I miss community servers terribly.

So was the metaverse though, we have seen massive investments turn to dust in the past. I don’t think LLMs will ever go away, but I’m not convinced they’ll stick around making no money and burning resources forever.

I first played it when I was like 30, I think that it doesn’t rely on either age or medium enough to ruin the experience. It’s not perfect, the storyline can be a touch flimsy here and there, but the core experience is amazing.

Also the runtime is like 120 hours. Still a big commitment.

Yeah seems like a mixed bag, disappointing.

What ones specifically? I don’t bother with them these days, I’m mildly curious because I’m lucky enough to haven’t really found anything I can’t run.

Same, I went for a walk just to feel it. It was for about 5 minutes, I was fine, but it was definitely something that could kill you if you were in it for too long.

Man 2016 was a better time

Oh god I just figured it out.

It was never they are good at their tasks, faster, or more money efficient.

They are just confident to stupid people.

Christ, it’s exactly the same failing upwards that produced the c suite. They’ve just automated the process.

My tortie loves me too much. She won’t leave me alone when I’m trying to concentrate, always demanding pets. She’ll scratch at doors if she’s closed out.

She also closes doors on herself, trapping her in the room. You’d think she should learn but somehow she keeps doing it.

Sort of. I understand not wanting to deal with the difficulties of attempting ethical consumption, but you’re so much closer to being one of those people working in a sweatshop than you are being financially stable. It feels like you’re actively shooting yourself in the foot honestly.

Sort of, your processing power does decrease, meaning you’ll likely do a worse job of putting what you’re seeing into the appropriate context.

How do we live in a world where being a major financial boon for your company isn’t enough, this is bullshit.

I feel this, my frustration isn’t that people aren’t smart enough to use tech, but that smart people panic around tech and can’t learn or experiment. Like I get it, but you have to dive in at some point surely

As I said, it’s not mandatory. It’s a personal choice, not much different to a piercing, tattoo or bodymod in my mind. I don’t particularly care for any of those, but it’s not my body that it’s being done to either, so my feelings are largely irrelevant.

Beyond that, the motivations of any other person are going to be somewhat alien, because people cannot truely know or communicate experiences beyond a very surface level. You or I cannot fully understand, because we haven’t experienced it. We have to trust that stuff like this is what they want, because that is what they’re telling us with the limited communication abilities humans have.

Brains gravitate to the quickest easiest dopamine responses, and will ignore things that give rewards slower. ADHD brains are particularly bad for this.

I have the exact same issue. If I was able to give up scrolling social media, I’m sure I’d be back on the books again inside of a few weeks. We’ll just have to wait for the great collapse.

God I’m remembering in Hunter X Hunter how there were entire spreads detailing complex rulesets for world building, and they legit felt like the silmarilion at times.

Are you talking the difference between something like cross dressing and being trans? I’ll dive into it as I’ve had this on my mind recently.

My understanding is the main focus of being trans is the change in gender identity. Biological sex doesn’t really come into it, it’s all about social roles, expectations etc. A man can wear woman’s clothing and still be a man after all.

I can’t really speak for people’s experiences when it comes to them not physically matching their views on their gender. It’s a deeply individual thing I imagine. Physical changes, hormones etc are not required to be trans, though they can be a part of it.

The point that caught me for a bit was my views on gender equality. I was of the opinion that gender/sex stereotypes shouldn’t really define people, but that clashed with the idea that people sometimes desire the stereotypes that go along with gender.

It’s a tricky thing to want both true equality but also respect differences in gender, because in some ways they aren’t always compatible. But we aren’t the result of our ideals so much as we are the result of our upbringings, and gender is a large part of our identity. It’s baked into us, girls want pretty dresses, boys want power tools, and you will be treated different based on what you present as, regardless of how bullshit that might be.

The way I see it, it’s only fair to say fuck it, you can be whichever gender you want. I still think stereotypes are something we should move away from ultimately, but that’s a long road that I’ll never live to see the end of, and if someone can be happier today, I don’t see why that’s a problem.

You’re doing gods work my dude

I respect the long game, hope it works out for you.

Yeah bloodflame, it’s something to do with the formless mother. You lose eyes, have horns, and stare at the stars, you might get unsolicited contact from an interdimensional blood ocean. No I’m not joking, the lore is a wild time.