BlameTheAntifa
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- Comment on She strongly disagrees 12 hours ago:
I completely agree.
Religion - and all dogmatism - exists solely as a tool for the powerful to subjugate and oppress others. This has been the case for all of recorded human history. Christianity is no exception.
I won’t take a fantastical mythological approach to any ancient document, even if that’s what modern acolytes are doing. I won’t pretend to care about their fan fiction, but I will casually correct factual mistakes and move on. Why? Because it’s therapeutic. I was raised in an abusive evangelical home, and besides that abuse, because my existence was “sinful”, the insistence on reading “The Bible” and learning that it doesn’t actually say any of the things I was told it did was formative. The people who demanded I read it clearly hadn’t themselves, and never dug deeper than the english words — which they insisted were “God-inspired”.
You are right that nothing can change a cultists mind. They are in a cult of millions and millions. Their own holy book disagrees with all their dogmas, their speech, their actions, their teachings, but pointing it out will never change their minds. I’ll do it, anyway, because I need to. Liars should be exposed, even the liars themselves won’t recant.
- Comment on She strongly disagrees 15 hours ago:
There is actually a lot of historical context missing and — like most things Biblical — this has been terribly mistranslated and deeply abused and twisted by patriarchal leaders to suit their own political ambitions.
Ephesus was home to the cult of Artemis/Diana, and the Temple of Artemis which was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. The cult was matriarchal, Artemis being the goddess of girls and fertility, natural forces and archery, among other things. Her priestesses spoke with the authority and voice of their goddess, who was strong, fierce, and independent and the culture developed around this for hundreds of years.
The entire letter is to a specific group of people regarding specific cultural conflicts. What the letter is saying is that women who are converting must not be allowed use their sex as an excuse to suppress or dominate male teachers. Instead, they need to learn this new religion respectfully from the existing teachers, who are men, rather than taking over by force. Flaunting wealth and social status is also frowned upon. And while the sexist “women made the mistake” line is there and is intentional, the call back to being “saved by childbearing” is meant to extend a familiar bridge for Artemis cultists. If it’s not immediately obvious why, then do you remember what Artemis was goddess of?
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 2 days ago:
I still enjoyed Elden Ring, but I agree completely. I prefer the metroidvania world design of earlier From Software games. The sense of progression is one of the best parts of those games, and Elden Ring’s open world robs the it of a lot of the magic of earlier titles, where discoveries were around every corner and in every nook and cranny. I never felt the same joy of exploration and hard won progress as I did in Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro.
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 3 days ago:
There was a time when I could not have imagined liking those kinds of games. My partner got me Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition and I hated it. Hate may be too kind a word for how I felt. I’ve always loved metroidvanias and the style seemed right up my gothy, witchy alley, but I couldn’t get past the first basic zombie.
Then we watched a bunch of videos and realized that the game was designed to be played slowly and deliberately. There were no “junk” enemies and paying careful attention at all times was the game. When it clicked, it clicked, and now From Software games are my favorite.
- Comment on ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026 5 days ago:
Remaining developers have begun openly protesting the company.
- Comment on GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union" 5 days ago:
If you are organizing a union NEVER EVER use company controlled channels to communicate about it. This is organizing 101.
At the same time, make sure that whatever you do use it private and secure. Union reps will warn you about how companies spy, and it is not paranoia.
- Comment on GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union" 5 days ago:
That is exactly what happened. All corporations operate like this. They know what they are doing is illegal, so they just use words to warp reality however they like. It’s the Republican strategy.
- Comment on For those of you who enjoy open-world games, how big of a world is too big? 6 days ago:
I am looking forward to Light No Fire and have played countless hours of Minecraft and Star Citizen.
“Too big” doesn’t exist as long as I am enjoying myself.
- Comment on What exactly is the reasoning behind Satan ruling Hell? 1 week ago:
The concept of hell does not appear in scripture, it is a Hellenist addition. The concept of Hades ruling the underworld was preserved as “Satan and Hell” as Judeo-Christian terminology spread.
In actual scripture, “Satan” is a being who stands before gods throne slinging accusations and slanders against god’s people. The concept of hell does not exist at all, and every time you see the word in an english Bible it is an intentional mistranslation from one of a handful of other words that have more specific and nuanced meanings, usually “the grave.”
