If he did it, I can see how some people can defend him (myself not included), but the point is that we don’t know if he did it, and the media has sort of framed this like it’s a done deal when that doesn’t really seem to be the case.

That alone is worth little injustice to avoid the potential cringe.

You could’ve avoided the cringe that is your comment by withholding it.

sperging out

Alright then…

Dark Souls 2 was made by a different team than the other souls games, so it’s kind of like somebody else’s take on the formula, in a way.

It introduced a bunch of stuff that wasn’t (and in some cases still aren’t) in the others.

I played it when it first came out and loved it. Played the DLCs, loved them, and then again when the Scholar of the First Sin edition came out.

The latter is definitely what you should play if you liked the others.

It’s really not the same thing as the original release, oddly. It also includes the three absolutely phenomenal DLCs as well.

Definitely looking for the same.

I’ve seen some metal communities (mostly death- and black metal), but generally it’s mostly just people posting links to songs, so not much discussion going on.

Yeah, I’m aware of the game speed etc being tied to FPS, but From Software made DS3 run at 60 FPS on Xbox and PS5 over 3 years ago.

Iirc, it’s using the same engine as Bloodborne, so conceivably, they could get it working in Bloodborne as well.

The more logical thing to do, of course, would be to rehash it for a 10 year anniversary release with 4K/60, but that has come and gone, so…

I don’t even own a PS5, and never will, but the game is so god damn good that it’s (another) crime for Sony to leave it like this.

It plays a lot (relatively speaking) better on a PS4 Pro. It’s puzzling how stupid of a decision it is leaving it at 30 FPS even on PS5.

Here’s a picture of Nito in his favorite jammies (we still have them).

I don’t think they did it deliberately (the in-laws). I think they needed someone external to be with them when they made the decision, so they could be sure it was the right one (which it was, as any competent vet would say).

In any case, I don’t really judge them for it, and even though it was very emotionally draining, I understand the impulse.

But you’re right, grief is a motherfucker, and everyone has to do it in their own way and in their own time, ain’t no way you’re escaping that looming shadow, unless you’re a psycho, of course…

I hope you feel better. Hopefully better days lie ahead.

3 weeks ago (February 18th), me and my girl’s Sphynx cat died unexpectedly and dramatically (literally took his last breath in my arms).

He was only 10 years old with no prior obvious health issues.

He was like a son to us and the most sweet and gentle being that ever was, and we’re still all fucked up.

Yesterday, my in-laws call my girl (we live in the same apartment building) and kind of ambush us into pushing them into making the decision to put down their almost 16 year old Shar pei, who again, was just the sweetest boy.

I’ve been sobbing uncontrollably in between doing routine shit for the last three weeks, and today I just woke up feeling done with this fucking life.

I know it’s not the same, but nevertheless, just wanted you to know you’re not alone shoveling shit. And I’m sorry you have to go through this.

Can you share and collaborate on notes/shopping lists across accounts like Google’s Keep Notes?

This is the only thing keeping me (and presumably at least thousands of other people) from switching to another notes app.

I’d be happy to pay for it, even.

There are a couple of studies on this, and the findings are admittedly kind of scattered, but here are some key points.

One study suggests as much as 50% of people on the spectrum have at least four (or more) comorbid conditions (a vast variety of things, e.g. ADD, intellectual disabilities etc).

Another study found that 95% of children with ASD had comorbidities. Again, the rain man trope is rather strongly rooted in our sociocultural reality tunnel.

I’ve met a lot of people on the spectrum in my life (about 1% of the population are diagnosed, after all), and almost all of them have also had either ADD, intellectual disabilities, medical disabilities like Crohn’s disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, PCOS, hormonal or chromosomal disorders and/or other psychological conditions like schizophrenia or other schizotypal disorders BPD, bipolar disorder etc.

The fact is that a Sheldon Cooper is kind of a unicorn among autistics.

But truthfully, my observation that most autistics are below average intelligence is almost entirely anecdotal (yet with a rather sizeable sample pool), because admittedly I’m struggling to find any hard data on it.

Some figures I’ve seen say 32% have below 70, 25% have 70-84, 40% have 85-115, with only about 3% being above 115.

But here’s at least one study finding that 55% of autistic kids have an intellectual disability (below 70 IQ).

People still think of autism in like… Rain Man-terms.

As much as people like to think popular depictions (The Big Bang Theory, Abed in Community, etc) of autistic behavioral patterns are somehow furthering “the cause” (whatever that is) - ultimately, they amount to little more than vaudeville and can be incredibly damaging to people who don’t “seem autistic”.

It’s very tiring to assure people that yes, you are indeed autistic, when all they know is Sheldon Cooper and Raymond Babbitt.

Especially annoying if they think you’re some sort of genius, when the average autistic’s intelligence generally is lower than average.

Especially now that so many fucking lunatic autistics are committing atrocities.

If you’re obviously greatly disabled autistic=not threatening High functioning autistic=liability

I was diagnosed 20 years ago, and even I had a very hard time recognizing and accepting that my own partner is also autistic (now diagnosed as an adult).

But then again, it seems to manifest dramatically different in men v.s. women, as well as there not really being any depictions of autistic women in media for the longest time.

And a gigantic part of autistic women no doubt went undiagnosed for a long time (and still are).

The Swedish mid-right also ruled out working with the far-right. Until they had to to gain government control.

Being gullible or stupid isn’t an excuse.

Especially not in 2024.

Man, after the dust settled once the third reich crumbled, that was the excuse millions of people in Germany had.

Most people weren’t on board with or even know about the genocidal engine underpinning it all, but they sure as hell could see the other bad shit that was going on, and by the time it was obvious for everyone, it was much too late, because they controlled everything and harsh punishments were known to be expected for everyone except the ultra-privileged.

Nah, man. Being an inflexible, obnoxious asshole is not an excuse to put millions of people in danger and setting horrendous precedents.

Porn fakes are old news, yes - but what the post you replied to is talking about is “deep learning” (remember that, before the great deluge of “AI”?) fakes, which to some extent either uses generative networks to swap out or alter the face/body, or straight up generate simulacra graphics/video, as opposed to a human doing for the most part comparatively bad hack jobs with multiple sources as in the past.