TheBeesKnees

Let me preface by saying NS/NS2 are my all-time favorite games

NS2 had a terrible launch.* It was unstable, terrible performance, limited to no tutorials, and no match matching system. The game has an intense learning curve, and players who had thousands of hours from NS1 / Early Access. It's also a game where cooperative play was imperative, so the matches really stink for everyone when teams are unbalanced / one guy curbstomps the other team.

It did eventually address those things, but much of it came too late. I so desperately want NS3 to bring it new life... but that doesn't ever seem to be coming. I want more games where I get to be the alien/creature/monster!

My desperation hit an all-time high when I started making a game in Godot... ;-;

*To be fair, they also needed to launch ASAP because they needed the money to stay afoat

but it takes literally no effort to use it.

In written text form? Absolutely. It's easy to adjust sentences/correct details before hitting submit.

Verbal conversations? I don't think it's fair to say it takes no effort... maybe it's from ADHD, but simply using they/them reliably took an embarrassingly long amount of time. Neopronouns are a whole different challenge for my ADHD-autopilot'd mouth that's already struggling with forming coherent sentences.

Of course I'm not saying we shouldn't respect their preferences...I just wanted to add my perspective on the 'no effort' part.

If this was the expectation, then it should have been a checklist and/or had N/A available. I don't think your data for this section will be accurate since myself/others replying did not use it this way.

I used "disagree" as "I am using a non-self hosted service for this," the middle as "N/A" and the agree as "I am hosting a service for this"...

I'll post some of mine to start. My favorites are mostly fun/decorative.

Fun

I'm a sucker for anything dinosaur. The original Flexi Rex was one of my first prints! I absolutely adore the art style of AndreasJoskaSutanto's flexi dinos. My favorite is the Flexi Raptor

Most of the models are for paid members

Notable mention to this (free!) Flexi Dimetrodon by DirkvK that's excellent too!

Decorative

I've been trying to fill the empty spaces on my walls. I printed a bunch of butterflies and bent the wings using a candle. I love how they've turned out! I'll link to some of the ones I've found, in no specific order.

1 2 3 4

I've also been working on a bouquet of flowers, I'll see if I can take a picture of it later to post.

Ew, what a gross comment to make. I'd question their character after that.

I feel you, and agree with most of it.... buuutttt I think it's even more frustrating to know you had a good reference that was closed and then spent a stupid amount of time to find again.

Everyone has their own workflow, whatever works.

I have, mostly. The search engine wasn't the point; they're all pretty terrible these days with the absurd AI spam everywhere.

It's a combination of things... I'm a software developer, so I'll often end up with 20+ tabs open while resolving a problem.

• I don't want to bookmark them because I don't need them when I finish the task.
• I can't close the tabs until I'm sure everything's working because Google sucks these days and who knows how hard it'll be to find the source again.
• Relying on browser history is like finding a needle in a haystack. Tasks can take multiple days and 100 different entries in history.
• I might have "finished" a task that still needs tested and I know it's a bit shaky; I'll want to move onto a new task but keep the most useful references until I no longer need them.
• I only bookmark pages that I'll need long-term or multiple times. It's already hard enough to keep those organized...

My tab hoarding has only gotten this bad because search engines are terrible now and the amount of AI garbage to sort through makes finding anything useful a pain in the ass the first time; let alone trying to find it a second time.

Correction: companies are implementing it into their search engines. Users are just providing feedback.

Ironically, Google's original non-LLM summary was pretty great. That's gone now.

Honestly, thank you for posting the details and results. Regardless of anyone's opinions, it's a fascinating thought experiment.

I think this overlooks how most MAGAs are rural.. and when you live rural you already rely on your neighbors. Most of which are also white and the exceptions are ""one of the good ones."" It's why they can demonize entire demographics and still feeling like a good person since they're good neighbors.

They're not going to stop blaming 'the others' for hardships.. They're just going increase complaints about 'the government' and how much they pay in taxes.

I grew up in Amish country/farmland and it's painful to see how stagnant my family has been over the years.

Same, that's why I really wish they spent more time revealing and unwinding the mystery of the gorge. It just felt like an afterthought.