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Even worse game idea: bullet hell as a text adventure

You are at position 5,28. There are incoming bullets at 3,5, 6,9 and 12,7.

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You are at position 6,28. There are incoming bullets at 4,6, 6,10, 11,8, and 23,7.

"Scientists give cuttlefish 3D glasses and shrimp films for vision study" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/08/scientists-play-shrimp-films-to-cuttlefish-in-3d-vision-study (there's a cute photo of a cuttlefish wearing red/blue stereo glasses, which turns out to work)

Quote: « “A lot of people said it wasn’t going to work,” Wardill said. “They said they’d rip the glasses off. They said there’d be ink in the tank.” »

Translation: "Fools! We showed them all!"

be the monster you want to fuck in the world

But why is homonationalism wrong?

Well, imperialism bad; I think everyone who's read this thread up to this point probably agrees with that. The more insidious thing about homonationalism is the way that it erodes solidarity between people. The capitalist class loves it when we fight amongst ourselves, and setting gays against ethnic minorities is a favored tactic. During the marriage equality debate here in the USA conservatives would often talk about the black community as though it were uniquely homophobic. This wasn't true, but that's not the point: the point is pitting white gays against black straights and getting the chaos you cause to question their coalition just enough that you can pass some legislation that'll fuck over them both.

I'd support the troops if they actually tried to protest these endless wars, but when you're reprogrammed to not think, you can't expect much.

@Absolutely_Blakely ex troops speaking out against US militarism and standing in solidarity with the people the US war machine pitted them against. You love to see it

if iran blew up my student loan company i would convert to islam

focusing human history around war isn't just really boring, but a really pessimistic view of what humans do

Tucked into this article about a weird Boeing software bug is something that I can't understand anyone being OK with:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/08/boeing_737_ng_cockpit_screen_blank_bug/

Disney's attempt at an "America-land" just outside DC was some real haunting shit. From big name historians taking sides in a nationally-covered court battle to absolutely slimy Southern governors. But more than anything, it's about how profoundly American Disney is, and vice versa

*CW* racism and Disney-washing, especially slavery, Indigenous genocide, immigration

Watch "Defunctland: The War for Disney's America" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/-oqDqnQR5Aw