GONADS125 @ GONADS125 @lemmy.world

Abandoned this profile due to lemmy.world's federation with Threads. I have

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If only the Kinder-Guardians were there...

This line from New Vegas is my favorite line from any game in the series.

So hilarious given the additional context and dialogue in the game.

You say you stopped at FO3. Have you tried FNV?

I always preferred the story of 3, but the gameplay of NV had quality of life improvements and way better gun-play.

I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot if you haven't.

I agree with this, and it contributed to my losing interest. I also found the gameplay way too stale and stopped playing when I was almost done with the 3rd world.

I didn't feel invested in or care about any of the companions or their story arcs either. They didn't feel relatable or like real people.

I had high hopes for the Outer Worlds, but it just felt generic and boring to me. It felt like a cross between Fallout New Vegas and Borderlands, but without the charm of either franchise.

Working with their families and court-appointed guardians and having access to their medical and treatment history, diagnostic testing, etc.

I also always had great rapport with my clients, and was often the only person my clients would be totally honest with.

I'm sure people may read this thinking I'm a callous judgemental prick, but I was able to provide 100% non-judgmental empathetic reflective listening and maintaining the therapeutic alliance as people confided to me a grotesque murder they committed, the abuse they suffered, child abuse they inflicted...

I was the one on my team given the challenging cases and individuals who were notoriously difficult to work with, had borderline intellectual functioning, or were volatile and threatening.

The laziness I'm referring to is a personality trait; not a symptom of mental illness or trauma.

If you say so. But I would venture to guess you don't know more than the diagnosticians with their extensive testing.

Absolutely not self-medicating tho. They were in controlled environments and while drugs would occasionally enter the RCFs/ALFs, it was easy to spot and test for.

I'm not saying these people did not have dysfunctional behavior. But they did not have any diagnosis related to their self-indulging laziness. Some people are overachievers and others are extremely lazy. What I'm describing is more a personality trait and likely influenced by their upbringing.

Maybe it's specifically the Ozarks?

It isn't always due to mental illness or intellectual limitations. I've worked with people who simply didn't care about hygiene, grooming, or keeping up with their living spaces. Individuals who admitted themselves they were too lazy to put effort into things, and they were okay with that lifestyle.

Their guardians, families and care facility staff weren't okay with it tho. Yes, it was severe dysfunction that is more than what someone normally thinks of with laziness. But there are people who simply are severely dysfunctionally lazy.

I'm not referring in relation to mental illness, chronic fatigue syndrome, or cognitive limitations. This may not seem politically correct, but these people exist and you could ask anyone from my previous employer, or my past clients themselves.

Not as messed up as Midwesterners calling stones sticking out of the ground risking dulling the mower blades n-word heads...

Couldn't believe that one when I heard it used by a racist country bumpkin dumbass.

You've obviously not worked with people who don't bathe, groom or clean their living spaces. That's not efficiency; it's dysfunction.

What is it with companies that they lack basic business smarts?

Short-sighted greed and appeasement of shareholders.

I'm not convinced from that comment that the user they're referring to is a tankie, but simply put, I'd describe a tankie as the alt-left equivalent of the alt-right.

They're not quite as violent in my opinion, but they push pro-china/russia propoganda and misinformation, and are just as self-deluded and delusional as the alt-right. I've also seen tankies justify Hamas' attack against Isreal, which I find inexcusable and morally reprehensible. The same can be said of the IDF's genocide against innocent Palestinians.

Tankies are on the fringe and are just on the other end of the bell curve of the alt-right.

I always hated the /s myself, but it's sadly become necessary in this day and age...

It's a decent introductory breakdown of bullshit. It's based on the published 1986 piece "On Bullshit" and you can follow the citations.

Here's another source on the topic.

Here's the Oxford reference.

From Plato.

Or if you want to drop $10, you can buy the actual On Bullshit publication from Princeton.

What's laughable is you continuing to talk out of your ass and now talking down to someone who's educational background is in psychology. I only took philosophy courses as a second passion.

You need to follow your own advice and read. And maybe take a critical thinking course from even a community college in your area.

Also, I wasn't being a dick; you're just hypersensitive. If you made a lie and I called out a lie, that's not being a dick. Here, all I did was call out bullshit and point out that the burden of proof is on you. Just because you don't like what I tell you, it doesn't mean I'm being an asshole.

The burden of proof is on the one who is staking claims.

You can be devoid of religion and mysticism and function fine. Religion is not a requirement of spiritual health or spiritual beliefs, which can be as simple as a perceived interconnectedness with the universe.

That other user's response may have seemed brash, but I agree with his use of the literal philosophical term: bullshit.

This was taught to me in philosophy courses. There's lying, bullshitting, and most heinous is mind-fucking. Those terms were written on the board and I was tested on them.

You made a bullshit claim. One that was bold, sweeping, and completely lacking supporting evidence. You cannot turn around now and demand others prove your claim wrong. The burden of proof is on you.

I downvote that type of meme humor because I don't find it adds to discussion. Even if I agree with the person, I downvote them every time.

Up/downvotes are meant for promoting relevant discussion and suppressing off-topic content, spam, trolls, and hate. They are not and were never intended to be dis/agreement buttons. People just misuse them.

When Russo was directing Community episodes with his brother, they were talented and creative. Marvel is such low-quality repetitive content it's a waste of talent, and now has him complacent and proud of the film equivalent of the COD franchise.

This is like someone saying that an auto-tuned pop song is a greater piece of art than Beethoven, just because there is greater mass appeal. Or that Hana Montana was a higher quality show than The Wire, because it had more viewers.

Focusing on profits just shows that Russo has lost touch with cinema as an art form and is rationalizing away his selling out, while just strengthening Scorsese's argument.

Edit: Just realized what community this is. I'm sure my opinion will be unpopular here haha.

He looks like Tucker Carlson in that pic.

Two words: Gutter Oil