tbf, discovering Uranus was a lot less deadly before modern icebreaking ships. Age of Sail ships did not do well down there, and the economic incentives of sealing resulted in quite a lot of casualties back in the day. Doing math and peering through telescopes is much safer.

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something about this photoshop that makes it utterly amazing. Might be the hat.

We can reduce our emissions, and we will. We just can’t make everyone else reduce theirs too. Which is why we will need multiple approaches, not just one or two.

Fuckin A, why do people insist on writing like this? Trying to pad a word count, or just like wasting people’s time with extra, pointless paragraphs out of some love of trolling or something?

Regardless, just remember that the scientific method relies on evidence, not believing random dumbasses on the internet. Which does not constitute evidence.

I’m not sure I agree, as that would turn it into an exclusively science news community. A more general science discussion forum is admittedly much more demanding to moderate, but also opens things up for more activity.

Like, what if someone finds a funny clip from some flat earther or something, and wants to post it here for general amusement value, knowing it’d probably not do any actual harm here?

I agree, but it’s this or nothing, as of the past couple years. Halting emissions in a world where major petroleum producers are engaged in warfighting, alongside the rise of fascism, is untenable.

Fascists see not just hydrocarbons, but humans as a resource, to be used. You better believe they give no fucks about climate. Pain and suffering are considered good things. And besides, would global warming really hurt Russia’s long term prospects?

If that’s madness, I’d point out that sanity by our standards is not the direction of very recent times.

Dems acknowledge that they govern by the will and wishes of their people, most of whom are in favor of legal, vetted immigration. So, the abuse of the asylum process, which does happen, is a genuine problem that needs to be addressed.

Neither of the major parties, nor the bulk of the populace, think the borders should simply be completely open though. That’s a repub talking point to smear dems, and is a lie.

Bureaucracy and process are good things. Everyone just doing whatever the fuck they want, whenever the fuck they want is not.

Yeah, I don’t expect Trump to be the kind of fellow that would answer calls to arms from defending allies. I think most of us probably guessed that one.

It’s a pretty simple question: Were the documents requested back? Trump’s keeping of his would have all gone away if he hadn’t ignored the request of the archives to give them back.

An error is one thing. Willfully retaining them is another.

Depends on the game. Deep Rock Galactic is a good example of a more pro-social game, in the fps genre no less.

Assuming you have not reached the level of actual addiction anyway. Anything enjoyable, even things like sweets or gambling, can potentially become addictive. That’s a whole different consideration.

To add to what someone else said, try to get some exercise. It can be free, and your brain needs some endorphins in there to help counteract all that pain. It won’t be a solution or anything, but it can help a little with the symptoms. Jogging, a pushup/situp regimen, whatever works for you. Can kinda give you a physical outlet for some of the pain sometimes.

Good luck.

Pokemon. It’s just a franchise of watered-down jrpgs imo.

I’d really rather not dig through looking for the trolling to copy/paste. I’m not a cities skylines 2 player, so I don’t really have a horse in this race, except hating toxic internet bullshit in general.

Ah, I didn’t realize you were mainly going off the subreddit, that makes more sense now. Reddit in general tends to have a milder tone compared to most internet spaces, in my experience. I imagine they’re talking about the Paradox Interactive official forums, which can have a more hardcore tone overall, pretty often I’d say. I actually tend to avoid them for that reason, despite being a pdx fan in general.

Fallout 76 was also an unbelievable shitshow, and had very, very few honest defenders. Does it have to go full gamergate for you think its a problematic situation or something? Try to remember there’s a distinction between reasoned debate, like what you and I are doing right now, and trolling. Which I’m sure we could both switch to if we felt like it.

Criticism, for it to be useful, does have certain delivery requirements. The critic, in order to not be shit, has a certain responsibility to their criticism.

Now, gamers are a tough bunch. If a community is losing community, I think we can make some inferences about whats going on, and it’s probably not a bunch of well-reasoned and nuanced debate.

“[It’s] not only directed towards our devs but also our fellow community members - resulting in people hesitating to engage with the community,” Hallikainen explained.

I mean, if you’re a teen it’s probably fine.

No, things becoming more extreme versions of themselves frequently alters their overall effects. To exaggerate to make my point clear, isn’t mass murder just an extreme form of target shooting?

Trying to identify something without taking its real effects into account is rather silly.

They’re not complaining about negative feedback, are they? They’re complaining about the internet hate machine, which we should be mature enough here to admit is a bunch of juvenile, masturbatory bullshit from people that want to feel good about themselves without doing anything to actually earn that, and so just shit mercilessly in every way on anything they don’t like, because bullying others is a quick and easy way to feel strong for a brief time.

That’s more than mere negative criticism.

https://youtu.be/kux1j1ccsgg

15ish minutes of tardigrade video with tasteful music/commentary.