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- Comment on France Moves to Classify X as an Adult Site Amid Digital ID Crackdown 2 weeks ago:
I like my porn to be less faschy and more flashy.
- Comment on News outlets in crisis mode as Google-led AI search push crushes website traffic 2 weeks ago:
Yup, I’ve been seeing more and more people straight use AI results to support their arguments.
- Comment on Remember 2 weeks ago:
We are absolutely living in a cyberpunk dystopia. This particular meme is poorly put together to represent that because it chooses to focus on judgement of how others live their lives or choose to enjoy said life rather…
Fair enough. I suppose I understand this meme to be a broader commentary about cyberpunk dystopia than specifically ridiculing someone’s life style.
- Comment on Remember 2 weeks ago:
Segregation in terms of wealth (these days)
but from what I’ve heard a lot of suburbs in america for ed due to a racist want to live in white-only communities. (Will have to cite a source later)
- Comment on Remember 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think it’s meaningless to be trepidatious over a future most of the people on this planet will never be able to have (affordable housing, a stress free retirement).
And I dunno but calling it “a matter of perspective” feels like a lie, or a compromise, especially when knowing that we are slowly destroying our world and making everyone’s lives horrible so that a few people can enjoy themselves.
We shouldn’t fighting to live in such a dystopia.
I don’t want to say that their goals are wrong and mine are better, everyone has their bandwidth, but I just disagree that it is a matter of perspective.
I am so fucking tired of living in this world.
- Comment on Remember 2 weeks ago:
You can look at a turd from different angle and it will look like a brownie.
A comfortable home or segregationist suburban dystopia?
Family vacations or inefficient car based infrastructure fucking up the planet?
Fun hobbies or mindless consumerism being sold to you as a hobby?
Living to a ripe old age or being relegated to for profit nursing homes to count your dying days?
Which seems more apparent?
- Comment on Greta Thunberg, Game of Thrones actor to be aboard Freedom Flotilla to Gaza 3 weeks ago:
The reference to dead things in water is definitely about white walkers and the hardhome shenanigans.
But I do see the sacrifice happening, feels like such a significant plot point and very earned for the story so far. But I wonder who’ll do it. Stannis is all the way near winterfell.
I’m not sure exactly what will happen but watch these 2 locations.
I’d love to …if we had the books 😶🌫️
- Comment on Greta Thunberg, Game of Thrones actor to be aboard Freedom Flotilla to Gaza 3 weeks ago:
Davos is consistently shown as probably the most rational man in Westeros with the best head on his shoulders. It’s out of place for him to act erratically, hypocritically and against the wishes of Stannis.
But he had lost so many of his sons, that would change any man’s constitution. It’s a deeply traumatic event.
Davos recognizes during the battle that it was lost due to A) wildfire and B) the chain boom that Tyrion set up. Neither of these would indicate he should be mad at Melisandre for some reason.
True, I don’t remember it well enough. But, stranger things have happened, people look for things to blame after traumatic events even when there’s no one to blame.
I’d say we can’t expect him to be perfect. Though I suppose, it could be possible. I’d have to read it again.
Davos is middle aged, very comfortable with his identity, very secure in his family and loyalties. He is probably the hardest type of man to manipulate in this way until he goes through destabilizing grief.
Hmmm, True that.
But, like you said GRRM likes to repeat themes and such. I don’t see how insinuating that Davos may have been possessed affect the story line in anyway. But I suppose, that’s where Euron’s plot could come in.
He sails to the Three Sisters, speaks with the Borrells about their 5000 year old fishy-person mark, goes to the Merling Court of the Manderlys (also definitely merling hybrids, anytime you see fat cannibals be on the lookout). The Manderlys even drop hints to Davos about Frey Pie and their cannibalism.
See, now that part does make a little sense. I always thought those chapters felt like a different story. Why not skip to the Manderlys, why linger on the three sisters, right? (it could have been an effort to expand upon the world building, but story wise, it still feels weird)
I guess you’ve convinced me that there’s something going on with the Davos plot. If Martin truly meant it, it would be interesting to see. I wonder what’s the skagos storyline going to be like and if Rickon will have something to do with the Deep ones. The skagosi are also known to be cannibals right? I wonder if there’s a connection between them and the deep ones. Some sort of feral mixed form of worship of the old gods and the deep ones.
