#but solutions exist and i have one

[sarasa-cat]

As the experiment with the steam deck continues, one thing I have found is that it is consistently well behaved with slower 2.4ghz wifi.

It also connects to my android phone's mobile hotspot without a hitch (that is how I am connected right now). This is a very good thing for many reasons that will be important for the next month and a half.

Just waiting for that Cyberpunk 2.1 update to drop and then once I know if mods are working/updated for 2.1, I'll create a minimal mod set up (steam deck requires a little extra magic so there are a few more steps than modding on pc).

Trying to run complex and demanding mods is probably above and beyond this deck's capabilities, I suspect. But there are a few convenience mods I want to install to make a few improvements to virtual photography. Although, no, I don't think I want to set up complex shots (I might try it one night for shits and giggles) -- that sort of stuff will probably need to wait until I am back on the gaming machine. As is, mostly I just want to make significant progress replaying the game, starting from the beginning and moving forward, but now with 2.0+2.1+PL added in

For VP, mostly I just want to do urban street photography. Moody landscapes. Etc. Although it would be nice to get some natural shots of V living life in night city while I am only on steam deck.

CP2077: The Virtual Photography game where you play V, a photographer, who gets caught up in a series of dangerous Situations.

[aroaceleovaldez]

i still think a lot about how technically, it's implied Anubis and Walt started dating each other before they asked out Sadie, and if Sadie had said she wasn't interested they would have gone "Entirely fair have a nice day" and proceed to just go continue to date each other.

Cause like, that was the entire thing. They decided that themselves. That things would work best if they were together (as in both physically sharing a body and also relationship-wise). The "asking Sadie about it" part was secondary. If she had said no, they would have stayed together, because among other things Walt would kind of die if they didn't. Walt and Anubis are technically the first gay couple in the Riordanverse. AND they're in a polyamorous relationship with Sadie. Why does no one talk about them ever.

[diegogtratty]

Been seeing a specific type of post popping up about this community more lately. Specifically, talking about how some things are overdone to death.

So I have to ask. Not why these things are overdone, no. But why some feel the need to ruin other people's parties, purely for sticking to what they like.

If the problem is that you hate that stuff, maybe consider, I dunno, letting them be? They make that stuff because they like it? Who would've thought?

If the problem is that they're not making stuff you like, recognize that people have different preferences, and consider making or commissioning it yourself?

I wholeheartedly mean that last point incredibly hard. Being in a niche community, with niche preferences, does make it plenty difficult to find stuff you'll enjoy, I get that all too well. But that doesn't mean I'll complain until stuff magically spawns upon my screen.

Often times for niche stuff, someone has to be the first person to make something happen, because otherwise, who knows if someone else will.

And not just making it once, no. Rather, make multiple things, big or small in scope. Write the concept or story down. Draw or edit it out briefly. Get the idea out there.

But above all, be persistent. Outlive. Survive. Just because it isn't popular on your first post, it doesn't mean that you should give up trying. Especially if it's something you're genuinely passionate about.

[vaguely-concerned]

I don't know what I love more, the fact that as rook you can make a statement in NO uncertain terms that you are NOT responsible one way or the other for the theological implications of the shit you're discovering in the 'regrets of the dread wolf' memories. not my jurisdiction. quite simply none of my business. not my chantry circus not my chantry monkeys. irrelevant to the matter at hand here we'll kill that god if we get to him he can get in line. or if the best thing about it is seeing the lone little 'lucanis approves' that pops up right after choosing it. corvid with a knife about to commit deicide keeping it real and sensibly, pragmatically, wilfully agnostic with me here in this magical lighthouse today

[lord-squiggletits]

Part of why I hate this fandom's take on Autobots vs Decepticons is ppl (mainly 'con fans honestly) who can't have any nuance of the situation whatsoever and love to write plots like "oh the humans are racist and abusive towards Cybertronians so this is how Megatron is right" no actually I don't think colonialism/imperialism and racism are justified so long as you can point the finger and say "they were the aggressors first" or "their hands are no cleaner than ours bc their society sucks too" sorry. Please come up with better sociopolitical narratives in your war story.

[redheadedfailgirl]

From 'Dream of a woman' By Cacey Plett.

This sums up exactly how I feel about most transition timelines. As much as they reflect people's experiences, they are also a narrative. And the narratives that get shared the most tell a lot about what our values are. The timelines that get the most attention are the ones where people go from sad, loser, nothing boys into beautiful women.

But if you go to /r/transitiontimelines or a similar place, and sort by controversial or look at what has the least likes, its people who made timelines when they still don't 'pass' yet. Even if they're happy as can be, that's not what people are looking for.

I think it says a lot about what people expect from trans women, that they only want to see us be beautiful. In some cases, that they want to believe they can be beautiful. So there is no value in trans life if you're not beautiful.

