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I couldn't even tell you the names of any of them. I've never even played as Donkey Kong in Smash or Mario Kart because he's the BIPOC of the Mario universe and sucks.
Carp doesn't want you to know this, but this is what Donkey Kong actually looks like
We should get rid of Donkey Kong December. We should get rid of White Women Wednesdays and just have Wario Wednesdays instead. Look at him
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I 24(f) was speaking to a man for about over a week now, I've been really insecure my whole life and avoided men entirely. Only just these past few months have I started to go on dating apps and speak to guys, I've not really found anyone I've been interested in until last week. I really got along with this guy, common interests and thought I was beautiful etc. In the beginning of the convo I was very clear that I'm plus size and if he's not into that that's completely fine, and he was bigger himself and emphasised that he was completely fine with my size and attracted to me. I also said that I'm not into being fetishised, he didn't drop any hints that he was into that.
We had a date tomorrow, to get coffee together. And today, after I've done my nails and toes, took a full body shower, plucked my eyebrows, used my hair and skincare that I reserve for special occasions and I was even going to bake him some cookies to try that we spoke about. He then sent me a long message about how he's into feederism and that he understands it's not for everyone and he likes me for me not his kink etc. I feel so humiliated. I feel gross and I feel like all security and confidence I had has just been destroyed. I really thought I found someone that liked me for ME myself, not because I'm fat. I sent him a voice note saying that I was clear I'm not into his fetish, and he had the opportunity to tell me then no? But instead he's told me just before our date.
I really feel like all my trust in potential partners has completely gone. I'm a really sceptical person usually, and it took so much time for him to break down my walls all to end up doing that. I hate feeders, and I hate my body for attracting them too.
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Technology? !chuds !nooticers !trump2024
https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1igv0jp/national_50_states_antitrump_protest_planned_for/
https://old.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1iguth2/newsweek_national_50_states_antitrump_protest/
https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/duplicates/1ihh63h/online_movement_50501_calls_for_national_50/
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when a content creator you used to enjoy watching ends up being a toxic asshole πππ pic.twitter.com/3FnMBoZMz5
— The Worst of Twt (@TheWorstOfTwt) January 26, 2025
You might know this guy from a recently posted thread from @BussyBoy where he says some mean things about a dead minecraft youtuber. I don't know if he wants his channel to be associated with rDrama so I'm going to refer to him as Brian.
Apparently BB/Brian NOT ONLY made fun of a dead guy BUT two weeks before he also made a very insensitive joke where he refers to a black minecraft pig as a "pigger". In fact, this issue was so massive that the part where he says it is the MOST REPLAYED part of the video AND sponsorblock has it marked as the highlight of the video.
This generated its own sneeding with many users calling this joke really insensitive.
Not long after posting the drama died down (because preteens have the attention spans of flies) and everything was fine... UNTIL someone brought it up again in the drama referenced earlier.
Ironic that this guy is trying to be a moral authority when he posts trash like this: https://t.co/e2LBLQCO8M pic.twitter.com/b0hgLELlqR
β Matt (@Owehttamy) January 25, 2025
The replies are pretty boring because, like I said before, we're dealing with children.
Just wanted to include this screenshot because it's so fricking funny that this dude doesn't get the joke after like 3 replies.
HAVE NO FEAR, ANOTHER YOUTUBER IS HERE! Totaling at 770k subs, TheMisterEpic chimes in to defend Brian!
Every tweet of gerg I see makes me like him more and more https://t.co/nVrWXrk8aT
β TheMisterEpic (@TheMisterEpicYT) January 25, 2025
He whiteknights for Brian like a good friend and mentions the obvious fact: it's ragebait made to generate discussion
Here's his whole discussion with OP
Now, back to the main tweet. Xitter user TheWorstOfTwt informs everyone that TME is a heckin chud and that nobody should subscribe to him.
