Zero22xx

@Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After getting Stardew Valley to 'a good place' with update 1.6, Eric Barone is now fully focused on his next game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha I’ll believe it when I see it. Pretty sure he said something similar a couple of Stardew Valley updates ago. This seems to be his number one love and obsession and one of these days while working on Haunted Chocolatier again, he’s gonna think “hmmm that would actually go nicely in Stardew Valley” and start working on SV again.

  Just FYI I’m not complaining or anything. I think it’s funny and relatable. But I’m not gonna hold my breath for this game until it’s actually out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You never forget your first⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The song “All I Want” was prominently featured in the game Crazy Taxi, I believe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You never forget your first⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sega Mega Drive for me. We had knock off NES consoles in my country with 100 in 1 cartridges but we just called those “TV games”. Nintendo never bothered with any non first world country back then, so pirates picked up the slack. I don’t think I even knew of the ‘Nintendo’ brand when I was a little kid until I started using the internet and collecting magazines.

  But Sega wasn’t quite as stiff upper lip and exclusive as Nintendo and had no problem with selling their goods to us plebs in the 3rd world. So Sega was the premium brand here and “TV games” were just cheap shit in comparison in my eyes.

  We had a knock off NES when I was a little kid (called a Pegasus) but my first actual legit name brand console was the Sega Mega Drive.

  Wish I still had it. When I was about 13, I went through a really dumb phase for about 1 month total where I decided I was too grown up for this stuff and I sold my Mega Drive and comics for enough money to buy one CD, probably of a band that I don’t even listen to anymore. Regret it to this day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top 19 'Truly Superwealthy' US Families Grew $1 Trillion Richer Last Year: Analysis⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And not only do they not use any of their money to improve the world, they actually actively use it to buy up every media platform, prop up right wingers and make as many people suffer as possible. More than they already suffer that is, thanks to a system that allows these pieces of shit to amass enough wealth to last multiple lifetimes while others have to work two jobs and still not earn enough to live without hardship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Classic meme⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Zoomer humour.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Apple CEO “cares about nothing else” Than Building Breakout AR Glasses Before Meta⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy is so behind the curb. Doesn’t he know that the latest fad is NFTs and blockchain AI?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GUYS I found Candy Mountain, who wants to go in with me?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are 5 in total now last I checked. Haven’t watched episode 4 and 5 yet myself though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As a child of the 90s we grew up with PC Political Correctness. Is that WOKE but just in a different form?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that “woke” (as it used now by right wing mouth breathers) is a combination of “PC” and “satanic”. Because from what I remember in my childhood, “satanic” was the word of choice for right wingers to use when they didn’t like something. “PC” was used in an insulting way by certain people but it was far more popular at the time to just accuse anything they didn’t like of being devil worship.

  “Woke” is the exact same shit as that. Just repackaged so that edgelord teenagers also think it’s cool to call everything “woke”. And instead of the devil, it’s the LGBTQ+ community, which is probably the same thing to them anyway. But it’s all spear headed by the same fucking people or types of people, along with their legion of useful idiots this time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  These rich people are so disconnected from the actual reality that the rest of us live in that it’s not funny. And to make matters worse, a lot of these rich people see themselves as visionaries and leaders. Imagine that, blind visionaries. And to make matters even worse than that, a lot of people worship these ‘visionaries’ that can’t even picture what life is like without billions of dollars, as if they have all the answers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Superman's "kryptonite"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like I’m going to have to get hold of this book. Both Superman and Lois are two of my all time favourites and this sounds great. I’m throw in another random fact. Pretty sure he only got his ability to fly during the running of the Fleischer cartoons. Originally he could “leap tall buildings in a single bound”. Then somewhere along the line in the cartoons, they just found it more convenient if he could actually fly to take on some threats.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For me, it's going to be Fediverse or nothing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, every time I see people saying that they like the amount of users now just makes me think “hmmm must be nice that all of your particular niches and tastes are accounted for”. It’s pretty silly to be so anti growth for this place anyway. Even on Reddit, you literally have a choice to take part in the bigger ‘default’ subs or find a smaller one if that suits you. And I like choice.

  This place still has a long way to go IMO. I’m starting to resort to lurking chat / ask style communities more just for something to do around here and even there, it’s not quite as engaging or active as it should be. As a humble user, sometimes I don’t have something particular in mind that I want to see. Sometimes I just want to bed rot and scroll and read people’s stories and discussions, maybe give my two cents if I feel so inclined. And there isn’t really that here yet because once you’ve checked AskLemmy or whatever, you’ve already seen 90% of the content for the next week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i can’t tell if this is edginess or mental illness? i hope she’s doing okay⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For what it’s worth, I was also blocked at a time in my saga. And might have even been the blocker once. I don’t think it’s the healthiest kind of relationship to have with someone lol. Especially with strong feelings involved. All that I can say worked in my situation was time apart and maybe a change in mindset since then too.

