doug

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[–] doug@lemmy.today 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I watch some trash reality TV and always find it kind of funny how contestants spend a long amount of time internalizing the stress of the situation the show they agreed to be on is putting on them.

Half of Love Island is “Why did you kiss them?” “Why did you go on a date with that person?” “Why did you break up with me?” Guys it’s a SHOW. The SHOW is making you go through these completely unnatural circumstances!

And then I think about real life and it’s like “why don’t I have energy? why am I so depressed? why can’t I be more productive?” …guys it’s CAPITALISM/SOCIETY. SOCIETY is making you go through these completely unnatural circumstances!

…except of course I didn’t agree to be on this show.

[–] doug@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago

o ok that makes it ok then nvm my furious outrage. gj buddy.

[–] doug@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

I mean memes can be a form of propaganda/there’s a venn diagram there, but considering there isn’t much subtlety in this one and some others— and I’d like to think I’m not in the mindset to take anything of this caliber from the right as any form of truth— “meme” is a considerably more apt descriptor.

[–] doug@lemmy.today 3 points 6 months ago

I mean memes can be a form of propaganda/there’s a venn diagram there, but considering there isn’t much subtlety in this one and some others— and I’d like to think I’m not in the mindset to take anything of this caliber from the right as any form of truth— “meme” is a considerably more apt descriptor.

[–] doug@lemmy.today 3 points 6 months ago (6 children)

True, I used the word loosely/lazily; I’ll eat my downvotes.

[–] doug@lemmy.today -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

It may be hypocritical and inconsistent of me, but left-wing propaganda is the only time I can think of off-hand where I’m pretty OK with AI usage (or is this just a really good Photoshop)?

[–] doug@lemmy.today 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah what’s the metric for success in protesting a cause so embedded in the roots?

[–] doug@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah but if be gets overcharged it goes into sleep mode.

[–] doug@lemmy.today 29 points 6 months ago

Well, better to be recalled instead of buying something off brand and replacing it every three months like I did with other batteries and cords before I caught on to those shifty Amazon scammy retailers.

…I mean yes it’d be great if nothing was recalled at all, but uhhhh, I ain’t gonna hold this one against them.

[–] doug@lemmy.today 36 points 6 months ago

“Bloodless if the left allows it.”

[–] doug@lemmy.today 3 points 6 months ago

That's the one.

Aside from that I sort by release date and check back every now and then.

I just now noticed they had a toggle for 'Released,' so I don't have to see a bunch of TBD games. I'm just gonna start doing what you're doing and keep an eye on the list once in a while. Thank you for the tip!

[–] doug@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I wish they’d expand on it and have a filter for player count in co-op. I have a game group of five and finding co-op, 5 player games is hard/most of them cap at 4.

The ones that don’t cap at 4 and aren’t requiring high dexterity (i.e. fps) are base building survival games all the way down— which are fine for the most part, don’t get me wrong, I just wish we could find something with the production quality and premise of Outlast Trials.

So far we’ve done: Conan Exiles, The Forest (1 & 2), Astroneer, Core Keeper, Return to Moria, Green Hell (may have been before we were at 4), Demonic, Deep Rock (with a 5 player mod), and a little REPO (which was good, but no progression system yet). I wanted to try Barotrauma but the puppet movement’s a bit janky for me.

I know there’s a third party search engine I can use, but it’s sooo full of junk it’s hard to find anything worthwhile.

Looking forward to The Big Walk, and am keeping an eye on Dune when it comes to consoles.

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i recently learned you're not supposed to run a microwave with nothing in it/it can fry itself broken.

but i want to heat up a plate to help keep the pancakes i put on it warm like they do in diners. putting just a plate in my microwave causes it to start freaking out 'cause i guess there's not enough stuff in there to absorb the energy(? this is what google tells me).

are the diners just putting the plates on a burner on low? that feels wrong.

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