[-] okmko@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That entire article reminds me of when I was told by my very rational and intelligent friends that I was overreacting to Kavanaugh's nomination proceedings - something about how his nomination would backfire.

What a stark contrast compared to what we have to worry about now.

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Surprise! It's proper history.

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

This is completely sarcastic but it's so, so, SO dumb that this is in fact the sentiments of the ppl on the new the_donald website. Smh

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I've heard a great aphorism about this topic in that the national religion of Japan is "being Japanese".

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Wow, is that last point true? I guess I misunderstood how federation worked big time. I thought by subscribing to something like "news", I was supposed to receive all posts and comments to those posts from all whitelisted instances like some kind of syndication. Is that not actually how it works?

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago
[-] okmko@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Definitely! I truly believe Elden Ring is accessible, it's just not immediately clear how.

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is definitely a small set of powerful, rich, and influential people who "benefit", but I don't think it's a pyramid of nefarious overlords so much as it is just a large web of people acting on their own interests.

The same could be said for people with crab mentality. They are acting on their impulses, values, and opinions, born from likely unfortunate circumstances, when they drag their immediate others down. They aren't thinking about holding society back at large.

Plus, quite often things are the way they are because of historical inertia. It's why historians place make such a big deal about continuity. For example, many laws we have can be traced back to some series of awful events that happened to a set of people. But those awful events were probably caused by yet another set of awful circumstances.

If you're looking for some group of people to blame for all of your woes, you might just become a fascist.

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I still listen to To Far Away Times. That song is still magical to this day.

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're pretty good (っ⁠´⁠・⁠_⁠・⁠)⁠っ

[-] okmko@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was actually quite impressed with how Blizzard revived D3 with Reaper of Souls and its Item 2.0. They had some really bold and new (for the time) ideas and it worked.

But that was Blizzard of old and I have very little faith that they're able to pull the same revival off on D4. The campaign was interesting, sort of, but beyond that: an awkward compromise between D2 and D3, and without the panache of either.

I suppose it's worth playing at least once.

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