RiikkaTheIcePrincess

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 day ago

That’s horrifying! I hope you’re okay!

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 6 days ago

Finally, my chance to say…

I use Arch, by the way :D

…Also, I tried Ubuntu and Mint and Fedora and some others (ages ago). Didn’t like feeling like everything I wanted to do was stepping on the toes of some software that was trying to manage it for me, but not how I wanted or I just didn’t want it managed for me.

I tend to alternate between Arch and Gentoo every few years. Sometimes Arch feels like it’s making assumptions and doing things its way more than I want, but then Gentoo takes ages to install or update anything, is a bit more fiddly. I’ll probably go back or maybe try out Funtoo again but for now I don’t have a CPU that won’t melt if I try to compile things (laptop-only booooo v.v!!) sooo Arch for now. :3 🤷

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 8 days ago

Specifically, Open Season. Gross game, but not this big scary glowing radioactive thing and probably not the actual most reactionary game of the nineties. Article’s kinda crap, really; the whole point is “a prick hired a prick to be involved in a prickish game.”

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 7 days ago

Maybe it could’ve been clearer about that, then? I felt like it was really pushing the “Guy’s a fuckin’ cop-lover!” angle really hard to the point of skewing the facts a bit just to stress it.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 7 days ago

spoilerThe article states that Sonny “grooms” Marie to be a housewife but she’s clearly written to want to be. There’s a difference between “look, these games are gross because you the player/player character coerce some poor girl into slaving away at home cooking and cleaning and raising kids for you” and “look, these games are gross because the writers made a character wanna be a tradwife with a job.”

I had other stuff written but apparently didn’t post any of that. Bleh. Tired now, not gonna agree (nor stop getting silently downvoted, gotta love that) anyway. Off I go ö/

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 10 days ago

[Sarcastic ‘translation’] tl;dr: A lot of people who are relatively well-placed to understand how much technology is involved even in downvoting this post are downvoting this post because they’re afraid of technology!

Just more fad-worshipping foolishness, drooling over a buzzword and upset that others call it what it is. I want it to be over but I’m sure whatever comes next will be just as infuriating. Oh no, now our cursors all have to change according to built-in (to the cursor, somehow, for some reason) software that tracks our sleep patterns! All of our cursors will be obsolete (?!??) unless they can scalably synergize with the business logic core to our something or other 😴

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 10 days ago

Mew from Pawb, fellow furfriend ö/ :3

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 11 days ago

Versus how many fatal man attacks? Not even gonna look it up 🤷

Dunno how this is conclusiv- ohhhh right, confirmation bias. Forgot about that. grumbles noisily

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 18 days ago

I tried but ended up in some guy’s attic instead :-\ At least there’s free weed 🤷 😅

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 19 days ago

WOOOOO RIVEN!! \ö/

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 19 days ago

This really isn’t the article it wishes it were :-\ It kinda reeks of “I’ve picked a thing I want to argue and now I’m going to make up an argument for it” down to admitting that good sources aren’t available (which makes me wonder whether there are no good sources at all or just no good sources that support the author’s argument).

Bonus unpoints for the BDSM reference, just because I hate seeing that term held up as a negative or scary kind of thing and I feel like and/or choose to believe that’s the point in such an unprofessional article, rather than simply meaning “Look, it means sex stuff and that’s unprofessional.” So there. Nyeh! 😝

Also, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone who actually used or contributed to the GIMP (or intended to) complain about the name. I’m interested in seeing some actual data on that, if there is any. Personally I wouldn’t particularly mind a name change but I can’t say whether it’d get more attention and interest than it’d lose to irritating people accustomed to the current one.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 18 days ago

Idunno where you got the idea that I’m for slurs or against disabled people but it’s kinda insulting, especially when you took “sometimes said as a derogatory word” and ran it like it’s the whole point or the article over the complaint that got its own paragraph (the Pulp Fiction bit) and shared the same sentence the disability bit is in, or the one that got the whole rest of the article (that it’s vaguely unprofessional). In fact I’m getting more irked every time I go look for evidence that I’ve misinterpreted it. Reading through a couple crap anecdotes to one that actually says something, we get a VP smirking at the name, which makes me wonder whether that person’s just a hateful prick smirking at a disability term or one of the many who giggle at any reference to anything associated with sex. The other three are just “some people dislike the name.” I conclude that the article does not take issue primarily with the name being an abusive term and wonder why you’d say that.

I muchly dislike careless use of abusive terms (I’ve probably got an essay or two ranting over the usage (and existence) of “crazy” and “insane,” for example) so I really don’t disagree that abusive terms should be treated much more seriously.

