Vespair
@Vespair@lemm.ee
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 12 hours ago:
Oh god, I listen to a lot of music, so get ready, and fair warning I’m kind of a metalhead (but I genuinely do listen to everything), lol. Here’s a quick rundown of my recent listening, with minimal notes
Sear Bliss - Heavenly Down. melodic black metal with a trombone!
Within Destruction - Animetal. deathcore goes pop sensibilities; I really think between this album and Left to Suffer’s ‘Leap of Death’ we’re on the precipice of the birth of a new microgenre that does to deathcore what easycore did to melodic hardcore and metalcore.
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow. I’ve been a Weeknd fan since his original three mixtapes dropped, and finally got around to listening to his latest.
Dayseeker - Dark Sun. metalcore-tinged synthpop.
Watsky - Intention. kinda hippie-drenched indie hip-hop?
Rioghan - Kept. melodic and slightly djenty alt-metal; I was really hyped for Jinjer’s new album before it came out but honestly Rioghan’s Kept kind of sounds like what I wanted but didn’t fully get from Jinjer.
and I also recently caught up on some classics that somehow flew under my radar:
The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below.
Whitechapel - This is Exile
Emmure - Goodbye to the Gallows
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us
and today I’ve been obsessively listening to: Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power. just absolutely insanely incredible blackgaze post-metal.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 14 hours ago:
I’ve been so focused on active album listening lately that I haven’t been playing much, so I’m still chugging my way through Cyberpunk and Moonlighter currently, and enjoying both of them thus far.
Although I did pick up Furi while it’s 80% on steam, but honestly I only played it for a little bit so far so I don’t really have any opinions about it yet
- Comment on Who else misses Battlefield 1943? 2 days ago:
Honestly the difference between 1942 and 1943 on NES is enormous. 1942 was okay, but 1943 was so much better in every way, especially sound (the audio in 1942 is awful).
If you enjoyed 1942, I recommend loading 1943 on an emulator for a spin.
- Comment on Who else misses Battlefield 1943? 2 days ago:
I’ve never played any of the Battlefield games at all, tbh. I don’t even know what they’re about, really. Somebody convince me to try them!
But you know what game I do miss regularly? 1942. I just played the absolute hell out of 1942 as a kid, probably one of my most played NES games.
- Comment on Cassette Beasts, my favorite pokemon-like, is 50% off. 2 days ago:
Hahaha yeah it took awhile for her to grow on me but I ended up pretty fond of her by the end of it.
And yes, I liked it more than any Pokemon game, but tbh I think it’s such a different thing that it doesn’t even feel entirely accurate to directly compare them in that way
- Comment on Cassette Beasts, my favorite pokemon-like, is 50% off. 3 days ago:
This is exactly how I feel about it. It feels like the creators love and were inspired by Pokemon, but aren’t just making a carbon copy. There are so many Pokemon-clones out there, it’s great to see that Cassette Beasts merely took only the most basic foundations of Pokemon and truly built their own original game on top of that foundation, rather than trying to rebuild the exact same structure.
- Comment on Don't ever hassle a dog when on a plane 4 days ago:
Nah, one of the major entitlement epidemics of our time absolutely deserves that level of ire. Keep your fucking dogs at homes or stay at the dog park.
- Comment on Cassette Beasts, my favorite pokemon-like, is 50% off. 4 days ago:
Tbh I didn’t intentionally do that, so I think there much be some kind of trigger on this sub to automatically cross-post?
- Comment on Request for FPS recommendations. 4 days ago:
If you want an unorthodox suggestion, Metal:Hellsinger is a rhythm-FPS that’s not like GOTY material, but it’s a lot of fun. Great for turning your brain off and just going vibe mode while you shoot a bunch of demons.
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- Comment on We are so cooked 1 week ago:
Did Mark Wahlberg hate crime all the bees to death?
- Comment on Rocky rock rocking 1 week ago:
It’s definitely not a pipe
- Comment on Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot 2 weeks ago:
And it’s beyond obvious in the way LLMs are conditioned, especially if you’re used them long enough to notice trends. Where early on their responses were straight to the point (inaccurate as hell, yes, but that’s not what we’re talking about in this case) today instead they are meandering and full of straight engagement bait - programmed to feign some level of curiosity and ask stupid and needless follow-up questions to “keep the conversation going.” I suspect this is just a way to increase token usage to further exploit and drain the whales who tend to pay for these kinds of services, personally.
There is no shortage of ethical quandaries brought into the world with the rise of LLMs, but in my opinion the locked-down nature of these systems is one of the most problematic; if LLMs are going to be the commonality it seems the tech sector is insistent on making happen, then we really need to push back on these companies being able to control and guide them in their own monetary interests.
- Comment on Could you explain to me why you like silent hill 1? (Spoilers) 3 weeks ago:
Yeah having already played D a couple years earlier, when Silent Hill came out it didn’t look like anything revolutionary to me, and replaying D had already shown me that cinematic horror only works the first time through anyway. Still don’t get the appeal.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
I had good times on WoW for a long time, and a good time on a private UO server for awhile… Maybe I should look into a private WoW server. Blizzard (as it is today) is a shithole I don’t want to give more money, but my love for WoW as a property is undeniable.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
I picked up Cyberpunk on the Steam sale so I’m just starting that. Aside from that, I’m kind of casually working my way through Coromon, which so far isn’t great but it scratching the Pokemon-like itch well enough. That said, if other folks were looking for a Pokemon-like to try, I’d recommend Cassette Beast a hundred times over before recommending Coromon.
