moakley
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- Comment on An old excuse 3 days ago:
If we’re only looking at the bad things a country has done, committing actual genocide is worse than destabilizing governments and overthrowing dictators.
But you’re also ignoring the good things. The US has historically provided around one third of all humanitarian aid in the world. And while it may be the perfect example of democracy, it has used its power to keep much worse regimes in check.
Saying that America is “objectively THE main world villain” is just silly. Like, you think North Korea is morally superior? Seriously? Or Russia?
- Comment on An old excuse 3 days ago:
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Complains there’s no nuance anymore.
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Provides the second least nuanced take ever.
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- Comment on The script is mysterious and important. 1 week ago:
Keanu was famous, but the way I remember it he wasn’t a huge box office draw yet.
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
Like a restaurant?
Um… how many levels are we doing?
- Comment on Also, in my state, all the drivers are the worst 1 week ago:
Week? My daughter rode bikes to her school in 30° and ride home in 73°. Choosing her outfits is very difficult this week.
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
Yeah, but what if I become famous for writing children’s books one day? Then I’ll feel like a dummy.
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
It’s mostly visual for me. Like when a woman lifts her arms, it makes other things more appealing, so there’s an association there.
On the lucky occasion I’m with a woman who doesn’t shave, I just want to pet it, like if I could pet a squirrel. Like, what even is this? It’s so rare and adorable.
Anyway it’s times like this I think I should have an alt account on Lemmy.
- Comment on i unapologetically love male pits 1 week ago:
In the shower? One.
In the bed? At least a three.
- Comment on Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft 2 weeks ago:
Sure, Sony “outlived” two minor competitors that were already failing when the PS1 released.
Much like how I outlived actor Carey Grant, who was 80 years old when I was born. That’s definitely how I’d phrase that.
But hey, those examples were “just to name a few”, so there must be more, right?
But seriously, the way your original comment was phrased makes it sound like Sony is some kind of console war juggernaut, outlasting its many competitors over decades. The reality is that Sega folded to Sony and Nintendo back in the early aughts, and then it was 25 stable years of having three big console makers, and that’s it.
That’s all I’m saying.
- Comment on Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft 2 weeks ago:
3DO and Atari were never really competitors. They were minor players in the console market that were already considered unsuccessful by the time the PS1 was released.
Sega is one company. Sony has outlasted one competitor, which makes it odd to say “yet another”.
- Comment on Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft 2 weeks ago:
Another?
- Comment on Elder Scrolls 6 Is Powered By New Version Of Creation Engine 2 weeks ago:
It’s 2026, and you are literally eleven 're’s short of the current number of rereleases.
- Comment on One of the most interesting things that happens when you are old 2 weeks ago:
I remember bringing a Polaroid picture of my 10" television screen into my English class just to prove to my best friend that the Hylian loach existed.
- Comment on SBA #29 3 weeks ago:
Shitposts can be funny. These ones never are.
- Comment on SBA #29 3 weeks ago:
As of a month or two ago, any time I see a post that’s so thoroughly unfunny that it brings down the average quality of all Lemmy posts, I don’t even need to check the community. It’s always this one. Why is that? What happened here? It didn’t used to be like this.
- Comment on Yet everyone swears they existed 4 weeks ago:
It’s been almost 25 years, and 9/11 jokes still aren’t funny.
- Comment on Tetris Variations 4 weeks ago:
Depends on how strict we’re being with “version of Tetris”. If we’re talking loosely about falling block puzzle games, then my favorite one is Attactics. It’s part of UFO50.
Instead of four-block clusters, Attactics uses individual blocks that represent different types of troops, each one with a unique ability. And instead of falling from the top of the screen towards the bottom, they move from the left of the screen towards the right. And instead of forming complete lines in order to score points, they clash against the enemy’s troops and attempt to make it to their fortress on the other side of the map.
Looking at Attactics on its own, it looks like a fast-paced simplified strategy game. But when you get your hands on the game, it becomes clear that it shares a lot in common with Tetris.
- Comment on in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention 5 weeks ago:
More popular than bratwurst? I guess maybe that could be true somewhere, but I’ve never heard of that VW sausage before, and I’ve had bratwurst many, many times outside of Germany.
- Comment on in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention 5 weeks ago:
I don’t like fennel.
- Comment on in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention 5 weeks ago:
Nah, Germany has the best sausage.
- Comment on Caramelize me, baby 1 month ago:
Remember, it takes at least 45 minutes to caramelize an onion. Anything less and you’re just cooking it.
- Comment on Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround 1 month ago:
Some were, some weren’t. I was thrilled.
And then the hate grew to the point where it was a meme, where everyone “knew” that Anthem was bad, even people who hadn’t played it. Then it was over.
- Comment on Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround 1 month ago:
I played it at launch. It worked fine for me.
But yeah, some players had technical issues that were quickly patched. That’s how launches work nowadays. The reaction seems justified in a vacuum, but if you compare it to how glitches affect the scores of other games, it’s weird.
Cyberpunk 2077 still got good scores despite major technical issues that took a lot longer than a week or two to fix.
I can go buy the re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-release of Skyrim and still encounter the same game-breaking bugs that I encountered fifteen years ago.
So I still feel like Anthem got treated unfairly here. If it was some bland, unimaginative game that didn’t do anything else well, sure, I get why they wouldn’t pull their punches. But again, the gameplay was immaculate. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better game treated worse.
- Comment on Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround 1 month ago:
Honestly Anthem was so fucking good. It’s a victim of the internet hate machine.
My hobby is video games, but some people’s hobby is hating things, and those people decided that Anthem was the next thing to hate. The hate was insanely disproportionate to the actual problems that Anthem had.
The endgame grind needed some work, but that’s always the case with a live service game. Comparing it to Destiny, which had been out for five years at that point, there wasn’t a lot of content. Comparing it to video games in general, it was fine. Easily worth the cost of a new game.
Graphics-wise? Top notch, triple-A.
And as far as gameplay, the actual most important part of a game? Anthem was a fucking masterpiece. The combat was fun and varied. Classes were distinct.
And the traversal was the best I’ve ever played. Soaring through the air like Iron Man and dipping into a waterfall so my suit doesn’t overheat is one of the video game highlights of my life.
But the internet ruined it. The same outrage machine that was built to respond to things like “a sense of pride and accomplishment” was turned on Anthem, not because it was that bad, but because there wasn’t anything else particularly hate-worthy that week.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Right. It’s provocative because incel shit is widely disliked. We’re saying the same thing.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Can you explain the joke?
- Comment on The forbidden fourth leche 1 month ago:
To be even more specific, it’s a Mexican dessert made of sponge cake, soaked in a mixture of three milks. Wet cake may not sound appetizing, but it’s absolutely delicious.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Why are you defending incel shit?
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Don’t take my comment so seriously.