My entire point was that the author seems to be throwing things at the wall hoping something sticks, not seriously worrying some spooky scary BDSM critter (hi, it’s me :3 ) is gonna tie them up (of course not, the ropes are for me :3 ), nor that anyone’s getting bullied by the tool’s name or it’s irritating old wounds or really anything at all. I don’t think they’re taking any of this seriously. If the term’s abusive in a way that can’t be neutralized by taking it from abusers and making it something else (an arguably valid thing to do) then that’s worth actual serious discussion and not just part of one sentence in a six-page essay.

tl;dr: The article barely even mentions anything about disability and, I think, does so more as an excuse for itself than out of any serious concern for anyone. My complaint/point is, to be clear, exclusively that the article is crap and not that abusive terminology is okay. The article has failed to demonstrate any actual problem with the name itself other than handwavey “some people say” that it’s vaguely unprofessional.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 21 days ago

Knights of the Old Republic 2 :3 I’m doing a blaster Jedi run. It’s pretty neat, actually :3 I think I’ll play the first game next. Kinda want to get back into City of Heroes if this laptop runs it well and maybe only if I can acquire at least one adventure-buddy-critter to play it with 🤔 🤷

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 21 days ago

There are mods for the first to make it more blaster-friendly! The impression I get is that blasters are much more effective in t he second game and are, it’s claimed (steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=16…), viable even for Hard playthroughs.

I’m playing on Normal; it’s mostly reasonably easy. Paying a bit more attention to keeping my defences in order would probably serve me well but I’ve not hit any walls or anything like that.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 25 days ago

Can ah git me some high fructose corn syrup wit dis?

No, but you can have double or triple salt.*

*Base sodium content is 480% of recommended daily value based on a 6667-calorie diet

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 27 days ago

Ahhh, I see the problem! … The car drivers feel like fools sitting around in their enormous polluting wastes of space and resources but not going anywhere! So naturally everything good must be destroyed in the name of making the wrong thing feel better.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

Idunno, maybe they don’t get all’ their shit delivered in front? Maybe there are trucks in back instead of clogging up the front door that customers use to get in and buy things? Maybe there’s a damn train underneath all’ this! How 'bout that! Nyeehh!!! 😝

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymtNMrL3yF0

“Makes Me Feel Better” :3

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

No! You stop th- wait, that’s not even how it goes. I don’t know how anyone knows, considering the lack of clear enunciation. Is this a different song or are you talking about the one that goes like, “Its binna laaaoo waaahh! Gettin’ from theh to hee!” or something like that?

'Cause if you’re talking about that one I’m gonna burn this comm down :3 🧨

Edit: Yeah I was wrong. Turns out there’s more to the song after the part I hear before skipping ahead in terror and abject despair :P Mostly joking about the despair. Mostly. 😰

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

Oh. Okay apparently someone hit their head hard enough to transcribe the thing and it looks like you’re right.

Still gonna burn this place down. Only way to be sure :P 🔥 🔥

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

“The Bjorn, a race of half-humanoid, half-kitchen-appliance creatures” 🤔 spacequest.fandom.com/wiki/Bjorn

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

:D ! I’m a little bit of an adventure game nerd and a big bit of a Space Quest nerd >:3

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

I can’t even finish reading the list, it’s just enraging me from the beginning.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

I kinda want there to be a super-weed that can tear up an entire parking lot in under a week 🤔 Also this thing should appear in every parking lot simultaneously and be immune to any herbicide that doesn’t also melt the buildings next to where it’s used.

… I’m growing a special new distaste for cars lately. I still need buses, so I guess roads can stay <.< For now >:O

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

Whose tires? My licence expired before I fled up here :3

Unfortunately, buses also tend to use tires. And roads. Maybe some melty mould would work, though! Maybe if it somehow targets cars or things used only/mainly by cars, or just use it later when places get walkabler as a response to the damn cars being rendered ineffective. Oh, and maybe light rail can be a bigger thing! Dunno how good that would be but fuck cars!

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

Oooh. I don’t have a bike either 😅 I don’t think they’d have let me take one on the plane anyway. Bikes can be yes.

We’ll just cover up all’ the bikes, destroy the combustion-engine vehicles, rinse everything off, and tada! Bike cities. This plan is excellent and has no flaws. 👍

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

Okay I was calling them commagazines from kbin, then comms… “Cliffs” is a really neat name and I kinda like it :3 Kinda doesn’t work if people don’t already know it, though 🤔 🤷

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 1 month ago

B often except I have neither basement nor book so I just skip those parts.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

Kinda funny lil “Hey, wait a minute 🤔” bit there.

Also I watch Disco now. Please be proud of me 🥺

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

Just kinda felt like sharing this somewhere 🤷 Kindof a random little rant, but the whole “fuck cars” thing hits a little differently after some time on foot than it did when I just didn’t go anywhere. Didn’t really seem deserving of its own top-level post soooo hopefully nocritter minds if I ramble a little here 😅

Finding myself carless in a city that’s somewhat bus-able, I’ve found myself repeatedly irritated by how unfriendly everything is to foot traffic. There’s very much a feeling of being second-class when I step outside, like “Get the hell off the ground, you’re making the cars feel unsafe!” Often there aren’t even sidewalks, or the sidewalk is only on one side of the road so I’ve got to cross the road to avoid just walking on it (or become a goat and walk sideways next to it on the same side, I guess?). Walking anywhere at all feels like I’m a nuisance to all’ the cars because everywhere I’ve been so far (a bit of Minneapolis, for the curious) is designed for cars and against people. Even crossings kinda piss me off because the whole point of those and everything else traffic-related is the cars, and getting pesky people out of the way of the previous cars.

