utopologist

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[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

This might be a good opportunity to do some self-reflecting on your beliefs about the DPRK! When you observe that objective facts don't line up with your perception of this country, the correct thing to do is not to say "how can I twist what I'm observing into an explanation that will leave my perception unchallenged"; it's to say "perhaps my perception of this country is flawed" and re-evaluate

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Can't escape from White Pharaoh even in the webcomics

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Both film versions of Solaris, though for vastly different reasons. Lem's original novel is super dry and hard sci fi, like most of Lem's work, which isn't my favorite kind of sci fi. Both films really delve into the fascinating psychological questions of the situation Kelvin finds himself in. The Tarkovsky version is the best, unsurprisingly, since Tarkovsky is the GOAT, but I also really enjoy the Soderbergh version with George Clooney. The latter is hollywoodized compared to the Soviet version, but still is a really interesting and gorgeous movie

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think Elden Ring would be a good place to start since it's the one that lets you customize your difficulty the most. You can use spirit summons (both other players and NPCs) and vary up the order in which you do things, so if you get stuck on something, you can go do something else and then come back with more experience and better equipment

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago

The secret to making things better in the world is that you can't rely on people making good choices, you have to remove the bad choices.

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

I also would love to know about this. Sometimes I'll get lucky with scripts being on libgen or annas-archive but usually anything newer than like 2000 is a challenge to find

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did any capitalist countries at the same time have meaningfully better stances on LGBT rights?

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

If you read more of Che's letters, you'll see that that one is written in exactly the same style as the rest of his letters, both those intended for only one person and those he knew would be shared. I think you're overstating the nature of Fidel and Che's disagreement; there were some ideological disagreements but I don't think there's any evidence to suggest that Che leaving Cuba to foment revolution had anything to do with his relationship to Fidel

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

It's slow going since I haven't yet found a laser cutter large enough to accommodate the schematics I have. I have the materials, though. I've never played one

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you know me long enough, I'll reveal my long-standing project of building a hurdy-gurdy

[–] utopologist@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I use AntennaPod currently, still works great

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