celeste

@celeste@kbin.earth

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I want recs for a fun unicycle game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who plays Animal Crossings New Horizons?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Send me another code and I'll go right now!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who plays Animal Crossings New Horizons?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you send me a code, i can pop over and drop fruit and some extra recipes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who plays Animal Crossings New Horizons?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You need oranges and cherries? I just loaded up my island

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who plays Animal Crossings New Horizons?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Shoot, I got home and the switch has zero charge. I'll let it charge and then if you're still fruitless I'll try again tomorrow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who plays Animal Crossings New Horizons?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If no one else opens up their island for you, I'll open mine after work (6-8 hrs from now). I haven't played in ages but my island does have all the fruit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are the grievances with the "male loneliness epidemic"?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It's difficult to discuss this issue, because loneliness is so personal. This all is.

  I'm glad you asked the question and are trying to genuinely understand where critics are coming from. All of this (like, society) is a mess and we've all been hurt and it makes doing better a struggle because, how do you see anything past the pain from your own wounds?

  When I was very young, my father would hit me for crying, so when I was a little older, hearing that little boys weren't supposed to cry just made me go "me neither." But (without justifying my father) understanding that he did it because society and his own parents fucked him up on this issue, and his parents were fucked up by their parents, makes it possible to envision a way things could be different.

  Not everyone gets past that hurt, though. Like a young man abused by his mother dismissing the idea of misogyny. The statistics are just statistics. The memories of that pain are visceral and real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are the grievances with the "male loneliness epidemic"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of the criticism of it I've seen is about how the concept's been warped to mean women aren't putting out enough for specific men. Other people will also point out that modern society is isolating in general. People who aren't men who are experiencing loneliness might have some skepticism about the idea it's a man specific issue.

  There's also some wariness because topics about issues men face can translate for some men into a violent rage towards women. As seen with the involuntarily celibate movement.

  People of all types can take genuine grievances and find a target to take it out on. Like income inequality translating to hatred of immigrants. And violence towards them. When you're the mistaken target of those grievances, it can be simplest to want to get away from the conversation unless the person starting it is clear they aren't targeting you.

  Those are my guesses as to why people are skeptical.

  https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1263527043 Some discussion in here about the topic, but also criticisms of the topic.

  https://trinitonian.com/2025/02/14/unpacking-the-myth-of-the-male-loneliness-epidemic/ This opinion article criticizes how influencers drive the conversation, to its detriment.

  https://www.fridaythings.com/recent-posts/male-lonliness-crisis-incel-men-friendship-mental-health This person brings up the idea that women are wary of the idea because it seems like they'll be expected to individually solve it regardless of their own wants and needs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨better paying job dealing with egos vs peace of mind job that pays poorly. I'd be taking a 20% financial hit. Worth it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The grass might not be greener and maybe you should keep the better paying job, but you should keep in mind that living a life filled with stress is like eating a little poison evey day. It's not a huge deal, each individual dose, but it adds up.

  Stress hormones do their own damage, but also - when my mental health sucks, I don't bother to put on sunscreen. I don't eat right. That adds up, too. Of course when money's tight, you can't avoid stress. But even if you don't change jobs now, you should probably be looking to change something soon. You're at an age where the consequences of that stress will start to pop up. Me too.

  I don't know if you should take the new job, but I do think you should consider your mental health a high priority. Under money, maybe, but other people have given good advice here on various pros and cons to consider with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Final Fantasy X programmer doesn’t get why devs want to replicate low-poly PS1 era games. “We worked so hard to avoid warping, but now they say it’s charming” - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was hoping someone would post this quote. It's exactly it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak devs would rather you pirate their game than play a sloppy ripoff⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  scrolled past this a couple times thinking it was an opinion column about how the ideal dev behavior is approving of people pirating their games. finally remembered the game name.

  anyway peak devs are peak.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humble Choice this month contains Persona 5 Royal, My Time at Sandrock, Lil Gator Game, more⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My time at sandrock is a game i have a ludicrous amount of hours in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ASUS breaks your ROG Ally if you don't pay $200 for warranty repairs: SCAMMING COMPANY!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was in college around the same time and recall doing my usual minimum research for a new system and still to this day think "acer's crap, right?" when someone mentions it, even though the memory of why is gone.