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- Comment on Valve has created a Steam Bluesky account 43 minutes ago:
It’s nice to see other people enjoy the pun. Would be shame for it to be left4dead
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 1 week ago:
I meant no disrespect. I was mainly thinking pre-Vista, possibly pre-XP. Certainly didn’t expect someone in their 20s to be around Win 95. Maybe I’m just seeing myself older than I actually am.
- Comment on Lab Assistant Jobs 2 weeks ago:
Just the fact you thought of this confirms your identity
- Comment on Lab Assistant Jobs 2 weeks ago:
Calm down Satan
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 2 weeks ago:
It is the limitation of democracy and why it is the worst (except all the others) - because it allows this.
How to fix this? These would be a good start: don’t polarize the society like this and create us vs. them mentality. In place of power hungry populists have people in charge who want the best for the country. Don’t enable fascists - they never should make it this far. Respect other people. Invest in education so people understand these basics.
And this is not just about US. It’s scary that this is wherr us got because they are such a big player on the world stage
- Comment on Anyone checking out Brighter Shores? 2 weeks ago:
Doesn’t look like my type of MMO but will try it anyway. Would be interested on what you think about it once you play
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 2 weeks ago:
I wish you luck and safety.
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 2 weeks ago:
Take it up with Winston Churchil - I was just paraphrasing his quote.
The point is democracy is terrible, but we don’t have anything better.
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 2 weeks ago:
Democracy really is the worst form of government, just not as bad as all the others…
Unfortunately in such polarized times like now, even though majority wants this, the ammount of people for which this is unacceptable is only slightly less than “the majority”. And besides, I believe a big part of “the majority” is just gullible enough to be persuaded they want this while it actually goes against their interests
- Comment on 'He was an incurable romantic': The boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft 2 weeks ago:
(pardon lack of specific language) some warhammer figure like strategies
Somebody may correct me, but I believe “wargaming” is the term you were looking for
- Comment on Chloë Grace Moretz Comes Out as a ‘Gay Woman’ in Early Voting Post 2 weeks ago:
“We kinda already knew.”
I imagine that’s probably one of the most desired reactions to coming out, no?
- Comment on If I eat a ton of garlic, and you eat a ton of garlic, can one of us recognize the smell of the other? 2 weeks ago:
Rationally I know you will smell one another but I still maintain the opinion it will cancel each other out as a joke - to great frustration of my wife
- Comment on In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment? 3 weeks ago:
Mine is Gothic and Soul Reaver - getting both so I’m a happy camper
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
Let me put it this way - I know nothing about programing and was also scared of all the terminal talk and stuff. And I can vouch for Linux Mint.
You know how you sometimes havento use command line in Windows for some issues? That’s pretty much comparable to terminal usage from my layman perspective. I installed Linux Mint on a separate drive and only booted to Windows once or twice since then - it’s been couple of months now
- Comment on Seeking feedback: how should lemm.ee move forward with external images? (related to frequent broken images) 4 weeks ago:
Option 2 sounds best, but if that would mean broken images continuing I’d lean to nr 3.
I like the idea thatwas floated to retain temporary images for longer, but I don’t really know if and how much that would help. If possible, it could be worth the try. But I’m just a layman in these things so what do I know?
- Comment on Is Lemmy an effective alternative to Reddit? 5 weeks ago:
Depends on what you are looking for. I think Lemmy works great and I only really go to reddit when a google search leads me there for something. Though I do miss the niche communities and the “there is a subreddit for everything”.
Lemmy is also healthier, I used to just scroll through reddit for literal hours, it’s possible to reach an end of sort for the time.
- Comment on Is Lemmy an effective alternative to Reddit? 5 weeks ago:
Definitely feels more like reddit used to feel - though with caveats.
- Comment on Why am I seeing "plan your voting day strategy" so often? 1 month ago:
I’d expect some equality be ensuredon federal level for at least federal level stuff. Just… wow. I knew US was fucked up, but I somehow always learn there is yet another level to it
- Comment on Why am I seeing "plan your voting day strategy" so often? 1 month ago:
How is thay even legal, wtf?
- Comment on Currently downloading The Witcher 3 for the first time. Got any advice for me? 1 month ago:
Just one: enjoy.
- Comment on Currently downloading The Witcher 3 for the first time. Got any advice for me? 1 month ago:
The sidequests are fucking great though. Didn’t play all, but those I did could be main quests in a different game. I had to skip some because there is just stupid amount of them and I was overleveling fast.
Don’t do map completition though - trying to do all is truly insanity
- Comment on Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare coming to PC October 29 1 month ago:
We waited until now. I’ll wait some more if needed
- Comment on Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? 1 month ago:
The Broken Empire trilogy. Also Red War trilogy, which is spin-off (though uses these themes a bit less)
- Comment on Do animals feel love and emotion? 1 month ago:
It’s not only barring teeth, dogs also do a “submissive smile” in some cases, to show they are not a threat. Not seen much but when we got our second dog she was very insecure and “smiled” a lot. Definitely not for showing happines but I think I read our smiles have similar origins.
- Comment on Official 10th anniversary poster for "John Wick", re-releasing in theaters November 3 and 6 1 month ago:
Deep down, I understand that movies like Matrix are old… but John Wick?!
- Comment on PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off 1 month ago:
Very happy with Linux Mint
- Comment on Phonebooks 1 month ago:
Man, I was already feeling ancient. Ypu using “1900s” didn’t help much :D
- Comment on Phonebooks 1 month ago:
Man rotary phones were the best
- Comment on Phonebooks 1 month ago:
They were quite big, but used super thin paper and small font. There were books thicker still, but still the phrase “thick as a phone book” was used.
There were also Yellow Pages (same format as phone books, but entirely yellow) which listed businesess and stuff.
Pre-internet these were the household essentials.
- Comment on Yes No 1 month ago:
If anybody does it would be the perfect answer on multiple levels.