Shotgun_Alice
@Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 14 hours ago:
Links Awakening, it’s just been a favorite of mine since I was a kid.
- Comment on If I shut off the internet how many days do you think it would take before people lose their minds? 4 weeks ago:
I think the world would become more sane if the internet stopped working.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Fever dreams get wild.
- Comment on What is known about darkrooms? 5 weeks ago:
I do photography and had a darkroom set up in my bathroom in high school. If you are interested in darkrooms you should see if a community college near you offers a photo 1 that is black and white photography. I imagine it’s not super common. Some schools still offer it provides a nice foundation for students. If you are wanting to set one up at home watch craigslist or Facebook marketplace, used set ups do come up and usually at a steal. If you have a basement bathroom or a bathroom with a small window that’s easy to cover and a countertop for the enlarger you can set trays up in the tub and you’ll have a nice quick basic setup done. There’s lots of reading available online, or YouTube will be full of instructional videos. Genuinely it’s a tone of fun.
- Comment on Aight. Let's be honest. How many of you dress for yourselves, and how many dress for others? 1 month ago:
At home for myself, at work for others.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Probably nothing or join in.
- Comment on Canadian Workplace Safety PSA 2 months ago:
Had to go watch klaus the forklift driver the real og of work place safety.
- Comment on Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order and remain on strike 3 months ago:
Fuck Yeah!
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 3 months ago:
So I did a class on the art of the video game and MoMA (museum of modern art) has a number of them in their collection. There is even a Wikipedia article on it. Wikipedia Article
- Comment on If I found voter irregularities in my home district do I have to hire a lawyer to prove it.? Or just let it go and the Florida Orange win? 4 months ago:
It’s not that I don’t believe you, but extraordinary claims, require extraordinary evidence. Is what you found that extraordinary?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Your first point, do they remain uncontacted forever? They have been contacted several moments through history once in the 1880s by an exploratory survey. In 1991 there was an attempt to contact them and understand their language. But the people of the island repeatedly warned people off. And so India in 1997 made the decision to make no contact with them going forward and to actually protect the island from contact because they have had such a history of violence towards people that have washed up or stranded themselves on the island.
Is it an ethical thing to do? I think so, only in the sense that they’ve made it very clear to outsiders that they do not want to have contact with us. It’s obvious that they’re surviving just fine. They’ve probably figured out how to live in balance with the island on managing resources etc. It’s clear that they’re doing fine. I don’t think the outside world owes them contact. I think the outside world needs to respect their decision to be left alone.
Should we give them modern technology or medicine? No but again I just point to the fact that they’re doing fine on their own. If anything further contact with the outside world only further endanger them because we have the immunities too many different illnesses and diseases that they may just not have.
I’m not a philosopher by the way I’m an artist actually I’m just giving objective fact here. As far as the outside world is concerned, they are protected people. The Indian government has made it part of their territory and have made the decision to protect that island and those people. I guess my point is like the outside world doesn’t owe them anything.
Was there future? I suspect they’ll just continue to live on this island until a disease arises that wipes them out or environmental conditions worsen that they have to make the decision to leave and make a break for the mainland. But the fact is we know they have been living for centuries on this island with relatively no problems. During the great Malaysian tsunami there was concern and worry that the people may have been swept off the island or the entire tribe killed. But quickly after the tsunami aerial survey showed that there was activity on the island. So obviously they were able to survive that.
I honestly think their biggest threat is the outside world to them just diseases alone would probably decimate their population. If contact were to be made, I don’t expect them to really change their way of life. I do think it’s really interesting from anthropological position. I do think like these people give a window to our past, ann opportunity for us to understand our own survival through time. I think any study in that regard just has to be done from afar and respect them for the people and life they live.
- Comment on Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post) 4 months ago:
Signing it now just to spite piratesoftware.
- Comment on Is flirting redundant? 5 months ago:
I just think of it as a bit of fun.
- Comment on Can I replace honey with maple syrup? 5 months ago:
For my granola I do a 50/50 mix of honey and maple syrup. It’s so good.
- Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with? 5 months ago:
Piracy, maybe see if Internet archive has any of his writings. I would just try to find a source where I didn’t have to pay for it.
- Comment on Random Screenshots of my Games #61 - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog 5 months ago:
This game was super fun and really cute.
- Comment on Is it weird to juggle in the park? 6 months ago:
I’d think it be cool as heck.
- Comment on NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE 6 months ago:
Mmmm, no, very mammalian of you.
- Comment on adhesive tape to the buttocks 8 months ago:
New fear unlocked, diarrhea in space.
- Comment on The upside of the cyberpunk dystopia 8 months ago:
I’ve bought books from here, lol. Hi, VCU.
- Comment on are terfs actual feminists or do most transphobic women just call themselves that? 8 months ago:
This is the correct answer.
- Comment on Is there any way I can realistically send a message to Donald Trump and have him read it? 9 months ago:
No, but the FBI agent assigned to you will.
- Comment on Is anyone planning on doing anything about trump creating a concentration camp at guantanamo bay? 9 months ago:
I think it’s a distinct possibility, obviously there is something going on that he doesn’t want the American people to see. Best case scenario, ill treatment of detainees, worst case scenario, yeah it’s a death camp.
- Comment on What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game? 10 months ago:
Beating Link’s Awakening as a kid. No internet no hints or help just hours of exploring when I was stuck on a puzzle. It’s so hard for me to get lost in a video game like that now and not just reach for an answer or check the internet to see what I’m doing wrong. It’s a shame now, I know links awakening now like the back of my hand and I’ll never get to explore a first play through of that game ever again.
- Comment on Do you have any recommendations for casual games? 11 months ago:
Stardew valley just the most super comfy game I’ve ever played.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 11 months ago:
If I was in the jury I could be persuaded to push for jury nullification.
- Comment on Musk and Ramaswamy float ending remote work for federal employees and ‘large-scale firings’ 11 months ago:
I hope they don’t, I applied for a federal job that was offering remote work and flex scheduling which would be a big help in my life. I’m having to help take care of my mom as she gets older and I can’t just up and move to DC.
- Comment on Anyone know of any good cheap/free trivia party games? 1 year ago:
Go to any goodwill and I guarantee they’ll have a copy of trivial pursuit for sale. Now I will say some of the questions might be a bit dated, but still fun.
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 1 year ago:
Education, unfortunately those in the most need of it are out of an educational institution so they will only be fed on a diet of commercialism and disinformation.
- Comment on Ghost jobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers 1 year ago:
What fresh hell is this that capitalism has brought us.