EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted @ EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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We really are stupid, the whole lot of us. Even the smart ones are dumb as rocks. Specifically coal rocks because we're too damned stupid to stop poisoning our air. Lol.

I'm an American, was born here and lived here all my life, and lemme tell ya I am a goddamned introvert as all hell. Lol.

I will do that. Thank you. :)

That I have no problem with. You had to do that in the classic Doom too. After all, certain weapons worked better with certain enemies.

Thanks! I'll buy it and try it out!

Oh cool.

Yeah, in Eternal, it seemed that once I got past the first few areas, if I didn't do glory kills, I'd be, within seconds, nearly dead and almost completely out of ammo (if not out of ammo).

You're saying Doom 2016 isn't like that?

Like, don't get me wrong, glory kills are awesome, but I feel they should be optional flairs to spice up gameplay, not a required function just to progress. That's what bothered me. It effectively locked out of the game (a Doom game no less) anyone who didn't like the glory kill mechanic. Personally, as a long-time fan of the franchise, that felt kinda cheap.

So, that's cool. In any case, yeah, I was just going by what it said on the page. I don't own the game, so I couldn't check.

How much harder?

I just don't like the anxiety that comes with constantly being low health and low ammo that happened the last time I tried Doom Eternal. (Admittedly, I've never played Doom 2016.)

I can?

Just be aware people that–and this should surprise no one as these features are largely online nowadays (sadly no LAN here :C )—but

That being said, I personally won't be buying this. Not because the game is poorly made or anything (it's Doom–'nuff said); I'm just not really into the whole glory kill thing. Don't like it.

No shade to anyone who does; that's just my opinion.

Yeah, it's a pretty ridiculous notion when you get down to it. I agree. Haha.

Atheist.

As far as I see, there are 2 basic possible states for being(s) with regards to divinity: either they're omnipotent or they're not omnipotent. (Partial omnipotence may perhaps be great power, but it is still non-omnipotence by definition.)

The Stone Paradox demonstrates that full omnipotence cannot happen; and any being, however powerful, that does not have full omnipotence is inherently no different than me or you and thus has no right to be considered a god.

and if you switched faiths, why did you do it and what faith did you choose?

Well, I used to be a Christian, but only by virtue of being raised as one. As I grew older, I grew out of Christianity. It makes no sense to me from the perspective of the scientific method or Occam's Razor. Also, my very traditional Christian family did not exactly live up to the Christ-like ideals of love and tolerance, so that definitely put me off it, I can tell you that much.

As I got older, I tried other religions: Islam, Zen Buddhism, Earth paganism, various other forms of paganism. They were excellent experiences that taught me the value of different faiths but they were, in the end, not for me. I like the rock that the scientific method provides, and I like how it teaches and encourages critical thinking ability. With science, I don't need to take some reverend's word for it that a magical sky-daddy is watching me masturbate while my great-great-grandmother judges me from past the celestial gates. I can be confident to know that it's far more likely they're dead in the ground, disintegrating back into the earth from whence they came.

Thanks so much for the suggestions!

Unfortunately, as much as I'd love to try out Yorkshire Tea (I've heard they're amazing), they don't ship internationally, so as I live in the USA, I don't think that's an option for me. :C

To be fair, although admittedly a nitpick, I will say I never said that the caffeine dehydrated you, just that the teas and tisanes do, the latter of which may or may not have caffeine.

That being said, I looked it up and yeah you're right. The evidence does seem to demonstrate that the diuretic effect of the caffeine in teas not substantial enough to really affect hydration levels.

However, it does lead me to wonder why my body seems to dehydrate if I drink more 2 cups of tea in a day. Like, it doesn't cause me to pee more (at least not more than an equivalent amount of straight water would cause me to pee); my body just dries out.

As an American who wasn't ever raised on tea of any kind (and I don't like coffee) but is starting to really learn to love teas and tasanes (I'm open to suggestions, by the way!), I have to ask: how the hell do you manage to drink 8–10 cups per day without dying of dehydration? If I drink more than 3 cups a day I start to really feel dried out!

I have not once in my entire life heard anyone say it like that. Where are you from? Maybe it's a regional thing...

sen-tar

"sen-" like "cent" (like 25 cents), and "-tar" like "a tar pit"

I think I'll try using that hotkey (or something similar)!

Thanks for the suggestion. ;D

Okay, I'm gonna be honest. I don't know how to respond to this.

That is definitely a helpful alternative. Thank you. :)

On a side-note, one rather annoying thing I noticed back in the 2.x days was the inability to set [TAB] as part of a keyboard shortcut (ideally, for switching image tabs). According to this SE thread, it's because of the inherent limitations of GTK2—the [TAB] key is "reserved for the GTK library". However, the thread also said (second comment) that

What really should happen is that the Ctrk-tab is used in a tabbed display to navigate the tabs. Note that Gimp currently uses the obsolete GTK2. Things could be better wit the GTK3 that will be used in Gimp 3.0.

Are you aware if things are indeed any better now that GIMP uses GTK3? Because unless I'm doing it wrong, it still doesn't seem to let me select the [TAB] key in the Keyboard Shortcuts window.

My vacation. I work in retail, so my job is very stressful and anxiety-inducing.

My vacation technically started a couple hours ago when I clocked out, but it starts in earnest tomorrow when I wake up. :3