Take away the beans and I'm right with you 👌

Nope. Every time he looks at boobs now, the words come flooding back... "not like momma's"

I think the common denominator for all these things are people. People are pretty terrible in large numbers behind anonymity.

Limewire 👌

I don't doubt that many proposals were made well before 9/11, but that attack certainly proved a catalyst in getting them approved.

Basically: we want to control citizens > citizens don't want to be controlled > create a scenario in which they want to be controlled > control citizens

Might take a few years between implementation and the desired result, but politics is always a slow march towards authoritarianism.

Also, the fact it was labelled as the counter terrorism act. Not much call for a counter terrorism act of there isn't much terrorism happening. No better way to say "we need this" than an actual terrorist attack happening.

I always remember the old web game. It was a bitch to get to Madagascar. Inspired the meme:

I like you.

Like, this is what conspiracy should be - actually somewhat believable - and not dumb shit like flat earth.

I always held that 9/11 was dubious. Not an "inside job" per se, but definitely a case of "we're gonna turn our backs for just a second, and you terrorists better not do something silly while we're not looking!"

One of the biggest things that will always stick out to me: the WMDs. They were adamant Iraq had them. They said they had actual evidence. None of it was true. It all came across as an excuse for ol' George to go in and try to finish what daddy started in '91.

Just to be clear as well, I think other conspiracies such as the controlled demolition of the towers and the fake plane at the pentagon are bullshit. I don't have my tinfoil hat on that tightly.

Game is BeamNG Drive 👍

That's actually how I do my Lemmy feed. I have one chance to comment on a thread and if I don't do it, when the page refreshes I lose it forever.

I've learned to accept that there are just some things the universe never wanted me to comment on.

Imagine having to remove a bunch of shit just so you can use your OS. smh

Luckily, there exists an OS which undermines extreme enshittification. Can't remember the name, though ...

I'm with everyone else here:

James? Here!

Kieran? Here, Miss!

Korn? RRRRRRRRATN AAAAHHH TN MAAHHHHH OOOOHHH YATTANAH HOOOO REE ATTNN YAAAAA, Miss!