kilgore_trout
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- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 9 hours ago:
In the US, military service is sold to clueless teenagers and brings welfare benefits that you can’t find elsewhere.
Not arguing that you should pity them, though. - Comment on Why have we as a society just accepted the increasingly blinding bright lights of cars? 9 hours ago:
Thank you for the informative text, but it is definitely a problem in the rest of the world too, at least in Europe. The front lights of cars have gotten too bright for urban settings, and perhaps there are just too many cars around, to the point I have read and heard dozens different people in recent years wondering if it’s just their perception.
Driving a bicycle at night on the side of a road is impossible if you are not equipped as well with a sun in a box. - Comment on Why have we as a society just accepted the increasingly blinding bright lights of cars? 9 hours ago:
The park is not an island. The rider risks his life elsewhere, and it’s a hassle to keep turning the headlight on and off every fave miutes.
- Comment on GTA 6 Developers Announce Rockstar Games Union 1 day ago:
Most likely yes.
- Comment on Italy’s top court rules against tourist refused tap water in Dolomites hotel 4 days ago:
Tap water is good here in the Alps.
- Comment on An 82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars 1 week ago:
This is where your tax money goes.
- Comment on I've been staring at this shirt for a long time and still have no idea what it means 1 week ago:
But that is not a cock.
- Comment on Winning life 101 1 month ago:
They are not all brainless. 4chan is just a catalogue of different imageboards.
- Comment on And no paper towels to use on the handle 1 month ago:
In the University of Bremen it’s full of big red buttons everywhere to avoid touching handles.
- Comment on Looking sharp as ever 2 months ago:
Please don’t leak our national memes on .world
- Comment on Anon watches Lost 2 months ago:
Here’s a graphical summary for you:
Spoiler
- Comment on Google's Gemini will make its way into Dragon Quest X to power a "Chatty Slimey" AI companion, Square Enix has announced 2 months ago:
Square Enix is the same company that went all-in on crypto a few years ago, only to quickly realise that it didn’t make sense and drop it silently.
- Comment on Anon makes some changes 2 months ago:
>job interview is cut short
>they don’t call me back
>fallback to cave routine - Comment on Anon makes some changes 2 months ago:
the manosphere
What about Seneca? Stoicism? What do they have to do with “the manosphere”?
Cold showers feel great.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 2 months ago:
There are hundreds of communities on lemmy.world. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for one of them to not touch party politics.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 2 months ago:
I sympathise with the part of this shitposting community who would rather find shitposts and not commentary on political parties.
- Comment on Jensen Huang says gamers are 'completely wrong' about DLSS 5 — Nvidia CEO responds to DLSS 5 backlash 2 months ago:
It’s definitely a stunt for share-holders, not directed at consumers.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 2 months ago:
NVIDIA is the AI company now. There’s no turning back.
- Comment on Pretty much it. 2 months ago:
You can improve the comic by removing the labels on the peasants’ shirts.
- Comment on Android: sideloading blocked and open source updates withheld to twice a year 2 months ago:
Fer anyone reading: that is false.
- Comment on Video game PEGI age-ratings are changing in Europe from June. Four new categories added to tackle elements of addictive design, unmonitored online communication and loot boxes 2 months ago:
the default rating will be PEGI 16 if the game contains paid random items
So if Pokémon Pocket was released after this revision, would it be labelled PEGI 16?
- Comment on Video game PEGI age-ratings are changing in Europe from June. Four new categories added to tackle elements of addictive design, unmonitored online communication and loot boxes 2 months ago:
who the hell are we to be everybodys parents
In Italy it’s illegal to sell PEGI 18 media to minors. I wish it was enforced.
- Comment on Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash 2 months ago:
You might as well donate to Anthropic.
- Comment on Ubisoft Finally Confirms Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, the Remake We All Knew Was Coming 2 months ago:
Indeed, AC Shadows has not been exploited yet.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I was not contradicting you, only adding context.
- Comment on Ubisoft Finally Confirms Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, the Remake We All Knew Was Coming 2 months ago:
If you really want to play DRM-protected games, usually a certain fit girl makes at easy for you not long atter release.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I am claiming tkat the notion has been circulating only for the last 30 years.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Feathers have been found on dinosaur fossils only “recently”, with the discovery of Sinosauropteryx in 1996Image
- Comment on Current events dictate that I post this. 2 months ago:
Good meme, but wrong place, mate.
- Comment on Current events dictate that I post this. 2 months ago:
Ah yes, because you are so smart and everyone who calls you out is stupid.