I don't care for minecraft so all of this discussion is boring. Feel free to mess with people, maybe deny all the atrocities that happened? Maybe claim these youtubers are black? Idk
editorial note post writing: the guy who made the callout thread is suicidal lmfao https://x.com/Owehttamy https://www.twitch.tv/owehttamy
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my post earlier about being a 31 year old virgin inspired me to make life changes so yeah i decided to cut back on strag water
instead of cutting back i actually havent had any since i posted my L (the L standing for "life") 2 days ago
go me
thanks for being supportive im focused on how i finish my life not how it started
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With talk of the Switch successor being revealed this week I thought it'd be worth doing a review of all the major leaks and rumors that have appeared surrounding it. There's a comical amount of stuff to go over for a system that hasn't even been formally announced yet. Originally, I'd meant to do this at the end of last year but waiting might have paid off since it might only be a few days away from being unveiled to the world at long last. In fact, just today some new developments have happened that is even more smoke for a reveal being imminent. I'm not the most plugged into this topic or the technical aspects surrounding it so there may be some mistakes made but whatever. The broad strokes paint a pretty interesting picture.
The T239 Leak
Starting at the very beginning of the proper speculation for a Switch successor is the leak of the T239 chip which was acquired as collateral from Nvidia getting hacked. The T239 is a SoC that looks very much like it is designed to support a dedicated video gaming system and because of their existing partnership with the Switch people conclude that this is likely a new Nintendo console. Digital Foundry made this article covering details about the chip as well as some experimenting to try and approximate the power of the system as well as test it against some big gen eight games. I won't go too into the analysis as it's highly controversial amongst the spergs who argue with each other about Switch 2 leaks. The main takeaways are:
a custom built SoC made special for Nintendo; no more off the shelf Tegra X1
Ampere architecture
8x ARM A78C CPU (this wasn't in the original leak but was determined some time later)
1536 CUDA cores
128-bit/LPDDR5 memory interface
DLSS capable with tensor cores
ray tracing cores as well
maximum memory bandwidth of 102GB/s
a dedicated file decompression block
reportedly demo'd a build of Breath of the Wild with zero loading times and maybe also at 4K60FPS (the latter point is not as widely corroborated amongst journoids)
Overall, it's already looking like a substantial step-up from the og Switch in terms of performance and capability. As there really wasn't a generational leap between the Wii U and Switch this is an exciting prospect for Nintendo fans. It's also reason for optimism with regard to third party support as the test yielded decent performance for Death Stranding that is about equivalent to the PS4. At this point, however, there are still quite a few big question marks hanging over the system like RAM amount, the internal storage, the clock speeds, the process node it was fabbed on, the screen, the list goes on.
The Shipment Manifest Leaks
For a long while the T239 specs were all that there was to pore over for Switch 2 information. There were paltry nuggets found through datamining firmware and OS updates for the Switch that hinted at some form of compatibility with the successor but still nothing especially interesting. That is until the s and other assorted ResetEra rejects of Famiboards realized that they can look up customs data regarding international shipping through a number of different websites. I guess this is how people dig for info about upcoming smartphone models yet for whatever reason no one had thought to do the same for vidya consoles until now. Anyway, they set to work filtering results for data pertaining to Nintendo, Nvidia, and Nintendo's manufacturing partners in Vietnam and what do you know, they find some pretty interesting stuff. It looks like prototype models for a device with an identifying code that doesn't match any currently known Nintendo product.
Dimensions
These being shipping manifests some pretty comprehensive details about the physical dimensions of the system are discovered quickly.
Size of the Switch successor itself:
- 206mm x 115mm x 14mm (the original Switch is at 173mm x 102mm x 13.9mm)
The Joycons and dock are also a bit larger than their Switch 1 counterparts but I'm having trouble finding the exact measurements for them.
Peripherals
A built-in mic is discovered as well as details about magnets in the manifest that lead people to think that the new Joycons will attach magnetically to the Switch instead of via rails.
A giant fricking fan
Easily the most lolwtf find from the whole system.
Presumably this is going to go in the new dock for the system which raises... interesting possibilities for how hard they intend to push this thing in docked mode.
New Shipment Discoveries
Later on, after the investor's meeting where Nintendo first acknowledged the existence of a successor to the Nintendo Switch in May 2024 they would discover a new shipment with a few more details about the system.
RAM
Two 6 GB LPDDR5X chips are found in the data. This was a significant find for two reasons: it put to rest long held anxieties about 8 GB and hopes for 16 GB and it also puts the Switch 2 ahead of the Xbox Series S by 2 GB. It's also assumed that the Switch 2's OS will also be very lean and lightweight unlike what's used for Xbox. The Xbox Series S is seen as the best hope for the Switch 2 getting substantial third support since many big games will have already had to be scaled down in order to work on the S (and by extension be allowed to release on the Series X). As a result the Series S is what Nintendo fans are hopeful the Switch 2 will be comparable to.
