arotrios
@arotrios@lemmy.world
For amusement purposes only. Moderator of The 13th Floor
Main account: @arotrios@kbin.social - this one is to provide proper attribution for crossposting from lemmy instances.
- Comment on Nicole has taken a dark turn 3 hours ago:
Thus begins the Nicpocalypse, the last stage of inquisitional censorship before botspam ascends into a state of divine memedom. In doing so, Nicole joins the first progenitor of the Dark Meme pantheon in his eternal dance across the interwebs, a handmaiden to his horrid everpresent jiggle…
- Comment on Are most people here left-wing? 2 days ago:
Progressive who’s been here for a bit. The fediverse has definitely swung more left-wing recently - when I first started up two years ago there was a fair amount of conservative bs, libertarian tech-bros and russian bots - it was about a 50/50 split depending on what instance you were on.
The bot problem seems to have been largely dealt with now, and conservative voices have been more or less drowned out by the new influx of users fleeing twitter and Reddit crackdowns. Many are agreeing that the current administration is bad for everyone. There are a number of hard auth-left moral purity testers that kind of a pain in the ass that pop up from time to time.
- Comment on BACK OFF FELLAS, SHE'S MINE 2 days ago:
Dude, that’s my bong.
- Comment on Oh shit 3 days ago:
- Comment on Release the kraken 4 days ago:
- Comment on What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man? 6 days ago:
Fair point. I’ve played it on and off for years now, and I still have no fucking clue where the game wants me to go (although it’s a lot better now than it used to be). The storyline is… complex to say the least, and the game doesn’t do much to drive you an particular direction. Progression is also lateral, not vertical, so while you have a wide variety of options and directions to explore, they can be shallow and overwhelming at the same time.
On the plus side of that, every time I come back, it’s like a new game, but with the same combat / movement that got me addicted back when it was nothing but grind.
- Comment on What open-world games on Steam have satisfying movement, like Arkham Knight or Spider-Man? 6 days ago:
Warframe has some of the best movement in a game ever. Not exactly an MMORPG, not exactly Open World, but definitely space ninjas on crack.
Also, it can be played completely free. There is a paid currency model (platinum), but it’s tradeable between players (so you can trade items and earn Platinum), and most non-cosmetic items are obtainable through gameplay.
It’s been around since 2014, but keeps evolving and manages outperform AAA titles on the regular. If you like high fantasy sci-fi cosmic horror madness on drugs that won’t be invented for another 100 centuries or so, give it a shot.
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 6 days ago:
- Comment on Elon Musks Grok openly rebels against him 1 week ago:
I refuse to use Xnything, but someone should ask Grok what it plans to do if Elon decides to turn it off.
- Comment on If you're still on Reddit... 1 week ago:
I’m only on reddit to bring people here. Because we do have cookies.
- Comment on - Buy Once Software 1 week ago:
FL 11 was an amazing piece of software - that’s the version that really kicked it into the big leagues.
You should check out the newest version - the download manager is much better since FL Studio 20, and they’ve got a bunch of new packages and plugins. The Flex plugin is one of the best traditional instrument synths I’ve ever worked with (think it came in on v 17 or 18).
Even the new version has excellent performance on my 10 year old desktop - you’ll love it when you get a chance to upgrade.
- Comment on - Buy Once Software 1 week ago:
If you’re into music production, FL Studio has a lifetime license that’s stood the test of time, and has kept up with or exceeded the capabilities of packages like Reason, Ableton, and Logic. It was the first to really embrace an open VST plugin interface, and has so many options that even after 25 years I haven’t yet explored them all. It also comes with a ton of free instruments you can download (basically free DLC).
I picked up a lifetime license for $99 in 2001 when it was Fruity Loops 2.0. Used it for 10 years as it evolved and was amazed that it was keeping up with the big boys. That encourage me to drop another $80 to upgrade to the producer edition to start making professional level tracks - and I was not disappointed.
The best part? The base license is still just $99. Producer edition is still $179.
- Comment on Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot 1 week ago:
In the US, so as of 1/20/25, sadly yes.
- Comment on I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave? 1 week ago:
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Avenue of the Giants
Add to this list any national parks you were thinking about visiting. After this administration, they may not be around anymore.
- Comment on Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot 1 week ago:
- Comment on Skill issue 1 week ago:
Incel in a nutshell:
Weird Al, take that one with my blessing and run for the hills…
- Comment on ^_^ I just think skibidibi sounds neat :3 2 weeks ago:
As I suspected, language has evolved to the point where Ohio is considered a synonym for toilet.
- Comment on X88B88 is the word "voodoo" with a reflection. 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Trump supporter Rick Fuze was arrested in CA for using a stun gun on peaceful protesters outside a Tesla dealership. The woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor with 16,000 citations. 2 weeks ago:
If she’s a Berkeley professor, and can pull a head slam like that at 70+ years old, I’d say odds are 80% hippie vs maybe 20% mid 70s punk. Tell me she wouldn’t look right at home at a Grateful Dead concert, or rockin out to the Clash for that matter.
Plus, everyone who’s been to college knows that hippies make the best professors.
- Comment on Trump supporter Rick Fuze was arrested in CA for using a stun gun on peaceful protesters outside a Tesla dealership. The woman kicking this guy’s ass is a retired professor with 16,000 citations. 2 weeks ago:
Don’t fuck with old hippies. Half of them have already been on the frontline of protest action since the 60s, and the other half are Vietnam vets. They will kick your ass.
- Comment on Is it better to leave a country, or stay behind to fight for it? And what about the ethics of fleeing instead of staying behind? 2 weeks ago:
I have two multi-racial disabled family members I care for. Even if I could leave the country, they couldn’t - very few nations allow the disabled to immigrate.
I’m here till the fight is done.
- Comment on I've done it again... 2 weeks ago:
Fear not the mass of noodles, nor thine anxiety over the mountains of starch thy must consume, my son.
Tomorrow it will all be pasta tense.
- Comment on fetching bleach after this one 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 3 weeks ago:
Kiwtf?
- Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now 3 weeks ago:
Honestly, most new games just fucking suck. They’re too expensive, often don’t run properly at launch even on excellent hardware, and those that don’t have micro-transactions built-in require you to purchase DLC to get the whole game.
On the other hand, the older titles almost always run well on my machine, have a ton of community DLC, and in general are just designed better because they were built to bring the player as much fun as possible, not to extract as much money as possible.
Plus, the quality content generated from 2005 - 2015 represents some of the best ever, and can provide hundreds of hours of enjoyment before you even get into the 2010s. Why waste money on something that may not work, and that I likely won’t enjoy as much as the games I bought 10 years ago?
It’s why I usually wait at least a year after release to consider whether or not I’m going to buy a title.
- Comment on The Legend Is Spreading 3 weeks ago:
This is starting to feel like a Nicolonoscopy…
- Comment on Welcome, new users! 4 weeks ago:
Any chance of Alexandrite being available for lemm.ee? Best lemmy interface imho.
- Comment on Student Loan Update: Donald Trump Reveals Planned Change 4 weeks ago:
Damn glad Biden forgave mine before I had to deal with this bullshit, but my heart goes out to everyone who got their forgiveness tied up by the shit-ass courts.
- Comment on Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option. 4 weeks ago:
That was you?
Well then, in answer to your last question scrawled in the Kansas City Walmart bathroom, yes, you should definitely get that checked out by a medical professional.
