I was specifically talking about how you defined fascism in your post. That’s why I quoted it directly.

You posted criteria for what constitutes fascism. And the current US administration ticks all of your boxes.

Fascism used to mean something specific, dictatorship, violent nationalism, suppression of dissent, and the merging of state and corporate power.

…you are paying attention to current events in the US, right?

Either that’s paid, or my browser’s being funny and not letting me download it. I found what appears to be a breakdown of those stats here: https://streamlabs.com/content-hub/post/streamlabs-and-stream-hatchet-q4-2024-live-streaming-report

The numbers match up to your claim, give or take. You’ll notice, however that that’s only talking about gaming streams.

Acknowledging it was assault is not the same thing as not blaming the victim. People who say “she deserved to get raped” are acknowledging that a victim was raped.

I’ve not looked into Amouranth. This thread is about Emiru. Who is not culpable - in any way - for her assault. This is not something “backfiring” on her.

I blame google. Seriously.

I almost exclusively use Perplexity to search for things now. When it gives me reliable information and actually answers the question I ask it, it’s fantastic. But that’s still only around 80-90% of the time. That’s actually not very reliable at all by any metric which is worth paying attention to.

But once upon a time you could search google and it’d look for the words that you searched for. But for years now it’s used “natural language” searches, which means that if you’re searching for a specific word it might not even look for that word at all. It might even take a definition of that word that you didn’t intend and search instead for a synonym to fit that definition.

Add SEO, ads, and paid search boosting, and you end up with results that are far less useful than they used to be. Add to that the fact that a lot of the actual sites being searched are now AI-generated themselves, and google is now a bad way to try to find something. And every other search engine has followed suit.

So I use Perplexity because even with an objectively bad hit rate - and the fact that it basically returns one answer from multiple sources, rather than multiple sources some of which might not be related to what I’m looking for, and therefore when it misunderstands is perhaps worse than google - it’s better than a traditional search engine for almost all text-based searches.

It’s clearly unsustainable, though, and for many different reasons. It’s certainly an iteresting time to be observing all of this. I can’t help but wonder what the landscape will look like in 10 years.

I don’t know where you’ve got those figures from, but according to this source, youTube has over 50% of the live streaming market, as measured in watch-hours. Then it’s TikTok, and then twitch.

What you’ve just done here is called “victim-blaming”

I love how the photo of the inside of the place looks like it’s ai generated

One of the Tomb Raider games was some ridiculous discount on Steam, so i bought it. Cue interminable cutscenes and being given very brief control in order to walk a couple of paces forward before another cutscene. Or, even worse, the game taking over control of Lara for you.

I’d been playing 15-20 minutes - maybe even a little bit longer - when i decided “fuck this”, turned it off and never booted it again. Call me weird but i play games to play them. If it’s been that long and I’ve not experienced any gameplay then I’m not interested.

UBI doesn’t prevent you from earning money. It’s just that, no matter what, you get x amount of money every week/month.

Ireland is not part of the UK

Awesome! Be prepared, though: it’ll break your heart. They had the story worked out. Was going to be 4 seasons. We got 2.

No, they want to keep her out because as soon as she’s in she can force a vote on the Epstein files

Oh, “Roman salute” was the excuse. Where they’re silent is if asked which notable groups of people in the 20th century used the “Roman salute”. Strangely, they go even quieter if you give them the hint that they were based in Italy and Germany in the early part of the 20th century.

For a metal waltz, try Cheval by Igorrr

For jazzy pop with an upfront floor tom, try Humanised by Sola Rosa

For messy disjointed verses and flowing choruses, try Giant by Bear Hands

For a shuffle-y groove with some slightly unusual snare patterns, try Home Away From Home by Cut Chemist - nothing too wild here, but it sounds like it’d be fun to play

For setting up random stuff like dustbin lids as percussion, try Sick Kids by Fjorka

For being kept on your toes by something with several distinct sections, including an unusual shuffle, tru Walking Headz by STUFF. The full stop is part of the band name

For rhythmic patterns not common in Western music, try Gnawa Beat by Bab L’ Bluz

For noisy punk with lots of fills, try Bakuro Book by Otoboke Beaver

For laid-back funk with some unusual percussion, try 3 On E by Vulfpeck

For if you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if bossa nova and drum & bass had a baby, try Drum ‘N’ Bossa by Carbuncle

For fun swing-y jazz try Forgotten Places by Alif Tree

And, just for funsies, why not pit yourself against the most sampled song in history? Amen Brother by The Winstons - you know the drum sample (1.26, for anybody who wants to skip to it to see if they’ve heard it - spoiler: you have), but the tune itself is also a banger with a fun drum part

Frankenstein was the doctor’s surname. The creature refers to the doctor as his ”father“. Since it’s common for offspring to have the same surname as their fathers, i put it to you that the creature’s name is Mr. Frankenstein. And, just like the doctor, you can just call him Frankenstein for short.

You know, here. The internet.

Maybe we are do, but it’s undeniable tjsybwe experience reality.

I’m sticking that as text over an image of Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

I agree with this screenshot of a tweet

It also reduces available accommodation for people who need it. You can complain about what landlords have done to private ownership, but at least that’s a home someone can live in.

With Airbnb you can charge a week’s rent per night but it’s not a home and nobody can live there.