Storage
A 256 GB UFS 3.1 storage chip is found. UFS 3.1 had long been speculated as the likely choice for storage based on what was popular in the smartphone space. It's a pretty fast storage medium and not too far off from what the PS5 and Xbox Series have.
This post is a much denser breakdown of the shipping finds if anyone is interested.
Possible Factory Leaks Begin
The September Leak
It's in September of 2024 that photos allegedly of the Switch 2 in various states start to appear on the Internet.
These photos end up being quite contentious. The perspective of the case sitting on the desk looks off to me and feels like it was a poor shop. For what it's worth people closely examining the motherboard find product codes that match that of one of the prototypes found in the shipping manifests.
The sole revelation from this batch of photos is the extra USB-C port on the top of the system as seen in this CAD render.
Lastly here's the front facing view of the complete system.
The December Leak
Guy on Xitter pops up claiming to have photos of a completed Switch 2 model. I believe that he goes on to torch his own credibility by claiming that he used AI manipulation on the photos to better protect his identity.
(The left photo is allegedly the new dock.)
The January Leak
Another leak from Chinese social media. This time of the Joycons. One aspect in particular makes it (in my opinion) the most fun photo leak by a country mile.
Notice the little square sensor near the middle of the Joycon? Looks a bit like a mouse sensor, doesn't it? My God, it looks like it even has glide pads...
The debate between the mouse sensor camp and IR sensor camp has been on-going. The OG Switch has IR sensors in its Joycons (for the like 12 games that use it lmao) so it's not impossible that is what these are. However, recent findings like mouse support being found in firmware updates for the Switch and shipping data indicating the presence of mouse soles would seem to support the mouse theory. Zany if true.
The Clockspeeds Leak
Finally, just today another big mystery about the specs seems to have at long last been solved. An established dataminer revealed on Famiboards what he believes to be the various clockspeeds that will be used in the Switch 2.
The user in question will come to Famiboards every once and a while to post about new discoveries made in the Switch's firmware and OS so it's assumed these numbers also came from that. The more interesting theory is that the Switch 2's SDK has leaked somewhere and that it's where he's actually getting this.
Some rough estimations for the TFLOPS of each power profile have been made and come out to 1.72 TFLOPS for portable and 3.09 TFLOPS for docked.
Fun visualization of the power difference.
The difference in CPU speeds has weirded a lot of people out. The Switch 1 keeps the same clockspeed for docked and portable and it's doubly weird that the Switch 2's docked mode has the lower clockspeed. It's lead some people to cast doubt on these being accurate numbers. We'll have to wait and see.
Lingering Questions
The Screen
Despite being listed in the shipment data nothing concrete has been found about the Switch 2's screen. People have made claims that they say is sourced from insider information but all of it has sounded like safe, educated guesses. They'll probably go with LCD screens again because it's cheaper (and so they can make tendies double dip with OLED models later down the line ). A 7.91 inch screen is something specific that has been claimed. This would be a huge increase over the base Switch's 6.2-inch screen and even the OLED model's 7-inch screen. It is assumed by everyone that it will be a 1080p screen, up from the Switch's 720p screen.
The Process Node
The question of what process node the Switch 2's hardware will be made on has probably been the single most hotly debated question about the thing. Heated arguments over whether it will be 4nm (le good) or 8nm (LE BAD) have been raging since the T239 was discovered and it gets very neurodivergent. What the frick do these numbers mean, exactly? I dunno, I guess before 28nm nodes were a thing it was some kind of specific measurement in a circuit board but now it's just branding basically. What matters is that smaller = better and better process nodes allow for smaller form factor and better power efficiency. Both are very important in a handheld. It's been a near constant back and forth of people citing a somewhat reliable but also spotty guy on Xitter who claims it's for sure 8nm, followed by people saying that 8nm is obviously too old for something that finished in 2022 and that Nintendo would NEVER cheap out on hardware. Every time an alleged photo of the motherboard drops people rush to estimate the process node based on analysis of the photo and napkin math which then prompts other people to write essays explaining why trying to estimate the node size that way is fricking r-slurred and completely unreliable. The leaks of the clockspeeds has tempered this somewhat and it looks like 7nm might be what people gravitate towards as general consensus. Either way, we won't know until tech reviewers get their hands on the final product and do teardowns. Not like it matters at this point.
