[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 11 points 4 weeks ago

I know some people that might work with. I'll check it out!

[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 14 points 4 weeks ago

Hey, trash pay is better than no pay. Thanks!

[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 13 points 4 weeks ago

I'll take a look. It can't hurt!

[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 12 points 4 weeks ago

That's much more efficient. And easier to track.

[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

There's nothing natural about Cuomo.

Also it's so disappointing that his actions that led to his fall from grace back then don't matter anymore.

[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

I'm not offended - I just wonder where your priorities are.

You asked a question and I tried to explain why focusing on correcting details can derail a conversation when the consequences and response would likely be materially similar.

I mean I don't see an Iranian politician looking at the bombing of an enrichment site by the US and finding it much better than bombing a reactor. Do you?

[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's shifting focus away from the main issue at hand. Yes, in the future, I'll speak accurately about the attacks, but your point is purely academic when we're talking about the material conditions around a bombing.

The problem is that bad faith actors often attempt to discredit one's argument overall when they are not 100% accurate about the facts.

If I were making a formal statement in a professional setting, I'd want to be as accurate as possible, but on a forum post where the issue is one country bombing another, correcting someone on the nature of the bombings' targets isn't adding to the discussion in the same way.

I don't mean to attack you, but read the room.

[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

He was consumed by the devil. He was hollowed out and dehumanized by being forcefully assimilated. He's making a futile attempt to save himself by bringing in Sammie when in fact he's already lost his soul.

He can perform the music and art of his culture, but it's not for the sake of his heritage or to bring people together in community. It's to fill an emptiness within himself brought about by the vampire that turned him.

He was made into a monster, forced into living a half life, convinced that he can undo the harm done to him by harming others.

I don't see him as the personification of the devil so much as a casualty of the devil.

You see in the movie that the other people who become vampires act in ways they wouldn't otherwise.

His Irish heritage wasn't vilified and at no point did a character conflate his heritage with his villainous acts.

The rest of the cast were wary of him more because he was white in a space for people of color.

[-] Lavender@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

Agreed. Though i do hope they keep the incantation lines when they cast spells. It's looking like it'll be a faithful adaptation, but time will tell.

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