SavvyWolf

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just finished Tunic. I shan't spoil the game since I encourage people to go in blind, but it has so much charm in it and focuses on such a unique sense of nostalgia.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Adorable! Low poly art is such an underused art style.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This was posted before TheDude's response, so it wasn't clear whether this was something that had just slipped through the cracks or not.

However, I agree his response is concerning... Perhaps it's more due to inexperience than "malice", but it's still problematic...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've not seen it myself (not being an admin), but I think there's a "remove" (not purge) button on the community page. It clears all the posts from that community, and prevents new ones from being received.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

To clarify, I agree that Beehaw should defederate with instances full of racist bigoted trolls.

However, it's hard to argue that sh.itjust.works works is one of those instances from just this. This is one guy who likely slipped under the radar. I'm just saying that we should just wait a bit to see how the situation unfolds before grabbing pitchforks.

I'm just frustrated that not immediately jumping to an extreme response means I'm somehow complicit. And also somewhat frustrated that trying to distance myself from politics apparently means I'm acting privileged.

I'm just tired of being angry all the time, at this point...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It affects me because I feel I need to keep up to date with which instances defederate with each other in order to follow communities. It feels like defederation is a cudgel that is thrown around a lot, and a lot of innocent people get hit in the crossfire.

However, you are correct. A lot of my posts on Lemmy have, to be honest, been my attempts to fix something which can't be fixed. It's super not a healthy thing to be doing, honestly. I really should take a break from Lemmy, it's done nothing but cause me stress and tire me.

Edit: Bit of context for those late, my original comment was just a ramble about how I'm fed up of drama, etc. Nothing really that groundbreaking, tbh.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Of course I'm worried about politics! I'm worried about the return of fascism across the west. I'm worried about deteriorating attitudes towards LGBT people. I'm worried about active attempts to eugenics neurodivergent people. I'm worried about the massive amount of influence megacorps have on people. The world is full of things to worry about. It makes people feel helpless.

I can ramble for ages about how I do what I can. Maybe I can do more. Maybe I'm a bad person for not doing enough? Maybe I'm a coward for wanting to hide from it, I don't know. Wanting to have a space to step away from worrying about these things is a copying mechanism I use, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"We here at Meta take people's privacy very seriously and are committed to protecting our users. Unfortunately at this time we can't discuss what measures we've put in place."

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Meta could probably mitigate at least some fears about this if they did any planning or discussions out in the open.

I get they want to have a massive "reveal event" or something, but come on...

It's entirely possible (but perhaps unlikely) that this is a passion project by some engineers and Facebook is just sponsoring them "hands off".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It did for me! I made an account a few months ago, and it immediately suspended me and asked for a phone number. I gave it that and then it asked for a photo of me holding a piece of paper with my username.

Think it might have been because I did the cardinal sin of not using a gmail or hotmail email.

But creating an account using my Facebook account and single sign on works, so ehhh.

Screw all these companies wanting access to your phone number... Bleh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Cautiously optimistic for Pikmin 4, here.

 

Hello! I've been having problems posting messages to pawb.social communities from beehaw all day, just wanted to post a test message to see if federation is working!

 

Hey all! Currently looking at getting back into reading books and not spending as much time online.

Figured I'd ask if anyone knows any good "furry" fiction that you'd recommend to the community in general.

 

It looks interesting to me, but it's Sonic Team so they may find a way to mess it up.

Not a fan of the wisp-like powers, but I do like that they are bringing back multiple playable characters. The recent trend towards Sonic being the only character has been annoying.

 

Been playing through the Strawberry Jam mod a lot recently; would recommend if you enjoyed Celeste. The art is gorgeous and the level gimmicks and themes are wonderful.

Also, if you haven't played the base game, I'd recommend that as well. It's currently part of the Pixel Pride bundle at https://www.humblebundle.com/games/pixel-pride

 

Don't think it's as good as the things you guys have been posting, but figured I'd throw it out here anyway since it's something I'm kind of proud of. And hey, gets a bit more activity here.

Let me know what you think!

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