[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Dragorgon is Tiamat?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

"Commercial alert! Commercial alert! Put the VCR on pause!"

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

The Quicksilver Gambit? In modern chess? We're far beyond that!

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Assuming you want an honest answer, philo, I think there are three major obstacles to this community flourishing:

  1. Vague/misleading images - Many of the starting images are vague enough that they could apply, for instance, to over half of the thrash songs from the past two decades, whether obscure or well known. Others are almost adversarial with how far they stray from the source. A recent example is the prompt for "The Lady in Red," which prominently featured a beautiful young woman... in a silver dress. People who are interested in guessing can easily become discouraged when it seems like the game is tilted strongly against them. Many won't hang around to figure out how to create their own posts if the game seems unfair.

Suggestion: Make an effort to weight prompts in a way that adds some degree of emphasis to bits of the lyrics thar make a song unique. In the event a particular song is more obscure or niche, provide some level of assistance either at the outset or after a set amount of time. This could take the form of the decade of release, an additional image that highlights other specificity in the lyrics, or even a witty hint about the artist/band.

  1. Unfamiliarity with prompting - I get the sense that there are many who are intrigued by the pictures and the concept but do not know how to create images that they feel accurately convey the song lyrics in a way that is guessable. It can be frustrating to feel like you're stumbling in the dark without much guidance. Some thrive on discovering things for themselves, but I'd say the majority probably abandon their attempts once they feel like the price of engagement is sufficiently high.

Suggestion: Increased availability of information about how to prompt successfully. Providing assistance and advice when asked for it.

  1. Your attitude - Without regard to any justification there might be, you often come across as prickly and unwelcoming. There have been times that the community has seemed to be less of a cooperative space and more of a power trip. People who pass the first two obstacles may be turned away by the overall atmosphere here. Very few will want to play against the actual challenge, the added difficulty of vague or outright misleading images, and the nagging sense that the community leader is an active antagonist.

Suggestion: Less iron fist, more silk glove. In TTRPG terms, the DM shouldn't be playing against the players if they want to create engagement.

None of this is meant as an attack. This is my honest opinion of why this community is relatively inert, and some thoughts on how it could be invigorated.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Because I haven't seen it mentioned:

They Live

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

If they had infinite resources, they wouldn't need to worry about adblockers.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Yes, but you must:

  1. Be immortal
  2. Have inside you blood of kings
  3. Have no rival (no man can be your equal)
[-] [email protected] 63 points 3 months ago

I'd rather see him try to block a right cross, tbh

[-] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

I see this sentiment often, which has afforded me the chance to reflect on it. The hypothetical smarter, shrewder, Trump-like candidate would likely hold less appeal to the party. As it stands, aspiring connivers operate under the belief that they can exert enough control to get what they want, consequences be damned. Essentially, they are gambling that they can act as the ego to his id on matters that they prioritize. A more intelligent candidate would certainly have a higher degree of agency and thus would be of less value to the manipulators. Trump, and those who resemble him, are the most dangerous sort.

This is the best answer I've been able to formulate as to why those who present as fools and dunces form the face of the MAGA movement. These people are useful idiots who garner support from interested parties focused on specific goals.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

Nina Simone recorded it a year before The Animals. At the time, it was regarded as a metaphorical statement about the Civil Rights Movement.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Only because it knows tungsten is out there lurking. Waiting. Hunting.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

He shot three white men and killed two of them. I think he was irresponsible and foolish to insert himself in the situation. I think his motivation for doing so was racially biased.

I also think it is important to be factual where possible. He's already despicable for trying to benefit from the killings. Incorrectly labeling the victims as minorities, even by mistake, weakens the position against him by giving bad-faith actors a point of contention to home in on.

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