Aspharr

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[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

On first glance that looks like George W Bush and Nixon enjoying a pint.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

For a while I was making them alongside a handful of scrambled eggs as well as chopped onions and peppers to make a mix I would fill into tortillas for breakfast burritos.

I love me some breakfast burritos.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Funny thing about the Nazis who were hung... A lot of them were hung by a guy named John C Woods who was a drunk and a terrible hangman, so a lot of them didn't actually get much mercy because they were hung improperly.

Behind the Bastards covered him and I recommend a listen. If I remember right it's speculated the leadership knew he was a shitty hangman and actually were okay with him fucking it up.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Trayzyn the infinite. He basically runs around stealing shit that he deems of historic value. Sometimes that means entire squads of Marines or other faction's forces frozen in time.

Edit: I am dumb and thought you were asking "what is this". Leaving this comment up for anyone who doesn't get the joke though.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I get the spirit of what you're saying, they're all habit forming, but fat and sugar (IE: carbohydrates) are macronutrients our bodies need to survive. Obviously they're not needed in the quantities that are available to us in modern society, but our biological desire to seek out high calorie foods is a survival mechanism rather than what happens with other habit forming substances like tobacco.

I don't mean to nitpick here but I feel like that distinction is important because saying "sugar and fat bad" without a little nuance can miss lead folks that aren't properly educated on nutrition, which in my experience is a large portion of my fellow Americans.

Edit: just wanted to add here that there's another comment by someone else who more or less states the same thing, but makes that distinction and I have no problem with it.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago (11 children)

I think the difference here is that Valve isn't forcing a monopoly in the way our tech overlords like Google and Amazon do through acquisitions and regulatory capture.

Several companies have tried and mostly failed to compete with Steam, I'm primarily thinking of whatever the EA and Ubisoft launchers are. The two closest have been GOG whom I would argue is fairly successful considering what their goals are and Epic, whom I would say is much less so.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Regan. The person you're thinking of is Regan.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Yes, but when was the last time these guys cared about "precedent"? I agree in thinking Pharma wins, but only because money. One CEO visit to the Whitehouse and some brown nosing and Trump will start saying how they're "good people".

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

I feel like you more concisely summarized my early 30s life perfectly. Most of my old friends just went their own way and there's no major drive to reconnect now. It's just me, my wife and my son. Everyone else is basically coworkers and my own direct family.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

33 at this point. I get a decent amount of socializing with my coworkers to where I don't feel a "need" to socialize. I'm a fairly chatty person, so that may be a result of who I am personally wise.

With that being said, these are strictly coworkers and not "friends". I would consider them more positive than a stranger by far, most experiences are warm and positive but not a "friend". Oddly enough despite my ability to socialize well, most of my friends drifted off to do their thing after highschool, so I barely see any of them.

I can see this as detrimental to some folks but I haven't really been affected... Yet. I can't rule out the potential problems in the future. I spend time with some of my remaining friends I'm in contact with, it's mostly just posting memes laughing and shit talking.

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

I think part of the point isn't so much to dunk on these dudes specifically (although they're not great people for choosing to actually go so I don't feel bad for them) but rather to point out that not even a week ago Hegseth was yapping about the "ideal soldier" to a room full of men who are way more knowledgeable and qualified than he is. Meanwhile the only folks that seem to wanna actually do this shit in Chicago are less than ideal specimens by Hegseth own fucked standards.

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