Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 20hWell would you want to send a big sardine shipment without a detachment of horse archers to protect it? Sardine Caravans are getting attacked left, right and centre these days. 050
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ideally someone can try to convince them to listen to The Coup instead, for its centrist policy prescriptions 050
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Probably right, but I don't think you can rule out the possibility that they're also genuinely upset at the risk of a lot of innocent family members being killed in the North. How much of a factor that is, I don't know - maybe it barely registers- but we shouldn't assume it's nothing. 110
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It doesn't just need to be friends - peers works too. You're right though - if everyone is an arsehole or not willing to police them, then it doesn't really help. I'm not nostalgic - see my other comment, the random fights as a younger person mostly just sucked and was something to be endured. 020
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026... Bear in mind I'm only talking about the one VERY narrowly useful case here, that of a young man who thinks he's right about everything getting abruptly told to pull his head in. I'm glad that it's way less violent for kids and young people now - it really did suck pretty badly 010
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026As someone who got punched in the head a lot over dumb and not so dumb arguments when I was younger, I'm still of the opinion that a lot of young guys would be way less toxic if they get bopped in the face by a friend or acquaintance the very first time they start acting racist/misogynistic... 220
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I get your point, but won't bear smack talk about Colin From Accounts - an excellent compromise show when your wife wants to watch a romcom but you insist on there being at least some actual com to go with the rom. Also, they put the nebulous but important concept of the "party boob" into words 010
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Quest 3 owner - some of the fizzling is due to the actual VR quality/performance getting better, but the experience of trying to use it gets worse. I use it less and less because if you don't follow a specific order of operations your game won't start with working VR, and the order keepd changing 011
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My concern is that it's being sold in a hurry because it failed to make it through the Strait of Hormuz, hence the fire emoji. 040
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026For now, my plan of action is to triage which crises to stress about. In 3 months time when it's broken containment because, as we discovered last time, 30% of the world are pathologically contrarian, then I will adjust accordingly - anywhere from "keep some spare antibiotics" to "don't breathe" 0120
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm just going to pretend I didn't read that bit because really, we've got enough on our plate. 1130
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If it's just regular plague and she simply didn't get antibiotics in time before it fucked up her body too much, probably not worth worrying about. If it's not, invest in whatever the next ivermectin will be. My vote is for convincing idiots that Vegemite cures plague. 2260
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My son went to see Resident Evil yesterday, and we got into talking about the slow zombie vs fast and supernatural vs viral zombie split, and how you can clearly see an existing folklore split into two competing schools. This made me realise that 28 Days Later is the zombie protestant reformation. 010
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In the constant war between Trump lying and being a dipshit, it probably IS a sensitive national security matter. This isn't even a case of him profiting by trading sensitive information intentionally - he just likes to show off to impress people and no one is willing to say no to him. 011
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My wife put on Pride & Prejudice & Zombies to watch with my daughter for a fun girls movie night. Turns out my daughter has never seen Pride & Prejudice so not only does she have no context for it, she's going to be VERY confused when she eventually sees the original. 000
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you are getting less than 100% against the Pizza, you might want to reassess how you would cope with a Mammoth. 010
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Chill like "normal", or chill like "hmm, this is very empty"? 141
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My brain went here immediately - how the fuck do you get that far into the planning process before double checking your analysis, when the effects could be cataclysmic? AI may kill us all, entirely due to someone with a very important job being lazy because they want to leave early for the weekend. 000
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The larger problem is does the US government really think it's a good idea to shoot itself in the dick, set the region on fire, then sell one of your military crown-jewels to a widely hated country you got into this mess and then both abandoned and apparently now betrayed as well? 2110
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My understanding is the aircraft itself is ludicrously capable despite what you see in the media, and the main issue with the cratering availability rates is a mix of long term hollowing out of maintenance and logistical capacity and in the short term the Pentagon being taken over by stupid Khorne 2120
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Probably very confused. I loosely wanted to be a tanker and to pursue nuclear non-proliferation studies. Then I've Forrest Gumped my way through life without any real plan or ambition and keep getting money thrown at me for entirely different roles and sometimes questionable industries in tech. 000
