Glide

@Glide@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Political discourse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨minute⁩ ago⁩:

  Trying to pretend that there’s a concerted far-left effort to create civil war in 'Murica is patently absurd

  Idk man, I spent altogether too much time over in .ml, and now my view on what is “far left” has changed quite drastically. And that group certainly seems hell bent on starting a civil war.

  There are absolutely far more MAGAs, but the tankies are, unfortunately, still far left.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lord of the Power⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, I guess 9 is “several,” but the ratio tells a very different tale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a word for when a bad person who got exposed for things deliberately finds "questionable" things about the person who exposed him?⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  A friend of mine once described this kind of behaviour as acting like “welfare moms.” While there’s a certain level of sexism there that I am sure she really didn’t mean in the moment, I get the point she was making: parents who sit at home scheming up the next excuse to call social services on that other parent that they pretend to like but also keep an air of superiority about. And that’s all it is. Convincing yourself that you’re better than everyone else not by lifting yourself up, but by tearing others down.

  It’s commen behaviour in narcissists, too. Contrary to popular belief, narcissism is often found in people with low self-esteem. They try to validate themselves by bringing everyone else down below them. It seems like obsession with another person outwardly, but it’s still self-obsession: “this person made me look bad, but they’re so much worse than me. I need to prove it (even to myself).”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Lord Frogmire] The Switch 2 is EVIL and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The cost of food and shelter driving people homeless and hungry is evil. The cost of Nintendo products causing people to play fewer Nintendo games is rude and unfortunate.

  I’m just pissed off at all this misdirected frustration. We should be lobbying governments to manage grocery and real estate megacorps, and instead we’re creating YouTube videos about Nintendo being evil because the price of an individual game went up $20. The gap between unfettered corporate greed of UHC causing suffering on scales previously only seen in wars against Nintendo getting an extra $20 here and there if you want to keep up with their products isn’t even a fucking comparison.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Lord Frogmire] The Switch 2 is EVIL and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  And I’m tired of pretending a completely unwelcome and tone deff price increase is “evil.” I hate paying more for videos as much as the next gamer, but the cost of living has increased by 50% in basically every metric. Rent, food, power, gas, restaurants, movie theatres, snacks, alcohol… Literally everything I spend money on has gone up between 25-50%. Nintendo is the first asshole in the video game industry cocky enough to up their prices by the same about, and suddenly, “The Switch 2 is EVIL.” Really?

  Listen, I am not a fan. $10 for a tech demo that should be packaged in is insane. But pull your head back and look at the wider picture instead of coming in here with these terminally online takes. If you can’t distinguish between “evil,” (like health insurance corporations condemning millions to chronic pain and, in extremes, death) and “shit I wish wasn’t so expensive” (like a singular brand of videogames) then maybe it’s worth figuring out where the nearest patch of grass is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump to be welcomed by giant Epstein banner outside Windsor Castle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The current US President and convicted paedophile famously crossed paths

  Crossed paths with who? There’s only one Donald Trump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Got This Right, Right?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but why is this in shitpost, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  With you. We can’t sit here and make fun of him for thinking so poorly of empathy while refusing to show any empathy. He was a piece of trash and needed to be taken out like one, but I’m not going to throw a party over it. It’s a “you gotta do what you gotta do” situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thick skinned employees, how can you be so thick skinned?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you find it tiring? Doesn’t it make you feel like shit when you go back home? Don’t you feel taken advantage of?

  I find it so much more tiring to be caught up in what other people are doing.

  I realized a while ago that life isn’t, and will never be, fair. If I spend all my energy on thoughts that include the word “should,” I won’t have the energy for myself when I need it or others when I believe they deserve it.

  Being anything else just isn’t worth my time or energy and makes me unhappy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After two years of development, Heroes of the Seven Islands, a cRPG that I drew by hand on paper, will be released on Steam, in four days the 9/9/2025 (demo available)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I teach 7s and up, so the absolute youngest I deal with is 11. I will absolutely check it out. Thank you for both creating and sharing this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After two years of development, Heroes of the Seven Islands, a cRPG that I drew by hand on paper, will be released on Steam, in four days the 9/9/2025 (demo available)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh lord this looks incredible. What’s the age rating/target audience for this? I’m a teacher who works to try and bring quality and engaging games into the classroom, and at a glance it feels like a perfect junior high entry into gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that's inventive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, what a shitty excuse to post softcore porn.

  There’s a huge difference between a shitpost, and a shitty post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh Boy!, Golly!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, like, I get the meme, but seeing someone kill a large mouse with a baseball bat remains disturbing. There’s a reason we set traps for these things, you know?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 year old PC. CPU is getting WICKED hot (up to 100 C) while playing games. is there any software that can underclock/undervolt it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Underclocking your CPU like crazy because you don’t want to replace the thermal paste is an insane thing to do, and probably still won’t help, as the thermal paste being gone means there’s nowhere for the heat to go. It’ll just build and build until you hit a spike; you’ll just reach that spike slower. You’re rapidly sacrificing your parts by not just opening it up, cleaning out the dust and replacing the thermal paste, even using some kind of heat-reduction work around.

