[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 month ago

Americans didn't join WWII for Europe, almost everyone was staunchly against joining the war before Pearl Harbour, letting Europe and Asia sort out their own problems. They were reluctant after so many died in WWI just to save European empires from other European empires. This just seemed like more of that at the time. Then Japan and Germany declared war on the US, obliging them to fight. Otherwise the people were ready to watch Europe get taken over by Hitler.

That said, the US Government had already decided they had to join the war for self preservation and were working on a way to start to convince people when Japan attacked. That really did the US war effort a lot of favours.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

2000 gamer: Yes, I can get this game to run in 1024x768!

2024 Gamer: At what FPS?

2000 gamer: No it's an RTS.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 56 points 4 months ago

Some people think criticizing is the same thing as not supporting.

If you want things to get better, you have to honestly and critically examine your leaders, not blindly support them and pretend they are flawless. Shutting down criticism is short-sighted nonsense and will only lead to worse candidates in the future.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 59 points 4 months ago

This fallacy is called an appeal to nature.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 69 points 4 months ago

Instead of turning your machine into a pretend N64, it turns the game into a native pc program. You need the base rom so the makers don't get sued.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 62 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A Dutch one I got from my Oma: "It's as if the angels upon my tongue have pissed". It means "yum".

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 60 points 5 months ago

Yoda: Won, you did? Dead, Anakin is? Thought not, you hypocrite. Don't talk to me again unless you're dead.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 60 points 6 months ago

What are the bad faith laws in the US like? In my province (BC) here in Canada the courts would publicly flay you for such blatant bad faith coverage. When I worked in insurance we had regular seminars with the lawyers on bad faith; the punitive damages can be (intentionally) ruinous to insurers.

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 58 points 10 months ago

After years of research, I have come up with a complete list of every conceivable action a company can take that leads a to a conservative boycott:

  1. Don't be a bigot
[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 58 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"It is impossible for me to leave"

"ThEn YoU ShOuLd LeAvE!"

Are you illiterate?

[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 year ago

I'm a disabled millennial. I live in a dangerous old house with 5 roommates and I am still spending over half my money on rent.

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