elephantium
@elephantium@lemmy.world
- Comment on third time's the charm? 5 days ago:
Third time’s the Charmin*
I was led to believe this was a shit post community
- Comment on I hate the best way to get rid of an old mattress? Wrong answers only. Worst idea I'll actually do. 1 week ago:
Tie one on? I don’t think that mixes with driving…
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Good comparison. I use DDG for my own search and only rarely switch to Google if I’m not finding something.
At the same time, “You can’t avoid dealing with Google if you want to run a public-facing website” rings true.
I’m less sure about applying the same sentiment to Valve. Can you realistically make a living as an indy game dev on itch.io or gog.com? I’m not sure. Food for thought.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Valve is a de facto monopoly
Is it, though? I can buy games on gog, on itch.io, on epic (but that would require me to use epic, lol), or maybe on humble bundle (took a quick look, mentioned steam keys, not sure).
I thought that “monopoly” meant that a company has exclusive control in their market which clearly doesn’t apply here.
Either way, it’ll be interesting (and maybe infuriating) to see how the court arguments pan out.
- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 2 weeks ago:
True. Nothing wrong with changing hobbies. I guess I feel slightly protective of my own hobby here.
- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 3 weeks ago:
En Taro Adun!
- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 3 weeks ago:
This seems sad to me. I never “grew out” of playing video games. My tastes have changed a bit, but I still enjoy playing to this day. To not play anything anymore would feel like losing something.
- Comment on Okay but like the light has been green for 0.3 seconds 3 weeks ago:
I tend to call it Romneycare.
- Comment on I do this on behalf of soup 3 weeks ago:
clarify something
They’re bowling for soup, not butter.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Wouldn’t those combine as a monolisk though?
Hmm…sounds like something you might see in a Starcraft mod…
- Comment on Soft 4 weeks ago:
Ahh, gotcha, yeah, I misread you there. Sorry about that.
- Comment on Soft 4 weeks ago:
besides not being physically colocated
This isn’t neglect IMO. Kids should have at least some time separate from their parents (tbf, this means different things at different stages of childhood).
The rest of your post, OTOH, is spot on.
- Comment on Soft 4 weeks ago:
IDK about this. Today’s extreme focus on helicopter parenting seems to view “having room to play” as CPS-worthy neglect. Shouldn’t there be a middle ground?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Baby don’t hurt me
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Not in my field. Why, what job were applying for?
- Comment on fuck it, just paste your clipboard in the comments 5 weeks ago:
hunter2
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
And then the content drones will start to swarm, making the content aircraft carriers obsolete!
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I’m still annoyed that they deleted classic D2 from my battle.net account. I used to be able to download that and get several classic games installed from registering CD keys back in the day. Now it’s just a prompt to buy remastered :(
- Comment on To demonstrate that people will argue about anything, here's a picture of a ladybug. 2 months ago:
As proud clankerists, we can all agree that technological progress has gone too far! And we’ll get right on that as soon as we vanquish the real threat – the clankerites, those splitters!
- Comment on Veganuary 2 months ago:
reductio ad absurdum, actually.
You claimed that this statement was not true:
There are no nutrients that are exclusively available via meat/dairy.
i.e. claimed that there are some nutrients that can only be sourced via meat or dairy.
An obligate carnivore must eat meat to live, like, say, if the only source of needed nutrients is meat?
Where did I lose you on this? Is it the “or dairy” escape hatch?
FFS, you could have just given an example of a nutrient you mistakenly think is only available via meat or dairy. Then I could have judged your post on its merits instead of this displeasure of a thread.
- Comment on To demonstrate that people will argue about anything, here's a picture of a ladybug. 2 months ago:
That’s not –
Wait –
You magnificent bastard
- Comment on Veganuary 2 months ago:
that’s not true
Are you sure about that? Got any examples of nutrients that make humans obligate carnivores?
- Comment on You are allowed flavor 2 months ago:
But we do not grant you the title of Spice Master.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 2 months ago:
I played it. Beautiful game. Terrifying.
I didn’t think I had thalassophobia until Subnautica.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 2 months ago:
What did you think of Torchlight? I’m a bit surprised it didn’t make your list.
…well, then again, I haven’t played anything you listed, so I can’t compare.
- Comment on Games you really want to play, but can't or won't? 2 months ago:
Similar. I played a lot of Diablo 2 back in the day, but Blizzard got a lot worse as a game publisher during the years they were focused on WoW. I’m not super interested in starting up on Diablo 3 or 4 or even Starcraft 2.
For a different direction on this – I played Subnautica. It was terrifying. I’m not going to get the expansion or Subnautica 2 when it comes out. shudder
- Comment on The forbidden fourth leche 3 months ago:
I’d be suspicious of a tres leches cake made with coconut cream. Somehow, I don’t think it would taste right.
- Comment on The forbidden fourth leche 3 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Next up, ogre street corn
- Comment on I'm definitely giggling 3 months ago:
Ehrmagerd!
