underisk

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Human Shield is a fun little linguistic trick that turns innocent human beings with lives and internality similar to your own into prop objects wielded by an inhuman enemy. This makes it way easier to justify mowing them down in service of your geopolitical goals. Every time that phrase is used it is a sign that someone is probably trying to justify something inhumane; usually something that would be considered a war crime if done against the ones using it.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

did u know republicans also drink water and breath air? makes u think doesnt it

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

In order to be doing the "same thing" I would have to be suggesting violence as a means to establish a white ethnostate, dipshit.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Drawing a parallel between violent revolution of oppressed people and virulently racist bigots because they also use percentages to decribe a thing is asinine. Fuck.off.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 19 points 8 months ago (11 children)

The problem with violent action is that, to have a chance to succeed, you need a critical mass of support. Not like 50% or anything, but enough that you can’t be easily quelled. The only way you build that support is by suggesting violent resistance to people who scoff at you and accuse you of being unserious until the last straw finally breaks their back and you don’t sound so ridiculous anymore.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 45 points 8 months ago

“I smelled weed” is the classic cop trick to skirt around probable cause.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

if you want to go the SBC route there's other options aside from Pis you might want to check out. Cheaper and more suitable systems that are easier to get ahold of. If you're looking to get into it I'd look at LibreElec and Kodi with a Seren plugin setup that pulls from a Debrid service like RealDebrid. debrid removes the need for a vpn and is usually cheaper and faster.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

they can tell im watching video, but the connection is over https, they can't tell im watching episode one of star trek or whatever. unless they're doing a mtm on all their customers to intercept SSL certs for the express purpose of traffic snooping.

ive been doing this for years on an ISP that has previously sent us a nasty note about piracy when someone did a torrent, so I think i'm probably ok man.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

pirating video is as easy as visiting one of the dozens of streaming sites with a device capable of running a browser that can play video and run an adblocker.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago

Yet even if the snack-dye technique remains relegated to lab mice, it offers a better window into one of the most commonly used model organisms than we’ve ever had before.

The writer was definitely smirking to himself when he wrote this line.

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