Homage to Catalonia might be my favourite Orwell book. You can kind of see all the seeds being planted for his later more famous books in his experiences there.

The Big Lebowski is sort of like this too I think. I actually can’t remember if he even gets his rug back lol, but also it doesn’t matter.

Take control of the media.

People don’t like to admit it and they hate it when you say it usually, but TBH if you put something on blast on the news, most people will go along with it even if it’s fairly crazy. Or at least, enough people to get what you want done.

There’s a reason why oligarchs almost always buy some sort of media network once they get to a certain point of wealth.

Yeah I just switched to IVPN because of this. I had about 30 days left on my subscription when the news first broke, so I figured I’d give them that long to see if they handled it well. Their wishy-washy response to it made me pull the plug.

Jesus’ Birthday = December 25, Year changes = January 1, so 7 days later.

I always thought it was weird that the year (aka Jesus’ age) changes a week after his birthday. Like 2,026 weeks must add up to quite a bit.

Edit: just under 39 years apparently, so it should really be the year 1987 or 2065 depending on which way you want to correct it.

Yeah it’s pretty much a meme at this point that Bethesda games are unplayable at launch. Presumably the next step is adding AI slop into the mix or something like that.

I don’t know if this is in his show or not but I can’t pass up an opportunity to share: https://youtu.be/TMHCw3RqulY

They have no money to like… feed them or take care of them after they’re injured apparently but there’s plenty of money for this shit.

Also as a non-American having seen how American wars for the last 20-odd years have played out… not once have I thought “these soldiers need to be more impulsive, confident and jittery.”

I think it will eventually be known as Evidence.

In that world they listened to the smart person and did what he said eventually, even though it was inconvenient for them. So they’re kind of doing better than us in that way.

I’ve been working on de-Googling for a while anyway, but this is definitely the last straw that’s gonna get me to finish the job.

They’re saying “fuck you” to us, not to them.

We’ve been boycotting US products in our house for a year or two now, since the last time Trump decided to be removedy towards Canada. However, reading about all the veggies and sketchy beef the last couple of weeks, it might become less a matter of ideology and more just about basic safety TBH.

The kickstarter for this game started before GTA 5 came out, for reference.

There’s a long standing rumor where I live that the Hell’s Angels own a bunch of infrastructure stuff like vehicle registries. I dunno if that’s true or not though.

Also a suspicious amount of old buildings that are protected for historical reasons seem to catch fire right after being bought for development.

I use Filen, I don’t know if they still do it but you used to be able to buy a lifetime plan for a one-time fee that was like 50-100GB or something like that, and you could stack them. So I just bought several during a Black Friday sale.

Yeah socks first then shoes, because I’m not American so my shoes are by the door lol

Master of the Difference Engine

Brit here, I never really thought about it but you’re absolutely right, Angels is such a “please leave now” song lol