I’m pretty sure he has zero doubts that he knows what’s best for the world, and no moral qualms about using his money to buy power. So, yes, I think taking over the world (in his mind, “saving” the world) is probably where this is going.
The heretics who don’t stop at one magic are the worst.
As someone else in this section said, propaganda is the problem. This election demonstrated that we’ve flipped, and like in Russia, propaganda is now more powerful than truth. I can think of three potential solutions to this problem (without open conflict):
So I think we’re screwed. My best guess:
Like in Russia, Trump will create a culture that corruption and ineptitude is “normal” so the public stops expecting (and fighting) for anything better; like in Russia, he will control messaging and suppress media to blame the opposition and scapegoats at every possible moment of political weakness; and like in Russia, he will remove election safeguards to the point where elections are no longer reliable ways to act democratically.
The eventual result is that the US’s system of government will fail hard and consistently enough that public faith in it will fall apart. But that corrupt, decayed state will probably outlast our lifetimes. Like in Russia, properly managed and with a continued monopoly on violence, a corrupt and undemocratic government even in 2024 can last for decades.
Unless this is an indication that they don’t intend to fight, and instead will be tiptoeing around any criticism of Trump.
Gosh, you mean when he blocked the Kamala endorsement, it wasn’t a one-off gesture to maintain neutral independence?
Logan Paul edition… Just wow.
Yeah, it would fit the meme format better if the second panel were revised: “No, it’s only the healthcare system that is flawed.”
Why are they mad, I didn’t even vote in that election!
Sorry, do you mean a link to a Roku TV? Assuming you mean a link to Projectivity, here’s a link:
https://xdaforums.com/t/app-android-tv-projectivy-launcher.4436549/
You can scroll to the bottom - basically you should just be able to enable installation from third party sources in your Google TV android options, and install the APK. I don’t have Google TV, but worked fine on Android TV. I forget if you have to fiddle with any other settings to get it to boot into Projectivity, or if you just change the launcher app in settings.
No way, that is so smart. I’ll have to look for a guide.
But I need to restore my health, not my mana!
Yeah, this is the answer. My wife does a lot of arduino/pi stuff so this is on our to-do list, but we just can’t find the time (building in cushion for inevitable network and setup troubleshooting).
Note about the second bullet: Not all TCL TVs are Google TV, which can be switched to Protectivity - Roku TVs at this point, as far as I know, cannot disable ads if connected to the Internet.
I don’t plan to start nursing a conspiracy theory, but my first reaction was that keeping the gun, a written manifesto, and eating at a McDonald’s when there’s a manhunt for him doesn’t add up with him having a complex escape plan and being so aware of leaving evidence that he left a backpack with Monopoly money. He could have evaded capture if he just laid low for a month and he’d be practically forgotten by the general public.
Ahhhhhhhh!
I agree, but seeing someone committing that crime for personal retribution and/or as a symbolic gesture in this literally crippling, nightmarish private health insurance hell, all I can muster is, “This is perfectly normal in this moment.” This rant isn’t specifically directed at you, but just to elaborate:
He probably is a very nice person when you talk to him, and he is probably a caring husband and father. He probably has complex ways of resolving the cognitive dissonance between who he felt he was and what UHC is doing. But it’s hard to deny he was in a position with decision-making power to make millions of lives substantially better or worse, to enable or disable the worst excesses of private insurance, and the buck stops there if anywhere. This chart has made the rounds including on Lemmy, showing a 32% denial rate for claims, which is astounding.
Frankly, we all have had so many moments with health insurance where we’re basically told they cannot help us, given arcane and pretextual reasons, and given a silent ultimatum of “you want us to honor our agreement? Make us.” Then we waste so many unpaid hours of our dwindling or nonexistent free time creating paperwork pointing out the obvious injustice, and eventually they may honor a claim without admitting fault or changing their practice. Mostly they probably just ignore us and we go away, or respond with the same Kafka-esque administrative slop until we can’t eat any more. It was built that way, and who but the CEO is responsible?
This is not a situation entirely created by him, but most of us are collectively cooking on a stove and none of us have access to the controls. He did, and he turned up the temperature. Not at all surprising, and it’s very hard to have sympathy for him. I have plenty of sympathy for his kids.
I’m having a particularly braindead morning. Mario and Luigi are two people. 1 in 3 leaves the possibility of a third person being ugly and both Mario and Luigi being not ugly. Why does Mario conclude Luigi is ugly based on the 1 in 3 comment?
Are all women in Afghanistan covered as lawful refugees in most countries? It’s clear that they aren’t going to stop until they are kept as breeding stock who physically can’t leave the house.
I’d also accept “cinnanone.”
I was a crisp pixel diehard for like 20 years even despite growing up with CRT, because I remember in the 80s-00s trying hard to get the clearest picture (RF->SRGB->S-video->Composite) and it felt like, “what’s clearer than exact pixels?”
And then I tried a good CRT filter that emulates not just scanlines and noise, but subpixel effects, and it really changed my mind. The graphics really were designed to be displayed with those analog “imperfections,” and if you lived in that era, you kind of took for granted the things that worked well with the natural CRT blur while pursuing image clarity. Bringing back the CRT effects was a revelation.
Like, even handheld emulation filters that mimic how those particular LCD screens functioned often give a better experience since game designers took that into account.
I don’t know if someone growing up with only emulated square LCD memories would feel the same, and I’ll always take pixely LCD over bad CRT emulation, but I’d suggest to give it a try with good filters.