Actually, you’re right, I didn’t even think about it

If I wrote “I love to read, I read an interesting book every day”, then the way you say the latter ‘read’ shifts from my original example, and it depends on context that comes later in the sentence

Wack

“I love to read, I read an interesting book yesterday”

Seriously, who came up with this shit 😭

What do you mean ruined?

I will never be able to look at chickens the same

I haven’t read the books (yet), so I don’t know how closely it resembles the condition in reality, but crucially, it’s a real thing, it’s not a magical fantasy possesion

But I mean like… so what?

There was a need/desire for a word describing this concept, it was created, and is now used. It’s a new word

…you do realize that all words are made up, right?

Only older people from what I’ve seen. At least, whenever I hear a ping out in public, it’s always someone older

So, to answer your question, no, not really

The more you take an interest in and try to learn at least a little about basically any other single topic, you’ll quickly realize that nearly everything has a near infinite complexity and depth

The rabbit holes are endless, there’s so much knowledge to have everywhere. The people who don’t appreciate this fact and say stuff like in the screenshot are a bit foolish, I think

Sure, go on grindr and learn how to be a good dom

Lmao yeah, I thought “haha funny joke” but people were genuinely asking

For future reference, never run any script or code or command unless you know what it is and does

I mean, no, the tester didn’t say anything wrong here, and all of those (and more) are conditions one must take into account if one were to write a piece of software without errors

I don’t know about you, but I am very reluctant to insult others, even in private conversations, even if they might deserve it

I always try to approach things constructively, because in the end, those patterns and thoughts bleed out into the world and your behaviour

And do keep in mind, even from the poster’s side of the story, it sounds pretty darn bad, and people have a tendency to downplay their side’s wrongdoings and elevate the other side’s. Chances are, it was probably quite bad

If there’s people in my life that go around talking badly about other like that, even in private… yeah, I’d want to stay the hell away from them too. It’s just a massive warming sign, and you’re going to be the target sooner or later. And you don’t want a coordinated group acting in bad faith against you

Maybe part of it is the whole “greatest country on earth” stuff as well. In other words, a lack of humility

In the European countries I’ve lived in, pride like that wasn’t really encouraged. And if you’re too boastful or what not to the point of arrogance, you tend to get the stink eye

And this applies to patriotism as well. Here in Norway for example, despite us having a stronger claim for stuff like “greatest country”, very few people, if any, really feel like being “proud” of one’s own country is something that one should be doing, or it being honorable at all. The best I see is that people enjoy living here and, if they see another Norwegian out there or Norway mentioned, they just get happy to see a fellow Norwegian, just because we are relatively small

Honestly, most Norwegians I’ve met complain about Norway’s problems more often than not lmao, despite, all things considered, you can hardly find better countries to live in, except some other European ones depending on your own preferences

There really is just, no culture of like, arrogance. Something that I feel like is very different to the US with its super heavy emphasis on individual capitalistic success

Maybe that’s a large part of it as well. A consequence of American culture being so extremely individualistic

We’ve gotten very uncomfortably close to a nuclear exchange multiple times in history

The only reason it didn’t happen is pure luck

Until one of them fires the nukes, that is. But sure, it might not happen

It’s like paying your rent by playing Russian roulette

But also don’t forget that the amount of gamers is larger today than in 2013. Gaming is much more mainstream, and so even 97% of the install base is still disappointing considering steam grew by, what, 3x or something in terms of average monthly users?

Another source I found is that the amount of total gamers grew by roughly 50% from 2013 to 2025. But yeah, I just did a quick skin numbers are not precise

But still, 97% is disappointing considering the general demographic was supposed to grow. And then, in reality, it’s just 67% too

Do people not use kitchen weights? It’s a very common thing where I live (in Europe)

Hell, I often just use a kitchen weight to measure volume of water instead of using a measuring cup, as 1 liter of water ~= 1 kilogram

It’s an authoritarian take

No, but people were much less alienated from their labour, so it likely didn’t feel nearly as soul-crushing as it does today