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Nosferatu (2024): Eggy Fails to Find Horror's Future in it's Past :marseymid:

For the opening fourth of Nosferatu I was hooked. Thomas's travel to Count Orlok's castle and his subsequent torture in it were captivating. Providing the religious fervor, mysticism, and psychological degradation Robert Eggers is known for with Bill SkarsgΓ₯rd playing a suitably decayed and nasty Orlok. From there the movie only gets worse as it dedicated significant time to Ellen who in this version has a demonic, sexual bond with the count long predating Thomas's dealings with him. Any sexual subtext to the original film and novel are turned into constant numbing over text. The first time Orlok feeds on someone in a sexual way its creepy by the 4th, 5th, 10th.... it becomes tiring and cliche. Same goes for Ellen who spends a considerable bit of the run time going through the same sleep walking motions of humping the air and crying out in ecstasy for Orlok over and over again. It gets even worse when the whole thing becomes a shit version of the Exorcist with Ellen contorting her body in crazy ways and talking in tongues. These generic horror tropes continue with Thomas's return where the film becomes a boring, drawn out series of long tracking shots which end on a cheap jump scare. What should be scary becomes monotonous as it constantly replays the same scenes and tropes over and over again. Worst of all it does practically nothing with all this repetition. It shoves the sexual elements in your face without expansion beyond whats implied in the originals, and then it also has a totally separate thread of Orlok representing modernism which could be tied to the female sexuality angle but the film never does it.

Its a shame the movie turned out this bad, because when it works it really works. Thoma's travel through eastern Europe, Count Orlok on the ship, and the rotting plague city are all slim and spooky, serving as pretty good stand alone horror films. I think a slimmer, less dialog focused film just about Thomas traveling to and from the castle would have been way better. The strict faithfulness to the original's plot structure with the insistence on following modern horror pacing and tropes leads to a movie which just is just exhausting to finish with how much it beats the same drum over and over again. At a whopping 2 hours and 10 minutes I would frankly recommend watching the original with its slimmer 90 minute run time, which is basically all the best parts of this movie without all the tedious bloat.

Final score: 5/10

!kino its over :marseyitsover:

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Remember when those BIPOCs on TikTok discovered check fraud

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735309074_vZYEDBhGXHBXQ.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735309113IcWZCrCgf2zwzQ.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735309154LxHDPxqgvxCUCg.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17353091872glSaz3RwQqVhg.webp

Bottom coin leaderboard when

!metashit !deadBIPOCstorage

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Captivating longpost about the sinking of the MS Estonia

@everyone sent me this article a while ago. It is long but a really good read

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/05/a-sea-story/302940/

Archive:

https://archive.is/sRH0W

Paywall bypass:

https://12ft.io/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/05/a-sea-story/302940/

Background: the MS Estonia was used by Western !glowies to smuggle advanced military technology out of the collapsing Soviet Union. It mysteriously sank in September 1994, killing 852 of the 989 passengers onboard, the largest European maritime disaster since World War II. The site of the shipwreck is classified as a graveyard and it is illegal to go near it. In 2020, some Swedish filmmakers using a submarine drone discovered a 4-meter wide hole in the hull which was likely caused by an explosion. They were then prosecuted by the Swedish government for violating the sanctity of the wreck.

This Russian disinformation site claims it was sunk by a NATO submarine

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-sinking-of-ms-estonia-still-doubts-over-official-story-24-years-after-the-biggest-maritime-disaster-in-europe-since-world-war-ii/5654293

The smuggling operation had to be aborted because they feared customs were waiting for them in Sweden. The smugglers tried to open the bow to drive the trucks out, but failed. A decision was made to instead sink MS Estonia with torpedoes. Noise transmitters were put out to hinder recording of what happened, but the Swedish navy recorded everything on their underwater microphones. The submarine in question would be from a NATO-country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_MS_Estonia

@grizzly please make an effortpost about this

!schizomaxxxers discuss

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EFFORTPOST Star Trek DS9 Season 1 Reviews: The Nagus, Vortex and Dramatis Personae

