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Get ready for the blame game, because as climate change intensifies, that’s gonna happen over and over again. We’re leaving the “this may be real but is it man-made?” phase and entering the “okay, but it wasn’t MY fault” phase.

The only trailer I needed to convince me to watch Dune Part Two was Dune Part One.

Nevertheless, that was a tremendous trailer.

I’ve definitely seen this exact tweet long before 2023.

It’s bots all the way down.

Bots upvoting bots replying to bots commenting on bot reposts.

Reddit 2023.

Yeah, I was worried the Fediverse “migration” would be a kneejerk flash in the pan in reaction to the protests… But it sounds like the word is spreading and the momentum is building.

For sure, trying the Fediverse is the best way to get over a Reddit addiction. Discussions are so much better here, and the content in general is of higher quality. Still missing a few super-niche communities, but I feel like that’s gonna happen over time as kbin/Lemmy build up a reputation as safe havens.

I understand that the game had a troubled launch, and that’s a super-relevant criticism of the game as it was when it came out. But the sky-high expectations fans put on CDPR are largely self-inflicted. It’s not like this is the first game with questionable marketing decisions or pre-rendered trailers selling a fantasy the game never comes close to fulfilling.

If you just go “Hey, a CDPR game set in a cyberpunk future, let’s check it out,” it’s by and large a fantastic game.

Montreal was pretty insane yesterday. The air pollution was barely tolerable, yet everyone who was outside was acting like nothing was going on. Some people would sit on terraces and some bars had their windows open wide. That was pretty wild.

Everybody in the thread so far has a pretty bitter take, and I agree that golden parachutes are a joke. But I want to offer a more neutral explanation:

Basically, for an executive at a near-CEO level, taking on a position at a new company involves a lot of risk. Companies want to hire a top executive who’s willing to take a career risk without having to consider their own bottom line. A golden parachute removes personal risk.

Now, it might seem like this runs contrary to the company’s own interests, but they exist to attract CEOs and other top executives. They’re meant to make an offer more attractive, and any offer that doesn’t include it will be less competitive.

Basically this, but replace “Ukrainians” with “Africans”.

Ads… Ads everywhere…

It’s reaching Facebook levels. I just can’t.

Unpopular opinion: Star Wars is in space and has spaceships and aliens. Good enough, it’s sci-fi.

People attribute these silly, gatekeepy characteristics to sci-fi, but sci-fi doesn’t need to be about anything. Sci-fi is allowed to be shitty or irrelevant.

Thank you.

I’d take this argument more seriously if the shipwreck wasn’t ALWAYS mentioned in relation to the Oceangate story. I haven’t seen a major news outlet discuss it on its own, nor do they report on other migrant tragedies ever.

Mentioning this tragedy only to make a point about media coverage is pretty shitty IMO.

The game controller thing gets meme’d to death, but I don’t think people focus on the right thing.

Xbox controllers are also used by the US Navy, among other branches of the military.

These are GOOD pieces of engineering, and they’re tested by millions of users under pretty strenuous conditions. However, the controller the Oceangate was using was some shitty-ass third-party controller that you can get for peanuts off Amazon.

THAT, IMO, is the issue that this piece of equipment illustrates. A solid Xbox Series S controller is $60 on Amazon, and you’re telling me you had to go for cheaper?

At that depth the tiniest structural failure and that sardine can is going to blow into pieces

The opposite of blowing up, actually.

I’m thinking either the golden disk from Voyager, or the puzzle box prop from Hellraiser.

Meh, I’d say it’s equally as bad as people showering billionnaires doing AMA with them. Because what Bill Gates really needs is for the plebs to spend dollars giving him shiny paid emoticons on a website he doesn’t use on the regular.

I try and take a pragmatic stance.

My desire to find an alternative to Reddit stems in part from a practical aspect. I TRIED using the official app, but it’s as bad as Facebook these days and bombards me with ads. The user experience is terrible.

So if the API changes were reversed, that means I’d probably still use Sync to check some super-specialized subs or to look up answers from time to time.

But on the other hand, the damage’s been done. I will not use Reddit where there’s a viable alternative, and Kbin is not only a viable alternative but actually better for conversation and general discussions. It’s a project I’m excited about instead of just using it by pinching my nose.

So I think a large part of the damage is already done. If Spez 100% reversed his decision, it’d still be too late. It’s like a boyfriend/girlfriend being supremely shitty to you, then realizing their mistakes and apologizing sincerely… Although you might accept their apology, something about the relationship is already broken.

So I think whatever happens, Reddit has reached the Facebook stage for me. I’m still using Facebook for a few things like staying in touch with some friends or joining events, but the days where I’d go there to find interesting content are long gone.

Bragging about your Reddit upvotes on Kbin. That’ll show them!

The fact we can’t even agree that sex and gender are two different things is the final proof to me that the Right is arguing in bad faith. It’s such a simple concept to grasp.

One podcaster was suggesting we use male/female/intersex to refer to biological sex, and man/woman/etc. to refer to gender identity. Such an obvious and non-controversial idea, yet it’ll never fly with the transphobes.

Cyberpuk 2077: In a dystopian future where global warming has brought the planet to a boil, desperate hockey players take their game to cyberspace because ice is no longer available.