The Games
Not a fricking thing has been leaked about games for the Switch 2. In the wake of basically everything about the hardware being laid bare almost a full year in advance of Nintendo saying anything about the system this is a bit surprising. Just goes to show how airtight Nintendo are
Conclusion
That's basically everything worth mentioning. It's a little wild to finally be on the verge of getting something official about this system after all this time feeling like I already know quite a bit about it.
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We're playing the turboneurodivergent Dawn of Civilization mod for Civilization IV that replicates world history. !g*mers
The first World Congress takes place in Regensburg. The biggest civilizations can request a city change hands.
I select Roha, because Ethiopia has pissed me off all game
Sure
Sure
Don't care
Yes
Voting is done. Final results:
Our only loss is our vassal French colony of Speightstown in Barbados. Not all that important. Is it really necessary to start a world war over it?
The benefit is everyone attacked me, so I get no diplomatic penalties for declaring war on them. I'm ready for a fight Ethiopia, Portugal, Russia, and Japan are my enemies.
Holy Rome did NOT attack me. Wise choice
I am HAPPY to finally fight Ethiopia
Alula Engida falls in the defense of the city.
Once I've taken Aksum their stability starts to tank.
It's got some nice stuff so I'll probably keep it.
I allow for peace, they're probably fukt anyway.
I have a little army I've been keeping in my pocket off the coast of Morocco ready for the American Revolution, they can take out Portugal instead
Lisbon doesn't have SHIT for defenses
I don't even have to do anything, Spain sweeps in and claims it. They earned it.
I set my eye on Portugal's Brazilian colonies instead
But by the time I get there the've collapsed
This army can go to Japan instead.
I'm able to take Nagasaki but don't have enough troops to push further in, and the Japanese start taking out my boats. They'll have to be reinforced later.
In Rhye's and Fall Russia's power was "General Winter" which hurt any invading armies. Would've made for a fun challenge but they no longer have this.
I have a very old but huge assault army in Mesopotamia, I want to sneak them up to surprise Russia
This won't work because Iran won't let me through
Alternate route:
Notice that I can actually see past the fog of war on the map to these cities now with espionage because I've researched electricity.
Iran is also one of the few civs totally dark on the map, they actually have strong antiespionage.
Russia is guarded by Stelets, who start with City Garrison.
But I have Grenadiers These guys ROCK in DoC
Starting with City Raider, two promotions gets them City Raider III AND they get collateral damage
My French vassals hold Tarnopol, I was worried I would have to protect them but they have a pretty solid army in there. I'm so proud of them
Russia is soon willing to surrender Kyiv/Kiev/Kevin
I don't think so. They're capitulating.
Our first female Great General is born during the Russian push, Albia Domenica
I told @Ubie last game I would actually have the next general fight in the field, this will be especially advantageous if I get the Brandenberg Gate wonder up.
The problem with using Great Generals in the field base game is that the risk of losing them at 90% odds over battle after battle is just too great. Most often the AI only uses them like this as a last ditch chance to defend a city, as Ethiopia did. Brandenberg Gate actually incentivizes you to sacrifice them.
I start working on it in Pella, Greece
You may have noticed but I'm lightyears ahead of schedule in technology so I'm really getting crazy with wonders. The Eiffel Tower was just built in Rome with the Statue of Liberty next. Eiffel Tower is super helpful for moar Golden Ages
I'm going to start one now to support the army and get the Brandenberg Gate up. I'm starting to face a recession anyways.
I've also built Chapultepec Castle, further enhancing Padua as a military powerhouse. Units start pumping out with Leadership and three promotions out of the gate
In the midst of all this fricking Morocco declares independence
Around this time foreign occupied nations start to secede. It was probably a toss up which one would. This could have been worse, but I definitely want to take Morocco back. Marrakesh is my naval center.
They have a pretty srs army tho Albia is gonna be the one to go down and fight them.
We need to get Brandenberg Gate up faster for this so I send my Great Engineer Celer.
I'm wasting some hammers here but it's worth it.
Albia's army arrives as the Moroccans advance to Yglgl
No idea what this city is by the way. If anyone else ever decides to look they're going to find my playthrough
Try as I might to send Albia towards certain doom, she's repeatedly successful.
Hey WTF. One of my really really old Roman Legion units joined Morocco
Death to traitors
Finally, in the assault on Shigan Albia falls
Previously, the combat experience to my next next Great General was 66
Thanks to Brandenberg Gate, once she dies it drops to 25
We'll get another general in no time
Marrakesh falls
And we get our second general, another foid, Agrippina
She's going to lead the fight in Japan.
The Kingdom of Prussia spawns, and the cities of Danzig and Wroclaw I conquered from the Russian Empire request to join them..
I don't really want these, so that's fine.
The Holy Roman Empire is reduced to the Archduchy of Austria.
Only sucky thing is they're Protestant so they dislike us
We can deal with them later.
Even during the Golden Age my Economy stability is tanking to a recession I'm not sure if this is because I ran out of trade infrastructure to continually build, or if Free Enterprise is causing this, or maybe a mix of both.
We're still OK on expansion but nearing the overextension point. Overextension would be the major killer if it gets out of control.
With the research of Psychology we hit the Global era (insanely ahead of schedule)
@Soren mentioned
We get a Great Spy, but my espionage is good enough I don't really know what to do with this dude I already have a Secret Service in Rome for espionage output, I can send him to build another one in Byzantion and make that city a spy training center.
Another world congress takes place.
Another world war is gonna be a little much The Ethiopians can have stupid Aksum back.
Moscow falls, and I have a Catholic missionary ready to show them the error of their ways.
Only after pushing into Moscow and France taking Riga is Russia FINALLY willing to capitulate.
Now they are the "Province of Samartia". I will of course return their core cities to them, and hopefully influence them to become Catholic.
You may notice in the diplo tooltip that my stability is just barely dipping into "Unstable"
Japan's navy is unexpectedly annoying.
Agrippina lands ready to take Edo, but we're probably going to need to pivot to Kyoto (Heian-kyou)
Oh, great, it looks like the Ottomans have shown up
Only 400 years late
I'm probably going to have to deal with these secessions like Turkey and Morocco for a while Greece or Egypt seceding would probably be the biggest nuisance.
Now they have the Secret Service
Agrippina is even more stubborn about not dying.
We push into Edo and call a crusade on Japan and they still won't capitulate. Should have figured they would fight to the end.
They eventually collapse. So now I have Japan
and this b-word STILL WON'T DIE
I restore most of Russia's conquered core to them. Hanging onto Poland and Ukraine for now.
I can liberate Ukraine but don't really want to. If I could set Poland free I would, but I think France owning Tarnopol is blocking it.
Russia really likes me now and is willing to convert to Catholicism. Part of the reason I did all this shit was for Foreign stability. Russia is usually a peepee but now we're homies and he's another stable vassal. Japan would have been similar but now that they're out of this world they'll no longer contribute to negative foreign stability.
Turkey goes down
I've fought enough that I've gotten a new Great General naturally.
Planning on raiding Sendai until Agrippina dies to reset the counter Apparently this reset only happens once
Either way, we are now mostly stable.
and finally at peace
I have a Great Statesman available, I may reform the government soon. With Psychology and Macroeconomics I can pick a proper modern government. I'll let you guys choose which direction I should go in.
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Hi all. Iβve taken a bit of time away from social media to reflect, but I see the conversation is ongoing. What I think is important is that we all show each other respect online. If youβre defending me by being disrespectful or racist then I would rather you didnβt.
— Dr Ally Louks (@DrAllyLouks) January 20, 2025
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E: The OG Tweet from what I can tell. LMAO that Hanania is somehow tangentially involved
She has learned that the social justice totem pole only allows her to call out some olfactory racism. Other olfactory racism is more equal than others
Assorted replies
The obvious: lmao you only gave in because they were π ±lack
Truly the best thing to do against a hate mob is give in immediately so they know you're an easy target next time
Trump brought back woke mob twitter LFG. Truly a blast from the past!
I love telling yt to shut up, but not in bad faith!!!
Quote Retweets
Summary guy
Person who never logs off considers what grass touchers would even think of this
Calling her a dusty old throwback to when you were immediately supposed to bow to black people who never updated her firmware
Indians are the most oppressed minority online. (But no I will not consider why so many people dislike our group)
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previous thread: https://rdrama.net/h/slackernews/post/330633/i-found-a-website-uglier-than
In this column, I will discuss the following topics:
-My obsession with dates/years and which decades I love
-Do I enjoy plane crashes?
