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  • "Scorching motion?" Good god, does everything need to be hyped up to eleven?

  • Oh god yes! I like to jog in my neighborhood at night and whenever one of these vehicles with super bright lights drives by I literally have to stop in my tracks because I can't see a damn thing in front of me. It's even worse when I'm driving!

  • Not sure if you're straw manning me, or what. Because your reply doesn't have anything to do with what I said. And if you think my original comment has anything to do with religion, or it's defense, you'd be very wrong.

  • Uhhh, what!?

    And if you keep Byntleigh Destini Starr, or Jysis Saves Smith … You’ve probably earned it

    The victims are the people being given these names. You are the blamer, because you think they've "earned it" because they haven't changed it. My original comment had absolutely nothing to do with the article...

  • Your argument boils down to victim blaming. 🤷

  • Judging people based on the name their parents gave them at birth seems like a poorly thought out idea.

  • Technology @lemmy.world

    AI giants learn what everyone else on the modern internet already knows

    www.businessinsider.com /ai-giants-learn-hard-truth-modern-internet-anthropic-openai-google-2026-7
  • Thanks, wasn't paywalled for me.

  • A few bullet points is a pretty sad excuse for an article. Here is one with more information.

  • Ya, the litter boxes in the video don't look "cheap." This is cheap, and guaranteed not to decapitate your cats!

  • So I started watching Citizen Vigilante a couple of nights ago. I knew nothing about it or the director. I just knew it was a direct-to-DVD kinda movie, and Armie Hammer in it. The review ratings on RT and IMDB (more on that later) seemed pretty good for a direct-to-DVD movie and I liked Armie in The Man From Uncle, so I gave it a try.

    IT IS BAD! And I don't just mean bad as in racist and offensive, although it's that too. It's just a TERRIBLY written, acted, and directed movie! There were two scenes that particularly stuck out as bad (spoilers ahead, but you really don't want to waste your time watching this movie).

    The first is a scene where Armie randomly goes to a sort of brothel and starts railing a prostitute. Mid intercourse he looks up at the ceiling and sees mold. This prompts him to stop, inform the prostitute that he is the owner of the building, explain how the mold is forming because of improper ventilation while showering, and that if her pimp doesn't get that fixed he'll be back (all threatening like). Then he goes back to railing her.

    The second scene is where this huge terrorist task force is coming for Armie. The movie makes a big deal beforehand about how all the "regular" people all love the Citizen Vigilante, but the government doesn't. You know, because of his racism... So all these military looking dudes go into this building where they know the Armie is, but he's ready for them! He built this giant steel box in this empty room the size of your average bedroom. The steel box has two automatic machine guns facing outward that he can swivel around from inside, and a small little slit so he can see out. The military guys line up in this small room right in front of this box. They can clearly see the two machine guns, but why take cover, right!? Armie says this tough guy cheesy line about not wanting to kill them, and then the military dudes just open fire on this clearly bulletproof steel box they are standing infront of. Cut to a slo-mo of Armie mowing them all down from inside the box. Then if things weren't ridiculous enough, the general orders a second wave to go in!!! The second wave lines up right in front of the box, just as the first wave did. No cover, or change of tactics. You can guess what happened the second time... Absolutely the stupidest action scene (if you can call it that) I've ever seen!

    I finally turned it off when Armie goes on to speak with someone running his rental management company (apparently he's a millionaire landlord when he's not slaughtering people) and starts complaining that he can't instantly kick people out of his units the day they miss a payment. You know, cause of the evil laws...

    I honestly can't see how anyone would ever enjoy this movie AT ALL, no matter how racist they might be. The reviews on RT and IMDB are clearly being manipulated with bots. All of them talking like this movie is some masterpiece.

  • ITT: The most politically charged discussion of compression software I've ever read...

  • Ah, thanks. Noted.

  • Here's one from NPR also. Do we not like CBS here? It was just the first I saw reported.

  • politics @lemmy.world

    Supreme Court expands presidential firing power, overturning 90-year-old ruling

    www.cbsnews.com /news/supreme-court-trump-ftc-slaughter-humphreys-executor/
  • politics @lemmy.world

    The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force

    www.politico.com /news/magazine/2026/06/28/supreme-court-justices-security-police-00969784
  • Taking Roko's basilisk to a whole new level!

    Roko's basilisk, is a thought experiment which states that there could be an artificial superintelligence in the future that, while otherwise benevolent, would punish anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to encourage that advancement.

  • Both of your sentiments have truth to them. The solution is something like Ranked Choice Voting, no? Of course, we'd need enough representatives able and willing to implement that change.

  • I enjoyed both when they were still airing, but I can completely understand why people watching them today for the first time wouldn't. It's one of those, "you had to be there" kinda things. Just like I probably wouldn't enjoy watching The Beverly Hillbillies or I Love Lucy if I tried watching them today.

  • Technology @lemmy.world

    The AI Doomers Who Are Playing With Fire

    gizmodo.com /the-ai-doomers-who-are-playing-with-fire-2000747606