  But I mean, sometimes people just suck too and are just bullies or bigots. And it’s admirable that you’re worried about her mental state here when you could probably still do with some healing yourself too. If it’s eating you up, I used to find that the best escape from this sort of spiralling out is to lose myself in a complicated RPG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i can’t tell if this is edginess or mental illness? i hope she’s doing okay⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no I’m sorry to hear that :( And I’m guessing my story here nudged you to reach out, I’m sorry. And that’s really shitty. How long ago was it that you last spoke?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yeah, didn’t even think of that and I even saw a post come through my feed this morning from there. I tend to associate this kind of stuff more with hippies lol but maybe that’s a good place to ask too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think I’ve really seen any communities around here dealing with anything metaphysical or whatever. Or this kind of spirituality.

  You might possibly get a better reception in !witchesvspatriarchy@lemmy.ca but that’s really the only community around here where I think people who have information or advice could possibly be lurking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Superman's "kryptonite"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First time I’ve ever read of this interpretation and that’s super fucking cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i can’t tell if this is edginess or mental illness? i hope she’s doing okay⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me of an online thing that I had going with someone that started in my late teens. Even the line about not having empathy was something that I remember, which I never bought. And talking about self harm, suicide, trouble distinguishing dreams from actual events etc. That was a wild ride. I eventually found out, when everything was crashing and burning, that a lot of stories and details of stories were made up too.

  Funnily enough, after years of not talking, she’s probably one of my ‘best’ and longest running friends now lol. Someone that I can talk to about anything with (literally the only person I’ve ever discussed gender identity related shit with). I wasn’t born perfect either, and put her through just as much hell, so we’ve both seen and dealt with each other at our worst and lowest, which makes a good kind of shoulder to cry on if you can make it through the other side of that.

  And in her case, it was part edginess and part mental health lol. Bipolar and being a teenager that wanted to fit in with the alternative scene and be dark and morbid and shit. Which I actually get to some extent too. When I was young I used to say that I’d be part of club 27 because I thought that a cool thing to say and imagine for myself. Until someone actually pointed out how fucked up it is to go around talking like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TV Animation "THE GHOST IN THE SHELL" 2nd Teaser Trailer｜Scheduled for 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m also thinking of SAC 2045, which I’ve tried to like, I’ve even watched it twice now. And I don’t want to drag it down too much because some people did enjoy it and we’re all allowed to enjoy what we want. But I honestly chalk the fact that it felt kinda dumbed down a bit (compared to the OG Stand Alone Complex, that is) and had the USA crammed into it so much to Netflix’s involvement.

  Especially ever since the Witcher debacle where the showrunners mentioned intentionally dumbing it down, or hearing about how Netflix strives to make content for people who are browsing on their phones at the same time, I would never 100% trust them with something like Ghost in the Shell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TV Animation "THE GHOST IN THE SHELL" 2nd Teaser Trailer｜Scheduled for 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad to see that it doesn’t look like Netflix is involved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suggestions for mouse only games?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Recently did another Plants vs. Zombies run, so I’m gonna throw this one into the mix here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wake me up when something gets done about it other than a fine that amounts to about half a day’s profit for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How chaotic gang of British 'geeks' launched one of most lucrative gaming franchises of all time [Grand Theft Auto]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t played GTA 5 (or any of the 2D games apart from the GBA release tbh) but as far as dark and gritty goes, I’d say that GTA 4 fills that role for the 3D games, especially the GTA 4 DLC The Lost and Damned. Wouldn’t call them cyberpunk though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What mythologies have poor representation in media, in your opinion?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s funny that those were called out as exceptions because as far as ancient Greek mythology goes, Disney’s Hercules (one of the most widely known takes) basically made Hades = Satan and Zeus = God. I’ve also seen Hades get treated as Satan lite in DC Comics adaptations, basically unashamedly rewriting another mythology to base it around christianity. Meanwhile, from what I’ve seen, Hades was actually one of the few semi decent gods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fable delayed to 2026⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I look forward to all of the Fable ‘fans’ coming out of the woodwork to complain that the female characters and designs don’t look like porcelain anime supermodels. It’s going to be X-Men '97 all over again with a bunch of people that clearly weren’t ever fans of the original complaining about their “childhoods being ruined.”

  I suggest that any and all one handed Gamers™ first take a look at the original character designs before opening their stupid mouths and complaining about the wOkE agENdA making characters uglier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a bunch of questions: Whats the best way to get this platform's feed to compete with reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, as much as I support there being women only spaces here, especially around here where it seems like the only way that women are going to be able to have any spaces here is by brute force, I am unfortunately not a woman. And I don’t want to invade or force my way in. So just to repeat, I absolutely support and respect there being communities where women can mingle with each other without asshole men popping up every five minutes to shit on them.

  What I’m hoping for is that once communities like !WomensStuff@lazysoci.al are able to get a foothold and thrive and more women are actually comfortable around here, we’ll start seeing more communities that deal with things like skin and haircare and jewelry and thrifting and cool styles and shit. Because clearly most men aren’t interested or else those sorts of communities would be popping up already. So this place needs more of a woman’s touch first lol.