- Comment on Greta Thunberg, Game of Thrones actor to be aboard Freedom Flotilla to Gaza 3 weeks ago:
Oh Wow, I am pretty sure in the 100 sq km of where I live, I am in the top 10 game of thrones weirdos, but I have never heard of this theory - specifically the part about the “Sentient Meteor” and “Bloodstone Island breaking the arm of Dorne”. That said, I like this part of the theory.
I know they did that, but I always thought it was limited to only a very few people.
Aeron Greyjoy
Ehh… The dude’s a misogynists as well, did the deep ones program that in him too or leave that in? People change after near death experiences, I am sure Martin is playing with that rule. But I can still see it.
Davos Seaworthy
That is an interesting… speculation - tenor.com/…/interesting-speculation-the-terror-re…
See, this one is just not believable.
He wakes up delirious and with an immediate driving compulsion to kill Melisandre, even though she had nothing to do with the deaths of his sons
People aren’t rational beings. He, of course, wouldn’t hurt his liege lord, but a foreign woman influencing your lord? She’s the perfect scapegoat for his monkey brains at that moment. Dude lost four sons, he has to cope with the fact that he willingly let them all go into battle for a man whose odds of becoming the king are very low.
It seems his personality change was the most minor and temporary, possibly because he drowned the least badly.
Also because I don’t like this fact. ‘Least Badly’ is not the modus operandi of the gods in ASOIAF. The magic in ASOIAF is cruel, weird, erratic, costly and full of mockery. I don’t think deep ones would just leave him like that. And I don’t think martin meant it and if he did, I’d chalk that up to “overwriting”. Though, he’s good at avoiding that. (so far)
That’s how GRRM writes, he repeats the same themes over and over with slight variations.
Sure there are aspects to this that I like, but I think it too often veers into the territory of “He is the chosen one” or “My brother is actually cold hands or the hound is the grave digger” for my tastes. The way GRRM executes the chosen one story line is the most interesting one out of all the other authors, but it still is a chosen one story line. I like things to be less connected, that gives the world a sense of massive scale and depth.
Thanks for the videos, I have something new to binge.
- Comment on Greta Thunberg, Game of Thrones actor to be aboard Freedom Flotilla to Gaza 3 weeks ago:
Hey I’ve read the books (Yes, I am obnoxious). But I don’t remember any time when he was possessed by sexy underwater cuthulu creatures to kill melisandre. He wanted to murder her of his own fully concious accord.
Please explain.
- Comment on Telegram and xAI agreed a one-year deal to distribute Grok; Telegram will get $300M in cash and equity from xAI and 50% of subscription revenue 4 weeks ago:
Donations I believe.
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 4 weeks ago:
No I assume they’re all AAA - sp and live service.
And I don’t have any delusions about them not doing this for sp as well. Hence the comment about how shitty the industry is in general.
I just think games that call themselves live service aren’t games. (Not multiplayer games that also happen to be live service)
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 4 weeks ago:
I don’t know of the statistics, so yes, I can’t say for sure sp employs more people than live service. But in my opinion live service games are more risky and harmful to the industry as a hole.
But my original comment was about how it doesn’t matter if they created jobs or not because they are trying to replace everyone with AI. Coders, designers, artists… So it doesn’t matter sp or live service. They want to not employ anyone and run casinos
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 4 weeks ago:
Ahh sorry, I didn’t see the comment earlier.
Yes, imo live service games are very bad for the people who buy them and the people making it.
They are only there to make cash. And they make this cash through terrible predatory monetization - loot boxes, microtransactions, season passes. These companies actually want to run casinos that target the most vulnerable and children. You can argue that people wouldn’t want to work on this if they had a choice.
There’s almost always very little artistic value.
At least with sp AAA, you can gain a cult following if you have an interesting gameplay, or story. what are you doing with a live service one? Nothing, just offering the same thing that someone else has already created in another flavour, just to chase a trend. What this means is that they’re more likely to fail and not for the fault of the devs for sure.
They’re also bad for preservation of games. All live service games die, you can’t play them once support ends. You paid 60 dollars to rent a game? (Though I suppose that’s true with sp always online games as well and it’s not directly a bad thing for the dev)
Though… you maybe sort of right, the Industry is so bad right now that it doesn’t even matter whether you are working on sp or live service, you are in some sort of hell regardless…
- Comment on AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid 4 weeks ago:
Learning how to learn is so important. I only learned that as an adult.
