macarthur_park

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[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

“Englisch test”?

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 59 points 3 weeks ago

This is not politics.

As much as I want to agree with you, this guy was one of the key speakers at the RNC. He’s the embodiment of the Republican party’s political discourse.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Hah! Come to think of it, Everett has that “blue shell” vibe. Coming out of nowhere to absolutely flatten someone

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

That was a result of the Hayes Code which was voluntary self-censorship guidelines by the Motion Picture Association. Hayes Code was enforced 1934-1968, so this comic predates it. Its actually pretty wild watching films from the late 20s and early 30s that are from before Hayes; they’re surprisingly racy and boundary-pushing at times.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It’s always been this way, somewhat. The onion predicted the rise of Trump way back in 2012 with "After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016” (apologies for the HuffPost link, the onion just revamped their website and this article now gives a 404 error).

Sources say the screaming orb might be the only potential candidate that would tap into Republicans' deep-seated, seething fury after this election.

And of course when Bush was inaugurated they predicted his increase in the national deficit and starting wars in the Middle East with Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

The volumetric energy density is 60% of lithium ion batteries, but the energy density per kg is more like 75% since the batteries are lighter. Assuming that scales to the ev range, that’s probably sufficient for a lot of use cases.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I have one of these. The sous vide cooker itself is very nice and easy to use, I’d highly recommend it. The app is a bit clunky and not necessary to use the device. I certainly wouldn’t pay $2 a month for it.

The app lets you set a temperature and cook time, but you can also do this using the buttons on the cooker. Sometimes the WiFi pairing is finicky, so honestly I skip the app half the time. The app also lets you view and write recipes. I guess the big advantage is you can click “start cooking” and it automatically sets the device temp and time, but doing it manually isn’t much harder. I’m also not wowed by the in-app recipe selection, and generally just get recipes from the internet.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 73 points 4 weeks ago

That’s a headline that just gets worse with every word

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

When Biden was still running RFK appealed to some voters as a more youthful alternative. The Kennedy name recognition also goes a really long way.

Generally the more people learn about him the less they like him, and Harris becoming the nominee pulled back a lot of the “he’s too old” voters. So RFK’s voter base draws more from Republicans than Democrats now. But it used to be more evenly split.

Additionally, there are still some Democrats (or Dem leaning independents) who like RFK’s antivax nonsense. Before Republicans elevated antivax theories to the party’s platform in 2016, that used to be something most commonly associated with the fringes of liberal communities.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago

This got me curious as to when thought bubbles were first used. This website claims they were invented by Dirks. The example they give of his use of a thought bubble is from 1909, a year after this Everett True comic. So while this certainly predates common usage of though bubbles, it potentially also predates the first instance of one!

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