The Nagus

The cold open drops more foreshadowing than sunshine on my butt: Sisko wants go to Bajor with Jake- he plans to visit The Fire Caverns (later revealed to be home to the Pah-Wraiths and they will be the site of Sisko's last confrontation with Dukat in the final episode)- Rom is acting like Rom and he quotes our first ever Rule of Acquisition (Number One, no less- "Once you've got their money, never give it back". As the episode progresses we get the sixth rule too- "Never allow family to stand in the way of opporunity")- we see Grand Nagus Zek, his weird staff and his huge manservant Maihardu. Loads of important shit gets shown for the first time this episode. This is also the first proper "Ferengi Episode"- a controversial concept as a lot of people don't like them. Although there were some rotten Ferengi episodes, there were plenty of good ones and I've always had a soft spot for them because they show a slice of Star Trek life from a different cultural perspective- a window into another way of thinking and existing within a setting we've only seen from one perspective in the past. Also, they're kind of like Fiddler on the Roof in space.

The Nagus has arrived on DS9, apparently on a cooming expedition. He intends to indulge in five of Quark's most popular holoporn programs. They would tone down the gooning implications in later seasons (and the holosuite would be used more for recreations of the Battle of Britain, somewhat-self-indulgent Rat Pack knock-offs and copyright infringing James Bond parodies- no seriously... Paramount got threatened with legal action by MGM after 'Our Man Bashir' in Season 5. How New Line's Austin Powers avoided this I don't know) but here in season 1, the message is clear as to what people are paying for in the holosuite:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296901v9WR6fSfZ2fPBA.webp

They were together in real life btw: deal with it...

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296901Yn1Ygsl6cPOE4w.webp

At least he's not really a Jeet

Zek invites himself to dinner at Quark's apartment. Side note- Ferengi use chopsticks and a lazy susan. There he explains his real reasons for the visit: he plans to use Quark's bar to host a biznez meeting to discuss Ferengi biznez, especially Gamma Quadrant biznez. He's chosen Quark's bar because apparently only Quark can arrange some uncomfortable-looking Ikea furniture in a room for short men with big ears to sit on. During the dinner Zek expresses disdain for BIPOC attending the hoo-man school so Rom tells BIPOC not to go there any more. BIPOC is less than happy about this and matters are not made better because Chief Obrien is currently teaching classes because the casting budget for this episode was already stretched by the Ferengi characters & would not cover Rosalind Chao's fee while Keiko is on holiday. This is the same Chief Obrien who literally had to fix every replicator on the station a few weeks back- now his wife's away he suddenly has all the time in the world to moonlight as a teachercel.

Getting back to the meeting: Nagus Zek explains that it's important that the Ferengi expand into the Gamma Quadrant so as to exploit a market where the unfounded reputation they have in the Merchant-phobic Alpha Quadrant can't ruin their chances.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296901aDTpQm9FZ9iwWg.webp

Everyone agrees that this is an unreasonable goyim misrepresentation of a simple hard-working people.

But Zek feels he's too old to lead his people into this new frontier and he announces that he will now appoint a successor... Quark.

Nobody's impressed and spend the next few days low key threatening Quark- someone even tries to assassinate him. Compounding his woes, Zek suddenly dies leaving Quark without any support. Odo suggests doing an autopsy but everyone laughs as Zek's body is already gone- upon their deaths Ferengi are vacuum dessicated and the dishes of their remains auctioned off. One piece of Zek is worth 20 bars of gold-pressed latinum and is expected to double in value by the following year.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296903yDyyDelIrEY0nA.webp

I'm not sure what Ferengi do with these powdered remains but those of great men like Zek sell for a high price and generally increase in value over time.

Quark tries to play it tough and act like he knows what he's doing which leads to this bizarre scene:

Turns out the bomb was Rom and Zek's useless son. They then try and blow Quark out of an airlock- something they're only prevented from doing by the reappearance of Zek who faked his death to test his useless son. A test his son failed uselessly. So Zek must remain Nagus and exploit the Gamma Quadrant personally, a task which will have huge implications in season 2. Far from being angry at his brother, Quark is just pleased he's not a complete failure as a Ferengi. For some reason Rom does not face charges for attempted murder.