  85 degrees is high but normal for a component that is pushing it, so software solutions, like underclocking, are viable. 100 degrees is “most computers will turn off to protect the components” territory, suggesting something has gone wrong with your cooling solutions and it really needs to be opened up.

  But, that’s not the question you asked just a word of warning I felt compelled to add. Depending on the processor and motherboard, there are BIOS solutions and in-OS solutions. Check your mobo for settings in advanced. If they’re there, they’re there. If you’re using an old Ryzen, (I believe the 1000 series is 8 years old now?) there’s an app called AND Ryzen Master that lets you tweak CPU speeds and voltages. Realistically Google “CPU name underclock” and you’ll find a guide that links you to software, if it is available for your processor. I’ve never heard of a catch-all third party software solution for CPU underclocking the way Afterburner does that for GPU.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Adding to this one. Incredible game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bugsnax. Substantially better game than I anticipated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks delicious⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a fucking onion I see?

  Bring it back. Make them do it over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet the creepiest publisher in indie games. Critical Reflex are “midwives bringing monsters into the world,” backing projects no one dares to touch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  God, Mouthwashing was a masterpiece.

  I also really, really enjoyed Arctic Eggs, but it’s so absurd that I can barely recommend it to people.

  I appreciate Critical Reflex in ways I hadn’t quite put together until reading this article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This guy predicted the future!🤯⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What? You mean it was… Projection? Unbelievable. Republicans never do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Hunter Wilds game reviews hit "Overwhelmingly Negative" on Steam — can Capcom turn it around?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m famously a World hater, so yes, absolutely. Until Icebourne released, I was extremely disappointed with World, even for a pre-G Rank release.

  Though, all of the titles since Generations have had the problem of being released with a portion of the planned content missing. I was more forgiving of it before, though I am having a hard time pinpointing why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Hunter Wilds game reviews hit "Overwhelmingly Negative" on Steam — can Capcom turn it around?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Compared to World and Rise? It’s just not very good. It’s by far the fewest hours I’ve put into a Monster Hunter game since… Well, literally ever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you noticed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s interesting because

  The nooticing is coming from inside the house.

  SHIT, NOW I AM NOOTICING THINGS. IT’S TOO LATE FOR ME.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Based response tbh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While you are overreacting to the accident itself, driving is not for everyone. I strongly disagree with driving being a basic skill everyone should have. This is some North American cultural mythos created to help further push the responsibility of building decent public transit off of our lawmakers and governments.

  Driving is a challenging thing to do correctly, and a not small number of people have no idea how to do it, but are on the roads anyway. While I believe you should take an accident like that with a growth mindset, the clear truth is you’ve never felt comfortable behind the wheel, and your skill set doesn’t seem to be built for that. If it’s important to you, I suspect you’d be capable of overcoming the unique challenges it presents to you, but it’s not. There are ways to live without being a driver, and things you can provide to others in exchange for them being the drivers in your life, and imo, that is fine.

  Don’t quit driving because you had an accident. Decide if being able to drive matters to you, and decide how you want to live.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I still have the CD in a box somewhere. It was loaned to me by a friend and I never gave it back. Hilariously, I still see that friend, so that might make for a fun conversation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the illusion of human thinking⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What the fuck is this slop posing as academic study, lmfao. “arcruacy”? “tinking”? Using a pile of academic language around slop doesn’t make that slop accurate or useful, and the joke that is the writing style shows that this wasn’t reviewed by anyone with a brain cell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jump Ship Demo is Live!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do want to state that the flight model has NOTHING on Elite. But otherwise, it is in a lot of ways a game which I wish Elite was a lot closer to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jump Ship Demo is Live!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Friends and I downloaded it, prompted by this post. There’s a little bit of awkwardness and animation jank, but man, does the game get the core concept right.

  Space is not flat, the ship feels like a near arcane contraption, rail guns should feel like they’ll punch a hole in a small planet, and grappling hooks always feel good. These guys know what I’m looking for. The only thing I could genuinely ask for is a more true to physics flight model, but ultimately, I’ll be too busy taking down fighters using a rocket launcher while gravity-booted to the nose of my ship to care too much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What did Musk and Trump fall out over?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With you in spirit, but they have too much control over too many lives to just be dismissive about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What did Musk and Trump fall out over?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I am sure there are real, specific reasons that can be pointed to as “the reason,” the real answer is that you can’t put two narcissists in a room together and tell them they’re on the same team. This always was the only possible outcome.