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  • FYI to any GM who wants the best of both worlds; fudge the DC and roll out in the open. BBEG normally has a +9 to attack? Well, now he has a +2.

    Still won't save people from any super high rolls, but at least you can (secretly) decrease the risk while keeping tensions and attentions high.

  • My point though is that the implications of both phrases is the same.

    "We are part of the glorious PC Master Race" = "We are part of a group of humans who understand PCs are better than any alternative"

    One's more extreme with a stained past (regardless of how subjectively cringey it may sound), the other is not.

  • Comparing critics of the PCMR name to people who think the word master is racist is pretty disingenuous. It's literally master race, a term that was coined to identify a group of humankind which is better than the rest, a term that is inseparable from Nazi's.

    It's not about being offended. It's about being at odds with myself for wanting to be a part of a community because I agree with its values, while wanting to disassociate from the community because of a (seemingly) easy to change name that people don't want to change.

  • Assuming this post stays up, guess I'll start.

    (Edit: first off, the question is easy to misread, and I voted the opposite of my intent. So I voted twice in my intended intent to offset it)

    I voted yes because I fully recognize it's a joke, but I also fully recognize it's a joke in poor taste.

    I watched Yahtzee religiously back in the day, laughed at this specific joke, and thought it was odd a community adopted the name.

    I'd also like to point people to this community without awkward introductions.

  • True, although my gripe is on the principality that they could charge $10 for the replacement parts and still make a nice profit. Even when handling each brand's controllers with the utmost care, I'll end up spending $60-$90 in replacement parts for a joycon before I need to replace an Xbox controller, and to add insult to injury, the Xbox controller costs less than a Joycon!

  • Not sure if this counts as a feature, but; more expensive base hardware, less expensive peripherals. I'd legitimately pay like $400 for a top of the line handheld system as long as I could buy a second pair of controllers for less than $50.

    I legitimately haven't touched my Switch in like 3 years because of controller drift, and I just can't bring myself to pay $80 for something that seems like it should cost $40. So my PS5 and XSX have pulled my attention away completely.

    TotK nearly convinced me to jump back in, but I ultimately decided against it since it didn't seem worth $150 to resume playing the Switch.

  • "Prevention" perhaps in the way of amputating a broken arm. If we apply the exact same scenario of the e-mail/Gmail to the Fediverse / Threads, we're talking about a loss of (or lack of) some functions, but the foundational connection will still remain. Meta can dangle carrots with their bells and whistles, but the people who want to be on a non-corporate instance will remain here. We can still receive content & comments, and we can proselytize the benefits of a non-corporate Fediverse while still offering the same content & comments.

  • How is that different from defederating now?

    In the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish scenario, assuming they get to "Extinguish", the rest of the Fediverse becomes isolated and cannot connect with their friends and content.

    If we defederate now, the Fediverse becomes isolated and cannot connect with Threads content, and cannot connect with friends who choose to be on Threads instead of a disconnected alternative.

  • So far I've only got a lot of unsatisfying answers (from a factual perspective). It seems to boil down to how much individuals on the fediverse fear Meta is in their capability of doing a full take-over. Personally, I feel like we're pretty protected form that. I've posted my questions, and still looking for some good answers here:

    https://lemmy.world/post/1118810

  • Full disclosure, I've been labeled as an astroturfer because of my optimism for Threads federating. So, take that as you will.

    But I think that there's a lot more nuance to it than what you've said. I personally don't defend Threads, but I do defend Threads federating. I'm on Lemmy specifically because I don't want to be on Threads. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to connect with Threads content and users.

  • For me, it was the top google result for "Reddit Alternative". There was a github post explaining the basics of Lemmy and essentially said if I wasn't sure where to sign up, just head over to lemmy.world.

    Now that I'm here I can safely say the interface feels like an improved old.reddit.com and am quite pleased.

  • On the offset chance I do hook you back in;

    It's not the company I'm interested in connecting with, it their users. If my friend opts to join Threads, I won't be holding him against Meta's collaboration with Rohingya's genocide, but would love to still be able to interact directly with their content (and vice versa).

    Not quite sure how to get you past feeling like I'm astroturfing. I guess take a look at my 11 years of Reddit history under the same username?

    Also, how can you claim I can't comprehend your points if this is your first comment you've sent me 😅