I’ve heard the name before, but unfortunately I never really used those forums back in the day. If it’s still going, I might have to check it out.

I really want to see federated, non-corporate social media succeed.

Far Side is truly the gold standard in my book.

Yeah, and it encourages self-censoring too, on top of the punishing effect of downvotes.

It’s frustrating because I really like the readable structure of Reddit-style platforms and find stuff that follows the Twitter model chaotic and disorganized. The classic forum style is fair, but it’s also hard to keep up with high activity threads unless you spend time to read the whole thing in chronological order. I don’t know what the ideal setup would look like.

I was diagnosed as an adult as well, but I also stopped taking the meds years ago in favor of lifestyle changes. Exercise, sleep, and diet helps enough to get by for me, without the side effects.

I’m glad! I’m trying to space them out just a bit more right now - maybe every other day now instead of daily-ish - but I plan to keep em coming.

They muted and permabanned me from the sub.

In my response to this post earlier, I mentioned that one of the problems (which unfortunately reddit shares too) is hostility to other viewpoints, and this is a good example of how that is perpetuated. When a culture on a platform is too homogeneous, disagreement becomes so shocking that it’s seen as “trolling”, “bad faith”, “offensive”, etc. I think it’s partially a symptom of the reddit-like structure of voting + active moderation, but it’s also very much the culture.

You presented your points well and fairly, and even if you hadn’t, I think we all need to get comfortable with the fact that normal humans sometimes interact in a manner that doesn’t sound like an HR mediation session, and that’s ok too.

They are far from the first person who has bailed on Lemmy because of the culture, and their characterization of it isn’t far off. I keep saying that Lemmy needs normies for longevity, because most people find constantly on politics incredibly exhausting and won’t want to join if they think it’s the lefty version of Truth Social.

I’m not saying people should avoid talking about stuff they care about, just that the platform could benefit from everyone being less hostile to wider perspectives and maybe also working on building up more content without a heavy political focus.

TIL there are white, lol

Wait, you take Adderall in the evening?

I realized that no matter what stat I level, I’m just going to find a normal weapon that scales with it and effectively fight the same way. I’m probably never going to rely on actual spells or anything.

If you’re like me, once you get into the Souls series, it’ll be all you want to play for a while.

That helps a lot, thanks!

I’m afraid it’s mandatory.

There’s a stack of these up front next to the baskets.

Oh no, really? That’s sad news…

That got me for the first time last night while I was relaxing before bed. I was not ready…

Haha, what is that? Had Bushmiller never changed a tire before?

Skimming through the reviews, the negative ones I see seem to be mostly people struggling with the difficulty or the pixel art graphics.

Maybe this is a case of it being so popular that it’s bringing in people who wouldn’t otherwise play this type of game. I remember Elden Ring had a similar thing happen.

I’m surprised that’s possible!