Paradachshund
@Paradachshund@lemmy.today
- Comment on The publishing world 1 day ago:
Covers are actually a very useful tool to judge things by. It’s kind of the whole reason they exist.
- Comment on i broke 5 days ago:
Life doesn’t happen on your schedule.
- Comment on Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide 1 week ago:
Reading these responses is so sad. I can see that a large number of people on here have fully embraced cynicism and active pessimism. This is the most damaging attitude possible when trying to create change. If you have this mindset, you’re not only not helping to make positive change, you’re actively working to drain any energy from those who might be in a better and more productive place than you.
To the OP, don’t give up hope. There are thousands of people around the country working right now to change things and resist the downfall of our country in whatever ways they can. The number is growing every day with each new outrage and attack, and energy is building quickly. If you can’t donate your time, donate your money to progressive organizations (look up the 50501 project for help finding them).
Nothing is going to change with blind optimism, but history is on our side, and it shows that when things start to hurt for people in their day to day lives, real change is possible. This is not the first fascist takeover in history, and it won’t be the last. Some older folks have literally lived through similar times in our own country (see: McCarthyism for example). Nothing is inevitable and no one can predict the future, no matter how believable their claims may sound.
To the cynics, you’re absolutely allowed to feel how you feel. I feel quite cynical myself a lot of the time, too. Just remember that when you mock and shout down people trying to move forward, you help create the future you’re so resigned to. Not all of us are so ready to roll over and take it. If you won’t help, please at least get out of the way.
/soapbox
- Comment on Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide 1 week ago:
Thanks for saying it. People on here really seem to think this is the first fascist regime in history.
- Comment on Pope Joan 1 week ago:
I’m surprised magas care so much about the pope considering they don’t follow any christian morals or tenets.
- Comment on What did he see? 1 week ago:
NSFL tag on Lemmy when
- Comment on I'm jealous 2 weeks ago:
This! These things are a big pet peeve for me. Such a waste.
- Comment on Shrigma 2 weeks ago:
Wake up babe, new male just dropped!
- Comment on Nintendo ‘warned to expect 145% tariff on Nintendo Switch 2’ 4 weeks ago:
Don’t forget to tip the self checkout.
- Comment on Adobe Creative Curse 5 weeks ago:
They’ve gotten a lot of heat for that over the years. I can’t believe it’s even legal honestly.
- Comment on Adobe Creative Curse 5 weeks ago:
It warms my heart to see all the Adobe hate and people switching to other things more and more. And I say that as a professional designer who has to pay my adobe tax every year to stay employed. Every person I see switch increases the chance I’ll get to kick them to the curb someday myself.
- Comment on Please choose one 1 month ago:
It’s their level of aggression towards fan projects that sets them apart I think.
- Comment on Roblox players are going to start getting paid to watch ads 1 month ago:
And by paid we mean given in-game cosmetics with no monetary value.
This is not a new thing at all. Mobile games have been using rewarded ads for years so I’m not sure why they’re acting like it’s some groundbreaking thing.
- Comment on Cyan (Myst, Riven) to lay off 12 people, "roughly half the team" 1 month ago:
Very sad to hear. Cyan is a massive influence on me and I’m always rooting for them. They definitely haven’t had a smooth or easy road over the years though.
- Comment on The road ahead 1 month ago:
I play so many video games I thought that sign was a choice dialog overlaid on the photo for a second. It’s so weirdly flat in the perspective. 😅
- Comment on Good vibes 1 month ago:
I didn’t know there were other care-creatures besides bears
- Comment on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Patch 1.3 has arrived! 1 month ago:
OK good to hear!
- Comment on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Patch 1.3 has arrived! 1 month ago:
I known I’ll like the game (the franchise is one of my all time favorites), it just had a lot of technical problems on launch so that’s what I’ve been waiting to see improved. Sounds like it might still be kinda rough based on the first part of your comment.
- Comment on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Patch 1.3 has arrived! 1 month ago:
How’s the game state these days? I’ve been waiting to play until it got fixed up.
- Comment on Opening Lemmy in the morning and seeing dozens of unread comments in your inbox makes you think: what the heck did I say yesterday? 2 months ago:
The biggest responses I’ve ever gotten by far have all been asking for alternatives to popular tech. 😏
- Comment on How accurate are the viral TikTok AI POV lab history videos? 2 months ago:
Hogne, who created the video, says he recognises that there are historical inaccuracies in his videos and that’s because “AI can make a lot of errors but in the future the tools will get better”.
“I try and spot them where I can but I am not a history expert so I don’t always see the error, especially when it’s something small,” he adds.
Asked about the lack of transparency in source material, Hogne says in the future he might consider adding links to where he got his information from.
“It would be cool to make it totally accurate using the right sources, but it’s just me on my own making these videos and it takes eight hours to make each one.”
Oh wow, eight whole hours. What an ordeal!
- Comment on Do tell!!! 2 months ago:
Racecar is racecar backwards.
- Comment on I've been replaying Into The Breach lately and stumbled on what I think is an insane power squad. 2 months ago:
I really liked this game, but I used all my unlock points on the wrong squads and couldn’t progress any further to get new ones. I wish they hadn’t bound the unlock currency to getting achievements with each squad. It made it so if I bought one I ended up hating there was no shot of getting any money back. Otherwise it’s a great game though.
- Comment on If you enshitify it they will go 2 months ago:
Organic maps is pretty good, though it doesn’t have up to date enough info if you want to use it to find restaurants and businesses. I find it’s actually more accurate for things like paths, benches, other outdoor features basically.
- Comment on Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages 2 months ago:
To be fair to the people protesting this isn’t what they’re objecting to. They don’t like tools which were built on theft, which all the major LLMs were. That’s the core issue, along with the fear that artists will be devalued and replaced because of them.
- Comment on Keep gambling 💰🤑 2 months ago:
This explains a lot because I hate gambling
- Comment on Good morning. 2 months ago:
Maybe they ai generated the coverup
- Comment on It's impossible to defend any amount of alcohol consumption without sounding like an alcoholic. 2 months ago:
Also don’t drink, can confirm.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
My dad does this so much and I asked him about it once. He said he thinks it makes everything sound very chill and low pressure. I think it makes everything sound passive aggressive, or like it’s a loaded statement🤦♂️
- Comment on Sounds like a problem for them, not me. 2 months ago:
That’s a good manager! I’ve been lucky enough to have some like that, too, but sadly not everywhere.