My work computer had Lemmy blocked until today, so I found it hard to come on here during those moments where I needed a mental break from work. The DT feels like it's maybe 10% what it used to be and 90% people asking questions into the void. I miss it all being in one neat place, but given Reddit's slide towards (more) questionable content, I guess I'll just use this place as my dose of social media and leave it at that?
Tell me about it! I was commenting this morning about how I would love to start work much later and finish later, but even my post-work commitments start early evening. I'm a night owl and found the goth life after realising how much I cherish midnight compared to midday. Why can't life suit us nocternal lovers?
It's always rough this time of the year. Hopefully he'll be back around when it's a little warmer. Nothing like finding a nice little rooftop spot somewhere to down a few when the sun's still shining and there's warmth in the air.
We had a dachshund (mix with a jackrussle) when I was growing up - was a brilliant dog. They're super companionable and become protective of their own. They have a lot of positive traits for such a small doggo :)
What's the age bracket here? This kid seems wise beyond his years - I love it. I love how emotionally engaged kids are these days compared to when we were all growing up.
The most we ever did go to various people's properties and have massive bonfires. Melted my blundstones one night before I fell asleep too close to the fire and woke up wonder why my foot felt so hot.
I feel I missed a trick by never attending a secret warehouse rave. Granted a good portion of my youth was spent in the country, so I'd have to steal myself away to Melbourne when I could, which meant drinking in pubs and what not. A few clubs... but yeah, were I younger and not so concerned about getting enough sleep, I'd definitely want to learn the secret handshake to get in :)
Yeah, I feel like as consumers we're slowly starting to see issues with streaming services. I have my own gripes, especially with the amount of It's Always Sunny episodes that are missing on Disney+.
Bonus points though for calling out Hans Zimmerman's best work, in my most biased opinion. Fuck me that sound track slaps. It adds an incredible amount to a movie that is already so rich with content, while playing such a pivotal role in setting the overall tone alongside the visuals.
I need to get myself out of the habit of defaulting to Reddit. I use it for some news sources on particular areas I love, but ultimately maybe 12% of the content is useful while the rest is just rage bait, or click bait, or our-right false information. If others want to keep using Reddit then fine, but I really need to take a good hard look at what benefit I actually get from it.
God, isn't the the truth. Everyone has a soap box (and I realise the irony give my complaint), and seems like complaining about certain things while doing absolutely nothing about it is not only a right but a responsibility.
I bought Dave the Diver last night and was having a blast with it. I switched over to Rimworld after a spell and had more fun. Then I realised I'm having so much fun with these more "indie" titles, and that things like Diablo IV are purely FOMO when it comes to wanting the game. I think it's an exercise in avoiding the online hype (although in saying that, holy shit Baldurs Gate 3 looks fucking incredible).
Also, fuck MXs. The day they became an industry standard was the day AAA videogames took a turn for the worse.
I'm starting to get sick of online communities (present company excluded) - namely how much people are willing to complain about something while continually consuming it. Two recent cases come to mind:
Diablo IV - people were upset with Blizzard that it was online only, and then they were upset about it being so heavily monetised, then they were upset with its recent updates (sending the user score on Metacritic below 5). And yet they STILL continue to play it, constantly. Blizzard won't give a shit about your complaints if people are still consuming it.
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Reddit - particularly, the new r/Places that has opened up. The complaints in there about how it seems that bots are destroying the very essence of the "game", and that mods are sabotaging anything against u/spez... as if they didn't think this would happen anyway after the last few months. And yet people still continually use the platform.
That's why anticipatory grief seems so fucking redundant on the surface, you know? Because ultimately you're going to go through the grief anyway, so why suffer twice? But yet here it is. And you're so right... everyone's reactions have been different now. I can only imagine what it's going to be like later...
Thank you for this response... and I'm so sorry for the experiences you had to endure. I can definitely see where you're coming from regarding the idea of "quick or drawn out (but hey, they're still here! Chin up!)"...
Life really can take torture and cruelty to another level when it wants, huh? I think what I'm finding as well is conflicting priorities. Some want to keep on fighting, knowing that it could make things far worse, but there's a chance that maybe it'll work. A small percent, but I can understand why people grasp at what they can. Then there's the resignation, the acceptance... they're all different parts of grief but are competing against one another. This isn't some work project, either. It's a person's life. And there's no right and wrong answers and everyone's just trying to find out more and it's like... maybe things are the way they are for a reason, you know?
But thank you for your words. It puts things into perspective in some realistic ways and I guess that's all that can be sought for here, is some clarity, some further understanding.
I've been around death a fair bunch but this one hits differently in that it's very close to home while I'm more in a position to be supportive compared to when I was a lot younger and didn't really have the mental maturity to help. And as much as you don't want to call attention to it, it's as you said, the relief that the suffering and what not will cease.
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Love it. He's old enough to know exactly what he's saying and take action.