Posts made by Ortallus

@arkandel said in Good TV:

@ortallus said in Good TV:

@silverfox said in Good TV:

I'm watching Taskmaster and damn is it funny.

You must mean the British TV show? For a second I thought this was something to do with the Marvel MCU and was like "Wait wtf?!"

I lowkey love that villain.

From what I understand, he IS coming to the MCU. It's worth noting that I think I read somewhere that Taskmaster and U.S.Agent had dealings in the comic books (or maybe that was BattleStar, who is, sadly, dead, because tropes.

Yeah, quick Google shows in Earth 616 Battlestar was trained by Taskmaster.

Also yeah, looks like Taskmaster is the antagonist in the Black Widow movie, which should be VERY interesting/fun....

@silverfox said in Good TV:

I'm watching Taskmaster and damn is it funny.

You must mean the British TV show? For a second I thought this was something to do with the Marvel MCU and was like "Wait wtf?!"

@arkandel said in Good TV:

@ortallus SKIP.

The one skit with the guy falling in love with the NPC was brutal, though!

Awwww, right in the feelpoints.

This resonates with me so damn hard.

@aria said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@greenflashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@ortallus said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I honestly don't know much about anarcho-syndacalist, but wouldn't anarchy, technically, be the extreme far far far FAR right? Absolutely no governmental regulation?

No, anarchy isn't about no government regulation. It's about power structures being arranged horizontally rather than vertically because vertical power creates hierarchies that are inherently exploitative. Most anarchists I've been exposed to want a democratic government, but a directly democratic one instead of a representative one and one in which any official can be removed from power at any moment by a simple vote.

^ This. Anarchism is not The Purge: Now in 24/7 Mode! despite a bunch of fearmongers trying to make everyone think it is. It's essentially "direct power over others turns people into assholes" made into political theory.

Also:

PS - If you're pro-choice on the basis of "it's not my business what people do with their own bodies" or pro-gay marriage on the basis "the government shouldn't get a say in who you love, as long as everyone is consenting freely".....

SURPRISE!

You have some left-wing libertarian social values. It's just that no one told you that because we usually associate the word libertarian with survivalist crazies who are like "Imma storm and squat on federal park land as a stand against the gubbament, because that sounds like a good idea. Send snicky-snacks, please."

Also, a lot of right-wing libertarians are anti-taxation and believe everything should be privately owned, including police, schools, roads, and etc, despite the example of privately owned prisons being utter shit-shows.

I honestly don't know much about anarcho-syndacalist, but wouldn't anarchy, technically, be the extreme far far far FAR right? Absolutely no governmental regulation?

@ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@ortallus said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

It is a core precept of MODERN, which is to say LATE-STAGE capitalism.

Better?

Not really.

People use "late-stage" as if to suggest that it's going to lead to something different and less abusive. No one I've listened to or read has proposed any inevitable outcome, and people have been predicting the death-knell for capitalism -- from right-wing crackpots to left-wing pundits -- since I was a little kid. And I can't say that this is "modern" capitalism because it is contrary to everything I learned of "modern" theories on capitalism.

No, we live in a time of abusive capitalism, which isn't going to work under actual capitalist precepts. And we can talk until we are blue in the face as to why this is, but it's not going to get us anywhere.

Socialism is a modest improvement to this, but only insofar as the people who do end up controlling the means of production aren't dickbags which, if homeowners' associations are any indication, won't be the case.

Inevitable Outcome

@ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Socialism is a modest improvement to this, but only insofar as the people who do end up controlling the means of production aren't dickbags which, if homeowners' associations are any indication, won't be the case.

Yes. Because corporations, on the other hand, especially the fossil fuel industries, are so much better at serving the public good.

The CEOs and board of any corporation sees humanity as 7 billion opportunities to increase their own personal wealth, and that of their shareholders, and nothing more.

@ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@ortallus said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

As Aria pointed out, if employees had the ability to quit when they feel abused, capitalism would fall apart, because abusing employees and not compensating them is a core precept of capitalism.