-Product Review: Hidden Valley Ranch Dress Packets
-Advertisement
-A walk down memory lane: the bloody picture
-I am making websites for those who are convicted s*x offenders
-Recipe of the Month: Blueberry Muffins
-Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
-People want to befriend me? An unexpected invintation -- rdrama.net
-Personals
-Babe of the Month
-Opinions on VHS, CD, DVD, tapes, vinyls, etc.
-Reading a Reader's Palm
One day I checked my email and I received three separate emails (along with a few voicemails) from people very enthusiastically inviting me to "rdrama.net". Usually my email inbox is very slow, so to have multiple people emailing me over the course of one day was exciting. The emails I received told me that people were discussing my website on rdrama.net, and I was provided a link to this thread.
Link: https://rdrama.net/h/slackernews/post/330633/i-found-a-website-uglier-than
In this thread, people seemed bewildered by my opinions and blunt honesty, but they were unexpectedly welcoming and encouraging despite this (or probably because of this). I always have a hard time thinking about how others perceive me, since I will admit, I am fairly strange compared to the average person. I lose sight of this since I am me and I am living this strangeness 24/7, so what is completely normal to me is completely unique and new to other people. Sometimes I will say really stupid things to other people in public because I am slightly nervous when talking to people in person, so I have a harder time pacing my thoughts. This means that I sometimes lose sight of "normal" speak and my own internal words/phrases I made up. Once I gifted an acquaintance cookies. She thanked me and said the cookies were good. I got nervous, giggled, and said, "That's great, I hope they give you good mouth pleasure." The term "mouth pleasure" is one I made up to imply something is tasty, but out of context, it sounds completely sexual. After I said that, I felt my face turn red. Another time, I was talking to an acquaintance about delicious food I had just eaten and I casually said, "I one throated that food". The term "one throat" implies you ate something so quickly in one go, "one throat". But after saying it, I immediately realized that term was something I say to myself internally, not externally. It also sounds very similar to "deep throat", so I was embarrassed after I accidentally said that. (I originally heard this term on Impractical Jokers and it resonated with me.) All of this to say, my eccentricities sometimes make me seem more fascinating compared to other people, because other people are very similar to one another and thus, they do not stand out.
Also, someone in the rdrama.net thread was wondering if I was a . Is it because I use Arch? What about me emanates mentally ill man who shaves his taint? I took great offense to this, because what biological male has a cute face and is 4' 11"? That would be the absolute
jackpot, and if I were a
that had hit such a jackpot, I would definitely have capitalized on that. But instead, here I am writing this and making websites for s*x offenders, sans girldick. Plus, all
s sound the same. They sound like a deranged Mickey Mouse, and my voice sounds nothing like that. I have a very authentic, biological, female voice. Perhaps you haven't spent enough time watching
s to know this. I implore you to spend a few minutes educating yourself. Go to https://www.tgtube.com/
Here's an example of me talking versus how a sounds when he tries to sound like a girl. I've perfectly replicated how these mental basket cases talk via the power of Kdenlive.
Now you can spot a without even setting an eye on one. You're welcome for the masterclass in how to
spot for blind people.
Overall, I was amused by this encounter because it was a glimpse into how people react when they visit my website and read my opinions. Usually I am completely blind to people's perceptions on these things, since there isn't a comment section on my HTML pages. It was also nice to see a website with a solid and active userbase that is completely separate from the usual r-slurred back-doored NSA Telegram chat, Groomercord group, or other NSA controlled "social media" website. I'm pretty sure rdrama.net uses Lemmy, which is open source (and federated) software that mirrors the Reddit look. If you are opposed to using reddit because you do not wish to start estrogen pills, then using a Lemmy instance would be a better solution for you.
In my case, while I appreciate the kind reception and invitations to rdrama.net, I am not a fan of the Reddit style/form of communication, nor do I tend to use websites that require accounts (withe exception of e-mail and my Peertube).
A lot of the time I prefer to post opinions and share ideas/responses anonymously, as this serves a few primary benefits:
1. No one will agree/disagree with my opinion simply because I said it. When I post an idea anonymously, I can get honest feedback that is not tainted by someone's opinion of me.
