I am even to the point now where I no longer believe certain people need religion anymore. They need community and a sense of belonging and religious leaders like to highjack that basic need for their own selfish interests.

I think I agree with basically everything you’ve said here and especially this conclusion. The problem is that for many the only type of these things they can find is couched in religion. As a child-free atheist, I basically have no sense of belonging nor a community.

In addition, some people’s only exposure to even the very concept of morality or ethics comes through religion.

Religion is not the source of our social bounds and morality rather a parasite of control left over from ancient times.

Not the person you’re replying to, but I’m an atheist or an agnostic and even I’m not so sure about that.

When given the idea that there is no retribution or reprocussion for their actions, many people become nihilistic and act terribly.

I agree that it’s weak to need a “sky daddy” to act properly, but many people are weak.

Honestly, probably a buy opportunity for good ddr5 motherboards. When the bubble bursts then you can buy the ram for pennies.

Perfect plan, I’m sure there will be no problems

Yeah and having an expansive universe with like three languages and three races of intelligent creatures, none of which seem to have any personalities just left it feeling shallow.

There’s no storyline in even the main story. It feels like a vast and lonely universe. I think procedural world generation has largely the same problem as generative AI: infinite slight varieties of responses, all of which are as bland as a HR seminar.

I’ve come to realize over time that I would prefer a completely linear story to games on the other extreme end.

What you’re suggesting sounds very interesting though, linear and more handcrafted content paired with procedural content to pad in the margins. Keep playing forever if you want to, but feel a sense of story and accomplishment in the main storyline.

Edit: that’s probably why the expeditions feel more worth playing… You bump into people because you’re all playing on the same planets, and the star systems you’re playing through are at least somewhat curated.

you want to get eat to bite?

What is your native tongue?

Spanish has a pretty wide array of accents and dialects, but I think for the most part Spanish speakers understand one another.

Honestly, though this is the definition of “widespread backlash” when it comes to red pilled garbage. So I’ll take it.

Dude, bash is a whole language.

I’ve been using shells for over twenty years and I still pick up new tricks.

But come on, everyone has to do mail merge on a daily basis! /s

I took a single-semester Linux course and had the terminal down pat.

And this is where I stop reading.

EDIT: Seriously guys, this statement reminds me of when the little girl in the original Jurassic Park is like “this is unix, I know this” and then starts flying around the park virtually using “Unix” 3D style.

Last year, I was trying (and failing) to explain the basics of a file system to a designer that was designing a web app version of a fucking file system.

I’m really enjoying the headlines some journalists are finally starting to write. I don’t think we’ve fully moved on from access based, deferential journalism, but there are at least a lot of news sources finally starting to publish things with headlines and content that aren’t from the PR department of the covered news item.

Papyrus? Are you kidding me? There’s no place for that in a professional office setting!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FTfxtyDpqWI&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD

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Oh, I didn’t mean it ironically at all.

Great thread for adding to your blocklist.

Nah you’re essentially washing the washcloth every time if you load it up with soap before using it, which is what I do. I usually switch it when I switch towels, which is like every three or four showers.

Edit: oh and the utility is that they scrub better than your fingers…

Wash cloths exist for a reason.

Yep they inadvertently put their whole missionary /crusade / colonist mentality into the “art”.

It’d be funny to have a movie that’s the opposite, where someone is super pro-Christmas at the beginning and then winds up changing religions or something. Similarly, there should be a movie where someone discovers through the magic of Christmas that rural life sucks and moves to the city.