Imagine naming your ‘encyclopaedia’ after a political school of thought and making it crystal clear that it’s more about pushing ideology than information, then giving it the tagline “The Trustworthy Encyclopaedia”.

And the sad part is that the people this caters to will 100% believe that tagline while ignoring all other evidence to the contrary and clutching their Trump bibles and wearing their red hats.

I’m late here but whatever. I’m finding myself more and more on board with this, the more time passes. When I was younger, I would’ve been more willing to ‘debate’ every asshole but the older I’ve got, the more I’ve realised that they’ve all just got the same ‘points’ over and over again and if arguing those points hasn’t changed anything in the last 15 years, it probably won’t change anything now.

Same goes for “just asking questions”. It’s the same fucking questions that every JAQ-off asks, and all ‘questions’ that can be easily answered by shutting your fucking mouth and opening your ears for once. Maybe stepping out of your bubble and listening to what people who are different from you are saying for once.

Last night I blocked my first customer. Got a shitty, really over reacted and unnecessary comment to something. Checked their profile to see if it was just someone having a bad day and saw that literally every comment this person makes is to shit on someone, that’s their entire contribution to this platform. Even spotted a “typical white females” in there. So I just blocked, knowing that nothing of value has been lost to me.

And I think that’s how I’m gonna play it from now. If I get an aggressive response from someone that isn’t full of aggressive responses, I’ll indulge them a little. But if it’s someone that’s clearly just here to fight and make people miserable, the most attention I’ll pay them is hitting that block button.

Feeling a bit left out that I haven’t been messaged by the Fediverse Chick yet.

I should look into where I can get hold of CBD products. We don’t really have dispensaries and stuff around here. It’s legal to have but not to actually buy anywhere (or sell) lol. I think it is approved for medicinal use though.

Although you can get a grade of weed here that’s basically a step away from being a hemp plant. As far as I know, that can of stuff is heavier on the CBD ratio of things. Doesn’t taste great though.

I buy R50 bags, which is around the price of a pack of legal cigarettes with some change left over. Although I think it’s hard to compare prices of things across borders and currencies.

And this R50 bags are basically the lowest rung of the decent quality. And it’s outdoor, so sometimes the quality is pretty close to indoor, sometimes it’s not so great. And if the quality is good, it’ll be a strict 5 grams but if it’s standard stuff, the guy usually packs a little extra.

So it’s also a bit difficult to give it a per day cost. A R50 bag can last me 1 to 3 days depending on a few factors.

Just want to add, I’m also my weed guy’s movie and series guy. So I’m often getting free bags thrown in, in exchange for some movies and shit loaded onto USBs.

I can believe that having kids changes things. And yeah, I’d like to cut down as well. If for nothing else, then just my wallet lol.

South Africa and pretty much just English. Apparently I was fairly fluent in Zulu when I was little kid, before starting school and losing it. And we learnt Afrikaans in school but Afrikaans kids went to Afrikaans schools and I grew up and lived in English speaking areas so it was never used. If I tried to speak Afrikaans now, I would embarrass myself but I can mostly read it and understand someone if they’re talking slow enough and I’m concentrating hard enough.

Honestly something that pisses me off is that despite going through school in the ‘new’ South Africa, the new government never bothered making sure we learnt to communicate with each other. So instead of learning Zulu and being able to freely communicate with the majority of the population, we learnt Afrikaans because they never fucking bothered to change it.

I can also understand very small bits and pieces of written and spoken German from high school but that’s barely worth mentioning. Also, I can kinda sometimes understand a little bit of written Dutch because it’s remotely similar to Afrikaans.

Lol I guess it is. And I’m absolutely addicted to weed. Anyone who says that isn’t addictive hasn’t experienced the lack of appetite, insomnia and general lack of will to live when you’re a heavy smoker and you go without.

It’s still probably cheaper therapy than actual therapists and pharmaceuticals though.

Drinking too much coffee and doomscrolling from my bed until I get my hands on another bag of weed later and can function (somewhat) properly again.

Dune and Dune Part 2

Something I need to add to my list and finally watch. Funny enough, I never read the books either, even though back when I was still reading a lot more (mostly sci-fi), it was regularly praised and recommended.

Currently busy with my fifth (I think, I’ve actually lost track now) watch of everything in the Ghost in the Shell franchise (excluding the live action movie). Usually I end with my favourite, Stand Alone Complex, but this time I started with it. Currently about half way through 2nd Gig, once I’ve watched Solid State Society, I’m going to follow it up with my second ever watch of SAC 2045, hoping that I like it more the second time.

Yeah as someone from a BRICS nation, I would not trust or put my faith in these people any more than I would American institutions. And I feel pretty confident in saying that even if a BRICS backed currency became dominant, absolutely fuck all would change in the quality or cost of life for the majority of people and the only ones that would be smiling would be the fat cat piece of shit politicians and elites that are already smiling.