There's a B plot about Jake teaching BIPOC to read which isn't worth getting into except for this bit where they goon over a hot Vulcan girl:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17352969055YnbUQM3jHNnig.webp

The first true Ferengi episode is... fine.

https://media.tenor.com/QBpZRohLJhEAAAAx/chernobyl-not-great.webp

It lays the foundations for a lot of future Ferengi culture- their society is not one of true capitalism and free markets but rather a rigidly hierarchical one based on monopolies and price-fixing with the Nagus sitting at the center dictating everything and taking a cut of it all. Later we will learn of the Ferengi Commerce Authority which creates an impossible web of red tape in the Alliance which can only be navigated via extortionate bribes. This is why Ferengi have to gouge the life out of any non-Ferengi they do business with: their margins are so narrow due to all the bureaucracy and corruption.

Quick note on gold-pressed latinum: it's not a currency- it's a commodity and therefore it's price presumably fluctuates. Latinum is a metal, liquid at room temperature, which cannot be synthesised or replicated- hence it's intrinsic value. The latinum is traditionally pressed into sleeves of gold (which can be replicated and therefore has no real value besides looking nice) which are shaped as slips, strips and bars. Although the value of latinum fluctuates 100 slips make a strip and 20 strips make a bar. There are also bricks which are massively expensive but I don't know how many bars make a brick. I think that if you consider a slip to be worth about $1 you are in the right ball park. Other non-replicatable materials include dilithium crystals and possibly uridium (a fictional metal, originally invented for the 1980s vidya of the same name, from which starship sensor arrays are made) because the whole reason for the Cardassian occupation of Bajor was to strip-mine the planet for uridium. I suppose it's possible that different materials use different amounts of energy to replicate and it might just be more energy efficient for the Cardassians to mine the stuff. I suppose it's also possible that Cardassian replicators (which the show has established already as being a bit shit) can't do it but Federation ones can. Anyway...

Vortex

Jeff Lynne from ELO (or an alien who looks a lot like him) comes aboard DS9 and gets involved in some plot to rip off a Faberge egg thing Quark's trying to sell to a pair of twins (it is never explained why Jeff's involved in this). In the ensuing fight Jeff shoots and kills one of the twins and is arrested on suspicion of murder (although the twins fired first, it was Jeff who pulled a gun on them) while the surviving brother swears revenge.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296907g-yZ8mMxPItz1w.webp

I do wonder how they cast these twins and who got the decision on which one lives (and gets most of the speaking lines) and which one dies. Did they share both salaries equally? After all- they wouldn't have gotten the gig unless there was two of them.

Anyway, Jeff is one of those tricksy types who gaslamps Odo into believing he can lead the constable to his people- as proof he shows him a shapechanging butt-plug thing he keeps in a locket (why the heck was he allowed to keep this in his cell?).

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296908dNiUbp7o7jm8CQ.webp

Sisko and Dax go to Jeff's home planet and find them to be authoritarian buttholes but this week's interpretation of the Prime Directive demands that Jeff is returned to be executed without trial. Odo gets the gig to take him but re-routes to a nebula where Jeff says Odo might find his people. Of course he can't and it's just a stasis pod where Jeff has stashed his daughter (how did he get it here?). The shapechanging butt-plug is a key. He's a dissident, you see and was just trying to protect his daughter (from what? Are they a persecuted minority? We never find out).

The twin shows up in a sharp pointy-looking starship (must be a nightmare to dock) and there's a bit of action which, I'll grant you, does look nice...

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296909YVOXEWHzxsIO_Q.webp https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296910THNXGW0K_OQ8QQ.webp

...but this whole story makes no sense and Jeff's bullshit about the Changelings (this is the first time we ever hear Odo's people referred to as such) just feels like the episode itself bullpooping the audience into wasting our time watching this because we thought something important might occur. You might also notice a lot of "never explained" and "for some reason" bits in this review- that's never a good sign. There's also this bit where a rock falls on Odo's head and knocks him out- how the frick does that work? He doesn't have a brain.

It's all so disappointing.

