off-topic-discussion

[dawn gust]

Pet him

[faint panther]

That's a cute dog

[blissful charm]

there are already bite marks in the arms 😭 ive accepted my fate

[bronze lintel]

My mom bought a tiny wisk

It's pretty small, can mix 2-3 eggs or so

Then I asked her why

She told me it looks cute

[faint panther]

tiny whisks are great, i wish i had one

[bronze lintel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/817270982191874081/891347939815997480/20210925_191128.jpg

I used it to make matcha and it's great sooo

Glad she got it... I guess

[vocal yoke]

The only thing I can hear from looking at that wisk is Death is inescapable

[blissful charm]

it's very cute

[bitter magnet]

does anyone else's screen become kinda faded when you remove the charging

laptops i mean

[indigo walrus]

The case might be that you have different brightness setting for when it's unplugged - I'd check there.

[bitter magnet]

this is not a brightness issue

the colour saturation becomes wonky

everything seems very washed up

but when i connect it to power

its good

its not a refresh rate issue as well

i checked that

[zenith olive]

I had a tiny whisk growing up! :0

It had a lil chick on it

A bit morbid

[indigo walrus]

I'd check battery power settings to see if there could be something there that might affect that - maybe it's in power saving mode or something and does weird stuff to the display? And I'd google your specific laptop make and model to see if anyone has similar problem and a potential fix.

[faint canyon]

A wild froggo appeared! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/878887868892844072/891390305167892500/image0.jpg

[proud flicker]

eat it

[upbeat rain]

free food

[delicate sonnet]

fantastic froggo!

[dry stratus]

free frog

[bronze lintel]

[bronze lintel]

don't mind me

I'm just gonna put a lot of text

Idw see that froggo

I'm sure it's cute to some of you

but my brain is screaming

okay this is good enough

[elfin sentinel]

understandable

[bronze lintel]

and I scrolled up anyway

dammit brain

[swift valley]

here's more padding for ya

[bronze lintel]

thanks

[ripe trout]

i met a toad yesterday when i got lost in the woods

i will not show u

[bronze lintel]

did it tell you the princess is in another castle?

[ripe trout]

i hiked for like 3 hours and ended up a 2 hour walk from my car and had to uber back

it said Please leave me alone sir and i said ok i will not touch you

[bronze lintel]

lol

[bitter magnet]

poggers i fixed my display

[dry stratus]

being in discord communities where messages are constantly streaming is stressful as hell. when i finally decided to be actually active in here i was surprised and relieved to see that activity wasn't high in certain channels

[dusty rover]

it's true: messages move slowly enough here that it almost feels like you

are in an actual conversation

rather than shouting in a room with ten other shouting people

[dry stratus]

in some of those servers, people just say things for the sake of saying things

[tranquil bay]

its very cozy here

[bitter magnet]

factual

[wise wharf]

Did the server change much once Hades EA was released?

Had I been here I would have feared the peace might disappear with the massive influx, but that doesn't seem to have been the case

[dry stratus]

EA?

[wise wharf]

Early Access
And I figure 1.0 was another big influx moment

[bronze lintel]

started playing at 1.0 so idk

[bitter magnet]

🗿

[dry stratus]

it did, yeah. it's changed in waves

[wise wharf]

So it's returned to the cozy normalcy state every time so far

Reminds me of those areas in Transistor with the hammock and the beach ball
(I've barely played it, so no spoilers plz)

[dry stratus]

i love that area. nice music nice vibes

[dusty rover]

the hades channels do seem to be more active than the rest of the server. makes sense though, considering it’s mostly builds and combat discussions

for my part, i joined in the hopes of seeing bastion, transistor, and pyre discussion. been enjoying it so far

[dry stratus]

same hat. i've been meaning to play hades but... procrastination for like three years

[dusty rover]

i’ve fallen off the hades bandwagon for now: may return someday! it’s a great game, but requires a lot of time and patience (as do all rougelikes/lites, i suppose)

[dry stratus]

i think my best playthrough of pyre was at a hospital but that's a #supergiant-games discussion

[half yarrow]

its worth way more than 25 honestly, youre getting an amazing deal

whether you even end up liking it or not you have to respect the insane amount of polish and detail

[dry stratus]

i got it both pre-release and with an itch bundle

[undone merlin]

how do u post pictures?

[faint canyon]

Post it in another server first (I post mine in my own server I created just for image hosting lol), then copy media link to here

[undone merlin]

your own server? in discord?

is it about persona?

[faint canyon]

Nah lol. Just an empty server I made for myself, just to host images

[faint panther]

having a server just for yourself is useful, for image hosting like this, and i use it to transfer pictures and other files between my phone and pc

and if you have nitro you can use it for emotes

[high coyote]

I have an alt Discord account for that

[faint canyon]

How does an alt help with image hosting?

