SmoochyPit

@SmoochyPit@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice! I have seen some people who make and sell content on Mastodon— I appreciate those who do that, imo they are able to help fill a hole or just benefit the lives of people who are seeking that content or services/interactions. I hope they’re able to do it safely, seeing as how they probably have to move off-platform for many things, including payment… and with how payment processors treat any adult related transactions…

  Unfortunately, that also means that there’s probably not a direct fedi alternative for OF— in my experience (more info below) and from my research, it’s pretty much the default for large creators to rely on paid actors impersonating them for messaging and interacting. Also OF takes care of the payment details, which idk of any fedi platforms doing.

  Anecdote: I got lured into an OF a while ago on a local meetup/dating/rp discord servers. I thought I was smarter than that, but weeks of talking and trusting someone, them slowly eroding boundaries and using emotional manipulation… it’s really powerful, unfortunately.

  Anyways that OF page was 100% designed to milk people. A “$3 first month” followed by a recurring “$45” regular price if you don’t cancel should’ve been a red flag. And only softcore posts once you subscribe, but as you talk to the actor in messages, they send more intimate images, but with a paywall. They wouldn’t talk to me anymore if I didn’t pay. It starts at $10, but the next was $30. That’s when I refused. It hurt though, I felt like I knew the person. The whole time they’re pushing this “if you don’t buy it you don’t love me, you don’t want to support me, omg I need grocery money” idea.

  I know not all creators use it for that. But the platform certainly enables it with its design and features. I just think a massive portion of the adult industry is founded on exploitation, unfortunately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fediverse priority #1: Be able to talk to a paid actor pretending to be a model* Priority #2: Spend money to see the nudes they send in DMs

  *for major creators, I’m sure many minor/independent ones are genuine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember episodic gaming? Former Telltale devs are bringing it back for the release of Dispatch, and there's a chance it might work this time | Eurogamer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Life is Strange, for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I fixed Borderlands 4's stuttering issue by upping my shader cache size to 100 GB, which feels like something I shouldn't have to do in a well-optimised game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  BL2 even had some PhysX simulations when using an Nvidia card for particles and effects, so between those and running at higher internal resolutions and framerates, it’s already better than the new one in some areas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Back in my day...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the meme, but I do feel it misunderstood the format a bit. There’s no rules for memes, but I think a lot of the humor is derived from the typical structure of this meme.

  From what I’ve seen, it’s usually the older woman saying something that makes sense to our generation, be it a cultural reference, a current event or some slang phrase.

  Then the younger woman dismisses it as the older woman just losing her marbles, playing along and then saying “let’s get you to bed”.

  Imo the humor is mainly derived from that disconnect— we, the viewer, understand what the older woman is saying perfectly fine, but also recognize that it is contextual, and a younger person may be confused by it.

  This meme isn’t bad, but it does stray from that format. It comes across more as a respectful conversation between two people that understand and care about each other. I’d argue that the humor of this one is moreso about the (unfortunate) relatability of the dialog. It does use the ages of the characters well though, since the conversation is focused on generational differences.

  also aw man I just deconstructed an internet meme huh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Riot will let gambling companies sponsor League Of Legends and Valorant esports teams⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, so let me get this straight… this AAA studio, which is a subsidiary of Tencent, which sells microtransactions for sometimes up to nearly $100, and which has incorporated gambling elements and predatory design in their games for years, has now allowed sponsorships with gambling companies in their esports scene? Color me surprised!

  Oh, but it’s really for the benefit of the community and players, since it would happen anyways. And It’s certainly not primarily motivated by the huge profits it could rake in. Right. How noble of them.

  I’m sure they have a history of treating their players and employees very well, too.

  (obligatory)

  /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a good thing they don't actually think lol⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do they use much electricity/processing power when they are idle, or only really when they’re being queried?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 30th⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I started a Minecraft modpack called “Raspberry Flavoured”. It stood out to me because it boldly reworks many vanilla mechanics, while focusing on keeping a mostly vanilla playstyle. Villagers, the end, XP and enchanting, all completely removed. It reworks early game progression to use copper in place of stone, and copper has now become one of the most useful resources. It does have Create, so late game looks like it’ll be heavy on automation. The recipes are changed so early game still has mining, chopping and smelting. But it’s a breath of fresh air so far and the mods are incredibly well integrated!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC Gamer: The top 100 PC games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This list was really hard for my phone to view. It’s an older phone, so that’s probably why, but it kept freezing and reloading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Call of Duty Rival xDefiant 'Absolutely Not Dying,' Dev Insists - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It made fairly big waves when it was released— mostly covered by cod influencers and the like. Their big selling point was “no sbmm”. I’ve thought about giving it a shot, since it can run on Linux under proton.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Lego game about building with Legos, not a world with Legos in it? Yes please⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also just a great game with pretty graphics. Pretty short, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mobile games company Voodoo acquires BeReal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  BeReal was cool, and the concept is still appealing to me and my circle.

  The groups and the celebrity/brand accounts aren’t cool. And I can imagine them adding more garbage after this acquisition.

  At the end of the day, capitalism gonna capitalize~

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 Players Express Frustration On Steam As It Will Soon Require A PSN Account⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Same— my understanding is that there’s now no option to play without making one, which for some countries and territories is not even an option, making the game unplayable for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨partytime⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Developers of Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alan Wake II Has yet to Recoup Development and Marketing Expenses; Tencent Raised Stakes in Remedy to 14%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I should buy it, I loved control and I love the recent resident evil games