[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

1:60 = one minute and 60 seconds, or two minutes.

120 would be parsed as one minute and 20 seconds, or 80 seconds.

Took me a bit to get too.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

That is such a funny mental image.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Also videos that weren't intended for kids but superficially looked like they were got involuntarily flagged as such and had their comments removed.

A separate site would have been a much better solution.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Fair. I didn't understand what OP was getting at, so I took them literally. It seemed strange to ignore that white people in the early 20th loved depictions of smiling black people in servant roles.

As for ads targeted at black consumers... now I'm curious. I know there were newspapers targeted at black readers. I wonder if they had ads.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Henry George wrote about this extensively. The solution is a tax on all land at just under 100% of it's rental value. That allows landlords to profit from the structures they build and maintain, but not from the land itself. It disincentivizes real estate speculation, lowering the cost of land and housing and improving accessibility to people who use it productively.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Star Trek: Picard has Picard too...

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Am I the only one who's having trouble processing the fact that Leela and Nibbler casually murdered someone early in the episode? I mean Futurama has always shown a lot of dark or mean humor, but that really threw me. Especially when they followed it up with such a sentimental story. I don't like it when shows try to mix the two. Either I'm watching the show with the mindset that nothing matters, or I'm getting invested in the characters and their arcs. I don't know about other people, but I can't do both at once.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

I vaguely remember seeing a news article about something like that. I think it was a game where killing enemies caused files to be deleted from your computer. It was portrayed as some kind of artistic statement about digital possessions or something.

Someone in the forum where it was being discussed sarcastically said they developed a live action version called "playing baseball inside."

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

I liked that it at least gave a few nods to the idea that living in a patriarchy isn't necessarily great for all men either. Not all men have power, and even the ones that do aren't necessarily happier for it and find themselves competing with other men and restricting their own self-expression. That's a nuance that's lost in a lot of pop feminist messaging.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Agreed, and along the same lines, pointing out bad logic or factual errors used to support a point you actually agree with.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

unless you were an actual celebrity

That didn't matter, because without video there was no easy way to prove it.

[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ah, alright. Might have to check it out. Thanks!

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