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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Offline play? It’s SOLITAIRE. Offline play should be the ONLY play, by default.

  Feeling like I took crazy pills this morning…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In retrospect, yes, this was exactly what I was picturing 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cynical speculation says that the writing assignment went something like, “shit, the sentiment on this is trending in the wrong direction cause of memes. Okay, get our meme editor in here, we gotta reach these kids…and page the fortune 500 consultant we hired away from the Journal, they’ll want to approve whatever we publish…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYPD confirms suspect had a British accent⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well some smart arse put up a sign that said “1 robber occupancy max” and now they’re all queued up outside the urine depository. Haven’t moved in days .

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whether it’s and advantage or not depends on your perspective. If you want the fediverse to supplant Big Tech, then no, having a culture which is not welcoming of outsiders is not an advantantage.

  However, if you happen to be a part of Lemmy’s “in-group”, you probably don’t want a bunch of “normies” flooding in and cluttering up your feed with what you consider to be low effort shitposts, or starting drama in the comments. In that sense, maintaining a barrier to entry is an advantage because, in this mindset, if they can’t be bothered to wrap their head around a slightly more complex signup than usual, than they weren’t going to be good members of this community.

  Perhaps some will disagree with my interpretation of the two popes (I meant poles, but I’m keeping the typo) of users here. To be clear, I’m not ascribing a value judgment to either position. I think both have valid points, and, frankly, I’m not sure where I come down on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk and Ramaswamy float ending remote work for federal employees and ‘large-scale firings’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. However, federal trade unions are muzzled in the sense that it is against the law for a federal employee to engage in a strike. It’s been on the books since the 50s, but the balance of power really shifted when Reagan enforced it against 10,000 striking air traffic controllers. Some were incarcerated, and nearly all were blackballed from ever working a government job ever again (though that was eventually rescinded in the 90s). There’s no doubt now that even a “liberal” president would follow suit in the event another illegal strike occurred.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Watching passport bros get bodied by SEA women is a complete mood. Get rekt manlet.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m speculating, but I believe that’s a portmanteau of “gut” and “cunt”…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA President term limits⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  By all means, I’d expect him to try, however, this is a constitutional amendment. The Supreme Court can’t take back an amendment the way they can strike down laws (I.e. by ruling it unconstitutional for whatever reason), because it IS constitutional by definition.

  Thankfully, the Constitution is also very specific about what it takes to amend it further. 2/3 of both chambers of Congress, or 2/3 of state legislatures must vote to just propose an amendment, and then, to pass the amendment, they need 3/4 of the vote. Because the process is enumerated, there’s no legal ambiguity they can use to shape their ruling the way they want. To remove term limits, you must amend the Constitution. To amend the Constitution, you must meet these (intentionally) high thresholds. If A -> then B.

  So, unless Trump is able to woo half of the sitting Democrats, as well as 100% of the Republicans, we’re safe from the system being used to guillotine itself (instead, the system will spend the next 4 years hitting itself in the face with a bat). Now, if Trump wants to seize power outside of the system, that’s a different ball game, and the relative friendliness of judges and Congress is a moot point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She must be unhinged⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Many (but not all) private schools in the US are religious. From elementary school through college I attended Catholic affiliated schools. This sort of display would not be allowed at most public schools, and the ones that would allow it would be sued.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eat lead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that it really matters, but trying to learn about (Christian) God by reading the Old Testament is like trying to perform maintenance on your 2024 vehicle using a manual from the 2000 version of that car… Like, yeah, that was relevant once, and there’s some overlap, but the situation has evolved since then. It’s called the Old Testament because it is based on something outdated (again, from a generically Christian perspective). The Old Covenant (which is what the Old Testament is testifying to) was between God and the Jews, and was based around compliance with the law. That’s why the OT is so full of rules and punishments.

  Then, Jesus arrives on the scene and changed the game. His birth, betrayal, and death, represent a new contract between God and humanity (not just the Jews) wherein mankind is saved by God’s grace alone. In fact, God has done a 180 on the whole obedience to the law thing. Turns out, God loves sinners, and prostitutes, and tax collectors, and prodigal sons, and all sorts of ne’er-do-wells that the God of the Old Testament would have reviled. From the death of Jesus forward (and maybe retroactively too, I don’t know dogma all that well), the only thing necessary for your salvation is God’s grace, and that is given to all, as long as you accept God into your heart or something like that. Basically, God is Darth Vader, and he has altered the deal, pray he does not alter it further.

  Of course, as with anything A) religious and B) 2000+ years old, there’s a lot of disagreement on like every aspect of the above. But, I think I’ve got the gist of it correct from a generic, if Catholicism influenced, perspective. It’s been a long time since I had to sit through a theology lecture.

  With all that being said though, I imagine that the reason the OT has stuck around in Christianity is that it’s characterization of God as vindictive and capricious and obsessed with toeing the line is a very useful tool for keeping the plebs compliant. They get to have their cake and eat it too, as it were. “God loves you unconditionally sweetie, remember that, but also if you have sex before marriage you are DAMNED to HELL for ETERNITY!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rap Video rule⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Say what you will of the aesthetic being virtually insane, but personally, I think it’s supa dupa fly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tough Shit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are literally getting offended on someone’s behalf at this very moment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're not you when you're dooming.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Continue to be thankful. I made some boneheaded choices in college which resulted in my throwing away a full ride, and I left school with like 80k in debt. Thankfully, I am much more fiscally responsible than I was academically responsible, and I managed to pay that off over the course of like 7 years (aided in no small part by the forbearance periods Biden forced through during COVID). Which is good, because more boneheaded choices were made which resulted in a significant change to my financial situation. If I were still making payments at this juncture, I would be in a position where I’d be moving back into mom’s basement just to make ends meet.

