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Draiman is a self-described “very strong supporter of Israel” and last June, he posted images of himself online signing an IDF bomb and appeared to write “Fuck Hamas” on it.

Jesus Christ. It's so exhausting to continually hear of absolute depravity from people who I used to think were so cool (albeit for this loser, it was when I was like 14).

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Report: Apple is testing foldable iPhones, having the same problems as everyone else

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They aren't crap at all, stop projecting your opinion as fact.

At worst they're niche, but provide tangible and easily understandable benefits that you might not care about that others love. That's like me hating on the newest Samsungs camera, just because I personally don't value mobile photography.

Your complaints about durabilitu are pretty tied these days, the technology has improved a lot and you can realistically be as careless as you can with any other cell phone. There are valid concerns , such as Samsungs issue with hairline cracking along the hinge, but you can stop parroting points addressed over the past 5 years now.

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Turns out they were imperialist the WHOLE TIME!

Has China ever expressed interest in joining NATO? Was there ever actually a declinature?

New Zealand also isn't part of NATO, does that mean NATO are imperialists AND flightless bird haters?

Or is this another way I'm blinded by western media and China has been begging to get into NATO and they're just not reporting it in my sheeple network?

Edit: lol not a Chinese flag, I am blind and phone screen is small. My bad. Replace China with USSR then I guess?

Edit2: my first edit makes it seem like I meant that this comment still makes sense with USSR in place of China. That's not what mean, so to clarify, Im an idiot and this whole comment can be ignored ❤️

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Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 16/10/2023

Today I will be telling my boss Im quting come Feb. It's not a great time, but in my industry it never is, and I feel like giving more notice is better than waiting for a "good time".

I don't really owe them anything and my leaving isn't gonna effect the behemoth of a company, but my boss has been very supportive and so I feel like I owe her atleast that much. The nerves are real though

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"Far Far West" launches to over 15k concurrent players, 98% positive on Steam

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DRG+Helldivers is the explaination I hear most. As someone who has over 500 hours in the former, and didn't really get caught up in the hype for the latter I gotta say, it's really fun.

Basically, you're dropped into a map with a primary objective that you must complete, then move onto a boss fight, and finally run to an extraction zone after that. There are a bunch of additional side questy type things to do on each map as well. The gameplay itself is a lot of hoarde clearing, classic 'circle strafe and shoot' gameplay.

There are two things which give this game this game some extra spice. First, there's a magic system where you can take 3 spells per mission, these are elemental and the elements have different interactions (eg fire spells will cause acid from acid spells to explode). The other thing is wildcards, which drop from enemies and events which provide random buffs for the remainder of the mission, these have the classic rarity based color system from....like everything, and while they hit the dopamine receptors, they don't change gameplay too much.

There are different weapons to unlock, character stats to distribute, and a system where you unlock equipable cards so that you can go into a run with some buffs already applied.

I bought the game on a whim to try it out yesterday and ended up accidentally spending 4 hours in there. I'd say if you like DRG or Helldivers its at least worth a try, you can always refund if it's not your vibe.

PS: When you finish a mission, you are immediately presented with the option to start a new mission or head back to the hub which is such an insanely nice QoL thing for back to back runs.