Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
It doesn't help that thanks to a combination of right-wing propaganda and media complicity most people don't actually know what "defund the police" means
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It doesn't help that thanks to a combination of right-wing propaganda and media complicity most people don't actually know what "defund the police" means
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I assume he means "left leaning by republican standards" so centrists at best
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure there would be some anti-Korean racism somewhere in there
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I literally wouldn't even care about Microsoft if it weren't for all the studios they've bought (and will no doubt either destroy or render a shell of their former selves)
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Dinner is 6 pm (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted
All I ask is for every Democratic candidate to talk this way. Bare minimum imo!
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social)
I have defeated the Doom RPG But apparently not well enough for John Carmack I love how there's just a Dead to Rights style thing where you control a dog sometimes more games need random sections where you play as a dog
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
That account seems to exist solely to generate likes and retweets Anyway I don't have a firm answer; it's pretty much a dead heat between Ignoreland, Exhuming McCarthy, and Electrolite
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't think there's any lore where vampires are affected by *photos* of garlic anyhow That'd be pretty funny tho
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I was shocked that the Metroid Prime remaster was only $40 Yeah it's a remaster of an old game but Nintendo charges full price for those all the time maybe their logic was that it wasn't worth as much as (say) Return to Dreamland because they didn't add new content?
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
God if I never have to talk to an HOA board member it'll be too soon The pettiest bitches in the known galaxy
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
meanwhile they're constantly accusing the Dems of doing this
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure you have data that backs up this absurd claim.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah. The more money you have, the more insulated you are from criticism. The more insulated you are, the more it hurts when someone *does* criticize you.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social)
I promise you this video is worth watching to the end
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
What the fuck was he even trying to do? If he was trying to park he had like eight car lengths worth of room to work with. Though I have to admit I was surprised that dinky Smart car was able to get back up that slope after he somehow backed himself off the street.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel like a Klingon would challenge someone to a duel for creating that
Daniel (@escargotpro.bsky.social) reposted
What if they not letting Trump speak because he had a Reverse Fetterman Stroke and hes woke now
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay but between this and someone in that thread referring to him as just "Silver" I now have the image in my head of Nate Silver yelling in a whiny voice, "It's no use!" youtu.be/Oq8AgIS3ZgU?...
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
What would a dog do with a dime anyhow
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Very lifelike
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Man this crying wolf shit When he actually kicks it I'm not gonna think it's a joke for awhile
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I like how Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Morocco are all somehow the same civilization I'm guessing he just lumped all the Muslim-majority countries together and called it a day
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
It's literally the Trump thing where those wind turbines were marring the view from his resort in Scotland (actually they were barely visible from the shore)
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Was that only in 2008? I thought it was from like the late 90s. Regardless, I agree.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Also who the fuck is this guy and why does he think anybody of consequence is listening to him
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I continue to be baffled by what they were mad about with the logo change Also hasn't Cracker Barrel been doing poorly for a while now? I imagine the logo change was part of a marketing push to get them out of the slump.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's not forget the guy who turned himself into a paranoiac because ChatGPT recommended he replace his table salt with sodium bromide www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQah...
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I had the MS-DOS version of this game It wasn't terrible but as I recall the save function straight up didn't work
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social)
I love how 1.5% of players beat the final boss of the third act of Heretic but didn't bother to go through the exit Maybe they couldn't find the button that operates the stairs In all seriousness though why would you put two progression achievements a minute apart
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
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Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I didn't need hindsight, I was insulted right away
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
She'd have voted for Obama a third time if she could've
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
While also implying (or in some cases explicitly stating) that expecting Black former politicians with significant influence to do anything is kinda racist
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
File footage of all the Dem leaders doing that stuff (There are a few being proactive but far from the majority)
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
What is wrong with this woman's face It's like it's stuck looking like that old "Overly Attached Girlfriend" meme
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
And then sometimes they'll just make the game-breaking weapons free DLC for no apparent reason It's quite odd
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
This post is going to break some lib brains when it breaks containment
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
His logic is that the left-side (which in his estimation is 3 to 5 people out of 29) HAS to reach rightward in order to get a majority. Of course, this is all predicated on what I believe to be a false assumption; that most voters are right-wing.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
He's claiming that the vast majority of people (unclear if he means all Americans or likely Dem voters) are on the "right-wing" side of things. He's just expressing it in a weird way. He's saying if there were 29 voters, 9 of them are on the far-right, 8 are slightly less right-wing, etc.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
File footage of Mr. Giuliani
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Have you considered writing for Star Trek
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I wish there were an equivalent of "flat-earther" for these people
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
They're going to run out of girls' names eventually In a few decades they'll release Atelier Moon Unit Alpha
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Kant wouldn't buy a fuckin SUV
Peter Sterne (@petersterne.com) reposted
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Wasn't that the reason Christopher Gans changed Harry to Rose in the movie He just couldn't handle the idea of a man caring so much about his adopted daughter
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
She fuckin vomits out a fetus and tries to squash it How much more obvious can you get
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
That's the only game I've ever played where you perform an abortion on yourself
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Man like 20 years later I still can't escape that terrible handle
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Breaking news: people don't like to have their choice of porn recorded for the government to access at its leisure
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel like calculating crime rates over the course of three weeks is not very helpful Also this ignores the fact that having federal troops occupying an American city is itself a crime
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I played the demo It crashed so hard that I couldn't get it to run again afterwards
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social)
Ughhhhhhhhh
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Gee if the guards were doing their jobs, how did an inmate wind up with a scalpel? We're not talking about sharpening a random piece of metal into a shiv here. A scalpel is a very specific thing. Either it got stolen from the medical ward or it got smuggled in.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I assume it's the boss of the prison guards' union because otherwise that inclusion makes no sense whatsoever It'd still be dumb but at least it would be somewhat relevant
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm guessing he's a solipsist and he's going to nuke the planet because he's dying soon and nothing will exist afterward anyway
SFDB (@sfdb.bsky.social) reposted
FHP also arrested a man at a crosswalk near Pulse in Orlando last night. The bizarre story of the arrest is related below by Fox35 Orlando. This is so pitifully embarrassing for the state. via www.fox35orlando.com/news/man-arr...
