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  1. Comment on Strategies for coping with writers block in ~creative

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    I know that reading is commonly given as a solution to writer's block, but I think people underestimate the value of life experience in colouring one's writing.

    I know that reading is commonly given as a solution to writer's block, but I think people underestimate the value of life experience in colouring one's writing.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Discord to start showing ads for gamers to boost revenue in ~tech

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    A lot of them seem like cults of personality, yeah.

    A lot of them seem like cults of personality, yeah.

  3. Comment on Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on US officials and their families in ~science

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    It's a psychogenic illness, it's really not any more complex than that. IMHO I think some people have way too much time on their hands. Some of this stuff reads like a knock-off Tom Clancy novel.

    It's a psychogenic illness, it's really not any more complex than that. IMHO I think some people have way too much time on their hands. Some of this stuff reads like a knock-off Tom Clancy novel.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Hey, monthly mystery commenters, what's up with the hit-and-runs? in ~tildes

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    I only engage with conversations until I feel I have nothing more worthwhile to say. After that I'm just talking for the sake of talking, which I don't typically like doing. I never want to...

    I only engage with conversations until I feel I have nothing more worthwhile to say. After that I'm just talking for the sake of talking, which I don't typically like doing. I never want to overstay my welcome. These days I have increasingly less and less to say to other people, but every so often I put in my two cents.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Discord to start showing ads for gamers to boost revenue in ~tech

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    I'm intensely annoyed by the new trend of "join my Discord". It seems like everyone I follow everywhere is doing this, and I don't feel like joining 57 different servers just to keep up with people.

    I'm intensely annoyed by the new trend of "join my Discord". It seems like everyone I follow everywhere is doing this, and I don't feel like joining 57 different servers just to keep up with people.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Discord to start showing ads for gamers to boost revenue in ~tech

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    Their support system is honestly a joke, too. It's gotten worse the more popular Discord has gotten. I had my account stolen by a hacker and after fighting Discord's tech support for months to try...

    Their support system is honestly a joke, too. It's gotten worse the more popular Discord has gotten. I had my account stolen by a hacker and after fighting Discord's tech support for months to try and get it back, I had to simply give up and make a new account.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Riot's League of Legends MMO is being 'reset,' likely going dark for 'several years' in ~games

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    I'm curious to know why you think no other type of game is as immersive as an MMO. I feel the complete opposite; I'm constantly reminded I'm in a game because of stuff like the UI.

    I'm curious to know why you think no other type of game is as immersive as an MMO. I feel the complete opposite; I'm constantly reminded I'm in a game because of stuff like the UI.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on CMV: Once civilization is fully developed, life will be unfulfilling and boring. Humanity is also doomed to go extinct. These two reasons make life not worth living. in ~talk

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    Civilization isn't even fully developed and I already find it unfulfilling. Humans make life miserable for humanity.

    Civilization isn't even fully developed and I already find it unfulfilling. Humans make life miserable for humanity.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on (2024 Doomsday Clock Statement) It is still ninety seconds to midnight in ~news

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    Is that a reference to the infamous Samson Option?

    Especially when you consider Israel has very explicitly threatened to use nuclear weapons in the past by opening the Jericho hatches.

    Is that a reference to the infamous Samson Option?

  10. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I've been bouncing around between a few different games lately. Helldivers 2 - It's fun...when you can actually get into a game. A blast with friends, though the matchmaking/online connectivity...

    I've been bouncing around between a few different games lately.

    Helldivers 2 - It's fun...when you can actually get into a game. A blast with friends, though the matchmaking/online connectivity needs some work. The devs say they're on it. It's more or less the same game as the original, just with a third-person perspective instead of a top-down one. Some things are different, like the current lack of mech stratagems and not having weapon upgrades. Hopefully both will come back eventually.

    The Room 1-4 - Sort of a puzzle/escape room type game where you solve increasingly difficult puzzles of different types to progress. There's a sort of loose, vaguely Lovecraftian story you pick up through reading letters and journals that can be found strewn among the areas you visit. It's fun if occasionally frustrating. Something different other than roguelikes or mindlessly blasting anything that moves like the stuff I typically play.

