Flamekebab

I’m pretty open. I’ve been using the internet this way for about 25 years and to date it’s never been a problem. I’ve got clothes with my handle across the shoulders, etc. so it’s not a secret who I am. I try not to be too specific about some stuff that I don’t feel are mine to talk about, or that might be professionally problematic (I don’t really talk about my current employment anyway - I’m not ashamed of it, it’s just not very interesting and doesn’t particularly define me so it’s not very relevant).

In various online communities over the years I’ve been one of the biggest fish so I’m occasionally recognised which varies between flattering and a little uncomfortable (usually in terms of " You clearly want something so what is it you want me to do/not do or wish I had done/hadn’t done?" but with socially awkward pleasantries). This has resulted in someone trying to use an FAQ I wrote to argue against me, not realising - meaning I effectively had to dust off the old “don’t you know who I am‽” type of response (albeit minus the diva overtones).

In the past the odd person has been a bit stalky and then been surprised when this information doesn’t intimidate me (I recall a particularly memorable one being “I know what you look like” to which my response was a photo of me with a shocked face). I do care what other people think but disapproval doesn’t bother me all that much. I try to be true to myself so when confronted there’s nothing to use against me - there’s no cognitive dissonance (so if I was an arsehole, no, I meant to be, it wasn’t an accident, it’s what I felt was an honest response to the situation).

What is it with extremist regimes and battleships?

Smartphones with WiFi came waaaaay later!

I’ve no idea what market penetration was like on a different continent twenty years ago 😂

Many Nokia phones ran Symbian S60 (I specify because there was a number of Symbian OSes. I’ve never quite pinned down why). Not just Nokia, but in their day Nokia were THE phone company.

I went from a Nokia N90 to an iPhone. The iPhone had fewer features at the time (the app store came later, it couldn’t record video - let alone edit it, etc.). The thing was that the features it did have were so much more user friendly. It was night and day.

Smartphones are surprisingly old although I doubt more than a tiny handful of their users actually knew what they were capable of back in the day. I had my N-Gage setup with a web browser, MSN Messenger client (the IM service of choice in the UK at the time), Xvid video player, Ogg Vorbis audio, office software, and quite a few games too (both Java and native). My N90 could use all the same software when I moved to it a few years later.

Smartphones are much older than that. Symbian Series 60 had a substantial install base long before the iPhone. The N-Gage was a smart phone, for example, so we’re not just talking high end stuff.

Smart phones didn’t start with those features.

…he said, oldly.

Electing a relatable president that one identifies is understandable. Stupid, but understandable. Unfortunately a large chunk of the American electorate are apparently fucking assholes.

It’s absolutely not unplayable now. It’s not the slickest but it’s no worse than plenty of other modern indies.

When I played through last I modded out the whole temple of trials. Such a waste of time.

Edit: https://www.nma-fallout.com/threads/skipping-the-temple-of-trials.213739/#post-4247332

I know, I was just trying to make a joke.

I suppose they’re not divisive internally if one ensures that everyone in the organisation is fucking awful in the same way.

Ew ew ew.

No one is asking for AI, you weirdos!

Not requiring, just one of several awful options!

Wouldn’t want to go as far as actually doing something about the orange buffoon though.

Hopefully it ends the same way. Soon.

I dredd to think what you tell people when you’ve actually broken the law

I’m not sure whether I’m being defeatist or supporting revolution in saying that it simply doesn’t matter. The US is utterly fucked and a bit of corruption is like complaining that a window is cracked in a house that’s on fire.

The rules being a gentleman’s agreement with no teeth was an utterly stupid idea. The emperor’s new clothes in policy form.

And an extended warranty!

Are you speaking as someone that struggles with this or are you speaking on behalf of a hypothetical neurodivergent person?

I would have thought it was implied that my comment was directed at neurotypical people (insulting neurodivergent people for social interaction issues? Is that what you assume of me?).

Readers that cannot tell that I’m being sarcastic need to be supervised near crayons.