[autisticlee]

sometimes people who struggle like to make jokes or find positives about their condition that causes them to struggle so they can escape the constant negative and struggle. sometimes autistic people will say things like "the 'tism" or use the "autism creature" or say their autism helped them have a *positive trait* to feel better about their struggles. because living your life only focusing on the struggles and negatives is depressing and makes it hard to want to live, even if those struggle take up 100% of your life and you can't actually escape them. sometimes any little seemingly positive thing can help a lot.

but there's so many other autistic people that hate when we do that and call it "reducing autism to a cute trendy thing" and say it takes away from *their* struggles and is bad and shouldn't be used. maybe *you* want to only focus on your struggles, but some people can't live in constant negative and need some positive or to find ways to make their condition more positive so they can feel better about living with their struggles. life is hard. I take anything I can get.

I cant get jobs. I can't make and keep friends. I can't get help and support for doing "normal" things so sometimes I go weeks without being able to shower and without eating more than a bowl of cereal a day. most times can't even do things I like. struggle to communicate. have meltdowns. i'll never be able to live independently. I struggle a lot. but instead of sitting here always depressed and having no motivation to live, i'd rather try to joke about "my 'tism is acting up again" when i'm struggling (just an example. don't think I ever actually used the 'tism thing but i saw others use it) or say "i'm just being a creature" when I need to stay in my dark room because everything is too much and I personally find it cute to be a little creature meant in a positive way. i'm not actually downplaying mine or anyone else's struggles. I still acknowledge them and that silly jokes dont make them go away. i'm not trying to be trendy. i'm not doing any of the things people say we do by making silly little jokes. i'm using the silly little jokes to convince myself life can be a little more than pointless, painful garbage all the time.

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[myteavsricochet]

trying to avoid an anxiety attack while going to work :)

[rockmonopoly]

Mutuals I am freaking my it what if im lying and faking it all for attention and am actually delusional

[faithfromanewperspective]

don't know how to say this in a nice way but. the food recalls we're having? the shortages of (and high prices) of eggs due to bird flu? they're not JUST because of lax regulations under trump though they are. they're also because animal agriculture when done intensively is fraught with risk and because we literally don't have the space to sustain ourselves like this. and some of us are so privileged by the fact that this global clusterfuck of a food system we have is designed to feed the western empire that they don't realise how bad it is

I know going vegan or even eating less meat is not possible for many people but i am BEGGING you to please, let's all collectively get our heads out of our asses and realise for one more time that just because individual behaviour does very little it doesn't mean that there isn't a LOT of collective action and systemic change that needs to happen. because nutritious food from plants should be cheap and easy to access but it isn't! because animal products, despite taking a lot more resources to get to the point of consumption are heavily subsidised. because our whole food system is based on competition rather than making sure everyone gets enough to survive, starting with the most vulnerable who aren't going to have as many options as the rest of us.

[figofswords]

anybody remember the stephanie brown essay I was working on under a research grant fully last summer? yeah it’s not done yet it super needs to be done and I’ve been avoiding working on it for weeks. someone tell me to just do it already

[withlibertyandjusticeforall]

Hamas isn't Palestine.

Israel needs to realize this.

And so do the people basically shouting he genocidal rhetoric of hamas, pretending to support Palestine but really supporting terrorists.

Terrorism never solved anything.

Hamas knew how Israel would react, but did it anyway.

You can't create something good through evil means.

[whatsthatmagiccard]

I've been playing Spellify incorrectly a bit lately. Instead of actually doing hangman, I've been trying to guess the card with only the blanks and my Scry-fu. It's far too easy, especially since they only pull from a pool of about 1,000 popular cards. Let's try a harder one here.

So you don't have to count out underscores, each number below represents a word with that many letters. () is a symbol (mana, tap, etc.) Name // cost, then type — subtypes, then rules text. Power/toughness are excluded. Reminder text, flavor text, and flavor ability words are excluded. Most punctuation is included, but contractions are counted as a single word.

FOLLOWERS: What card is this?

6 6 // ()()()

8 — 6 5

6 6 4 2 7 6 2 9 4 8.

[lohstandfound]

what's wrong with the existing ship names why do we need new ones

[3liza]

look im only vaguely aware of what Petscop is about but i still dont have any idea how this annoying as fuck youtuber i just watched on the subject missed the CSA premise entirely. seriously not a single whiff of it in the whole hour+ video. dude its a pedo narrative grow up, like its lifting plot elements directly from Lolita

i wonder if the immensely creative people who put out these depthy projects like Interloper and Petscop and This House Has People In It ever feel suicidal despair at all the just completely wrong and bad "analysis" videos that pile up around their actually good material because not a single analysis video guy has ever read "a book". i didnt even make the things and it makes me crazy

[inniave]

so fucking sick of the constant misgendering. it's exhausting. even from fellow queer people??????? who know me?????????? HELLO?????????????