Hyperrealism

I dunno. I just bought this thing on amazon that projects stars on my ceiling.

"Davon haben wir nichts gewusst".

There is a non-zero chance that the US government or its proxies, have already started mass-murdering immigrants, but the information hasn't leaked out. Thousands are already missing.

Luckily, Americans have a unique talent for pretending things never happened, so ten years from now most will be back to lecturing the world on democracy and free speech. Right now only the fascists have the gall, but they delight in acting in bad faith, because their main goal is to intimidate and disconcert.

You're welcome.

I can astral project.

I do sometimes wonder, if the tv isn't recording what I do on my pc.

Also, RTFM. It took me 5 years to realize that the reason HDR wasn't working on my tv, is because it only works if I plug my pc in to the third hdmi port.

I do need razors, I do need tools, I do need camping gear, I do need bath products, I do want jewelry.

But what you buy me, will never be what I actually want. We have a family tradition, where we go online as a family, and order stuff we actually want. No need for surprises and pretending to be happy with something you didn't want.

On a similar note, the family christmas dinner is pizza with pre-made tapas/snacks, consumed in PJs while watching netflix. No one's stressed, tired or spending too much time in the kitchen.

Cancer and too many funerals, really does shed a family of fucks to give.

I buy HDDs on vinted now. Huge bargains to be had. Fast enough for fully legal torrenting of open source software and public domain works.

If you're giving them as a gift, you might as well get a high quality pair of socks. Wool, non-China crap.

Few people will ever buy them for themselves, because of the price, but the difference is often huge.

Oppan Gamgam style.

Every time I want to quote the Smiths' That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, I remember Morrissey is a fascist supporter now.

Fun fact:

In standard Dutch:

• poep = poop = shit.
• Poepen = to poop.

In Flemish/Belgian Dutch:

• poep = backside (as in the poop deck, the French la poupe = backside).
• poepen = to fuck. Etymological root comes from pop(children's doll), root is probably the latin pupa=doll/girl. I assume the English puppet also comes from the latin pupa. Poppen used to mean playing with dolls. Poppen became poepen, perhaps through the influence of poep/la poupe.

This is entirely irrelevant knowledge, but I find it kinda adorable and interesting.

You're being flippant and know better, but I think it's important to state the obvious and add some nuance. Not to defend the Belgians, but to emphasize the central role capitalism played in the death of up to 15 million people, and how corporate-colonialism never really ended.

Arguably, the worst atrocities in Congo occured when it was the private property of king Leopold, who granted vast concessions to private companies with international investors. For example: the Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company. They declared bankrupcy in Belgium, and refounded themselves as Abir Company in the Congo Free State, so they could avoid paying tax and avoid Belgian regulation. A corporation moving production/extraction/exploitation abroad, relocating their headquarters to a third country, so they can avoid tax and regulation....

The DRC officially became independent of Belgium in 1960, but colonial corporate rule and influence never truly ended. King Leopold founded Compagnie du Katanga, Compagnie du Katanga became Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, Union Minière du Haut-Katanga became Umicore. Umicore is very active in Congo to this day. A few years ago Elon Musk signed a deal with them to help supply Congolese cobalt for Tesla cars.

The soon to be trillionaire fascist son of a man who owned an emerald mine in a former British colony, runs a company that produces cars that include cobalt mined by a company that helped kill 15 million people in the Congo Free State.

People prefer to look the other way, then act surprised when the chickens come home to roost.