OccamsTeapot

@OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three developers' different philosophies on difficulty for their games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. I love Souls games but I think having an option somewhere for people that need it wouldn’t ruin the intended experience. Especially if there’s a disclaimer before you choose it.

  I’m not mad they don’t have it or anything. But like, shouldn’t there be a way to play if you literally can’t otherwise?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey looky! I'm on a list a just learned about three minutes ago!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was only messing around, no need to apologise!

  Potential sea lioning? That would be literally any question. And it was the first question. And the topic is not whatsoever the type of controversial thing people would usually approach in that way.

  Honestly, I bristle at the overuse of the term sea lioning. It makes the internet a much worse place if we go around assuming people are only trying to find out stuff they don’t know from other humans as a malicious method to waste our time. That comic did more harm than good, imo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey looky! I'm on a list a just learned about three minutes ago!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So sassy. You just made the list bro it’s all over for you now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MP groped breasts of two women, trial hears⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now - if there is video or photos like we saw of Urban Meyer in American. Then you are caught red handed.

  Seems like there is.

  Jurors were shown a slowed-down version of CCTV footage of Spencer unsteady on his feet that night and of the moments he approached the women.

  Given that he “approached” them from behind and grabbed their boobs. Then he was kicked out of the club. So yeah, it’s not drummed up noise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is the common argument, yeah.

  Just going to add a bit of data: NYTS

  7.1% of high school students report “current use” (meaning in the last 30 days), of those, 27.5% use daily. Works out to about 1.95% of high schoolers vaping daily. Lower for middle school. Fruit flavors are most popular (which is always true for adults too).

  Cigarette smoking is down. Vaping is also down. Overall tobacco use is down.

  Unfortunately no reporting on the % using nicotine there.

  Honestly seems, like, pretty fine? Do you know what the youth smoking rate was prior to vapes being a thing?

  Then one day your mate says “hey try this one! It tastes just like candy floss!” But surprise 20mg you’re hooked for life fool!

  I think you’re overstating the addictiveness here. Going from 0 to 20 mg would not be super pleasant - more nicotine makes it harsher on your throat - and it isn’t that addictive. I’m sure you know people who smoked a few cigarettes without getting hooked, right? Even 20 mg vapes don’t give you blood nicotine levels as high as smoking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t checked recently but I think your experience there doesn’t align with the statistics. Although for these people obviously yeah, vaping is dumb

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just imagine being addicted to nicotine but not wanting to die

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “I'm thrilled to report that after 35 years, on July 4th, we will end the subsidies for wind and solar projects”⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just imagine! We would be so stuck. It would require some kind of hydrocarbon-based fuel to be held in storage just in case. Or we could try to split the atom. But that’s pure madness. It’d never work

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “I'm thrilled to report that after 35 years, on July 4th, we will end the subsidies for wind and solar projects”⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Low value energy” because “the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow.”

  Oil, on the other hand, famously requires no effort whatsoever to locate, extract and refine before use. The wells are just spewing out oil constantly, for free, for eternity. We never have to transport it. Oil just spawns nearby population hubs as Allah yahweh JESUS wills it. There’s no way a hostile country could close a relatively small waterway and make that a lot less convenient. And no, oil will not run out eventually. It’s eternal. Omg what a cuck who cares about climate change? CO2 is just plant food. Did you fail high school science?

  Thank you. I’m thrilled to be destroying the climate (and getting rich) on this blessed day of independence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering — Datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Come, friendly data centres, and burn up Slough. It isn’t fit for humans now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF Balatro?!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The worst thing about this is when you actually get the money together but then afterwards you’re too broke to get the run off the ground. It needs something good to copy or it’s just dead weight.

  Baron is definitely the worst offender for this because it sucks on a new run

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I was expecting a much worse price. Unfortunately I’m not ready to update my console yet, so I won’t buy on release like I did with V. But you can bet I’ll get it as soon as I upgrade.

  To the people complaining about the stories in GTA games:

  1. Rockstar made Red Dead 2. Great characters. Great story. Great writing. You haven’t played VI yet, the story could be awesome.

  2. Some people just like to have fun. I play loads of story-focused games, narrative based, lore-rich, all types. But it’s still fun to drive around and shoot shit while listening to silly fake radio stations sometimes. Not everything has to be a thought-provoking artistic experience. Give me sticky bombs and a rock/punk station and I’ll be happy for hours.

  Yes it’s overhyped. But it will be fucking awesome nonetheless

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people say to hold a spoon in your mouth but it’s really not needed. Just breathe heavily through your mouth while you cut. 90% of the time this is enough.

  I always also wondered if wearing ordinary glasses would work. Goggles obviously would be that just seems over the top

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨in britain propaganda is just to have a real good look at something⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Av a proper gander at that word innit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Projected Truth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …Can I see it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Projected Truth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole truth?! At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localised entirely within your brain?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Projected Truth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What about a thermometer?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We got a skimmer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve even been known to use sci hub! I know right? Call the cops we’ve got a bad mother fucker right here

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The first and second are great, obviously. But Curse is also my favourite. The animation style holds up so well, you get some good insult sword fighting and it introduced Murray!

  I didn’t know Ron Gilbert disowned it. He’s as repulsive as a monkey in a negligee.