Dafuq did I just read?

GRRRRRRRRRRRIND

DDG has been so bad the last couple of years that I started paying for Kagi. It’s a hefty price ($15 for two accounts per month), but my god, it’s so good.

Without knowing any context, I strongly believe this is an ADHD comic.

The boy clearly has a sharp mind, but has a problem channeling it towards what the outside world demands of him. Instead of helping him do that, the outside world reprimands him and drives him towards escapism. Then, the game gives him a singular purpose: to win, and validates him for doing that.

I see this not as a story that celebrates video games, but as one that mourns how the only validation minds like that boy’s often get is from an electronic toy.

I used to suffer from much the same problems, as does my kid. I used to escape to video games the same way he does, but I decided I would treat my kid differently. When they took a hammer to a delicate thing, instead of being angry at them, I showed them how to do it properly and how to put it back. Instead of reprimanding them for acting up while shopping, I let them find the aisle and pick the products. They could replace batteries in their toys before the age of four, and could finish a round of shopping on their own a year later. The face of pride when they did that can not be bought with money.

On the other hand, my kid still has problems putting on their shoes in less than five minutes, and sometimes I blow up about it, but it is okay – we just need to start five minutes earlier.

And that’s what I think the comic is about: acceptance.

I’m not sure it’s going to be soulless, but the problem is that the main premise is the government of highly competent psychopaths manufactures an emergency to gain total power, while the population withers. A cautionary tale, if you will.

The thing is that in reality, the government of highly incompetent psychopaths is gaining total power absolutely unopposed, while half the population applauds.

That would make the remake sound positively cozy.

You are very organic.

My wife is unironically like that.

Remember to rub its fleeb.

Looking confused at my 2009 course certificate on neural networks and Markov chains…

M’Damon

Did you mean: diarrhœa

Hu?

You will have a lot of unintended fun and cringe moments regarding the language. Apartheid-style benches for non-augmented people only with a sign “Přirozené pouze” makes me laugh and cringe to this day. Prague’s Old town is translated as “Starý čtvrt”, which is just sad.

It’s an okay game otherwise. Not nearly as good as Human Revolution, but good enough to scratch that DE itch.

That’s Bene Gesserit 101.

As someone who understands Czech, playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was torture.

Internet’s memory sure is short. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/19/onlyfans-to-ban-adult-material-after-pressure-from-payment-processors

A coin equal to 1 pound and 1 shilling.

How TF are you getting your haircut? My head doesn’t come anywhere close to the guy’s junk.

Ozymandias has entered the chat.

Look if Nothing is available in your country, they’re from the UK.