Glide

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[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 117 points 15 hours ago

If he's going to lie about working a McDonald's, I don't blame people for lying about the (non-existant) service.

A photo-op in a closed McDonald's isn't a "job," Donny. Though, since you've never had one, I can understand how you failed to make the distinction.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago

has brought dehumanizing language into American politics.

You mean in like 2015, right? It's approaching 10 years of this shit.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

What the fuck is Politico's article formatting? Random-ass capitalization, bolding the first few words of each paragraph, but never the whole statement, paragraphs that are two sentences long... I feel like I am trying to read the thought processes of someone who is actively having a stroke. It's all there, just coming out jumbled, with awkward delays and strange emphasis.

I honestly gave up reading fairly early in. I get that most people want "fast" media nowadays, but this is barely legible.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Well, if the goal is to be something terrifying, you've got the spirit for sure.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 35 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Well, I won’t comment on that, but I will tell you that: if I did, it’s a smart thing.

In other words, he did.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You responded to him not only to get his praise, but so I'd miss it and wouldn't challenge your opinion.

Seek help. The fact that you need to create such insane delusions is a problem. The real answer is I ignored my phone, went about my day, and enjoyed my time with my hobbies and loved ones. When I found the conversation later, I stepped into the most recent comment. And I had much more to add to their comment than your inane ramblings, so it worked out.

Yes, I have been rude to you. As you have been to the imaginary "bootlickers" you have created, and defined everyone who disagrees with you as. I think you are so busy creating enemies out of everyone who is on the other side of something from you, that you fail to differentiate between the problem and the symptoms. And I don't think I can convince you of that, so this is honestly a waste of time.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I respond to people when they say something worth responding to. You think my post makes Gaben sound like a victim. Either your reading comprehension has completely failed and you aren't capable of having a real conversation, or my first comment about being far more interested in saying controversial shit than thinking things through was spot on, and you're arguing in bad faith and/or to pleasure your ego. Since it's not my job to educate you, nor satisfy you, even giving you this much recognition is a compliment. Have a good one.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (6 children)

And, to be clear, Capitalism is bad. I'm on board. But riding Gaben's dick, or the dick of any boring dystopian billionaire instead of the people actively fighting to maintain the system is just grossly missing the point

Not all evils are equal, and any perceived slight by Steam is honestly smoke for the thousands of disgustingly rich venture capitalists constantly abusing the system that exists and lobbying the shit out of any attempt to fix it. I don't blame Gaben for owning more yacht's than anyone needs, because, at the end of the day, he's providing a quality service through an unfair system. He's not the one fighting to provide shittier and shittier systems, demanding fatter and fatter paychecks and encouraging us to blame each other for the state of the world while he runs off with the largest slice of the cake.

Should he have the wealth he has access to? Fuck no. But, again, the dishonest and disgustingly simplified argument that homie is making is only idiofying the cause. Target the problems, not the lucky guys who are providing halfway reasonable services through our broken-ass system.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 week ago (15 children)

No one thinks Gaben is the second coming. His platform just, actually doesn't suck, and genuinely functions as a service to its users. It's a low bar, sure, but it's a good one. Comparing it to Microsoft axeing any studio that produces something worth talking about while they force more datascraping malware and adware into Windows is just dishonest.

Your comment reads more like you get off on being controversial than having actual insightful thoughts and the comparisons in what these three companies you listed are actually doing.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 101 points 1 week ago (8 children)

A lot of Steam games are also DRM free. It's up to the individual developers whether they enforce DRM checks or not.

I've copied files from Steam folders directly to a flash drive, plugged them into an offline, Steam-less computer that I don't have rights to install anything on, and ran them perfectly. But it is a game-by-game thing.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Right. People fail to recognize that blackface is a practice created by white people to entertain other white people by making fun of black people, portraying them as stupid and uncultured. While I think asking questions about what is and isn't okay is good practice, there's no cultural history connected to what OP is asking if he should do. That said, I am not someone with the skin conditions in question, so I'm not the one to decide whether it is "fine".

I do want to offer the argument that you should do your best not to give people opportunities to miscontrue your intent. You are correct that, in some cases, black burn victims can have lighter patches of skin where they were burned, but this is both not universal and not an experience everyone will have had. If you're making a cosplay that requires a bit of mental work on the viewers behalf, you probably don't also want it to be a cosplay which could be perceived as insensitive if people fail to make those connections or put in that work.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

Do yourself a favor and stop putting off Cassette Beasts. Every time I play it, I am gobstruck that an indie team made this and sells it for a fraction of the price of whatever mediocrity Pokemon is pumping out.

I could sing it's praises all day, but I'd rather just politely nudge you to push it up the list.

 

So the situation is this: I am a junior high ELA teacher and I want to bring some videogames into the classroom. What I have to work with are the students Chromebooks. At first glance, I figured I'd throw some short, playable without install games on some flash drives and we could play through whatever game it is, and then talk about it like any other short story. Bring in the relevant terms, connect it to the course outcomes, easy. Then I began to learn the limitations of Chromebooks and how challenging it can be to run Windows .exe's on them, or find games that run natively on a Chromebook without installing.

Getting the rights to install anything on these devices is functionally out of the question. The request would have to go through the school board. Even if they agree that it's a good idea, the practicality of giving me the rights to install things without opening it up so the students can install things and without consuming an inordinate amount of class time in just setting up is unlikely. Ideally, I need games that can run on a Chromebook without running an install, or games that run in browser.

I'm googling around and considering emulator options. If anyone has experience in playing games in these circumstances, I'd love some options and insights. Additionally if people have recommendations for games that would be particularly good (narrative focused), I'd love to hear them. It's 2023; these kids don't need to learn what conflict is through short stories written by white men in the 1920s. With all the push towards student-focused learning and differentiated education, I want to start giving them choice and breadth in how they take in these concepts.

Thanks in advance for anyone who gives me their time and expertise on this.

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