DrSteveBrule
@DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
- Comment on Since they wouldn't understand phones, I'd just tell them I was speaking to demons. 4 days ago:
There was a good point explaining how the invention of email made communication a more dreaded thing. When all you could do was send written letters, it could take weeks or months to communicate with someone on another continent. When email was invented everyone thought it would make life so much easier to get a near instant reply. But now some some people have to read and send a hundred emails a day. It’s the same with cell phones. A hundred years ago we mostly didn’t have phones. Then landlines became popular but you had to be home, also you had to memorize numbers or write them down. Now everyone has a cellphone where anyone can call you at anytime and any place. It could be work related, medical related, an old friend wanting to say hi, a tech illiterate family member asking for help, someone trying to sell you something, or any other kind of spam call. Phone anxiety is completely understandable.
- Comment on I've done it again... 1 week ago:
Is 5 pounds enough?
- Comment on Physicists vs Normal People 1 week ago:
Acceleration in physics terms just means a change in velocity. Velocity is speed in a given direction. The steering wheel, gas pedal, and break pedal all accelerate the vehicle.
- Comment on "Mickey 17" releases digitally on March 25 — only 18 days after its theatrical debut 2 weeks ago:
Buying Blu-ray, going to theaters, and buying merchandise aren’t alternatives to owning digitally. I won’t speak for all pirates, but I just want to own a digital copy of what i pay for. Even streaming with a paid subscription isn’t a viable alternative. I don’t pirate to protest, I pirate because there’s no other choice.
- Comment on Another live service shooter is getting shut down, this time before it even launched on Steam 2 weeks ago:
Instead of issuing refunds on any purchased in game currency, Zynga informs players should quickly spend it in game before the game shuts down lmao
- Comment on What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good? 2 weeks ago:
Personally no i never rooted for Walt. Don’t get me wrong I still enjoyed his character and the show overall but I figured him to be a pretty bad guy from the start. Sometimes I just enjoy a show even when all the main characters are bad people. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is another example from a completely different genre. Most episodes end with those characters in a bad predicament based solely off of their poor actions, but that’s what makes it interesting to watch for me. I would feel like a shitty person of i rooted for them because they are incredibly shitty people. Another example i can think of is Narcos. That show was wildly popular, but there’s no way anyone can justify rooting for Pablo Escobar.
Anyway I guess that’s all beside the point of why you may not like No Country for Old Men. I haven’t seen that movie in a long time so I can’t recall many details. But I can still appreciate reading your thoughts on what makes for good storytelling. There’s really no right or wrong as far as I’m concerned, everyone has their preferences.
- Comment on What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good? 2 weeks ago:
Do you not like any movies or shows where the main character is the bad guy? The Sopranos is my all time favorite show but I’ve never rooted for Tony. Breaking bad is great too but I still never rooted for Walter White.
- Comment on Forza Horizon 5 Will Require a Microsoft Account to Play on PS5 3 weeks ago:
They likely make a lot more money with their games on steam
- Comment on Ah shit. Here we go again. 3 weeks ago:
I’m just quoting what the other user’s screenshot of the AI said. I wouldn’t assume it to be true lol.
- Comment on Ah shit. Here we go again. 3 weeks ago:
Wafflestomping dates back to at least 18th century Belgium.
- Comment on From the trailer of Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) 3 weeks ago:
In all seriousness I 100% agree. Aside from the ethical reasons behind it, it’s just really weird to do.
- Comment on From the trailer of Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) 3 weeks ago:
Yea but that patient was John Nazikiller, so can you blame her?
- Comment on 'The point is to be generous': This $20 FPS releasing next month is trying something new—giving away a full version of the game 4 weeks ago:
I have never heard of this, thanks for sharing!
- Comment on fireflies 4 weeks ago:
Flying insects in general. When I was a kid I remember so many people’s cars being absolutely caked with dead bugs. It’s not something I see anymore.
- Comment on TSA now offers you a choice 4 weeks ago:
I vote that TSA just stands outside your house and puts you through that every day you choose to go outside. The rest of the world would be a safer place.
