AstralPath
@AstralPath@lemmy.ca
- Comment on 1 week ago:
What a huge disappointment after the masterpiece that was Hyper Light Drifter.
I’m genuinely sad about this one.
- Comment on Excuse the fuck me? 1 week ago:
We’re 100% on the same page.
- Comment on Excuse the fuck me? 1 week ago:
A fancy ceremony doesn’t change how people feel about the other person, nor the level of obligations they actually have
You literally take an oath at the ceremony vowing to uphold an extremely high level of obligations to another person.
If you’re making vows at a wedding ceremony that you feel you can just nope out on if shit hits the fan, why are you getting married? What is the point?
I agree. The wedding shouldn’t change how you feel about the other person because you should already be 100% dedicated if you’re thinking of getting married.
I made a vow to my wife when we got married to care for her in sickness and in health. I do not care what happens in life, I would never abandon her. Period. That is the burden of the vow I made. In my mind my personal integrity is foundationally attached to it.
If you’re comfortable with abandoning a spouse over health issues, the marriage was a sham from the get go. Like, what are you doing at the ceremony? Making vows with your fingers crossed behind your back? 🤞🤞🤞
- Comment on Excuse the fuck me? 1 week ago:
Dunno, man. Its hard to say. When you marry you take vows. Breaking those vows is a massive no-no in my eyes.
Unmarried couples have never vowed to take care of each other in sickness and in health. On those grounds, I think its fair to say that leaving is not unethical. Doesn’t change the fact that its absolutely devastating and worthy of scrutiny regardless.
Sorry you had to go through that.
- Comment on does the quality of downloaded youtube video increase after being downloaded? 2 weeks ago:
Tell that to the GuitarTubers whose audio get squashed to oblivion.
I can literally hear pumping clear as day in response to loud moments. It absolutely is doing dynamic range compression.
Its so obvious that I realized I was logged out of my Youtube account after a browser update and had to disable it again.
- Comment on does the quality of downloaded youtube video increase after being downloaded? 2 weeks ago:
Turn off “Stable Volume” in Youtube’s video settings to disable dynamic range compression.
This is a must if you listen to music on Youtube.
- Comment on Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg unveils new smart glasses powered by AI 3 weeks ago:
Didn’t the whole “unveil” fail spectacularly? I saw a bunch of videos about it.
- Comment on What are your experiences using Linux for gaming? 4 weeks ago:
Hey! Right on! Glad you were able to sort that out. :)
- 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? 4 weeks 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 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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 month ago:
Whatever you say, pal. -eyeroll-
- Comment on Good news. :) 1 month 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 month ago:
Russia would love that.
- Comment on Stay hydrated 1 month 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 month ago:
This was a great read. What a monumental effort to emulate that device. The perseverance is inspiring, honestly.
- Comment on Water Boil Advisory 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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? 1 month ago:
Hmm. Interesting idea.
- Comment on METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER - Launch Trailer 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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? 2 months 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? 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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% 2 months ago:
Add Nobara to the list too!