- Comment on Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options! 3 weeks ago:
I dunno. Frankly they’re both absolutely pantheon, legendary games that deliver a near-perfect gaming experience, but I feel like Portal 1 delivered a kind of tighter package where Portal 2 meanders just a little bit, and while Wheatley is still brilliant I’m not sure I he hit the same way or struck the same tone as GlaDOS. But we’re talking about like nanometers of difference in quality here either way as both games are goddamn stellar.
- Comment on Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options! 3 weeks ago:
East Coast USA, born and raised and lived in all my life. So no, not Australian.
- Comment on Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options! 3 weeks ago:
I play almost every genre (minimal interest in sports games, admittedly), and my favorite changes all the time. But in general, here are some of my all-time top games:
Final Fantasy Tactics
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (people who think BL2 is better than TPS are wrong)
Spider-Man (PS4)
Hades
Civilization 6
- Comment on If you want to learn how to work from home make sure you learn from an expert 5 weeks ago:
This reminds me of the proliferation of content creators who make content advising content creators. Like if you had the tips for success wouldn’t you just be successful rather than barely scraping by? It feels like there are more of these content coaches than non-coach content creators these days
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 5 weeks ago:
I have a Pixel. It is literally made by one of the largest advertising companies in the world.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 5 weeks ago:
Bigger screens mean bigger and more obtrusive ads.
I’m convinced this is 90% of the reason right here.
- Comment on Current World situation has me like 1 month ago:
Bring back the days when you assumed the internet was dangerous waters unless specified safe instead of the other way around.
- Comment on Rate my breakfast 1 month ago:
protein, fiber, carbohydrates, and a staple grain - feels like an exceptional and healthy choice to me
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 1 month ago:
There is validity to this argument, certainly, but we are not talking about a social moral defined solely by legality, we are discussing a case where legality was defined within the confines of social expectation.
Legality is not inherently morality, but it can be an indicator of social morals.
There will be times when they are at odds, but I have yet to hear a compelling case in this situation.
So I ask, why social harm is being caused by defining adulthood at 18? And let’s be clear, I am looking for actual harm here, not potential for harm; going through a dangerous intersection is not the same thing as experiencing a car accident.
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 1 month ago:
I think you’re making serious assumptions and assuming a binary where none exists.
First off, nobody, here or in mainstream popular culture, is holding Leo’s relationships as model behavior. Leo may perhaps have “role model” status, but all avenues to which that moniker can be affixed apply to his body of work, talent, work ethic, etc; there is just nobody in mainstream culture referring to him as a role model in terms of romantic entanglements, at least not seriously.
So with that in mind, let’s discuss the binary here. Things aren’t either good or bad, they just simply aren’t. A entire gulf of experience in neutrality lays between the enviable and damned. So as I see it, the question here, at least the one posed by my comment, isn’t “are Leo’s relationships enviable role model behavior?,” because I don’t think that was ever in question, but rather “are Leo’s relationships damnedable?”, and to that the answer is a clear and resounding no, for me at least.
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 1 month ago:
There are a million valid reasons to value and date a person, and their looks, even potentially the youthfulness of those looks, is one the same as any other. We don’t live in the world of perfect reason devoid of animalism that you’re pretending; sexual attraction is and is always going to be a part of the equation. While we should continue making strides to ensure women are valued for their contributions to society and have more equitable positions and opportunities, I do not believe that means sterilizing or desexifying society nor artificially pretending the inherently inequitable nature of human attractiveness is somehow something that can be forced into equity through social pressure. Life is just simply more nuanced than that.
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 1 month ago:
No, it doesn’t. I address this with “I personally believe it is a reasonable one, designed conservative enough so that one can safely assume anyone on the other side of the line has had the chance to develop and grow free of unnecessary outside influence to rightly be deemed an adult after,” where I clearly state that I think 18 is a reasonable age. You’re welcome to disagree with and argue with my points but I am not going to allow you to insult my character for the sake of attempting to win your argument.
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 1 month ago:
Legality.
For most of humanity “childhood” wasn’t even a concept in the way we think of it today. Our ability to give the people in society this society is truly one of the greatest achievements of modernity. But it’s still a somewhat arbitrary line in the sand we drew, yes. I personally believe it is a reasonable one, designed conservative enough so that one can safely assume anyone on the other side of the line has had the chance to develop and grow free of unnecessary outside influence to rightly be deemed an adult after.
If society wants to redefine the terms of where that line is drawn, that is fine, as we as members of society can do so.
But for the time being we drew the line at 18. It seemed fucked as hell to say “this is the line, this is what’s appropriate” and then demonize a man for staying within those lines. It’s fucked to say “here’s the line” when you actually mean “actually the real line is way over there and by being this close you’ve actually broken the rules.”
Dude is staying inside the lines, and interacting with those we have deemed full legal adults imbued with the right and power of autonomy. To the best of my understanding there have been no claims of coercion, abuse, or anything of that nature. So I’m sorry, but trying to convince me that dude is doing something wrong by adhering to the rules as laid for him just isn’t going to vibe with me.
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 1 month ago:
What shit? Allowing adults to make autonomous choices rather than infantilizing and pre-ascribing victim status to them?
Again, y’all can’t pretend we’re talking about children, we are talking about full legal adults with rights to autonomy.
If there is coercion or abuse, absolutely demonize and mobilize against that. But until there is, all you have is suspicion and suggestions that infantilize the real adult women in the scenario.