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
My favorite is when I'm in the right lane stopped at a red light and the person behind me starts honking because I haven't made a right turn Even if there's a "no turn on red" sign or if I haven't signalled that I'm turning at all (because I'm not)
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
If I remember correctly the luck stat in this game is completely fucked and barely does anything I literally had souls that took me 30+ minutes of nonstop farming to get
Big Hippo 🇮🇪 (@bighippoart.bsky.social) reposted
Made a new piece only to realize that today is #whalesharkday 🦈 🦊 😀
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
What's really frustrating is that most of our wounds are self-inflicted And I'm not just talking about Trump; he just exacerbated an already bad situation
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
That sequence would be a lot cooler if you didn't then have to climb the tower all over again to get the key or whatever that Gergoth was guarding
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
the fucking markets are crowded enough without this bullshit also how much does spending $10000 per store or whatever on a robot that bump into customers increase the price of bananas
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
If it said something like "$679 million in federal funding for wind farms was removed", that would be passive voice. Like I'm as critical of PBS and NPR's conciliatory tone as anyone but this doesn't seem like a great example of it
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
man what How is this headline passive (emphasis mine): The Transportation Department on Friday CANCELED $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the LATEST ATTACK by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
adam mahoney (he/him) (@adamlmahoney.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty. The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social)
I'm gonna cheat here and say David Bowie as Boz in the game Omikron: The Nomad Soul. That game is TERRIBLE and the fact that Bowie was so enamored with it he wrote most of the soundtrack for them is amazing. Also, to Quantic Dream's credit, I think this character's design is kinda neat.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Too bad this lady didn't live to see it 😐 youtu.be/DUlj48Rvp1c?...
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I think Vance would be worse if people would actually do what he wanted but it seems like almost nobody likes him even on that side
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Gilded Age II: Lost in New York
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I said to Saint Peter - nice guy, strong guy, i think he works out cause he's got a nice handshske - I said Petey, you're just sitting on some prime real estate here. It's really just a waste. Why don't you sell it to me and I'll build a golf course. And he did! It's going to be beautiful.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social)
I hate for you all to get your hopes up when it's probably going to turn out he got into the White House's attic crawlspace or something
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
also, I'm not a fashion person, but it's been my experience with all sorts of products that the more they cost, the longer they last (though obviously there's a point of diminishing returns). A $200 pair of shoes lasts far longer than a $50 pair. Being cheap often costs you in the long run.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
He's so confidently wrong; the whole concept of a "minimum wage" is that it's the *minimum* income necessary to live on. It's been decades since that was the case.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
I got it to run full-screen? Or do you mean with just the gameplay taking up the whole screen? Anyway my biggest issue with the Dominus Collection is that the screen would flicker occasionally and I also had a few hard crashes Including one during Brauner's fight in Portrait of Ruin
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
No shit
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted
It is less a mass deportation regime as it is a mass kidnapping and indefinite detention regime
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Okay those people are just dicks then
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it in both English and Spanish, or just Spanish? If the latter, I can understand them being annoyed. But I've seen assholes who got angry just because the non-English option was present.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
By banning that specific child from checking the book out of the library, you eliminate the easiest way for them to "read it in secret".
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social)
You're right, voting for Newsom you might as well vote Republican
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
And is the law always correct?
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
This game was one of the more reasonable ones in the series Its predecessor infamously had a yeti that you could only defeat with a cream pie and a magic wand that you recharged with the Power of Cheese Not to mention (in the CD version) some of the worst voice acting known to man
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
No but they at least pretend to
Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) reposted
“The incident took place after several migrants held there began shouting for ‘freedom’ after one received news a relative had died… A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said.”
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
> Parents have the right to determine what their child can and cannot read. According to whom? > If they really want to read the book, they can work that out with their parent. Yes, "work it out" with the person who has 100% of the power in the relationship
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh hey another thing I can't do anything about to have anxiety over Great Awesome
nicknehamas.bsky.social (@nicknehamas.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Social Security’s chief data officer, Charles Borges, has resigned, three days after submitting a whistle-blower complaint that alleged members of DOGE had uploaded the confidential personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an insecure cloud server.
Gravel Influencer (@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social) reposted
The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
Also the Trump cultists don't need "ammunition". Some dude who thinks a guy in drag reading to kids is a crime against humanity isn't suddenly going to turn around and go "oh I'm okay with trans women unless they get involved in sports".
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
why are so many of you people already conceding the claim that Trump can run for a third term, in blatant violation of the 22nd Amendment?
eke (@eke.bsky.social) reposted
yo this guy is cooking
Ankle Megami Tensei (@stochasticooze.bsky.social) reply parent
who is this guy and why is he pointing at the Timor Sea