VerilyFemme
@VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy 4 hours ago:
Yep. I’ve been waiting a half a year to get the Dark Souls franchise. It has paid off well.
- Comment on Edmund McMillen on assembling Mewgenics' meow cameo list: "the inclusion of people with clashing ideologies felt appropriate" 1 day ago:
I guess he’s just having to justify it because all these people are so vocal about their opinions.
This is just a who’s who of historic internet personalities, for better or for worse. I bet he even tried to get Joji given the fact that the rest of the 2016 edgelord squad is representing.
- Comment on To those who think that you should experience everything in the world at least once: 3 days ago:
You should have not posted it to YSK. It’s not the community for it.
You should also have revisited your thesis statements, which were:
“The way everything makes you happy is the same.”
and
“Furthermore, the more things you experience that makes you happy, the harder it will become for you to be happy because your standards will increase each time.”
I was able to understand what you were trying to say through it all, but those were the main points you were communicating with the structure of your post there.
That second point is really poorly constructed, because it kinda implies that every new happy experience slightly ruins the others. It also implies that someone can construct a series of events that ever-increase in happiness provided. Which is not the case, even when using drugs. Every drug user has a crash point.
Again, you need to clarify what you are trying to say and be precise with your language. Trying to touch on deep subjects in a vague way makes it seem like you haven’t thought much about it, and is why you’re getting backlash.
- Comment on To those who think that you should experience everything in the world at least once: 3 days ago:
I am. Not only do many of them very calmly disagree, there’s also several break down each part of what you’re saying and why they disagree.
You have some growing to do.
- Comment on How are locks and keys mass produced? 4 days ago:
Modern locks utilize sets spring-loaded brass pins to function.
As seen in the diagram, the key raises the pin stack to the shear line so that the cylinder plug may turn, activating or deactivating the locking mechanism.
These pins come in different lengths, and can be swapped out to change the key. That’s how they mass manufacture locks that aren’t all on the same key. It’s the same line for lock cylinders, but they use different pins and keys in assembly.
That said, there are only so many combinations of depths a key can have. Most residential keys have 5 cuts, and each cut has around 7 possible depths. So, the combinations aren’t infinite but they are varied enough that a large residential area, all using the same type of lock, shouldn’t have any repeats. And if it does, who’s going around testing their key in every door?
A lock only keeps an honest person out. The point of a lock is to make it too much of a hassle for a potential thief to bother breaking in.
- Comment on Let's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers. 4 days ago:
I do that, but use the d-pad for the righty stick.
- Comment on To those who think that you should experience everything in the world at least once: 4 days ago:
Scroll through the comments again.
Stop, think for a second.
Is “people are only disagreeing with me because they are offended” the most sensible take on this discussion, or could there be other reasons that people disagree with you?
- Comment on To those who think that you should experience everything in the world at least once: 4 days ago:
There are so many different types of drugs though.
Psychedelics are typically classified as drugs, for instance. Mushrooms show long term benefits after a single use, MDMA is closer to a stimulant dopamine blast, and LSD has been described as just fun. That’s a lot of variance in one category, but I still wouldn’t say people that do acid generally have issues with chasing quick highs compared to people that munch shrooms.
- Comment on To those who think that you should experience everything in the world at least once: 4 days ago:
YSK: youshouldknow is for helpful facts, not philosophy.
Overall, like, I don’t disagree? But I think your use of the term “new things” is just a little vague here. It seems you mean products, like a new Taco Bell menu item. But experiencing “new things” is a valuable part of how our brains grow, and I will always tell people to seek that out.
Your philosophy rests upon the assumption that people who want to try everything all do so in a desperate bid for happiness, but that’s really just not true.
Addicts can fall into consumerism to get their dopamine kick. Which, to your credit, I think is the point you’re trying to make.
But the points about different types of food… it’s not just about squeezing dopamine out? There’s a beautiful world of cuisines and flavors. Cooking is a skill, and learning to cook something outside of your wheelhouse is extremely satisfying.
Nevermind the fact that all foods don’t make you happy the same way. Are you telling me that if I slid a dish of some unrecognizeable organ meat stew toward you, you’d lap it up with the same voracity as you would your favorite meal from childhood?
The same could be said of any skill. Dopamine is one of the mechanics our brain uses to reward us for doing things that help us, it’s not some evil thing that has to be kept in a cage. It just shouldn’t be chased for its own sake.
Your example of the rats on cocaine paints a picture of why people should try new things. Those rats have fallen into a repetitive, self-destructive behavior, and are only consuming cocaine because they’re chasing dopamine and it’s giving diminishing returns, so they focus on more drugs over food. The same way people addicted to consumerism focus on new product to fill the void over real growth and contentedness.
You could even get in the habit of only eating the same thing over again, as new things just don’t give you that same feeling. We see this with hyperprocessed foods a lot. Anecdotally, most people I’ve met know an adult that only eats chicken nuggets. Which is also not good for you, as our bodies need a variety of nutrients that we historically get through different types of food.
Overall, I can see what you’re trying to get at. But you need to refine and focus your points. It also seems that you’re addressing too broad an audience, this is for consumerism addicts and people struggling with depression. But please refine your statement before trying to address those groups.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
YSK local laws may vary. For instance, we cannot use electronic noise amplification devices (megaphones, etc.) in my area due to local law.
