dzsimbo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I do understand. I find myself having to regularly check myself to look for miscommunication instead of malice (or stupidity for that matter).

  The whole thing is whack, and anyone with two cents of mind and some compassion is just gaping at the horrors being casually thrown around and equally horrifying misdirections.

  Thanks to the internet the only way to hide stuff is to drown it out, but we all have our trusted sources (who in turn distort reality in an infotaining world, but that’s where we’re at). This means we can more or less put the big picture together (or at least the players) and make fairly solid guesstimates.

  I tell myself this is an all or nothing attempt by the ruling class to legitimize a strangle hold before any major resource wars break out and that people are really wisening up to their shenanigans. I feel ‘doomerism’ is an aspect where they can easily get me. Don’t let them win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I do appreciate the time and effort you put into the comment, but I am not arguing against what you are saying.

  Since Kinsey &co and the summer of love, the movement didn’t evaporate, it perforated society and mutated. I don’t think I’d be going too far by stating, that the sexual revolution couldn’t have happened without the suffragettes. I see the queer movement as a spearhead in the same direction.

  I only had qualm with you saying anything has been undone (sorry if I’m paraphrasing). Yeah, using ‘woke’ as a pejorative for anyone craving progress is a thing now, but that doesn’t mean most of us want nothing more than to love each other freely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Was it erased? We are more comfortable with porn than ever (which I wouldn’t say is okay, but definitely not prudish), and after the jews, the biggest boogie man out there is the gender lobby.

  I say we’re in the next phase, and moderators (Visa, Mastercard) need to buckle up for what’s coming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tetris is artsy as shit, especially with that kickass score, Korobeiniki.

  For a better example, maybe contrast it against the more generic marvel movies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd never let my tongue touch a pineapple⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooo, mommy (umami)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get in the pod, inhale the fumes.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Which are still radiated at you through the ether ;)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When everything is fake and we continue to believe it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But there is! Infotainment. It’s way more engaging than regular news or just dramas. It’s just not the good touch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit bought a giant ad in Paris, urging young french people to create an account⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not even from business standpoint. Or maybe I’m misinterpreting the bottom line, but a business should be conscious about it’s business model.

  Why do people go to reddit? Funny memes and great comments. It started to become boring when the people started to act like bots (echochamber), now it’s mostly bots echoing arguments and memes of past. With your restaurant analogy, it is more like they started selling the support beams instead of product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨we are creators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, teleporting is more like the move function where you delete the original copy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨we are creators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a similar argument with a friend, and I think he won that time. It came out of left field and rephrases the whole thought experiment.

  Instead of me defending the argument, how would you interpret a clone incident? Would you get ‘the other feed’ as well? We have the sleep cycle where we don’t actively get input (even though our conciousness is present during dreams to a certain extent). So if a transporter clone incident rebuilds the person on the other side, but an original instant could go on experiencing a life that wouldn’t be if the transporter functioned correctly.

  Hopefully that took the soul out of your argument!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨we are creators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, there definitely are some waved away elements that are basically magic. I’m just binging TNG now, but I saw the Lower Decks tribute to many-a transporter incidents.

  I mean if you can transport and not at the same time (the copy version), it is not hard to think that once that buffer is cleared on the one side, it’s game over man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨we are creators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And some even got the cyberpunkiness almost right (Johnny Nmemonic swung so hard!). I think for every visionary piece, we have 100 lost contemporary ‘trash’ (not trash, more like a picture of the spirit of the time) that has already been lost.

  I mean Star Trek was pretty wickedly ahead of it’s time for all of the creator’s shortcomings. Still can’t believe that teleporting doesn’t kill you every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨we are creators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t consider anything true aviation before the squirrel suit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4D Salmon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You are right, I am projecting my 20th century values.

  The Shrike is a force of nature that makes me pee myself just the teensiest bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statement on Stop Killing Games - VIDEOGAMES EUROPE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this a troll site? Or just lawyers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4D Salmon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  With the salmon part, a bit, otherwise Hyperion. The Shrike is one of my favorite villains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Srsly⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I was able to bring the ‘at’ closer to the time, but I’m not sure it’s correct:

  ‘This can’t possibly be the same 9pm I used to start getting ready at for a night out’

  I’m tempted to remove the ‘used to’ and just put it in simple past for brevity, but that would hold back half the punch.

  This is one of my favorite types of discourse. Polishing jokes and grammar in the gravitas it deserves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Truly wonderful.

  You need the gaming in this lifestyle to help divert attention from not being able to get comfort foods at month’s end.

  Otherwise it leaves me all the time to realize the physical and mental hells I am putting myself through. I’ve been qualified for free health care for over a year, but I just arrived to the point where I can reach out and engage the system. I initially thought enrolling would come in handy if I get into an accident, but last week I made the call to start preventive treatments.

  I have an appointment with an actual doctor next month. I am also getting the ball rolling on the emotional side. I was contemplating moving back home, but now I might give this current iteration some more time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oooh, I’m one of those! Gaming on foodstamps and social health in a US state, AMA.