A post on r/latestagecapitalism of a political cartoon mildly criticizing the spending for Ukraine war effort, it was the first time I really actually noticed a botted comment section. I noticed similar accounts clearly astroturfing the post and basically stopped using the platform that day.

The whole reason I found reddit to be useful was the discussion within the posts from real people with real opinions. If that’s no longer the case then I can get the same aggregated content elsewhere. I can’t use the site knowing the discussion is so influenced, at least on some level, in some subs. It’s gross.

I mean okay but in 5-10 years these are going to be those older cars.

I mean, it’s a Hollywood movie telling a story… if you care about 100% historical accuracy, Hollywood is not who you’re getting it from, nor should you expect it at this point. It’s entertainment, not education.

Was Kubrick slated to make a Napoleon movie? Dang, I’d never heard that. As interested as I am in Scott’s Napoleon, a Kubrick period piece would’ve been fantastic

I’m not on here talking about the “change” I’m enacting by voting third party. I’m not pretending I’m doing anything except for voting for the candidate I believe in and I don’t really see why it’s such a controversial take on these boards.

Preach, brother.

I’ll exercise my right to vote for whoever I want. It’s honestly wild to have this argument with liberals every single year. The Dems don’t deserve my vote just because I don’t like the other guy and you aren’t going to shame me into voting for their guy.

It’s not wasted for me. I’ll vote for whoever I want. I don’t care if they don’t win, I understand the politics of this country, but I refuse to vote for someone I don’t agree with and who my values don’t align with. I’m not here to play a numbers game, that’s not for me to play, I just want to vote for the candidates best aligned with my views.

How do menthols make it easier to get cancer than regular smokes? Genuinely asking btw

Charmin soft, my guy.

The article is titled “He live streamed his attacks on Indian-Muslims…”, you asked if there was footage, there is footage in the article.

You didn’t say anything about specific footage of him being shot so we’re just moving the goalposts now so you don’t have say you didn’t actually look before you posted.

There’s literally footage in the article lol

Yeah but they’re the bad guys. It’s like our team is winning, ya know? Like it or not, we celebrate winners.

I saw the Coachella lineup this past year and didn’t know 90% of the lineup. My back started acting up that day. I’m 33.

Good point. Really good sign for users if we can get breaking news stories here like this.

I’m not saying they aren’t playing games. They play games, they just only play the most popular stuff and anything else is weirdo shit to them. I actually think I work with some of the most normal people in existence lol

I’m 33 but most people I talk to in my regular life only play stuff like COD or 2k, maybe a big release here and there like God of War but that’s it. Most people aren’t playing indie shit or RPGs anyways

I’m starting a new job tmrw and I said to my wife earlier that I really hope someone there plays video games like me so I can finally talk to someone about them in rl lmao

I’ve worked with call of duty/NBA2k normies for the past 3 years and I’d like to talk to someone about Baldurs Gate or some shit

Something similar happened in my city. The incumbent mayor saw his challenger as not worth his time, he’s held the office for a long time now. He wouldn’t debate, wouldn’t mention their name, largely ignored any campaigning for the primaries.

He ended up losing. A “far left” candidate won instead and then the same incumbent mayor spent the time until the election smearing the primary winner for being a socialist and had to start the most successful write in campaign I’ve certainly ever seen.

The old mayor ended up winning despite his hubris and we all continued on like nothing happened. It was gross and weird and it’s left a bad taste in my mouth since it happened.

I’m pretty new here, what is an “instance”? And why is it better to have the big communities on different ones rather than one main?