I kinda wanna move somewhere that isn’t so damn car-happy just to experience it. …And then maybe refuse to leave >:D If only 😅 Maybe I can get adopted as a rescue animal or refugee or something.

Anyway, Fuck Cars! They’re noisy and pollutey and ugly and they’re in my way!

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

car free areas

Oooo that’s an exciting phrase :D

So I’ve kinda been liking buses. Well, “like” is maybe a strong word but they get the job done? My one experience on light rail wasn’t great. Flew in during the evening, got led around a little bit, sat on a train full of smoke 😅 Maybe I’ll have a different experience if I have a chance to try again. Buses during the day, though, pretty comfy. … If I ever get a “life” going maybe my tune will change from some kinda rush-hour bus pain 😅

Worse than driving, though? Hmmmm. At least the bus fights should be more interesting than re-reading bumper stickers for the forty-seven millionth time.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

Whispering? Pretty sure it’s not even valid Klingon unless it’s barked authoritatively.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

Oh joy, more cramming “AI” into absolutely every damn thing. Maybe we can get some kinda scalable AI blockchain synergy going on so we can buzz whilst we buzz.

Good thing I use Sprint! … Wait, crap. Oh well, I need to get my own carrier/account anyway. Which one’s actually good? (… Ha ha ha!)

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

Shenmue! :D

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

Signed up for stress, got stress 🤷 Does exactly what it says on the tin 😅

But seriously this world’s fucked :| :(

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

I just tried to get into a DV shelter and was told the local ones are all full and I don’t even meet their criteria. Rough enough situation to make me make a phone call, and to a place like that, and still they’re all full of people who’ve got it worse.

One of those places has over ninety rooms. How’re they full? Q’s right, that’s how. 😖

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

Thanks for offering! It’s an awkward, stressful mess of a situation :-\ Maybe, though! I’ve typed up tons of stuff (stress reaction, sorry >.<; ) here and in linked places: pawb.social/post/8222904

Super very shortified version: Not-young, trans, ND, many problems, stuck with bioparents in Oklahoma for reasons. Said “no” one time and they became threatening and scary. Called cops on me, even. Would likely have gotten physical if I hadn’t locked my door. Attempting an escape to Minneapolis on probably-Friday. Anywhere to stay here (to plan the move more sensibly) or there (to start to build a life) is very needed, but I don’t know anyone anywhere and I just don’t have time for anything without fighting them over their BS idea of eviction process, which might get me hurt or dumped in the river.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 2 months ago

I don’t; I’m hoping I can get by with what I have, though… refusing assistance seems like a bad idea so maybe I should make one just in case 🤷 On the other paw, seems like stress and effort to set that up and I hate taking things from people and I’m already struggling to get anything done, and that’s all shakily sat atop the fact that I’ve got just no time to do anything with. Could post my PayPal address thing over there, I guess? Idunno if that’s a sensible thing to do. Hate to ask. Hate all of this. Ugh 😮‍💨

Thanks muchly for offering, though! Maybe I’m not totally doomed. Probably am, but who knows 🤷 Sometimes life almost seems possible.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

I feel like I need to get back into Gentoo just to add a lil spice to the horde of Arch users around here :P

Still gonna use Arch on my laptop, bytheway 😅

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

Pleasepleaseplease put bazillions of dollar-equivalents into building this thing and then get it stuck in ice that later cuts into the hull and sinks it 🙏 I know the unfathomably wealthy will never do anything to make this world actually decent but they can at least let us have a decent laugh once in a while!

(I’m assuming the pollution left before it’s towed out of the environment will be less than the pollution from actually running the thing) (Also “towed out of the environment” is a funny reference. May need to look up “front fell off.” I am asleep.)

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

How dare you do that and still mark your comment as English. I nearly downvoted you for that!

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

I hear people are trying to get “AIs” to make games. I hope they’re all trained on this 😈

(That’s what I thought of, reading “technological future of crap.” The article itself seems to just be a typical review for that game, which is indeed among the hottest of garbages.)

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

Arch is too comfortable to be a masochism thing :P Get Gentoo at least, or why even bother :P

(I’ve used both muchly but currently use Arch (bytheway) because my poor CPU’s feeling really potatoey latelish 😾)

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

😬 What a fucked-up book.

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

lars: “Boo!!” God: "Ohmyme! 😱 😭 "

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

Thanks for the descriptions :3 Maybe I’ll get around to re-peeking at DSC, and having a look at some PIC and SNW and maybe even PRO! … Some day. Eventually <.<; 🤷

Kinda morbidly curious about PIC S2, now. Now I’ve got this itch like “How bad could it really be?” 😅

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

YEAH CrossCode!! 🥳 🥰 \ö/

RiikkaTheIcePrincess, 3 months ago

Whilst we’re recommending… >:3 points at Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, grins :D

Character creation is the first boss 😅 Took me… many hours to beat that one. Good luck! :D