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- Comment on low spec gaming looking pretty sunny right now gang 2 weeks ago:
Downvoted for announcing a downvote and also for downvoting based on something only tangentially related to the comment.
Downvoting is for unhelpful comments that don’t contribute to discussion.
- Comment on The State of Lemmy (drama) 2 weeks ago:
The party at the frat house is Lemmy. You’re the cop, haha
I get where you’re coming from. Saying it as an admin will draw more attention to your comment, as you know, but I think it’ll backfire more often than not by bringing more negative attention.
You’ll also be more likely to bring out reactance in people, I imagine.
Spicy wasn’t the right word, but you commented because you felt your opinion needed to be heard, which suggests it might be unpopular with some audiences.
Saying it because you’re an admin is one thing. Saying it as a admin will draw attention that’ll probably be more negative than not, unfortunately.
- Comment on The State of Lemmy (drama) 2 weeks ago:
I agree with the other commenter. Make an alt account or five, at least for some of the more “spicy” comments.
I don’t write here like I would on Instagram where my friends would see it, or like I would on Facebook where my family would see it, or like I would on LinkedIn where my professional network would see it.
I have different accounts where I can post different crap because different people can see it and I’d have to be accountable to them for what aspects of me they’re seeing.
Unfortunately, being an admin means people hold you to a different standard. Like a cop walking around with a uniform and badge on while trying to party in a frat house.
- Comment on The State of Lemmy (drama) 2 weeks ago:
All of your comments show up to me as having a red username, where everyone else is blue. I’m in Voyager. Either your role is permanently showing in my app, or you’ve got something messed up with the settings. Maybe the shield means “Hide your mod status” and you’ve got it backwards?
As for the benevolent trust fund kid…you’re only focusing on the good. Others are only focusing on the bad. Both are wrong. And I don’t think getting into the exact ratio would be productive, lol
I do empathize with the challenges of trying to feel like part of a community while being “othered” like that. I think the best thing you could do is to not have your username be glowing red for everyone.
Whenever a mod comes in commenting with their mod colour turned on, it makes it look like the mod is implying “Whatever I’m saying here is more important than anyone else’s comment because I’m a mod”. Whether you intend it or not, that’s how it can come across. And to anyone who has issues with authority (which will be a LOT of people here, lol), that’s just putting a target on your back.
You can’t change the comments that people post, but you can influence the kinds of replies you get.
- Comment on The State of Lemmy (drama) 2 weeks ago:
Then where does their chocolate come from?!
- Comment on The State of Lemmy (drama) 2 weeks ago:
I think this comment you replied to summarizes things well.
I’ll reiterate here that pot shots towards Americans would generally be “punching up” in some contexts, which usually isn’t as frowned upon as punching down.
Also consider that it could be, uh…self-punching? It could be Americans poking fun at themselves, being unhappy with the current state of the country (and who is set to become president – Elon Musk as vizier, with Trump returning for the pictures).
- Comment on The State of Lemmy (drama) 2 weeks ago:
I don’t really care about this kind of drama here. I think people are allowed to have opinions. Attacks on people based on -isms are not cool, but let’s be real… aren’t Jones that target Americans punching up in some of the contexts you’re referring to? And that’s usually fair game.
As for jealousy towards Americans, I truly don’t believe that’s the case.
If there were underlying jealousy, it’d be more towards the country being relatively safe during WW2, having not been bombed or invaded the way Europe was, and having that massive advantage as it grew as a nation.
The success of the USA is generally because of its geographical location and the unfortunate economic conditions that hit Europe due to WW2. I don’t think it’s really because of anything special about American people or American culture.
I think people can be upset with Americans the way that people can be upset with trust fund kids who tell less fortunate people to pick themselves up by the bootstraps.
With that said… can’t you make comments without revealing yourself as an admin? I feel like that’s just going to trigger some people, lol
- Comment on What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game? 3 weeks ago:
Rock Band 2. Bladder of Steel achievement playing with a full band of 4 (locally).
It’s playing the entire setlist of 84 or so songs all the way through in one sitting. Without pausing or failing.
We did it with all instruments on Medium, but we did it! (I could pass anything on Expert, but maybe not all the way through. My friends were borderline Hard players at best, so Medium was the only way we’d ever be able to do it together)
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 cranks the bandwidth to 96Gbps and aims to eliminate audio sync issues forever 3 weeks ago:
Also 0s and 1s!
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 cranks the bandwidth to 96Gbps and aims to eliminate audio sync issues forever 3 weeks ago:
The options are to hope the writing is accurate, or to change the connector to break cross-compatibility.
Buy cables from reputable sources and return anything that doesn’t do what it’s advertised to do, I guess. I like having as few ports as possible! Haha
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and content 3 weeks ago:
Or the GameCube…or an add-on to the N64.
The N64’s codename was the Ultra 64 afterall!
