rayquetzalcoatl
@rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Totally hear you man. I have spent so much time ruminating and it can certainly be frustrating, distracting, and unhelpful. I don’t smoke at the moment, which might be a blessing because I’ve found that I’ve been sort of forced to confront the way I feel about things I ruminate about. I’ve been journalling a lot, just to work through the thoughts.
Walking long distances is very therapeutic for me, allowing my mood to shift throughout the walk and letting me change focus, at times enjoying what I’m seeing externally and at others turning inwards and thinking through things that are bothering me or things that pop up in my mind. I feel more equipped and in touch with myself after a few months of really trying to face things, which is nice after years of drowning those feelings out with alcohol and whatever else I could get my hands on. I’m not all fixed up and in great mental shape, not by long shot, but I can tell for 100% certain that I’m much more stable. That’s what’s worked for me, at least!
I’m similar to you in wanting to move away from the “internet” at large. It sounds like you still appreciate the human connection though, which I also feel. For me, moving away from WhatsApp and Instagram have been I think largely because a lot of pain and discomfort has come through those platforms over the years, breakups and arguments and whatever else, and I just want a break. I don’t know if it’s the same for you.
I hope you find comfort and have a happy Sunday 🤞 Be well!
- Comment on 1 day ago:
You are blessed, teithiwr bach 🙏
- Comment on 1 day ago:
I hope you’re right! Thanks for turning that around haha, that’s a nicer way to view it for certain. Enjoy your weekend ✌️
- Comment on The low-cost creative revolution: How technology is making art accessible to everyone 2 days ago:
I think we’re disagreeing on some fundamental things here. I don’t really care what other industries might recognise as art; I care about what I recognise as art.
Brick textures, for example, do have a potentially massive impact on the atmosphere of your game. If you’re playing a game set in a city, where there’s a lot of brick around, the difference between grimy, slimy, dark brown bricks being everywhere and gleaming white/yellow sandstone bricks is absolutely enormous. That’s an artistic choice.
- Comment on The low-cost creative revolution: How technology is making art accessible to everyone 2 days ago:
Lumping “free software” and “AI” together here makes me think somebody high up in this rag has investment in AI.
Art is accessible to everyone. Art comes in so many forms, and can be enjoyed in so many different ways. Everybody can make art. It won’t always be the best thing you’ve ever seen or heard or experienced, but practice will make anyone better at art. You can do art for free.
Making a robot do art for you is not doing art. That’s the robot compiling other people’s art and exporting it for you. Nothing valuable, interesting, or human in there any more.
- Comment on 2 days ago:
WhatsApp notifications off. Most conversations archived so I can’t see them when opening the app to check work conversations. Some conversations locked so I can’t even tell when there’s new messages in there at all. Dodging Instagram.
Blinds closed for weeks straight. Walking miles and miles a day. Getting sober. Working out. Shaved my head. Healthy breakdown 😂
- Comment on Ubisoft Confirms a New First-Person Ghost Recon Game is in Development 2 days ago:
Oh, Ubisoft? The big famous sex crimes company?
- Comment on We face nationalisation if we’re not let off fines, Thames Water warns 3 days ago:
They fucked around with our water, and now are moaning that there’s consequences? I hope they get nationalised. Can’t happen quickly enough. It’s a shame that the people at the top of Thames Water can just make off with their ill-gotten gains, and all have golden parachutes. Some community service wouldn’t go amiss.
- Comment on High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England’s great artificial water crisis of 2025 3 days ago:
Southern Water nearly doubled their CEO pay to £1.4m because bonuses were banned. Just thought that is a nice little cherry on top for us poors :)
- Comment on Southern Water nearly doubles CEO pay to £1.4m despite bonus ban 3 days ago:
Hahahahaha of course they did. Hope the fucker gets all the water he can handle and more some day.
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 3 days ago:
Lol, enjoy your breakdown buddy! 👋
- Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding 3 days ago:
Hahaha uh oh, there’s a nutter on the loose
- Comment on HMRC criticised by watchdog for failing to track billionaires’ tax 4 days ago:
I stopped freelancing alongside working a full-time job because the one year I did pull in a nice payment for a frankly miserable project, they wanted 50% of it and then the other 50% as “payments on account” because their system assumed I was going to do that well again next year.