Dramatis Personae

Another alien mind-virus has everybody on the station acting weird except for Odo. It was brought on board by a Klingon ship which asplodes after coming through the wormhole after cutting short their planetary survey mission into the Gamma Quadrant. I can't help but wonder how a Vor'cha class battlecruiser can blow into pieces right next to a busy star port and yet not cause any damage to any other vessels or the station itself.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296910XYCWgpKUqLkZxA.webp

One Klingon is successfully beamed over before his ship asplodes and mumbles one word before he dies; "victory". He carries his own personal logs which have suffered enough damage as to take a while to decipher (or maybe they got the logs from the cruiser wreckage, I can't remember). While this is happening Odo has a massive spazz in Quarks...

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296911yFZ881yTX0iDog.webp

...but quickly recovers. This is never explained but is clearly his reaction to the virus. Quark also doesn't seem affected but his usefulness is restricted for reasons you'll see in a minute. Everybody else starts acting paranoid and weird and turns on each other forming into two groups- one loyal to Sisko and the other seeking to overthrow him, led by Kira. The Klingon logs eventually show that the exact same pattern of events occured aboard their cruiser but the significance of this is downplayed by Obrien (acting as Sisko's enforcer while Sisko hides insolently in his office and DNGAF) who, correctly, points out that Kingons tend to get promoted by assassinating their commanders. How the frick things like a Gamma Quadrant planetary survey mission get done under these conditions is unfathomable. The Klingons found some kind of ancient alien historical archive and it somehow causes people to reenact ancient historical events, presumably this was supposed to happen under more controlled circumstances than we see happening here.

There are two good things about this episode: the first is the subtle way the characters are afffected by the archive- they retain their sense of selves and their motivations seem consistent with their previously established characters. Kira's initial reasons for toppling Sisko is that she thinks he and the Federation are a threat to Bajor, Dax is an old man who is full of reminiscences and Obrien is a chippy and bad tempered Irish shit. The second reason is Kira being crazy hot. I never remember finding Nana Visitor this attractive before but, God-she is sexy AF and some of her antics in this episode are particularly coom-worthy.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296912ECO61537T05rpw.webp

God I wish I was Quark right here...

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296914V-s9Jc2AfiySog.webp

Avery Brooks is quite good doing Sisko's Nero act in this episode (Brooks was always better playing bad guys) and it causes him to make a strange alien clock instead of playing a fiddle. the clock was a really nice prop and we often see it in the background in his office during subsequent episodes:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735296915E43tRXKxz_2fjQ.webp

Possibility of making a Starshit hole

I'm thinking we need to have a hole dedicated to SciFi TV and movies- particularly shows like old school Star Trek, Stargate etc. I'd be willing to put 50,000 DC towards it if other people could help raise the other half of the cost. I also have no ability with CSS or banner creation. IDK, what do you think?

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:marppy: Drama Report: 2024-12-27 :marseyminer:

Top Drama

ScorePostSubredditRatioComments
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜People that hate small talk are just bad conversationalists /r/unpopularopinion (5M)68%2343
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜Theory - UAPs are disarming us before the motherships arrive./r/UFOs (4M)66%1736
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜I know I'm late on this but I just finished TLOU2 and it was hands .../r/PS5 (8M)67%921
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜Saw this and had to share/r/TheLastOfUs2 (96K)66%872
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜I got engaged under an Allosaurus/r/MadeMeSmile (11M)67%885
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜How to better explain to my guy friend that women in the US do stil.../r/TwoHotTakes (823K)48%494
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜Maybe hot take, but Origins has aged like milk gameplay wise and it.../r/dragonage (327K)59%533
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜My wife holds her phone close at all times. /r/AskMenAdvice (215K)50%432
πŸ”₯πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜"Nothing" was my response when asked what I wanted for Xmas…/r/Anticonsumption (903K)61%465
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Relative Drama (takes into account the size of the subreddit)

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πŸ€“πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜FWI: AOC runs for president in 2028/r/FutureWhatIf (43K)52%284
πŸ€“πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜Saw this and had to share/r/TheLastOfUs2 (96K)66%872
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πŸ€“πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜Juror #2 /r/TheBigPicture (17K)56%87
πŸ€“πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜πŸ”˜Cis women with wide shoulders. Is it a turnoff?/r/trueratediscussions (60K)47%243
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:marppy: autodrama: returning jobs to dramneurodivergents. :marseycapitalistmanlet: Ping HeyMoon if there are any problems or you have a suggestion :marseyjamming:

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I fear I hate my Wife : rs_x

					
					
					
	

				
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Do we have crosstalk with ovarit?