- Comment on Could you imagine a Nintendo title being advertised like this today? (Conker's Bad Fur Day, 2001) 3 weeks ago:
The best part is that the original Conker game was a kids game. A pretty well-designed game for a GBC game, though!
- Comment on Do rhymes make sense to deaf people? 4 weeks ago:
As the other commenter said, rhymes would be with visual similarities.
Linguistically, a rhyme is when two words share the same nucleus and coda. In regular terms, that’s the same ending vowel and the consonants that follow it.
In ASL, words aren’t formed exactly the same way, but do have similar components that can be used to make rhymes. Rhyming words could have the same motion, but a different shape, for example. Or the same position, but a different motion.
I don’t actually speak ASL, so I can’t be certain about what looks best as a rhyme, but I understand some of the principles.
- Comment on Do rhymes make sense to deaf people? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t get why that’s not stupid. The result of it certainly is! Haha
- Comment on Do rhymes make sense to deaf people? 4 weeks ago:
I’m not sure why you’re crying, but you’re incorrect.
It is surprising to many people outside of the Deaf Community, but Deaf people can often hear. The Deaf are considered deaf once they have passed a certain decibel (dB) hearing loss. Many people who are profoundly deaf can still hear planes, dogs barking, etc. Hearing a sound does not mean that Deaf people can understand speech. A person with a significant hearing loss generally has difficulty or inability to hear speech even when aided.
www.gatecommunications.org/deafness
As well, people with cochlear implants are (generally?) also Deaf, but with the implant, they can hear.
- Comment on Palworld Lawsuit 4 weeks ago:
the way japan acts as if Pokemon invented JRPG battles is simply ridiculous.
Am I missing some bit of context? Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy still exist (and came first).
- Comment on Do rhymes make sense to deaf people? 4 weeks ago:
Some Deaf people can still hear, in which case rhymes would make sense.
Someone who’s never heard before probably wouldn’t get rhymes in English. But then again, someone who speaks English probably wouldn’t get rhymes in ASL.
People who can hear would have an advantage though in that they’d be able to learn ASL and pick up on wordplay (like “rhyming”) that’s used in ASL. Unless a Deaf person becomes Hearing, they may never be able to experience rhymes in spoken English.
… it’d be easier if our spelling wasn’t so darned stupid, lol
- Comment on How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic? 4 weeks ago:
I love it. I don’t find it a big deal to have installed their launcher. I run it to redeem or play a game, and kill the process (not just close the window) when I’m done.
- Comment on Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour 4 weeks ago:
putting it on stickers and menus imposes more work on the business whenever the sales tax changes.
Boohoo. Other countries have figured it out. If we can’t get fast and efficient trains like other countries have, we can at least stick the tax into the sticker price.
Keeping tax off the sticker makes the price seem artificially lower, this making people spend more money.
- Comment on Ancient Chinese RPG The Bustling World is, in fact, all of the genres, from city builder to life sim 4 weeks ago:
Wow, Ancient China must’ve been pretty advanced if it had RPGs! Especially video game RPGs!
- Comment on Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour 4 weeks ago:
Definitely. I wish we’d ban tipping in North America.
And also put the taxes into the sticker/menu prices. No more of this price jumping at the register.
- Comment on Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour 4 weeks ago:
Someone using the service is already an en·abler (i-ˈnā-b(ə-)lər).
Tipping well enables the drivers to pay their bills, at least.
- Comment on Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, it would suck if you’re ever referring to the fuck Tory manager
- Comment on Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour 4 weeks ago:
This is why I’m never in favour of unrestricted, uncensored speech in public forums…lol
- Comment on Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour 4 weeks ago:
So how many lemmy users are going to stop using food delivery to avoid being complicit?
I generally avoid food delivery apps because of the extra cost either way…but if you have a problem with the wages, just tip more. Tip cash if you have it – there’s no way for the app to get its hands on that money!
- Comment on What is the origin of aliens looking like humans? Why and when did it become the norm? 4 weeks ago:
It’s funny how some religions try to turn it around.
“No, God made US look like HIM!”
Blows the minds from centuries ago every time
- Comment on why does everyone i know treat me like a child or if i was a very childlike person?? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know how it happens, but I agree with you. I don’t know how I’m able to recognize more users on Lemmy than on Reddit by how spammy their genuine posts and comments are.
I’ve blocked more people on Lemmy than on Reddit.
- Comment on why does everyone i know treat me like a child or if i was a very childlike person?? 4 weeks ago:
Did the answers you got the last time(s?) you posted this question not tell you what you wanted to hear?
- Comment on We all need Seaman back in our lives! 4 weeks ago:
With improved voice recognition, it could be great.
I’d definitely give it another go.
I also wouldn’t hate a game that connected to an AI LLM for conversations. That could be interesting, especially with a game like Seaman wrapped around the communications.
- Comment on Patient gamer badge of honor on the Steam Replay 2024 1 month ago:
I played new games on the Switch, but that was about it.
I got Mario RPG and Mario Wonder last Christmas. What can I say? Haha