Richard Benton
@richardbenton.bsky.social
Dogs. Death Metal. Dice.
I need Siobahn's shirt so badly.
June 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I need Siobahn's shirt so badly.
Only in America could that be offered as any kind of justification.
June 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Only in America could that be offered as any kind of justification.
And is very much alive.
April 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And is very much alive.
It's not that I'm calling for him to be deliberately infected with Ebola to test his claim, more that I'm not doing anything to stop that from happening.
April 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It's not that I'm calling for him to be deliberately infected with Ebola to test his claim, more that I'm not doing anything to stop that from happening.
Musk is not even remotely hiding his agenda anymore.
April 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Musk is not even remotely hiding his agenda anymore.
Murph tried to kill his own vice president? You mean Caldwell?
April 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Murph tried to kill his own vice president? You mean Caldwell?
Certainly everyone involved in making Dimension 20 is aware.
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Certainly everyone involved in making Dimension 20 is aware.
With all due respect, you're venting on entirely the wrong people here. Brennan and others behind Dropout are extremely and actively political, but that doesn't mean they can just stop doing their jobs, especially when doing so brings a bit of much-needed lightness.
April 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
With all due respect, you're venting on entirely the wrong people here. Brennan and others behind Dropout are extremely and actively political, but that doesn't mean they can just stop doing their jobs, especially when doing so brings a bit of much-needed lightness.
Retaliatory penguin attacks.
April 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Retaliatory penguin attacks.
I'm very confident it was a self-mocking joke.
April 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm very confident it was a self-mocking joke.
I mean, her eloquence didn't stop him getting out in three months, but it might have contributed to the judge losing his career over it.
April 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I mean, her eloquence didn't stop him getting out in three months, but it might have contributed to the judge losing his career over it.
Although that was in a very different America, there's no way he'd lose his job over that now.
April 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Although that was in a very different America, there's no way he'd lose his job over that now.
The judge in this particular case ended up losing his job (and at least one other) over the sentencing,but I think mostly due to the extraordinary eloquence of Chanel Miller, the woman Captain Swimteam attacked.
April 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The judge in this particular case ended up losing his job (and at least one other) over the sentencing,but I think mostly due to the extraordinary eloquence of Chanel Miller, the woman Captain Swimteam attacked.
Honestly, we probably take the crown on letting people getting away with abuse on a horrifying scale. Kevin Spacey's got nothing on Jimmy Saville.
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Honestly, we probably take the crown on letting people getting away with abuse on a horrifying scale. Kevin Spacey's got nothing on Jimmy Saville.
The OP is about Britain, but yeah it's the same principle. We're always one step behind your shitty mistakes, but we still make them.
April 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The OP is about Britain, but yeah it's the same principle. We're always one step behind your shitty mistakes, but we still make them.
Never mind, I've just seen your post about Muslim fasting for Ramadan being a cult, so I'm just going to report and block you instead. Have a great time shouting into the void.
April 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Never mind, I've just seen your post about Muslim fasting for Ramadan being a cult, so I'm just going to report and block you instead. Have a great time shouting into the void.
One more time - all countries have a constitution. Most, like the US, have theirs codified into a single document. Some, like the UK, don't. Both are types of constitution. This is not an opinion, but a fact.
April 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
One more time - all countries have a constitution. Most, like the US, have theirs codified into a single document. Some, like the UK, don't. Both are types of constitution. This is not an opinion, but a fact.
You're wrong because you're insisting that a codified-constitution is the only kind of constitution, and it isn't. All nations have a constitution - they literally can't not - but they come in different forms.
April 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You're wrong because you're insisting that a codified-constitution is the only kind of constitution, and it isn't. All nations have a constitution - they literally can't not - but they come in different forms.
I don't need to "look it up", you melt - I studied it academically. To keep you happy, though, I Googled "does the UK have a constitution", and this was the first non-AI answer - "The UK... does not possess a single constitutional document of this nature. Nevertheless, it does have a constitution."
April 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I don't need to "look it up", you melt - I studied it academically. To keep you happy, though, I Googled "does the UK have a constitution", and this was the first non-AI answer - "The UK... does not possess a single constitutional document of this nature. Nevertheless, it does have a constitution."
It's actually easier for a non-codified constitution to "evolve" than a codified one. In reality, the nature of power in either system is to maintain itself and the kind of change you want is actively opposed, but having a codified constitution is not necessarily the answer.
April 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's actually easier for a non-codified constitution to "evolve" than a codified one. In reality, the nature of power in either system is to maintain itself and the kind of change you want is actively opposed, but having a codified constitution is not necessarily the answer.
Mate, I honestly don't know what you've just said, but let me rephrase - you don't get to have an opinion on whether we have a constitution or not, because we do. It's a fact. You can think that a codified one would be better, but when you say we don't have one you're just wrong.
April 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Mate, I honestly don't know what you've just said, but let me rephrase - you don't get to have an opinion on whether we have a constitution or not, because we do. It's a fact. You can think that a codified one would be better, but when you say we don't have one you're just wrong.
Aside from the absense of bonfires, saving anywhere, the inability to reset the gameplay loop and the absence of a farmable resource that's lost on death or literally any of the recognisable features of the genre... completely agree.
April 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Aside from the absense of bonfires, saving anywhere, the inability to reset the gameplay loop and the absence of a farmable resource that's lost on death or literally any of the recognisable features of the genre... completely agree.
I don't disagree with that - though I do think the US shows that a codified constitution can be bent as easily as a non-codified one. Crucially, though, a non-codified constitution is still a constitution. We need constitutional change - and we can have it, because we have a constitution to change.
April 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I don't disagree with that - though I do think the US shows that a codified constitution can be bent as easily as a non-codified one. Crucially, though, a non-codified constitution is still a constitution. We need constitutional change - and we can have it, because we have a constitution to change.
Which is called a non-codified constitution, and still counts as a constitution, just works differently than the codified American kind. This is not something you get to have an opinion on.
April 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Which is called a non-codified constitution, and still counts as a constitution, just works differently than the codified American kind. This is not something you get to have an opinion on.