rumschlumpel

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually have a good time with isometric fantasy rpgs in the vein of Baldur’s Gate. They don’t really have grind, the world is generally well-filled with a relatively dense story and interesting quests (denser than Skyrim at least), and if the game becomes too hard you can turn down the difficulty. Though you do need to actually be interested in the combat mechanics (which are much more complicated than e.g. in Elder Scrolls games) to really enjoy these games, IMO. One downside is that these types of games are usually really long; I’ve dropped a couple of them halfway because they overstayed their welcome.

  Some examples:

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (don’t really need to have played 1+2 to enjoy this one, though they’re still very good)

  • Divinity: Original Sin 1+2

  • Pillars of Eternity 1+2 (2 has much better combat, but the first one is pretty important to understand the world)

  • Tyranny (this is a relatively short one)

  • Pathfinder: Kingmaker 1+2

  For more Skyrim-style games, I really enjoyed the Gothic series. I think their level of grind is about the same as Skyrim (probably a little less, but it’s been a while), and if you can get past the outdated graphics of the early titles they’re quite fun. The dialogues are pretty fun!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  said one user on X.

  The irony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL about Jervis Bay Territory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, somehow I was convinced that Perth was the capital, not Canberra. That port definitely makes more sense with Canberra as the capital …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL about Jervis Bay Territory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  What are they (or were they) actually doing with that port, though? Kinda impractical to have a federal government port so far away from the capital …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But I am mighty!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you actually avoid vitamin d production if you stay long enough in the sun that you need sunscreen to avoid sunburns?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But I am mighty!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  WTF are those prices. I’d start looking into importing from abroad …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But I am mighty!!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But it’s gross :C

  (summer sunshine is also gross even without sunburns, though, so I never get sunburns anyway)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man on my word⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sex AND getting free labor? Move aside girl, I’m gonna date that handy(wo)man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI can kill information⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Traditional search engines like Google can already do that, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Usually the word "alternative" should be replaced with the word "bullshit". Ex: alternative facts, alternative medicine⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there has been a certain amount of cultural change in the rightwing - used to be they just considered themselves the status quo upholders, the ones who were subversive were hippies, educated-but-not-rich city-dwellers, artists etc… Now that more progressive forces became somewhat mainstream, major parts of the rightwing have adopted a more subversive identity and messaging.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Usually the word "alternative" should be replaced with the word "bullshit". Ex: alternative facts, alternative medicine⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  alternative rock is fine

  In my language, ‘alternative’ is somewhat synonymous with ‘progressive’. Is that not a thing in English, too? We rarely have an original thought when it comes to words like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How about ‘fucking nuts, dude’?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snek detected⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But salamanders have frog skin, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is U2 considered "grunge?"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair. There are a lot of bands that usually have a completely different sound from their popular songs (which can be pretty disappointing when you like listening to albums).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is U2 considered "grunge?"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘pop rock’ seems appropriate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a prison break if the prisoners have been unjustly detained? Who decides when it is a hostage rescuse situation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, power can be abused, what else is new? But people joining for a cause also doesn’t do much if they don’t have the means to enforce their cause with violence - usually they’ll just get overwhelmed by whoever does have the means for violence. Peaceful revolutions are possible (e.g. Indian independence), but they require relatively specific circumstances and a lot of people who are willing to stay nonviolent even as they’re beaten up (and worse) by the police. I suppose you can do almost anything peacefully if your group is large enough and has enough cohesion, but that’s incredibly difficult to achieve and I think it’s actually more difficult nowadays, because everyone has a handheld communication device on them at all times that’s filled with fascist propaganda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  /s, right? Right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you do that, though? For obvious reasons, the rich and powerful aren’t going to suddenly start pouring their resources into progressive messaging, and there’s only so much you can do when you’re diametrically opposed to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a prison break if the prisoners have been unjustly detained? Who decides when it is a hostage rescuse situation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t believe I’m quoting fucking Mao, but: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing that would probably help a lot is more progressive rolemodels who actually go out proselyzetizing, i.e. a more direct progressive equivalent to the likes of Andrew Tate. Though IDK how to actually make that kind of thing big, the fascist tech bros who rule silicon valley will surely suppress it even if it was gaining some momentum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me after Komi can't communicate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And inbetween, there’s always drugs! Kinda like a less useful Sherlock Holmes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Organised crime and murder: top Inter and AC Milan ultras imprisoned⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That does sound less suspicious, thanks for the explanation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Organised crime and murder: top Inter and AC Milan ultras imprisoned⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty wild stuff.

  The fast-track trial, known as “rito abbreviato”, is a legal procedure in Italian law in which defendants are judged on the basis of evidence brought by prosecutors, with no debate of that evidence by legal teams.

  That sounds rather questionable?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What anime do you regularly rewatch?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been rewatching K-ON! and Robotics;Notes pretty regularly for a while. Currently rewatching Bocchi The Rock, and I might give Yuru Camp another round one of these days. I’m not seasonal about it, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can countries recognise both...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because China is a lot more powerful than either Korea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we ask 100 random ppl to describe their ideal society, which real/fictional countries would the answers resemble the most?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AFAIK, even rightwingers often hold many beliefs that are more traditionally leftwing, especially if they’re poor/working class. They’re just easily duped into blaming immigrants, LGBT etc. instead of the white billionaires who are actually responsible, and sometimes they even blame billionaires and still vote rightwing - rightwing propaganda is often very misleading about their actual economic policies.

  Therefore, the ideal country (if we’re asking about policy items and not ‘like country x, y etc.’) might very well resemble one of the Nordic countries the most.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost every heterosexual has more often pleased someone of their own gender than the opposite one⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m talking about the various studies on the subject. Those might have similar issues of some women being unwilling to tell anyone about it, but AFAIK the experiences of (sex) therapists doesn’t really contradict the studies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost every heterosexual has more often pleased someone of their own gender than the opposite one⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there are too many women who never do that to speak of ‘almost every heterosexual’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new report⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It might not be a problem in itself, but it’s certainly a symptom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new report⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think “money” falls short as an explanation (though it’s certainly part of it). Countries like Sweden have substantially better state support for parents that the standard and the Swedish population isn’t exactly poor in general, either, yet they aren’t really getting that many more children than poorer countries with less support for parents.