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Pikachu says Trans rights! (OC, customized PokePla kit)

					
					

Context

Some nasty witch made a post about her trans pikachu or something and posted it on /r/pokemon. They didn't like it as confirmed by unddit:

  • removed comments: 132/322 (41.0%) deleted comments: 21/322 (6.5%)

Anyway, as I'm the chad type (and they are the crying soys), I've noticed that like a majority of trans positive comments are downmarseyed to oblivion due to bots and/or brigaded by right-wing extremists and the reactions are too funny:

https://old.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1hlrits/pikachu_says_trans_rights_oc_customized_pokepla/m3oq2rq/?context=8

https://old.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1hlrits/pikachu_says_trans_rights_oc_customized_pokepla/m3oo8w6/?context=8

https://old.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1hlrits/pikachu_says_trans_rights_oc_customized_pokepla/m3ovufv/?context=8

https://old.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1hlrits/pikachu_says_trans_rights_oc_customized_pokepla/m3omcjn/?context=8


/r/Gamingcirclejerk - G*mer couldnt stand seeing anpikachu and a trans flag in the same pic [sic jfc]

Anyway, the thread got posted to our friends over at /r/gamingcirlejerk by the gorgeous Oktavia - whose beauty only reflects their orthographic skills - and it's a crysis-just-got-released-in-2007 situation. Most comment chains got jannied clean but undelete has them saved:

https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Gamingcirclejerk/comments/1hmdiu5/_/m3tgpsh/#comment-info

https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Gamingcirclejerk/comments/1hmdiu5/_/m3v0u8o/#comment-info

https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Gamingcirclejerk/comments/1hmdiu5/_/m3u95sw/#comment-info

https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Gamingcirclejerk/comments/1hmdiu5/_/m3tq5oz/#comment-info

https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Gamingcirclejerk/comments/1hmdiu5/_/m3tgwoj/#comment-info


Anyway, transphobes got btfo'd by lore accurate pikachu:

Ash's Pikachu has canonically crossdressed by taping a piece of yellow paper to the end of his tail, which is directly referenced in the photo.

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!blueanon

!khive

Jan6 :#marseyletsfuckinggo2:

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Elon musk puts on a fake mustache and screeches shitlib nonsense

He also was caught on mic getting orders from a sexy Indian dude off mic, still looking for that one.

Found it

Musk is Adrian dittman, the one with a gay lib Brit accent screeching shitlib talking points and acting like a redditor

Dude lmao

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Wow. This is an incredibly insular, and empathy devoid take. The author's binary assumption that introversion and introversion are choices are incredible. Go and do some research on neurodivergence, and then go and have a think about how harmful this advice is.

Remember, shyness, like fatness, is totally determined by your DNA, and your choices have nothing to do with it.

For me it isn't just a matter of "I'd rather be in front of a computer", going to a big social encounter is extremely stressful. And the idea of approaching and talking to someone I don't know fills me with terror.

Lots more computercel cope in the thread

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:marseyteehee: Whoops, Valve has been accidentally funding (sic. contributing and enabling) a world wide gambling mafia

Coffeezilla has been doing a mini-documentary exposing CSGO gambling epidemic...

TL;DR Valve has been :marseyairquotes: accidentally :marseyairquotes: contributing and enabling a mafia of gambling, and avoiding regulations and using workarounds to avoid laws and addict teens to gambling. There's a whole expose.

my wholesome halfliferino developer cannot be le malicious and evil!

:marseysoylentgrintalking#:

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durararaarararararararararararararararararara

Trash.

0/10

Don't care about any of the characters. Very very boring. Didn't even get past the 3 episode.

