I hate the idea of more game stores because exclusives piss me off, and that’s the only viable tactic another store could use to get people to leave steam. When Netflix was all there was, it was great. We saw in real time how that shitshow ended. I had to bring out my old ship and chart new waters. I do not want to do this with my game library.

I have my phone set to DND at all times, and I can confirm that you can allow certain notifications to come through. Only important notifications and calls from contacts come in. My peace of mind improved quite a bit with this change.

I just tried chatgpt with all of these failure points–a 5-letter word that fits alphabetically between amber and amble (ambit), a sentence that ends in the letter R (it ended with “door”), and a poem that rhymes (aabbccbb). These things appear to be getting ironed out quite quickly. I don’t think it’s much longer before we’ll have to make some serious concessions.

I appreciate the reminder that beauty is subjective. It’s been a good while since I’ve seen an opinion so inflammatory that had nothing to do with politics.

It wasn’t terribly off topic, no. But the “design similarities” point is pretty weak and not related to the matters at large. To address it though, I fundamentally disagree that ip theft or patent theft or anything else we can boil down to “OC donut steel” is a serious issue. Creativity is iterative, nothing is original, and pretending otherwise is silly. We make a big deal of these things because money is involved, but that doesn’t compel my opinions whatsoever. Stickman drawings have been copied since humans could draw, and we’ve been iterating on them ever since. If someone claims to own the Stickman design, they’re a dumbass. Incidentally, that’s what happened with Nintendo claiming they own the concept of throwing a thing that summons another thing. The whole ordeal is ridiculous and only serves to stifle creative endeavors for monetary security.

I’m sure you’ve already heard these things and chosen to ignore them. That’s your prerogative. I downvoted you because I think you’re wrong and making a bad point. That’s mine. Others feel the same way. People agreeing with the sentiment doesn’t make them a hive mind. It means they’ve made similar observations about the same phenomenon. You’re dehumanizing people by calling them a hive mind because they disagree with you. I’m calling you wrong because I think your opinion is wrong. You are allowed to be wrong, though. Your opinion is still perfectly valid and agreeable to many, many people. They are not a hive mind, but they are likeminded with you. That’s okay. I encourage you to continue to voice your opinions despite opposition because I sincerely think that’s a good thing for you to do. But try to remember that every single one of us (sans any possible bots) is actually a whole human with their own mind and reasons for doing what they do, even if you don’t like them for doing it.

I just want you to know that I saw your comment, said “oh, that’s off topic and an overall bad take”, and then downvoted. That’s when I noticed your score was negative and not positive. I’m not part of a hive mind, friend. You just had/have a bad take imo.

I hope someone mods it back in.

It’s not that long. You’ll be okay.

I don’t like this flavor of dystopia.

I don’t think this one should be as controversial as it is.

Did you choose to overlook my intentional usage of the word “chosen” just to mansplain something obvious? I did not make my choice out of ignorance, but I appreciate you assuming I did.

This is always how I’ve chosen to interpret the expression. It’s not a theory. It’s an observation.

Man what the fuck

I don’t think you’re wrong. I do think a good movie would be more profitable than a bad one. I wouldn’t show my kid this movie out of principle, because I happen to be of a generation that cares about this franchise. I wouldn’t buy any merch, toys, or clothes either. I’m sure some would, but I feel strongly that this movie won’t generate the profits they want, and it’ll be specifically because they made something terrible.

Players aged 15 to 21 make up the largest group of Minecraft’s player base at 43%.

The remaining 21% consists of players between 22 to 30 years old, and 20.59% are users aged 61 to 80.

You might be thinking of demographics from like 10 years ago, but those kids grew up dude. Kids are not the primary demographic.

Does Lemmy not like Linux all of a sudden…?

Loud and stupid are affectionate descriptors from my friends. I also struggle with volume after being too quiet for my early years and overcompensating in the later ones.

Agreed. Crystals, manifestation, astrology etc. is such a stupid thing for people to feel mentally superior over others for. Being a jackass and bullying people for wanting to believe in something like luck is mentally weak. Science doesn’t save a mind from its own ignorance.

You literally compared the games in this chain though? Did you forget, or…?

I’ve got ancient blogs and comments left on ebaumsworld from when the internet and I were still children. Every now and again I like to revisit the site and see the ghosts of the era. It’s probably been 5 or so years since my last visit. It’s a particular feeling for sure.