Throwing old tires on stuff for protection instead of having some pricey specialized device is so stereotypically Russian that sounds like it’s from a movie.

Social media even moreso than news, for younger audiences. Doom posts gets engagement.

Can’t forget about the Frasier crossover either!

https://youtu.be/BIeEyDETaHY?si=iJP49TW2QNRKHmRy

It’s basically Shakespeare

I briefly considered that I had fallen into an alternate timeline.

This type of high tier content is why I follow this community.

Ads and data collection are too much for me. Sticking with Liftoff for now.

Yeah, I saw this too when I went to download, and this bothers me a little bit. None of the other Lemmy apps I use collect my data.

Is this decision set in stone?

I feel like I’ve seen this title many times over the years.

Cat.

Sometime between now and 2271!

Yeah, otherwise it would be called “heavy”.

This isn’t uncommon now, and it’s sad. Social media algorithms pushing doom and gloom for clicks are scaring people out of living their lives.

The whole thing feels very similar to how Fox News scares old people for viewers, except maybe less intentional.

I see this all the time on social media, and it’s frustrating. I don’t want to dampen anyone’s passion for combating climate change (because I agree!), but it’s like a feedback loop for rhetoric that gets more and more extreme.

Something that starts out as:

“There was a wildfire in _____. This could be part of a larger trend related to climate change.”

Turns into:

“This fire was caused directly by climate change.”

Turns into:

“The world is on fire! Take shelter!”

Turns into:

“Don’t plan for the future. Don’t have children. Move somewhere cold and start prepping for the apocalypse.”

You can literally watch this same process happen with every issue that gets traction on social media or cable news. Then one side looks at the most extreme comments from the other side and easily dismisses the whole thing.

He’s not wrong. Groupthink elevates the most extreme rhetoric, and when people hear that, they disregard the totally valid argument as a whole.

If one person is saying “Hey, this could be bad for our coral reefs, polar bear populations, may cause more hurricanes over time, etc.” they’re going to be completely drowned out by the person saying “THIS IS THE END OF MODERN SOCIETY!” (paraphrased from an upvoted comment under this post)

I plan to bounce around anyway. The fediverse is great.

I’m loving Liftoff, but I’m still excited about sync.

Maybe it’ll take place back in the day of Gwen, Artorias, and all the knights.

Maybe I’ll finally understand the plot. I’ve watched so many videos (and played the games of course) and feel like I’m only grasping parts of it.

Seconding this. It’s phenomenal.

I’ve never played a game that felt so challenging while still being fair all the way to the end.