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- Comment on she’s really honest indeed💖 2 hours ago:
…Eyebrows?
- Comment on Consume 5 hours ago:
Ai slop ruins everything
- Comment on Carenheit 6 hours ago:
Americans are used to being able to infer unknown scales of measurement
- Comment on Thirsty much? 2 days ago:
- Comment on Thirsty much? 2 days ago:
Tribalism and feeling like being in the in-crowd is powerful stuff.
- Comment on Thirsty much? 2 days ago:
As the next words out of his mouth are “now get down on your knees”
- Comment on A masturbator 4 days ago:
Ah puritans. Don’t ever change.
- Comment on Behold, the future! 4 days ago:
Respectfully and curiously: How did you explore digitally, and end up here, on Lemmy, of all places, but haven’t ever seen a Costco?
- Comment on Behold, the future! 4 days ago:
That is, coincidentally, wild.
- Comment on Behold, the future! 4 days ago:
The sad irony here is that Costco is by far one of the lesser evil companies, and so thus, more likely to be accepted and this become a reality.
- Comment on What is the smartest non boss enemy in a video game 5 days ago:
Suddenly I hear the song
- Comment on this absolute bullshit from reddit 5 days ago:
Don’t log into an account.
Browse the Internet like normal.
If x.com or reddit.com won’t let you view without privacy, they’re dead and useless.
Have some spine; lead, and stop following and being led by evil people and companies.
- Comment on cheating 1 week ago:
Oh yeah good catch. Clearly has no physical buttons on the face and is small bezel.
- Comment on cheating 1 week ago:
Humor looks 00s or 10s. Watermark says rednote, which Wikipedia says is from 2013.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaohongshu#History
I want to believe that the Internet still has a healthy, whimsical, chaotic sense of humor like this, but I have so much doubt now :(
- Comment on Valve says there's no end in sight to the memory crisis, and prices are only going to increase: 'Honestly, it's still getting worse' 1 week ago:
Jesus Christ, who hurt you?
I mean that question rhetorically; I know who it was, it was everybody. So, I don’t blame you. But I do think you’re off base a bit on this one, specifically.
Especially considering the congruence with all of the evidence pointing to them telling the truth.
- Comment on Valve says there's no end in sight to the memory crisis, and prices are only going to increase: 'Honestly, it's still getting worse' 1 week ago:
I’m curious what their next iPhone is going to cost
- Comment on Valve says there's no end in sight to the memory crisis, and prices are only going to increase: 'Honestly, it's still getting worse' 1 week ago:
I mean, historically, absolutely, everyone knows that. But do you know for a fact that, now, in 2026 they’re still getting first pick at normal “sweetest deals”? I would assume maybe better than some, or at least still getting supplied at all. But I thought I recently (in the last 2-3 months’ish) heard something about them also getting fucked: by the big AI datacenter players; Apple, to my knowledge, is not, at least not on that scale.
If you have insider/industry experience, though, that’s that… I no longer am close friends with people at Apple, and to dispute confident, current inside knowledge becomes a different discussion for a different place with different people.
- Comment on Valve says there's no end in sight to the memory crisis, and prices are only going to increase: 'Honestly, it's still getting worse' 1 week ago:
Lmao what makes you think even Apple has any special treatment?
- Comment on That's a shit beer! 1 week ago:
Realizing satan being a gay bottom being canon is amazing.
Also we have a word for that: santorum.
- Comment on That's a shit beer! 1 week ago:
“ignore these cameras and have a totally real reaction while we prank you, please”
- Comment on Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario 1 week ago:
Yeah that other train passed and did not give a fuck. I have a feeling that those levels of trains are more fire resistant than in movies. Still get out of there asap, but flames still take a while to heat giant metal industrial vehicles up.
- Comment on Contemplating on playing a controversial developer's bought game 1 week ago:
Dreaming?
Like, sure, you won’t be giving them power by playing their game, but you will be by consuming their product and talking about it and becoming a fan of it.
That being said, Blizzard games have been pretty shit lately, and unfortunately I think that coincides with the metoo gutting that happened.
Use your discretion though, and make sure you’re okay with the actions and results that will come from it. If you can go without, I do think that’s worth examining. But if your heart is truly set on playing the game, imagine how the victim of whatever Blizzard atrocity you’re thinking of would feel, you knowing you played whatever game it is. Right? Because that’s the entire point of being socially and ethically aware. Look up what happened and whatnot, and see for yourself if you’re okay, then, with playing it. Don’t let people online convince you to compromise your ethics or to protest something you don’t think is important. Discuss the morality and really understand it. Then digest your options and what you want to do about your decision of the morality of the situation.
Sometimes, you will end up being a protest of one. And sometimes, if you are really disgusted with something, being a protest of one is okay. But other times, if you really don’t feel like it’s a big deal to you, you don’t need to performatively protest alone, silently. And other times, your own integrity tells you that’s the right thing to do. It really depends on where you are and what is going to be the most positive net outcome in the world. But for that, you may need to do some deep thinking about who you are, what your values are, and all that jazz. It can be heavy. Other times, though, it can be okay to take a break and breathe, as long as you aren’t hurting anybody. Social responsibility is meaningful stuff and takes a while to develop, but it’s worth it. And mistakes are okay, sometimes we can only grow by making them.
- Comment on Why is gun violence lower in Switzerland than in the US? 1 week ago:
Wealth inequality.
Next question.
- Comment on Should I buy a Switch 2 despite owning an OLED? 1 week ago:
No. Break yourself of buying shit from evil companies.
- Comment on After laying off thousands, Ubisoft says losing "key talents and skills" is a big danger for the company 1 week ago:
Whoever is steeing that ship is doing a bad job
- Comment on works every time 1 week ago:
Some old racist, sexist, homophobic movie that’s always made me uncomfortable with how popular it is
- Comment on "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs 2 weeks ago:
Carmack is a unique case where he’s an obvious autist and pretty smart, but is a brute force pragmatist within that.
So he isn’t a sociopath, per normal understanding, but structurally he’s extremely close, and effectively he is, especially when you realize how much thought he’s put into his direction and decisions compared to most people.
The closest metaphor I can think of is like a robot that chooses to embrace Nazism because it’s pragmatic and has the highest chance for his own survival.
If conditions were different, he would go with that, but they aren’t, and so he is.
- Comment on "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs 2 weeks ago:
Yeah. Definitely would.
- Comment on "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs 2 weeks ago:
Everything they touch turns to shit in a uniquely Microslop way.
- Comment on "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs 2 weeks ago:
VR was always a brick wall. That’s why he did it, because that type of challenge is exciting when progress can be made. Same reason that he’s now left that for basically AI (last I heard). Guy’s got an ego and ethical blindspots the size of Jupiter, though, same as musk, but smarter with maybe less ethical woes. However, I don’t hate him (Carmack), I’m just disillusioned and disappointed.