Kyrgizion 3d ago • 100%
Agreed. I have zero issues with actual horror games but diving into the dead zone or below the magma caves hits differently. Seeing a leviathan dive up from the abyss is... chilling, even after many times.
The reapers I could get used to, but damn...
Kyrgizion 3d ago • 100%
They wouldn't exactly admit a source and compromise further operations. They probably had at least an idea of where he might be.
Kyrgizion 4d ago • 89%
I wouldn't bother. People who arrive at any opinion without using logic can't be reasoned out of that opinion using logic. It's an emotional thing.
Kyrgizion 5d ago • 95%
Cowards. The Ukrainians are laying down their lives in defense of Europe and they can't even get this, but a genocidal maniac who would sacrifice millions to remain in power gets all the aid he wants.
Kyrgizion 5d ago • 100%
Drew Karpyshyn really knocked that conversation out of the park. One of the very best scenes in gaming history.
See, that is why you'd want actual authors to do your game's story for you...
Kyrgizion 6d ago • 100%
I would take 100 mosquito bites over one tick. One of the only creatures in nature to scare the hell out of me. And I own snakes.
Kyrgizion 6d ago • 100%
Pretty telling when the only way you can get your users to "upgrade" is by stealth. I wonder what the % of involuntarily upgraded win11 users is vs people who knowingly and willingly did so.
Kyrgizion 7d ago • 100%
The only people who buy that lie are the useful idiots they got marching in the streets. The decision makers themselves know very well what they're doing. Don't mistake cruelty for ineptitude.
Kyrgizion 1w ago • 100%
This has /b/ written all over it. Or it would have, back in the days.
Kyrgizion 1w ago • 100%
It's called a honeypot. They even ran CP servers in the past (after taking them over from the actual admins, in order to unmask the users).
Kyrgizion 1w ago • 100%
"What is my purpose?"
"You give handies to Elon Musk."
"Oh God."
Kyrgizion 1w ago • 100%
Would play. The Canker sisters are basically saloon girls already.
Kyrgizion 1w ago • 100%
Orwell wrote that book based on his personal observations from how the government already worked decades prior. All he did was 1+1=2 and he was visionary because of it. Same with Marx. Or Verne.
There's a reason dystopian fiction has reigned supreme for over a decade now. We're obsessed with our inevitable fate.
Kyrgizion 1w ago • 96%
Por que no los dos?
A meek, terrified populace is ripe fruit for the picking for actors both internal & external.
Kyrgizion 1w ago • 85%
"Rich people's yacht money."
Just replace 99,9% of instances containing "the economy" and substitute. Makes a lot of things click.
Kyrgizion 2w ago • 93%
JFC, almost looks like a still from 2012 or the Day after Tomorrow.
Kyrgizion 2w ago • 97%
I get it, I really do. And come time to say final goodbyes, the pain is almost unbearable. But man, waking up to finding out you're in the middle of a furry sleepstack with warm, fuzzy friends who purr and cozily nuzzle up to you on a cold winter's night is something else entirely. Wouldn't want to miss it for anything.
Oh, and kids are allright, I guess.
Kyrgizion 2w ago • 100%
Embrace
Extend <==== you are here
Extinguish
Kyrgizion 2w ago • 100%
Never got to play this in my youth but have since emulated it on switch, since I've been a pretty huge Wonder Boy fanboy since childhood. This one holds up pretty well. It has everything a WB game needs, would recommend.
As stated in the title. I've worked in IT for over 15 years despite having no related degree. I've been closing tickets nonstop at my current company for almost 10 years. After several restructurings and shuffling of higher posts, it has become clear to me that while this employer isn't the worst out there, I will never be internally promoted or have my job duties changed if I don't leave. Worse, ever since Covid I've started falling out of love with IT and computers in general. I used to be stoked to learn about all the new developments in tech, nowadays, not so much - the only "innovation" I've seen in the last 10 years was companies trying to make absolutely everything a fucking subscription model. Now I honestly don't know nor care what's in the newest tech stack, how security has evolved,... I just want my shit to work and not having to worry about everything under the hood. So getting another helpdesk- or related job seems out of the question for mental health reasons. What would be another niche or industry where someone with an analytical mind and a greatly developed loathing for corporate mooching could find their spot in the coming two decades or so? I've long since accepted that I'll never be able to climb any ladders anywhere since I never had the right contacts or stayed long enough, so it would likewise have to be something I could mentally and physically endure being in the bottom rungs of for the aforementioned duration.
