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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 13 points 2 weeks ago (24 children)

Kelsey Piper continues to bluecheck:

What would some good unifying demands be for a hostile takeover of the Democratic party by centrists/moderates?

As opposed to the spineless collaborators who run it now?

We should make acquiring ID documents free and incredibly easy and straightforward and then impose voter ID laws, paper ballots and ballot security improvements along with an expansion of polling places so everyone participates but we lay the 'was it a fair election' qs to rest.

Presuming that Republicans ever asked "was it a fair election?!" in good faith, like a true jabroni.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Comparing quantum computing to time machines or faster-than-light travel is unfair. In order for the latter to exist, our understanding of physics would have to be wrong in a major way. Quantum computing presumes that our understanding of physics is correct. Making it work is "only" an engineering problem, in the sense that Newton's laws say that a rocket can reach the Moon, so the Apollo program was "only" a engineering project. But breaking any ciphers with it is a long way off.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 14 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, but they're just very concerned that American schools are forcing all the children into the same mold, don't you see

gag me with a fucking spoon

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 13 points 3 weeks ago

The man is a hollow shell, and the woman is tripping over her own tongue in the least regal fashion imaginable. There's no emotional maturity because there's no interiority. There's no communication, just Yud doing Ready Player One with Nerd Culture(TM) references. Remember the Evil Overlord list? You do, don't you? Wasn't the Evil Overlord list funny? Now imagine if an Evil Overlord had, wait for it, read the Evil Overlord list. Wouldn't that be amazing?

(Yes, he did the same damn thing in HPMOR, too.)

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Writing prompt: Day one at the dildo factory

"Yarrgh. Another crew of bushy tails, more wet behind the ears than 'tween the legs. You've no idea what's in store for you, but these eyes, these old eyes have seen things. Like the great injector malfunction of aught-six..."

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

SHE is gowned in a black dress sewn with tiny emeralds, rubies, sapphires too small to detract from the darkness of her gown, instead giving it the illusion of a rainbow sheen.

Following "gowned" so closely with "dress" is awkward, because the latter is redundant. Consider, e.g., "She is gowned in black, the fabric sewn with..." Using both "gowned" and "gown" in the same sentence compounds the problem. Consider introducing further information about the fabric: e.g., "the darkness of the velvet" or "the darkness of the silk".

Whoof. Made it through the first sentence.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They have leveled up from the socialism of fools to the communism of dipshits.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 15 points 3 weeks ago

Please learn to parse a joke on your way to the egress.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Being an Internet Old, I do worry about rulings that could narrow the scope of fair use, since good things do rely upon it, and there's always the risk of a sowing/reaping thing, but I won't pretend to have actual legal expertise.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Like, if this guy gets a second scene, it's the one where they demonstrate that SPECTRE does not tolerate failure.

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