- Comment on Avowed made me scream to my doctor: “I am a wizard!” 4 weeks ago:
I work in a GI lab and one of the funniest things I heard when a patient was waking up was, “You guys were so good I’m coming back for another colonoscopy tomorrow!”
- Comment on Emulating PS2 for my Steam Deck, would love any recommendations! 4 weeks ago:
I don’t have a steam deck but I bet Ape Escape would be the perfect series to play on it!
- Comment on what’s with some adult tv shows using tiktok speak/“brainrot” or acting like the example below, wouldn’t this approach work better with children’s shows? 5 weeks ago:
I saw a commercial for viagra or a similar male enhancement drug and the voiceover was the generic tiktok AI voice.
- Comment on RIP (again) 5 weeks ago:
You’re using PTO for a death in the family?
- Comment on Ads are coming to bit.ly links 1 month ago:
So I went to bitly’s website to see if I could find anymore info here. It looks like most of bitly’s paying customers are businesses that generate QR codes and links that can use custom domains. Since these businesses are already paying customers, anyone using those accounts shouldn’t see ads, but those businesses’ customers probably will! Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems like bitly will inject ads into their customers’ customers screens. If I was one of these business owners I would be pissed lol.
- Comment on Ads are coming to bit.ly links 1 month ago:
I’ve no doubt most if not all Lemmy users will never buy into a paid bitly subscription. But does anyone here at least know of someone who does, or has a similar subscription? Who would need that? Is bitly so essential to some people that they would pay for an ad free experience? I’m not programmer but I had an interest in it once. Building a URL shortener is one of the most basic programs beginners can get into. There must be hundreds of services for shortening URLs. I know that’s a lot of questions but I find this so intriguing.
- Comment on What would you consider the 3 greatest movies ever made? 1 month ago:
I don’t know why but it’s so funny to me seeing Mary Poppins next to those other two movies lol
- Comment on Yeah, let's stop with this "don't judge people for their poiltics" bullshit 1 month ago:
The last one of AOC looks like someone forgot to fully crop out the arm coming from out of frame. I bet she was going in for a hug.
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 hits 1m sales in just one day 1 month ago:
My roommate said that Dragon Age was going to be the most woke game and that he would never spend his money on a game published by EA. He bought it day 1 and beat it 3 times. He fucking loves that game.
- Comment on Reddit slop 1 month ago:
Almost as if OP is shitposting or something
- Comment on im soooo normal 1 month ago:
I recently started looking into more decentralized instant messengers after being on signal for a year or so. I’m happy with signal but just wanted to look into what else is out there. I really don’t get why XMPP gets left in the dust. I see so much praise for matrix, but every public group ive joined is full of spam bots and racists. Simplex is centralized. Even as far as the fediverse goes, I would’ve assumed everyone here would hype up XMPP since it works similarly with the username@instance.com convention.
- Comment on Massive dumps 2 months ago:
My understanding is the cup size is different because cold drinks typically have ice that gets added to the same amount of liquid.
- Comment on Yeah, but anything could be inside. Even $20! 2 months ago:
Recognizing when people need help and support doesn’t mean you are trying to justify illegal acts. No one said stealing is ok. Just because you understand the root of the problem doesn’t mean you are giving it a pass. This is why people with mental disorders still face consequences for their actions. However, if rehabilitation is something you value, then it is important to recognize that their needs may be different than other people’s for rehabilitation to be successful. Punishment with no attempt at helping a person overcome their afflictions is just a guarantee that they will act out again.
- Comment on GTA VI Might Inspire Other AAA Developers to Price Their Games at $100 2 months ago:
But are the devs going to take in the extra money or the ceo publishers?
- Comment on After the catastrophe of Concord Sony is reportedly cancelling other projects including a God of War live service game 2 months ago:
The worst thing about a live service game to me is that they only work when you can connect to the official servers. Many live service games have shut down and there is no offline mode to continue playing. Sometimes you still pay full price for these games. Sometimes games like The Crew, shut down after you spent money to play it and then The Crew 2 comes out so you pay full price for essentially the same game and the first one doesn’t work anymore.