  Not that there is anything inherently shameful in that (it’s fucking hard out here, and if that’s a resource that you have available, it should not be turned away simply because of pride), but it does cause me to wake every morning pleased I didn’t listen to any “financial gurus” out there who talk about shit like “good debt”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This made me so angry, enjoy!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All good! You were in the ballpark, certainly. I read CAD, but not Penny Arcade, and I was there when Loss was uploaded, so the distinction is clear to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This made me so angry, enjoy!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wrong webcomic. Ctrl + Alt + Del is the name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lionsgate will be releasing "BORDERLANDS" on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on October 22. (That was quick.)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh man, The Fountain is a great pull. I remember being very impressed with it upon release, but I’ve never revisited it. I do recall the visuals being gorgeous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lionsgate will be releasing "BORDERLANDS" on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on October 22. (That was quick.)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any recommendations? I’m slowly building up a 4k collection and I’m looking for releases which justify the purchase cost, either by being visually stunning, or because the supplemental features are excellent. Do you have any titles in your collection that fit the bill?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games popularized certain mechanics?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, Trespasser is an example of a game with some pretty wild ideas about immersion and puzzle solving in a first person shooter game that the tech just wasn’t quite able to pull off. If anyone is curious there is a positively antique Let’s Play on YouTube that discusses the game’s development, its relation to the wider Jurassic Park franchise, cut content, and, of course, the game in context. I think it may have come from the old Something Awful forums, and it remains, to my mind, the gold standard for what I’d like Let’s Plays to be. Worth checking out if you’ve the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon builds a fire pit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It does?! PUT IT OUT YOU JERK!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 28 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you running any mods, or rolling vanilla?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] Best recent modern Kung-Fu / Martial Art movies?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huge caveat on this one, as I don’t actually remember much of the movie, but the residual impression I have of 2019’s Triple Threat was that it was a good time. Pretty stellar cast, too. Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins, and Michael Jai White are the most notable, though I’m sure the other players present have mountains of stunt / fight experience to their names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is French⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But, that’s still a single press of the trigger. Perhaps it is more accurate to say a single trigger squeeze, rather than press, but it remains true that it will fire all three rounds with you depressing the trigger once.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Palworld a “dead game”? Who cares, says the game’s developer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re making the same points as the article (and the devs), hence OP stating that what he posted is not the “clickbait journalism” that you appeared to accuse it of being originally.

  If you were saying the other articles referred to in the headline are clickbait journalism, then I’m pretty sure we’re all on the same page. Your phrasing was just a little ambiguous at first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon saves their vacation days⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but of those 50,000 words, a tiny subset has to do with PTO or leave (and I’d bet that that section of the contract is specifically mentioned in the table of contents). Homie decided that he wanted to do something special with their leave time. Something out of the ordinary. Then, they chose to not ask their HR department, their supervisor, their co-workers, or consult their presumably readily available company policy archive to research for themselves whether their plan was viable.

  I understand not wanting to victim blame, but, as presented in this story, this individual is a victim of their own negligence, and that is something that we can hold folks accountable for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anons Super Power⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe the counter-argument to that would be that no act that is a result of mind control could be considered to be unequivocally good. The act of mind control itself is an inherent evil because it is forcing someone to do something they may not intrinsically desire without their consent. It’s mental rape. Even in a scenario where the outcome is good, the ends wouldn’t justify the means.

  I’m not 100% sure how far this argument extends for me, but I find it generally more persuasive than the notion that “one good person” will be able to net more good than harm from the use of the power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my goodness. Thank you for pointing out the different VA. I knew something felt off, moreso than the new character models.

  Also, I can’t help but feel like the updated Frank wandered out of the basement tier of fighters from a Street Fighter title. I feel like he should be chubbier and ruddier. I can’t speak for the direction they took the character in later installments but he always felt like kind of a goober schmuck whose “instincts” finally paid off. I like that characterization, especially in light of the game’s satire of clueless Americans.

  I’ll keep an eye on this one. I never did get that achievement for killing the 53,000 zombies in a playthrough…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Or Germans on the Ryanair flight from Frankfurt Hahn to Mallorca⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bro, maybe the Wally world clientele is different in your neck of the woods but seeing someone with makeup on, or their hair did (leaving aside the question of quality for the time being…) is the exception to the rule.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Criterion and Janus Films Sell to Indian Paintbrush Founder Steven Rales⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope this does not drastically affect their operations negatively. I’ve been trained by everything else to assume that this will result in negative impact for customers, but, as someone who literally just upgraded their home theater setup, I’m going to be salty if they lose their focus on providing the definitive experience for home video releases. Obviously, Criterion isn’t the only game in town for that sort of thing, and you could argue they miss the mark with some of their releases, but any loss of a vendor for what is becoming something of a niche hobby is a kick in the rear.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 4 Isn't Next For Larian; Something Bigger Is Coming | Spot On | Gamespot⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure. My impression is that to focus on character work in the same way as BG3 (i.e. voice acting, mocap, cinematics, etc) would have been an impossibility for the studio that made Solasta. I would guess they did not have the financial support to make that happen.

  Personally, I think of it as being of a piece with the old Infinity Engine games. There was the Baldurs Gate series, which, in classic CRPG fashion, was all about player choice and character. But, side by side with those games, you had the Icewind Dale series, which was almost completely devoid of the story focus of the BG games and entirely focused on dungeon crawling and seeing how far the ruleset can be pushed.