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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by MiraculousMM@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

If you haven't watched @11foot8plus8 videos, they're absolutely astounding. The city of Durham raised the bridge by 8 inches a while back and drivers STILL get their truck roofs shredded on a semi regular basis. Like how the fuck do you solve this problem without just banning cars?

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submitted 2 months ago by MiraculousMM@hexbear.net to c/earth@hexbear.net

doggirl-gloom NO STRUGGLE SESH THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by MiraculousMM@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

Can you guess what it represents? Pls don't cheat or I'll cry doggirl-cry

edit: its DVD Regions

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 49 points 5 months ago

michael-laugh

What a pure wikipedia education does to a mf

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So I'm looking for a new (used) car since mine is really old and starting to literally fall apart. I found a nice newer well-priced car on the website of a nearby dealership. I go in and take it for a test drive, I really like it and was strongly considering pulling the trigger because it was priced so well.

Salesman confers with his boss, comes back and says hey, I just found out I actually wasn't supposed to test drive that car with you because it needs a new transmission, and it'll take 2 weeks or so for that new transmission to come in. I say okay no problem, I can wait a couple weeks, I still have my old car in the meantime.

When he comes back again with the official quote, the price is TWO GRAND HIGHER than the online price, because "well I didn't know it needed a new transmission and I just can't possibly eat the full cost of that, so this is the new price now, I'm oh so sorry but I just can't it'd be too hard for me and my manager said so :(((("

So I flat out told him the online price is what brought me in, and if that's not honored (which would be fucking illegal to do but they don't care) then I'm walking. Guy comes back with his manager who then begrudgingly agrees to honor the online price and we were able to do the business we were both there to do like mature adults.

Oh the funniest part is this dealership is very outwardly "Christian" (there was Christian music playing over the speakers the entire time and a little daily devotional book on the salesman's desk) and the manager told me "you know we're very Christian based so we would NEVER try to scam people" immediately after he tried to squeeze an extra two THOUSAND fucking dollars out of me for HIS fuckup.

This is my one isolated experience with a REPUTABLE dealer in my area, I have to imagine this shit happens all the time to people just trying to secure reliable transportation in Carbrain Hell

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submitted 10 months ago by MiraculousMM@hexbear.net to c/movies@hexbear.net

I saw that the Hextube marathon of The Sopranos just finished so I want to discuss with others! Overall, fantastic show, I love the idea that the mafia is a microcosm of white American society as a whole and how selfish and morally bankrupt it is. It's shockingly funny at times too, they really nail the black comedy aspect (the Columbus episode was hilarious from start to finish anti-italian-discrimination). All of the characters are phenomenal too, it's hard to choose favorites, but if I had to I'd probably say Adrianna, Carmella and Junior in that order (honorable mention to paulie-point for being a goofy little freak)

Other random thoughts (spoilers for the ENTIRE show)-As I've said before, reading The Will to Change alongside watching this show makes it clear just how well the writers understand white supremacist imperialist patriarchy, even if they wouldn't use that term to describe the society the show takes place in. And all the mobsters are well written and often endearing despite being undeniably evil pieces of shit.

-I had Christopher's death spoiled for me before watching the show but honestly I could tell the dude was gonna get got right from season 1. He's too hot-headed and overly ambitious, he was never gonna survive, but I did NOT expect the way it went down, that was fuckin brutal. And then Tony goes to Vegas, trips balls and LAUGHS about his death. I saw some people say "that was the moment I knew Tony was irredeemable", and like yeah that really drives the point home but also cmon it took you that long to make up your mind about that?

-The most heartbreaking part of the whole show was Adrianna's death. She's definitely not a complete innocent in the grand scheme of things, she financially and materially benefits from Chris' extortion and murder of others and is totally complicit in it. But the way she gets completely trapped between the mob and the FBI really makes you feel for her, she's among the more moral characters on the show and I desperately wanted to see her get away.

-I've seen redditors and their ilk say that they hated Livia which blows my mind. She's funny as fuck every time she's on screen, just a pathetically manipulative old narcissist, and I love watching her and Tony interact.

-I've also seen redditors say that they hate Meadow and AJ, the former for purely misogynistic reasons and the latter because he's "annoying". Like yeah they're kids, they're supposed to be immature and obnoxious at times, but they both grow into their own people and I like both of their arcs (moreso AJ's, Meadow gets a lot more complicit with the mob shit in the later seasons which made me sad)

-I'm still not totally sure how I feel about the ending. Ultimately when I imagine any other more "definitive" ending, it doesn't quite feel right. If I accept the theory that the cut to black is Tony getting shot, I think that's works brilliantly since he's the primary POV character and it hits harder than outright showing him getting whacked. I'm curious to hear other peoples' interpretations.

I'll probably think of more things to comment on as I contemplate the show more, but I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't. There's a reason it's so highly regarded and memed on. And of course I want to hear others' thoughts as well! There's a lot to unpack in this show and I'm sure I haven't even scratched the surface of its themes and ideas.

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submitted 11 months ago by MiraculousMM@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

This game has only been out for 6 months michael-laugh

I tried it a few months back and it was fine? I guess? F2P CoD with hero shooter bullshit tacked on, absolutely 0 original ideas or changes to the gameplay formula, also with terrible netcode and widespread hit reg issues that Ubisoft never even attempted to fix rip-bozo

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago

Leave reddit and never return, I promise your life will noticeably improve. No point in engaging on a CIA-controlled astroturfed to shit platform

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MiraculousMM@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 62 points 1 year ago

those rich college kids are all cowards

What a shitty thing to say about those "kids" who set up a whole ass encampment on campus for weeks to protest their government's complicity in a genocide and suffered massive police violence as a result. Sorry those "kids" didn't do enough adventurism for you. Wtf is this shit ass take?

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Real Heroes (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MiraculousMM@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

soviet-heart ussr-cry

edit: one of these heroes is Stanislav Petrov, idk who the other one is unfortunately

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As a huge fan of Vampire Survivors and having played a LOT of the copycat games that spawned in its wake, I'm confident in saying that Halls of Torment is the best of the lot by far and even better than VS. Sick ass retro Diablo-like aesthetic that absolutely DRIPS with atmosphere and texture and personality, quest-based meta progression that's way more interesting than just "spend 1000 gold for +5% permanent damage!", 500+ challenges/achievements to complete, characters that are actually distinct and require very different playstyles, there's GEAR you can collect and equip like an ARPG, and one of the characters has a doggo-matapacos who goes around biting the dicks off of demons.

If you have any interest in the Survivors genre or roguelikes in general I'd strongly recommend at least playing the demo or dropping $5 on the full game (god I love that VS set the trend of making these games dirt ass cheap). I started playing back when it first launched in EA and was immediately hooked and its only gotten way better since.

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Hell yeah (hexbear.net)

From one of the only good star wars channels Corey's Datapad trans-specter

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 48 points 2 years ago
[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 53 points 2 years ago

Memes aside I'm so glad that creep piece of shit Drake is getting put on blast publicly. Inshallah Jared Leto is next

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 65 points 2 years ago

I've got my first dentist appointment in like 5 years in an hour, I'm so nervous fuck shit fuck I hope they're nice ohnoes agony-deep

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago

"Still love the car"

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 111 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@Kaboom@reddthat.com @qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one @BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one get in here and explain how it is "racism" or "hate speech" to point out how bloodthirsty and twisted the average honky is. Also "breaks commmunity rules"??? ??????????

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago

Black hole sun won't you come?

volcel-kamala

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 61 points 2 years ago

🚨 ALERT ALERT MELINA HAS BREACHED CONTAINMENT THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨

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