I think we’re mostly on the same page, you just can still trust a Democrat, I guess?

Let’s extend your analogy, though: the Democrats are shooting too, just not directly at me, at this moment. There’s plenty dead at their hands.

I still might rally behind a Democrat to stop an authoritarian, one more fucking time.

And I might not.

We did this dance.

Democrats do not stop the shooting.

I am strongly inclined to trust a total stranger over an established Democrat.

I am not alone in that.

Even if a Democrat cared to save any of us, I do not believe that the Democratic party has the remaining influence to make any difference.

The Maga crowd got something right: the average Democrat politician is spineless, broken and unwilling or unable to disobey orders from a secret cabal of pedophiles.

If we could wake the Maga types up, they might realize the dumb fucks they’re worshipping are part of the same pedophile ring.

Through that lens, being the person that knowingly votes for some niche candidate that they know isn’t going to win any election against those two, knowing full well that by doing that you’re making it that much easier for the Christofascists to scrape out a win and continue pushing this morality horseshit on the people…no, you don’t get a pass. Not anymore.

So when do we hold the democrats accountable for being openly detestable, if not when the they’ve handed the whole country over?

Our only chance at this not getting worse is a likeable candidate. We know democrats are committed to never running one.

What’s the answer here?

Yes, the Democratic party running a true populist is the answer sure. We all know that’s not going to happen.

The US Democratic plans to continue to eek out loses from the jaws of inevitable victory, and enjoy ongoing campaign funding and unaccountability, as their reward.

This, what we have today, is literally their whole platform. They helped plan this.

When do we hold them accountable for that? Is is still too soon?

Wake the fuck up, and realize YOU ARE WORKING CLASS. THEY ARE RULING CLASS. Stop doing their propaganda for them.

Yep.

This thread is full of folks willing to bet that the spineless overlords will change enough to save them from the openly authoritarian overlords.

It is for any democrat who makes it into significant power, yes. Gotta work within that system for slow gradual improvements that can be easily undone.

Yeah. I’m not sure if that’s a free tier thing, or I’m just blockig ads so hard I never noticed…

Perhaps it’s just me, but to me this article feels like belittling the problem by not differentiating between “hated” products and “harmful” products.

Exactly!

Hated product? Oh well. My paycheck still cashes.

Harmful product? Oh shit. Sorry boss. I’m still working on that. It’s been confusing, but we almost got it. Annnyyyy day now, boss. Pretty sure we will get it on track next sprint. Or the one after. (Source: I once got well paid to “accidentally” kill at least one truly shit-head idea. It probably cost me a pay raise, but I left soon after for more money, and I’m still proud of that every time I reflect back on it.)

They’re never a reincarnated plumber named Sal from Hoboken NJ. I blame the Bronte sisters.

Maybe they just don’t talk about it.

I considered sharing my own choices that led to lost money, while still more profitable than OpenAI…but there are just too many.

Edit: Here’s one - that time Homer Simpson bought a mint condition copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, and then ate it - was still more profitable than OpenAI.

Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience. You will be engaged as an independent contractor.

That’s some Decepticon bullshit.

You want real applicants? Publish the salary range.

With much love for all you all do!

From one of the folks you were hoping to talk to.

Well shoot. I need to get to watching. That is delightful!

Devotion to agnosticism is beautiful.

To me, it means I will passionately defend another person’s right to remain “undecided” on all things spiritual.

It can be surprisingly effective in some circles.

Do you need a specific game mechanic for that?

Not really, I suppose. But having it explicit can help players realize they have the option.

“Concede” is also handy for situations where a player feels that their character winning this particular battle would be out of character.

It’s a particularly helpful rule for cases where the player wants their character to do something particularly foolish, maybe to reach a specific story outcome, but still wants some influence on the final outcome.

It can go along the lines of:

Player: My character doesn’t have the brains to not start this fight, but even if we roll lucky and win this, it would feel broken. Can I roll an attack and then immediately concede?

GM: Sure. What would that look like?

Player: What if my character is disarmed somehow?

Etc.

I’ve seen where a few outcomes get discussed, and if the group doesn’t have a strong favorite, we just ranked them in order of luck, and then determined the full encounter with a quick single roll.

Now if you want REALLY MESSED UP stuff,

I’ll see your alternate timeline and raise you the canon timeline where Paris and Janeway abandon their salamander babies.

Hang on, I’m seeing a pattern, here…

Fuck yeah, it does!

Why reference the imperfect copies gen AI makes when you have databases of the real original artists and pictures and 3d scans of real things in the world out there to reference.

I think it is because one of these approaches requires skill and time, the other requires a ChatGPT subscription and George Jetson to push one idiotic button.

It makes people feel that they can contribute in fields where they were previously (and still are) useless.

Pandora’s box is open and will never close again.

Yes…but this Pandora’s box just had a fart in it.

We know we can’t put the fart back in the box.

We just want people to stop acting like it is about to revolutionize modern cinema.

All it is going to do is clear the room.

Even if you get past the technical reasons of why this won’t work well, artistically, your avatar will clash with any game that’s not targeting these avatars.

You would think so, but my Mii fits in perfectly.

(Uh, hopefully it’s obvious that I’m bullshitting. I can’t believe how stupid Mii looked in various Nintendo games. It takes a special kind of leadership at Netflix not to have learned from Nintendo’s… experience.)

But they’re too late! I’m too entrenched in the Nintendo ecosystem, with my perfectly formed Mii that I demand to play as in a variety of games.

If only they had thought of this sooner!

Ohhhh… It took me (checks post age) seven hours to get it.

Diced.