• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    12 hours ago

    “Do your own research.”

    “Okay, here’s a stack of white papers 40’ high all agreeing with my claim.”

    “You fucking idiot. That’s not what I meant. Watch this cheaply animated YouTube video to learn the Real Truth.”

  • jj4211@lemmy.world
    4·
    13 hours ago

    There’s an eclipse today… you really sholud stop staring at it like that

    Well, this is every day, it’s just that the eclipse is the scenario where people are stupid enough to stare at it anyway.

      • jj4211@lemmy.world
        2·
        12 hours ago

        And safe to look at, while in totality…

        Outside of totality, meh, sun looks about the same except the shape…

          • jj4211@lemmy.world
            2·
            11 hours ago

            Ah, you are right, wasn’t thinking. Never seen one myself, though totality was something to behold, but once even a smidge of sunlight was directly visible, seemed pretty boring to me, I would guess an annular would be similarly be pretty boring, sure an unusual shape but roughly similar to just normal sunlight…

            • rhythmisaprancer@piefed.socialEnglish
              1·
              10 hours ago

              It’s true that annular may not be as exciting as total, but still pretty neat. If either one ever happens close enough for you to see I hope you can make it! Totally worth it.

          • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
            3·
            18 hours ago

            c/trashmetal
            crossover supergroup including Tony Foresta from Iron Reagan/Municipal Waste and Paul from Cannibal Corpse.

            I didn’t know that. How is that music anything other than Punk? OK, the drummer is a little too good maybe, but that’s not exclusionary.

            I guess it doesn’t matter either way but I very rarely like anything that is labeled ‘-metal’.

            PS: judging from the upvotes there must be one more person who knows.

            • serpineslair@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              17 hours ago

              Take a listen to this…

              Some trademark crossover (thrash metal meets punk), also the same vocalist! He was originally from this band. It might show how they are more interlinked then it seems. Any of that band’s later releases are still crossover, but more metal infused, if you still struggle to hear the connection.

              If you need any more advice or want to explore the genre further, myself and a few others are pretty well versed in this stuff. Feel free to pop a question in the community, we are pretty active and have made daily posts for years, so plenty to sink your teeth into 🤘.

              !thrashmetal@lemmy.world

  • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
    13·
    18 hours ago

    The people who have spent so much time and money manipulating and controlling these human failures obviously wouldn’t want them all to off themselves.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        12 hours ago

        I mean, Jonestown was kinda crazy just because of its proximity to MKUltra and several other high profile efforts by government agencies to manipulate public perception and behavior. Heaven’s Gate (and the Branch Davidians at Waco) have some similar parallels.

        No shortage of speculation about how these organizations were originally formed, why they got such high profile media coverage relative to similar groups, and what turned them from somewhat goofy religious grandstanding exercises into deeply depressed suicide cults.

        • Wilco@lemmy.zip
          2·
          12 hours ago

          The ATF was found to have falsified charges initially to justify Waco. There was at least one federally licensed gun retailer at Waco. They were also using a loophole to modify rifles.

      • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
        2·
        16 hours ago

        Yes, I said they wouldn’t want them all to off themselves, but they don’t care if some, or even if a lot of people die, as long as it’s not too many.