Tom742

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

Like anything it’s nuanced. Defaulting to “They” when you don’t know someone’s preferred pronouns is generally fine, I don’t think many people have an issue with that.

Insisting that “They” is gender-neutral, or a catchall term and continuing to use “they/them” pronouns when somebody corrects you is where you’ll find people have a problem. Or in a similar vein, insisting that everyone can be referred to by they/them pronouns as a way of invalidating someones chosen pronouns and gender identity. (Not at all implying you do this, just examples)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Work emails have to be “dumbed down” to get co-workers to respond.

If I send the fully detailed email I want to, explaining what the situation is, what actions I need them to take and why, I get ghosted 9/10 and have to waste time getting their attention.

If instead I send one sentence emails I can at least get a response and back and forth conversation going. The majority of my co-workers have difficulty parsing anything more than like 2 paragraphs for relevant info.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dead Space UI is my jam, more of that please

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I think you just explained to me why the only Sonic game I’ve liked is Sonic 2. I had that one for GBA so I was constantly replaying the same levels. Recently I picked up Sonic Mania, struggled through the first 3 levels exactly once and haven’t wanted to play it since

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

On some level I think society feels it has to hit the gas hard on misogyny during a girls transition into womanhood, just to really rub it in and cement that stuff early on, so they get an outsized proportional response of that hatred.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Whenever generative AI (or whatever, could be the climate driven death of slop) has completely replaced the need to use actual live child actors we’ll look back at Hollywoods use of child actors as straight up barbarism and child exploitation of the worst kind.

As always, without the economic incentive to do the barbarous thing we’ll suddenly turn around and exclaim, “how could humans have done that for so long” completely oblivious to whatever horror is going on next to us at that time.

Similar example, child chimney sweeps. Small enough to get into those numerous chimneys, someone has to after all, and they’re cheap! (Paid less than adults to do a job adults can’t do, sounds familiar…) They were phased out, not by safety concerns for the kids, but simply because they weren’t needed anymore as technology advanced. In modern times we have the luxury to look back and think we’re so much better than that now, but we aren’t. Not even close.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Typo, fixed, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Pretty much. The more hollow I make my communications with NT’s lately, the better reception and response I get, but I honestly feel like I’m being rude for not trying to relate.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Fox Engine is incredible and it’s a shame only a couple games were made with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hadn’t thought about the pushing people online aspect, I think we’ve known for a while what the negative effects are but not until now has it become so pervasive we can see the effects en mass

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It’s such an interesting design. Brand new they have really good precision, especially closer to the neutral position which is something even modern joysticks struggle with. But the design basically eating itself alive is a death note for those controllers.

If you ever get a chance, some folks used to make steel bowls to replace the plastic ones and prevent the grinding issue and those controllers are just chefs-kiss

Sure am glad the industry seems to be moving to Hall Effect as standard tech now though

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

Do you think it’s just ingrained contrarianism that causes this? I’m always amazed when the narrative flips on a dime like that and all memories of the previous one seem to get erased to them.

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