Signtist

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  To what extent to they have to talk about it, though? Can they address it, come to the conclusion that it's infeasible (while subtly tucking millions of dollars from game companies into their pockets), and consider the matter settled? I understand that governments are meant to keep corporations in check to benefit the people, but functionally they keep the people in check to benefit corporations and their "lobbyists" (bribes).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨its painful each time (┬┬﹏┬┬)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It really is good advice, and you do get more and more energy to do it after you get started. The thing I did was DnD, and I just found people in the area advertising in-person campaigns and went to some. I only wanted to do a social day once every week or two, so I started with that. That didn't last long, though, since after finding the one campaign to be really fun, I ended up joining 2 more and having multiple sessions every week! I wouldn't have had the energy to start with that, but now I've got plenty. It's a bit of a balancing act to both acknowledge the height of the mountain you're about to climb, but also keep in mind that all you need to do right now is take a single step.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved the original Rayman game so much as a kid that I'd specifically look for that old rainbow logo on other games to figure out which ones I might like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, she had just broken up with her boyfriend and found a bunch of "self-help" youtube videos that basically just said everyone who disagrees with you is a narcissist, then the algorithm started recommending her videos that said everyone who disagrees with you is actually an "energy vampire" literally and maliciously draining you of your life force. From there she got into all the crazy health conspiracies - which of course happened right as she was diagnosed with DCIS, which is easily treatable, but if left untreated becomes breast cancer. She dove head-first into all of the conspiracies after that, throwing money at anyone claiming to cure cancer so long as the method wasn't backed by "big science," and died of breast cancer a few years later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It took my mom less than 4 years to go from crying in horror when Trump was elected in 2016, to crying in horror when he wasn't elected in 2020, and lamenting her inability to join Jan 6 due to her cancer that was mysteriously worsening in spite of all the 5g blockers and expensive heal-all herbal teas she bought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s the little things⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I'll often spread spilled water across the table just so that it evaporates within a couple minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how did he do that?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  From this Tumblr blog. Unfortunately the Creator stopped posting a while ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨holee shiet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My conspiracy theorist mom shared stuff like this all the time. This will absolutely be shared among climate change deniers as they roll coal on their way to the funeral for their daughters who died in the Texas floods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the 6 refer to a body part or a measurement in inches?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The phrase "got your six" is a variation of "got your back," referring to the method of using a clock face to denote direction. So, your 12-o-clock is directly ahead, your 3 and 9 are your right and left, and your 6 is behind you. Kind of a weird thing to put on your license plate, but I've seen weirder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pop it in your calendars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They did all this because they know that the vast majority of the playerbase will never hear about this, and many of those that do will either forget, or simply not care enough to boycott the game. We're in an age of apathy across the board, with so much bad press that any given scandal just fades into the background noise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whaooo Wah Hey Ha!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have this on my everyday playlist...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck the rules!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I smuggled a whole pan of brownies once. I barely even tried to hide it, but nobody asked about the weirdly square bulge on my stomach. They don't care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milking dust⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw the new one with my father in law today, after not having seen one since the original trilogy. It was just not good. I'm usually able to turn off my brain and enjoy a movie regardless of the quality, but there were so many things that didn't make sense, or were glossed over without explanation, that I just couldn't suspend my disbelief.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DIY 4th of July⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I learned this by accident while heating up some hot cocoa as a kid, haha!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guys on dating sites be like:⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on your strategy, and the amount of effort you're willing to put in. I'll talk to guys who tell me they found no success on dating sites, but when I ask them about it, they'll talk about their experience as if all they did was send a "hey" DM to every girl on the site. The quantity-over-quality approach just doesn't work, since girls are already getting an overwhelming amount of messages, and something generic just gets lost in the noise.

  When I decided to bite the bullet and do online dating, I got cleaned up nice, planned a few events with friends to get nice, active, up-to-date pictures, made a well-thought-out profile, and spent a couple hours every day reading through the profiles of potential matches. I'd only contact the ones I not only liked, but that I felt might like me as well based on their profile. I'd find something I wanted to talk to them about, and make a personalized DM for each one that could serve as a good conversation starter.

  It took a few months, but I eventually found a partner - we've been together for 8 years, married for 3. I'm not sure how much of my experience was luck, but my wife tells me that a lot of what interested her in me as a match on the site was my profile responses, interesting pictures, and unique DM topic, so the effort definitely made a difference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minion pizza⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can see that the arms didn't melt at all, so it's more likely that they just put too many toppings on without an exposed crust to keep them in, causing them to spread off of the crust as they melted. I've done the same when I get overzealous with the cheese on homemade pizza. The crust underneath probably still looks like a minion.