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- Comment on Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you 1 week ago:
What do you mean by “real world politics”? Don’t be shy, tell us.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to [deleted] | 2 comments
- Comment on Veilguard Isn’t the First Dragon Age Game to Face ‘Woke’ Criticism 2 weeks ago:
But transgenders and pronouns were never ever a thing in the Dragon Age franchise, and now they suddenly feature these so prominently.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krem_(Dragon_Age)
Every Dragon Age game has had pronouns because that’s how fucking language works. Your brain has just been poisoned by right-wing outrage over “pronouns”.
Also, “transgenders” isn’t a word. “Transgender” is an adjective, not a noun, not that I expect that to mean anything to someone who freaks out about “pronouns”.
- Comment on have you ever had to confront a female mob at the workplace? 3 weeks ago:
This sounds like a plausible thing that actually happened.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 4 weeks ago:
Kind of seems like a contradiction
They don’t care. There’s no point in calling conservatives out on hypocrisy. Only a very small number of them will give a shit, and those will be the ones who were already having doubts.
- Comment on Sudachi 1.0.10 release 1 month ago:
What does this app do?
- Comment on Lunar Remastered Collection - Announce Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games 1 month ago:
Holy shit, they remembered Eternal Blue exists.
- Comment on Every show with a suicide now has a disclaimer with a suicide hotline at the beginning. Is there any evidence that these warnings make a positive difference? 2 months ago:
What do you propose as the solution, then? Without any up-front disclosure of the triggering content being present, how can anybody make the choice whether or not to expose themself to it?
- Comment on Every show with a suicide now has a disclaimer with a suicide hotline at the beginning. Is there any evidence that these warnings make a positive difference? 2 months ago:
There’s evidence that trigger warnings actually worsen anxiety and are counterproductive
I’d be interested in seeing these studies.
The way to treat anxiety is to face the source of anxiety to try and change your relationship and reaction. The best way to do this is via controlled access that exposes one to the trigger gradually in a context that has no risk of harm (eg a media depiction, discussing the concept, building up to discussing the source of trauma that led to the phobic response if applicable)
Trigger warnings enable active avoidance. This sensitizes one to the aversive stimuli and makes the phobic response stronger. As a result when one encounters the stimulus (eg a friend, family, celebrity etc commits suicide, suffers an eating disorder, etc) your resilience to the trigger is now even lower and the response is more likely to be more significant than it was before.
These two paragraphs seem to contradict each other. Controlled access in a safe setting like a media depiction sounds great. That’s exactly what trigger warnings are for. They tell you that the content is present in the media you’re about to watch. How can you possibly do controlled exposure without knowing if the content is there or not?
- Comment on Is this a triangle? 2 months ago:
I was reading Matt Parker’s new trigonometry book and they made some remark about triangles in spherical geometry and I went “wait, what if you did this”
- Comment on Is this a triangle? 2 months ago:
They’re not curved; the space they’re embedded in is curved.
- Comment on Is this a triangle? 2 months ago:
I didn’t even think of that. Another good question!
- Comment on Is this a triangle? 2 months ago:
I’m not asking about a Dorito shape.
- Comment on Is this a triangle? 2 months ago:
I don’t think that can be a thing.
- Submitted 2 months ago to [deleted] | 59 comments
- Comment on Why doesn't Mongolia simply arrest Putin? 2 months ago:
I’m serious. I want to know exactly what OP is imagining would happen.
- Comment on Why doesn't Mongolia simply arrest Putin? 2 months ago:
How do you envision that going, exactly?
- Comment on Blackjack Game Development Company 2 months ago:
💩
- Comment on How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day? 3 months ago:
My bad, I was only thinking of my own experience. Cool that peas are so cheep though!
- Comment on How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day? 3 months ago:
Metabolism does play a part, but people of all metabolisms can lose weight.
- Comment on How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day? 3 months ago:
Beans and lentils are great for protein as well as being much cheaper than meat. You should definitely have them every day.
If you have the time and energy to do so, get dry beans and soak them overnight then cook them; they’ll have less sodium and give you less gas that way.
- Comment on How do I get in touch with the creator of lemmyworld or the one who was the first to create the fediverse? 3 months ago:
You asked anyway.
- Comment on How do I get in touch with the creator of lemmyworld or the one who was the first to create the fediverse? 3 months ago:
You can’t just ask other people to do your work for you.
