SweatyFireBalls

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

100% agree with your message, but just for clarity's sake I believe you meant "the intolerant will eventually 'seize'" as in take, like a seizure of assets. Cease is putting an end to something.

Normally I wouldn't bother to correct someone, but the irony of the mistake is that it contradicts your intended message by saying that if you tolerate intolerance, it will cease to exist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

When we were first learning about it, there were some misconceptions about radioactivity and health. There were even business minded individuals who widely sold it as a miracle cure. This public belief was reinforced by the fact that around that time we discovered hot springs have radioactive elements, (and people have always believed hot springs heal your ailments) which lead to a mass conception radioactivity was actually a miracle cure. A large part of that down fall was when the "Radium Girls" started literally dying because they were told it was totally safe to work with radioactive material, began falling apart and then worked for legal pushback.

I'm not an expert on the matter, so I might be a little off but that is a good overview on why some people have that belief still. As always it's shitty people looking to make money off of hype. The Radium Girls had a tragic but ultimately fascinating life/story. They would even rub the material on their teeth to glow. Check it out if you're interested.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I'm a little bitch when it comes to pain. So if true, I'm definitely at the worst end of the bell curve.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I always assumed the reason they repeated that line and only implied it was for headaches with the animation is because they knew it wouldn't work and wanted to avoid being called out for false advertising. Honestly if I was ever told it worked I would be absolutely astounded.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The long dark is one of my favorite games of all time and I have to say, I don't know how you can say just the cover photo looks similar. Here are some very similar things I noticed:

  1. You have a picture of an in game menu that looks exactly like TLD
  2. The way the flare and torches are handled is wildly similar, especially in your video where you are holding off wolves.
  3. That frozen body with snow all over it? It literally looks like it was copy pasted from TLD.
  4. You mention that there will be two modes, story and endless, very much like TLD too. I would wave that as a coincidence if everything else, including the name of the game, feel like a rip of TLD.

I can't just look at these things and think it is a coincidence, they are all so similar.

I would have been more likely to wishlist and had less of a negative reaction if you:

  1. Didn't act like there is nothing similar between the games and owned up to the fact you were inspired by such a masterpiece of a game.
  2. Actually was bringing something new to the table here, most of your trailer is showing everything I know from TLD, if you have new proprietary systems and ideas, like cooking why aren't you showcasing them? All I see is an animation for cooking.
  3. The game looks really rough at the moment, and I respect the ambition. However, when I seen 2024 as the release date and this is what there is on show, I can only assume the rest of the game lacks the same polish.

I do wish you luck, but in my opinion as someone from your likely target audience I would not purchase your game.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They have some greatest hits too, like repeating that higher education tends to come with a left leaning bias. I don't think they realize why there is a correlation between education and those politics, but it certainly isn't what they think it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

As far as I remember, your companions will only attack if the npcs are hostile with the exception of boon. Boon will always shoot legion on sight. You can have some decision over their actions though by talking to them.

As for the armor it does matter when and where you have it on. Again my memory may be foggy but factions can be peaceful or aggro depending on what you are wearing. You can even go into a camp with hostiles if you have their faction armor on.

Take all of this with a grain of salt though, it's been a long time and I did play with and without mods.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

The MTX items are in game, the rumour that you can't fast travel and stuff blatantly false.

Capcom did some scummy shit, but the reason they(the press) didn't know is because even now post release the game makes no mention of them.

The limited travel, resurrections, and the currency for pawns were all in the first game and they all feel just as common in my experience.

So fuck Capcom, but the game does deserve the reviews it got imo. However, they also deserve all the backlash they are getting, because they intentionally kept it quiet. They knew players would be upset. It's gross.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The long dark. The game drips with atmosphere, sleeping when there is a blizzard outside your little cabin is just fantastic. Hearing the snow crunch as you're exploring, or the haunting sound of wolves howling as they follow you while you're hauling your latest kill of fresh meat.

The feeling when you come across a rare find that saves your life, like a nice jacket or leggings.

Oh! Once you learn to navigate in a blizzard? You can't see and it can be so hypnotic. Walking until you find a landmark and adjusting your path, crunching along while the wind howls hoping you find shelter before you die.

The feeling of seeing the Aurora borealis in that gorgeous sky at night?

It all almost makes you forget that you're probably starving/freezing to death.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

I don't know when the last time you checked is, but I don't think it's funny that as early as 1996 Microsoft was successfully sued for nearly 100m for abusing workers as "permatemps". That isn't counting their practices of forcing their staff to work extreme hours, avoiding to pay benefits, and just doing just about anything they could to avoid giving their employees a way of "making bank".

"In 1996, a class action lawsuit was brought against Microsoft representing thousands of current and former employees that had been classified as temporary and freelance. The monetary value of the suit was determined by how much the misclassified employees could have made if they had been correctly classified and been able to participate in Microsoft's employee stock purchase plan. The case was decided on the basis that the temporary employees had had their jobs defined by Microsoft, worked alongside regular employees doing the same work, and worked for long terms (years, in many cases)."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permatemp#Vizcaino_v._Microsoft

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Ironic calling it suyu given the context, no?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I have always loved magic/mages/wizards/locks/witches/shamans in video games. When you have to make tons of alt accounts on MMOs or RPGs everytime i did another mage playthrough I started coming up with names for the memes. Some were okay, some were bad.

When I went to do a hardcore playthrough of a game and was trying to think of a "sweaty" (sweaty being someone who puts in a lot of effort, for those unaware) pun, sweatyfireballs was born. I was so proud of if it, it became my new go to user name over my long running previous name that I came up with for my mage on vanilla wow. I peaked that day.

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I used to read quite a bit of news, sometimes I still try, but tbh every news site feels so hostile I have a hard time trusting it's a decent source.

I prefer tech, science(space, physics, robotics), gaming, programming, philosophy, music, computing, and just about any article that could teach me about new things, even if they aren't current! I want to learn.

The big no and really the only thing I'm totally averse to is politics. I get some things I like can cross into it, but certain political headlines can ruin my mood all day. I find when I follow political news I become an angry individual. Covid was when I stopped consuming news, because I was so stressed and angry at the world that my mental health was gone.

What I'm really looking for is thoroughly researched statement of facts, and I'm cool with there being some frosting on the cake. I just don't want someome who tells me what google is doing is the greatest thing ever because I'll have less cookie popups without telling me why I won't have them. I would prefer a source with unbiased opinions, but I know that isn't realistic, we all have them. Any one who can write an article and question themselves is a plus. I don't care if their site is a nightmare, I'll manage it with other means.

I honestly get most of my news here or from podcasts(99pi would be an ideal example of what I'd want in article form) and sometimes I would like a different source than Lemmy.

One last preference, I would prefer no drama. I don't want to know what x youtuber said to y and why they were "slammed" or why A company is putting B company out of business.

If you have a specific way of following your preferred outlet, outside of just doing it in browser, what do you do? It would be awesome to have a feed of news that I maintain myself.

Trust me, I understand I'm looking for a unicorn. Don't try and fit everything with your suggestions because the reason I'm here is that I want multiple decent sources.

Tldr: looking for a decent source(s) of non-political news, I don't mind some hyperbole but would prefer that the author can recognize their biases. Also let me know if you use atypical methods to read your news, such as a custom feed.

E: Thanks for all of the suggestions! I'll be looking into them all as I can.

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