Kitathalla

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[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 points 19 hours ago

The others have already answered, but I'll leave you with this nice summary, and a link to the best source of law info for the commonfolk in america there is.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 points 19 hours ago

If they can somehow prove that the arrest or search was illegal, that’s a huge deal and will get a ton of evidence tossed or even the whole trial nullified.

I can nearly guarantee you that one of the courts, whether the current court or a later appellant court, will weasel their way to saying that the evidence being used would have been found anyway (the second exception), and thus won't get thrown out even if they admit to the search being illegal.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 7 points 1 day ago

One that's big enough to cuddle us. They also should get along fine in the increasingly small environments we are being shoved into. Having a newly domesticated animal that is limited to the ultra rich with giant estates is pointless, right? Bonus points if we can make it an environmental win as well.

Just about everything 'big' fails at being in an apartment though. Big cats, even the smaller ones among them, need more room. Same with bears, moose (cooool, dudes, am I right? Imagine lounging with a moose), elk, whales, dolphins... bah.

My idea, then? Giant birds. Big enough to lay on you when on the couch, but could be let loose to fly around while you're at work. It would take an incredible amount of domestication to get them to go and come back, but if we're talking hypotheticals and theoreticals and blue fantasy, I think giant birds would be the way to go. Take your pick of them. The steller's sea eagle and especially the phillipine eagle speak to me, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at a swan, a goshawk, or a red kite. Feed them well at home, pretend that during the domestication process we made the nesting area easy to clean, and imagine being able to set it loose on stupid fascist leaders.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe it's just with me, but stolen blanket syndrome never has anything to do with the size of the blanket. I've had floor-to-floor size blankets that still somehow end up entirely on one side (and the floor on that side).

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 10 points 1 day ago

I'm morbidly curious whether she was actually cheating on him with the dude who got the picture. Was it a horrible feeling of realization on the receiver's otherwise blissful friday evening? Was it guilt? Was it that creeping trauma that won't be understood until years later because of one insane dipshit's rage?

Those poor fucking kids, man. I can't imagine myself at the age of five thinking my parents were anything but perfect.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don't pigeonhole me like that! I realized after 100 hours!

... I realized it after 1k hours, also, but I realized it at 100 hours...

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago

Glad I'm not the only one who did a double take for duplicitous.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 points 1 day ago

When I was a kid we had three...

boilerOne was broken, the other was on the countertop, and the third was stored in the attic equivalent, but we had three!

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait, is that what the popcorn button does? I always thought it just was a preset for a time that would work decently for most standard brands.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 4 points 1 day ago

I had one of those. For all that infomercials are functionally the worst thing in the world for getting a valid perspective on a product, that thing cooked everything they said it did, and it did it deliciously.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

His honest reply about the state of Linux Gaming

I'm betting it's far from anything 'honest.' Stir up a little controversy (even if it's as stupid as linux/windows fanbois arguing in the comments), get more clicks and rewards for 'engagement' from the algorithm.

Maybe he is happy with linux as a system, but I bet this was thought over before it was posted.

 

I've been on a 'retro' kick recently, and big-mech time has rolled in.

There's a game that I cannot remember the name of, but played at a friend's house like one time and I still remember how insane it was (at the time). The premise that I can remember is either 'big mechs fighting kaiju' or 'big mechs fighting other mechs in a war,' but the twist was that it wasn't from the perspective of the cockpit or third person over the shoulder. I remember you had to run around the city (I remember something like an elevated train platform) with your human character to get a visual of the fight, and then you controlled your mech while looking at it from your little human perspective. The mech fighting felt slower paced, almost like controlling a really giant construction wrecking machine. I think it was mid 00s, and maybe the xbox?

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