Yeah I definitely understand why Blåhaj has them disabled. From what I’ve gathered since I’ve been here, there definitely are people here on Lemmy that stick their noses in and downvote everything in discussions where they don’t belong.

The only pity is that it’s an all or nothing deal. There’s no way for an instance or individual community to disable downvotes alone. If you’re signed up on Blåhaj, they’re disabled everywhere, including communities in world or whenever that they’re normally enabled. Which has its downsides. I don’t want to go around downvoting things but it can be nice to see which way the general public is voting on things.

Yeah, funnily enough, didn’t that first Superman story that was sold to DC mentioned in this article enter public domain recently anyway? I don’t follow that kind of news closely but I’m pretty sure I read something about it.

Personally, comic book characters are in a funny area for me as far as the concept of ‘ownership’ goes. For me personally, I’m willing to bet that Shuster and Siegel wrote about 0% of the Superman stories that I ever read growing up or saw adapted to cartoons or movies. Creating a character that becomes part of a shared universe and gets written by 100 different people over almost 100 years isn’t quite the same as being famous for writing a book that stays the same for 100 years. At this point I would hesitate to credit a character like Superman with any one or two people, personally.

Of course, Shuster and Siegel were pioneers that had no idea what was coming though. And from what I can see, DC should’ve definitely treated them better for being cornerstones. They should’ve been getting CEO level pay.

But honestly, it’s kinda why I don’t sympathise with people like Alan Moore that much. I think by the 1980s it was understood that if you write for a company like DC or Marvel, your original work is probably going to become part of the universe and get written by someone else, just like you’ll probably write other people’s original characters too. Besides that, the Watchmen wouldn’t exist without the Charlton comics characters they’re based on. That’s just how it works.

Not excuse DC or Marvel for shitty practises though. I’m aware that neither companies are angels and could definitely treat and pay their workers much better. Maybe then these old estates would be more willing to cooperate without the shenanigans.

Toberoff said in an interview that the suit isn’t meant to deprive fans of their next “Superman” movie, but rather “seek just compensation for Joe Shuster’s fundamental contributions as the co-creator of the character.”

Not to bootlick the big corporation but I always feel doubt when these estates of long dead people start causing trouble in the name of some sort of justice. The timing of it definitely makes it look more like a ransom demand too.

This makes me think of the Michael Jackson estate causing shit over music in Sonic 3. All they achieved was getting the music in question pulled from any current release of the game and making sure it reaches nobody.

I’m pretty sure the Wonder Woman estate was also full of shit back in the '90s and '00s. And what they achieved was making sure that a large part of Wonder Woman’s mythology was excluded from the DCAU, something that basically defined DC for a generation or two.

I’d love to join the side of the Shuster family but considering that this is about copyrights expiring 25 years after an author’s death, they’ve had since 2021 to do this. But they chose now, right as the Superman brand is at its lowest and on the verge of a possible revitalization. Which just makes them look like greedy assholes to me.

Apparently, Koko has been Brainiac’s pet on and off in the comics since 1958.

Ah, sorry to hear that. Maybe it’s for the best though? From what I’ve seen, drag is often dealing with people attacking drag’s identity as it is. Maybe running a community like would open drag up to too much unnecessary stress?

It’s honestly crazy how much I am able to identify with Poison Ivy as a character. And it’s not even just her attitude or personality or whatever, even a lot of the little details and backstory that get thrown in match certain things in my life, like being sent to boarding school. And with this episode, another thing I learnt that we share are those aggressive morning shits that go from 0 to 120 in a few seconds and make you run mid conversation. Lmao.

Edit: identifying with characters based on bowel movements aside, I really hope that Lois Lane gets a bigger role this season. I would like to see what these writers could really do with her. Plus they’re in Metropolis, come on.

Another edit instead of making a new comment: I hope that Poison Ivy gets a power boost of some sort after how Woodrue basically just steamrolled her. I honestly hope that this isn’t the end of Fluoronic Man just yet so that we get a rematch with Ivy fucking him up this time.

I’ve definitely noticed that most fans in any fandom can’t seem to accept or comprehend the fact that not every character needs to be married off and have 2.5 kids and a white picket fence.

I’ve butted heads over this many times regarding Batman and Catwoman. Sure, they have their always doomed to fail flings with each other occasionally but over all, they’re both prime candidates for the kind of characters that are forever alone and it suits them. Even Catwoman, for as much as she uses sex appeal, doesn’t strike me as exactly promiscuous and seems to be too much in love with herself and her own solitude / independence for that. Maybe they’re not 100% gold star ace or whatever but they both fit the aro side to a tee, at least.

And whenever people are complaining about DC never letting Bruce and Selina do what every other fucking character does, I’m there thankful that DC are staying the course.