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All drugs should be completely legalized globally. in c/unpopularopinion

[–] rockandsock 2 points 9 months ago

They can go to rehab for money addiction.

Anime fans, what are your favorite anime openings of all time? in c/asklemmy

[–] rockandsock 2 points 10 months ago

Pilot Candidate. Just for the music.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CuNToaNBb1s&pp=ygUXcGlsb3QgY2FuZGlkYXRlIG9wZW5pbmc

Folks in North America, where do you like to get PC parts online these days? in c/asklemmy

[–] rockandsock 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I usually walk into Best Buy or order from B and H photo video.

Libertarianism just replaces governments with corporations, and doesn't lead to freedom! in c/unpopularopinion

[–] rockandsock 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by let them educate?

Libertarianism just replaces governments with corporations, and doesn't lead to freedom! in c/unpopularopinion

[–] rockandsock 6 points 11 months ago

Lots of people have been raised to think "government is bad" without any critical thoughts about what the alternatives to government would realistically be.

"Government is bad" has been a republican talking point since at least the 80s.

What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost? in c/asklemmy

[–] rockandsock 1 points 11 months ago

Mine still worked a couple of years ago but 8gb of storage doesn't get you very far these days.

You win a dinner of your choice from a personal chef who can make you any food you desire. What would you order? in c/asklemmy

[–] rockandsock 2 points 11 months ago

I want Rick Bayless to make me a plate of beautiful Mexican food and sit and eat with me and tell what it was influenced by.

Or I want Eddie Huang to make either American or Thai food that was spicy and full of flavor while we discussed 90s-00s hip hop.

Based on Huangs World Eddie would just be a lot of laughs to spend time with for an evening.

Who in your opinion is the modern day equivalent to Mozart? in c/asklemmy

[–] rockandsock 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Quincy Jones

Prince

David Bowie

Danny Elfman

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[–] rockandsock 12 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I don't think that we currently know enough about physics to say for sure that faster than light travel is impossible.

I think it's likely that there are still scientific breakthroughs to be discovered that will make currently impossible things possible.

UK plan to digitise wills and destroy paper originals "insane" say experts in c/technology

[–] rockandsock 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Isn't 4.5 million pounds just the tea and biscuit budget for parliament?

They want to destroy historical documents to save a rounding error in the government budget?

Let one of big wealthy universities look after the historically significant ones. That should save a bunch of money right there.

TIL that Die Hard received mixed reviews upon release. Critics didn't like Bruce Willis' performance, action and violence in c/til

[–] rockandsock 1 points 11 months ago

I haven't bothered to watch it again since the 90s.

I agree with you.

I'll watch most of the Schwarzenegger movies from this era ahead of this.

Question for those who have read them: is the whole *The Expanse* series good? in c/sciencefiction

[–] rockandsock 4 points 11 months ago

I agree with the person who said there was a lot of personal drama as filler that didn't add to the story and dragged the pace of the books down.

I thought the books are mostly OK but I kind of lost interest after book 6 and it'll probably be quite a while before I go back to finish the last few books if I ever do.