Currently_on_Nitrous [comrade/them, any]

We’ll take to the sea

Yeah IIRC it was essentially a way for the early government to cheap out on arming an entire army. They allowed private stockpiles of guns so that a few rich dudes could arm their neighbors if need be.

Vincent Fusca, a big Qanon celebrity, was standing just behind Trump during the shooting. If you watch the video he’s just to the left of the “You’re Fired!” sign and doesn’t react at all to the shots. A lot of Q people think he’s actually JFK Jr in disguise.

Yeah it was pretty fucked up, what.cd had some some of the strictest content rules of any tracker. Just to get on you had to do an interview with an admin with questions ranging from “what kind of music do you listen to?” to “What is your primary mode of transportation?” I think it only had ~300,000 users, you had to maintain a ratio so that every member contributed to the site. Some big artists like Trent Reznor were members and would actually put their own albums up because they knew what users were super vocal about spreading stuff that they like.

Idk if the Americans could force the French government to cooperate and get them to seize the servers

What.cd was a music/book/software torrent site that rose from the ashes of oink’s pink place. The french government indeed seized the the servers at the request of the American Government.

A few years back i got pissed off about how many subscription streaming services were popping up so I went fully back to torrenting. I forgot my Mom was using some of my streaming logins and felt bad that I cut her off unexpectedly. I’m on the other side of the country from her and she’s not so good with technology so I couldn’t just send her files. I ended up just building a Plex server and mailed her a Roku with it all set up out of the box. Its worked great and I can share anything with my friends and family without them having to actually download anything.

Over the pandemic I bought a VR headset, which honestly sucks for nearly everything. There’s a “movie theater” app though that allows you to stream your desktop to a room of 12 people. My friends and I were watching movies “together” while we were all locked down. Its the only way I’ve ever enjoyed a 3d film because the effect is perfect from any viewing angle.

I sent this to my libertarian-turned-lib friend and he immediately said, “Oh he must have been Ukranian Resistance after the war.” But they said he fought in WWII. “Oh well it was late in the war and he didn’t get convicted of any war crimes.” Libs refuse to believe that any Ukrainian can do wrong throughout history now. Canada is apologizing profusely today because they “didn’t know the guy was a Nazi.”

I’ve seen a video of an old VW Beetle that was converted to electric, it still had a stick shift but the guy just left it in like 3rd gear. Electric engines have instant torque, their power is readily available all the time so gears aren’t necessary (i think that’s how it works anyway)

Here’s a similar video.

The Xiaomi 13 is awesome. I would gladly take one over an iPhone.
I use Xiaomi’s LED lightbulbs in my apartment. They’re equal build quality to the Phillips-Hue bulbs but less than 1/4th the price. The Xiaomi bulbs are also far more compatible with third party apps, including the hue app.

Originally it was a space for artists. It was a music festival that didn’t provide any music, musicians just showed up and performed so you would never know what you were going to see. Attendees were expected to literally be part of the event. Buying things, from food to drugs, was discouraged. You were supposed to just barter or provide for the community.

Obviously all that is out the window now. Its just a big wealthy orgy waiting to see Diplo.

The original film was a rush job made by Quaker Oats to sell candy bars. Because the film just needed to exist it gave all the creative people involved free reign to do whatever they wanted. Gene Wilder accepted the role on the condition that he would walk out with a cane and do a somersault, demonstrating that Wonka is an unpredictable character who’s intentions we never really know. Ironically Quaker fucked up the recipe of the chocolate bars so they just melted before they hit shelves and were never released.

Its the same problem as the Jonny Depp film. The story is Charlie and the Chocolate factory but the 2005 and 2023 movies focus on Wonka instead. He’s supposed to be this mysterious whacko who does unexpected things, when you delve into his backstory it makes the character boring.

Yeah Portland, Oregon is probably going to be wiped off the map at some point. They’re predicting a 9.0+ quake here at some point at there’s barely any seismically sound infrastructure.

The David Lynch film had a line of toys released from the movie. One of them included the milking cat

I hate this new found nostalgia for Blockbuster. They were always the worst choice of video rentals, the company was funded by right wing interests and would censor films to appease them. They got ran out of my hometown after operating for like 4 years and Family Video expanded into all the former locations. FV was able to operate up until the pandemic because they actually integrated into the communities they were in. Ours one was selling CBD weed and had their own brewery in the end.

Good lakes.

One of my lib friends is super against communism and his favorite show is Deep Space 9. He accidentally got an Engles quote tattooed on his arm because of the show. He thinks the episode “Past Tense” is a warning about why we shouldn’t build housing for poor people.

George Lucas almost directed Apocalypse Now during the Vietnam war. John Milius wanted to film on location in South Vietnam.

There is definitely a correlation with people who like the prequels (just the movies I haven’t watched the cartoons) and people who are drawn fascist ideology. I’m not sure if its because r/prequelmemes was frequented by fascists and it bled over, or if those are people who just like shitty media. Prequelmemes had its roots in Red Letter Media’s Mr Plinkett reviews of the films. Almost all the original posts were aping quotes from their videos, but they were soon drowned out by people who thought they were in good company.

I was on a road trip through going through Arkansas and got pulled over. The cop searched my car and called in a K9, had the K9 reached my car it definitely would have ruined my day. A mangy stray dog ran out of some bushes nearby and jumped into my car, it started eating all my funyon trash in the backseat. The cop was walking his dog up to my car at the time, he looked at the stray and just said, “I’m not going near that thing,” then turned around and left.