Couldn’t we sail into the stars, boldly going where no human has gone before, leaving earth and its petty tyrants behind?

And I could not do math without the ability to create graphs in my head.

And yeah, reading would be a lot more boring without being able to picture what’s going on. I’ve definitely confused movies and books before because my memory of the book feels just as vivid as recalling a movie i’ve seen.

I suppose that depends on if you have consent 🤷‍♀️

Um… I hate to break it to you but I kind of do have a tv in my head. So do lots of people.

Yikes. I’m sorry

Because our laws are written by the elderly, ageism is legally defined as discrimination against old people.

One of my all time favorite games is Cultist Simulator, but I’ll admit it’s not for everyone. If you like puzzle type games and don’t mind learning about the world by reading lots of little snippets of flavor text, it’ll be right up your alley.

Also definitely check out Rogue (the og) and the first wave of games inspired by it. The meta-progression stuff is kind of a new wave thing.

As for newer games, Balatro is really popular right now if you’re into more ‘puzzle roguelikes’. Most of the things you unlock make the game harder rather than easier, or give you a different angle from which to play the game. There are a handful of things you have to unlock via meta-progression, but so far they seem pretty unintrusive.

aww, too bad, if you were good enough you could have beaten the game, but let’s make it a little easier

Yeah, that’s pretty awful game design. Most of the ones i’ve played didn’t feel like that, usually you’d unlock new classes or something (I.e. sidegrades) or unlock harder difficulties.

And of course my favorite ones don’t have any meta progression whatsoever, the only progression comes from you learning about the game.

Most of the roguelikes that I really enjoy had unlocks that made the game harder, not easier. At best, the unlocks offer new builds, making the game easier in one respect but harder in others, giving you a new angle on things.

But then again, most of the ones I play are puzzle/strategy/deckbuilder type games. Kind of a genre of its own these days. (FTL, Slay the Spire, Cultist Simulator, Balatro, etc)

Different kinds of quality. Cgi quality, acting quality

… and somehow they still get butts in seats and lots of people enjoy them.

People want to see the cutting-edge cgi. In that sense it absolutely is qualityslop.

You know how some restaraunts have a reputation for serving “good food” (I.e. gourmet food), but just because it’s fancier food it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll actually like it more?

So, what are some foods that people only like because they’re fancy? (I’d argue caviar is one)

Same idea, but for movies. What are some movies that people only like because they’re seen as being “good movies”?

I think I know what OOP means here. Films that people only like because they’re “good movies.”

I think the Avatar films fall into this category, as do most of the “Oscar bait” movies.

This would be wildly illegal. If you have evidence of this, you should call a lawyer.

While I don’t doubt this is happening online, as someone who has used Walmart’s digital price tags from the worker side, those suckers take minutes to update their displays. There is no way they’re showing different prices to different shoppers (at least with the current tech).

Right???

Nah it’s not that rare.

The irony is that you are also cornposting.

Hey, saying you trained a neural network by hand is super impressive.

Just, you know, you conveniently forget to mention whether its an artificial neural network.

Is this meant to be an advertisement? As someone who grew up in NC I don’t really see it as one, but you do have a point.

If you think posts like this don’t belong here, I’m sure you could persuade the mods to consider an update to the comm rules