AstralPath
@AstralPath@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing? 2 days ago:
What about all the people that breathed in that toxic cloud or injured themselves trying to run away from the chaos? Surely many of them ended up in hospital.
- Comment on have some standards 6 days ago:
racing sims
oh I’m sorry I have a hobby that doesn’t require ongoing expenses
Sim racing is one of the most expensive video game related hobbies out there.
*Ask me how I know. *🤣 Jokes aside though, if you’re not competing in iRacing and you’re happy with a decent but entry-level/intermediate wheel its not so bad. It’s not hard to blow 10k real fast if you want to though!
- Comment on Did I used to be homophobic? Am I? 6 days ago:
People are allowed to ask honest questions and IMO this seems like one. If more people exercised self-reflection like this we might live in a better society.
- Comment on Good news. :) 1 week ago:
Whatever you say, pal. -eyeroll-
- Comment on Good news. :) 1 week ago:
I love when people throw around the idea of Canadian provinces just being up for grabs, as if we want anything to do with what’s going on south of the border.
- Comment on Good news. :) 1 week ago:
Russia would love that.
- Comment on Stay hydrated 1 week ago:
They could also be rabid. Rabies can cause bats to wander out in the open where you wouldn’t normally expect to see one. Approaching a bat in a situation like this not a great idea. A call to wildlife rescue is a good idea in any case.
- Comment on "This is the first:" The 16 year odyssey of "time, money, wrong turns and frustration" it took to finally emulate the Pioneer LaserActive 1 week ago:
This was a great read. What a monumental effort to emulate that device. The perseverance is inspiring, honestly.
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 2 weeks ago:
Ideally the advisory is going out over the radio too. People will hear it while driving and then spread by word of mouth.
- Comment on Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll - how to check and turn it off 2 weeks ago:
Everyone can do it
The vast majority just won’t.
- Comment on Gamers Nexus - Our Video Got Taken Down and What Will Happen Next 3 weeks ago:
There’s multiple hundred seeders on the internet archive torrent for the video. There’s also multiple channels on YouTube histing reuploads.
The video is not going anywhere.
- Comment on If copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea? 3 weeks ago:
Hmm. Interesting idea.
- Comment on METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER - Launch Trailer 3 weeks ago:
I’m glad they re-made the worst entry in the early era of the series and didn’t fuck with Sons of Liberty. That game is literally perfect. MGS3 is tedious AF. Still fun and better than a lot of games, but massively overhyped. Also, worst fucking camera system in the history of gaming in the original PS2 version. Truly atrocious.
I hope it turns out well, but I still doubt that I’ll play it.
- Comment on We can't keep making videogame stories for players who aren't paying attention to them 3 weeks ago:
Those are the best games in the series IMO. Sons of Liberty is a prophetic masterpiece.
- Comment on California is debating whether or not to remove the bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. During the public hearing, a politician was driving his car 4 weeks ago:
Non-resident aggressively commenting on another country’s driving laws then shit talking foreign policy out of nowhere. Bold strategy, Cotton.
The fact is that a video call implies that your eyes are on the video. In this case while driving. Do you see how that’s problematic? Your argument is some weird whataboutism.
- Comment on California is debating whether or not to remove the bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. During the public hearing, a politician was driving his car 4 weeks ago:
The bridge is 4.3 miles. Average riding speed for a 30-35 year old rider is 20.8 mph according to Strava data. Let’s say its 15mph instead.
That’s a 28 minute ride at below average speed; 20 minutes at average.
That is not too long, as clearly evidenced by the people that use the bike lane.
- Comment on California is debating whether or not to remove the bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. During the public hearing, a politician was driving his car 4 weeks ago:
If their time is so valuable, maybe they should ride a bike instead of trapping themselves in traffic?
The average American commute is 41 miles round trip. I guarantee you that a large number of people stuck on that bridge every day have a much shorter commute, could ride a bike instead, and would actually spend less of their time commuting by doing so.
Those are the people you should be angry with because they’re the ones that are directly wasting your time with their frivolous driving trips. The more we get people riding bikes, the less problems those that are required to drive will experience.
Also, maybe if the average American car wasn’t a wasteful hulking behemoth there would be more room for more people on the roads. 🤷
- Comment on what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time? 5 weeks ago:
Sons of Liberty is the most cohesive entry in the series IMO. Best story too; prophetic, really.
- Comment on What are your experiences using Linux for gaming? 5 weeks ago:
If that was more than a year ago it might be tine to try again with Bazzite or Nobara; the latter being my personal choice.
- Comment on Thanks I hate it 5 weeks ago:
Which is funny because if your job requires you to touch those lids, it would be your fucking job.
This is just the work of lazy fucks or they’re truly dumb as a bag of rocks.
- Comment on Pretty but pointless 5 weeks ago:
“Do we like this?”
That’s the biggest cant-think-for-myself red flag I’ve ever heard.
- Comment on Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3% 5 weeks ago:
Add Nobara to the list too!
- Comment on Gamers have you ever been in a game competition or something similar? 5 weeks ago:
I played in a Halo 2 tournament at my local theater when I was a kid. Got second place. Won a wristband 👍
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Drummers covering other drummers is a very popular scene on Youtube. Check out Alex Rudinger to start and just go down the rabbit hole.
- Comment on I'm intrigued 1 month ago:
It seems like you don’t know the definition of the word truth or you’ve been taught an inaccurate version of it. They way you write makes me think that you read a lot online and I’ve noticed in the last five or so years that there seems to be a push by some people (typically with ulterior motives from what I’ve seen) to dilute the definition of truth to accomodate the propagation of their worldview.
The truth of the conversation is that the guy was wrong. Calamari is not caviar = True.
This idea of adapting the word “true” to conveniently dodge outright wrongness on a topic is a problem. You’re using the wrong word if you’re saying things like “my truth” or “your truth”. It would be more accurate to say “my/your understanding”.
As I mentioned before, the truth is something that exists outside of you. You refer to facts to describe the truth to the best of your ability. No one expects anyone to have a complete understanding about everything. Incomplete knowledge is just fine so long as you accept when others fill in the gaps or correct you.
Its OK to be wrong. If people accept their own fallibility, they grow with every conversation they have.
- Comment on Ubisoft CEO responds to the Stop Killing Games petition, stating the publisher is 'working on' improving its approach to end-of-life support, but that 'nothing is eternal' 1 month ago:
Nothing is eternal if you purposely limit the ability to preserve things.
- Comment on I'm intrigued 1 month ago:
How did you get that from what I said?
Here lemme flip the script on you. If you can’t listen to someone and absorb information without immediately conjuring negative assumptions about them, you might not be fun to be with either.
The point was that facts are facts. The fact that calamari is not caviar is not malleable (unless you’re in Estonia I suppose lol). It’s just a cold hard fact that outside of Estonia they’re two completely different things. In this situation there is no spectrum of rightness. You’re just either right or you’re wrong.
I’m not saying that its worth dying on the calamari hill in public. Handle that debate however you see fit.
- Comment on I'm intrigued 1 month ago:
Facts exist outside of you. Facts are already confirmed/researched and we just call upon them in conversation.
If an argument is based around a fact, there is indeed a right and wrong side. The accuracy of your recall of a given fact is the meaure of rightness in the argument.
- Comment on Why do people hate coldplay? 1 month ago:
iHeartRadio is a cancer. They’re just consolidating everything like Ticketmaster did with venues.
- Comment on Reddit bought a giant ad in Paris, urging young french people to create an account 1 month ago:
Times Square had massive Mullvad ads last time I was there.