Jesus observed and taught a form of pharisaic Judaism that believed in an eventual “resurrection and judgement of all people.” The righteous would be given a fresh start in a new creation but everyone else would be destroyed by cleansing fire, dead and gone forever. This “burned away like trash” imagery eventually infected the traditional Hellenist imagery of a “cold dark” underworld and turned it into a place of flaming, volcanic, undying torment.
- Comment on rich 2 weeks ago:
I would move to a safe country, build a safety net for my kids and grandkids, and then give the rest away to food banks, low income housing organizations, those kinds of things.
- Comment on ARC Raiders | Launch Trailer 2 weeks ago:
I played a little of the open beta. It was an interesting concept, but it was very dull and the PvP was toxic and a turnoff. I won’t be playing again.
- Comment on Ok, boomer 2 weeks ago:
For a community called “LemmyShitPost” there is an awful lot of gold here.
- Comment on Seal💔 2 weeks ago:
Awww. I just remembered the cuteness and hilarity of PeopleFuckingDying. Do we have something like that on the fediverse?
- Comment on Know the difference 2 weeks ago:
I’ve never been a fan of red, white, and black. As far as I’m concerned the Pride Progress flag is the ideal flag of egalitarianism and anti-fascism.
- Comment on The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices 2 weeks ago:
It’s corrupt, illegal steering with one extra digital step. But the collapse of the economy is fine, because computers are helping them do it.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 3 weeks ago:
The entire thing feels exploitative and gross for everyone involved, both the streamers and the people watching / paying them.
Exploitation of others is the beating heart of capitalism.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
I don’t understand PvP. In games like this it’s toxic by design and I don’t understand how that is supposed to be fun for anyone. It makes me concerned for society that games specifically designed to ruin someone else’s day are this popular.
- Comment on Is airtags really useful? 3 weeks ago:
I keep one in my bag and it has saved me more than once. After that, I started putting them in and on everything. They are very useful.
- Comment on I'm in danger 3 weeks ago:
Could it be sarcoidosis?
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
It’s a shame. I tried it last night and it has a lot of good ideas and atmosphere, but it was ruined for me by the one thing that ruins every game in this genre, PvP.
I would eat up a purely co-op version of this, even if other humans were replaced with NPCs, but I don’t have the stomach or tolerance for any kind of PvP.
- Comment on Project Rebearth (in development), an MMO city-builder, with a top-down map style view, where players repopulate a 1:1 replica of Earth, releases a demo on Steam. 3 weeks ago:
I’ll buy it just to support this ideologically. The graphics look like one of those old TTRPG map maker programs, which I love.
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 3 weeks ago:
There has been a noticeable uptick in new rightist accounts lately.
Instead of blocking people, I tag the bad actors in Voyager and have noticed that most of the toxicity comes from the same small group of specific people.
- Comment on Xbox consoles and games will no longer be sold at Walmart and Target, according to employees 4 weeks ago:
GamePassBox is not popular while people struggle to afford even the basic costs of living? Who could have predicted this?
- Comment on Anyone remember Heroes of Might & Magic 3? A remake is coming 4 weeks ago:
This is a dream come true. I just need someone to do this for Alpha Centauri and I can die happy.
- Comment on Phones may come without bundled USB cables in the future, if OEMs have their way 4 weeks ago:
A thing you buy should always include all the things you need to use it. Not just a charger and cable, that includes batteries where relevant.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
There are dozens of us.
- Comment on photopea.com now locks out users blocking ads 5 weeks ago:
I’ve always ignored Photopea because it’s completely proprietary and the pricing is predatory. I don’t approve of those models, the same reason I won’t touch Adobe.
I wish Affinity would just release linux versions, but I expect those to get worse now that they are owned by Serif.
I think your best bet is to buckle down, swallow your pride, and learn Gimp. Yeah, it’s a dumpster fire if you come from a Photoshop background because it isn’t trying to copy Photoshop, it wants to be its own thing. But even though it seems counterintuitive due to your years of existing programming, it is quite powerful.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
I think the joke is that the deer is very well hung and the dog doesn’t want it to go away.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 5 weeks ago:
If they are doing their thing on a closed course, I have no problem. But if it is on public roads, then they are endangering others and that makes you a bad person.
- Comment on I'm gonna die on this hill or die trying 5 weeks ago:
I do not miss periods.
Wait, we were talking about punctuation, weren’t we?