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hypna ,

Lmao what is this edge-lord shit?

hypna ,

That’s not my experience, and I’m an elder millennial. The only time tiering up has encouraged me to quit a game was when the higher ranked players were just more toxic. Being challenged can be part of the fun.

That’s not to say I think matchmaking is simply better than persistent servers. Having a group of regulars and developing a bit of a server culture is good fun. I guess I like both options depending on the mood.

hypna ,

Linux is a great server OS. It’s an okay desktop OS.

Men with 'toxic masculinity' are more likely to make sexual advances without consent, study finds (phys.org)

A team of researchers, including Binghamton psychology professor Richard Mattson and graduate student Michael Shaw asked men between the ages of 18–25 to respond to hypothetical sexual hookup situations in which a woman responds passively to a sexual advance, meaning the woman does not express any overt verbal or behavioral...

hypna , (edited )

“Big” is not a negative adjective. “Truck” is not (mostly) an identity or demographic group. You’d have to make up some term like maybe “murder trucks” to get close to an analogy. Would you not suppose that someone who advocated against “murder trucks” thought trucks were bad?

“Crowded” - maybe mildly negative. “Places” - not an identity or demographic.

“Toxic” - Ok. “People” - This hardly seems like an identity or demographic. Maybe if martians start talking about “toxic humans” we’d have an analogy.

And that whole last paragraph is just a straw man.

Let’s consider some real analogies.

“Poisonous Hinduism” “Virulent Femininity” “Malignant Jewishness” “Destructive Liberalism” “Pestilent Blackness” “Dangerous Queerness”

I literally just looked up synonyms for toxic and picked random identity groups. Could you imagine trying to make any of these phrases academic terms?

hypna ,

Seems like this has been in the works for a while stateline.org/…/after-a-long-slog-climate-change-…

hypna , (edited )

It’s not clear whether you’re suggesting that tipped workers aren’t guaranteed the normal minimum wage.

www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/wagestips

EDIT: The above comment was completely different at the time I wrote this.

hypna ,

It’s a constitutional amendment that was ruled on. The Constitution applies the same in all states. If it were just Colorado law I think it would be much harder to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court.

hypna ,

People don’t hate on Epic because their store has content. They hate on Epic because they tried to buy market share with exclusivity deals. Nobody wants PC gaming to turn into the streaming services.

The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse (www.nytimes.com)

This is a classic case of tragedy of the commons, where a common resource is harmed by the profit interests of individuals. The traditional example of this is a public field that cattle can graze upon. Without any limits, individual cattle owners have an incentive to overgraze the land, destroying its value to everybody....

hypna ,

A truly poor analogy. LLMs don’t remove anything from anywhere. They consume no shared resource.

It’s been wild watching people flail about searching for arguments for why LLMs should be stopped. I’m not even saying they shouldn’t, just that I haven’t seen a solid argument for it.

hypna ,

I was curious how often this actually happened and found this other article with some figures.

iosconews.com/…/article_3280a3fa-bc08-54ae-80e1-a…

“More than 5,400 minors were married in Michigan between 2000 and 2021, according to the nonprofit Unchained at Last. More than nine in 10 of the minors were girls, with 12 under the age of 16.”

So I guess it was mostly 16 and 17 year olds who now have to wait to 18.

hypna ,

I’m sure that’s not what was in his letter.

If your question is merely about public relations, sure it’s a terrible move. But I think there’s actually a more meaningful question underlying all this furor; what are the limits of friendship or love? What is one supposed to do when someone close does something horrible? Cast them aside? Pretend you never knew them?

Kutcher must have had some idea of the risk he was taking, but he did it anyway. I find that striking. For some people friendships can be like family. I feel like this is an older sentiment that doesn’t find expression often today. Would you find it appalling if Masterson’s mother spoke on behalf of his character, or should she likewise keep her distance?

I don’t know. It all just seems more complicated and tragic than the typical social media mob can process.

hypna ,

It’s hilarious how many different definitions of fascism I see on Lemmy on a given day

hypna ,

Oh good, a petition.

hypna , (edited )

You really apply some kind of ideology test when choosing which artist’s work to enjoy?

EDIT: Perhaps this hinges on what you mean by “support”

hypna ,

No one is obligated to patronize any business or artist (generally speaking). Obligation isn’t the issue. But it sounds like, yes, you choose not support/patronize artists who have certain opinions you disapprove of.

I’ve seen this sentiment floating around the Internet sometimes, and it always strikes me as very limiting.

hypna ,

This is not communism.

hypna ,

I mean, it’s an mtx-free, drm-free, full feature game. If BG3 isn’t worth paying for, I don’t know what is.

hypna ,

Maybe we can federate the communities on our federated instances 🤔

hypna ,

I feel for this guy having to make a living with the meager pay of a barista, but setting the minimum wage to a livable level and pegging it to inflation is a much better solution. Hell, throw in some single-payer, universal healthcare, and take that item off everyone’s personal budget while we’re at it.

hypna ,

I went on that journey a couple years ago. What I ended up buying is technically considered “digital signage” rather than a TV. Basically zero bloat. You may have to pay a little extra but I don’t recall it being that much. Pretty sure I got it here.

hypna ,

Quite right. I did get one with speakers, but they were even worse than I expected. I bought a sound bar to go with it. There are also a few quirks that remind me it’s a commercial display. Like there’s no power button on the unit. I have to use the remote. I suppose one wouldn’t want their signage turned off by randos.

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