whelk

joined 1 year ago
[–] whelk@lemm.ee 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know man, I'm still an amateur on this whole scene, admittedly. I do know that when my loved ones are put at risk I'm not just going to shrug and say, "guess this is just how it's gonna be, voters voted for it." It's unsurprisingly feeling just like the last time Trump was in power. I happen to be of a demographic that is at minimal risk personally, but my neighbors are being threatened and their property has been vandalized with hate speech. They're scared to leave the house. I've got family and friends being told they don't deserve to have the same rights as everyone else and targeted by open acts of hatred. A lot of Americans may have voted in support of this kind of thing, but that doesn't mean I'm going to just shut up, roll over, and accept it. If that's considered throwing a tantrum, then okay. I would expect anyone to throw such a tantrum in the same kind of circumstances, including my political opposites.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 88 points 4 days ago (24 children)

I see all these comments roasting the protestors, but I'm just glad people are angry. It would have been great if the election went differently, but it didn't, and we are where we are. Support people getting mad with how things turned out. Stop acting like all these people did nothing until now. I voted, and I'm protesting. I'll happily welcome non voters in the protests too. Turn your frustration and anger against the people you oppose instead of willing allies.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I loved 8! I got so into the characters and their stories. I was always excited to see more Laguna & Co. I remember downloading the Eyes On You song, probably off one of those sketchy P2P music sharing services.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Vagrant Story takes place in Ivalice as well and is the only game I'd say I love as much as Tactics when it comes to sheer vibe/atmosphere. The opening gameplay sequence is amazing.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah dude, Tactics was incredible. Art style, music, gameplay, story, just the vibe, man. My only beef is that it had the typical FF ending feeling of getting too sort of "out there". Went from a very human story to the typical third act of oh now there's some big weird big bad I have no emotional investment in to pose a more serious threat I guess.

Agrias remains one of my all time favorite characters.

Screw Algus.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know man, the kachonk is a valuable part of the experience for me, great tactile feedback

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Honestly, I'm kind of excited for it to not just look like the live action films or well-known artwork got converted to animation. I love LOTR and I love the films and other interpretive works we have but I'm definitely interested in a fresh take. Hoping this is good.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm so glad to be seeing small and indie web stuff so often lately. I never played with gopher and Gemini. Today might be the day.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Oh man, my oldest brother put this on when our parents were out and all I remember is being terrified of the eyeball in the guy's palm at some point. Probably my first experience with body horror.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Man, I miss the golden age of point-and-click adventure games. My brothers and I played through so many together. PC Speaker version of the MI1 soundtrack for maximum nostalgia: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=_cfPw3IL1sk

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

When I say I'm tired of working for a living I don't mean that I don't want to work, I meant that I don't want to work for other people doing something I don't care about so someone I don't care about can better achieve something I don't care about just so they pay me money for it. I'm happy to work when that goes directly goes toward my own well-being and that of my family and local community. I just get so tired of doing work that I have no personal investment in beyond "it makes me money so I can then give that money to other people."

So I play Rimworld and dream of what it would be like to have a role in a small community where everyone does their part for the direct benefit of the community and it isn't all just about money.

[–] whelk@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every time I see the little "new content" blip next to someone I've subscribed to and it ends up being a short, I feel cheated.

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