2. I generally do not use any website with a profile system. I don't like cliques that tend to come with profile-based websites. For example, on forums you will have cliques, a reputation, a post number history attached to your profile which seemingly dictates your worth. There are too many factors a profile adds that taint a discussion; as now the person is more important than the discussion at hand.
3. I can post something I do not actually mean without someone having the ability to confirm if I actually believe that thing due to my post history. Anonymity gives you freedom to be a completely different person. This allows anonymous posting to be much more fun due to its chaotic nature.
It's important to note that a website page is different from a discussion. While I operate a website where I write my thoughts/opinions, in a setting of discussion, I vastly prefer for ideas to hold value over who said the idea. When identities get involved in a discussion, the ideas can be tainted simply by the identity saying them. Whereas if the discussion was held anonymously, the thoughts and ideas are judged on their own merit alone.
I understand this is unconventional thinking for most people and that I am in a great minority. I personally prefer to operate like this, but I understand why most people do not have issues with profiles and discussions tied to an identity. While I personally do not make accounts on social websites due to my own personal beliefs, I think there is a good chance some of my readers may like this website. I think it's important to spend leisurely internet time on websites that are separate from globohomo ones. I encourage you to at least look at this website out of curiosity, and perhaps join if it's something you like. By having more users interact on such websites, it gives those who were once reluctant to use. Only a few years ago (around 2017) many open source federated websites were dead due to low adoptability since people did not want to use websites with a low userbase. Thanks to those who choose to use them regardless, it has given them more value, and thus, those who will only join is there is a sufficient userbase will now be more willing to utilize these better websites.
I encourage everyone to go and check out the rest of the column!
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Here bro. pic.twitter.com/HxjpsjmCqC
— Embodiment of Intellectual Prowess (@baldassnugget) February 2, 2025
Somehow he thinks this is normal. Some tvs have smoothing on as default. He didn't even know what it was. Zoomers are so brain rotted they think a normal ps5 can run rd2 which has a draw distance of like half a mile at 60fps. This is some ceiling bird levels of not noticing.
I think noticing should be a mandatory class in high school. A full second input lag would entirely unplayable for someone with a brain.
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Not copypasting the whole article, but nice fleet dorks:
Almost as soon as the Caleb entered the Pillar Point Harbor in the summer 2017, its crew ran into trouble, leading to the San Mateo County Harbor District filing a lawsuit against Danielson and Powell. The first time the U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tugboat for an inspection, the agency warned Danielson about the dangers of anchoring the dilapidated vessel, which carried 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
Danielson signed papers acknowledging her obligations under the Clean Water Act. But neighbors had already lodged complaints about the Caleb being docked illegally and storing 500 gallons of oily bilge water, court records show.
The Coast Guard called the boat "an imminent threat to the public health" and ordered the owners to finalize a mitigation plan. Rough seas in winter 2017 sent the tug into other anchored vessels, damaging them, the lawsuit stated.
By December 2017, Danielson had registered two more boats at Pillar Point Harbor, including the Islander that she and LaSota once shared and a boat called the Letoile de Mer. Over the next year, the vessels all faced anchor problems, and other harbor tenants raised concerns that the massive tug might ram them, harbor officials said.
A former employee at the harbor, who asked to remain anonymous out of concerns for his safety, described the vessel as less than seaworthy and its "shabby" crew as a nuisance.
"Feral humans we called them," the employee said. "They're just living, trying to get away with whatever they can under the wire. Most harbors have them, harbor rats that are just living the alternative lifestyle."
When the employee boarded the vessel to inspect it, he said the living quarters were a "mess." He recalled seeing s*x toys and lingerie in "plain view" in one of the bunkrooms. "It was filthy," he said. "They weren't hiding anything, that's for sure."
Back at Pillar Point, the Caleb's troubles mounted. In 2021, San Mateo County authorities determined the boat was no longer seaworthy and ordered the owners to remove it. No owner responded and its anchor continued to drag. Then in early 2022, winter storms tossed the boat around the harbor, endangering other vessels. No one responded to radio calls to the Caleb, the district alleged in a lawsuit.
The night of March 12, 2022, Danielson and her crew moved the Caleb to the harbor's work dock, but staff explained the boat was too large to be there, harbor officials said. "Danielson and crew got into a vehicle and drove off and have not been seen at (Pillar Point Harbor) or near the Caleb since," the harbor district's lawsuit stated.
