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- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
The wrong candidate.
- Comment on Cryptocurrency promoters on X amplify China-aligned disinformation. 2 weeks ago:
A review of the account revealed that “Watermelon cloth” regularly posted content critical of social inequalities in the United States, the Ukrainian and Israeli governments
Disinformation or common sense?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I disagree with your ban, even if I agree with the reason for it.
But saying Reddit doesn’t ban people proves that you are either disingenuous or deeply ignorant. Reddit is infamous for banning dissenters. It’s one of the big reasons I left for the greener (though still awfully ban-happy) pastures if Lemmy.
- Comment on Whether you've got big plans for your Sunday or are just going to relax, Putin could change your plans, end your life, kill all of your family, and incinerate everything you own. 2 weeks ago:
If this is the kind of thought you have in the shower, you might wanna get your pipes checked for lead.
- Comment on Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval 5 weeks ago:
Nah, it’s pretty simple. Pronouns don’t use apostrophes for possession; they only use them for contractions like “it’s”.
- Comment on Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval 5 weeks ago:
In English, apostrophes are only used for possession and to indicate missing letters (usually vowels), as in contractions.
My example showed apostrophes incorrectly being used for non-possessive plural nouns. I used a proper noun (“Johnson”) and a common one (“pizza”) to better illustrate my point.
- Comment on Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval 5 weeks ago:
Interesting. In English, I’d say the “idiot’s apostrophe” an apostrophe that’s used for a non-possessive, non-contraction ‘s’.
E.g., “The Johnson’s are going to the mall to buy pizza’s.”
- Comment on Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx gets shut down 1 month ago:
Well, I guess this cinches it - I’m never buying another Nintendo product.
I was already on the fence, as I still wanted to support innocent developers who happen to be part of a shitty company. I even bought a Switch and every game I pirated so I could have a clean conscience when playing them on my Steam Deck.
Not anymore! I’m putting Nintendo squarely in my list of publishers to ignore. It’s a small gesture, meaningless to a megacorp like them, but it’s enough for me.
Fuck you, Nintendo. You used to be cool.
- Comment on Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games 1 month ago:
Say it with me once again:
Fuck Nintendo.
They’re the Disney of the video game industry.
- Comment on The Revolution Will Be Federated 1 month ago:
How very presumptuous of you. You’re wrong, of course. If I was apathetic enough to ignore my civic duty, I wouldn’t have commented to begin with; I’d’ve just downvoted and moved on.
Just because I protest the hypocrisy of the Democratic party and their candidate doesn’t mean I prefer the unfiltered evil of the Republican party and theirs.
- Comment on The Revolution Will Be Federated 1 month ago:
A lot of great points, all contradicted by the fact that this is a pro-Harris piece. Sure, she’s the lesser of two evils, but evil nonetheless. I certainly wouldn’t call her progressive. She’s just another pro-genocide corporate tool.
- Comment on Heaven 17 composer calls out Rockstar over alleged lowball GTA 6 music offer 2 months ago:
Oh, did GTA IV have multiplayer? That’s the one I’m least familiar with. Must not have been nearly as robust as GTA V’s.
GTA V made online the core component of it’s game. So much so, that they innitially considered GTA Online to be a seperate game included with GTA V.
You contradicted yourself there. GTA Online can’t be both a core component of GTA V and a standalone game.
So Rockstar, who already had the most financially successful game of all time in GTA V from game sales alone, put its resources into the online component in order to fund the development of its sequel. It’s not like they needed to attract new players to the single player game, being, again, that it was the most successful game of all time. Technically it was the most successful media venture of all time (it made more money than any movie, music, or game ever).
If they hadn’t done that, GTA VI and RDR 2 would’ve had smaller budgets and likely wouldn’t have been as good.
I see nothing wrong with this.
- Comment on Heaven 17 composer calls out Rockstar over alleged lowball GTA 6 music offer 2 months ago:
Only one GTA game has had an online component. Every GTA game since 3 has been a best-in-class, genre/generation-defining singleplayer experience.
You pay for the singleplayer. The online bit is just gravy. Some people like said gravy enough to fund the development of Rockstar’s next game. I see nothing wrong with this.
- Comment on USA | Kamala Harris’ Donors Privately Urge Firing of FTC’s Khan, SEC’s Gensler 2 months ago:
Oh no, the regulators are actually regulating?! What a horrible hindrance to
unfettered, unsustainable growthinnovation. They must be stopped! - Comment on Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
Can you explain how you came to that conclusion?
The way I understand it, generative AI training is more like a single person analyzing art at impossibly fast speeds, then using said art as inspiration to create new art at impossibly fast speeds.
- Comment on Iran says Hamas leader killed from close range 3 months ago:
It’s always so sad to see someone fall victim to propaganda. Fortunately, we’re on the internet, so that can easily be remedied. If you consider yourself a thinking individual with the ability to change your opinion based on new information, this is the best site I’ve found that covers all sides with little to no bias.
