Hollywood truly is out of ideas and just outsourcing.

Wait for something fucking idiotic like:

“U.S. government to implement 5,000% tax on new solar technology…”

You’re being disingenuous. I think what OP is getting at might be both that cops are never in the wrong, and that the guilty is always clear.

At this point, I’m tired of glorification of police. They get it wrong. A fucking lot.

There’s a good reason Brooklyn 99 ended. At least that had the balls to do it.

My narcissistic, selfish, and abusive parents abused things like “because I said so,” “you’ll understand when you’re older,” and “you’ll understand when you have kids” among other things.

I now understand. They were shitheads that never wanted to actually explain things or be held accountable for their fucking abuse. I understand that it literally took EFFORT for them to be so goddamn angry and verbally/physically abusive to us, and it takes a serious level of hate to sprinkle in the emotional neglect and somehow be okay with treating your child like that.

I can’t fathom doing half the shit they did.

Strawberry is super confusing with playlists. Out of caution, I have learned to save Playlists multiple times to a file and try to close them all before opening/playing new stuff.

Too many times I’ve experienced selecting something new to play not only replace the currently playing, but replaces the Playlist, and it seems to overwrite it immediately.

If you spend more time to consider and think about the differences between spirituality and religion, you’d see what I’m getting at. There’s a blurring of lines sure, but a lot of these religious activities are not at all necessary for their beliefs, and merely a choice that fulfills them in a similar manner as other hobbies.

I dunno what counts as big budget, but 30 Minutes or Less was seen as tasteless in how it was based on a real-life serious event that had occurred.

On a false advertising note, the movie’s run time is 1 hour, 23 minutes. Bullshit.

Kirby vaccuums maybe? More like a MLM back in the day.

For a lot of people, when you look at how they spend their time, it is clear that their religion is both their belief system AND their hobby.

Think of the “Bible study” types. They’ve turned it into a hobby-like activity. Some I knew growing up clearly had nothing else. It was their hobby.

Warhammer. The tabletop one with the figures, not the video games.

Vacations/travel for some people. Its clearly something where they have zero clue about their privilege and zero self awareness as they talk about it.

Parenting. Seriously, it becomes some people’s only fucking identity and the way they talk about it feels like religious proselytizing mixed with a bit of used car salesperson energy.

Comic conventions. Some people make it uncomfortable how seriously they take it.

Wasting some time on Lemmy trying to leave shitty comments just looking to rile people up or something.

AoE III was excellent. It explored new ideas and did it well. As a long time AoE fan who played all of them since the first, AoE II is massively overhyped, and AoE III is unfairly shit on.

Also they were voluntold to do Halo Wars, and they did a good job on it. It’s a good game, and it did an excellent job on console with a controller scheme, which was impressive at the time.

Ensemble got shafted. They were held up at the time as the leaders of RTS and Microsoft didn’t give a fuck. Just used and abused.

AoE online was clearly executive suite demands. Of course it fucking sucked.

What will you make it with?

The eye grabbing lights and glass covers are fucking idiotic. My best builds are black towers, great airflow, minimal lights, and barely any noise. I’m focused on the game, not the machine.

The thing needs to be forgotten. It’s not the center of attention. The monitor is.

They’re really good at killing them though. I’ll never forgive the death of Ensemble.

Maybe Scotland. If they could fully separate from the dead weight down south.

Made-up bullshit

For the general masses that lack fucking brain cells. Some people actually comprehend the value of society and central public resources and WANT their money collectively put to good use.

And when so much of gaming is shit.

How to Turn Your Videos into GIFs (After Reading 73 Paragraphs and Scrolling Past 16 Ads)

Welcome, weary traveler of the internet. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “Gosh, I wish I could compress this hilarious 3-second cat moment into a looping visual byte of joy,” then buckle up—because you’re in for an emotionally gripping, SEO-optimized ride through the ancient digital art of GIF creation.

But before we get to the actual part you came here for (lol), let’s embark on a journey. Not just any journey—a spiritual awakening of sorts. A voyage across the pixelated plains of multimedia formats and the cruel gods of file size limitations. Because let’s face it: who doesn’t love scrolling endlessly while ads for yoga pants, obscure VPNs, and AI résumé optimizers chase your cursor like needy puppies?

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First, Why GIFs Matter (and Why We Have to Talk About It First for Ad Revenue Reasons)

GIFs aren’t just tiny animated loops. They’re statements. They’re how we scream into the digital void without making sound. They say: “Look at this cat falling off a couch. Now look again. Now 500 more times.”

They also help bloggers like us hit that sweet 1,500-word minimum so Google’s algorithm doesn’t toss us into the content abyss. And let’s not forget: more screen time = more impressions = more chances you accidentally click on that “You’ll Never Believe What This Celebrity Looks Like Now” ad.

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The History of GIFs (Which You 100% Didn’t Ask For)

Developed in 1987 by CompuServe (yes, that was a real thing), the humble Graphics Interchange Format has stood the test of time—outliving fads like Flash animation, Vine, and whatever Google+ was supposed to be. Why are we telling you this? Because historical context builds trust, SEO likes “rich content,” and frankly, our intern majored in digital media studies and needs a win.

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What to Avoid When Making GIFs (Besides This Article)

You could use bloated commercial software with trial popups, watermarks, and interfaces designed in 2004… or you could skip the nonsense and just use one command in your terminal. But of course, we’re not going to tell you what that command is just yet. That would be efficient. And efficiency doesn’t pay the ad bills.

Instead, here’s a handy list of things you should absolutely ignore but we’ll mention anyway to sound helpful:

Don’t over-GIF. Your grandma doesn’t need a 14MB loop of your breakfast burrito.

Avoid Comic Sans. This isn’t 2003.

Remember: if your GIF doesn’t loop perfectly, the internet will judge you.

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A Word From Our Sponsors (or Five)

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Okay, now for the part you came here for…

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FINALLY: The One-Line Terminal Command That Does It All™️

After surviving the great wall of text, your prize awaits:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fps=15,scale=480:-1:flags=lanczos" -c:v gif output.gif

That’s it. No gates. No catch. Just one glorious line of terminal magic that turns your video into a snappy, optimized GIF without needing a single drop-down menu.

💡 Tip: You can tweak fps=15 for smoother or choppier results, and scale=480:-1 preserves aspect ratio while resizing for web-friendliness. But we’ll pretend that’s advanced knowledge to keep you reading our future “expert tips” posts.

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Closing Thoughts You’ll Probably Scroll Past

In conclusion, GIFs are love. GIFs are life. And thanks to this probably-too-long article, you now wield the power to create them with frightening ease. Go forth, animate responsibly, and maybe—just maybe—click one of the affiliate links we accidentally sprinkled in this post like confetti at a marketing conference.

Because nothing says empowerment quite like monetized attention.

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