“If it makes you feel any better, I considered the scenario in which you found the impetus for the name Maua. So a few weeks ago I Googled the name to find what else it means, and apparently it’s also a municipality in Brazil, pretty cool huh? Maybe we can take her there one day!”

I used to watch Techlore too, but the final nail in the coffin for me was saying he was using stock Android

Thanks for the detailed breakdown, I think I get the broad strokes now.

It’s difficult to parse when your brain defaults to “one of these parties are unfairly maligned” - when the truth is they’re both shitty.

It’s a shame. Some years ago I got a lot of value from both websites, but haven’t really followed digital privacy trends lately. It’s such a time sink to gauge the value of everything by yourself.

I think I got confused by this Lemmy post claiming it was taken over, not “attempted”. If it was taken over, then why would they shoot themselves in the foot?

This is all really insane. But there are people here saying that privacyguides are reputable.

Privacytools seems shadier though, even if they’re claiming to be victims.

This is all too much drama.

Wait, I’m confused. Why would privacytools.io host this article?

privacytools.io doesn’t even list NordVPN as an ad anymore…

Is there another trustworthy site which compares different platforms?

Quick to call other people kids as an insult.

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The fact that we have gotten this confused is all the evidence I need to change how this works.

Simplest solution is to change the layout from:

1. Profile
2. Attachments /screenshots / replies
3. Text

To

1. Attachments /screenshots / replies
2. Text
3. Profile

What’s everyone’s take on mewing?

It seems to make sense to me.

I’ve seen others say it’s bullshit.

I started doing it periodically a few weeks ago, and I just had an oral bone spur break through my gums from a tooth extraction I had over ten years ago.

So it makes me think the mewing changed something in my lower jaw enough for some fragments of bone to come loose and make their way out.

It’s interesting to me to think about the optics of posting memes like this.

On one hand, it’s funny, and 99% of the Lemmy community would vote for him over Trump.

On the other, if it was posted anywhere else I would be worried about the implication of scoring an own-goal.

I’m scared the election will be a close call, I really don’t know how good of an idea it is to clown on Biden (even though, as aforementioned, it’s funny, and shouldn’t convince anyone to vote for Trump).

Some were, some weren’t. He did have some senior moments, like claiming he wanted to beat medicare.

Twitter formatting sucks ass.

Reading order:

4th (first post)

2nd (second post down)

1st (third post down)

3rd (last post)

This picture makes me think that David Tenant is actually trans JK Rowling.

It’s amazing how social norms have changed.

I’ve got a two year old, who drives me absolutely insane sometimes. I think if I grew up in my parents culture, where it was acceptable to smack kids or shout at them, I probably would.

That’s a horrible thing to say, but I’m glad I’m aware of the fact that it’s counter-productive. I’m almost jealous of my child, to know they’ve got someone like me as a father, as opposed to my father.

I don’t know how Christians eat the flesh and drink the blood and don’t think anything other than “I’m in a fucking cannibal cult”.

I remember being stubborn, being proved wrong, continuing to be stubborn, and being proved wrong even harder, in front of others.

It’s such a pathetic and embarrassing feeling to be that wrong.

I don’t want to be wrong a moment longer than I need to be.

There’s no shame in being corrected, but there is in holding on to shit ideas.

I don’t know how the Christians see this and think anything other than “this is some evil shit”.

Games are art. I have full respect for an artist who does not compromise their vision for someone who refuses to engage with the art, on the artists terms.

A lot of people played The Witcher 3 and thought the combat was boring, but never spent time preparing for battle by considering which oils and potions to use - because they didn’t need to. They were playing on easy or normal.

These people robbed themselves of the experience of immersing themselves in the role of a Witcher, and turned each encounter into a button masher.

Imagine being a developer and seeing people shit on your game for ‘unengaging combat’.

Now, sure, you can make the argument that that’s just one element of The Witcher 3, and some people are playing for the story - and fair enough.

But there isn’t anything analogous in the Souls franchise. The gameplay IS bashing your head against a wall for ten hours. You don’t get to just turn down the difficulty, breeze through every boss on the first try, and claim the game is boring.