TheSambassador

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[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

I can't seem to visit that site without it completely redirecting my browser to a full screen ad saying I had been "wiretapped", so I googled it, and I cannot find any confirmation of that happening. Every article says Victoria Beckham is still not fully confirmed and nothing substantial has been announced.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm sorry that my comment was a bit dismissive and invalidating. I didn't really mean it to be, but I've been frustrated - I keep seeing this breed of misanthropy, and I understand why it's an easy explanation for why things are bad, but it feels very clear to me that misanthropes ignore the vast catalog of human experience and lifespan and cherry-pick the negatives. When you believe that everyone is generally shitty, it's easy to justify being generally shitty yourself (not saying that you are, just saying in general). You also then just start avoiding people in general, and every time you are forced to interact with people, you start looking for a way out.

I've honestly been there. I've been in that headspace. Any positive thing can be dulled by a "yeah but..." And then you look for ways to invalidate the positive things that did happen... calling them "transactional". You go into the hard emotionless philosophy of "well technically everything is transactional, even altruism doesn't really exist because your brain is making you feel good" and you feel RIGHT. Every terrible thing that happens you get to reinforce how RIGHT you are about the universe. The news is happy to feed you a torrent of terrible things that humans are doing, you avoid people most of the time so your chances of positive interactions are limited, and your worldview colors every interaction you have with people, so you either interpret or project negativity.

"If you look for the light, you will often find it, but if you look for the dark, that is all you will ever see

IDK, I guess I just want to challenge your perception a bit. It's very possible that this is just depression, because it was for me. A mix of life changes, changes in my mindset, and medication have led me to where I am now. The thing that clicked for me was noticing how much my negative mood could affect my perceptions of people, and how easy it was for that mood to feed on itself.

Sorry if this comes off as condescending. I just honestly believe that most humans have the capacity for great good, and it really is just about us believing in ourselves and each other. We also have a capacity for great evil, when we believe that that's how everyone else is. I have to push back on that.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Except the vast majority of human interactions are either neutral or positive. If you approach life with the outlook that everyone is transactional, it's going to shape your behavior into an unlikable grump.

How does this cynical doomer shit get so much consistent up votes and echoes?

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Ah, yeah, this one is a very silly, chaotic, and fast paced shooter, so maybe not great coming from Arma :D

The Finals does have private game servers, but not dedicated servers. It's definitely lame that they don't include them.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's honestly a great game. Fantastic movement, gunplay, and level destruction paired with unique game modes. I haven't enjoyed a shooter this much in literal decades.

It's free to play, which does come with it's own hurdles. If there are enough cheaters, it really does make the game miserable to play. And then people who are just very good start getting constantly accused of hacking...

That said, you can't stop all cheating, and the kernal based approach is always overkill. We'll see what they do.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah and honestly, it's the most frustrating part of ADHD

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Are there drugs for executive function? Asking for a friend.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They aren't talking about empathy, this is something else. It's about the guilt of feeling happiness in a world that seems like it's going in the wrong direction.

That guilt is understandable, but when it becomes so pervasive that you feel the need to express that guilt on every single expression of joy, that seems unhealthy for society, and it makes people much less likely to join a movement.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

This seems like a fun way to create new creatures. Take existing skeletons and just try to plop on flesh in unique ways.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

If the server owner gives the bot access to those permissions and the users have activity sharing enabled, yep.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That means that we should be able to get about 50% of them.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Giving feedback is the first step to contributing.

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