mechoman444
@mechoman444@lemmy.world
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- Comment on Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule | Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling 3 weeks ago:
Lol!!! This is fantastic! They shouldn’t be trying to talk them out of cancelling to begin with!
- Comment on Reddit says it is not covered by new Online Safety Code as it has moved its jurisdiction to the Netherlands 3 weeks ago:
Why does anyone still use chrome!
I get twitter and reddit because of the uniqueness of the platforms but chrome is just a web browser! Any other program can be used in its stead to view the same exact websites yet people continue to use it even being stubborn about it!
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 3 weeks ago:
Because it’s not about saving the lives of unborn babies and it never has been.
It’s about curtailing choice.
- Comment on Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete 1 month ago:
This is a very good question.
I’m assuming you mean a range around $5000?
In that case there’s really not much in that specific price range.
Ranges in general can cost between 500 and 3000 dollars for a regular range you can get at your local appliance retailer. Here in the states that would be like home Depot or Lowe’s.
If you wanted more high end than that you’d have to go much higher up in price. Like past $10000. It’s a weird market for ranges.
I recommend Frigidaire for cooking appliances in general they make really good ranges. For less than $1000 dollars you can get a very decent appliance.
- Comment on Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete 1 month ago:
I work in appliance repair. My favorite appliance to fix are sub zero refrigerators. They’re easy to work on, straight forward and the company continues to support their product as far back as models from the 1970s.
Subzero makes nothing more than household appliances a thankless industry plagued by planner obsolescence and they can supply parts for their appliances longer than a medical company.
- Comment on Effort require Effort 1 month ago:
Uhhhh being on time is the worst! I want to wake up naturally and go to bed whenever the hell I feel like! I can get the same amount of work done 11am to 7pm rather than 9 to 5.
- Comment on Is this shitpost enough 1 month ago:
That’s a hard yes.
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
So let’s just address the meta here real quick. There was a comment on Lemmy to which I responded. In context the genesis of this comment is in reference to Ubisoft and the general state of inclusion politics in gaming today.
You are questioning the fundamental motivation as to why I have an opinion on the subject matter that is presented to me under the protest that “it’s just a game”.
I mean why even have an opinion? Why formulate thoughts? Why have any kind of discussions?
I am abreast of what is happening generally in gaming and the industry surrounding it because I’m interested in these things. I like playing video games.
I also have other interests. For example, I’m fairly good at playing the guitar, so there’s a lot of content in my social media about guitars and music.
I also find it entertaining to watch flat Earth debunking videos on YouTube to pass the time.
The reason I care about assassin’s Creed in particular is because I’ve been playing the game since the very first one. I like the franchise. I like the video games and watching it get ruined because of inclusion politics is heartbreaking.
Moreover, they already have the game. It’s already been made. Therefore I have the right to criticize it. Simply stating “it’s just a game” isn’t helpful.
I don’t care if there’s black people or women or LGBT people in video games. I could absolutely care less about that as long as it’s relevant to the game. If they’re just including it to be inclusive, then it’s a meaningless gesture. It brings down the game. It brings down the IP and it brings down the company that does it.
Furthermore, people play video games for a reason. Either it be escapism or immersion or simply to pass a small amount of time till whatever else they have to do. Seeing these inconsistencies in the game breaks that immersion it no longer becomes entertainment. It becomes a political statement which I have very little interest in when it comes to my entertainment.
You can pretend to be on your high horse all you want. I have no interest in seeing inclusion politics in my entertainment. It serves no beneficial purpose except to elevate the egos of people like you to make you feel as though something is being included.
Pure nonsense.
Also the new Star wars game which I don’t even remember the name of sucked universally. It didn’t make any money because people didn’t have any interest in it specifically and exclusively because of the inclusion politics added into the game. Also the main character is fucking ugly.
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
They already delayed the release due to so much negative feedback. It’s going to be a bad game. There should never have been a black person in this game at all. It’s 1600s Japan. It makes no fucking sense!
There are so many layers as to why Ubisoft is going through what it’s going through I don’t have the energy to express it here in this comment.
I can assure you, however, if they worried more about making good games and less of inclusion politics their stock would be worth a lot more than 2 bucks!
