geekwithsoul

@geekwithsoul@lemm.ee

I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.…

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geekwithsoul,

Yeah, it’s strangely beefy looking. Giving off Yul Brynner vibes

Republican Operatives Swoop in to Help Cornel West This Election (newrepublic.com)

”This helps take away votes from Joe Biden,” the activist told one person at the rally, according to a video posted to X (formerly Twitter) by a Washington Post reporter. “We’re helping the Trump team who’s trying to get him on there,” added a woman by his side.

geekwithsoul,

It wouldn’t be on the WH press stuff, it’s a campaign release.

geekwithsoul,

Wasn’t it in Early Access before? I think this is about it coming out of Early Access?

geekwithsoul,

There’s actually quite a bit of evidence that post-pandemic price fixing across multiple sectors is to blame for the “inflation” we’re seeing - one example is the energy sector and what the FTC recently reported on: thebignewsletter.com/…/an-oil-price-fixing-conspi…

geekwithsoul,

Whenever I see his uncanny face, in the back of my mind I always think he looks like what Mark Zuckerberg’s dad must look like

geekwithsoul,

That’s because there’s nothing he can do - this was Sony’s decision as the publisher and the developers can’t do squat about it unfortunately

geekwithsoul,

This is definitely the work of Sony, not the developer. There is no motivation for the developer to require PSN signups for the game and all the motivation in the world for Sony. In addition, anything dealing with how the game is distributed is solely within the purview of the publisher- the developer almost never has any say in what happens in that case.

geekwithsoul,

As far as the decision behind the policy goes, the game’s community manager said on the game’s official Discord server that it was a Sony decision, not Arrowhead

insider-gaming.com/helldivers-2-ceo-apologizes-fo…

geekwithsoul,

The fines are limited by statute, so $1k per instance is the max the judge can order

geekwithsoul,

“…would 100% identify as female just to walk into the girls bathroom”

That’s not “boys being boys” thinking, that’s the thinking of a future sexual assailant.

geekwithsoul,

Wow, you’re just a sociopath it seems. My condolences to anyone who has to deal with you on the regular

geekwithsoul,

“Blue MAGA” - what does that even mean? MAGA isn’t even a cogent ideology, it’s a fawning cult of personality acting in lockstep and built up around a single man – in what way is there any equivalent on the left? Ask twelve liberals for an opinion on something and you’ll get fifteen different answers.

geekwithsoul,

Good article but I think the thing it misses is those that currently make up “the base” on the right seem to share the commonality of wanting to be conned. The Christian nationalists, the conspiracy theorists, the buyers of whatever snake oil are currently on offer all want easy, unnuanced answers that continue to validate whatever they’re used to. They ignore systemic issues in favor of the fear du jour because solving the real problems strike at their sense of identity and they’re willing to believe literally anything rather than face the issues that really matter. A feedback loop has taken hold of the GOP which just keeps cranking them further and further away from any sort of reasonable ideology and instead replaced it with spurious and unfounded anxieties and fears. The media has constantly exacerbated this because it increases their metrics and ad dollars to sell the side show.

geekwithsoul,

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

geekwithsoul,

You know the whole acronym vs initialism thing is a somewhat new idea? And there’s no hard and fast agreement on it. To correct people on whether something is an acronym or not (especially when they are using it within the term’s original meaning) is simply pedantic.

geekwithsoul,

“The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) records the first printed use of the word initialism as occurring in 1899, but it did not come into general use until 1965, well after acronym had become common”

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym

geekwithsoul,

Just curious as why not Portal 2? That’s honestly one of my “chicken soup” comfort food games - Portal 1 is great but to me, Portal 2 is so much more.

geekwithsoul,

Probably less geo-location and more just shared IP block/address

geekwithsoul,

About time - their polls have been divorced from reality for some time. While previously “leaning right” would be a fair description of a moderate bias, in the last few years they completely went off the deep end.

geekwithsoul,

You can’t reason someone out of an opinion they didn’t reason themselves into.

geekwithsoul,

So you don’t actually have a source then? What a surprise considering your post history and the communities you’re a mod for.

geekwithsoul,

That may be the dumbest take I’ve heard on this. With that kind of “logic”, it would mean maybe the Earth really is flat, because so many people are outraged that someone could believe something that stupid. More “We’re just asking questions here” bullshit used as a smokescreen for rampant bigotry and misogyny.

geekwithsoul,

<hands you shovel since you just seem to like digging yourself further in the hole>

So let me get this straight in terms of your POV: things that are incorrect shouldn’t be corrected? Especially in the context of a bunch of neckbearded incels who doxxed, swatted, and generally hounded people during that whole GamerGate stupidity?!

Yeah, I really can’t understand why someone looking at the history might want to investigate and correct if needed wildly inaccurate claims. /s

geekwithsoul,

So you’d hire a full time employee while paying for a recruitment process, on-boarding, and then full pay and benefits to help write a game that may take three years to complete and may never actually be completed or released and may never receive a sequel. Oh and your next project might not be suitable for their skills. Genius! Can’t wait to see what games your gaming company releases!

Hell, why stop there - Every Hollywood movie studio should also just hire a bunch of in-house writers and have them write everything. You think movies are bland and unoriginal now - just you wait! And why do book publishers work with so many different authors? They should just hire 12 or so and have them write everything? 🙄

geekwithsoul,

Well, I guess if the claim is not worth backing up, it’s probably not worth listening to. Thanks!

geekwithsoul,

So you admit you provided a bullshit YouTube link because you’re not engaging with any sort of good faith intent to inform?

You must be fun at parties

geekwithsoul,

“Most indie companies” neither hire consultants nor add a bunch of full time employees - they don’t have the money for it. At first I was thinking you just didn’t understand how games are made, but now I’m thinking you don’t understand how general business works.

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