- Comment on AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid 4 weeks ago:
I do go to the real source first. But sometimes, I just need a very simple explanation before I can dive deep into the topic.
My brain sucks, I give up very easily if I don’t understand something. (This has been true since way before short form content and internet)
- Comment on AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid 4 weeks ago:
I agree, I’ve been traumatized by the system. Whatever I’ve learnt that’s been useful to me has happened through the internet, give or take a few good teachers.
I still think it’s a good auxiliary tool. If you understand its constraints, it’s useful.
It’s just really unfortunate that it’s a for profit tool that will be used to try and replace us all.
- Comment on say it with me, child: SYNAPSID 4 weeks ago:
Haha, your unc only has single opening behind his head and a spinal sail with a to be determined purpose.
- Comment on AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid 4 weeks ago:
I understand that. I am careful to not use it as my main teaching source, rather a supplement. It’s helps when I want to dive into the root cause of something, which I then double check with real sources.
- Comment on AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid 4 weeks ago:
I have difficulty learning, but using AI has helped quite a lot. It’s like a teacher who will never get angry, doesn’t matter how dumb your question is or how many time you ask it.
Mind you, I am not in school and I understand hallucinations, but having someone who’s this understanding in a discourse helps immensely.
It’s a wonderful tool for learning, especially for those who can’t follow the normal pacing. :)
- Comment on Why does (human) organ trafficking exist? 4 weeks ago:
Who gets to decide if you are useful to society or not? That sounds like such a bull shit reason.
- Comment on New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans 5 weeks ago:
tons of jobs
speaks as they try to replace everyone with AI except for the management suite.
- Comment on i broke 1 month ago:
Ahh I see. Thanks.
- Comment on i broke 1 month ago:
If you are not neurotypical, especially if ADHD and/or ASD are involved, you’re not and never will be “like other people”.
I try and remind myself about this. But It fucking sucks that some people diagnose themselves with ADHD, but have no problems doing stuff. Then I have to fight my mind and not compare myself to other people. Irl, I guess you just have to suck up, I remember my boss telling me I was a disappointment compared to my colleagues. People suck.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Oh okay, I didn’t know about this. I will check this out in detail.
If, like many with ADHD including myself (this was a fun thing to become aware of well into adulthood), you are not super comfortable with your emotions and/or have alexithymia (trouble identifying, describing, and expressing ones own emotions), it could be useful to find an emotion wheel or feelings wheel.
I think I understand my feelings most of the time, but I do have difficulty controlling them.
I have had trouble explaining why I can’t sometimes work for more than 15-20 minutes, but I’ve always attributed that to stress anxiety. Like my body and brain just stop and refuse to work all together untill I shake that feeling off.
Thanks for the very comprehensive answer internet stranger, I appreciate it. The feeling wheel and DBT are something I’ll check out.
- Comment on i broke 1 month ago:
How do you manage between difficult and simple tasks? And Do you do the simple items first or the tough ones?
I’ve found myself of two minds about this.
Completing smaller simpler tasks feels fulfilling in that moment and helps boost productivity but doesn’t feel so good from a broader look back at them.
Whereas finishing difficult tasks feels really good but they can sometimes keep going on and on and on and feel never ending. They might take up a whole day and in that I might miss the small tasks.
Thanks for your reply.
- Comment on i broke 1 month ago:
Yup 👍, none of the meds available in my country worked.
I’ve been rawdogging ever since.
- Comment on i broke 1 month ago:
Any advice on how to do work like other people? I am quick to grab my phone everytime I get even slightly stressed or don’t immediately know the answer to a problem.
And it takes a lot of time for me to do something, it takes other very little (at least compared to me). Any advice on that?
- Comment on Fediverse.com is available for sale 1 month ago:
Hey only @ml and @hexbear are tankie right? World and ee aren’t tankie are they?
- Comment on Fediverse Corporate Sabotage 1 month ago:
That actually sounds like a great idea. However, I feel like that won’t be enough to stop countries from wanting to ban fediverse platforms outright(if they decide to do so). I even read a news article talking about the how the current US administration doesn’t like Wikipedia because they are spreading “propoganda”. Or like how thy are trying to force change in independent universities by cutting their funding.
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