The reason I’d live in Berlin is the food and culture. Why would I need to go anywhere? every big production visits Berlin. Some of the best food in the world, beer gardens and parks and I just ride the u-bahn everywhere?

Oh and the people are fucking incredible!

Good damn I’m selling myself on living there all over again. Berlin was my favorite city in the world a decade ago. I’d have stuffed myself in a shoebox to live there in my 20s. Now I’ll need a decent size flat but it’s still a nice dream.

For the record I now live in a city and it’s good but not the same level of dreaminess as basically any European city, even the smaller ones.

I think the down votes are because even though some points are salient it still gives off a vibe of “get off my lawn!” This isn’t helped by the comment above pointing out that all of our parents thought that we were vapid and shallow, without an understanding of the world, molded by television and heavy metal.

Like the points are valid but by casting out across an entire generation… Many members of which can vote and drive and are part of society… It really weakens the message. I want better for the generation that comes after mine. They are being brainwashed in much the same way I was and that should stop. But also I was brainwashed and the world hasn’t collapsed yet. Maybe it won’t collapse with the next generation, maybe not the one after and hopefully none of our worst fears come to pass.

I hope it’s enough that right now we are just a rumble beneath hearing that pushes the world towards a future where everyone is included in the benefits of our society.

I thought she was still alive because I got depression.

RIP Betty White she wasn’t dead then but she sure is now

Yeah dog, is not just our government… Well, I guess this is because of the lack of a government for the people. But yeah for more than a few years shopping for groceries has become where do you personally get the lowest prices. I get different discounts from my partner.

We now shop at a store that doesn’t play this type of game but many people live in an area that only contains stores like this.

We should have an AI design a robot with the same level of dexterity as human hands!

No need for an invite. Creators need to be invited to join the platform. So not just anyone can post their content there. A thing missing from Nebula is gaming content, like gameplays, etc., but it’s a curated list of creators that put out generally quality stuff.

I paid for the lifetime subscription assuming it’s been around for like 3 years, I reckon it’ll be around 3 more and I don’t want to deal with another monthly sub. I really like Jet Lag, I find it just the right amount of neurodivergent fun and competitive and chill. I also watch channels like Wendover, Not Just Bikes, and Real Life Lore. They are all on Nebula and I assume my sub is somehow divided up equitably, although I haven’t looked into it. I also hope some of the money I paid goes to people who I haven’t heard of or watched yet but I might like to watch in the future.

Is it better than YouTube…no. But it doesn’t have to be, it is serving a different use case. I know when I open Nebula that I’ll find something worth watching with no slop and a lot less money going to multinational corporations. They still have servers that need hosting so some money has to go to corporations but I’m not paying a trillion dollar company directly which feels nice.

I assume they meant stakeholders…cuz like yo, that’s us!

I mean, I feel like woke isn’t a thing to be for or against, it’s literally being aware. There is an implied woke=anti-cruelty, but I feel like you can be woke and support the oppression of others through the power of the system. Just don’t expect other people to recognize your “wokeness” or be pleased that you’re so aware that the things you’re doing are cruel and shitty.

This feels like my step dad being upset that the weather channel is trying to scare us by calling it an atmospheric river! Like dude we’re using a fun new term to describe a weather pattern, it just means rain if you’re caught beneath the river. Not scary unless you’re in a flood zone.

We didn’t see how we got to 1984. We just see one person living with consequences of what society has become. We’re building our own 1984 right now!

Someone made this video that’s a pretty decent watch

https://youtu.be/TLObpcBR2yw

Honestly my video game addiction is the reason I’m still on Windows. I play league and they only support Windows now. I’ve tried dual booting but it’s just not a smooth experience. I’m going to end up on Windows to play league at some point and sometimes I want to squeeze in a cheeky game during the day and not just at night.

I haven’t figured out a solution that works for me yet but I’m open to ideas. I also don’t have a solid solution for playing TFT or league on my steamdeck besides dual booting Windows and that’s not going to happen.

Since getting married to a programmer I’ve learned that CS is not the same as IT. I’m still the family IT person, now I just sleep with a walking talking command line cheat sheet. She could write a program for anything but a KVM is black magic to her.

I have some spare storage! What I want to do with it is either archive very important information, documents and/or scientific papers. I don’t mind of it’s the same shit others have, just want to be part of retaining information. I’m trans and last time fascists were in power we lost 100 years of progress towards being able to exist openly so I’m pretty eager to archive information.

Either this or it’d be cool to be part of a decentralized database that is searchable and and readable.

I could probably find somewhere between 1-10 TB to donate to the cause in perpetuity. But I don’t know how to do this myself, what to save, or if there are groups already doing this type of thing.

Peanits

Power Ranger

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

Damn! That’s pretty cool. Mine are definitely coins, mixed in with a bunch of coins from other countries I’ve been to…I just need to find the yogurt container they all live in.

I’m pretty sure I have some Kuna around somewhere

Nah the take is:

Often times in media the only queer representation is a villain.

It’s actually difficult to find characters that are gender non-conforming and good or at least neutral in any media before like 2006. Only having queer people show up as villains subtly hints at your brain that something is wrong with queer people, that you should be wary, that they are bad. This is held out in scientific studies and also applies to bipoc representation in media too.

I’m all for queer and bipoc villains but we also deserve to be heroes.

Any chance you could link to this or help me find more stuff from Robert? I am always interested in his takes.