Oooh mysteroius dollars gang, colors gang, ooooh woman without a head, ooooh.

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@DestoryerCarbine was just banned :c

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735286918ILuZsC0BZg4B1g.webp

This is extremely unfair :C

He's one of my best friends

I feel so sad

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735286700T1E1bt3P5SV8YQ.webp

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https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/gui-instructions-installing-wireguard-on-silverblue/74713

liamdev: I need graphical user interace (GUI) instructions for installing Wireguard on Silverblue - Fedora 34. I'm visiting family at the moment and evidently they have Avast - which I do not want to use and I don't want the VPN that they have set up with the router to interfere with mine.

I've read the 1981 internet protocol that was published by DoD. I'm so immeasurably frustrated that something like an encrypted tunnel from end point to end point is such a complicated issue.

The articles on Fedora Magazine are not sufficient for a beginner and only show command line instructions and the only video on YouTube that's worth watching is chaotic with a guy typing a millions commands plus he's using Ubuntu anyways. GUI instrucitons please.

computersavvy: If they are already using a vpn why add another layer. Since you are just visiting you can temporarily disable your own vpn, use the one they already have configured at router level and go with it.

liamdev: With all due respect, I was looking for GUI instructions on how to set up the Wireguard VPN on Fedora Silverblue, not advice on what I should be doing with a presumption that I had one set up before.

liamdev: I haven't come across anyone that has sucessfully set up a VPN on a YouTube tutorial or anything else via GUI. VPN's should be simple, point and click free solutions to protect your identity and information from being transmitted widely over the internet. There's literally no point in moving forward with any future releases of any distribution if a GUI VPN hasn't been developed.

Regarding a server - i don't have a personal VPN server - that's what WireGuard is supposed to be ? WireGuard is supposed to be both the VPN Server and the VPN Client for someone that has neither right now.

computersavvy: I think you are misinterpreting what a vpn is & does.

It securely connects you via a tunnel from one point to another, the remote being a vpn server and may be free, paid, or company owned.

liamdev: Thanks for the info. My use case is this - I want to be able to install a VPN so that anything I search for on the internet is encrypted. I want an encrypted tunnel between my computer and the internet browser.

The reality is, there are (from what I see) 1.5 million man pages that have 10,000 functions. In other words, there's 150 ways to do the same thing. The system is so broken that I'm shocked the DoD has even let it carry on the way that it has.

From what I understand, Gnome Box VM's don't even hide your physical IP address or MAC address or anything really? So if someone wanted to use the hacking cowtools that are in Linux - well there wouldn't be much stopping them from getting literally all of my passwords and information…

So if someone wanted to use the hacking cowtools that are in Linux - well there wouldn't be much stopping them from getting literally all of my passwords and information…

augenauf: interesting, I would be curious to learn how to do that, just for research purposes. could you share any insights?

liamdev: Gothca - thanks, Sure thing, I'll map them out. Here's how you:

Get Kali Linux -

Fingerprint Web Apps & Servers for Better Recon [Tutorial]

Clear the Logs & History on Linux Systems to Delete All Traces You Were There [Tutorial]

Haunt a Computer Using SSH [Tutorial]

How Hackers Can Find Hidden Wi-Fi Networks & Their Names

Generate Crackable Handshakes with the ESP8266 [Tutorial]

Watch Hackers Craft Malicious Office Macros (ft. Kilian from SecurityFWD)

I mean just follow that channel in general. Then look at:

How to HACK a password // password cracking with Kali Linux and HashCat - how to HACK a password // password cracking with Kali Linux and HashCat

You get the point.

So, regarding the VPN and just general freedom to have privacy haha… I'll check out the blog post again. I don't understand how it's so easy to find out how to track and airplane from a video tutorial but something as basic as a VPN seems to have so many different components to the workload that could break at any moment.

liamdev: With all due respect, it's none of your business why I don't just turn it off at the Router level. I genuinely mean that as well - I don't mean to disrespect you, but posting in a public forum why I don't do that shouldn't even be a consideration as a response.

I'm gathering that no one has developed a GUI to use this Wireguard VPN. I clicked through the link that you sent, and the link that was in there and the link in that one too. Thanks for the effort but it didn't provide an actual GUI answer.

