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  • Two things can be true.
    Malicious people can very often, be so very stupid.

  • Why exactly is 'That Old Marvel Feeling'? Specifically.

  • My go to movies when looking for that kind of thing, are Kiki's Delivery Service, and Mr. Right.

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  • So you're saying, since it's their call, it makes sense to not have a weird conversion with them?

  • Exactly true. But celebrating a new coat of paint, instead of cleaning the old paint, is kind of silly. That's my point.

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  • What's worse, being weird, or just letting this happen?

  • There are no new stories. Haven't been for millennia.
    Stop asking for re-skinned old stories.

  • They're simply being marked as dead. So that would make sense

  • Why are you switching from Google? Is it privacy and data collection? Anything you switch to, will charge you, or sell your data. That's just how it works.

    Free isn't a business model. Money needs to come from somewhere. If it's not coming from you, it'll be someone else.

  • If you mentally separate it into its own thing, it's not all that bad.

    But as an adaptation of Asimov's Foundation Series? It may be the worst adaptation I've ever seen. Its more accurate to say it's inspired by Foundation.

  • "Based on" wouldn't be the right term. That would require some knowing intention to make a new version of an old story. I'm saying even if you try to make a new story, it'll either suck, or be very much like another story written thousands of years ago.

  • If you're going to oversimplify a story that much, remember there are only a couple dozen or so different stories, and they were all written thousands of years ago.

    In this case, Mickey 17 would more accurately be Moses in Space, just like Snowpiecer is Moses on a Train. And since neither are original, neither are that great.

  • It bugs me when people say corporations enable people to take risks. They don't. They eliminate risk. They allow people to do risky things without any personal accountability. Then they just shut down one corp, start another, and do it again.

  • They're there almost exclusively for the cameras. It's essentially a TV set.

  • I really want to setup a museum of all the crazy crap Trump has sold, or put his name on. Steaks, sneakers, diplomas, deeds to apartments in his buildings, those stimulus checks with his fake signature on them, everything.

    It would be crazy to see it all next to each other. Along with how much he made or lost. It'll be the most perfect museum in the country. Some say even the world maybe.

  • I think it was specifically Russell Brand mentioned, when I first heard that if a public personality dramatically shifts left to right, you can bet there's some scandal that'll come out soon.

    Because they know the right won't care, and they'll still have a career after.

  • Hillary did win the popular vote. By a lot.
    People aren't remotely as sexiest as you think. It's just that 2% is all it takes to lock in an election pretty well

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Steve @communick.news

    Why do we use the term Ban when it's temporary? Why not the more accurate, Suspension?

    To my mind, Ban has always meant permanent.
    "You're banned from this place! You'll never be allowed in again!"

    While I've always thought of Suspend as being temporary.
    "You're being suspended from school for 1 week, over fighting."

    Ban:

    1. to prohibit especially by legal means
    2. bar entry

    Suspend:

    1. to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
    2. a: to cause to stop temporarily
      b: to set aside or make temporarily inoperative
    3. to defer to a later time on specified conditions
    4. to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information

    When I hear someone mention they were banned my reaction is: "Holy shit! WTF did you do to earn that!" Then I find out it was only for a day or three: "Oh... That's not a Ban! That's minor. Go touch grass. You'll be fine."

    I've been banned from subreddits and communities a few tim

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Steve @communick.news

    How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?

    I'm genuinely curious about peoples thoughts on this.

    It made sense for a while. But the branding change was 16 months ago. The URI change was 3 months ago. Everybody knows now what X is. Yet for some reason, I still see in news stories today:
    "... on X — formerly known as Twitter — and said ..."
    I really don't think that's needed anymore. But I'm always one to want changes as fast and painless as possible.

    So what do you think would be an appropriate amount of time to keep reminding everyone that Twitter is now X?
    Months?
    Years?
    How many?

    Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    Steve @communick.news

    Kagi AI summery:
    Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing SpaceX for allegedly taking over a plot of land on the US/Mexico border that CAH purchased in 2017 to prevent the construction of Trump's border wall. CAH claims it maintained the land but SpaceX later moved construction equipment and materials onto the property without permission. The lawsuit seeks up to $15 million in damages to restore the land and cover losses, and also requests punitive damages. CAH says SpaceX never asked for permission to use the property and never apologized for the damage. The lawsuit includes before and after photos purporting to show SpaceX's use of the land.

    And CAH's website all about it