Kitathalla

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[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe... Prions are a different beast altogether in terms of illness. Even the most terrifying forms take years to debilitate and kill you. I don't think most countries want to wait that long to cripple an opponent, and definitely won't want to unleash anything on a neighbor that will certainly come back at them. Right now the only thing that truly gets prions to be gone is incineration levels of heat.

So I don't think biological warfare is going to be on the table. Maybe terrorist type attacks, where the asymmetrical nature of the opponents makes the user unconcerned about potential effects on themself.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 3 points 1 week ago

Hey, asshole, quit talking about me like I'm not here!

/cries_silently_in_B.S._/_Graduate_degree_ratios_in_psychology

spoilerFor those who aren't aware, the last time I checked (hoo boy, this is getting close to two decades ago now... fuck me) approximately 1 in 18 college students graduate with a degree in psychology. That's freaking 6% of the college graduates! Kind of understandable when the bachelor version of psychology is essentially the degree of human interest. 'Come find out how and why humans are funny/stupid/doing X/interesting' is a powerful lure when you're surveying a bunch of different classes and don't have a degree/career in mind yet.

Meanwhile, it's harder to get into psychology doctorate programs than medical school. When I was looking into it, I think it was somewhere in the ballpark of ~5-10% of applicants to doctoral programs would get accepted. It looks like recently it's sitting at 12%. Meanwhile, medical schools are around 44.5% right now.

Now, yes, I could show the higher acceptance rates to masters programs for psychology listed in that APA link, but that gets messier and needs more nuance than the bare bones I wanted to throw up there.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The majority of assholes in these areas are still vaccinated, unfortunately. It's the kids that will be suffering, from the decisions of their parents. If disease would eradicate the unvaccinated quickly enough to wipe out the texas undesirables, we wouldn't have had the current election outcome in the first place.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 3 points 1 week ago

That's the real issue. If you have your fundamental beliefs shaken, you might reason through and come to a good, logical, moral conclusion. You might also do the cognitive dissonance thing and suppress the new revelation with bullshit. If, however, you have someone (faux news) right there with the cognitive dissonance spewing 24/7 and are in an echo chamber of others who are agreeing... well, it's a good chance you'll just accept the talking point and not question it.

Maybe the way to go about it is mocking them if they're spouting the propaganda, and trying to help them in their reasoning if they're questioning things.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, I think he said it's a pink wolf furry, so you're probably good if he's the one penetrating. If it was a pink furry wolf, on the other hand...

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I wonder how they reacted to the Deep Throat.

spoilerI am so sorry, everyone, but I couldn't bring myself to say the more hilarious/nasty comment: "How did they handle Deep Throat?"

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember before I stopped drinking I loved collecting the extravagant liquor bottles. I must have had a dozen of the old kahlua ones that were all dimpled and ridged, and the cool but terrible tasting tequila skulls.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 9 points 1 week ago

This (forgetting the name) is legit the reason for neonicknames, like sport, junior, tiger, bud (man, I wish I could find the video with the several dozen nicknames K gave him in a montage), man, dude, you, girlfriend, bitch, etc.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 6 points 1 week ago

It's the dog that knocks it off the possibility list for me. Most people who commit to the act of suicide start giving stuff away. That and a sudden 'happiness burst' are things that you sometimes see in people who have made the decision. Why would you take a chance to kill your dog, when you could just take a half day and get a vet to do it, or just ask someone to take care of the dog for a few days with the excuse you'll be out of town or are hosting a party or a half dozen of the other plausible reasons?

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 6 points 1 week ago

Try Dynasty Warriors. It's a genre I don't see much anymore, but you take control of a general and blast through tons of minions in a big battlefield, aiming for enemy generals to turn the tide of battle (reflected in overall 'morale').

All the games tell the same story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Obviously just play the last one available, because it has all the quality of life improvements, but I'll only play 3, because it's the only one that has Gan Ning with his super-pimp sword resting on top of his super-pimped no shirt tats.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 3 points 1 week ago

I was coming here to say this. For being a 'game within a game' and on the PS2, they made such compelling gameplay to go with the story.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 2 points 1 week ago

How could you forget the best AC? Ace Combat: Zero!

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