• Nier Automata (yes I seriously haven’t played this yet)
• Silksong (yes… I know)
• Doom dark ages
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Hades 2

I really loved grim dawn, I did a summoner build and had a great time then suddenly hit a wall in difficulty where the A.I. ignored my pets and assassinated me making my build completely unusable. But it was a great 20 hours, felt like my first Diablo 2 run where you just completely fuck up your build but enjoy it anyway

In the app I use I can “tag” people’s usernames and keep track of them across posts. It’s interesting to bump into “angry cyclist” being aggressive again about a completely random topic. It kind of puts it into perspective that it might just be how this person sees the world, especially if they’re very active and keep showing up. It feels very much like older forums where the same people keep turning up, which is something I didn’t realise I missed.

I had to open it, then hold tap on the image and click “play animation”, so it’s definitely app dependant

I bought extra heads when I bought the toothbrush because they always stop making them and forcing me to replace it… Instead the charging dock thing was completely corroded and there’s no way to charge the actual toothbrush anymore… I miss the replaceable battery ones at this point

Myself and everyone I know considers Reddit to be a social media. Along with TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Lemmy. Some grey area ones are Discord and Snapchat. So if you work backwards from there, the Aus Gov definition you listed above is actually pretty reasonable.

I agree that the forums I used to ask for help in Diablo 2 don’t count as social media, and they are rightly excluded in the definition you listed. So you’re really just trying to argue that Reddit and Lemmy is a forum instead of a social media, which you’re entitled to your opinion of course, but most people will disagree with you.

Is this A.I. generated?

Yeah exactly. I set up Zorin OS for my family who are not tech savvy at all. It was a bit different at first but they said they felt much “calmer” using Linux. Modern Windows feels like trying to read an article online or watch a YouTube video without an ad blocker.

• The sole purpose, or a significant purpose, of the service is to enable online social interaction between two or more end-users.

You can’t argue that a news site that happens to have a complementary comments section is the sole purpose of the service. It’s not comparable to Reddit and Facebook at all. Look I hate the social media ban as much as you, but that’s a completely separate issue you just mixed up in there.

Governments banning websites is a whole other kettle of fish I don’t really want to get into right now. Social media has always been a vague definition. It’s like porn, you can’t define it, but you know it when you see it.

4chan is a forum because it lacks the features that make it social media-y. There’s no upvotes. There’s no feed. It’s just a list of unstructured posts and comments. What would happen if you added upvotes, comment threads, direct messages, friends list, an algorithmic home page, to 4chan? Oh look it’s Reddit. Which is a social media.

You can’t just change the definition of words because you don’t like governments restricting them. The actual problem is governments attacking your rights, it has nothing at all to do with social media. If instead of restricting social media they restricted specifically “comment sections”, would you be arguing with me on the formal definition of a comment section?

Again I get that you hate the restrictions. I think they’re dumb too and I live in AU. But the definition of social media is not the problem here.

I remember playing original Skyrim and the horse carriage getting stuck at the gates. I restart. The carriage suddenly flips up into the sky like it hit a landmine. Restart. The whole I’m like why can’t I please just get off the carriage and run off into the wilderness lol. Like Fallout NV did it the best. Just yep thanks doc bye, I’mma go that’ta way

Believe it or not but I’m normally a visual novel / puzzle / sim gamer… Stuff like Stardew Valley, The Return of the Obra Dinn, Omori, Slay the Princess, etc. But I was getting a bit bored of playing the same genre over and over, so I’m like, y’know what fuck it, Doom was good 20 years ago it’s probably still good today. Try new things. Maybe I’ll play the Bluey videogame next

Yeah most likely. But honestly I think I’ve had my fill with this type of game. I enjoyed my 16 hour campaign but I’m not sure I’ll buy the DLC or other entities. It’s not my primary genre by a long shot so it was a bit of a “oh it’s hugely discounted? I’ll buy this and play it 4 years later” kind of thing

I liked the veggie burger when it existed. But nowadays any burger you get will look like it was prepared with a blindfold and briefly sat on. Like imagine a dry patty on a flat greasy bun, decorated with a single pickle, and spattered with cum mayonnaise.

Back when I was younger and willing to inflict fast food on my digestive system, I went to Carl’s Jr if I did want a burger. Similar price and actually a decent meal. Plus the chicken nuggets are star shaped and the kids loved that. I’m curious if there’s a similar experience in the states? All I know is if I visit North America I want to try an “In & Out Burger”, I’ve heard they’re good.

It seems to me

the powers that be

hope the technology

will speed up the “wee”

poverty and displacees

to but a generation or three

It’s just corporate doublespeak messing with your head. The normal person translation is:

oh fuck something might have happened. But we don’t want shareholders to panic. Uhh, so everyone, please pretend everything is fine.

It’s extraordinarily cheaper to produce, and it kills the second hand game market. Both of which have been thorns in the side of AAA gaming companies for decades. Nobody else had the balls to force online only games (partially due to EU laws). A few tried (I forget the specifics), but they got smacked down and reconsidered. Everyone’s watching to see if this works, and if it does, brick and mortar game stores will go the way of the DVD rental.

I wonder if Google Translate is using A.I. behind the hood now? I see no other reason that would cause fluctuating results

Yes monogamous people would probably be offended. Think of it this way; to monogamous people, polyamory is functionally cheating, so you’re indirectly accusing them of being a cheater with your question. It’s not my fault, this is just the reality.

The solution is so extremely simple you’ll laugh. Instead of asking if they’re poly, ask people if they’re monogamous. Other monogamous people will be like, yeah of course aren’t you? Poly people will say no without being offended.

My ex went to McDonald’s when we went traveling overseas (yes really), so I can say I’ve (unfortunately) had McDonald’s in Australia, Paris, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Australia was the worst. Paris and Hong Kong were ok, but the menu was weird. Japan was actually good. Though… maybe it was skill issue, but the menu was completely impossible. So I ended up just begging the cashier for a ham-bo-ga, please God just any hamboga I’m so hungry.

Heat pumps mentioned, Technology Connections fan spotted