The Caleb had been abandoned. The harbor district, records show, wound up paying a marine salvage company to remove hazardous materials from the boat and anchor it away from the dock.
A few months later, in August 2022, LaSota faked her own death.
While Danielson and LaSota haven't been seen at the harbor in three years, their legacy β a 345-ton heap of metal waste β rests near the community of Princeton-by-the-Sea and the cliffs of Mavericks Beach.
Harbor District General Manager Jim Pruett said the price tag for removing the ship would be about $2 million. It's a big ask for an agency with an annual budget of $13 million, Pruett said, so he's applying for grants to shoulder the cost.
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How many of you break the law just to goon? It aint a new thang! The old heads would break the law all the time just to goon! Aight, sheeit imma hit ya'll off with a quick lesson on masturbation. You see, none of the GOONERS can agree on where gooning originated and how some GOONING became illegal and some didn't. Sheeit, some of our GOONERS are Christians and according to them, God HATES gooners. As proof, they point to the story of Onan. That's a real deep cut there nigguh get your googles on that shit for real. That dude was the first to say yo FRICK GOD I DON'T WANT GUSSY because GOONING is better.
Folks like me, we goon hard but we ain't Christians. I'm not tryna read an old book unless its a sticky playboy ya heard me? in my set we believe that true gooning as we enjoy it today originated with De Sade. Now that motherlover figured out that all these laws, morality, and modesty is bullshit. It's all about GOONING NON-STOP to COMPLETELY ABHORRENT shit. Check this shit out, this gentleman GOONED so hard the FEDS said ENOUGH FUN and they charged him with pornography, s*x crimes, and blasphemy. He said I ain't gonna stop COOMING this is what I believe in to the bottom of my heart I die for this goon shit. I didn't even mention that this KING had royal ancestry. They arrested him many times and he just kept getting out. He gooned so hard FEDS were trying to KILL him.
They aint kill him though. My gooners, we look up to De Sade. We stay in that evil shit bruh we know that the best cooms come from the worst filth imaginable
- Virgin vulva in a monogamous marriage making consentual and thoughtful love to each other?
NO. I HATE THAT SHIT NIGGUH.
De Sade is a real G for us gooners. If you don't understand then maybe you're not a REAL GOONER and we don't want no FAKE GOONERS on our set so you best get going. Before he left, he wrote the best filth ever. Shit goes so hard, it has GOONER scholars decoding it in modern day. Sheeeit. This GENIUS left behind the whole blueprint for HARDCORE GOON ADDICTS.
Now there's one more set I wanna talk about and that's the EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS. Sheeit, I don't really frick with these BIPOCs. They be using science and shit to trace back the origins of COOMING in humans and the psychological underpinnings of GOONING in our shared human ancestry. Because it's crazy, cultures around the world, completely disconnected across space and time, and we all GOON hard.
Some of us gooners, sheeit when we're not out there selling COOMpacks on Whatsapp/Telegram, we look up at the stars and wonder... do aliens coom? If they do then maybe this goon shit goes back further than human history. Maybe it was passed down to us from ancient galactic beings. And it's our duty to pass on the gift of GOONING to the next generation and get them hooked on TORRENTED PORN, USED TAMPONS, and UNSAFE S*X.
But this post isn't about all the sets. It's about one young man who had the courage to stand against society and GOON. That man is me. Sheeit when I started gooning I was just a YB aint got shit going on for me in life except weak butt shit like college, caring parents, and goals and aspirations. Then I discovered GOONING and I realised actually I aint tryna hear all that shit. I was put on this Earth to GOON.
WOMEN TRY TO STOP ME FROM COOMING BUT THEY CAN'T.
I want pain, faeces, and rotten, cut-open torsos that I coom into. But back when I was a wee young lad I didn't have TERABYTES of COOMpacks (DM me for details). So sheeit I did what's called the dictionary game. I would look up naughty words in a physical dictionary, read that filth, and GOON hard.
It's the best way to goon. You don't need:
Clothes
Lube
Internet
Electricity
A mobile device or electronic gadgets
You just need a dictionary and your hand. Just keeping gooning boys. The promised land is almost here.
THEY NOT LIKE US.