"READ MY DNI" no. use your block button like an adult. i'm not scrolling through the many-paragraphs-long pinned posts of every blog i reblog something from. if you insist certain types of people aren't welcome in the notes of your posts then it's your responsibility to curate that. or choose a closed social media platform like facebook or instagram. or go and live in a barn away from humanity if you really don't like sharing the world with people who are different from you
There is no point at which anyone has actually seen Hamas "hide behind" civilians unless you stretch that definition to mean "hypothetically exist in the same fifty square miles," but when someone actually does literally "use a human shield," that is supposed to make the army put their guns down and negotiate because even a baby understands that if you still shoot through the human shield you're just a murderer.
you say “weeds” I say “widespread non-native edible plant and early-blooming pollinator resource that is not considered invasive because it behaves politely and does not cause deleterious ecological consequences”
If you want to automate your home a bit, but you don't want any "smart" tech, you can just buy remote controlled power sockets instead
They are a lot cheaper and easier to set up and use than some home automation smart tech nonsense
They don't need an app (but some models come with optional apps and there are apps that are compatible with most of these)
Many of them use the 433mhz frequency to communicate, which makes most models compatible with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers
The tech has been around for a long time and will be around for a long time to come
You don't have to put any fucking corporate listening devices like an amazon echo in your home
As someone who's seen a full playthrough of Faith, plus seen several fan theories I'm moderately sure the dev has confirmed, allow me to add to this from that angle:
The story follows a priest (potentially excommunicated) who fucked up an exorcism and is now cursed by the devil until he can do it again and do it right. In the process of this, he proceeds to run around exorcising other demons just by holding his cross in their direction for a few seconds. This includes demons inhabiting (and secretly running) an off-brand planned parenthood, and a kindergarten, in the third game.
Even if it's just being done as like "haha this is what the satanic panic people thought, fucking wild" (which, since the dev is a former missionary, I have my doubts about), it sends a message that isn't the best. "The enemy has control over many facets of society, operates in broad daylight, and is coming for your kids, but oh yeah they also go away after 3 seconds of a cross from a man with next to no faith in his god". As Vriska said above, categorically fascist.
when you think a8out it, holy warriors that fight demons is kinda inherently fascist if you think a8out it.
like the classic rhetoric 8ehind it is that the demons are super duper powerful and will instantly murder you if you give them a chance. and if not murder, then just irrepara8ly ruin your life.
8UT they're also stupidly weak, cry in the face of a cross, melt against holy water, holy weapons cut through them like 8utter, just 8eing in a place of religion makes them actively suffer.
they are simultaneously weak and strong. in this regard, they are the platonic ideal of the fascist 8oogyman. in my case, the tranny who's so useless she cannot even make a phone call, 8ut is also attacking and dethroning god and will tear down this country and corrupt your child.
this reminds me of when i was listening to an explan8tion of the FAITH series's story. and the 8asic premise 8eing "what if all that satanic panic was real. that your kids are in fact falling to the devil" is kind of a misera8le premise. the idea that dnd is ontologically evil 8eyond it just 8eing kind of a trash system, that rock and roll encourages you to worship evil, that the gay people are ruining everything is just like, i don't wanna her a8out that. that's a sh8t story t8h.