Oh yeah I totally get it! The only reason I’m in the “know” is because I work in IT. I used to love computers growing up but uh… Now that I do it for a career, I don’t have much interest in computers as a hobby. I used to lie at work in entry level positions saying stupid shit like “computers are my life!” Because I thought that’s what I needed to do to “fit in”. But, these days I’m just honest. When I get off work I don’t fire up my gaming pc (don’t even have one), I fire up my grill!

Glad you like it here! I’m pretty new myself. My only issue is there’s not much traffic sometimes but what makes it so “real” is how empty it feels sometimes. You know people read your comments instead of getting buried in thousands of bot comments.

Yeah agreed. But if you’re in a 3rd world country or some broke teenager that money goes farther. Bot farms buy “legit” accounts then influencers pay them for likes and interactions on social media platforms fooling The algorithm into thinking the content is popular then putting the bought content into real human’s social media feeds. I have watched YT videos on how the stuff operates in the past. It just goes to prove that the internet is fake af. Going viral can be bought. Algorithms can be manipulated. It’s all bullshit.

Lemmy seems pretty legit so far though! I’m pretty new here but it seems like a small corner of the internet that’s not yet taken over by 90% bots!

…yet…

I checked my first one (that was banned later) once out of curiosity. 8ish years over 100k karma and it was like $20? You’d have to really grind to make any money like having a bot farm or something. Granted I never actually checked my account specifically, just similar accounts with similar age and karma.

This was years ago that I looked. I wouldn’t be surprised if the number has gone down since then.

Venture Bro’s? Never had happened and most likely never will unless I’m at some sort of expo for nerds like myself.

Jared Polis is a prime example of why people need to stop electing rich people. His true colors really started to show after he was elected for his final term.

Here comes another UFO release! I bet tomorrow.

As a Millennial, I thought this was my generation… Then shit just kept getting worse and worse… Fun times.

Anybody that’s offended by burger flippers making as much as them should be pointing that anger in the right direction. Towards their employer.

That’s cool and all but if true, why use an animated photo instead of a real life example?

Dude has a great YT channel!

Also a lot less fucking stealth missions!

I remember that remark from my own personal experience of being the middle child, of course he’s the villain!

Agreed but they wouldn’t be stupid if inflation wasn’t so fucking high!

That sucks, sorry to hear. Hopefully you’ll be able to create what you want someday.

Third brother is the youngest by like 4 years and the other two brothers are only 2 years apart. Nobody actually has superpowers but the oldest brother just secretly fell into some money and is a bit crazy and impulsive.

I’d watch that! Make it a limited series!

Alright, setting you up for a shameless plug! What game did you make?

Him and that googly eyed mother fucker that runs the FBI

I hate to agree with someone from the Trump administration but kava is far from “snake oil”. It’s considered nature’s Xanax for a reason! I’m personally not a huge fan of the effects and yeah, it causes some liver damage if you use it too often and frequently but so do a lot of things (looking at you alcohol). This plant should not be banned or illegal in my opinion.

If anyone’s interested, a guy named Metta Beshay has plenty of extensive videos about Kava including him traveling to Kava farms and drinking it.

Why would a centrist do that though?

Shouldn’t Valve be scanning for these types of things!? The alarming part is that players had to find it