zalgotext
@zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Everybody talks about beliefs like they're this big important thing. 1 week ago:
I’m laying down actually
- Comment on Large Language Model Performance Doubles Every 7 Months 1 week ago:
Oof, the alt text on that second one was unexpectedly dark lmao
- Comment on Disturbed 2 weeks ago:
Saw Bob Vylan in the mud and muck last year at Louder than Life, and that’s the performance that has stuck with me the most by far from that fest. Such a high energy performer, and there were only maybe a couple hundred people in the crowd (early set, on one of the smaller side stages, so kind of expected). The messages in the lyrics are spot on too, but it was kinda funny looking around at all the rural Kentuckians there looking all uncomfortable and rolling their eyes when they realized what they were listening to lmao
- Comment on "Almost out of shampoo, better add it to my shopping list." 2 weeks ago:
That could have been part of the problem, yeah
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 2 weeks ago:
You can save quite a bit by getting a refurbished Pixel - looks like the cheapest “Google certified” option (so it comes with a 1-year warranty) is a 6a for $250, which is nearly half off MSRP. I’ve been using my 6a since launch, so it’s been going for 3 years now and I have no desire to upgrade.
You can definitely get cheaper smartphones, but $250 for a 6a feels like a pretty big bang for your buck.
- Comment on Fan-made Mario Kart 64 PC port released, with track editor and ultrawide support 3 weeks ago:
In a nutshell, interpolated frames are basically just extra generated frames that go between the frames outputted by the video game itself. They’re used to combat things like motion blur, and to make animations look smoother.
- Comment on I'm gonna mute this one 4 weeks ago:
What difference does to make if someone is sitting on the bench, laying down, standing, crouching, or in any other comfortable resting position? It’s a public bench, to be used by the public however they see fit, as long as they’re not causing harm.
It’s weird to enforce the “correct” usage of a public bench, or the “correct” amount of space a person is allowed to take up, especially with such drastic elements that you yourself admit are not very effective.
- Comment on I'm gonna mute this one 4 weeks ago:
Literally anyone using the bench potentially prevents someone else from also using the bench. Why is it a bigger deal when it’s a homeless person doing the using? Also, I’m sure there are other more attention grabbing options than a flyer, if we use our imaginations a little bit. Why is your focus on prevention and not education anyways?
- Comment on I'm gonna mute this one 4 weeks ago:
Hey maybe I’m stupid too, but it seems to me it’d be way fucking easier and cheaper to just put some flyers in a little letterbox attached to the bench advertising the nearest homeless shelter or something, rather than inconveniencing literally everyone who wants to use the bench. But what do I know, I’m probably just stupid
- Comment on 'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events 4 weeks ago:
Do you also support gay people on your service by letting them organize and run a gay pride event on your service? Or is having to witness people celebrating gay pride too much for your delicate sensibilities?
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 5 weeks ago:
Brick and mortar shops aren’t comparable to websites, and I don’t know why you keep trying to compare them. The places that sell alcohol and tobacco aren’t asking me to upload a digital version of my legal identification to some cloud-backed database. They’re just manually checking a date and a picture. Most places I buy from don’t even make me physically hand over my ID, I can just show it to them without it ever leaving my possession.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 5 weeks ago:
How about we put some responsibility on parents to keep their kids away from potentially harmful Internet content, instead of relying on the state to do it for us in large swathes, affecting literally anyone who goes to those sites, legally or not? Surely you’re more on board with responsible parenting than everyone having to hand over their legal identification to a fucking porn site.
- Comment on iFixit says the Switch 2 is even harder to repair than the original 5 weeks ago:
The steam deck has great battery life (better than my original switch by a lot) unless you’re playing something super heavy, and it’s so much more comfortable to hold that the bit of extra weight isn’t that big a deal. I don’t think I’ve touched my switch since I got a deck
- Comment on The four horsemen of the apocalypse 1 month ago:
Please do yourself a favor and look further back than 7 years into their discography, I’m begging you
- Comment on Kids nowadays don't have many (if any) videogame heroes... 2 months ago:
They know who plays their games and more importantly who buys their games.
Is this not a bit of a “chicken and egg” argument though? Adults have pretty much always been the ones buying games, but they haven’t always been making them for adults. Even if kids are less than a quarter of all gamers, they’re still a sizeable chunk of the audience. Doesn’t really make sense to just ignore them.
- Comment on Liquid Trees 2 months ago:
Crazy thought - instead of just putting trees near curbs, have dedicated green spaces in cities where there aren’t sidewalks or other important infrastructure near the trees.
- Comment on Pictures of Animals Getting CT Scans Against their Will: A Thread 2 months ago:
Public fountain? I think you mean community bidet
- Comment on Generational differences 2 months ago:
Some of the new Krogers have full service bars inside them, so you can sip on a pint in Kroger
- Comment on Note: before tariffs 3 months ago:
Well, and also Mario Kart isn’t worth $90
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 3 months ago:
Maybe I’ll get physical copies of Switch 2 games heavily discounted later on.
Later on, as in, in like 30 years? Assuming physical Switch 2 games don’t become prized collector’s items like every other Nintendo consoles’ physical games
- Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option 3 months ago:
What if most of the people that want to pay a GOG membership are Linux gamers that would be willing to pay for official Linux support?
- Comment on Despite constitutional limit, Trump says he's seeking a way to serve 3rd presidential term 3 months ago:
No, he literally said he’d be a dictator on day one. He was very up front about it, and his base cheered him on
- Comment on They said the packaging would be discreet! 3 months ago:
It’s an attempt at a joke, jokes are supposed to be funny
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 3 months ago:
I don’t think anyone is saying that the story of Hades isn’t portrayed well with the rougelike style, but it’s totally ok to say “I don’t have time to play a game that’s designed such that you fail dozens of times before you win”
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 3 months ago:
The numbers I’m “throwing around” say that you’re literally and objectively wrong
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 3 months ago:
Because over half the people voted for him
No they didn’t. Only like 60% of eligible voters actually voted in this past election. Which means only about 30% of eligible voters voted for Trump. About 80% of the country’s population are eligible voters, and since only 30% voted for Trump, 80% x 30% = 24% of the population voted for him. Roughly a quarter of people voted for him, not half.
And for anyone who’s wondering, “why did only 60% of eligible voters vote?” The answer is mostly voter suppression in various forms.
- Comment on Harry and Ron were always bored in class because Rowling's magic system is boring as hell 4 months ago:
Knew enough to understand slavery is bad
- Comment on FuckYourHeadlights - A community for people to organise and vent about ridiculously bright lights 4 months ago:
Look through the manual to see if there’s a way to adjust the angle of your lights, or take it into a service center to see if they can adjust it. I’ve never owned a Tesla so I can’t speak on that with any certainty, but all the other cars I’ve driven have had relatively easy ways to adjust the headlight angle.
- Comment on FuckYourHeadlights - A community for people to organise and vent about ridiculously bright lights 4 months ago:
Our problem is not that we drive small cars (I drive a Focus). It’s that newer vehicles are enormous, usually for no reason.
Nearly every time I get on the highway, I’m tailgated by someone in some newer massive SUV where the headlights are at the same height as my rear view mirror. I don’t understand why those vehicles are allowed to operate on the same roads as me. They aren’t safe. By default, stock, out of the factory, they blind the other drivers in reasonable cars. I can’t imagine what getting into a wreck with one would do to my car (and me in it).
- Comment on 1987 4 months ago:
Right? And let’s be honest, I bet that hotdish is fire