SnotFlickerman

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to news in Tech bros' attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages

Except, unfortunately, in the business world, some of the most well-promoted people are those who do almost nothing and take all the credit for themselves, who tend to be the exact kind of people those articles describe.

We don’t have as many safeguards against sociopathy in career-building, it seems, and the whole stupid fucking game seems rigged towards the interests of narcissists, sociopaths, and psychopaths, especially with the frequency they are represented in the C-suites in the US.

So these misogynistic chucklefucks often rise to the top.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to gaming in 2023 Is The Best Year For Games In A While (And Maybe Ever?)

Hi-Fi Rush just consistently reminds me how comically bad I am at rhythm games. I love the game, but man I got burnt out because even though they made it “easier” for folks with no rhythm like myself, it’s still tough if you just can’t match the beat.

I am some kind of masochist though, because in the past I beat both Parappa the Rapper and UmJammer Lammy.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to news in ‘Hamas has created additional demand’: Wall Street eyes big profits from war

We know better. We claim to be better in empty rhetoric. In actions though, our species is made up of proud monsters, their enablers/worshippers, and their victims.

I’ve been saying this for years. The “civilized” world acts like we’re better because we’re not cutting people’s heads off, but we’ve clearly just exchanged that for the far more sophisticated (and far more fucked up) mental and emotional torture.

Just look at how we treat prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. We have never been better, it’s a fucking lie we tell ourselves.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to risa in Mystery Star Trek 3000

RiffTrax (a MST3K spin-off created by Mike Nelson after the end of MST3Ks original run, and would eventually go on to include Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot)) actually riffs a bunch of the original series movies like Wrath of Khan.

www.rifftrax.com/collection/star-trek

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to risa in Which is which though?

Lore: It’s pronounced GIF… because of the implication.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to news in Getting angry may help you achieve your goals, study suggests

If you can’t control your anger and allow it to make you impatient and careless, that’s far more on you as an individual than on the idea of anger.

Plenty of people are quite capable of being quietly, patiently, absolutely fucking furious.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to news in Getting angry may help you achieve your goals, study suggests

It’s true, anger can make a motherfucker real productive.

The question is whether or not what they produce will be good for anyone else.

I fully agree that anger can be directed towards good goals, however, it can also be directed towards totally dangerous goals, both getting their drive to succeed in their plans from “anger.”

The person whose anger leads them to create something that helps people, or prevents the horrible violence they suffered, is doing a service for those around them, born out of the anger they had at a broken system. There have been many like this throughout history. Fred Rogers took the pains of his childhood and created Mr. Rogers Neighborhood for similar children, who were maybe bullied and needed a friend, much like he did in his youth.

The person whose anger leads them on a shooting rampage to kill innocents because they’re angry at a broken system and too dickless to know what to do other than lash out violently are the problem.

We need more Fred Rogers’ and fewer mass shooters.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in Mystery Star Trek 3000

Well folks, the crowdfunding for Season 14 has begun in earnest. If you want Joel, Jonah, Emily & the rest of the gang riffing stuff like The Original Series, get your manos on their crowdfunding!

showmaker.mst3k.com/makeseason14

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in KVN

I havent checked in a hot minute… maybe it did.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to games in Would you prefer if games had a separate difficulty setting for boss fights?

I forgot to mention that! Yeah the nigh invulnerability for struggling players is a huge help.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in MFW I see the RISA, Prequels, and LOTR meme communities fighting and the Achievers are not included

Mother father Chinese dentist!

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in MFW I see the RISA, Prequels, and LOTR meme communities fighting and the Achievers are not included

Beaver? Uhhhh, you mean vagina…?

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in KVN

I am glad we are at least getting a graphic novel to finish off the series.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to games in Would you prefer if games had a separate difficulty setting for boss fights?

Super Mario Bros Wonder threads this needle expertly, in my opinion.

Each level has a difficulty rating from 1 to 5 stars with 1 being easiest and 5 being “Mario Hard.”

To complete the main story, you only really need to beat mostly the easier levels, like difficulty 1-3 stars. All other levels are really optional, but there are a lot of them, and they are the 4-5 stars level difficulty.

So the “main game” by default should be “easy enough” for most gamers, and for those who want a challenge, there are tons of extra challenges for them to pursue.

I think I prefer this to a “difficulty setting” because it allows both casual and hardcore gamers to approach the same game in different ways. It doesn’t make you feel like you are missing anything from either way you choose to play. It also allows you to practice the harder levels if you want to get better.

Some games like Halo, if I recall correctly, literally rewarded you with special cutscenes for the hardest difficulty in beating the game. That can leave players who “aren’t good enough” for such high difficulty to feel a bit left out.

I don’t feel the same about Super Mario Bros Wonder, it just feels pretty accessible to all and I think more companies need to attempt something similar.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in Q is relatable

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