theblips

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[–] theblips@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah, somehow "literally" is the only word in a figure of speech that cannot be part of the figure at all! They are so smart for pointing that out

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The use of "literally" is part of the figure of speech you're pedantically referring to. Saying "figuratively" would be redundant, as everyone knows Copilot is not a nuclear reactor, and also declaring that you are using a figure of speech "weakens" it (like /s for sarcasm). By saying "literally" they are saying "wow, this fits so well that this isn't even a metaphor anymore".
If you want to correct everyone for saying literally instead of figuratively, correct every teenager saying "I'm actually dying rn 😂" with "ackshually you're not ACTUALLY dying, as I can see you are still alive typing tips fedora"

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I switched to Fedora KDE a couple years ago and am happy, but the desktop Linux experience does have it's rough edges. Do research and experiment before you make the full switch

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Attack on Titan got me into Gundam. It is basically a ripoff, but the aesthetics carry it so hard I don't even care

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of that stuff is better handled in the manga. One Pace can't fix the bad soundtrack, animation and such that plagued the series from the start. It doesn't turn into a character drama or anything, I think the online fandom exaggerates that aspect of the series to get people to start watching... But it is better

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Grimdark stuff is just so infantile. It's not "realistic and gritty" to have every single character cuss a thousand times per episode and be constantly in and out of clothes

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been called "Sheldon" for my autistic traits in a degrading manner. The show plays autism for laughs plenty of times, and also ridicules the "nerds" all the time for no reason. It's like a bunch of self proclaimed high school "jocks" wrote it

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I eventaully got into it, but Mad Men took me more than a few tries

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

It's lowkey offensive to autistic people too. Young Sheldon did much better at that

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

On bike? Believe it or not, also jail.

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your TV emits just as much blue light as your phone... It's literally a screen, you're not doing screens off

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel there's plenty of interest in other RPGs if you go outside the core community. I have never been remotely interested in playing DnD, so I never got a "real RPG gamer" group, because why play anything if you can run Curse of Strahd for the 100th time.
Well, it just so happens that I got my SO to play some Mothership duet sessions with me and it was great. Then some uni friends who were fans of LOTR to play The One Ring... And now I have an ongoing TOR 2e table and a passionate duet player looking to play more horror games (we're starting Delta Green this week). The most common reasons for these people never having played RPGs? "Too many rules and stats" or straight up "DnD is too hard".
We sometimes talk about DnD as some sort of necessary evil, but it's honestly a hindrance. "Normies" get pretty excited about RPGs once they learn there's more than a fantasy setting designed to be the lowest common denominator and sell miniatures

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