What brain?

I mean this in a genuine way - I actually don’t expect you to spend your free time on things you don’t have interest in. That would, indeed, be a waste of your time.

Your archival of games is a great effort and a positive thing.

Some folks enjoy gaming, game history, and cultural critique of generational hardware. Those interests/hobbies are also valid. That’s not a waste of their time.

Believe it or not, sometimes a person can interact with many other people to learn things. They can also use the internet to look up information.

Money need not be spent for this knowledge.

American Nazism is currently targeting immigrants and people perceived as being from South America first. Whoever is next is a tossup.

That sounds like so much fun. My college’s email game was someone accidentally mass emailed to the whole school roster and everyone replied with a smartass comment until it got shut down lol.

Happened a few times a semester, too.

Anarchist praxis and using the levers in the current system to better ends are not mutually exclusive. The line is understanding that the state itself is largely not built or operated in the interest of the common people.

We can hold our noses and vote, and show up to local councils, and not put all our eggs in one government/corporate-appointed basket by building mutual aid and having each other’s backs.

If politicians are actually throwing some action behind slowing down the mess they’re complicit in, that’s great! In the meantime, there’s a video on here showing the BPP protecting people in Philadelphia as a solid example of good anarchist(adjacent) organization and action.

One-or-the-otherism leads to nothing getting done. And hope is definitely an important part of resistance. We’re all in this together, for better or worse so we should fight side by side.

TL;DR: anarchists are on your side, no need to frame us otherwise. /gen

You* dumb assholes wanted the business plot back, well here are the consequences.

Fascism eats everything, and capitalists are no exception.

* Wall Street bigwigs

I’ll tack on that some folks need a separate face wash, as the harshness of regular soap can screw up sensitive/dry skin.

Still, fully agree. Any singular soap is going to be better than a hodge-podge “all-in-one” bottle of god knows what.

I have the 2DSXL, and have played about half of those. I was just sad it was primarily limited to mostly online (Pushmo’s servers are dead) and first-party titles. I was a GBA/DS kid so expected wider variety beyond that.

It’s a fantastic little device for modding though!

I thought Apple/most smartphones would never move to USB-C, or away from proprietary chargers. Pleasantly surprised - thank you EU.

I thought wireless controllers were going to be a fad, or at least garbage in their reliability/connection strength.

I thought VR was finally going to take off as the next major gaming experience when the Vive came out. Unfortunately it remains niche.

I thought Linux was going to be unusable for gaming/mainstream use cases for much longer, but Valve has made huge strides on that with Proton, and OSS devs making things like Heroic for other stores has been awesome. Also shoutout to KDE for, well, everything. Krita, KDE connect, Plasma. LibreOffice has also come a very long way.

I also thought we’d never get another steam controller. Also pleasantly surprised.

I thought the switch was gonna end up with the same depressing library as the 3DS, if that’s any consolation.

I’d compare it to a pigeon playing chess, but that would insult the pigeons.

A rabid, STI ridden lab chimp with a fragile ego playing chess might be a better comparison.

No mention of the iPod? Shocking

If it’s an alt-ish music scene, there might be some small shows you can attend locally. Even if it’s only for a bit, you’d get to share a space with other community members in the area.

If it’s an art-based scene (like furries, anime fans, etc) there might be a smaller convention or a game shop that hosts tabletop events since there can be overlap.

There may also be online communities, as a physically easier entry point.

Hope you’re able to find some small reprieve/joy in the meantime. /gen

Sounds like punk, goth, metal, or furries. /pos

It’s completely normal to have sentimental attachments to positive influences in your life! Those people were/are your friends, however long they lasted.

I’m sure that scene would also welcome you again, should you decide to revisit it more directly.

“Stuns?” This bitch was telegraphing this angle since day 1.

Vietnam W

Dammit. I trusted you 😭 I thought it was an article.

It’s enshittification fatigue, not innovation.

Brown people cause are crime

FTFY

Now excuse me while I go dunk my hands in acid for writing that.