26

Yes, I am still Astro Boy posting. No, I will not stop until I finish reading the Dark Horse translated compendium.

Also, it will be interesting to see if Jimmy Carter outlives Biden.

54

Context: this guy was an artisan who carved art into grains of rice, but he was put out of business when a machine was invented who could defeat him in carving competitions.

76

Astro really is a zoomer, exploring his identity to find something that fits.

67

Don't know why but I found this panel funny.

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 72 points 3 weeks ago

Also, not that it matters, but a "DNA test" is not how you find out if someone has XX, XY, or XXY chromosomes. The word Rowling is looking for is "Karyotype." But hey, if she knew how gender science worked, she probably would not be a TERF.

65

BROOKER: This is going to sound so tragic, but right now there’s a game called Balatro. It’s like poker, and it’s possibly the most addictive thing ever created. It’s currently on Nintendo Switch and Steam deck, but it’s going to be released on phones, and at that point I think humankind’s activity is going to drop about 25%. I play that in short bursts when I’m writing to reward myself. I do like Ghost of Tsushima and Dave the Diver too, but there’s loads more.

One of us.

12

My favorite part of the song is when they insult Peter Theil for... being an immigrant. Yeah, apparently he was born in Germany and moved to Ohio when he was 1 year old. the-more-you-know

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 70 points 2 months ago

I now feel bad for finding this stuff funny because of course someone going through grief

Her husband had a twitter profile where he told the Palestinians to "get over it," among other horrible right-wing things. So don't feel too bad.

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 107 points 2 months ago

He also played a violent new video game that has just recently been discovered, called "Fortnite," and described himself as having "skibidi rizz" but not being a "sussy baka." These slang terms are gang lingo used by only the most dangerous terrorists.

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 51 points 2 months ago

Zoomers man, they are so bad at technology.

62

Getting harder and harder to tell who is real and who is AI. Not because the AI are getting smarter. The bar for the Turing Test just gets lower every day like the world's saddest limbo competition...

44
Setup, Punchline (hexbear.net)

Stephen King is 76 years old.

Mueller, She Wrote died many moons ago.

Nearly dead liberals are fighting to the death over whether to support nearly dead liberals. The Democratic Party is less of a political party and more of a collection of the leftover "non political" flotsam and jetsam left over after the hurricane of neoliberalism wrecked American politics in the 1980s and 1990s. Posting on the internet should have a maximum age, beyond which you enter a quarantine zone.

70

The Buddha: Life is always full of suffering, so you should abandon the pursuit of wealth and enjoy the time you have.

Perfidious Albion and the Miserly Dutch: If you do not become wealthy it means that Jesus hates you and will send you to hell.

The name of the webcomic is "Webcomic Name," it's pretty good, like a simplified version of Pictures for Sad Childen.

35
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

fire this-is-fine aaaa aaaa fire

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 53 points 3 months ago

Wait, you didn't get thousands of dollars worth of PPP loans which were converted into grants? What are you, some kind of peasant?

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 68 points 3 months ago

51st State! It's happening!

49
submitted 3 months ago by KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net to c/earth@hexbear.net

Isn't nature spectacular?

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 48 points 4 months ago

Didn't congress just also ban Tik-Tok? So when the USA surveils us, it's keeping us safe, but when China does surveillance, it's literally 1984 evil communist dystopia? Are they aware that Orwell (fed snitch btw) said that 1984 was based on his experience working for the BBC?

90

"The Economist is a journal which speaks for British millionaires." - Lenin

Here are some quotes from article #1,000 about China being about to collapse.

Last year the country achieved growth of 5%, but

but butt

Xi Jinping’s response is to double down on an audacious plan to remake China’s economy. Blending techno-utopianism, central planning and an obsession with security

techno-utopianism = using science to improve your country. central planning = when the government does stuff. obsession with security = protecting China from the United States' various proxy forces in the region

the mood in China is dour

What amazing reporting. "China will collapse because, like, the vibes are fucked." ancrap

consumers are depressed, deflation lurks and many entrepreneurs are disillusioned

Yes, unlike in the United States of America. All our consumers love the high price of rent and groceries! No disillusioned people in the USA! amerikkka-clap

Relations with America are steadier, as a phone call between Mr Xi and President Joe Biden this week attested. But they remain fragile.

WWIII will happen tomorrow, no actually it won't, wait actually I don't really know. Either way, this is bad for China. I am very smart. biden-ok-smart-guy

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 51 points 11 months ago

They would just say COMMIE MUHSLIM Kamala "Hussein" Harris paid them to do it.

"We must defend our nation from the radical communist Hamas! The Palestinians want Kamala to be president because they know she's soft on crime." -Trump, containing laughter

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 95 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Markets have brought more people out of poverty than anything.

Yes, just like the Irish people who were "helped" by the free market in the 1840s. Or the Indian people who were "helped" by the free market in the late 1800s. You might be interested in this book by the late, great Mike Davis which completely refutes your ideas with hard evidence that the free market can be used (and has been used) as a tool of genocide: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/7859

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 59 points 1 year ago

You should e-mail that to the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela, and China, to show them the error of their communist ways.

view more: next ›

KurtVonnegut

joined 3 years ago