With a mature helicopter they could fly to Chile!

Imagine how scarring it would be to look in a “smart mirror” and have it automatically censor your own body.

This is of course, aside from the million reasons I don’t trust the government when they talk about “for the children” …

I wanted to get a Linux phone and a lapdock. Would give me one device that I could keep personal stuff on, but turn into a full workstation when needed. (But Linux phones are still very much a work in progress)

Yes, but please tell me where the asshole ends and the decent person begins?

It’s a hybrid between a laptop and a USB hub. Takes the monitor and keyboard of a laptop and makes them connect by USB to usually a phone, but here the Steam Deck.

Chaplains. The original chaplains were added to Roman military and were the official state religion. They’re been a staple of warfare since. Their official role is to serve as spiritual and moral support, like a therapist or counselor (particularly before those professions existed). It serves the soldier to have council in difficult times, it serves the state as a proper pep talk helps keeps desertion rates down (with a whole fun new layer of soft power to make the soldier more dedicated to the craft), and it gives the chaplain a fulfilling job.

In America, we have at times pretended that religious diversity is a virtue. Chaplains are less effective if the soldier cannot believe the chaplain shares their values. Thus to keep the tool effective, chaplains and soldiers register their faith beliefs, so that when crisis comes the leaders can pair chaplains in the most effective ways. Add a touch of bureaucracy and you get a list of codes and their associated faiths.

My understanding is that for a long time the list had six options, but in … 2016(?) they decided to get comprehensive and basically tried to document any spiritual/belief structure that a soldier could have. They got ~211. Even at peak usage, there were a good dozen options on the books that didn’t have any active practitioners in the military.

Of course, with the current MAGA in charge, all that diversity and inclusion is treated as a waste of taxpayer dollars and thus has to go. Personally, I think chaplain programs should be sunset in favor of said therapists and counselors, but I get why having a lever to shift soldier morality (not constrained by the science underpinning counseling) is simply too useful to let go.

Rich asshole fireplace briquettes?

It’s a risk many are willing to take, especially if we can use their money for universal healthcare.

NIMBY in action (but far more palatable than usual)

No need to No True Doberman the discussion. There are plenty of picky dogs in the world.

Some dogs (like people) are more particular about their food. Your pet might be bored with their current diet or may have developed an aversion to the way their food tastes, looks, or feels. Additionally, dogs receiving frequent treats or table scraps may become reluctant to eat their regular dog food, in the hopes that a better-tasting treat will be coming along shortly.

https://www.greatpetcare.com/dog-behavior/reasons-your-dog-is-a-picky-eater/

I see your point and it pleases me. Let’s upvote it so it will be seen more by others like me.

But to post a controversial opinion - I believe the internet is a giant confirmation bias machine.

I disagree with your conclusion as it applies here - but I appreciate the argument. (And upvoted, as it adds to the discussion). I think between these two nations one is the underdog and more in touch with people and reality.

That said, Zelinsky is absolutely a charismatic political leader and it’s healthy to critically analyze anything you hear from such sources. In this case, the statement is definitely a bit bravado nicely coupled with reassurance to their people. I do also believe it tracks with what’s publicly available on the warfront. Nonetheless, the interpretation is clearly biased (to make their own side look good).

Thank you for your thoughts. I also see you’re getting downvoted by the echo chamber. I appreciate it, at least.

Welcome to !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world! Where we lick our wounds, laughing at the misfortunes of those who would inflict those same misfortunes on the rest of us.

Thanks, O-bomb-a.

It could be a throwaway.

They took as much as they could digest, but it was a lot to swallow.

I heard you don’t like First Past The Post, so we decided to go with ‘orange narcissistic dictator and a ketomine-doped technocrat’.

Yes. It is very possible for average dudes to look incredible naked, even to traditional beauty standards. Plenty of gay photographers take on this challenge and have portfolios filled with such shots (presumably in part for the challenge and in part for the subject matter).

Technically this is a tangent to the question you asked, save for the case where they do nude self-portraits. Nonetheless, I have been to a few homes where all the walls filled with their own photos of basically average gay bears in posing in very artistic ways that I’d assume were professional models, if not for the fact that I could identify subjects to their local ‘online dating’ profiles. (And to be clear, while some photos definitely have ‘I’m here to fuck’ energy, many more were going for tender vibes and artistic poses).

Guys with [good, interesting] tattoos appear to make great photography subjects - I suspect that it gives the artist something to compose the rest of the shot around. Unless you’re a modern prude, tattoos don’t carry the stigma they used to, they’re [often] artistic, and broadly well-fitted to the male beauty aesthetic.

Wish I could give you names and such, but in my defense I generally wasn’t visiting to see the wall art.

You make an excellent point about how information couldn’t propagate before the information age.

I think we can give Randall credit for knowing this but making an editorial choice for brevity, particularly due to the scope of the rest of their work … on the other hand, that makes the ‘um, actually’ more fun and satisfying.

(Honestly, mostly just spelling this out in case others who aren’t as familiar with XKCD (hi user from ‘all’) have context)

After decades of stripping away info from videos? Tell me ain’t so!

Yeah, I still have artists I like on the channel (social network effect, ugh), but I watch as the algorithm is trying to steer me away from them. It’s frankly disgraceful.