I see this more often that I care to admit, and each time I do I retract my knee-jerk reaction to counter and argue. Instead, I will just quote the following:

Every system which endeavours, either, by extraordinary encouragements, to draw towards a particular species of industry a greater share of the capital of the society than what would naturally go to it; or, by extraordinary restraints, to force from a particular species of industry some share of the capital which would otherwise be employed in it; is in reality subversive of the great purpose which it means to promote. It retards, instead of accelerating, the progress of the society towards real wealth and greatness; and diminishes, instead of increasing, the real value of the annual produce of its land and labour.

Translation: abuse of the capitalist order destroys capitalism.

Okay, let me amend/edit:

It is a core precept of MODERN, which is to say LATE-STAGE capitalism.

Better?

Because let's face it, modern capitalism isn't about increasing wealth for society, it's about increasing wealth for the limited and few individuals regardless of the cost.

I agree that ideological capitalism is a wonderful thing in which everyone benefits.

But the same could be said about socialism or even communism.

The problem with ALL of these systems isn't the systems, it's the corruption of the systems by the powers that be.

@tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

The easiest way to solve unemployment is pay everyone a UBI, everyone works two or three days a week. Everyone would work three days, if they're able. Productivity stays the same, wages stay the same (though they should be higher in general anyway) and everyone has time to be creative, see their family, engage in hobbies.

Done.

UBI will never happen so long as corporations control the congress of this country, which they absolutely do.

As Aria pointed out, if employees had the ability to quit when they feel abused, capitalism would fall apart, because abusing employees and not compensating them is a core precept of capitalism.

Add to that the fact that it's basically illegal to not have a job/income (See: Laws that punish the homeless) and you have a nice tidy system of control over the masses that the privileged wealthy exploitive class of America, of which 99% of congress is a member, will never allow such a change to happen.

I ate buttered noodles with garlic and a little parmesan cheese today. Not because it was all I could afford, but because I sort of had a craving for it.

Probably been a good 10 years since I'd had that.

@insomniac7809 said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

"Nobody wants to work anymore," I keep hearing.

Motherfuckers of course nobody wants to work, that's what work is. If they wanted to work you'd be charging them for the privilege. The whole thing is that you need to pay us to come work anyway.

If you won't offer people enough to work that's not a them problem it's a you problem.

AKA Capitalists when they realize capitalism doesn't fucking work.

My mom passed when I was 17. 3 Brain tumors and lung cancer. I'm 42 now, and it's easier, but this holiday still stings to this day. Losing your mom as a teenager creates a fuck-ton of unfinished business. Didn't help that I was the middle kid, either.

@sunny said in Good TV:

@ortallus said in Good TV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEe-ZeVbTLo

Morning. Nice day for fishin, innit?

That was really, really good, lol. I saw what it was and laughed, intending to watch a couple of seconds, and now here I am having finished it. I'm impressed with a lot of things about it, but particularly the actors' ability to convey emotion and intent.

Agreed. VLDL is under-rated in general, but this was some quality YT entertainment in my book. I hope they get all the views.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEe-ZeVbTLo

Morning. Nice day for fishin, innit?

@macha said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@ortallus Oh hey, let's pick a bunch of conventionally gorgeous people what could fit in on any CW show, and let them talk and talk and get attached to people in a bubble, and then cause drama in RL?

FUCK THIS SHIT.

While also managing to fuck over one of the most struggling professions because pandemics don't create a lot of opportunities to take pictures of groups of people.

Kind'a glad I'd already put a pause on my Netflix account, because this would have made me cancel my sub, for sure. This is f'n degrading and dehumanizing on so many levels.

@macha said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@ortallus DOUBLE up on FUCK THAT SHIT.

A netflix series? SRSLY?

https://www.netflix.com/title/80996601

@macha said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@ortallus blink blink bliiiiiiiink Wait, they're doing 5 weddings and putting the pictures in big magazines, and think they can get it done for exposure?!?!?

FUCK THAT SHIT

They're essentially asking for a 50+ hour workweek, for multiple people, plus materials, and for it to be done for 'exposure'.


@macha said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@ortallus blink blink bliiiiiiiink Wait, they're doing 5 weddings and putting the pictures in big magazines, and think they can get it done for exposure?!?!?

FUCK THAT SHIT

And it's a fucking Netflix sponsored TV series. It's not like they don't have the money.

https://petapixel.com/2021/05/05/netflixs-love-is-blind-wants-unpaid-photographer-for-five-weddings/

This, right here? This is some hot goddamn garbage: