HubertManne

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 41 minutes ago

oh yeah because having russia closer to your country is a great thing. just ask ukraine.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

certainly better than l33t keyboard warriors and all they are doing to take back the country.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

While I was not a big protestor before I had been to things and even stuff that was not exactly protests tended to feel more niche based on feedback you got from people. Its encouraging at protests all the support honking and people stopping to shake hands or say something and apologizing that they can't join in at that particular one.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Im waiting for comments like a dude who complained the democrats delaying trump picks did not do anything because of the republican changed some rules and got them. Or that people protesting are doing nothing.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 14 hours ago

Eventually but the same money in the s&p500 would get you more and be less likely to lose money over your purchase price and would not lose money every year until you sell.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 24 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

yes it did work. They delayed his nominations for a long time as the minority party. they did the most effective thing possible in the situation.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I doubt we have more than we need. empty buildings are money pits. you pay taxes and upkeep and get nothing back.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 20 hours ago

I crack up at the rights reaction as it is such a repudiation of everything kirk said and stood for. Seriously cuomo was saying how even bringing up something he said near talking about his killing might imply its justified. I mean think about what he is saying. Look this guy was such an asshole that mentioning something he said in the vicinity of talking about his killing is enough to suggest the killing is justified. I find all the woke soyboy empathy they show just pisses over his message. Warms my heart.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago

I love that term curate. I find it funny that people don't like blocking but are fine with subscribing. Subscribing and only looking at subscribing is akin to blocking everything else. Blocking and perusing all means you will come across new communities you don't want to block.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago

Im very pro block. I prefer that users can do stuff themselves over moderation honestly. I would like blocking to be reciprical and I have to do a lot of it for communities because the language thing often either seems to not work or my suspicion is the person making the community did not set it. That being said I block few users but tons of communities. The fediverse is not really large enough to subscribe to some stuff and ignore the rest. I block anything I have no interest in or sometimes just because its to niche for me. Things like sports, memes, and communities about like one specific thing like a tv series or video game.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 0 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

But if you keep building and building it should have an effect. Empty places still have to pay property tax. I guess im just saying im fine with us push push push build more housing but yeah I like other laws with it. One thing is I would like rental to be limited for non apartment buildings where the owner does not live there and not allow apartment buildings to do airbnb as that is for hotels/motels and taxed for such.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 23 hours ago

yeah these drone conveyances are not exactly like the moller concept.

 

Ok so like a genie comes to you and offers to give you a superpower of your choice. He informs you that everyone on the earth is getting this same deal (EDITED - choice of superpower for them). Also you can't be OP. So no monipulating molecules or total control of history. Its one power but it can be versatile but the more versatile it is the less powerful it will be. So like a good earmark is a straight up offensive power won't make you more lethal than a commonly well equiped soldier. So like cyclops beam could be equivalent to antitank, antiaircraft shoulder things or whatnot. But if you were like the human torch where you can fly, produce and manipulate flame. Well your going to be on the level of a military flame thrower. Power has to be around something though so you can't be like superman with unconnected powers of flight, heat vision, strength, invulnerability. But superstrength and resistance to damage would totally makes sense as part of one thing. As you will see below its about using your judgement.

Ok that is the setup but what I want is for you to say what your super power is and then play the role of the genie and decide how it needs to be limited to not be OP (EDITED - OVER POWERED. I realized it could be confused with original poster but im using it in the gaming sense). Here is my answer as an example.

I would ask for teleportation and the genie would be like ok but you can't teleport anything living with you (being able to teleport people where ever like above a volcano is op. I thought about it being limited to people who allow it but you know its to easy to trick someone. I also say any living thing because dropping some predators in places or a disease). Speaking of what you can bring with it can't be to much. No teleporting a semi truck over your opponents. Figure it can be as much as you (I) can carry on an all day hike. Also no teleporting parts of things. So if im driving the semitruck I cannot teleport away with its steering wheel but if the steering wheel of a semi truck were sitting in a junk yard it could totally come along. Ok then in addition nothing volatile. So essentially no explosives or accelerants.

On a final note I had thought about electronics and poisons but ultimately felt it was not that op and would cause the opposite where the limitations start getting pretty annoying. I also want commentary on how wrong it might be or unfair limitations with mine or anyones. I have to admit that once I thought along the lines of OP the power gets worse and worse. Not being able to bring people really locks out one of the better things with this power which is sharing it and saving folks by getting them out of danger.

