the switch from “I am online because my brain is broken” to “my brain is broken because I am online” explains a lot about the current state of the internet and society at large, none of it complimentary

Again Bouie from the top rope

important raven message!

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. How corrosive it is that public figures are--more and more shamelessly--ripping the copper wiring out of the walls. Integrity is for suckers. Abusing power is fun. Caring about anything bigger than yourself is lame. An elite class of evil toddlers

there is big money to be made on OnlyMonsters but you gotta get in early

Re: the Del Toro when the phrase "Only Monsters" popped up on screen definitely thought about OF and giggled to myself. Someone should consider making Only Monsters a real website...

Jane Goodall is survived by one son. Paternity testing has revealed he shares 98% of his DNA with a chimpanzee.

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

Every time I post about gear I'm compelled to say: you don't need it. It's fun and great and sometimes impresses folks, but all you need is the computer to do this. Over half my music probably was [redacted] fl studio and SNES soundfonts

I wouldn't even say my gear has improved my music. It changed the tone of it or helped me make new decisions but mostly good music is in your head and in the notes

pinning you down and leaning in really close and whispering seductively in your ear but it's the tiktok text to speech woman's voice

what the imp !?

seen a few 'they clearly haven't thought this through' comments wrt stuff like this & no no, they have. racists being able to go around hassling & attacking people on a whim is the goal of these policies, this is what they want

from a moral standpoint, you really oughta consider losing your game pass subscription due to the bds boycott. 'not' from a moral standpoint, what the fuck lmao. what the fuck. thats one and a half silksongs a month. that's three yakuza 0s a month. that is, funnily enough, 360 dollars a year

an angel, pinned up onto corkboard by its wings, hanging like a beautiful collectors item to be seen always

🌟 DASHCON 3 INFO 😀 - Yes, there will be a ball pit! - The Superwholock panel has been moved from Saturday to Sunday - All attendees are forbidden from defaming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi royal family, legal system, government, or any religion, religious figure, or religious practice

in case anyone was wondering how those really awesome adult content guidelines are going to be enforced on this website

It's fascinating and revealing how many centrists think refusing to compromise on human rights to gain the support of bigots represents a "political purity test," yet also think that a bigot saying "I won't join you unless you accommodate my bigotry" does NOT represent a "political purity test."

This is the thing they'll never understand about "wokeness" or "political correctness" - huge organizations didn't implement these policies because of "cancel culture" or secret communists, they did it to stay competitive and viable. It's what people wanted

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

FOUND IT

Always remember: when you embark on a journey of getting your partner a glass of water. Bring two glasses.

i never have any idea how many people will have beaten certain steam achievements, it's always Complete Level 1 (0.1% of players have this) or Beat Permadeath Hitless Hardcore Mode in Under 30 Minutes (46% of players have this)

And there's something profoundly sad about burning out on a game this good, getting so far into it, seeing so much of the lovingly crafted world, falling in love with its characters, and going "yeah, I just really don't feel like doing this anymore."

Act 3, IMO, relies too heavily on endurance challenges. The bosses aren't just aggressive and complex, they're long. The gauntlets aren't just individually long, you need to clear several in a row with minimal reset and no checkpoint. It makes the real final boss of the game burnout.

The so-called “Gen Z” protests that broke out in Indonesia in August, overthrew the government of Nepal on September 9, and spread to Peru continue to resonate around the world. Today, protests toppled the government of Madagascar.

you may not like it but this is the new kind of man they're making

people were worried about a behind the scenes loyalty test and once again they get around outrage by just doing the thing right out in the open

a reason to exist #ac6

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

I just made a mistake to listen the actual clip. It's so much worse.

It gets a little worse every day but today it got A Lot Worse all at once. A friend mentioned the phrase to me 'dont die with your art inside you' and I always took it to mean just don't lose track and give up, but now there's a certain dark urgency to it. Gotta get a move on because shit is BLEAK.

This passage nearly broke me.

you may not like it but this is the new kind of man they're making

Mmmhmm. C’mere.

partner tried to tap its finger against its temple to indicate that it's clever but accidentally poked itself in the eye instead. i love this fucking thing

I think more people enjoy complex women protagonists in video games than a few divorced YouTubers would have you believe

Reborn In Another World As Exactly The Same Guy In The Same Place But Eight Hours Later Than When I Went To Sleep

as an author of a book on reparations I am intimately familiar with the move people make from "the thing you want isn't politically viable right now" to "you shouldn't want it, talk about wanting it, or even think about it" but it never stops being weird to me

JK Rowling’s favorite word since the 90’s has been poverty despite the fact she was raised upper middle class and was broke for a short while following her divorce like most people. This farce is especially disgusting considering she could spotlight UK poverty issues and DOESN’T

showing them all the new metal gear ray on a tanker ship

LLMs are an output-driven technology, but most jobs that AI is meant to replace require far more than just spitting out stuff. In reality, executive excitement over AI shows that they have little understanding of labor - they're Business Idiots. www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

guy in 3000 bc: remember when tools were made of stone 🪨 now every thing is bronze 😡 we used to live in cave ⛰️ now we sleep in hut 😪 instead of hunting ox 🐮 we make them pull plow 🌾 who else wish we could go back 😩

nostalgia is a prison. 'IP' is where creativity goes to die. there are infinite new games in the ether waiting to be discovered. bury your dead and fix your hearts

Wild that EA managed to find a buyer who cares about video game workers even less than EA.

One thing I don't think is honest is that the reactionary centrists who prescribe this always ascribe it as a necessary concession to *other* people—the huddled masses, the heartland, the bigots and rubes of the American electorate who cannot be persuaded—and not a matter of their own preferences.

fun how jk rowling going full scorched earth attack at emma watson was triggered not by watson attacking her, but by her giving some feeble wishy-washy statement about still loving her despite their disagreements

i keep saying this but what i hate most about the ezra kleins of the world is their insistence is that politics is about messaging and triangulating. its never about offering a compelling vision of the world, its about trying desperately to capitulate to whatever moment we are in