maino82

joined 1 year ago
[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I have a bunch of old roms. PM me and I'll see what I can do to get them to you.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

And just like a goose, if you step over one you'll find your nether bits in a very precarious situation.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

He's (surprisingly) demonstrated a willingness to actually get some things done. I never would have thought that he would given all we were hearing about him before, but he's not been a complete roadblock to governing, so the question is do Dems take this small concession that he's actually willing to govern or take a chance that the Republicans put someone in there who is more hostile and prone to standoffs.

I tend to agree, though. Politically, it doesn't make a lot of sense for Dems to support him, or for Republicans to side with Democrats, which their base will absolutely loathe, so if he gets put on the chopping block it's likely that no one will save him on either side.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I never played the games but was able to pick up enough through context clues about what each group is all about and generally what's going on. I do have lots of questions about the specifics of each group, but I'm hoping that in future episodes (I am only a few episodes in) and seasons they flesh things out a bit more to fill in some of the more mysterious aspects of the show.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

I'm not advocating for praising him, but everyone is vilifying him for coming around to a different point of view. He's growing as a person. Maybe not in the altruistic way that you'd like, but it's still growth. If we stay up on our high horses insisting everyone do the right thing just because it's the right thing and for no other reason then we're going to be waiting a very, very long time for change.

Take the fucking win and move on.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago (10 children)

If your first instinct is to condemn this man for what he used to believe I would urge you to think about how we would ever go about affecting change without people like this who believe one thing, then see the error of their ways and change their mind. Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I agree. I like the idea that there's a trek for everyone. I love strange new worlds, but (initially) wasn't really into the idea of lower decks, and that's ok because I think it gives everyone something different to look forward to and avoid the problem of oversaturation. You can choose the shows you like and miss the ones you don't.

That being said, I'm glad they did the crossover episode with lower decks because it made me give the show a shot and I ended up really liking it.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Attacking civilians is also plain and simple terrorism

So we're in agreement that this is essentially two terrorist states fighting each other? And the biggest losers in all of this will be the innocent Israeli and Palestinian citizens who just want to live their lives in peace. Meanwhile Hamas and the Israeli state get to go back and forth playing the their sick game of race-to-the-bottom-of-the-morality-barrel trying to blow each other to smithereens.

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I liked the gorn episode, but it kinda came out of left field. I mean, it didn't help that in my head every time they would talk about the gorn in earlier episodes I would think of the dude in the green lizard suit, so I had this comical picture in my head of all these people being terrified of a guy in a silly outfit and was not mentally prepared for an alien remake...

[–] maino82@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The expanse is great! Highly recommend it, and the books are even better.