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- Comment on Death to Nickels 16 hours ago:
I could fathom a digital wallet that stores money locally.
Of course, any counterfeiting would only be verifiable with an internet connection.
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 5 days ago:
What is a Personal Pronoun?
A whole bunch of angry Americans would fail to answer that question correctly these days…
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube controller is only compatible with GameCube games, Nintendo says 5 days ago:
To clarify, I don’t think the writers did anything wrong. The headline will be misleading because Nintendo’s being somewhat misleading.
I don’t know how much the headline could be improved, if at all.
Nintendo says NS2 GC controller will only “officially” support GC games
Or if they can’t quote “officially”, they could quote “only”. Which could arguably be more clickbaity, but also clue in a casual reader that there’s more to what Nintendo officially says.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube controller is only compatible with GameCube games, Nintendo says 5 days ago:
It’s somewhat misleading. It’s not providing the additional background information, and it leads the headline with the claim (not that Nintendo is making a claim).
I don’t think it’s a bad headline. It’d be hard to include all the information in the headline. But if someone only reads the headline (something like 73% of people), they could end up with a mistaken conclusion. And those people will have been lead in that direction (so, mislead).
- Comment on Can I sue my apartment management company? 5 days ago:
Doesn’t this kind of depend on where you live? Lol
- Comment on Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout 1 week ago:
The games don’t drop in price, but the consoles do. There’s even a chance the price could go down for the holiday season, even if it’s something miniscule. This launch price is the early adopter tax.
- Comment on How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life? 1 week ago:
“But I haven’t seen you in over a decade!”
I said, SAME. OLD!
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
Unfortunately, I use some software that’s Windows-only, and can’t be bothered to set up a VM or anything
- Comment on Found money. What do? 1 week ago:
$100 could be a week of grocery money too. $50 for a frugal individual, even.
- Comment on First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80 1 week ago:
Canadian here: What’s the difference? /s
- Comment on Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too) 1 week ago:
I don’t drive. Where I live, you can really only “not drive” in cities. And even then, it can be hard at times.
At the same time, I live within reasonable commuting distance of multiple friends and family members. I can walk to a few of them. I don’t need to be closer to my community.
I might want to retire someplace quieter, but I like being able to hop on a train or a bus to get to somewhere fun, or to be able to walk across the street to a store if I need something. Heck, I can even easily get takeout if I don’t feel like cooking – I don’t even need delivery.
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 1 week ago:
Yeah, and bathroom suggests that there are baths or places for bathing.
Water closet really is the right thing to call it!
- Comment on American and British English spelling and pronunciations 1 week ago:
Yup. I use whatever feels best, which is usually American words, British spelling (except for the -ze instead of -se for words that end in a “z” sound).
Also, there are our own Canadianisms, like “washroom”.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
200,000,000 KRW is something like $200,000, to give some context to others.
- Comment on Does not the constitution say something one should not be charged or something to vote? If so then why does my home state charge 50$ to get a regular id to vote? Is that no illegal? 4 weeks ago:
It’s not a regular ID to vote. It’s a regular ID.
You need an ID to vote, but you can use it for many other things too.
If getting an ID is a barrier for you to vote, then talk to your representatives and they might be able to help you out.
- Comment on Is it asshole behavior to hate someone for saying "Hi, how are you?" 4 weeks ago:
I feel like a chunk of the population of Lemmy is people who got banned from Reddit.
And a portion of that chunk got banned for being too young according to Reddit’s T&C, lol
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
She calls him “big bro”, and then calls him “mom and dad”
I love you, mom and dad!
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
For me? Shaving makes me feel like I’m putting effort into that area, and I just like how everything feels when it’s smoother.
For my partners? I don’t like getting hair in my mouth. Lol
- Comment on What is the minimum number of words needed to communicate 5 weeks ago:
The minimal amount of words to communicate is 0.
If you want to be functional in a new country, you’d need to figure out what kinds of things you want to say and how functional you want to be.
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 1 month ago:
I have another friend who could imagine dating a woman and also didn’t find them attractive. She was straight.
I could imagine being a bumblebee, but that doesn’t mean I have any intention of transforming into one or anything! Haha
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 1 month ago:
What’s the desire to date women, then?
- Comment on What is the name of the sexuality of being into the opposite gender and willing to date the same gender but not finding anyone of the same gender attractive? 1 month ago:
If you aren’t attracted to them but you want to date them, what would you end up doing that you wouldn’t do with a friend?
- Be in an exclusive relationship that doesn’t involve sexual activity?
- Get jealous if they hang out with or say they love anyone else?
- Engage in sexual activity but not enjoy it?
- Comment on How is Arcane the series based upon League of Legends, a tower defense game? 1 month ago:
How was World of Warcraft, an MMO, based on Warcraft, an RTS game?
- Comment on Katamari creator's new game about a teenager stuck in a T-pose gets a release date (May 28th) 1 month ago:
Oh man, if they have a cross as a wearable, this is GOTY
- Comment on Katamari creator's new game about a teenager stuck in a T-pose gets a release date (May 28th) 1 month ago:
The game needs to be modded to make Jesus and his cross the main character
- Comment on People complain that it's poor design that humans eat and breath through the same pipe(throat). Are there any animals which don't though? 1 month ago:
Yeah, I say designed, but it’s not in the “something planned it” sense. We ended up this way because of a series of random chances that just sorta’ worked in allowing us to live long enough to have more successful offspring.
- Comment on People complain that it's poor design that humans eat and breath through the same pipe(throat). Are there any animals which don't though? 1 month ago:
Most mammals (if not most animals) breathe through their noses.
People complaining about humans being designed poorly don’t know that this design “flaw” is what allows us to be able to speak.
Yes, this increases our risk of dying by choking. But despite that, being able to speak has been so evolutionarily advantageous that our increased risk of dying is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.
- Comment on Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages 1 month ago:
Back in the day, people hated Intellisense/auto-complete.
And back in the older day, people hated IDEs for coding.
And back in the even older day, people hated computers for games.
There’ll always be people who hate new technology, especially if it makes something easier that they used to have to do “the hard way”.
- Comment on Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages 1 month ago:
I remember we used to refer to enemy logic as AI. The 4 Pac-Man ghosts each had different “AI”. The AI of the enemies in this FPS sucks. This kind of stuff, lol
- Comment on Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages 1 month ago:
Tools can be used to make art.