degen

joined 2 years ago
[–] degen@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago

Well shit, that's concerning. Even if it's more nuanced than it seems at first glance... Which, to be fair, is probably even more nefarious in the end. Terms agreements are wack enough to begin with.

[–] degen@midwest.social 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And the name means "bouncy pig"

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I nearly hedged and over explained like a party pooper, but I fought the urge lol. Great minds think alike ;) (and maybe dysfunction in eerily similar ways?)

[–] degen@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

yes apt is way more adult friendly than nix

Lmao, I hadn't even considered my wording there

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Wish I weren't so fuckin' awkward, bud

[–] degen@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

My main motivation is inclusion on my resume, and I'm left mulling over usernames instead of contributing! I also don't want to be too personally identifiable for whatever random thing I want to chime in on, so maybe bifurcating is a good solution.

Definitely feel like I'll end up in a similar spot and barely use the "official" one. I do see people with full names and all working on and sharing whatever they please, like through Lemmy. I just wish I had the nads to embrace it and not worry about connecting myself to bs memery. Damn social anxiety. Don't look at me!

I laughed at "adult friendly" but that's seriously apt.

[–] degen@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You would say that, TurtleFucker!

[–] degen@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

For sure. I wasn't even mad it was rushed and just was stoked to have it on pc. I remember a petition going around cause everybody wanted it so bad.

It was a culture shock when I realized how well later games played lol

[–] degen@midwest.social 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

We could be living in utopia, but those damn youths had to go and break stuff

[–] degen@midwest.social 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's like post-marketing. You're already a user/customer, but companies still want to put psychological hooks in you.

Kind of reminds me of steam's insane discounts or epic giving away games. That's more geared toward bringing people in, maybe.

I'd like to believe some instances of this sort of thing can be out of genuine appreciation for supporters, but I might just be naive... It is straight out of the abuser's handbook.

[–] degen@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago

"I know you're sick of it, but I'm gonna need you to get the chicken Parm again. Trust the process!"

[–] degen@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's a bit of a chicken and the egg situation, I suppose, both encouraging and empowered by antisocial behavior. It's hard enough to convince someone there's a problem to begin with given the culture.

I do wonder how any transition could be made under an inherently opposed system, but that's also a key point of Marx with respect to revolution.

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