elephantium
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- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 14 hours ago:
Hmm.
- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 17 hours ago:
Good point. Personally, I basically never review games on Steam (love OR hate).
- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 17 hours ago:
I loved Uplink! It’s got that great '80s/90s-hacker vibe.
- Comment on GOG Summer Sale is here! 18 hours ago:
It’s super disappointing. Whenever “Steam’s monopoly” comes up as a discussion topic, “Er, what about GOG?” was a natural question.
Maybe not so much anymore.
- Comment on GOG Summer Sale is here! 19 hours ago:
And to think, no one would have even blinked if they’d only used one rune. SMH.
- Comment on GOG Summer Sale is here! 2 days ago:
Wait, what? Have so been living under a rock? When did they send out Nazi symbols?
- Comment on Can't wait. 2 weeks ago:
Say ‘what’ again! I dare you!
- Comment on This place is a prison 3 weeks ago:
Never drink and derive.
- Comment on intruder alert 3 weeks ago:
You know, I had one simple request
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
🎵 I’m a Java girl in a Java world…
Sadly, JavaScript breaks the cadence :(
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
life saving procedure
Not necessarily, there are a lot of procedures that improve one’s health without it being a life-threatening condition. Things like Lasik.
- Comment on Working on my politics-free lemmy experience, what words should I add next? 5 weeks ago:
Worth it to add both spellings IMO
- Comment on The bosses are never going to just hand workers a 32 hour workweek. 1 month ago:
Oh, sure, sometimes you can find a unicorn job that pays enough and is flexible to allow that 32 hour work week. Most people aren’t in a position to be that picky, though.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I was thinking poetic justice, personally
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Add a comma? Also hell,
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Perfect
- Comment on Millennials Owe 500% More in Student Debt Than Their Parents Did 1 month ago:
I’m half and half. Agreed that it’s fucked up, particularly if they’re actually talking about millennials and not gen Z.
But I disagree in principle about student debt. It’s a valid tradeoff to make (between getting a job straight out of highschool and going to college to open up better paying careers), and I wouldn’t have any problems with student loans if tuition were still reasonable.
I’d say the bigger problem is the structure of the economy. College is supposed to unlock a lot of “grownup jobs”. That breaks when you actually only have McJobs available after that big college investment.
- Comment on Millennials Owe 500% More in Student Debt Than Their Parents Did 1 month ago:
The youngest millennials are 30. Student debt ought to be paid off by now for most.
I’m not sure if this is a fail of 1. “Kids these days are called millennials” (lol, whatever Boomer) or 2. The economy really is THAT much fail whale that a 10 year repayment term has become a 15-20 year repayment term for the majority.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months 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. 2 months ago:
Tie one on? I don’t think that mixes with driving…
- Comment on 2 months 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 months 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 months 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 ? 2 months ago:
En Taro Adun!
- Comment on What was the first game you ever bought ? 2 months 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 2 months ago:
I tend to call it Romneycare.
- Comment on I do this on behalf of soup 2 months ago:
clarify something
They’re bowling for soup, not butter.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Wouldn’t those combine as a monolisk though?
Hmm…sounds like something you might see in a Starcraft mod…
- Comment on Soft 2 months ago:
Ahh, gotcha, yeah, I misread you there. Sorry about that.
- Comment on Soft 2 months 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.
