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*sexy scat and pooey role play forums"?

Fake.

Ratatouille sex forums have existed since the dawn of mankind. Everybody knows this.

Is this how you think capitalism works? Yikes.

I literally had the opposite experience lol. Just got NewPipe and it seems to work fine.

Suck shit, Google.

They don’t help, sure, but this shit happens anyway in capitalism. It’s an inevitability.

As someone who’s (re) vanced stopped working today, one thing about using my browser instead was the inability to switch to a different app or lock my screen without pausing.

I fucking hate that shit. Made solely so they could sell it as a “bonus feature” for subscribing to their pay service.

Hurr durr they get off two months, they’re fine

Some of us remember the days of RF-adapters and old school A/B switches that definitely were not as straightforward as turning it on and switching the input.

I guess that’s what I think of when I think of those days.

I hate when manufacturers put those settings on by default. I’m already someone who, when they get a new TV, will go through every settings menu it has to tune it to how I like it before I even start watching anything, so I catch those weird settings before they affect me.

I guess I do this with all hardware (and even software, including video games), that is, fiddle with every possible setting until it’s exactly how I want it (or as close as the thing will let me get).

Which is why I don’t own anything Apple.

I have fond memories of the days of just plugging something in, and pressing the input button. Instant gratification. It was a simpler time.

Dunno what kind of TVs you’re using, but my Sony OLED pretty much behaves exactly like this. The Smart TV features are laggy and shit as usual, but those are still features that didn’t exist in the old days so it’s not a 1 to 1 comparison.

But with regards to just plugging in a blu ray or PS5 and hitting the input button, that’s exactly how my modern TV works.

In fact, I don’t even need to turn it on or hit the input button… Since they’re both Sony, all I need to do is press the button on my PS5 controller and it turns on my TV and PS5 and switches to the correct input, without having to touch the remote. And vice versa (can turn on/off and control PS5 menus with the TV remote).

They said,

Hamas are not good guys by any stretch

and then you say,

How the hell Hamas are the good guys […]?

Not only a straw man, but you’re literally acting like they made the complete opposite argument. Bad faith, dude. Bad faith.

Not even going to get into the whole, “they pushed Israel for so long that it finally snapped” thing. Just a complete historical revisionism.

Do people actually buy this shit?

Still happens.

Animal Well was coded by one guy, and it was ~35mb on release (I think it’s above 100 at this point after a few updates, but still). The game is massive and pretty complex. And it’s the size of an SNES ROM.

Dwarf Fortress has to be one of the most complex simulations ever created, developed by two brothers and given out for free for several decades. The game, prior to adding actual graphics, DF was ~100mb and the Steam version is still remarkably compact.

I am consistently amazed by people’s ingenuity with this stuff.

Yeah if only they had their own secular, democratically elected leaders. And maybe those leaders could even decide to nationalize their oil.

What could possibly go wrong for them?

Good response, but just to let people know: Alanon is run by The “Church” of Scientology. An abusive cult that trafficks humans and ruins people’s lives.

Can’t wait for this to become a systemic issue with Lemmy. Why does everything have to be ruined by tankies and conservatives? They know that nobody wants to talk to them, but they will evade and disrespect the rules just to make other people miserable.

What a sad hobby.

Do subsidies not exist in your reality? Or are they only reserved for corn farmers?

Dali’s gotta be one of the most authentically strange motherfuckers to ever walk the planet.

He never did drugs, but I’m convinced that he had some (mal)function in his brain giving him a constant drip of pure DMT.

While I jest, it’s not that far from the truth… he did experiment with hypnogogic states (mental state between being awake and asleep) in order to alter his consciousness. If I recall, he set up a contraption where he would sit upright in a chair, holding a fork and he would put a ceramic plate on the floor under the fork. As soon as he’d start to doze off, he’d drop the fork which would make a loud clang, and wake him up. He’d then immediately begin sketching/painting/writing/etc. while still in that strange zone between dreaming and reality.

I’m probably butchering the details, but it was something like that. Dude was just on a different plane of existence.

Given all that, I’m almost inclined to overlook all that fascism stuff… Almost.

Well I’m glad at least one person read it! I never miss an opportunity to evangelize for Sekiro lol.

I probably wouldn’t suggest Sekiro as a first From Software experience for most people (that would probably be Elden Ring. Or maybe Bloodborne), but given your obvious love for Sifu, and it seems that clearly you’re pretty good at it which means you’re good at timing parries (you’d have to be).

So I don’t think you’ll have much issue adjusting to Sekiro. Worst possibility is that it “ruins” Sifu for you lol.

Ah man, might be time to finally go back and finish my first NG+

(holy wall-of-text. Sorry for writing an essay, but maybe indulge me? Lol thanks)

Oh man, you’re in for a treat. If you haven’t permanently rage-quit Sifu, then I think Sekiro will be perfect for you. It’s similar, but far more polished and rewarding. So rewarding.

The boss fights are incredible, and nearly all of them seem downright impossible (looking at you Demon of Hatred and Sword Saint Isshin) at first, and that’s not an exaggeration.

But you persist. And then you start to steadily feel yourself progress; you will continue to die over and over, but you start remembering the timing of their moves, and seeing the cracks in the enemy’s defenses, etc. And it feels great. Sometimes you’ll feel that progress stall, but if you take a break and come back the next day, you’re often shocked at the improvement (not sure if sleeping has anything to do with cementing that muscle memory or something?) when you come back to it.

e.g., I spent probably 4+ hours on the final boss one night and quit in frustration to go to bed. Next morning before work I was like “I need to try this one more time”… I literally beat him on my first try. Wish I had a video or something.

Next thing you know, you’re making that boss your bitch. You know their tells and time your counters perfectly. To your surprise, you find that you not only survived each boss transformation, you did it without even being touched… And the dopamine rush is second to none (well aside from some drugs probably). It makes you feel like a god, and it truly feels like an accomplishment when that classic From Soft “ENEMY SLAIN” text pops up .There’s just something so gratifying about it.

And that’s not even getting into the wonderful setting/visual style, level design, and movement/traversal. You get a grappling hook right away, and I still think it’s the best implementation of that in any game I’ve played.

When you get into that flow state in this game, it can almost feel like a rhythm game of sorts. And I’m not the biggest fan of that genre, but it all works so well.

I will just say: I enjoyed Sifu, but every time I started it up, it just made me want to play Sekiro instead (and I usually did). I’m trying to think of a better metaphor than “Sifu is Sekiro’s stylized John Wick-Loving little brother”… I’ll probably think of something randomly 6 hours from now and won’t care anymore by that point…

Anyway, I really REALLY love this game if you couldn’t tell lol.

If you’re new to FromSoftware games, don’t be intimidated by Sekiro and any people who may tell you it’s too hard or complain that it doesn’t have the usual Souls/Bloodborne/Elden Ring build-focus and weapons/equipments. I think this aspect can make Sekiro a great entrance into the series/genre as it allows you to focus on gameplay and story (that actually exists and is comprehensible)

As someone who attempted to start games of DS1 and Bloodborne on multiple occasions without “getting” it and giving up, Sekiro was their first game that sucked me in. And boy did it suck (me in). I was hooked.

Not only that, but it’s like riding a bike. I go back to the game at least once or twice a year now since first beating it, and I can still beat the final boss with only a handful of deaths…

Anyway… Lol

Once again, i cannot recommend this game enough. It’s probably my favorite game ever (at least of games I’ve completed). At risk of sounding cringe, I would say the gameplay loop had very positive effects for me in terms of letting things go, and controlling anger.

Just play it. Sifu on steroids.

Play Sekiro if you haven’t yet already.