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  1. Comment on Swans - It's Coming It's Real (2019) in ~music

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    Experimental rock band Swans will be publishing their next album, leaving meaning., this October. This is a great track! Looking forward to what they're packing here.

    Experimental rock band Swans will be publishing their next album, leaving meaning., this October.

    This is a great track! Looking forward to what they're packing here.

  3. Comment on The state of hate: Researchers at the SPLC have set themselves up as the ultimate judges of hate in America. But are they judging fairly? in ~society

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    When the definition of hate is subjective and is different to nearly every person, then the SPLC should have never been used as an authorative final say of what is and what is not hate groups.

    In this climate, seeking widespread credibility for a hate list — with its inherently blunt methodology — seems at once quaint, noble and, possibly, futile.

    When the definition of hate is subjective and is different to nearly every person, then the SPLC should have never been used as an authorative final say of what is and what is not hate groups.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Arrest made in connection to suspicious packages in ~news

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    And right on the heels of another suspicious package discovery. I seriously hope this is the end of it. Apparently, the suspect's car was covered in political symbols, but that was just details...

    And right on the heels of another suspicious package discovery.

    I seriously hope this is the end of it. Apparently, the suspect's car was covered in political symbols, but that was just details from a notification I received.

    14 votes

  5. Comment on ~music Listening Club 19 - The Beatles (The White Album) in ~music

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    Have you done Yes's Close to the Edge? There's also Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. Close to the Edge is as prog rock as it gets, with long and winding musical themes that build to massive sounds and...

    Have you done Yes's Close to the Edge? There's also Fleetwood Mac's Rumours.

    Close to the Edge is as prog rock as it gets, with long and winding musical themes that build to massive sounds and ethereal and grand experiences.

    Rumours is the all encompassing quaint album about relationships, with folky, pop rock songs singing about love and solitude.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on To all the Sims I've killed before - The iconic computer game tasked users with keeping digital humans alive. Instead, we set fires in their houses and removed the doors. Why? in ~games

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    I just like killing them. There's not much to it! I remember I was playing the Sims 3, and some mailmen came to my front door. I built a second floor: a 3x5 room with five fire pits and three...

    I just like killing them. There's not much to it!

    I remember I was playing the Sims 3, and some mailmen came to my front door. I built a second floor: a 3x5 room with five fire pits and three fireplaces with no access out, and moved the mailman using cheats. Meanwhile, my main character wrote novels everyday, completely happy due to cheats. Meanwhile, the mailman burnt to death. I repeated this six times.

    Also, this is just hilarious:

    According to “The Sims 4” senior producer Grant Rodiek, who’s been with the company since 2005, the latest version of the game registers around 28,000 Sim deaths per day.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on HOI4 dev diary - Mexico in ~games

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    I know the feeling of seeing all these juicy, interesting (and still completely unnecessary) DLC at the paradox store. DAMN, it is tempting, because God knows I need a stupid EU4 unit pack. HOI4...

    I know the feeling of seeing all these juicy, interesting (and still completely unnecessary) DLC at the paradox store. DAMN, it is tempting, because God knows I need a stupid EU4 unit pack.

    HOI4 is a lot more sandboxy, and I've sure you've seen games go from Anschluss-Sudentland-War w/ Poland to "The German Empire joined Comintern" with a Russian civil war and a fascist Canada to par. Encirclement of Soviet troops has become a running joke, as far as I've heard.

    Still, HOI4 is really versatile for any time period, and breaking enemy lines is extremely satisfying. I haven't played HOI3 yet, but I'll keep an eye out for some of the more clear differences.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on HOI4 dev diary - Mexico in ~games

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    Wednesday's dev diary spotlighted adding a more fleshed out focus tree and decisions to Mexico. In standard, niche-HOI4 memey form, you can make Trotsky your leader. Any Paradox followers here?...

    Wednesday's dev diary spotlighted adding a more fleshed out focus tree and decisions to Mexico. In standard, niche-HOI4 memey form, you can make Trotsky your leader.

    Any Paradox followers here? What's your opinion on Man the Guns and HOI4/Paradox in general?

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Discord just added a forced-arbitration clause to their Terms of Service (Discord staff response in comments) in ~tech

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    That’s a shame. It’s not like there were many big name games on Nitro, weren’t there?

    That’s a shame. It’s not like there were many big name games on Nitro, weren’t there?

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Growing up in a house full of books is major boost to literacy and numeracy, study finds in ~books

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    I like this quote from the article. I guess it explains why I like having books I haven’t read in my bookshelf. They just look nice.

    I like this quote from the article.

    we cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access reassurance.

    I guess it explains why I like having books I haven’t read in my bookshelf. They just look nice.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on HBO says it is leaving the boxing business in ~sports.combat

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    I’m out of the loop on most sports. Has boxing and its related sports fallen out of popularity?

