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- Comment on Hulu quizzing about the ads played 14 hours ago:
Aaaannnnd this just resolidifies my decision to not engage with streaming services. What a load of shit.
- Comment on Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok 21 hours ago:
It absolutely was.
- Comment on Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok 21 hours ago:
They did. And they already are rolling it back, specifically thanking trump for helping to “restore service”. It was all a political stunt, and nobody’s gonna care cause their skinner button got turned back on again.
- Comment on Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok 21 hours ago:
Or “the company might get pissy with your government for any reason”. No reason to let them off the hook, either.
- Comment on TikTok Starts Working Again After Trump Says He Will Stall a Ban 21 hours ago:
“Big man” trump knows how to beg with the best of them.
- Comment on If trump never won the electoral college in 2016, would he have been able to have another chance at becoming president (aka: 2020, 2024 elections)? 1 day ago:
The only explicit limitations to being POTUS are
- Place of birth (US only (and 14 years residency))
- Age (35+)
- Term limits (2)
- Comment on Steam has the best UI 3 days ago:
I prefer it to most ui these days, tbh. Everything is either hypergeometric and boring, or forces mobile website design into desktop use for no good reason.
- Comment on Disney sued for $10billion over Moana 2 6 days ago:
Is 8 years a reasonable time for that? I’m genuinely asking. Assuming he had no reason to act before the first movie, as a layman, that seems like a long time to prepare for.
- Comment on They fucking geoblocked blahaj.zone 1 week ago:
Ah, right. Media is still hosted on its instance. Didn’t consider that. Bummer :/
- Comment on They fucking geoblocked blahaj.zone 1 week ago:
Do I misunderstand how federation works, or should a block like that not do anything unless your home instance is hosted in that particular country? The instances communicate with each other, not directly with the users. It’s similar to viewing blocked content through a VPN.
- Comment on Disgusting money driven mindset 1 week ago:
Bruh. They @'d their place of employment. They’re trying to get them fired and blacklisted.
- Comment on Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government” 1 week ago:
Maybe willingly telling the guy steamrolling towards the 1984 timeline exactly who is against him isn’t the best idea?
- Comment on Naughty Dog Co-Founder Reveals Why They Were Acquired By Sony 2 weeks ago:
In most cases, acquisition seems to work out poorly for indie studios, but ND has certainly made good use of Sony’s resources while they’ve been there. I’m just glad I get to play their games finally.
- Comment on Balatro dev shares an excellent list of his favourite indie games of 2024 2 weeks ago:
If you remain fixated on the idea that your way to relax is gone, you’ll never be able to find a new way. Life changes, for good and bad. It’s on us to make the best of it.
- Comment on Day 172 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 2 weeks ago:
Blag Flag was/is such an enjoyable game. I always wanted the option to have an npc take the helm so I could head up to the crows nest and just chill out, watching the sea pass by and listening to tthe crew sing shanties while we sailed off to wherever.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
The source may be bad, but their point is still true.
- Comment on The Two Genders 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been thinking recently about how the game would feel if you spend the first half of the game as Abby
Ooh. That’s a pretty clean fix for my bigger gripes about the game. Still don’t love the forced participation in the torture porn at the end, but that would def be better.
- Comment on The Two Genders 4 weeks ago:
Re: the ending and Part II - It pissed me of in particular because I specifically went for a leg shot in that scene, and then Joel just goes on a rampage. And then it turns into a big revenge plot in the sequel for the very thing I didn’t want to do. It was all very frustrating.
- Comment on The Two Genders 4 weeks ago:
There are certainly some, but that bit was more about certain creatins on this planet treating any woman nearing 30 as detestable.
- Comment on The Two Genders 4 weeks ago:
Developing from a pretty, young, “vulnerable” girl that needs saving (even though she’s already tough as hell in TW3) into an older (chud translation: “ugly”) main protagonist fighting back against the patriarchy has these fools spitting with outrage. Here’s hoping CDPR doesn’t give them an inch.
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 4 weeks ago:
Unnecessarily long
Lol. “How dare you give me a comprehensive explanation of specifically what I asked about! Rude!” What is rude is being so shitty to someone that went out of their way to try and help you understand something, acting like it was a personal insult. How selfish and demanding of you.
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 4 weeks ago:
So lying about looking into it. Got it.
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 5 weeks ago:
And yet you say it’s cause of “gambling”. So you’re either lying about looking into it or lying about what you saw.
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 5 weeks ago:
It’s literally not.
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 5 weeks ago:
Maybe look into the game being discussed even a little before commenting on it.
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 5 weeks ago:
It’s as much related to gambling as Balatro is.
- Comment on The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 5 weeks ago:
As I remember, the liquification was more so part of the curse than the trials. The immense pain and risk of death is true either way, though.
And I don’t see any conflict with Ciri here. That would be her continuing to fight to make her own life, no? The destiny she’s running from isn’t about her being a witcher. More so the opposite, as I understand it.
- Comment on The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 5 weeks ago:
Regarding the potions, I haven’t read the books, but the wiki alludes to “Children of Destiny” not needing the trials, of which Ciri is part of. Even if that’s not it, I don’t think a grown woman choosing to undergo the trials is comparable to forcing it on a child. Pretty badass, tbh.
- Comment on The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2025, dir Peter Browngardt) 5 weeks ago:
A lot more butt stuff in the trailer than I expected.
- Comment on If a hostile country has installed a puppet leader to dismantle your government from the inside and the only thing that would expidite its destruction is a violent revolution how do you combat this? 5 weeks ago:
Again - not an option for the majority of people. Not only does that require significant amounts of money, it also assumes the place you’re going is accessible (eg open borders, etc) You’re advocating from a position of privilege and/or ignorance of you think “just leave” is a reasonable suggestion.