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Cake day: April 28th, 2025

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  • Addiction is extremely dangerous and you can end up wasting years of your life on something that really isn’t that important to you.

    It’s sad how many people in my generation encourage others to become addicted to things like video games.

    Games like league reward people who put more time into them while punishing those who put in less. It’s particularly exploitative because it encourages us to spend as much time in the game as possible so we’re as good as we can be when we’re playing with our friends. It genuinely feels good to be good at the game because that transfers to wins for your team and respect from your peers.

    More people playing competitive games need to realize the tricks at play to get them addicted as long as possible. I avoid games like that with other people because I know firsthand how detrimental they can be to my psyche.

    I recommend playing co-op games instead. Focus on working together against the computer instead of fighting each other. That way there are challenges you can eventually beat, rather than fighting players who always put more time into the game than you.

    I’m a Linux Pirate. It’s possible to play co-op games online for free with programs such as Sunshine+Moonlight for streaming, emulators with netplay, and you can even play any LAN game online using something like Hamachi.


  • I agree. I recommend most people don’t go overboard, but they can still do their part.

    Save the things you like and are relevant to you. Movies, shows, games, music, books, etc. You don’t have to be an archivist. Storing data should be something that reflects you, personally, and it should genuinely be more enjoyable as a result.

    It should feel good to preserve and be responsible for another copy of the information you like.






  • She’s part of the problem.

    We like to believe she isn’t, but she’s a proud consumer just like the rest of them.

    She will never fight back against the culture of consumption until it becomes cool to do so.

    I can eat for literal days, having several pounds of meat, for $15. Meanwhile she feels justified in defending spending $15 on avocado toast and her useful idiots support her because they’re part of the problem, too.

    All democrats become conservatives when their consumerism is threatened.