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    6 days ago

    Just my two cents, but there’s just no reason for people to come here when it’s 80+% political shit a

    As a contra point, I’m glad that its like this, a lack of politcal debate is toxic to democracy and that way be dragons.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

    In a political context, the phrase means to generate public approval, not by excellence in public service or public policy, but by diversion, distraction, or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace, by offering a palliative: for example food (bread) or entertainment (circuses). Juvenal originally used it to decry the “selfishness” of common people and their neglect of wider concerns. The phrase implies a population’s erosion or ignorance of civic duty as a priority.

    That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be more other stuff as well though.










  • Once upon a time :) there was a weekly thread way back in the day on Reddit about people showing their sketches done on the Galaxy Note 9 (android phone with a stylus).

    Everyones like holy shit, thats good as people posted theirs. I jokingly posyed a poorly drawn stick figure. Someone commented that was about their ability back about a year ago, they then proceeded to ensure that every day they did a sketch getting better (Used Autodesk Sketchbook) and the stuff they then posted was incredible.

    Moral of the story? I can’t play my banjo, harmonica, guitar or sketch worth shit becase I don’t have that discipline. 90% perspiration. Of course thw truly great sruff needs that extra 10% AS WELL. If you’re a muso you definetly can!

    I relate this story as that post of theirs made me really think. Years later I have a Samsung S22u and still can’t sketch for shit :)

    As to the OP, awesome work :)