  Not complaining or being sour or anything. I have faith that it’ll get to the point where these communities don’t need to be gendered anymore but I’ve seen the way people around here can be so I also think it’s necessary for now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a bunch of questions: Whats the best way to get this platform's feed to compete with reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  More stuff that isn’t memes, news and politics. Like, apparently there’s two people on this whole platform watching Harley Quinn (or at least leaving a comment about it in the discussion thread). Pretty much everything that isn’t memes, news or politics is still dead around here. Except for pro wrestling somehow.

  What I’m still missing from Reddit is actual discussion of the forms of entertainment that I enjoy. I even tried that thread about “what music are you listening to” that pops up in casual conversation once or twice but no one gives a fuck, not even the OP of those threads bothers going through and giving an up arrow to people that have replied. And no one interacts with any replies either, so might as well be on Facebook for that kind of ‘discussion’.

  I’m also missing the haircare and skincare type subreddits. There were a lot of valuable resources and it was nice having a place for the occasional stupid questions. Also fashion / style type subreddits. I still think those would do great around here with LemmyNSFW mostly kept separate from everything else, so it would help keep the one handed browsers away. Although I still maintain that a big barrier for certain people in this regard is no posting to your own profile.

  But yeah, there is lots and lots of stuff that this platform still needs. Memes, news and politics are the first things you’ll get on every platform. Now I just wish there was more than that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨are terfs actual feminists or do most transphobic women just call themselves that?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on a couple of arguments I’ve now had, they actually sound a lot like manosphere, anti woke people. Just a bit more intelligent and well read. But even the “trans ideology” phrase that they like to use is just their version of “woke agenda”.

  I think that it is a sect of feminism that has been created and seeded by the same right wing christian nationalist types that are also behind the manosphere and MAGA. The Peter Thiel and Elon Musk types. They realised in the '90s that calling everything “satanic” wasn’t working, so they started coming up with new terminology to pull people in.

  First it was “SJWs”, then “woke” but it all attracts the same kind of people. And “trans ideology” was the term they came up with for women that read and aren’t completely dense. So they’re all behaving like reborn christians and going around stomping out anything the norm. But they also sincerely believe they’re right. But honestly, based on the conversations I’ve had so far, all alt right people have the same talking points, which TERFs definitely are a part of. They’re just, as I say, not as clearly dumb as other alt right types.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bad Religion - I Love My Computer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Defaults are crucial for good UX and getting more users on the Fediverse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  won’t recommend Lemmy to many of my friends or family because I know they will give up

  Yeah, when I first started out here, my experience was like this:

  • I went to the join Lemmy page, then clicked to show all servers. Then waited. And waited. Then I went to bed.

  • By the next morning, the list of servers had managed to load. I spotted one that was advertised as “recommended for users to join to reduce load on the Fediverse”, which seemed like a good idea after seeing how even the join page was battling to load.

  • Found out that the server I joined seemed to have all sorts of issues loading content. And was apparently de-federated from a bunch of instances that align with my interests. So search results were showing me little to nothing in regards to queer communities for example, only dead communities.

  • Signed up on world instead and encountered multiple posts that said they had comments but loaded nothing. Found out that there were no languages selected in my settings. So I selected ‘undefined’, scrolled down, selected ‘English’, then saved.

  • I was still missing a bunch of posts after that, so I went back to settings and saw that ‘undefined’ was deselected again. That’s when I realised that you have to ctrl click each language you choose or else it just deselects the previous language that you clicked on.

  • Finally success! 3 or 4 days later. And now I’m here.

  I would love to recommend Lemmy to the few people I know who use Reddit. But I can’t see any of them trying without just giving up and going back to the place where all you need to do is sign up and hey presto, content to look at and interact with.

  I have a feeling that even the process of choosing an instance would probably put them off. I could give advice but there’s only so much I could do or explain without being there in person helping them. If they have to read walls of text explaining how to get started, it would probably end there.

  I’m not sure what the solution is though, or if there even is one. It might just be a little bit like trying to recommend Linux to people who just want to be able to push a button and go. Which is the majority, based on what I’ve seen.

  Also just one last thing and something that has been discussed to death. There’s just not enough content here yet for the average person to see any reason to switch over from the place with all the content.

  And on that note, recommending this place to people that I know in real life would be too risky right now that they would see my account and figure out who I am. Because there isn’t a crowd of a million people to slip into and disappear here. And this isn’t Facebook. I don’t want people to know about the very personal things I sometimes say on anonymous social media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You know what Mega Man needs? A gun and the face of a middle-aged smoker.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The link isn’t loading for me, unfortunately. Not sure if it’s a browser thing (I use Firefox) but I suspect that it’s the “*removed*” in the URL causing trouble.

  However, if you tap / click on those memos in the article I linked, it reveals the box art.