It was the first time I’d earned a decent amount in about five years of freelancing, and the stress of seeing those demands was just too much for me.
I was freelancing alongside a 40+ hour a week job to get out of debt, but I’ve jacked the whole thing in because it feels so gross.
Glad those billionaires aren’t being chased or hounded though. Those guys have it tough enough already, what with the uh… Oh, you know… sometimes the maid doesn’t do their pillow exactly how they want!
- Comment on Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years 4 days ago:
Oh right, I read your comment as sarcastic but it seems like we’re saying the exact same thing.
- Comment on Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years 5 days ago:
That’s fair. I understand the frustration and anger at these two and what they did - it was senseless and I was definitely a bit heartbroken to read about the felling at first - but four years is so long and they’re going to come out worse for it, in my opinion.
- Comment on Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years 5 days ago:
“this kind of treatment” meaning harsh sentences. Fining a company means very little 🤷♂️
- Comment on Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years 5 days ago:
Very, very, very harsh. Too harsh.
Would love to see just a single one of the besuited cunts who are polluting our rivers and air get this kind of treatment by their mates in the courts. Never gonna happen tho - this has been a rich man’s world for centuries.
- Comment on Tim Davie insists he is still right person to lead BBC after series of scandals 5 days ago:
The condemnation towards him as of late is because of the BBC airing material more sympathetic to Gaza or critical of the genocide Israel is perpetrating, including that Bob Vylan performance.
To me, that’s criticism not worth listening to. Those are good decisions.
However, it is weird to want to run a well known nonce factory.
- Comment on 5 days ago:
If you don’t want to answer, just don’t answer lol
- Comment on Anon's grandpa does his own research 1 week ago:
Ah I see, I was reading too deep into it and trying to map a 1:1 metaphor - I think you’re probably right, that last sentence feels like either the punchline or an obvious flag that this is not a literal situation. Thanks! 🙏
- Comment on Anon's grandpa does his own research 1 week ago:
For what?
- Comment on Anon gets philosophical 1 week ago:
Even if it’s a dog, though? 😂
- Comment on What quintessentially British images should go on the new banknotes? Our panel has some ideas 2 weeks ago:
Keir eagerly awaiting Trump’s load? Farage wiping his arse with the country?
- Comment on Rumor: Telltale Games Working With Influencers For The Wolf Among Us 2 Marketing Campaign 2 weeks ago:
Sorry, yes, I totally focused on the wrong thing here. I never played Wolf Among Us, but I remember when I was younger being really excited for a play through of it – a very cool setting, and I love the art style and I agree I definitely felt the first Wolf Among Us was among the stronger Telltale projects.
- Comment on Rumor: Telltale Games Working With Influencers For The Wolf Among Us 2 Marketing Campaign 2 weeks ago:
Are people still falling for influencers?
- Comment on Tough new driving rules could land Brits with a ban for ‘minor’ mistakes 2 weeks ago:
I see so many drivers tinkering with their phones while they drive. It’s unnerving as a pedestrian to see people in 4x4s with one hand on the wheel and one hand holding their phone which they’re concentrating on while they drive forwards.
- Comment on Lucy Letby alleged to have murdered and harmed more babies 2 weeks ago:
No no, she’s Lucy Letby :)
- Comment on Mario Kart World Faces Massive Backlash After Update, Online Racing Experience Ruined 3 weeks ago:
Now, the fans has taken over on Metacritic by starting a review bomb, the user score of Mario Kart World has dropped from 8.3 to 7.7 in just a few days and that is definitely big. We can see tons of negative reviews, and it truly looks like the players aren’t happy at all.
The message is clear, the new update has ruined the entire online gaming experience. We saw many reviews using the word “ruined” which clearly shows how upset these fans are.
Is it possible that this is ESL instead of LLM? Or maybe a mix of both? I’m getting way more ESL vibes from the first paragraph, but the generally meandering nature of the piece does point to an LLM too.
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 3 weeks ago:
Is this the one who gets his son to monitor whether he’s masturbating or not? Or is that some other guy?
- Comment on Glastonbury 2025 live: Festival says it is 'appalled' by Bob Vylan comments after controversy 3 weeks ago:
What??? Did he actually say that??