it.

2: isn’t platform locked and doesn’t discriminate.

3: doesn’t require money or verification to use.

i can see how it’s kinda settled out this way. whatsapp never caught on in the u.s. because everyone here was happy with sms and mms when the rest of the world was picking up Whatsapp. from what i understand that’s literally just because texting was cheap in the u.s… now people want more than mms, but apple is being apple about it so we need a third party app. by this point Whatsapp is owned by Facebook and the “privacy” of it is openly mocked by the average non tech person. everyone hates Facebook so the idea of willingly adopting another Facebook messenger that you’re not already on seems crazy. anyone that would accept that is just going to use Facebook messenger instead. anyone that wouldn’t will find something better.

Snapchat has no big controversies. no one knows who owns them. they don’t really try to be more than a messaging platform. i can see why people would uncritically choose it as their default. i bet it’s big among the kids who don’t play that whole blue bubble iphone supremacy game, but don’t use discord either. so i guess the non nerdy kids that aren’t elitist dicks. that’s who I’d guess uses it amongst the youth these days.

edit: before the suggestions come, I know these aren’t good solutions. I’m just theorizing why. getting my friends on matrix as best i can…

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to world in On TikTok, the war in Gaza is a game

from Wikipedia:

" Mulvey of NME described “Seven Nation Army” as a “diatribe against fame”.[17] The song’s lyrics were inspired by the growing attention received by the White Stripes. According to Jack White, the song tells the story of a person who, upon entering a town, hears its residents gossiping about him and proceeds to leave the town in response. Driven by a sense of loneliness, he ultimately returns. Regarding the song’s meaning, White stated, “The song’s about gossip. It’s about me, Meg and the people we’re dating.”[3] Maginnis described the lyrics as presenting an “obstinate attitude”, citing the opening lines: “I’m gonna fight 'em off / A seven nation army couldn’t hold me back / They’re gonna rip it off / Taking their time right behind my back”.[8]"

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to foodporn in Chicken Pot Pasta

the broth is usually a bechemel (cream base) with onion, celery, carrot, and chicken stock. season to taste.

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to risa in Teal'c, his eyes uncovered

teal’c, his eyebrow raised

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to news in The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn.

it’s why the “high end airsoft” market is so big in Japan. they’re basically just the externals of a gun, then they buy rest piecemeal.

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to mildlyinteresting in This package of bagels I bought expired on a date that doesn't exist.

you actually think you’ll be able to convince anyone even remotely stupid or stubborn to use this? you must have never tried anything like this before then…

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to games in The Game Awards 2023: List of Winners

i mean, least year they had the opposite problem. this was likely just over-compensation

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to programmer_humor in Need a rust version too.

if we count the number of people who have used products with code helped by him; we’re probably around 50% of all humanity by now. at least…

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to pcgaming in Skyrim Special Edition update: a mixed bag of Creation Club changes, Steam Deck support, and mod mayhem

huh… so from what i can read cloudflare isn’t necessarily being the bad guy here? they have clear and reasonable policy reasons for their practices, it’s archive.is that’s digging their heals in over a certain communication protocol not used by cloudflare?

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to technology in PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks

there’s been instances of issues with steam games. like paid characters and skins in games being removed after the ip owners decided it was worth more money. dead by daylight did this multiple times.

thedirtyknapkin , 6 months ago to asklemmy in How did Lemmy World become the default instance?

blahaj is a trans rights icon sort of.

thedirtyknapkin , 7 months ago to memes in Seriously spends $80 to drive 20km..

eh, I rent them when needed because that uncle is unbearable and maybe wants to kill me these days.

thedirtyknapkin , 7 months ago to nostupidquestions in Why do people want games that are just stories without any gameplay, these days? Why not just watch a movie for that?

damn yeah that’s a pretty lame take.

thedirtyknapkin , 7 months ago to aboringdystopia in It's all the same no matter what they say

Nixon i believe.