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Would be kinda funny if Digg consumed reddit’s userbase after so many people having come from there in the early days.

Yeah, but I’m not sure “debate” in the sense the internet uses it has any relevance anyway. Debates in the formal sense are basically an academic sport, but what people on the internet do is basically just aggressively dribbling at people who have no interest in playing basketball.

Like, generally people on the internet just start trying to debate bystanders making casual comments or sharing their opinions who aren’t in it to prove anything. It’s kind of weird. Debating shouldn’t be assumed to be the default form of conversation, or even the default form of disagreement.

The entire spirit of bickering about everything on the internet as if making some point or dunking on someone actually has some meaningful social value is exhausting regardless of the particular viewpoint being espoused. Like, yeah, if it’s dirt stupid and inherently destructive it’s worse, but I see the same sort of behavior from all sorts of different perspectives and none of it is good.

It’s less the choice paralysis than the insufferable superiority complex. Options are great. Wading through a sea of people who think they’re better than everyone is not.

Things that make people not want to use Linux.

You make some really weird assumptions.

Honey, you do not know me.

So what you’re saying is no more football and no more driving?

Honestly I think it’s reasonable for parents to discourage their kids from doing drugs to protect them from harm, which is their job. But that same logic extended to adults doesn’t track.

A discord alternative with functional voice chat and video streaming would be nice, but it’s sort of an AIM in the 90s situation. If the people you want to talk to are using the platform as their primary means of communication, it’s still kind of necessary. An alternative wouldn’t just have to be close to discord, it would have to actually be better so people use it.

Where’s the “play weird football” or “make friends with a satellite” option? 🛰️

There’s a minor issue with this meme.

People seem to be pretty bad at understanding satire unless it’s directly spelled out for them. The ferengi are one of the few instances that really did a good enough job of coding the disgusting aspects of capitalism and authoritarianism without leaving enough room for people to get confused. Even with DS9’s more redeemable ferengi, they’re mostly sympathetic because of the ways they push back against tradition.

Contrast that with something like Homelander. You’ve got this character that is evidently evil, but who puts on this facade of being just and official that most people in the setting eat right up. The ferengi, meanwhile, are recognized by most other people as being these gross, greedy, incompetent creatures that would kill their own mothers for a strip of latinum and want nothing more than to take advantage of everyone. Even Quark, who evokes some amount of sympathy by pushing back a little bit occasionally, personifies most of these traits.

Or look at Warhammer. The portrayal of the space marines chiefly centers around their own propaganda that glorifies them. It even offers arguments for players to make as to why their system is “necessary”. Most of the heavy lifting goes to propping them up rather than demonstrating how terrible and utterly wrong they are. Same with Helldivers. Contrast that with something like the gorgons in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which have a similar outlook but are shown as being stupid, petty, disgusting, and generally without redeeming features.

Both of these are styles of satire, but one does the job and the other completely backfires when an audience gets involved.

The original Baldur’s Gate was 5 cds and an additional cd for Tales from the Sword Coast. With all the open world travel that meant a lot of disc switching.

The most obnoxious bit about all that was that you had 6 cds to potentially scratch that might prevent you from playing the whole game.

Ahh, I see the problem. You’ve got the permissions for the entire folder set to dead racist.

Cartridges and online updates for PC games literally are from two different time periods. The entire premise is false.

A long time ago? Honey, updates weren’t even a thing until like 20ish years ago. They definitely weren’t a thing at the same time that cartridges were common.

Well, Eugene Cordero and Jason Mantzoukas were both on the Good Place, so not really so much of a coincidence.

Neat!

Ceramic non-stick is pretty great. I’ve used cast-iron and it’s fine, but it’s kind of fussy when it comes to cleanup.

I’m not sure what you mean by that. UK’s online identification laws create a data security liability and try to fine people for not contributing to the problem. It seems way easier to just block the ip and then if people want to get around it they can use a vpn or push to repeal the law.