deliriousdreams

I actually love books. I don’t think digital books are a problem. But I do think a lot of people don’t read anything anymore. They rely on videos, audiobooks etc. I have tried audiobooks. They are nice. I like being told a story. But I struggle with retention from an audio book. I don’t have that same problem after just having read a book.

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Why are there magnets inside your bladder? What are y’all getting up to? Did…the doctor put them there?

It isn’t rare though? That’s why LLM’s do it so much. They have a multitude of examples in their training data.

So many reddit adjacent communities moved to discord after the Redditpocalypse that I can’t say I’m surprised. I have a discord I don’t actually use. It’s a holdover from when I played D&D with work friends years ago.

Everything seems to have a discord. It’s really popular these days.

No. It should be round. Like it’s brethren. It breaks the sacred law.

Not true. We also apparently have McDonalds money.

Fair, but I think your phrasing may have come off a bit strong/judgemental.

It doesn’t seem like (given the number of sales) people were stopped from buying joycons or pro controllers by the stick drift/quality issues.

It’s okay that people enjoy aesthetic upgrades or styling even if you don’t. Let people enjoy things.

There’s not but some games come with easy anti-cheat on Steam. This may mean those games could potentially be compatible with steam OS.

The news cycle runs on keeping people convinced crime rates are high. The publics view of crime rates are intentionally skewed.

What makes you think creatives don’t benefit? I think it depends on what it is and who publishes the thing. Lots of Indie game developers do benefit from purchases of their games. There are entities that tend to benefit more (publishers, store fronts, etc), but that doesn’t mean that the people who made the game don’t benefit.

It’s the same with music. Labels definitely benefit more. Streaming services benefit more. But at the same time that doesn’t mean the artist who made the music doesn’t benefit.

I think people should be paid for their work. I was happy to pay for music and movies and games. But I am not going to pay for something just to have it ripped away at a moments notice just because of corporate greed.

Additionally, I fully understand why someone would pirate when the thing they want isn’t available to them to purchase, or is out of their price range.

That’s a badass cape cloak.