EDITED - Some responses seem to miss what im going for. The idea is to eliminate anything that would make the power OP. Not limit it to the point where it is no longer a superpower. Keep in mind the examples like cyclops beams being able to take out a tank or a plane. I want legitamate super powers but also though around limiting them from being dominant over all others. Thing in terms of like balancing in a game system.

Another EDIT - this is a bit of a tease but remember everyone on earth is selecting a power from a genie (or the genie maybe he can duplicate himself) at the same time. There was a power or two I was going to put in examples but I kinda wanted to see if anyone would mention them.

EDIT3 - Ok so I teased it and not sure who might see these updates but no one took the bait so what I expected was people to jump onto disabling, copying, and absorbing powers. With everyone in the world having powers these become really useful and could guarantee a job at sensitive locations. It seems to me the examples from media I know are limited enough. Leech from marvel disables all powers around him and he can't control it much outside of increasing the area he effects with effort or holding it in to a smaller area with effort and then the teacher from my hero academia who can precisely target one person at a time and they must be in line of sight (honestly having to not blink seems a bit much to me. I mean one on one it just makes both of them unpowered although its really powerful in a team). I think with copying powers it just needs to be some mix of one at a time, line of sight, not being able to bank or maybe a limit to banking or time period they can be banked and it being a poorer copy. I think the poorer copy has to be there given the versatility or it would be like the definitive choice. Absorbing is tough. I think it would require touch and take time to absorb and something like you could absorb 9o or 99% but the person would still have a bit left and the moment you stop touching you will be losing it and they will be regaining or something. I mean seems a pretty big deal to both shut down the other persons power as well as getting it for yourself.

 

Yet more parent stuff that did not occur to me at all. Im not sure how much I would want to normalize my out of shape ass. I bet a vast majority of us are aware we do not eat healthy enough or exercise enough. This comic comes suspiciously close to one where they were checking out a gym. mmmmmmm.

 

I can't believe we have a sitting president taking bribes openly in the oval office and his party and supporters won't say boo lest they appear to be a democrat or an immigrant or such. Seriously no shame. No shame at all.

 

Funny as I had just a bit ago commented on how jesus has not made an appearance in awhile with a comic that made me think she may have moved over to agnosticism or atheism. Still might as it does seems often that amount actual biblical knowledge tends to be inversely proportional to belief in god. I am glad jesus is back to point out the hypocrisy of the so called christian nation.

 

Ok. I feel this is sorta a dup. Maybe not the artwork but I swear she had the same hypocrisy situation. Maybe she should have the rich mom or dad picketing and then their daughter comes and cries that shes pregnant and they say well we don't believe in abortion in this family but to help you feel alright we will send you on a ski vacation to the alps.

 

Would never happen to me with a needle in my arm. Usually its like. Wait for it. And then have to sit down. I have these great veins apparently to but oh man if that phlebotomist misses the first one then apparently my veins will just disappear as I get nauseous and such.

 

First time I have seen a gym and they are both there. Its not even new years.

 

This has come up before in the strip but so far no strip about a new (likely new used) car.

 

The artist was raised somewhere in the east coast south and ended up living in northern west coast. About as far physically as one can go in the continental us without using florida or washington although I kinda wander whats farther. The tip of maine to baja or the tip of florida to northwest washington. I mean I feel like its gotta be the florida one given how big it is.

 

Its good to see them getting to cons again. I never went to any non local con but if I did it would be dragon con.

 

In the hover over note she mentions she is thinking about doing a mural on their fence with the kids in the fall. Sounds like this popped into her mind. I have seen quite a few comments about violence in the strip and I think this is a good meta interpretation of where she is coming from. The strip is a sorta comic diary so many of those are the types of things that pops into all our heads. Given her background Im pretty sue she is someone who only wants to work for change through peaceful means but the comic itself again is like a diary so a mix of things that actually happen in her life along with musings and just venting as well. Its sorta tough as its a bit more complex than a typical cartoon and folks that come and see just one often don't quite get it I think.

 

Speaking of the lack of shame I noticed it was effective in that ice article a few weeks back and personally I have seen it be effective with a trump heckler at a protest. So I think somewhere deep down they recognize the shame.

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