I sat through this when it came out. And I never regretted a single second of doing so.

Back in my day we just responded with “didn’t read LOL”

Never heard anyone getting payed for donating anything in Germany. You can get an compensation for expenses, yes. But this is not supposed to be a payment for your donation, it is supposed to compensate for your expenses. For example: Finding a babysitter or paying for bus, train, gas. Sometimes you have to make a medical examination beforehand, which also can take some time.

The German Red Cross for example explicitly doesn’t pay the donors so nobody gets the wrong idea and tries to donate as much and often at the cost of their own health.

I think the idea that a compensation is equal to a payment is flawed beyond reason. If someone has a problem with any organisation misusing donations for profit, they should (rightfully) engage in changing the law. Categorically not donating at all is…well it’s just selfish and stupid.

How the turn tables!

You have to differentiate. Calling your friends stuff is one thing, doing so to others is something different. It still is a slur, no matter what it has been years ago, and it will hurt somebody.

But yeah, we use it too from time to time. I am autistic myself and so are most of my friends. But my preferences or my condition doesn’t give me some special right to act like a jackass to others.

I mean, at the very least we can try.

Clear boundaries. I have only two hard rules that would make me act immediately: no player-versus-player behaviour and no sexual violence. I repeat these two rules to each new player. I state them in a direct, no chance to misunderstand, manner.

I had something similar. It went like: No r?pe, no necrophilia, no needless child murdering, or other overly edgy shit. There is no debating this. I will immediately call you out and start a fight over that.

Never forbid Player vs Player, tho. As long as both sides were ok with that they could bash each others heads in. They constantly beat each other or kindled their clothes on. But miraculously never killed each other.

I first read “fediverse coup” and got exited. My answer is a disappointed no.

Pretty personal stuff. But I will try and keep that part short. She got a diagnosis. Nothing world ending but nothing pleasant either. And the only thing she could think of was ice cream. Again, the details are nobody’s business. So I fast forward to the important part. She processed the whole stuff while I was still trying to hold a grasp. She is way stronger and more mature than I. Her positive attitude is not an act, it is her very being. I on the other hand flip my shit when I catch the flu.

With every red line crossing being unanswered and the swiftness Ukraine snacked Kursk…well, the moment every ally lifts every ban, it’s “No sleep till Vladivostok”.

So? Bitch I grew up in the Uwe Boll era of video game adaptations. No movie based on a video game is for me.

I almost had a panic attack when I liked the Fallout show. Piss off.

She also got a loooooooot of hate for preferring sex with men of colour. This one rubbed incels the wrong way, to put it mildly.

Yes.

And less people who are desperate to differentiate themselves from others they deem unworthy of their companionship because they…like to go out? Like to socialise with others? Ok that last one is an horrifying, alien concept to me. But come on! We have to be better than this. Please?

Pretty much this. Plus the dozens of cute anime girl communities and anything furry.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/02/g-s1-20579/iran-sentenced-12-years-tweet-supreme-leader

Officially? A bunch of bullshit. Actually? Guy got more likes.

I once got flamed into oblivion for pointing that one out in a UFO subreddit. That and saying that filming at night doesn’t magically make the video quality go THAT bad. Then I got banned.

No. No agreeing. Only bitching.

I read something along of 200 million? And 8 years of development? Not even sold 25.000 times?

I tried some of the more harmless ones and it’s been hilarious.

Over the years I have learned to pay attention to certain keywords that made me be extra careful about games advertised. So when I heard of AAAA, I immediately knew that CEO was on ketamine and the game will start as a dumpster fire.

See you again in six months. Maybe it will be in an acceptable state by then.

Absolutely true. Keep them sharp AND clean.