- Comment on Guess what this product is without looking up what it is! 1 month ago:
I’m not googling “cock grease” thank you very much.
- Comment on Shigeru Miyamoto comments on AI, says "Nintendo would rather go in a different direction" 1 month ago:
This reminds me of when IBM rejected the idea of the internet.
- Comment on Ubisofts stock tanked this morning ahead of the markets opening 1 month ago:
Disgusting.
This isn’t about being diverse. It’s about making bad games.
As a matter of fact, the new assassin’s Creed is so offensive that the Japanese government is in an uproar about it.
Ubisofts attempt to be so inclusive and sexually neutral is what’s making their games bad because they’re stifling good game design in the process.
That’s not to say that it’s not possible to make a good game while adhering to diversification and inclusion.
Hellblade and horizon zero Dawn are two excellent examples of incredibly good games that don’t expound sexism. Hell, look at destiny 2. They handle these kinds of situations perfectly!
But to simply imply people are upset because they don’t like “woke politics” is a gross over simplification of what’s happening to Ubisoft!
- Comment on YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50% 1 month ago:
Easy peasy. Lemon squeezy.
Firefox-ublock (even better on Linux but not required)
Revanced for mobile.
Pihole doesn’t stop youtube ads anyhow.
- Comment on Ubisoft Cancels Press Previews of Assassin's Creed Shadows 1 month ago:
Sweet Baby leaves its taint over a long lasting beloved franchise yet again!
Thank God for Space Marine 2!
- Comment on Cyborg: A Documentary – new film about first upgraded human asks whether we should just because we can. 1 month ago:
Wait… They did a remake of cyborg? Is Van Damme in it?
- Comment on idiot 1 month ago:
Son of a bitch!
This post is based!
- Comment on Why Do People Still Play Destiny 2? 2 months ago:
It’s a good and compelling game.
I still play it for the same reason I play og super Mario.
It brings me enjoyment.
As for the rest of you pompous asshats, no one is forcing you to play it. If you don’t like it don’t fucking play it.
- Comment on if you ever traveled 1K miles by bus, would you recommend it? 2 months ago:
I went from Atlanta Georgia to Detroit Michigan once. It was supposed to be 14 hours. It was 28. I didn’t sleep at all during the trip and crashed for half the day afterwards.
I vowed never to take Greyhound long distance again and never did.
- Comment on I have been to jail in the US. How come they always offer a bible instead of offering you different religious books like a quran? 2 months ago:
They don’t… I’m guessing you might have done time in a state prison?
In the feds you can request any approved religious texts you want. Typically the chapel will have said materials available for consumption.
Also most prisons will have large Muslim and Hebrew Israelite populations.
- Comment on Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election? 2 months ago:
Because we all know what trump is.
- Comment on Why 🤷♂️ do users 👨💻 dislike 👎 the use ✅ of emojis 😀 on Lemmy 🐭? 2 months ago:
For the same reason they don’t irrationally like the cyber truck.
They don’t know.
- Comment on Getting Your iPhone Repaired Could Ban You From Snapchat 2 months ago:
Gosh that’s sucks people on iPhone using Snapchat.
Says a guy on an android that doesn’t even know what Snapchat does.
- Comment on 16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs 2 months ago:
Oooo a whole 16 gigs! It can run Firefox with more than four tabs open!
- Comment on Facebook 2 months ago:
And I don’t either!
- Comment on When shitposting becomes constiposting 2 months ago:
To be fair it was getting pretty toxic… But then again I’m ok with that.
- Comment on Cheese board 2 months ago:
Hey! Speak for yourself! Some people like a little smegma on a cracker with a side of black caviar.
- Comment on Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people? 2 months ago:
Og halo was so much fun!
- Comment on YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers 2 months ago:
Absolutely! Everything on YouTube is somehow predicated to getting you exposed to some kind of advertising. Absolutely everything!
They’ve min maxed it so hard that without the various plugins that I use in Firefox YouTube would be almost completely unusable.
- Comment on Tacoma Wept 2 months ago:
They knew.
- Comment on Looking for Overwatch alternatives 2 months ago:
If you want to be confused, aggravated, and generally upset at how your life is turning out destiny 2 is a really good game.