Was the best moment of the day by far. Thanks for the li'l boost, fluffy princess!
 Guess I'll die 😬
Spoiler: I'm out 500€ and don't feel any better by any stretch of the imagination. The therapist in question has since blocked me, after I asked her for a reference for a colleague and she refused to give me one, and I accused her of only being in it for the money. It's also pretty sad that with everything we already have to suffer, people exploit our explicit weaknesses hand over fist and society rewards them for it. I suppose the majority of us plebs simply exist for the pleasures of our owner class, and seeing us squirm in agony just trying to stay alive day by day is amusing to some, and a source of income/riches for others. I wish I had the intelligence, balls and black heart of one of these people. Compassion and integrity get you nowhere, ever, except a fast track to poverty. At this point I don't mind if climate disasters or war do me, or anyone else, in. The sooner the better. I'm too much of a coward to do it myself anyway.
I'm 40 years old, in a crappy job without prospects despite degrees, and I have 0 friends. I used to have a grand total of 2 friends before Covid, but then we lost contact. I've tried to rekindle, but all effort was onesided so I stopped. I'm a lifelong spineless people pleaser despite lots of therapy, and the ironic thing is that this turns people off of you instead of having them like you. At this point I don't see any reasons to continue trying. If I had one wish in life, it would be to be a stereotypical asshole with actual self esteem - those are the kinds of people who seem to be anle to reach all of their goals and have others worship the ground they walk on. But as for me, I'm so turned off by other people in general that I would probably be morbidly amused to read, oh I dunno, that Moscow nuked Kiev (or vive versa), that Jerusalem is burning, or that my hometown was wiped away by a hurricane. Not to be "edgy". It's emotionally debilitating, and to be clear I don't enjoy/wish for human suffering. I've just become as indifferent to it as the world seems to be to me. Simple tit for tat. I'm tired. Kinda hoped I wouldn't wake up from my anaesthesia today. Ah well.
EDIT; I can't reply to everyone individually but thanks for all the suggestions! Opiates are out of the question, doctors here will only prescribe those in terms of absolutely extreme suffering or end of life care. I also don't particularly feel interested in developing a hard drug habit. Diclofenac and such are available but also only on separate prescriptions, I'd have to visit another doctor for that. I'm well stocked on paracetamol & ibuprofen, and apart from that, lots of ice cream, pudding & soup :) Also, since a fair few people seem to doubt the veracity of my story, here's the 22 extracted teeth (the other 10 were already gone in previous extractions).
I've been playing since about a month after release and have since reached lvl 81 (just to show I put in quite a lot of game time since I started). In my first month of play I came across ONE single griefer who TK'd people on purpose. Considering I'd played hundreds of games I thought this game was a shining example of a great community. However. The last three(ish) weeks or so, I feel like I'm playing a whole different game. About 1/3rd to a quarter of my games involve randoms with really toxic behaviour. Training mobs on you, throwing barrages on the group for fun, destroying our own sentries in defense missions... But there's one thing that is apparently suddenly a "fad", I guess? That is kicking someone from the game right before extraction. Seriously, I've run several full 40 minute rounds, usually on decently high difficulties (7-8), with no real communication with any players whatsoever, let alone tk's or toxic shit, and then you suddenly get kicked as soon as the Pelican is on the ground. WTF gives? I don't know if it's a reportable thing, I doubt it, but I sincerely hope it's just players getting somewhat bored while waiting for more content and that it'll pass, because if this is going to be my regular experience from here on out, I'm going to look for something else to play. Not the devs' fault in any way.
Ordered this made from a then-fellow Redditor a few years ago, haven’t come across anything that writes better yet. I’ve found the extra weight helps increase the legibility of my handwriting. 
Even IF you somehow manage to navigate today's maze of failures, rejections and heartbreak, what is your reward? To live yet another day in misery? To wait until climate change, war or disease does away with us? A reward would be to be able to rest. I don't mean death per sé, but it seems like that's the only real-life thing left available to people like us. Yes, yes, I know very well that "if nothing has meaning, YOU get to choose the meaning". Except I don't. Maybe if I was rich or powerful. But I'm poor, in poor health and powerless. I read Camus' Sisiphus, and I, for one, cannot possibly imagine him happy.
