But we’re exactly the right crowd in their eyes, we need it the most. Saw the same kind of people while heading into an arena for either Metallica or Iron Maiden, I forget which one.

I was going to say Iron Maiden as well, but it was their Legacy of the Beast tour in 2019 for me. They still had more energy than most of the young bands I’ve seen. It was also my first time being on the floor in an arena, and it was like the crowd was a huge living thing that pulsed and swelled, it was awesome.

Side story: the band The Raven Age was founded by Steve Harris’ son George, and was an their opener that night. I overheard some guy in the bathroom say they sucked and sounded like “boy band metal.” My opinion of them wasn’t quite so negative, but thought the “boy band metal” label was hilarious.

slagged off

Sounds like a British euphemism for blowjobs.

For what it’s worth, you can disable this in the “Page Summaries” section of your settings.

That’s no excuse though, I’m with you. This bullshit should be opt-in, not just randomly appear and require work on my part to make it go away. Or at least have a “never show again” option immediately available in the popup.

…what was that even supposed to be? En Passant is the closest match my brain can come up with but there is no “m” in there either.

Not for me (usually), because I know it’s a very complex game and that anyone who is more than passingly familiar with it is going to be better than me. My frustration level when I lose is directly proportional to the number of dumb mistakes I made. If I did well for my skill level and the other person just played better, then it becomes a learning opportunity rather a source of frustration.

This applies to other games as well. The only exception is when it’s a game where luck plays a big role and it just isn’t going my way that day. Then I’m not winning or learning, which can also be super frustrating.

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I’m just honored to be called a legend by a shitpost.

Bring back melted wax letter seals too.

Stroking the criminals is certainly one way to handle things…

Soulfly, Soulfly II, Soulfly III, etc. I think all of their albums have one instrumental, melodic, tribal inspired song that is worlds apart from their otherwise aggressive metal.

And with a trigger warning for sexual abuse: Motōrhead - Don’t Let Daddy Kiss Me. I have never been more caught off-guard by a song than when I stumbled across this, which was only released as a single.

That damn search bar was the only reason I ever started looking at launchers. I used LG and Samsung phones for years and wanted a more streamlined interface closer to stock android, so I got a pixel.

And the very first time I turned it on, I was incredibly disappointed to see this giant Google logo nailed to the bottom of the screen, existing only to provide functionality that I don’t want.

So into the launcher rabbit hole I dove.

A population of 90 million people is irrelevant to the question of military capability. It is absolutely relevant to a discussion about the insurgency and guerilla warfare that would inevitably follow the conventional war, but I think you and I already agree that there’s no way for the U.S. to win that (nor should we try).

But I don’t think the bits of relatively small damage Iran has done to U.S. forces in the region is convincing evidence that they’re capable of taking on the full brunt of U.S. capabilities, even without going nuclear. Launch enough drones and missiles and a few will inevitably get through. But we’ve also been using our own drones for more than 20 years now, longer than most other countries. Most importantly though, we have significantly more resources poured into everything that would follow the drones in a full-scale invasion.

And just to reiterate: I don’t think any of this is a good idea, and I don’t support any of it. But when you’re talking about the significance of damage and casualties caused by Iran, you can’t ignore the fact that the U.S. is holding back so far.

Your description of the differences between Iraq and Iran is good, as well as your explanation of the current situation.

However, it would change significantly if the U.S. decided to stop half-assing it. If the douchebags running the show decide they want to commit to a full-scale invasion with all available assets, I think you’d see a situation more similar to Iraq. We could absolutely roll Iran’s formal military if we committed to it.

But the subsequent occupation and attempt to maintain control would be doomed to the same failures as Iraq, Afghanistan, and all those before it, but on an even larger scale. All forward progress would stop once the Iranian military’s command and control falls. There’s no way we could win the asymmetric warfare that would follow, and I’m not at all saying we should even try. It’s all a pointless pile of shit that never should have been started.

You should consider reading the article before “just sayin.”

Eww, no. Gross.

My gyno jerks off my cows like a civilized person.

Its most likely just a front-end for one of the command line tools anyway, so you’re probably still using them.

And if it’s the easiest way to get what you need, then it sounds like you’re using the right tool for your use case. That’s a good thing.

But now the surveillance capabilities of both the state and large corporations have been ramped up to infinity and beyond. I’m expecting a partnership announcement between Micron and Raytheon any day now, where Raytheon gets free DDR5 and Micron gets armed and autonomous security drones.

Kind of \s, kind of not

I don’t think most of them will.

1. They will use enterprise editions internally, where their IT team will have much more control over behaviors they don’t like at the group policy level than home users do.

2. The executives at the big software conglomerates have the same AI boners that Microsoft does. They’ll be looking for ways to integrate new Windows features and use them as selling points for their own products.

3. They don’t care about the privacy nightmare Windows has become because they implement and benefit from the same telemetry and data collection practices with their customers.

Not concerned about porch pirates at all

Not everyone has been blessed with the same gift of blissful ignorance that you have.

I agree that people shouldn’t order Ring, it’s a shitty product for the reasons laid out in this thread and article. But “just be nicer to everyone around you” is not a viable alternative, and suggesting it is dismissive of the realities other people are living.