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In 1860 BC, Ikūn-pî-Ištar, king of Isin in Sumer, received a very troubling prophecy: a great tragedy would befall the King, soon. So Ikūn-pî-Ištar had a genius idea: let's take some poor idiot, make him king, and then "rebel" against him and put him to death, satisfying the prophecy and leaving Ikūn-pî-Ištar unharmed. Ikūn-pî-Ištar picked the first lowly worker he found, a gardener named Enlil-bāni, and abdicated the throne in his favor. Ikūn-pî-Ištar then went off to eat a bowl of soup, which he promptly choked on and died. Enlil-bāni then refused to relinquish the throne and reigned for a relatively safe and prosperous 24 years, lowering taxes and rebuilding the city's temples and walls.

Source: History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer

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Took a nap instead. I threw my back out a week ago, and sleeping is difficult. But I happened to be on the bed earlier and found a position that didn't hurt, so I was like "oh yeah, I'm not moving" and had an incredible nap.

[-] [email protected] 193 points 2 months ago

We FUCKING TOLD ALL OF YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN. And you said we were being hyperbolic.

It will get worse.

[-] [email protected] 226 points 2 months ago

My dude this war in Yemen has been going on for like 10 years. If the idea of bombing Yemen sounds out of left field to you, then you are woefully uninformed.

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When we have a critical mass of people, we can get random experts chiming in about interesting topics in an organic way.

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Bonus question: how much would a company have to pay you for you to give 100% effort at work?

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Also knowns as the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle

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I'm not hip to the lingo

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Aside from racism. I mean economically/socially, what issues does too much immigration cause?

[-] [email protected] 139 points 8 months ago

Fund👏the👏IRS👏

Oh noes they're gonna do investigations and prosecutions? Fuck you, pay your taxes. There is zero moral justification for refusing to properly fund the IRS.

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Inspired by this thread: https://lemmy.world/post/19408108

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[-] [email protected] 135 points 9 months ago

In favor of men: when we get angry, people listen. When women get angry, people stop listening.

Against men: men being around children is seen as suspect. Women being around children is seen as healthy.

[-] [email protected] 96 points 9 months ago

Or, crazy idea, maybe it's a joke they both find funny?

This is why terminally online people are terminally single. Everything is red flag gaslight abuse break up immediately.

[-] [email protected] 89 points 9 months ago

China has state-coordinated schemes to both suppress its own internal population (which may not concern you if you aren't Chinese and never go to China) and to manipulate people globally (which everyone should be concerned about).

While it's true that all countries collect data for the purposes of propaganda, China does so at a scale and with a level of precision and control that pretty much no other country can reach.

You should be trying to limit the amount of data that ANY group gets about you, but some groups will do more nefarious things with it than others. Google for example just wants to advertise to you. Which is bad, I'm not trying to downplay that, just contextualize it. China wants to control every aspect of everything you do. China's capacity to control people outside its own borders is limited, but growing. The more data China gets, the more leverage it has to manipulate, coerce, and control.

[-] [email protected] 92 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's fucking hilarious when someone named "Gómez" tries to simp for republican nazis.

It's like, honey, you may not be the first one on the train, but they got a seat for you lol

[-] [email protected] 224 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Never, ever, EVER trust ANYONE who says they're doing something "for the safety of children". The war against porn and sex work has been co-opted by christian fascists.

Make no mistake, there is a hysteria around "child trafficking" nowadays, and that hysteria is being harnessed to pass laws that suppress our freedoms. SESTA/FOSTA has put the lives of countless sex workers at risk by forcing them back into the shady world of pimps and back alleys. The Texas ID law is pure government surveillance, and Project 2025 explicitly linked any trans people's mere existence as "pornographic" and thus subject to all anti-porn laws.

Human trafficking is real. Child abuse is real. And it needs to be fought against.

But never EVER trust anyone who goes to the media and starts shouting about "our children". It's a fucking scam, and it's usually making things worse for the people they claim to want to protect.

NCOSE, the organization that co-sponsored Traffickinghub, was previously known as Morality in Media, and used to rail against sex shops, push abstinence education, and once boycotted Disney for offering partner benefits to gay couples. The group’s president, Patrick Trueman, has served at multiple far-right organizations designated as anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Laila founded Traffickinghub while on staff at Exodus Cry, an anti-trafficking organization that describes porn as a public health crisis. Its founder once called homosexuality an “an unspeakable offense to God.” One of its tax filings described a mission of “abolishing sex trafficking and the commercial sex industry,” which would seem to include porn.

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/an-activist-tried-to-take-down-trafficking-on-pornhub-did-she-do-more-harm-than-good/ar-BB1qM6Ue

Fuck this bitch. Did she help some children? Maybe. But that's not why she did it.

[-] [email protected] 94 points 11 months ago

Yeah Trump spent an hour blatantly lying.

But people believe him.

That's not a win.

[-] [email protected] 150 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Notes to writers and producers.

IF👏 YOU👏 MAKE👏 AN👏 ADAPTATION👏 THAT👏 IS👏 FAITHFUL👏 TO👏 THE👏 ORIGINAL,👏 YOU👏 WILL👏 MAKE👏 LOTS👏 OF👏 MONEY.👏

Witcher died when they started changing things

Rings of Power died when they started changing things

Game of Thrones died when they ran out of source material

Halo died when they started changing things

It has nothing to do with race, or gender, or whatever bullshit you hide behind for your ego trips. Take your ego out of the equation. Stop thinking "I can improve on this". No, you can't. People love this. Just write this. Stop thinking "oh, this would be so much better if I added--" NOPE. Stop. Even if you're extending the canon, consult the original authors. And if the original authors say "this doesn't really match the tone", then FUCKING REWRITE IT UNTIL IT MATCHES THE TONE.

[-] [email protected] 111 points 1 year ago

Jail.

That's the answer.

You'll sleep in jail. Possibly for the rest of your life.

Also the cop will beat the shit out of you now for mouthing off.

[-] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago

Bit of a red flag to call other human beings NPCs imo

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