I'm gathering that no one has developed a GUI to use this Wireguard VPN.

augenauf: It's integrated in Network Manager in Gnome, consider searching the internet.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager#VPN_support

liamdev: okay so there's no way to easily install the WireGuard VPN via a GUI. The strategy here is to loop people in w/ Lenovo, offer them "free" everything that's not really free, offer tons of documentation to the point where people either give up or - the optimal outcome - they hire a company like Red Hat - that's using non-profits as a tax write off - or someone else that's anonymous but the risk in the anonymous folks is that they could be hackers ha.

If there was a "CEO" of Fedora, who would that be? Who is in charge of operations? Who is in charge with the Lenovo relationship? Who is in charge with the financial side is probably the most important in this question. I don't want to reach out to an anonymous profile and this VPN is arguably one of the most critical elements of the research I'm doing. If this is seriously the end result - the messages on these threads and recommendations - then there is a massive problem that needs to be addressed.

augenauf: So, you tried to set up the wireguard between your Fedora Workstation and your EC2 instance?

Where are you stuck? What are the error messages? Any logs?

liamdev: No, I'm hopeful you can help me find some way to connect directly with the Fedora leadership team. What is the best route? I believe whoever would be equivalent to the CFO would be the most appropriate.

augenauf: So, I am going to close the topic if you are not interested in technical support solving your problem. You're wasting your time and our time by discussing useless stuff. Had you ever posted a link to the guide you are trying to follow, the commands you had executed, the conf files you used, and error messages or log files that were generated, we could have long solved your problem. Instead …

As for the contact to Fedora Council and its Chair, I am sure you find that in Fedora Docs or by means of a search engine.

Do you actually call Jeff Bezos if your EC2 instance doesn't install an update?

I can only second @ilikelinux comment; get a professional IT consultant. He or she will setup wordpress and a store within a couple of days, including a wireguard connection for you to mess up the installation.

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https://www.mcgorray.com/obituaries/LIAM-J-BIRT?obId=27828780

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!schizomaxxxers press :f: to pay respects to our fallen king

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Introducing !rednecks – Because 'Hold My Beer' Deserves Its Own Ping Group

Introducing the !rednecks Ping Group – A Home for the Digital Dirt Road Elite

Are you tired of digital spaces that don't get you? Do you find yourself longing for conversations about lifted trucks, country cooking, camo fashion, or the proper etiquette for shotgunning a beer? Then saddle up, because the !rednecks ping group is here to fill that gapβ€”duct tape, mullets, and all.

What Is a Redneck?

A redneck isn't just a person who enjoys country livingβ€”it's a state of mind. Rednecks are proud, hard-working, no-nonsense individuals who value self-reliance, tradition, and good times. Whether you're fixing your truck in the driveway, floating down the river with a cooler full of beer, or debating which BBQ sauce reigns supreme, being a redneck is about embracing a simpler, freer way of life.

Rednecks embody:

β€’	Resourcefulness – Turning a broken lawnmower into a functioning motorbike with zip ties and prayers.

β€’	Rebellion – Questioning authority and valuing personal freedom.

β€’	Community Spirit – Helping neighbors, family, and friends no matter what.

β€’	Fun-loving Energy – From mudding in lifted trucks to throwing the biggest bonfire party this side of the county line.

But being a redneck isn't just about the jokes (though there will be plenty). It's about representing a culture that's often misunderstood or outright dismissed in digital spaces.

Why Does rdrama.net Need a !rednecks Ping Group?

Let's be realβ€”rednecks are criminally underrepresented online. In an era where irony reigns supreme, the humor and charm of redneck culture deserve a spotlight, not just a punchline. rdrama.net has always thrived on celebrating absurdity and subverting expectations, and there's nothing more unexpected than a group of unapologetic rednecks staking their claim in the chaos.

We already know there's overlap with !bumpkinsβ€”our rural cousinsβ€”but !rednecks offers a more specific flavor of backwoods bravado. Think fewer overalls and more Monster Energy hats.

