Atomic

@Atomic@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people pay $50-60 for the latest FIFA every year, some people pay $100+ for Netflix every year. Some people buy chips and candy for $100+ a year. Some people buy fastfood for $100+ a year.

  How about we just accept that each person get to spend their own money on what makes them happy and leave it at that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t give satisfaction as itself.

  Not for you maybe. Because you refuse to see anything beyond “oh they just hate themselves, they’re abuse victims”.

  Like most games. It’s a journey, there’s a story waiting to be told. All you have to do is ask the questions.

  Some people enjoy the journey you take together with your character. And by the end, you realise that it wasn’t just your character that became stronger. It was you that became stronger. And the castle that’s in ruins is that way for a purpose. Something happened to it. And if you want to discover what that something is. You can.

  But you seem like the person that can’t comprehend why someone wants to climb a mountain. Why not just take a helicopter to the top?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You know how Neo at the end of the Matrix finally understood how everything works? When he counters every move Smith makes with ease despite getting his ass kicked just moments earlier at the train station.

  That’s the feeling we get from soulsgames when we overcome a challenge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An 82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You thinking SWAT sounds cool is on you. Though the marketing does help, tv series, movies, games etc.

  In Sweden we call our equivalent “Strike Force” but in swedish of course. And they basically have access to whatever they need to get the job done. That’s why they exist. And personally, i think their name is pretty cool. It’s very direct and you know instantly upon hearing it what it is they do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve expirenced roughly a 3% increase in their black population from 2010 to today. Going from 3 to 6%.

  That’s not a 3% increase in black population. That’s a 100% increase in the black population. Assuming your numbers are correct. You are today, twice as likely to see a black person in France vs 2010. But we’re not talking 2010 are we? We’re talking about the 50’s

  I’m sorry but you really have nothing to back up your claim that the “majority of europe” had seem them in real life.

  You also seem hyperfocused on Germany and France but i think you’re forgetting the other, roughly 40 countries in europe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Except for the fact that the vast majority of black soldiers went home and were not deployed in Europe after Germany surrendered.

  What does it matter if they were segregated on the battlefield or not, you think there were civilians on the battlefield?

  Contrary to what you might believe. Natives in the colonies were not exactly rich. Even in France, during the 50’s the amount of black individuals was measured in a couple of thousand. Not exactly a lot compared to the roughly 40 million french.

  Your statement was that the majority of europeans in the 50’s had seen black people with their own eyes. And that’s just not true. I sure plenty had heard about them. Maybe seen pictures. But that’s another thing.

  I did not see a black person in real life until i was 16 in 2010 and traveled to Florida. And by then i had already traveled around Germany and France. I do not imagine the probability of bumping into one was higher in the 50’s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. I don’t even know where to begin.

  Black US troops (which were segregated from the white troops) did not exactly run around on vacation in the french countryside.

  Most French, Dutch, Englishmen, (among others) did not go to any colony. They stayed home… working their normal jobs. Farming the land, making shoes, sewing clothes, building houses. Etc.

  And while we’re just starting to grasp the concept of US not being the entire world. I have to inform you of the next class, which will cover the fact that France and Germany is not even close to “most of europe”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What makes you think “most white people” in Europe had seen a real black person in 1950?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole idea of minstrel shows was to mock africans. Seeing a white guy in blackface is not equivalent to seeing a black person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s difficult to grasp the idea that the world is larger than just the US. But you’ll juat have to try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SBA #119 maths⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. I am well aware. 6 ÷ 2 * (2+1) = (2+1) * 6 ÷ 2 = (6 * (2+1))÷2 = 6 * (2+1) ÷ 2

  What he wanted to do is 6 ÷ (2 * (2+1))

  But this just comes down to if you treat 2(2+1) as one or two expressions.

  And honestly, i don’t blame anyone for thinking one way or the other. Because i think most people understand that we wanted to write (2(2+1)), just that the overall parentheses is implied

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My quest to get a steam controller has failed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So I use it mostly for soulsgames. I set up the right track pad as mouse. Like I’m rolling a ball that slows down. That’s just how I like it. And then I use the left track pad for moving. Left stick is my Dpad.