- Comment on Iran says Hamas leader killed from close range 3 months ago:
Israel can stop Hamas by pulling out of Palestine and leaving its people alone. That’s the only reason Hamas exists. No more oppression, no more need for freedom fighters. Easy peasy.
- Comment on Watch Yamcha Get Blown Up Again In New Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Trailer 3 months ago:
Oh no! Yamcha got Yamcha’d!
- Comment on Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Will Premiere with Two Episodes on October 24 3 months ago:
Sounds like something someone who hasn’t actually watched the show would say.
Most modern Trek is not worth watching, IMO, but Lower Decks is so much more than just another modern Trek show. It’s a perfect blend of old Trek nostalgia and modern comedy. Its writers are clearly huge Trek fans, as the show is very respectful of Trek tropes and often references fairly obscure lore.
In short: your opinion is wrong. /s
Try watching it with an open mind (as any person who truly appreciates the core of Star Trek philosophy would) and you’ll probably find that you really like it.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
People are complex, and sure, some are just racist, but I don’t think it’s that simple.
Hatred isn’t nearly as powerful an emotion as fear. White people complaining about non-white main characters aren’t necessarily racist; it’s more likely, I think, that they’re afraid of losing the only consistent part of the white identity: being the “default” race.
- Comment on Israel-Hamas talks to resume, raising hopes of a Gaza ceasefire 4 months ago:
- Comment on [Opinion] Biden Must Resign 4 months ago:
So it’s a bad idea because it’s a bad idea. Got it.
Personally, I think it’s the only way to have any real chance for positive change on Capitol Hill. Nobody’s really voting for Biden; they’re voting against Trump. Give the disenfranchised masses a candidate they don’t hate, one who takes a clear stance against genocide, is under 70, and is mentally able, and the many, many voters who threw up their hands in a chorus of “why bother?” will suddenly have a reason to care again. All Trump’s rhetoric about how old and dementia-ridden his opponent is would suddenly get thrown back in his face.
- Comment on Getting the Skyrim itch again... Any mod recommendations to freshen it up? 4 months ago:
If you really want a fresh experience and don’t wanna spend more time modding than actually playing, I cannot recommend more strongly Wabbajack. It’s a fully automated modlist installer with a huge gallery of available lists.
Some of the available modlists are foundational, giving you just the essentials (Engine tweaks, HD assets, community bug fixes, etc.), and some are total conversions, turning the game into a fully-realized modern third-person action game, with controls, animations, and graphics as good as any modern game.
It does everything for you, from installing Mod Organizer 2 to creating game launch shortcuts, and everything in between. All you have to do is log into Nexus (and whatever other mod sites your modlist of choice might use). It’s worth getting Nexus Premium at least temporarily to speed up the process.
Here is the Skyrim Special Edition modlist gallery.
- Comment on Neo-Nazis Are All-In on AI 4 months ago:
Sounds like something an AI-loving Nazi would say!
Seriously, though, yes. This was exactly my first thought. There are plenty of reasons to be apprehensive about AI, but conflating it with Nazis is just blatant propaganda.
- Comment on BioWare's Mark Darrah thinks Veilguard is the first Dragon Age where "the combat's actually fun" 4 months ago:
'Bout time. The combat in the games has been what’s kept me from completing any of them. Great stories and characters, but tedious and boring gameplay.
With this news, it’s official: I am hyped.
- Comment on Starfield will get at least one more expansion after Shattered Space, Todd Howard says 4 months ago:
I hate to say it, 'cause Bethesda has been very influential throughout my gaming life, but it’s too little too late. Starfield is entirely unsalvageable without a complete overhaul and re-release using an upgraded engine that can actually handle the scope of the game.
- Comment on There are songs we've gone our whole lives without hearing and our favorite song might still be out there. 6 months ago:
Doubtful. I already own Echolyn’s “Mei”. Hard to believe there’s any song I’d like more.
That being said, I’m always on the lookout for new music. I’d love to find a song better than “Mei”, despite how impossible that seems to me.
- Comment on Eww, Copilot AI might auto-launch with Windows 11 soon 7 months ago:
The Steam Deck is the best thing to happen to Linux since… Linux. It’s the first time average tech illiterate folks have gotten a taste of Linux on their own systems, and it’s driven the development of compatibility tools (Proton) to a hitherto-unheard-of degree.
It convinced me to switch to Linux.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Okay, you can stop with the strawmen. It’s not really funny a second time.
I never said anything about both sides “lying in the same ways.” Of course they employ different tactics; they have different target demographics.
Also, alt accounts? Really? That’s the first place your mind goes? I’ve downvoted you twice - when you started being insulting and stopped contributing to the conversation (your last two replies).
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Hilarious! That’s some quality irony - falsely accusing me of using a strawman by using a strawman yourself. Comedy gold, my friend. Comedy gold.
Also hilarious is the thought that someone having a different opinion from you must be either arguing disingenuously or an idiot. I’m sure you considered that my differing opinion might’ve been shaped by life experiences that differ from yours, but you smartly deduced that such a thing is impossible. Bravo. Your mother must be so proud of you.
