Madison_rogue

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time

What a stark difference between last year and this year. Last year there was the outpouring of support for Ukraine. This year it will be a "fuck u/spez" shit show.

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to Politics in Base Air Show Featuring Scantily Clad Models Raises Questions About Justification for Drag Show Ban

"This is not anti-trans; this is not homophobic," Alford said. "If this were females in an oversexualized arena performing like this, I would be against it as well..."

Austin Higginbotham, a spokesman for Alford, did not return a request for comment asking whether the Missouri Republican condemned the risqué models present at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord air show.

Did not return a request for comment...because oversexualized women is okay, and his stance was entirely political theater to rationalize his bigotry.

Madison_rogue OP , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious

Oh, absolutely this is the case. Reddit could even run bot accounts to gain a lion's share of points for any particular sub they want to control, thereby stifling any sort of protest or activism authorized by sub vote.

Madison_rogue OP , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious

I will give you 2 shiba inu coins (worth $0.00001574).

Madison_rogue OP , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious

The article comments are linked to Reddit, if you click on "Replies" it routes you to the topic on Reddit where there are posts about leaving the platform.

Madison_rogue OP , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious

Put anything to a vote
Run weighted polls to make big decisions in your community, like getting input on rules changes or deciding how to distribute Points.

Unlike regular polls, these polls give a larger voice to people who have contributed more to the community. The more Community Points someone has earned, the more weight their vote carries.

This will end well...

EDIT

What they're really looking for are a bunch of whales to drive engagement.

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to Politics in Eric Clapton Tried To Donate 'Way Over' Legal Limit To RFK Jr.'s Campaign: Report

So does Clapton still agree with what he said? “My feeling about this hasn’t changed, really,” he insists. “Years later, when I played at the Mandela concert, one of the promoters said: ‘You know that this is your chance to apologise formally for what you said.’ And I thought: ‘You must be fucking joking.’ I was so insulted.”

~ Clapton, 2004 interview regarding a 1988 concert for Nelson Mandela

Oh.my.god. He was insulted? This literally made me say "oh my god" out loud. I didn't even know about all this growing up in the 80's and then listening to him later on in the 90's.

The original article this quote was taken from for Snopes continues:

This sound of heels being firmly dug in is typical Clapton. Though he is clearly not a racist, he is amazingly stubborn. The remark caused huge offence, but he still cannot bring himself to apologise.

"Clearly not racist." Come on.

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to Politics in State guard set up by DeSantis is being trained as personal militia, veterans say

“I don’t even think the governor knows what’s going on. I don’t think this is a fly on his radar right now,” Newhouse said, noting that DeSantis is a former navy lieutenant.

"Oh I'm afraid that the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive"

DeSantis knows exactly what's going on.

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to Politics in RFK Jr.: COVID ‘Ethnically Targeted’ to Spare Jews, Chinese

Why the fuck does anyone still take Kennedy seriously? This man has done as much damage to the legitimacy of vaccines as Jenny McCarthy...maybe more damage given his family ties.

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in remember to update your review of the official reddit app

There are like 2.7 million reviews. At a rating of 4.8 it would take tens of thousands to reduce that by just a tenth of a point even if they rated it as a 1.

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to Politics in Idaho opts out of nearly $15 million that would feed children this summer. Why?

Life begins at conception, and ends at birth

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x05 "Charades"

I mentioned in another post that I think T'pring, despite asking for time apart, eventually realizes that Spock omitting his current condition was entirely justifiable. I think she's hurt, but she then understands Spock's point of view (as logic would dictate) that omitting disclosure was the best path forward with the highest probability of success.

Madison_rogue OP , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Ups & Downs From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2.5 - Charades

Big pointy arrows and clickbait captioning? Usually not a good quality video, and very clickbaity.

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x05 "Charades"

After some further thought, I have to make the observation that I think T'pring knew something was wrong with Spock. There are a few things that T'pring does that indicates she knows that whatever Spock is going through, it's more than he lets on. The main indication, to me, is when she held his hand after pouring the tea, which has to be excruciating to Spock. She helps him while he's pouring the water to ensure the tea is properly steeped. She initiates the end of the Ritual of Awakening; interrupting her mother because the timer has expired. She defends the memory Amanda and Spock share. I love T'pring because, regardless of the circumstance, she stands beside Spock and defends him in the best way possible.

Unfortunately, by the time she realizes something is amiss, they are committed to the ritual and they cannot get out of it even if she would want to delay it. I still think that Spock, at the time, chose to not disclose his condition for good reasons. I'm still on the fence that T'pring would've accidentally revealed that during the mind meld with her mother. I'm still onboard that Spock made the correct decision, however I can say that he should of at least disclosed that something was amiss a little later on.

Madison_rogue , 11 months ago to Star Trek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x05 "Charades"

The most XO thing that Una has done throughout the entire series run is question junior officers about Enterprise Bingo.

Seriously though as a former sailor I can verify that an XO's job is tedious and boring. It's all paperwork, inspections, and disciplinary crap outside of Captain's Mast (yet an XO does most the work for that before a CO sees anything). The bulk of Una storytelling that we've seen is pretty great. Ortega is the one who needs to shine at this point. She hasn't had much story development.