CrazyLikeGollum @ CrazyLikeGollum @lemmy.world

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It would be harder to express that misogyny if you're playing offline with the boys, or at least harder to express it in the presence of women.

I don't disagree with any of that. Except for the whole "vote with your wallet" thing. It's pretty well proven that consumer level boycotts don't work. Definitely do what you need to do to stick to your ethics and principals, I certainly will, but don't expect to change anything.

If you want things to actually change, vote with your vote, because the only way to get things to change at a megacorp is through legislation and regulation. Although, at least in my country (the USA) even that seems to be essentially meaningless. I'll still continue to do it for as long as I'm able, but holy shit our election system is broken.

How many of the games you play are only available through a digital distribution service? Because I would say if an internet connection is required to obtain the game then that makes the internet connection a requirement to play.

I consider lootboxes and the F2P model to be a big part of what is wrong with modern gaming and I don't think they'd be a thing or at the very least wouldn't be anywhere near as prevalent if online functionality were required to be strictly optional.

Also, if a game publisher doesn't want you to have access to certain content then they shouldn't include it in the game files.

It's saying that some new allegations surrounding libogc, a low level library used extensively in Wii and Gamecube homebrew, call the ethics and possibly the legality of any project using the library into question.

The headline itself could be a little more clear, but it makes sense after reading the article.

If the tools on display in the article are anything to go by, there is a distinct possibility they just got up their own ass.

Ah yes, the infamous "stinky cheese" email virus. Who knew zip bombs could be so destructive. It erased all of the easter eggs off of my DVDs.

Looks like it's just the brand it's sold under in that market.

I was more just pointing out that they are the same thing, since it wasn't clear if you knew that or not and I think it's important that people know what the drugs they're taking actually are. Tends to be safer that way.

Hopefully, you're either taking it as prescribed or having fun responsibly. Benzos can be fun, but they're also some of the most addictive substances on the planet.

Also, these articles you're posting are some quality writing.

Fun fact "Velium" is just a brand name for Diazepam. As is Valium.

Depends on the details. If their crime hurt someone innocent (or had a high likelihood to) and it was intentional, yes.

If I'm likely to go down with them if they get caught, yes.

Otherwise, I ain't no snitch and even if I were I don't know anything about nothing.

I'm far from an expert on the topic, but I've worked around the military for a while, and have had some conversations with some more knowledgeable people about this.

Basically, it's any kind of military work that isn't affiliated with a government. On the more benign side of things that would be stuff like private armed security, the French Foreign Legion, or working as a contractor for companies that do physical pen-testing for military installations.

It could also mean working as a contractor for a group like Blackwater, where you are engaging in some likely shady military operations where the government wants some sort of deniability, which (IMO) crosses the line fully into the malign.

It looks to be an empty case, based on the lack of PSU and motherboard.

Yes. You're supposed to use it anytime you're about to turn or change lanes, including if you're sitting in a turn lane at a red light or backing out of a drive way or parking spot.

Not doing so makes you a road hazard.

Sure, you could look at it that way, but an equally valid way to look at it would be based on human life spans.

Average human life expectancy is 72 years. Which is, conveniently very close to the age of the oldest video game (an implementation of tic-tac-toe from 1950).

Would you call a 14 year old human old? At that point they'd be ~20% of they way through their life.

Boredom is the key to learning something it's just very likely that it won't be the thing school is trying to teach. Especially if the thing school is teaching is the thing boring you.

My job's unlikely to go anywhere unless I commit a heinous crime and I already live well below my means in terms of required expenses.

I'm probably going to be fine, but just in case I intend to increase my cash savings and stock up a bit on nonperishable food and other required household goods.

Other than that there's not a lot of prep I can do.

"Sounds shitty, have you considered suicide?"

Younger me was depressed, pessimistic, arrogant, and very much so an asshole with selective hearing. He would only hear the parts of what's happened that fit what he expects to happen.

And despite quite a few negatives over the last decade or so, I've managed to do pretty well for myself.

He'd probably also tell me to lift with my knees. I had to do some heavy lifting at work yesterday and now my back's sore.

why would anyone use cock sucking as an insult?

Probably because of the perceived power dynamic between the cock sucker and cock suckee.

How is that homophobic? There's no mention of the gender of the bootlicking edgelords.

You don't have to be a man to suck dick.

My recommendations are oriented towards people with a christian background, that said a lot of the ideas involved can be applied to religious belief systems as a whole.

• Isaac Asimov's guide to the Bible - an annotated version of the old and new testament that provides additional clarity and historical context.
• The Skeptics Annotated Bible by Steven Wells - A version of the King James Bible with annotations written from an Atheist's perspective.
• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins - A book that walks through a lot of the logical fallacies, magical thinking, and cognitive biases that Dawkins sees in religious belief. As the title suggests the tone of the book is rather aggressive (which I think is a bit counterproductive) but if you can read past that there's a lot of good information.