Mostly yes: In a sense, doing anything “permanently and forever” is a big deal. People can change and grow, and a full permanent ban without any opportunity for appeal seems harsh. Very few things should warrant a permaban: one example that comes to mind is willfully attempting to circumvent a temporary ban. Posting spam, too.

Also no: Lemmy isn’t and shouldn’t be a critical part of anyone’s life. If you were forever banned from it, maybe it’s okay.

Steamed ANDs

Nah nothing that cool. A megacorp that has so much influence that it doesn’t need a military of its own. It knows everything it needs to about everyone, can sway public opinion as it wishes, and will continue to enmesh itself into every aspect of private and public life. It produces no products. We are the products, and we are the consumers.

And it’s already here: Google, Meta, whatever Elon Musk is doing idk.

“skinwalker” 🤣

That’s a proper gif you can hear. Very nice.

Isn’t her question supposed to be the same in both panels for this meme template?

Put a clown in the race that says outrageous things and the media can’t get enough of.

Many reasons. Regular politics is boring, and pop culture Facebook TikTok YouTube is all so much more captivating.

Also, so many Americans are struggling to survive, so there isn’t enough time to engage with the political process in a meaningful way. I wonder if it’s an intentional effort by the uber wealthy.

My friend, I think you need to join us indie gamers, especially on PC. DRM free, minimal updates, small installs, high novelty and weirdness factors. I barely play anything “AAA” anymore and definitely nothing that does Games as a Service.

I’m 6 feet tall, so walking without glasses was out of the question.

Please explain.

Thanks for the rec. It’s on sale on GOG so I nabbed it!

Games that play with metanarratives stick with me:

• Beginner’s Guide
• The Stanley Parable (Ultra Deluxe especially)
• Break The Game really stuck with me the ending especially.

Disco Elysium

Okay but now we have a zinc lobby so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Caramelized onions, thinly sliced potato, fontina cheese (no tomato, mozz, etc.). I made it among other pizzas for Thanksgiving one year and it was the best by leaps and bounds.

For girl colored drinks, a Pink Lady is an incredible cocktail for all genders to enjoy, and one I’d recommend if your bartender can actually make it. Best when a bar makes their own grenadine, too.

If you develop an economy where everyone is struggling just the right amount in order to make a living, they’re too busy surviving to care/take action against atrocities. But don’t make them struggle too much, or else they’ll rise up against you. You need a careful balance.

I can’t comment on Linux, but other than poor support for HDR I don’t see what would be different on Linux at this point.

• Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED. 34" ultra wide
• Monitor
• Yes, this monitor plus my living room TV plus VR headset. Things were unreliable and buggy until I sent it into Samsung for repair and it works well now. The software on the monitor (lol) is silly though. Don’t use it, don’t agree to their EULA.

My issue with Samsung is they required me to ship the monitor to them for repair instead of sending someone to my home. It’s thin ultra wide and curved and I was scared it would get damaged in shipping. They would have done it in home for a TV, but refused to do the same for this very large monitor 😓

Even SDR games look great on it. Deep dark blacks, rich colors, and incredible pixel response times make games more enjoyable for me. And for 21:9 ratio movies and tv shows omg.

Pop 101 by Marianas Trench. Very funny and also true.

How does one manually add a semicolon? vs. automatically?