- Comment on Genetically modified purple tomatoes get green light to be sold in Australia 5 days ago:
Fuck you. reshades your nightshade
- Comment on Hamburglar, meet Hat Man 1 week ago:
Can’t wait to see AI recommend this when is scrapes your comment.
- Comment on Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 Underperformed, and There Won't Be a Third - IGN 1 week ago:
Might just be me but… I really like the companions in the Outer Worlds 2. They’re way better than the first game. The inability to romance them was actually a selling point to me, because I assumed that meant each character’s arc would focus on their own story unrelated to their relationship with the player, like in New Vegas.
So far, I’ve loved how Inez especially expands on the history of Auntie’s Choice. There’s one companion that’s just a little goofy, but I also don’t know how you’d do that character without making them extremely naive.
The game as a whole actually is much more fleshed-out than the first, at least thus far (halfway through). I highly recommend getting it on a sale.
- Comment on Games that have now or will be turned 40, 30, 20 and 10 years old as of 2026 1 week ago:
Oh that New Super Mario Bros HURT.
- Comment on What kind of stupid rule is that? 1 week ago:
Yeah, wait for the bread to stop being warm and fresh before you eat.
- Comment on How would you spell the sound Transformers make when they transform? 2 weeks ago:
The Transformers wiki is perfect.
Why the fuck did Hasbro release Transformers that don’t transform, though?
- Comment on How would you spell the sound Transformers make when they transform? 2 weeks ago:
Best I can do is
“Metallic Koo koo ke koo koo”
- Comment on Anyone? 2 weeks ago:
Omfg I’m tired of this.
Read your fucking instance rules.
Penis inspection is mandatory.
- Comment on Bought a 3DS XL last year 2 weeks ago:
You’re smart. I was looking at one last year, but I didn’t bit the bullet. Luckily, my wife has one lying around that she said I could mod.
- Comment on Dreamcast controller 3 weeks ago:
If you use yours for general PC gaming, I recommend the DualSense next.
You can use the touchpad as a mousepad. Which is awesome if I never wanna worry about getting up from the couch to mess with the mouse.
- Comment on Dreamcast controller 3 weeks ago:
As MurrayL said, Raphnet-Tech is your best option for adapters.
However, I would honestly recommend picking up an Xbox Series X controller. The build quality is prety nice, and it’s super comfortable in the hand. It has the exact same button layout as the Dreamcast including triggers, just with an extra stick and the bumper buttons, so it’s perfect for Dreamcast emulation. Plus, you can use it on all your other games as well.
- Comment on Fable's evil landlords won't grow devil horns, as reboot ditches classic character morphing due to a lack of belief in objective arseholery 3 weeks ago:
Yeahhhh… no.
There are plenty of series about grey morality, and Fable isn’t one of them. Fable is the game where you save the world in a grand adventure then go fart in a villager’s face and kill him so you can rent out his house. Nothing wrong with that, and I think that sticking by the morality system would really help differentiate this new Fable from other Fantasy RPGs coming out!
- Comment on Moder games with Abuse-like controls scheme? 3 weeks ago:
A fellow Bonanza Bros. enjoyer? Yeah, you’re definitely going to like DEADBOLT.
- Comment on Moder games with Abuse-like controls scheme? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been playing DEADBOLT since the demo came out on GameJolt in 2015. Probably my favorite game with a control scheme like that, and it’s made by the original devs of Risk of Rain.
- Comment on Life is Strange: Reunion officially announced, will conclude the Max and Chloe saga | VGC 3 weeks ago:
And then time moves on afterward…
- Comment on Life is Strange: Reunion officially announced, will conclude the Max and Chloe saga | VGC 3 weeks ago:
Could have sworn the story concluded when I let her die.
- Comment on Cuntry music 5 weeks ago:
All true. Especially the reportedly part. Kris said he had no memory of the event.
- Comment on 🐦⬛ Blackbird singing in the dead of night... (人´▽`*)♪ 1 month ago:
- Comment on Eminem is still the goat! 1 month ago:
That’s an awfully hot
Coffee pot
Should I drop it on
Donald Trump
Probably notIt’s fun for me just
To grab a
Boob
Plus my pe-NUS
Got an atti
TUDE - Comment on Are we truely prisoners of our upbringing? 1 month ago:
It depends on how you defiine prisoner.
For some reason, I’ve been thinking about that stupid-ass Kamala Harris quote recently.
“You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?”
Fuck, she annoys me. But that’s honestly pretty astute. I believe we are inseparable from our upbringing as it gave us the lens through which we view the world. Even when you go against the grain, you have to draw from your experiences to know what not to do.
So, is one a prisoner? Only so much as one’s experience is a prisoner of oneself. It’s a give and take. Everyone comes into this world unable to meaningfully impress upon it, and so we are formed by those initial experiences that we cannot choose or define. Those experiences inform our actions which inform our future experiences and so on and so forth.
At the end of the day, I think we’re just truly reactionary beings. I believe we’ve just been reacting to the experience of the universe since we popped up in it. I’ve yet to see a single human creation that wasn’t a reaction to a condition or behavior.
Mother Necessity, some call it. But I think we can see in other sentient creatures the experience, act, experience pattern as well. We’re just fully sapient so we get to struggle with concepts such as fate.