[keen kite]

You could message yourself

[bitter magnet]

lol same

i store all my memes, important links and stuff there

[modest timber]

hey

[proud flicker]

there delilah

[upbeat rain]

what's it like in new york city

[bronze lintel]

I was thousand miles away

[proud flicker]

butt girl tonight you look so pretty yes you do

[zenith olive]

Its my dogs birthday today!!!

[upbeat rain]

happy birthday (insert name here)!

[zenith olive]

Her name's Scarlett lol

[upbeat rain]

thats what i said

[zenith olive]

Yeah ik

I don't know why I did that.... Actually

[mighty tangle]

Heya.

I'm new to the community here.

[faint panther]

oh my god

it's you

you were in the mass effect forever server

lol

[mighty tangle]

It's me

What's up.

[mighty tangle]

The ladies love Hades,soooo.

I'm here lol

[faint panther]

didn't you get kicked

[mighty tangle]

Yes,why ?

I guessed it's life.

So yeah I'm new to the community here !

[plain cairn]

happy birthday Scarlett

[elfin sentinel]

🎂

[swift rapids]

wait wait help

what happens after we beat meg

[sharp grail]

try messaging in #h1-discussion or #h1-for-new-players, as this is the off topic section of the discord

[swift rapids]

ok

[high coyote]

okay so how everybody's day

[rain mortar]

Not too bad, did some work around the house, played some video games, standard weekend fare

[high coyote]

nice

my birthday's in 14 days

[bronze lintel]

Ah time zones

Some of you are still on weekend

It's monday here

[high coyote]

I hate time zones

[hexed hollow]

Time zones are the worst
It's monday and I want it to be friday already 😂

[zenith olive]

wait did i do something wrong?

[hexed hollow]

Nah, you're fine
The discussion thread that it was apart of was nuked because it was not appropriate for the server

[zenith olive]

ah

ok

[blissful charm]

it's Sunday but im already doing school work 😭

[hexed hollow]

That means you won't have to do schoolwork on friday right?

[bronze lintel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/204208590339178497/891726264203894875/image0.jpg

[dawn gust]

mood cat

[high coyote]

oh dude I love Tatrantulas

[proud flicker]

that's clearly a snek

[bronze lintel]

You fool, Rey is a duck

[proud flicker]

nah Rey is a Jedi

The last one at that

[bronze lintel]

There is no star wars sequel trilogy

[proud flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/daisy-ridley-daisy-jazz-isobel-ridley-pretty-beautiful-rey-gif-16229191

[dawn gust]

do it

[high coyote]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/825577392168370227/891899276412735498/k1bse9oju11z.png

[proud flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/impossible-star-wars-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-gif-5440327

[high coyote]

https://tenor.com/view/search-your-feelings-you-know-gif-5340126

[bronze lintel]

https://tenor.com/view/no-starwars-anakin-gif-10400517

[blissful charm]

rain tomorrow! rain tomorrow! hell yell

[elfin sentinel]

star wars never happened

[tranquil gate]

https://c.tenor.com/360WiRUuIEMAAAAM/palpatine-darth-plagueis.gif

[elfin sentinel]

its not real

[tranquil gate]

It's not a story the Jedi would tell you

[elfin sentinel]

jedi hates me

[tranquil gate]

Perhaps a sith your are

[elfin sentinel]

yees

[blissful charm]

i got a jean jacket and now im obsessed with patches

[hexed hollow]

niiice :3

[coral ruin]

👍

[golden basalt]

https://64.media.tumblr.com/afa1a08c209c670ec1721d9cd6f502c5/tumblr_pzll44kuVa1ry46hlo1_400.gif

tis the season!

[bitter magnet]

almost

[bronze lintel]

oh boi, can't wait to listen to a scary spooky story that, at first, I'd say "oh gee that was spooky, sure I won't get any dreams" but it would come true and give me sleepless night.

yes, it has happened before

a lot

[digital hearth]

Doesnt sound too pleasant

[bronze lintel]

they're like horror movies

except that the killer/monster can touch you

[bitter magnet]

💀

[digital hearth]

[mild flame]

Are they like sleep paralyses ? I don't have anything like that but I 've heard that you get those nightmarish visions

[bronze lintel]

no, like a full dream but I get that sometime. However the ones that happen to me the most are nightmarish dreams.

and as we all know

dreams are weird

[dawn gust]

verily

[fallow pelican]

Ayo

Can you direct me to a place where mems are allowed?

