Rockstar didn’t crunch as hard as they needed to crunch so more crunch is on the way

The game is in a pretty rough state. I’m surprised 1.0 is coming. I guess it’ll be a lot like it’s predecessor, and be perpetually janky but still fun.

This is so cool. Like, just such a good vibe to be in. I love plastics novel entities plaguing my environment.

I’ve never seen a Tankie claim that Russia, China, North Korea, etc. are good governments that are always ethical. It’s almost always a comparison between the US and these other authoritarian countries that they get stuck on.

It’s really good. Twitter doesn’t need to lose for Mastodon to win. But, also, Twitter is probably about to lose.

Seconding Kagi. The pricing model is a little rough, but if you’re serious about getting the most out of a search engine, Kagi is the way to go.

Imo, paying is worth it to be completely free of Google’s services.

They should. Crossing the virtual picket line should be seen as a bad move. Unfortunately, many of these predditors don’t care. They want to browse their cool video game community and get the updoots.

All of Reddit’s benefits are going to be slowly stripped away. They are under the belief that market saturation is all they need to keep Reddit relevant, but that’s not the case.

Pretty important, I would say. Focusing on those areas can help alleviate feelings of helplessness or alienation as well. Is your basic security at risk here? Do you have shelter, income for food, etc?

I don’t think you’re being dramatic at all. That’s a really tough situation. Are your friends all drug users? If you’ve recently stopped using drugs, losing some friends is a pretty common side effect.

Lots of people are feeling alienated, perpetually. It’s just a consequence of how our society is laid out. I’m not saying this to downplay what you’re going through, but to highlight that it’s a problem lots of people struggle with, which means there are solutions out there.

Some people I know get a lot of socializing done through the web, where strong online communities can offset that sense of loneliness. I personally don’t think that’s the best solution, but you’re here in lemmygrad. You have comrades that care.

More helpful would be to find some hobby groups. When I had to kick a drug habit, I spent a lot of time at game stores, getting involved in tabletop sessions. Maybe you have a hobby you could find a club for?

Was extremely disgruntled to find out this morning that I didn’t have lemmygrad to browse instead of working.

I wonder if it’s struck them yet that, as their neoliberal platform fails, other platforms built on fundamentally better ideas and infrastructure are rising up. I wonder if this challenges their preconceived notions at all? Nah, it’s just a bunch of tankies.