SomethingBlack
@SomethingBlack@lemmy.world
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 1 week ago:
The Tories pissed it all into the channel as far as I can tell
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
How would telling him benefit either of you? As a random stranger in the internet, you don’t need to be the reason he lost his innocent view of the world.
If he starts asking direct questions, give age appropriate answers but I don’t see a reason to tell him unprompted
- Comment on Day 380 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
Me too. Every solo run I play is on B42 and I have to remind myself of all the cool features we’re missing when I hop back into the game with friends
- Comment on Day 380 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
B42 is a beta branch like you say, you have to opt in to play it. The current version does do multiplayer, I’m currently running my own server for my friends on the current version
- Comment on Day 380 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
There are plenty of “private” servers that are technically open to anyone. Just follow the rules and enjoy the game.
You’ll see a lot of “B42” or “build 42” being talked about. This is the most recent major update that is still in beta. It doesn’t have multiplayer but does offer A LOT of new and improved features.
- Comment on Day 380 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
Fantastic game that gets so much deeper with every (infrequent) major update
- Comment on Whatever happened to the blockchain/smart contract 'revolution' we were told about? 3 weeks ago:
To call it useless is just untrue. There are many possibilities, Crypto is just a black hole eating the hype and funding that would otherwise go into valuable tech
- Comment on "We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal 4 weeks ago:
We need to ignore them, they’re obfuscating from the real issue. Payment processors should not have the ability to police content, full stop, end of discussion.
The person who tattled is absolutely irrelevant and a distraction
- Comment on We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place. 4 weeks ago:
It’s so crazy to talk about “innocent unless presumed guilty” as a policy that exists in western society, when we are drowning in cases to the contrary.
That is patently false. This really makes me think that you have absolutely no concept of what you’re talking about. The “court of public opinion” often assumes guilt based off of an accusation and that is exactly why “believe women” is so dangerous.
What sets rape apart from, say, immigration violations or illegal drug use or terrorism charges or subway fare evasion or CEO murdering isn’t this sacred commitment to “innocent until proven guilty”.
I agree, and this should stay exactly as it is. It’s is one part that is unquestionably beneficial to literally EVERYONE.
Treat allegations of sexual assault with even a fraction of the seriousness put forward to prosecute minor traffic violations. Maybe we can clear that mountainous backlog of uninvestigated rape claims within the victims’ lifetimes.
I absolutely agree. The lack of investigation is the issue, not the fact that women are implicitly believed when they make an accusation. No one should have that privilege.
- Comment on We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place. 4 weeks ago:
Because as far as the law is concerned, they ARE NOT a victim until they are proven to be just as the accused IS NOT a perpetrator until they are proven to be. It has absolutely nothing to do with “trustworthyness”, and all to do with due process.
Destroying this legitimately good and absolutely fundamental part of the deeply flawed legal system will not fix this problem. It will only create more. Rage against the machine all you want, I’m absolutely with you. But do so with some critical thought behind it.
- Comment on We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place. 4 weeks ago:
Can you tell me how this is relevant to the point I made? How any of that suggests something other than what I said?
If you want to have a conversation, let’s have a conversation but don’t throw data that is irrelevant to the point I made while dodging the point I made.
- Comment on We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place. 4 weeks ago:
See, this is the problem. “Believe women” implies that women are telling the truth before an investigation has taken place. If you had read my original comment you’d see that I’m not suggesting women should be treated as they currently are, but that “believe women” specifically is a harmful rhetoric.
If we both want women’s accusations to be taken seriously and investigated as any other potential crime would be, then we’re on the same page and want the same thing. The statement “believe women” does not literally or figuratively mean that though, the problem is the wording. Say what you mean instead of this wishy washy language that is detrimental to the cause.
- Comment on It bothers me when cat memes refer to the pictured cat as "he," but I can tell from its coat pattern that it's female. I may know too much about cats. 4 weeks ago:
Do you want a medal for being a champion cat sexer?
- Comment on We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place. 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think the current legal systems are perfect, but I do think “believe women” would make them fundamentally worse.
How do you handle the issue of future false accusations? And don’t give me the hand wavy “but there are so few false accusations” because that doesn’t matter to the person being accused.
THE core tenet of most legal systems is effectively “innocent until proven guilty”. “Believe women” utterly breaks that, they cannot exist within the same legal framework.
So, would you rather have the legal system change to better serve women by equally investigating their accusations, or by removing “innocent until proven guilty”?
- Comment on We wouldn’t need the Epstein files to prove DJT’s guilt if society just trusted women in the first place. 4 weeks ago:
This is exactly right. The “believe women” stance is so childish and naive. “Take women seriously” would be just as effective, less dangerous and fit into every just legal system on the planet
- Comment on That sounds like a fun thing to do 5 weeks ago:
I love this in theory, but I can absolutely promise you, the people who need to attend won’t attend
- Comment on Are old people usually attracted to other old people? 5 months ago:
I disagree that it can only be romantic attraction.
For example, I can find a random person attractive if they’re displaying a skill they’re proficient in, talking passionately about a subject they’re knowledgeable in, or freely enjoying themselves. And all without feeling any kind of romantic inclination towards them.
It’s primarily sexual despite the fact it’s not necessarily physical
- Comment on Are old people usually attracted to other old people? 5 months ago:
I’m definitely not old (~30), and my preference has generally been my age +/- 5 years.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve noticed that my sexual attraction has migrated from being solely based on physical attributes to being partially based emotional connection, intelligence, passion, etc.
I think it’s also important to note that an individual’s “peak attractiveness” can occur at different stages of their life.
- Comment on Cracks are forming in America’s economy. Trump is a big reason why. 5 months ago:
Under this running metaphor, that’d translate to Communism. Which I absolutely think would be beneficial if we could just adopt it today, but I don’t think the western world as a whole is ready for that transition.
Under Capitalism, the best we can hope for is employees
- Comment on Cracks are forming in America’s economy. Trump is a big reason why. 5 months ago:
I think you’re right, he sees the US people as customers rather than employees though.
And a Casino aims to extract as much money as possible from it’s customers.
- Comment on Cracks are forming in America’s economy. Trump is a big reason why. 5 months ago:
If only the US had a businessman in charge that could fix all of the economic problems of the country, damn the social unrest. Exactly what the republican voters were asking for…
- Comment on Day 233 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 5 months ago:
Of the game? The hunting has always been my favourite aspect, although I’d say the world building is objectively the best part of the game.
Of your screenshots? The way the light filters through the branches in the first one and the shadows they create
- Comment on Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content 5 months ago:
Thanks for the advice.
Yeah, I completely understand that it’s not gonna be as popular as Reddit immediately, but I know that if I felt the need to jump ship, other people will too.
I’m most just searching through All and sorting by new ATM trying to find some interesting things to read about and topics to discuss
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
Seconded. In most cases people tend to become what they see most often
- Comment on I firmly believe all 3-4 letter acronyms will eventually be used for evil. 5 months ago:
456,976 total combinations.
Who’s going to start putting together the dictionary of evil acronyms?
- Comment on Day 233 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 5 months ago:
Such an incredible game, and utterly beautiful. Perfect to show off in screenshots like this
- Comment on Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content 5 months ago:
I first saw this news over on Reddit, immediately searched for an alternative. Got home from work and now here I am