leftzero

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[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but British is a thing, and everyone knows about it (the British made damn well sure, back when they were the main global bully)... American, on the other hand, doesn't work, because it refers to the whole damn continent, not just the USA... so if we want to refer to the citizens of the US Yankee / Yank is about the only option we have; not the best, maybe, but probably the least worst.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Horoscopes. Fortune cookies. Political speeches.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

In the US, sure.

Outside, a Yankee is a Yankee, even if they're cosplaying a ghost while standing in front of a burning cross and waving a confederate flag. We don't care enough to ask in which state they had the misfortune of being born. 🤷‍♂️

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 36 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Yankee, or Yank.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

You just haven't turned the current high enough.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, sorry, I was thinking from a PC standpoint and sort of ignored the whole console perspective (though, frankly, the console market seems to have been absolutely fubared from its inception, from a consumer standpoint, so anything Microsoft does will probably be as relevant as farting into an ocean of shit...)

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Activision Blizzard was already about as anti-consumer as possible, so in this particular case at worst nothing will change, at best Microsoft might actually clean house and there might be some improvements for the consumers...

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, no, they actually do use plenty of water, if I'm not mistaken, for cooling and such.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 80 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

extremely rare rocks

Silicon is the second most common element in the Earth's crust... 90% of all rocks are some form of silicate...

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Parabolic mirrors.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

No one's saying they can't also be dropped from a plane while strapped to a heavy weight. Planes are big, there's room for CEOs and boards, and anyone else who promotes enshittification. 🤷‍♂️

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Luckily, Activision Blizzard already stopped investing in quality and started shafting customers quite a while back, so worst case scenario (in this particular case, your criticism is still valid for most others) nothing changes, best case scenario Microsoft actually cleans house and the market becomes slightly less anti-consumer with one of the worst offenders gone...

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