Aphelion

joined 8 months ago
[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Until our voting system is changed from First-to-the-Finish to Ranked Choice, it's impossible for a third party to be a legitimate option.

I would love to see a third party candidate be successful, but if these third parties can't even complete their paperwork on time and take opposition party funding, they are not legitimate.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

My mom is in her late 70s, still working and flying around for gigs, and she always has her Switch and Breath of the Wild or TOKT with her on flights.

Gaming transcends any age.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The pictures of her with Mango Musalini make it look like they're sharing more than just a political viewpoint.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

I doubt he really cared about the gas or EV debate, it was just an issue he could use as leverage to get his former company another fat government contract.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 30 points 1 month ago

Also please remember that anything good Dejoy does is just the minimum required to keep him off the Biden administration's shit list so that he can keep securing contracts for XPO - the private shipping carrier he still has financial ties with.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

No, he's made forced concessions to the Biden administration, but it's only to placate them enough to keep his position, and double dip with contracts for XPO (the business he used to own and still has financial ties with).

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Lemmy.world becoming the default Lemmy instance, and it growing to outsize all other instances is a danger: it makes the Fediverse centralized, easy to take down and easy to take over.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"If the defendant were not a senior citizen and did not suffer from physical infirmities, the government would be recommending a sentence within the relevant guidelines."

It's the old part that got him a reduced sentence. Anything to avoid giving free healthcare in 'Murica.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I think the long-term sales of the games you just cited is at odds with your opinions. At this point, Bethesda has made a name for themselves with janky, bug-riddled games with big story, that excel at giving the players a feeling agency. At this point that is Bethesda's brand image and they seem to be just going with it. Like why would they bother spending more money to fix bugs and exploits that have become a signature to a lot of people? Also it's costs them less to leave their titles unpolished and let the modders fix it.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Short it on the day Trump's lockout ends.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So tiny women are incapable of being strong?

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