    I’m out of the loop on most sports. Has boxing and its related sports fallen out of popularity?

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Nintendo Direct 9.13.2018 - Recap in ~games

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    The 3DS will be faded out in the coming months, won’t it? I think that end date is getting closer every Direct.

    The 3DS will be faded out in the coming months, won’t it? I think that end date is getting closer every Direct.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Reddit has banned the QAnon conspiracy subreddit r/GreatAwakening in ~tech

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    r/GreatAwakening was such a shitshow sometimes. It was hilarious to see old forty year old men and “woke” sixteen year old boys run head over heels for some 4/8chan shitposter.

    r/GreatAwakening was such a shitshow sometimes. It was hilarious to see old forty year old men and “woke” sixteen year old boys run head over heels for some 4/8chan shitposter.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Anything to vent, ~talk? in ~talk

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    Damn, best of luck to your efforts in quitting! I haven’t been through this, but hopefully, it’ll be a game of persistence to fight the urge.

    Damn, best of luck to your efforts in quitting! I haven’t been through this, but hopefully, it’ll be a game of persistence to fight the urge.

    3 votes

  16. Anything to vent, ~talk?

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    Hello, fellow Tildrestians. Having just joined, I found that Tildes was a substantial improvement from the standard Reddit fare. Hooray for substantial conversation! I’ve always been a long time...

    Hello, fellow Tildrestians. Having just joined, I found that Tildes was a substantial improvement from the standard Reddit fare. Hooray for substantial conversation!

    I’ve always been a long time lurker, and I’ve never been confident enough to start threads. So, ~talk, this is a vent thread for your problems and your worries. Not for the fact that you stubbed your toe, but possibly stuff that might worry you. If this doesn’t go well, then I will probably remove this thread in emberassment.

    But if it does, then perhaps we can all propose solutions to others problems. Perhaps we can comfort each other with advice and tips. It could be a stupid idea, which, if it is, let me know, but it could be a chance to actually not be the circlejerking redditors some of us once were.

    And if this in the wrong group, also do let me know.

    25 votes

  17. Comment on Two Riot Games employees out in wake of controversial PAX panel in ~games

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    Well, of course reddit got all whiny about it. Still, Klein’s tweets are not very good, and Riot could have used the opportunity to speak with men about sexism against women. (Its a bit of a...

    Well, of course reddit got all whiny about it.

    Still, Klein’s tweets are not very good, and Riot could have used the opportunity to speak with men about sexism against women. (Its a bit of a nitpick, but it can’t be helped.)

    I’m not pushing the blame entirely on Riot, because I understand they’re trying to make amends. If that really was the case then, then I guess I must’ve been wrong on that.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Two Riot Games employees out in wake of controversial PAX panel in ~games

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    I think Klein’s tweets are hilarious. TL;DR, he basically assumes sexism does not apply to men. I mean, you could say men are probably more privileged than women. But I really don’t see anyone...

    I think Klein’s tweets are hilarious. TL;DR, he basically assumes sexism does not apply to men.

    Systemic sexism and racism exist at the intersection of bigotry and power dynamics. Racism isn't just being called the n-word, it's that + no one caring when you protest + not being given a loan a white person would have gotten + being shot by the police for no reason

    The reason that "sexism against men" makes no sense as a concept is that men have the power. They're privileged in so many ways, from small invisible things, to large, outrageous things (like a confessed abuser and harasser like Louis CK can just have a comeback and that's fine)

    I mean, you could say men are probably more privileged than women. But I really don’t see anyone really acknowledging that the rights for women have sharply improved over the past eighty years. Deny it all you want, but women are taking on roles that “only men can handle.”

    The problem is that women are still one side of the coin. In topics that shouldn’t have a difference due to gender like gaming, they should not have preference over men, just as men should have have preference over women. Women can be sexist to men, just as men can be sexist to women.

    Klein denies this fact, assuming just because men have power means that sexism against them is completely justified.

    Everyone can get into gaming. You don’t need to put people in different categories to do so.

    15 votes

  19. Comment on Comment tags have been re-enabled to experiment with, input wanted on plans in ~tildes.official

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    I wanna try! EDIT: oh wait mobile users

    I wanna try!

    EDIT: oh wait mobile users

    4 votes

  20. Comment on BBC admits ‘we get climate change coverage wrong too often’ in ~enviro

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    The fact that they had “another view” on the climate change debate is just silly. It’s understandable that you might want several viewpoints as something political as, for example, Brexit. But...

    The fact that they had “another view” on the climate change debate is just silly.

    It’s understandable that you might want several viewpoints as something political as, for example, Brexit. But climate change is absolutely undeniable, and giving the microphone to those who challenge this is a troubling fact.

    4 votes