You actually don't block users when you block instances. It's just all the communities on the instance at once. In some cases, I really wish it did block everything.
But it's actually Blahaj.Zone that pisses me off more than anything. The other three are shitty, but they don't occupy my mind the same way. I can easily forget them for being fascist tools. Blahaj is, ideally, the kind of place I am all for. But the admins and a huge chunk of the most active users are just as hateful toward out groups as the fascists, and I don't agree with a vast quantity of bullshit they post that just drives division even more.
The admin herself has shown actual hostility toward allies who disagree with some of their extreme stances and shows no desire to actually have a dialogue with anyone who doesn't just fall in line with everything they say. So I've just decided to block the instance on all my accounts.
I am glad that at least the admins of 196 saw the same bullshit and moved. And while I also agree with the rest of the community that they definitely should have consulted the users, I doubt very much if there still wouldn't have been a bunch of drama from the die-hard Blahaj simps that think Ada is their god.
The funny thing is, if you wanted to block the furry porn, Pawb.Social is the more active instance with porn related communities. Yes, Yiffit.net was intended for it, but it never really took off. I am literally its most active user.
I mean... The arcades I've been to in the late 80's and all throughout the 90's were definitely the stereotype. Blacklit rooms with bright neon colored floors and walls that would glow under the lighting.
Shit, even Chuck E. Cheese's were pretty fucking dimly lit back in the day. The brightest spots in the entire place were the stage so you could see the animatronics and the ball pit so parents wouldn't lose their kids.
The most well-lit arcade I remember was the one in Tomorrow Land at Disney Land. Because it had huge floor to ceiling windows and half the games were unplayable during certain times of the day just due to the glare from the windows on the screens.
Just wear neutral colors, don't talk with a lisp, and don't do the fruity arm thing.
The straights that actually would care, don't actually know what gay people look like or do other than the stereotypes. If you're not a stereotype, you could blend in pretty easy by simply not advertising your sexuality.
Shit, I sometimes run into people that claim they never would have guessed I'm pansexual with a lean towards men, even when I am wearing a jacket and hat full of pride flair.
Horses in Oblivion and Skyrim don't actually go faster than running on foot. The jank comes from moving fast. If you move too fast, it breaks shit. Like, you keep falling through the world because the ground hasn't loaded yet breaking.
I would have to guess the rover in Starfield is the same. Sure you have a car now. Does it actually make you go faster and negate the fact you are being requested to travel 1.5 kilometers across a totally barren moon?
To be fair, Photoshop is (or was the last time I ever used it) expandable with user plugins. If you want something it doesn't have, you can add it. Which is also one of the main draws, at least for me, to FOSS; open source means I can add/remove/change things for my own personal usage and needs. That really only applies because I know enough about programming to do it, though.
Oh I know why 3 sucks. I only ever found out it existed as an adult, and, yes: Jack Black was the highlight despite being in it for like 5 minutes and he plays a douche. Lol
I guess I was just the right age for having fond memories of 1 and 2, and still enjoy them now. I actually was surprised that there was a 3rd one because I was so into the first two, I find it crazy I never heard there was a 3rd as a kid.
I guess if you're looking at it through the lens of a user who actually knows what the fuck they are doing, and not the average, common denominator that the proprietary shit is designed for. 🤷🏻♂️
Proprietary shit is always easier to work with, if you're just wanting the most basic thing that software does. It's unfriendly when you try to do more than that with it. FOSS is the other way around in my experience. If you don't know shit, it won't help you. But if you're familiar with what you're trying to do, FOSS software actually lets you get into it and do all the nitty-gritty without fussing.
Every piece of free and open source software I use is because I wanted to do something more than what a commercial piece of software would allow me to do.
Stephen Gammel did it better.