Apparently it's perfectly possible to owe the IRS tens of thousands, and then just make up debt and point to a random person telling the IRS to go after them... ...and they will simply draft up a letter, demanding you to pay this outstanding, ficticious debt within two weeks. What. The. Fuck. I know the person who claims that I owe them 15k. It's my weed dealer. I also know he has legal and financial issues, so I assume he somehow told his creditors that I owed him a lot of money, and there is no law requiring verification. So... Either I pay 15k € I don't actually owe, or I get a lawyer to dispute it, which will also be several thousands, none of which I am responsible for. I'm not currently in debt but I also don't have any savings. I dunno man, it seems like in this world it's just not possible to go a single year without being accused/hounded/... no one gives a fuck and everyone just wants "theirs". Which would be fine if people would leave me alone and not try to get their grubby mitts on what little I do have. Fuck.
It took ~5 minutes and there was ZERO pain. I even anticipated this. There was no reason to think it would be hard in any kind of way. Why am I like this?? Why is my brain such mush when it comes to my executive functioning while several other parts of my mental being are more than fine or even slightly supercharged (when I'm not depressed or out of mania) The kicker? The appointment isn't for a doctor or a dentist or something else that would be "normal" to dread. It's an appointment to pick up a brand new company car. A 2023 Mercedes EQA to the tune of 50K€. Most people would JUMP at that kind of opportunity, but not me. No, I sit there contemplating whether I even deserve a car that costs twice my annual salary, and that I'm just deluding myself into thinking I'm a valued part of society, that someone will realize they made a mistake and such a car was never meant for me (or "anyone like me"). This after a double dose of 15mg ritalin, by the way. Without it I would never have been able to push myself over that limit to begin with. Fuckin' a...
Roman coinage from the punic wars is interesting, but quite a bit rarer is coinage from Carthage before it was razed. They minted quite exquisite coins in gold, silver and copper. Below is an example of such a copper coin! 30mm, 17.4g Obverse: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring. Reverse: Horse standing right, palm tree in background to left, ligate Punic T and S below. MAA 84b, Muller Africa, 154 - SNG Copenhagen 341-3 VF 
AI inflicted this upon my retina, so you shall suffer the same fate.
Obv: L AELIVS CAESAR. Bare head right. Rev: TR POT COS II / CONCORD. Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon cornucopia. RIC 436 (Hadrian). Weight: 3.23 g. Diameter: 18 mm.  Lucius Aelius Caesar (13 January 101 – 1 January 138) was the father of Emperor Lucius Verus. In 136, he was adopted by the reigning emperor Hadrian and named heir to the throne. He died before Hadrian and thus never became emperor. After Lucius' death, he was replaced by Antoninus Pius, who succeeded Hadrian the same year.
als kruisbericht geplaatst vanaf: https://lemmy.world/post/6588671 > > > > CAESAR-DICT • PERPETVO, veiled and laureate head of Julius Caesar right / P • SEPVLLIVS downward on right, MACER downward on left, Venus standing left, Victory in right hand, scepter in left; shield at feet behind. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Crawford 480/13. Sydenham 1074. RSC 39. Good fine ex CNG 482/352 > > Issued from February up to the assassination of Caesar on March 15, 44. This coin represents one of the late lifetime portraits of Julius Caesar, with the title of a 'Dictator for life'. These portrait series were issued in large quantities to pay the troops gathered for Caesar's intended Parthian campaign. His assassination on the Ides of March prevented these plans. P. Sepullius Macer was the most prolific moneyer of 44 BC, striking the widest variety of Caesar portrait issues. Caesar is shown wreathed, sometimes also veiled, and his titles given as CAESAR IMP and CAESAR DICT PERPETVO, as seen on this specimen. The reverse image of Venus includes a number of minor design variants. The varying quality of portraiture and strike likewise indicate great haste of manufacture, perhaps in preparation for Caesar's projected Parthian war. > > Notice the weight, which is not abnormal for denarii from this age. They slimmed down considerably after Augustus' reforms. > > This particular specimen isn't in the greatest shape, nor in the worst. It retains all its core identifying features, like the veiled portrait of Caesar (one of the most important and iconic in ancient history, given its context and lead-up to his assassination), his controversial title(s), name, and origination of his gens in the depiction of Venus of which he claimed to be a direct descendant. > > All in all, a coin worthy of addition to any serious collector's hoard in my opinion. > > >  >  > 