I have this feeling it’s more like a mentalist mind-trick.

We are fed so many inputs from so many sources, we don’t notice the influence, but we end up thinking about such and such, maybe talking about it with other people and suddenly, lo and behold! the algorithm presents us with an ad for the very subject that was on our mind! Mind reading! Magic!

But just like a Derren Brown subject, we just picked the card he wanted us to pick from the beginning.

I reckon the only thing preventing us from being completely subjugated is the amount of actors trying to influence us simultaneously, as we flock through our attention grabbing sources.

Which is why the consolidation of media is such a worrisome phenomenon. One dude controlling an entire network of sources means you are constantly under the same influence.

And then you get MAGA.

I wonder what’s next?

Thou maidenless cur are thus for a reason.

You made me check and apparently it’s a bit more aggressive in English than in French. Now I’m curious what you thought it meant.

Eh… “people in power” is a bit much. Doctors are party members by default and they got shit salaries and no social recognition. Teachers neither. And some of the stuff they (and their entire service) can be punished with can be stuff like having a kid without being married.

Dear gods what a fucking retard. Every single day, I’m just amazed a nation would choose this man to represent them. Nero ain’t got shit on him.

Uh… have you been around for the last thirty or so years? Apparently accosting women is harassment these days, so it’s less hassle to wait for women to do the first step, I guess.

Meh. I named my first born after a joke signature from my early forum days. Just happened that the wife and I loved the name so it worked out in the end.

Nah it was “It’s American Psycho time!”

I don’t know why I’m even surprised there is Dinotopia porn… -_-;

I thought I was gonna have that last week. Walking a kilometer in ski shoes + 4 pair of skis + 17°C has to be some sort of personal record for me. Hopefully never again.

Aka projection.

Oh thank fuck, I’m not alone!

Haha! It’s like visas! Just attack a different country for like 24 hours then come back to Iran for another 60 days…

Un animal de bât is indeed a pack saddle animal, and bâtard is indeed a bastard so that’s pretty cool. Never realised the connection! -ard in French is also often a negative suffix, like connard which would be a… “cuntard” if you will.
-asse is the feminine variant, although there are inconsistencies, such as pétard / pétasse which are probably related but one is a firecracker, while the other is a tart (the lady kind)

Rude language is always so much fun!

Natural selection working as intended?

And there is a Shadowrun inspired d20 setting, iirc!

Buy? Why buy when you can just capture oil tankers?

In France, these days, you lose your license. Period. I don’t know what the results have been though, but I think it’s a fairly good approach.

Amalek!

Yay! Let’s test it in prod!