    Starship Troopers: Terran Command - I stopped playing this for a while because initially I had a hard time getting the feel for it. A real-time tactics game more than an RTS. Fun if you enjoyed the tongue-in-cheek satire of the film, and it does a good job of melding together tech from the 3 live-action films (they work in the pulse rifles from 2 and the Marauders from 3 for instance) and a bit from the Japanese ones. It can get a bit frustrating in the later missions, though. Sometimes you don't start with a lot of resources and it can take some time to build up to a point where you can finally push through.

  11. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    In Grim Dawn it's possible to reset your skill points. It's fairly easy to re-do a build, unlike a lot of similar games.

    In Grim Dawn it's possible to reset your skill points. It's fairly easy to re-do a build, unlike a lot of similar games.

  12. Comment on The Boys | Season 4 official teaser trailer in ~tv

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    I enjoy the show precisely because it's not Marvel. They do social commentary in a unusually thoughtful way for such a violent program.

    I enjoy the show precisely because it's not Marvel. They do social commentary in a unusually thoughtful way for such a violent program.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    The one game that really stuck out in my mind that I've played recently is an older title from 2012 called DefCon. Basically it's the video game equivalent of the movie WarGames, and you are in...

    The one game that really stuck out in my mind that I've played recently is an older title from 2012 called DefCon. Basically it's the video game equivalent of the movie WarGames, and you are in charge of both waging and mitigating nuclear war. It's one of the most sobering things I've played in years. The soundtrack is unsettling enough without quickly realizing once the missiles begin flying that millions of people (fictional mind you, but still) are being killed by your actions and that of your "adversary". Just like WarGames, the only winning move is not to play.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I felt the same way. I bought Inscryption because it looked interesting, but it sat on my hard drive for ages without me playing it. When I finally got around to trying it, the card aspect...

    I felt the same way. I bought Inscryption because it looked interesting, but it sat on my hard drive for ages without me playing it. When I finally got around to trying it, the card aspect definitely put me off. I'm terrible at those kind of games.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Melatonin use soars among US children, with unknown risks in ~health

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    I was just about to say. You can easily buy it OTC in Canada, I have numerous times.

    I was just about to say. You can easily buy it OTC in Canada, I have numerous times.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Review: Ridley Scott's Napoleon passes the dad movie test with epic battles and obscure quotable facts but Napoleon the character is petty, not heroic in ~movies

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    I was initially interested because I wanted to see how Joaquin Phoenix handled playing Napoleon, but you got me interested. We could certainly use less "conventional" war films, a lot of which are...

    I was initially interested because I wanted to see how Joaquin Phoenix handled playing Napoleon, but you got me interested. We could certainly use less "conventional" war films, a lot of which are a stone's throw away from jingoism if they aren't already in The Green Berets territory.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Whats a drug that you would never try? in ~talk

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    My mantra was always "no party drugs and nothing that involves needles". I lived in a place for a long time where I was regularly exposed to the human results of stuff like meth and heroin. You...

    My mantra was always "no party drugs and nothing that involves needles". I lived in a place for a long time where I was regularly exposed to the human results of stuff like meth and heroin. You don't want to even consider going down that road for a second.

    9 votes

  18. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I've been trying to plug through The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan. It's getting a bit up there in age, but his explanations of how psuedoscience grabs people...

    I've been trying to plug through The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan. It's getting a bit up there in age, but his explanations of how psuedoscience grabs people and how education and societal systems fail those people are still relevant today.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Have public gaming communities always been terrible or do I expect too much? in ~games

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    Most of my server denizens are Canadian (like me) or European, so I haven't seen too much of that myself, but I can see why it would be an issue. It seems like the size of a server is...

    Most of my server denizens are Canadian (like me) or European, so I haven't seen too much of that myself, but I can see why it would be an issue. It seems like the size of a server is proportionate to the amount of bullshit you have to put up with/deal with.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Have public gaming communities always been terrible or do I expect too much? in ~games

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    I have the same issues with Discord servers; if they aren't a cult of personality around the founder(s), they're popularity contests. I tend to gravitate to small ones where people have shared...

    I have the same issues with Discord servers; if they aren't a cult of personality around the founder(s), they're popularity contests. I tend to gravitate to small ones where people have shared interests and generally behave themselves, so you're not constantly fighting to stay above the noise.

    2 votes