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My YouTube algorithm has decided to serve me up a ton of Nina Hagen, who I hadn't listened to before. Right now I'm putting her in the same bucket as Sleaford Mods - objectively annoying and borderline unlistenable, but there's just something compelling there that makes me enjoy it. 000
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Correction - I misremembered, it can't have been that because it was before attack of the clones came out. It must have been Kenobi vs Dooku or something. The point stands though, there was Marlin heads, lightsaber noises and bad acting, and fish bits flying everywhere 020
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A friend and I once recreated the Anakin vs Kenobi duel using discarded Marlin heads, which also have a spiky nose. It was very messy but fun. 120
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I grew up in FNQ and had much the same thing - in my pool I had a background fear that something was in there, but I was totally fine swimming at the beach that had sharks, box jellyfish, irukandji and (sometimes) crocs. However, that was because the pool did occasionally have snakes and scorpions 010
Reposted by PlastictreeofdoomA. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026BREAKING: a whistleblower has just quit company wikiHow, warning that within ten years, advanced wikiHow illustrations may kill us all 694701689
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Either they'll genuinely discover something revolutionary that can help a lot of people with serious medical conditions where treatment is either impossible or out of reach, or it will help a lot of people by solving the AI Bro problem. It's a win-win! 010
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It's a silver lining on clouds made of shit, but still a silver lining nonetheless. The ludicrous quantity of very fancy hardware will still exist even after all these companies crash, and could be used for all manner of actually useful things. Assuming there is still a society left. 011
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don't think the singularity is fantasy, but I'm definitely of the opinion that we've gone down a dead-end road for the last 10 years or so and we're reaching the cul-de-sac at the end now. On the plus side when it all falls apart there will still be a shit-ton of processing power left behind. 110
Reposted by PlastictreeofdoomMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 05/09/2026getting owned by 9-year-olds at online multiplayer games? 221549138
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Probably a scam, but at best it's a fucking annoying LinkedIn enthusiast. Actually, I'm not sure if that's better or worse than a scammer - at least scammers are honest with themselves 010
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026(I just realised that came across as me disliking Norwegians instead of pointing out the absurdity of being a bigot. I'll leave it as-is though, because the last person I met from Norway very kindly gave me rakfisk as a gift, and I'll never forgive them for the smell 010
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Exactly, bigotry has always been around, but what bigots have a stick up their arse about is constantly in flux and often quite esoteric. If anything, bigots today are lazy, we should return to the day of having a unrelenting hatred for maybe Norwegians and real estate agents 140
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026But the pheremones! (I say this as someone sitting here stinking in a non-kinky way because I couldn't find my deodorant this morning and haven't gone to the shops yet to get a new one) 000
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026My daughter celebrating her first three pointer in a game with a triple quarter pounder. There's a solid chance she'll end up in a meat coma. 000
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Theoretically yes, depending on how much you care about the crew 010
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Luckily they've been designed to function at maximum efficiency when cooled using white monster 0101
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Luckily the thing that has stopped the mostly fake stories about their plight from going mainstream is because anyone who has spoken to a South African who emigrated in the 90s for more than 5 minutes is almost guaranteed to lose any sympathy they might have had initially 150
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...en.wikipedia.orgCategory:Nixon administration controversies - Wikipedia 100
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A lot of the rest are related to abuse of power and massive corruption in his administration, completely separate to Watergate. 110
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's not just memes there's a pretty substantial list. Pre-2016 you'd be shocked. Now, it's a Tuesday. Two big ones that stand out to me are sabotaging the Paris peace talks by convincing North Vietnam to pull out (to help him get elected), and secretly bombing the shit out of Cambodia. 110
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"This pollution is ridiculous, I want to get rid of it and save the environment...Bob, give me ideas on how I can do it while fucking over as many minorities and hippies as possible...[inaudible]...can you include some Mexicans too? ...[inaudible]... Well I just won't visit Belgium then." 110
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I won't say I like him, but he's interesting. Had a clear idea of the changes he wanted to make, often reasonable or even borderline woke. In parallel he does the most ludicrously moustache twirling and genuinely malevolent shit to millions, mostly for no reason other than the love of the game. 210
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I'm aware he missed a bunch of others too, but that dipshit has some strong feelings for Nixon 140
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Wait, where the fuck is Nixon? Am I blind? I might be blind 250
Reposted by PlastictreeofdoomFailure To Launch Podcast @failuretolaunch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026He's off to the one place not corrupted by capitalism. RIP 213836
Plastictreeofdoom @plastictreeofdoom.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Motherfuckers tampering with my slurp juice 010
