Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org

Racists suing to end affirmative action actually ending legacy admissions instead would be *chef's kiss*

If you think sliding a magazine into a handgun looks satisfying, let me tell you a little bit about electric leaf blowers and their batteries...

In thirty years, the only remaining evidence that #Twitter ever existed will be when people refer to "subtweeting" without knowing why it's called that.

I gotta say, although this puts me at odds with most of the community, but from what I've read, I don't really see that much of a problem with the #SCOTUS decision about the marriage websites.

In the issue at question, the business owner was rejecting a message, not a class of people. If a #gay person wanted to buy a wedding website for their straight couple friend, it would have presumably been no problem.

That's a right that owners of expressive businesses *should* have, and it should apply equally to everyone.

For example, an #LGBTQ designer should be free to reject any clients who want them to build religion-aligned anti-gay websites.

So long as we can apply the jurisprudence equally (I know, I know), this seems like the right decision for everyone.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/30/303-creative-elenis-supreme-court-decision-lgbtq-rights/

This is your periodic reminder to never pre-order games.

I bet future generations will look at our weight loss practices much like we view bloodletting with leaches.

"They used to do what?!?"

In 50-100 years, there'll probably be over-the-counter pills you can take to cause your body to remetabolize 10 lbs of fat. Getting your beach body won't even involve weeks of fasting and endless exercise... It'll just require you to set aside one day for chemically-induced purging.

Tell me you don't know anything about the history of segregation without telling me.

I'm not a big fan of the overbearing #soundtracks in most modern #movies, especially #horror.

Most horror movies I watch these days, there are moments where there's a blink-and-you-miss it scare, but the soundtrack makes damn sure you don't miss it.

Which means I miss it, hear the soundtrack, and then have to rewind to find out what the hell I was supposed to have seen.

Which sucks, because rewinding a movie is the quickest way to destroy suspension of disbelief.

Black Mirror S6 E3 "Beyond the Sea" appears to have gotten relatively positive reviews online, but my friend and I hated it. Every single plot point was a predictable cliché and the plot itself was full of egregious logic holes.
Black Mirror episodes should surprise us or make us see a new perspective, but this story has been done a thousand times in fantasy and sci fi history, and quite a bit more competently too.
This episode was a real letdown.