This is a space where we can:

β€’	Share memes about trailer park royalty, moonshine recipes, and the eternal debate of Ford vs. Chevy.

β€’	Tell stories about fishin' trips, hunting fails, and legendary family gatherings.

β€’	Celebrate what it means to live loud, proud, and occasionally shirtless in the great outdoors.

β€’	Mock and embrace the stereotypes, because we know the punchlines are often true.

Who Should Join?

If you:

β€’	Have ever used duct tape to fix something important.

β€’	Think fireworks and firearms are essential holiday accessories.

β€’	Own at least one item of clothing with a Confederate flag, an American flag, or both.

β€’	Believe "Hold my beer" is the start of a great story.

β€’	Feel more at home on a dirt road than a city street.

Then you're one of usβ€”welcome to !rednecks.

Final Thoughts

The !rednecks ping group isn't just for laughing at redneck cultureβ€”it's about laughing with it, owning it, and celebrating it as the chaotic, charming force that it is. Whether you're a true-blue redneck or just redneck-adjacent, join us in embracing the mullet mentality: business in the front, party in the back.

So what are you waiting for? Slap on your trucker hat, crack open a cold one, and hit that join button. Let's make rdrama.net just a little more down-home.

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This is ongoing, with no end in sight so far.

1. :chudsmug: "That statue should be in JAIL"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264425-3I5oc9Bps1OOw.webp https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264425URmw-qMEBLrY9g.webp

2. :chudjakcry: "they built a frickin statue" :marseytroll: "as they should"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/173526442578cIXTnx8aEGvA.webp

3. :chudsmug: "let's make a petition to get it removed" :chudglassesglow: "why can't we simply destroy it"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264425-Hb0AyLZP8JPiw.webp

4. :marseylaptopangry2: "some real racist comments in here..." :marseyrapscallion: "you sound vaccinated"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264425b7qtvje2Fqj0-A.webp

5. :marseyhatium: "If I lived near that monstrosity it would be a boat anchor"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264425OYiAvd4loUmNVA.webp

6. :marseysaluteusa: "I love that bird" :marseysmug2: "I use that flag in your profile photo as potty paper"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264426brFRbz-EuKyBfg.webp https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264426T8Pdcn7O5AUo1g.webp

7. :marseyhmmhips: "is that real bronze... scrap prices are up right now wink, wink"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264426iQgl7TjSu0ZS3w.webp

8. :wavyhairblackjack: "darn racists... I wish many generations of Amurimutts for your bloodline :marseysatisfied:" :chudglassesglow: "So then you agree that mixed grandkids would be a curse?"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264426HmLsCS6LDCnpFQ.webp https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264729x6jmq2p6DPHFew.webp

9. :marseychonker2: :petertoilet: "where is it, I wanna take a dump on it too"

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264426Lhe1jpR9gd87Tw.webp

These comments just go on and on lol...

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735264426gYHu0e2SkHeTVA.webp

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Progressive women hate cute twinks

Hello besties, I have some slop screenshot posts for some :marseychristmaself: christmas time drama that I didn't touch because I refused to use this site on christmas :marseyno:, it's a moral standard


A post about old school homophobia led to some chick noting that women hate bisexuals. Women come out the woodwork after shopping or cooking or whatever women do to confirm it

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735251217r2oPKrMfsMJWdw.webp

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I want to know what this chick below is on about, sounds like an awesome source of drama

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trvth...

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1735251218hNb1dU9M5jXqsA.webp

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>I'll never date those aids ridden CUTE TWINKS but I'm not homophobic

Too awesome

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100-plus cities in the U.S. banned homeless camping this year. But will it work? : NPR

					
					
					
	

				
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When called on his bullshit, he cowers and resorts to the "I am not a good communicator" defense.

https://rdrama.net/h/bardfanns/post/328519/bard-spotting-on-bluesky-27-december

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Found the Jan 6 2025 planning committee, /r/InvokeUSC14s3onJan6

					
					

!r-slurs !neurodivergents !schizomaxxxers !schizos !fedposters

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So true
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Nosferatu!
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!burgers !gunnuts :marseygunnut: :marseygunnut: :marseygunnut:

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