  I also use the dual stage triggers a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My quest to get a steam controller has failed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t really like much rumble to begin with so for me it’s great. But I can see why some don’t like it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My quest to get a steam controller has failed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll sorry to hear that. I suppose I’ve been fortunate enough to never have any issues at all with mine. I will be a sad day when it gives up. I don’t think I could play Elden Ring with any other controller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My quest to get a steam controller has failed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have mine still. Bought it at launch. Never went back. Best controller I’ve ever had the pleasure to use. I genuinly LOVE everything about it. I don’t even want the new one.

  Can’t improve upon perfection

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I offered an explanation as to why I thought it was the same price in most of Europe.

  It’s also quite easy to travel within Europe. So they might think it will get taken advantage of for significantly cheaper prices. Which means less revenue for the publisher.

  “Quite a bit of inflation” is a very nice way of saying “the currency is useless”.

  I don’t know which currency the developers are paid in. But Valve is paid in whatever currency you spend. How they handle it from there is up to them and their bank(s).

  They still have to pay tax in the countries they sell products in. I can’t speak for all countries, but they generally want to be paid in their own currency.

  In the end. It’s up to each individual publisher to decide how and where to price their game. It’s a question that has as many answers as there are publishers. I assumed we were all under that understanding but clearly I was mistaken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam does not decide the price. The publisher does.

  They used to accept Argentinian pesos. But no one wants it because it’s worthless so that’s why they have to pay in USD.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the value of 1 euro is always 1 euro no matter where in EU you live.

  Games are priced the same in California as Florida despite California having a higher cost of living.

  Same thing. Because 1 dollar is 1 dollar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can launch non steam games via steam and get access to their steam controller software.

  I have the original too. Best controller I’ve ever used.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get into a debate. If God is so omnipotent and above humans why does he or she have emotions? Like smiting or being upset or wrath?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe, I don’t know. But that doesn’t excuse people taking it out on this guy for just asking a simple question.

  It’s called “no stupid questions”. I always thought that also means “no stupid answers”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get into a debate. If God is so omnipotent and above humans why does he or she have emotions? Like smiting or being upset or wrath?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not religious. But I’m pretty sure they would say that we are created in his image.

  So, if we have emotions. I don’t think it’s beyond reason that god might have them as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might shit my pants just a little if I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yikes… if that’s what you gathered from my comment. I feel sorry that your educational system failed you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might shit my pants just a little if I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please… Read the examples they give you in your link. It’s very obvious which “kind of” they refer to.

  The sequence of words are the same but the meaning is not.

  When you say “my kind of people” you are talking about your kin.

  Look, you are free to write however you want. I really don’t care. I just find it sad that people don’t know how or which words to use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might shit my pants just a little if I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What we say and how it’s written are two very different things.

  In Swedish we have plenty of words that are pronounced identically, but they are spelled differently.

  English is not much different. Take “you’re” and “your”. The pronounciations are almost identical, and in many dialects they are identical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might shit my pants just a little if I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. That’s kinda my point. And in the context of human kind. We refer to it as “my kind of people” in writing.

  It shows that people don’t read books anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might shit my pants just a little if I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see, so when you’re complimenting people you say “that’s kinda you”?

  Or would you say “that’s kind of you”?

  Feel free to say it out loud and let me know

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might shit my pants just a little if I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  By all means, tell me how I’m wrong. I’d love to know

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might shit my pants just a little if I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but in this context, “kind” have a different meaning so you can’t use the contracted informal version of “kind of”. It’s like instead of saying

  “oh how kind of you to hold the door for me”

  You say: “oh how kinda you to hold the door for me”

  It just doesn’t make sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I might shit my pants just a little if I saw this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “My kinda people” 🤦

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨phonetic alphabet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And neither is a phonetic alphabet. They’re spelling alphabets. But that doesn’t sound as cool