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  • I beleive empathy is the root of this difference. With more empathy, you can better understand how someone else might feel - why they may struggle with a situation you breeze through. Empathy pushes people left. Empathy also helps you read the room and better calculate what gets a better reaction to comedy. It helps actors get into character to live as someone else. Conservative actors get typecast quickly, often as some tough, blunt hero-of-every-story character because that’s all they can aspire to be. Conservative comedians lean on an outgroup being the punchline whereas the rest of them tend to be the butt of their own joke or just describe situations. So yeah, 90% of the punchlines there will be that some type of person exists and does what a bigot expects them to do as part of their stereotype.

    Robert de Niro went to theater school and played badass mafia roles. Joe Pesci was a NYC tough guy before playing one in movies. Alec Baldwin went to theater school before playing extraordinarily serious roles. Steven Segal… Just watch his karate competitions.








  • If you’re a new homeowner and either have a lot to fix or a lot of projects in mind, a pickup is great. Daily driving it is useful for when you have to grab materials after work. I opted for an older $2000 Ranger 4cyl 2wd earlier this year for that so I’m not killed by fuel economy. It gets 20mpg on my commute but I do also split that with a 50mpg motorcycle. It’s also great for when you see random bulky things on the side of the road you want. I did start with a 4x8 trailer but it’s not as convenient. I admit, part of that was because my wife s car was the only one with a functional hitch.

    But I’m talking a Ranger. Like an F-050. 115hp. This little guy has hauled so much already. The only thing it can’t technically do is tow a car and I don’t have the capital left to buy a nonrunning project car. I’ve been eyeing the new Maverick in hybrid form. But maybe by time I have the cash for such a new vehicle I won’t be doing reno projects anymore


  • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlGaming today
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    Does it have transition animations or is it actually smooth? Asking from Elite Dangerous where the transition sequences feel pretty immersove to me. Each solar system is an instance with a wormhole jump between. Sublight and FTL have a charge/dropout sequence. The worst is switching between ship/rover/foot where the screen goes black and you hear footsteps. So what does SC do?





  • It’s not funny because this tactic works. Maybe not in such a short timeline, but it worked on Hillary Clinton. Ask any republican what they think of her and they’ll tell you she’s a bitch. Ask them how long they’ve thought of her as such and it’ll be over 12 years. Ask them why and the only solid response they’ll have is Benghazi and maybe a crack about not satisfying Bill. She has been vilified for mundane things to turn her into a wholly annoying person that actually hurts her public image.

    So while I’m with you, it’s fun to pick apart this insult to show how boring it is, I can’t help but fear it’s effectiveness. This is coming from the group that thought Hillary would start a war every month. You know, because all the other wars, all under men, were naturally occurring or something.





  • Wild. I was just complaining that I used to follow Lockheed Martin on social because planes are cool, but it’s recently become filled with missile and other direct weaponry posts. I’m well aware of what the purpose of a fighter plane is. They used to at least have fun posts about the scientific work performed by the U2 and SR71.