poloniousmonk

joined 11 months ago
[–] poloniousmonk@mastodon.social -2 points 10 months ago (7 children)

@politics

Why do the people mocking me here think Plato was an idiot? He said the state needs to control the music. All totalitarian states exercise full control over the media. Why wouldn't America at least trim off the dangerous edges? We've been a lot closer to totalitarianism since wwiithan a lot of people want to admit. Velvet glove, remember.
Hell, watch the first season of Rick and Morty and then the first episode of s2 to see the limits. Atheists are very much not allowed a voice

[–] poloniousmonk@mastodon.social -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

@Cethin

Naaah, hbo doesn't let its property lapse like that. The show talks about reagan's deal with iran to hold the hostages in '79. Obama let it get made and trump took it out of the torrent world, let alone streaming. Hbo sill isn't allowed to air it.

If you don't think the us censors the entertainment, yer oblivious. The Beatles taught the right wing the importance of controlling the narrative. I could give a bunch of examples, but suspect you are impervious to new knowledge.

 

@politics@lemmy.world @politics@beehaw.org @AtheismActually @actuallyautistic

The thing about nazis is, if you give them an inch they take a mile.

If i had more than 500 chars with which to work, i could lay out a trenchant argument why we shouldn't tolerate /any/ extrajudicial murder of minorities by police, even though it's a dirty job that someone has to do.

For the sake of brevity, i'll stick with ACAB. 1312. Rock and roll.

 

@feminism

This has the greatest opening line of any comedy routine. Ever. (30 seconds of applause)

Y'all might like:

https://youtu.be/K98TQJ5ldW0

[–] poloniousmonk@mastodon.social 1 points 11 months ago

@muntedcrocodile

Thanks. I suspected as much.

[–] poloniousmonk@mastodon.social 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

@muntedcrocodile

Besides that, I mean :)

Any technical reason?

 

@arstechnica @technology

Does anyone else see bespoke batteries as a scam?

I noticed the difference in my xbox controller vs playstation. My woman had to keep hers plugged in because the battery was at end-of-life, I kept a set of rechargeable AA's and used them in my mouse, xbox paddle, razor...I forget what all else.

Why not standardize phone and laptop batteries?