Generally speaking, all this is bullshit. Large language models are nothing more than very good word salad generators. The only reason they, indeed, sound like humans is because very often, humans are as dumb as Chat GPT!
4 months
Kitsune:
I was hesitant to play Smash Bros with my siblings during Easter but I played anyways. Of course, I ended up looking like a tomfool. :'(
I've come to realization that multiplayer games overwhelm me and I prefer to play in single player mode. I rather play for my own enjoyment and not be judged by others. Anyone here in this same boat?
Now, I should play my good ol casual flash games sometime.
Munchies:
Generally, I prefer to play solo, but sometimes, I enjoy playing with other people Depends on my mood.
My favorite multiplayer game will forever be to Fire Boy and Water Girl series. I don't know what it is, but it scratches a particular itch for me.
OMG, my childhood nostalgia hits so hard rn! I still remember how on the jungle temple game there are some wooden planks that hang from a chain (and would tild when you land on them) i would play this with my sister too!
4 months
Enas:
Throughout the history of capitalism, its dynamic center has shifted. There has never been a succesful attempt to stop this, by any country/region that it was leaving from.
I think the only way in which America could get out of this is by building a huge worker coop sector, which will certainly not move anywhere, but the sociopaths running the country will have none of it.
Morbidly A Beast:
How will a huge worker coop help us in a service based debt economy?
A huge worker coop *sector*.
It would alter the very conditions that led you to a service based debt economy in the first place!
For example instead of corporations abandoning workers in your country (which are then left to rot), you would have democratic control of industry by said workers. And, guess what, they would NEVER fire themselves in order to move the production elsewere. You also dont need to start from scratch, the US already has vast amounts of industrial machinery that is simply gathering rust and dust in the moment.
4 months
Throughout the history of capitalism, its dynamic center has shifted. There has never been a succesful attempt to stop this, by any country/region that it was leaving from.
I think the only way in which America could get out of this is by building a huge worker coop sector, which will certainly not move anywhere, but the sociopaths running the country will have none of it.
4 months
Enas:
Edit: This could go out of topic, but rereading your post has made me curious... You say "eurocentric standards", what do you mean by that?
Munchies:
This refers to the idea that anything involving white people is the gold standard. This includes things such as beauty standards, philosophy, fashion, religion, and more. Eurocentrism is a lasting holdover from colonialism.
I would also like one or two tangible examples. O.o
4 months
Zowee:
Serious question for those in the know:
I’m based in Seattle (very inclusive on paper), but the reality here is… mostly cishet, neurotypical, and very “tech-bro-transplant” vibes. A lot of folks perform wokeness but still cling to eurocentric standards and don’t actually know how to treat marginalized bodies.
Adding another layer with Feedism....
Anyways while I have amazing friends, the dating/meetup scene here has been exhausting.....fetishizing, dismissive, or just plain desperate.
I’m a trans, neurodivergent person of color, and I’m tired of being seen as a category instead of a person.
Where are the pockets of community that are:
Queer-inclusive
Fat-positive without being creepy
Neurodivergent-friendly
Actually full of good food and good people
And where bigotry isn’t tolerated as a "difference of opinion"?
This is part vacation planning, and soul searching. Just wanna go somewhere I can exist, indulge, and connect without feeling like a token or a fantasy.
Do things like real life feedism communities exist?
Edit: This could go out of topic, but rereading your post has made me curious... You say "eurocentric standards", what do you mean by that?
4 months
Enas:
Would i be a Trump apologist for saying that Trump was not the facilitator of all this crazyness?
Munchies:
Yes, actually. You would be.
I'm all for acknowledging system issues, but you cannot ignore the impact of individuals. Focusing on one over the other is, as you like to say, illogical and stupid.
Take FF, for example. This place used to be rife with lots of bigots. Misogynists, racists, homophobes, transphobes, and more. Lotta fucked shit. It was very systematized. This is not to say FF condoned the behavior per se, but seeing that the site owner is an older white British man, there were a lot of blind spots.
You know what changed it? Individual members confronting other individual members. Some changed, some left, and some stopped posting gross things as much. And as people grew unified in standing up for the vulnerable, the system changed.
And this is why you specifically are getting the pushback you are getting. Focusing on systemic issues while overlooking individual actions exonerates the individuals (even if that's not what you meant to do) and strengthens the system. In your efforts to play "enlightened scholar," you are propping up a system that FF as a whole is trying to leave behind.
(thanks for this response, ive been slowly working on a reply but it takes time but havent posted yet because its not done at all yet. I just wanna let you know i appreciate the effortful response)
5 months
The point of no return is a quite dangerous thing because it involves addictions. I have thought and fantasized quite a bit about that. If you wanna get there, you basically wanna "burn the bridge". I guess its not too hard to form addictions and keep reinforcing them until theyre unbreakable, especially if you have a partner that will enable and even push you to do that, but be aware. Thats a pretty fucked up place to be!
5 months
