Clbull

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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Swifties are an even bigger hivemind than Reddit. Game over. Kamala Harris is going to win.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Reminds me too much of those penny arcade machines.

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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Anybody who legitimately gets giddy-as-fuck over the thought of a Muslim woman being stoned to death for adultery should not be trusted with dating advice. Yet somehow this asshole has a social media following of millions, has indoctornated a lot of young people into misogynistic views (I know secondary school teachers who have seen pupils gobble up lots of Andrew Tate content), has eluded bans from mainstream social media (his shit is still all over YouTube), and still has a following despite facing rape and human trafficking charges and being on EUROPOL's wanted list.

Isn't this at all concerning, and a big sign that society is failing men?

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He looks like the Stonks meme guy. No seriously...

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

There's a very good way of gauging how much of a dystopian shithole our world has become, and that's by simply watching quiz shows on daytime TV.

Compare Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to The Chase. In its original run, WWTBAM had two milestones for answering 5 (£1,000) and 10 (£32,000) questions correct respectively. This meant that failing after one of these checkpoints guaranteed you that prize. The Chase on the other hand is a series of quick-fire pub quiz rounds with some notoriously difficult questions where you're up against a professional quizzer and have to survive multiple rounds, before all the remaining contestants have to beat the 'Chaser' in a two-minute quick-fire round of pub quiz questions. Fail at any point? "You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!"

The Chase is legitimately a much harder show where it is exponentially harder to actually win a cash prize as a contestant and that is one of the main reasons I fucking hate that show.

Where am I going with this? With the way the economy, automation, AI, scarcity, human population growth, etc is going, we are one day going to reach a point where we'll have to compete in game shows just to get a fucking job! If recruiters are making you record 2 to 5 minute video responses on a fucking job application, then we're already part-way there.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Online dating apps. I'd:

  1. Break up the monopoly that Match Group and Bumble Inc hold on the market, by working with the Federal Trade Commission and UK Competitions & Markets Authority.

  2. Introduce caps on what apps can charge for Premium features. Charging the same price as several World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy XIV subscriptions just to see likes is scummy as fuck.

  3. Introduce mandatory ID verification to dissuade fake users, and have very strict regulations on how said data is processed and stored, with massive fines for data breaches that could easily have been avoided.

  4. Have a correct appeals process towards account penalties/closure and outlaw the use of shadowbanning.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Facebook listening in on your microphone is one of those things that I actually believe to be true. Ever had conversations with people to then realize that you're being served targeted ads based on these conversations? Seems very coincidental.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Off is the direction in which I would like Microsoft to fuck if they think I'm gonna have a deep learning AI spy on my computer activity.

This just makes me want to switch to Linux.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Honda 100%. Even if Elon Musk wasn't a colossal douche, I wouldn't want to drive a truck that looks like it was ripped verbatim from a SNES game.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I'm autistic and I've never heard the term 'aneurotypical' before...

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe he was wearing it ironically to shame Republicans, and not because he personally wants to taste Trump's shoe leather.

Ahhh who am I kidding? He sounds like a bootlicker to me.

 
 
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Jack Black announced on Instagram that he's cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour and placed future projects on hiatus.

This happened after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked controversy by commenting on the recent Donald Trump assassination attempt.

At their recent Sydney show, Kyle Gass was given a birthday cake and asked to make a wish for his 64th birthday, to which he said "Don't miss Trump next time."

In his later statement, Black said he was "blindsided" by his bandmate's comment and condemned any calls for political violence.

 
 
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