Gradually_Adjusting

@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Or the common cold!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish we would fund both. And socialized medicine.

  And end hunger and homelessness.

  And

  And

  And

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨political debate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This kind of post is so hard to process. Are you trying to make me believe in a just world? How dare you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨labubu⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  At one point I had three copies of Bryson’s Short History. I think they’re all on permanent loan at this point. Pretty happy with that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Watch 1,000 baby spiders devour their mothers and aunties alive in stomach-turning, first-of-its-kind footage⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the link! I overlooked your body text at first.

  I was going to make some kind of Silksong joke but like… This is more intense than the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation 5 Digital Edition with 1TB SSD downgraded to 825GB listed at the same price — CFI-2116 revision emerges overseas on Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fine, guys. Sure that’s the size of one or two games these days, but that’s approximately how many the PS5 has!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh Jesus he is cooked⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well hell, they don’t like that rule at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon dates a 19 y/o⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta look after your ticker if you’re going to stay active at that age. Condolences and/or congrats to his wife though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon dates a 19 y/o⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not the only thing that falls apart in your seventies, eyyyy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon dates a 19 y/o⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  When did we as a society give up on the “½ X +7” minimum dating age formula?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe he could try to make another TV series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me of the time I was a kid and a houseguest was using our toilet like this with the door opened and I barfed when I saw him doing a shit with his shoes on our toilet seat

  Cool though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mood⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Charles Barwin?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The life aquatic leads to many powers trousered society would deem unnatural

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ever tried pooping while standing? All I’m saying is don’t knock it if you haven’t tried it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK and US line up string of deals to build modular nuclear reactors in Britain⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been hearing that one for a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Pooping is what unites us

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight Sequel 'Silksong' Crashed Game Stores, as $20 Price Irks Competitors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What I notice in my experience (with a couple obvious exceptions) is that at any price, I typically get way more entertainment time per dollar with indie games. Hollow Knight is deep into pennies per hour long ago, Slay the Spire is close to free at this point, and even indie games I don’t finish end up being the cheapest form of entertainment I’ve got. That said it’s the same conversation, but an order of magnitude less “value” with big budget game releases.

  Back in the arcade era, they made games arbitrarily difficult to make us spend more quarters. Hence why so many middle aged gamers are good at platformers and have a chip on their shoulders about easier modern games. So I don’t know if hours per dollar is really the conversation we should be having about games, because that’s not the value proposition for me.

  The real value of games is as art. Such a variety of creative energies are poured into game development that it’s easy to end up with a whole that fails to cohere to some extent. When it does come together with not only cohesiveness but a clarity of artistic intent, that should be seen as an astonishing achievement.

  The real reason I think indie games do better in terms of the flawed metric of playtime per dollar is because of the smaller teams and leaner budgeting. I think we agree here. They are not as pressured by externalities to create on a schedule, to appear valuable to shareholders by clumsily chasing buzzword trends in game design, by monetising with dark patterns and micro transactions. Too much money is toxic to artistic pursuits.

  I guess my only quarrel with you is the idea that Silksong wouldn’t have been worth $60. I’m already ten hours in, just found the first main boss, and on your metric it’d already have beaten the best movie I’ve ever seen in theatres for entertainment time per dollar. It’s a flawed yardstick that still makes the game look good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No words⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that how it works for you? The Thriller album is still a bop for me but I’d never call it an uncomplicated enjoyment. Just an example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨just made coatimundi⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tubular

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No words⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t express my relief that he’s a good guy. Having a complicated relationship with The Princess Bride would break me tbh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How The US Gave Up On Growing Food⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for clueing me in, I’ll give it a go over lunch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How The US Gave Up On Growing Food⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t have time to watch a video right now but I’ll take a while guess and let someone check me. Was it anti-immigration policies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't enjoy anything⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought the top of the list was self actualisation, but I think you have sense on your side there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happens to us all⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome to the jungle, baby! You’re gonna sigh!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't enjoy anything⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t trust dudes who say they don’t jerk off, either they’re lying or dangerously crazy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry for @ing you, I’m on mobile and not checking my shit as well.

  I cope with humour too, which is why I’m trying to help OP. I want them to be good at it, for health reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not that there’s no potential here, it’s mainly imo that you didn’t bother to write a joke. Merely posting a photo of someone bad getting hurt isn’t funny on its own, you have to add your own spin on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you consider joking about dying and killing oneself a sign that the person saying it is troubled?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not simple. The only real way I have to know if it’s a problem is to react based on whether the jokes are funny or not.

  Example: When my life is being literally ruined, I don’t joke about suicide, I joke about how much fun I’m having. When I get a loose eyelash stuck under my eyelid though it’s right to “Jesus fuck just kill me please”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hmmm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the phrase is “talk shit, get hit”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨choice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Then the Copromancer saved the world and never went on a vindictive pooing spree driven mad by his own unstoppable power, The End