Contextual_Idiot

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[–] Contextual_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I was surprised when she brought up Mortal Kombat as an example of over sexualized characters, and not, say, the entire Dead or Alive series. Especially Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. She does make some good points in her video, and I don't want to dismiss her point of view, but I feel she took the easy way out in addressing this point.

Games, and movies and tv, have treated women as sexual objects for a long time, and now the pendulum has swung the opposite way in reaction to that. It's going to take a while for games, and movies and tv, to allow for better perspectives on women. I think the indy scene is where we will find this happening before we ever see it in the major studios, since the latter has to worry about limiting risk and making investors happy. But hopefully the recent flops will be a shot across the bow and wake them up.

Except for that, this was a good video. She lays out her arguments well. I don't agree with every point, but I understand where she's coming from and can respect her point of view.

[–] Contextual_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hate how Via Rail is trying to call it "an inconvenience."

A train being 15 minutes late is an inconvenience. A train running out of the sandwich you like is an inconvenience. This was a complete lack of emergency planning and care for the passengers. The fact that a diabetic person has to be rescued off the train is appalling.

There needs to be regulations brought in to stop any transportation business from being able to literally trap people like this all because they don't want to pay to make it right.

The business will always only do what's best for them. They're becoming less and less afraid of bad PR. So we need to make them care again with regulations, fines, and even criminal charges when it reaches that threshold.

[–] Contextual_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The UCP folks. The party of big government in control of everything. From municipalities to whether or not you can defend yourself in court or from the police. Gonna be fun for the folks sitting in an interrogation room praying a lawyer will show up while they're being antagonized by the cops. They can't force you to answer, but they sure as shit can make your life hell while in their custody.

I think there is, when you or a business is purchasing a complete product from another country. But if you are a Canadian company, there are no tariffs if you're manufacturing a product in another country and then selling it in Canada.

I think.

Tariffs are too complicated, and I won't be surprised if something I said is wrong.

I think it's the description that's confusing. These hackers are getting in and writing their own prescriptions from the way it sounds. They then fill these prescriptions at regular pharmacies, or sell the prescriptions for a buyer to then get filled.

Can't read the whole article though without signing up, so maybe it's something different.

Get 2 smaller stones. Put them down in front of the boulder. As you push the boulder up, kick the stones along with it, so that the stones would hold the boulder in place for you. Get to the top, and get hit by lightning from angry gods for your impudence.

I didn't know I needed these.

Kirk, his scream heard by the stars.

  • When Kirk yells Khan's name.

Galen and Riker, friends who must play enemies.

  • When Picard, undercover as Galen, and Riker must work together by hating eachother.

Something something the queen only recieves, not gives, something something only for the queen's use...

[–] Contextual_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The Canadian government seems to be following Australia's lead. Australia was able to make deals with Google and Meta, so Canada is probably looking for the same thing.

[–] Contextual_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The problem is they are skirting dangerously close to the government forcing them back to work. This way, they can show they are making good faith efforts to make a deal, and hopefully keep the public on their side.

It would actually be best if they called it a new strike in my opinion. The union will be able to say their members want them to continue negotiating, and if that fails, then call a new strike. It will show they are trying to deal in good faith, but the BCMEA isn't.

[–] Contextual_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I just don’t get it.

Block the c/TheDonald community. That’s it. That’s all you need to do.

When it gets no visits, no views, and only it’s handful of users meme-ing each other, it’ll die. One of the big reasons TheDonald took off on Reddit was because of all the attention it got.

So, don’t give them attention. Don’t feed the trolls.

I’m not saying to tolerate neo-nazis. But running from them isn’t exactly a time proven strategy, either. They will exist, and it’s up to all of us to remind them that their views are garbage.

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