Syphax
23d ago
What really irked me was that he ended his two month hiatus early just to post that.
Syphax
6mo ago
Oof, I read through Kuang's Poppy War trilogy and had no desire to read more of her. The first half of the first book is Kung Fu Harry Potter, then it shifts hard into Chinese nationalist fever dream, complete with a few chapters dedicated to the rape of not-Nanking so you don't feel as bad when the main character commits genocide on the not-Japanese. Then she spends two books ping ponging between ruthless sociopathy and helplessness as the plot demands. People called the details of the setting (food, clothing, etc) really well researched, but then the author described the not-Mongols as using huge longbows on horseback and that kinda brought everything into question for me.
Syphax
11mo ago
And even when it did it treated him with deadly seriousness right up until the second he died, unlike rest of the cast, the flesh lumps in waistcoats. Regardless, fantastic movie!
Syphax
11mo ago
Ideally, sure. I don't think he was asking for ideals. What would actually happen? What do you believe would actually happen to Israeli Jews if Israel no longer existed?
Syphax
1yr ago
My initial thought was, "Aren't Serbia's sworn enemies pretty much all of the Balkans?" Then I checked a NATO map and saw an ocean of blue, except for Serbia and Kosovo.
Syphax
1yr ago
Fucking hell. You reminded me about Giant Bomb. I drifted away from them around 2019-2020, checked back just now, and recognized absolutely no one on the podcast but Jan. Half of that fucking was the staff's vast knowledge/experience in the industry, and they're just... gone?
Syphax
2yr ago
You misunderstood the sarcasm. All the money in the world doesn't mean people will listen to your orders. This is leaving aside the conspiratorial claim that Nato is giving marching orders to Ukrainians.
Syphax
2yr ago
Indeed. The United States government provided so much funding for the Afghan national army that they were able to just tell the Afghans to stand and fight. And, by god, isn't that exactly what we saw?
Syphax
2yr ago
Here is one (yes, twitter, boo hiss etc):
https://twitter.com/GoranGligovic/status/1577560899883307009
Now, don't get me wrong, an AI stamping out what appears to be the most generic fantasy cover imaginable is a low bar to clear. But if you asked me without context, I would have assumed a human stamped this out instead. I am of the opinion AI will wipe out the mediocrities of art, actual talent will be just fine. Not coincidentally, large swathes of twitter are losing their minds.
Syphax
2yr ago
I noticed ghoul thrown around a lot on /r/stupidpol towards, well, pretty much any 'neoliberal' boogeyman they don't like, but especially targeted towards the old right wing flavors like Kissinger and Cheney. This is pure anecdote, but I have yet to notice vampire and bloodsucker.
Not SlowBoy, but I'm pretty sure he was saying Trump was less willing to spend on Ukraine specifically, not government spending in total. He is, of course, free to correct me.
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