[faint panther]

i think you can just post them here, as long as it's not clogging up the chat

and not breaking the server rules, obvsly

[golden basalt]

hey guys, i've been looking for a decent vpn after using up a free one (i need more data jkldsfj) and i was wondering if you guys had any recommendations?

i've seen expressvpn and nordvpn named a lot, but the former's a little more expensive and the latter is only limited to a few devices which might be a problem eventually when devices will be replaced

[faint panther]

i've been using nordvpn for two or three years now
been working pretty well. it did have occasional connectivity issues but i attributed that to my awful wifi more than anything else. can't speak on the device limitations

i've also heard about dashlane and surfshark, which in addition to the vpn feature have a password manager, if that's something you'd be interested in

this reminds me actually, i need to check if i cancelled my subscription lol

[dry stratus]

important medical check-up for me today lads wish me luck

[blissful charm]

godspeed

[vocal yoke]

good luck

Literally praying we dont go back into online school because I cant understand crap from it and I'd be busy binge playing RDR2

[soft canopy]

I know your password

Stop right there

I am mr hecker

[proud flicker]

Nah

[vocal yoke]

Well how did you know my debit card security number was 123

[proud flicker]

How about your Social Security Number?

[high coyote]

aw well

I guess now it's not a secret anymore

my password is Password123

wait a minunte

you can change server-specific pfps now?

or at least I can?

GAMING

I've wanted this for forever now

except oops I can't do because I'm poor

[limber walrus]

oh snap, they're actually adding that

[high coyote]

for Nitro users

:(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

[limber walrus]

:S

[tranquil bay]

yeah all the good stuff is exclusive to the expensive nitro

kinda lame nitro classic doesnt get anything beyond global use of emotes, using animated emotes and having animated pfp. we are paying money too, throw us a bone 😭

[high coyote]

it is poopy

[swift valley]

There's expensive nitro now?

[tranquil bay]

i just call it expensive nitro

theres nitro and nitro classic

nitro classic is half the cost but most of the benefits are in nitro

its not a new thing, its just that they've been adding more features to nitro lately, i doubt they plan to give anything to nitro classic lol

[swift valley]

lol TIL there's 2 tiers of nitro

[high coyote]

it's pretty cringe that they added this like, 4 days after my Nitro expired

[tranquil bay]

it be like that sometimes 😔

[zenith olive]

they're limited how many servers you can join.

im

so greedy

awful

worse stunt of the year

[sharp grail]

isnt the limit 100?

200 with nitro

[zenith olive]

i didnt think there was a limit

there shouldn't be

[sharp grail]

i dunno i think thats plenty but it does suck that you have to pay to increase it

[high coyote]

wait what

you can only do that for 100 servers?

[sharp grail]

you can only join 100 servers

[high coyote]

aw man

btw how does the new pfp look I'm trying something new

[sharp grail]

cool! zagreus laurels :]

[high coyote]

thanks!

if I ever get Nitro that's the pfp I use for this server

[low minnow]

wait so if your nitro runs out are you just kicked from all the servers if you reach 200?

[sharp grail]

i believe you stay in them but if you leave you cant rejoin to that number

i dont know because im in way less servers than that

[low minnow]

ahh I see

yeah me as well

[tranquil bay]

how do people join 100+ servers..... i am like allergic to being in a lot of servers rofl... esp if theyre big and really active 😭

[dry stratus]

one way to join lots of servers is if you have lots of creative industry skills that are needed between various projects

[bronze lintel]

You just join and not active

[tranquil bay]

im literally in a few servers just to nitro their emotes. perma mute, never perceive me

[wise wharf]

Speaking of Tatz' emotes, where does the :tails emote come from? It's impressive how it remains distinguishable even when reaction-sized

[dry stratus]

it comes from a certain mspaint cartoon. i won't link it due to coarse language

[wise wharf]

Ah, thanks. I thought it was from some Sonic server's inside joke or something

[elfin sentinel]

🐲

[quiet lake]

Okay, can y'all help me work something out?

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81YVYr5bJOL.jpg How many of you know what this is and/or how to use it?

I have spent my life thinking this is a normal thing that most people have around the house, but a friend of mine has got me questioning this assumption

[swift valley]

It looks like a cooking tool to mash or mark stuff

[quiet lake]

Yeah, it's a ||pastry blender!||

[bronze lintel]

kitchen brass knuckle?

[quiet lake]

You use it to ||cut butter into pie dough really quickly and easily,|| I've been using one since I was a little kid first learning how

[bronze lintel]

when the potato that owes you still haven't given the money

[quiet lake]

I always figured everyone had one - at least everyone who would use it regularly - but it seems like maybe not?

[bronze lintel]

nope

we don't make pastries so kek

[swift valley]

My family doesn't make pastries, our only use of flour and/or bulk dough is dumpling wrappers

[quiet lake]

I mean in that case obviously not, haha

[swift valley]

And butter is just not a thing in my family

[quiet lake]

But I keep seeing people who do bake being like "pie crust is so much work" and talking about cutting the butter in with a knife or rubbing it in with their fingers(?!)

or using a food processor or something

and it's sorta bewildering me?

Why don't any of these people have this tool?

[swift valley]

Yeah I don't think my family owned butter until I went to middle/Jr high and learned cookie baking in school

[quiet lake]

Ha, my family is of recent Scottish-American extraction, if we didn't have my Caithness granny's shortbread we'd probably die 🤣

[swift valley]

you don't wait for the butter to just soften?

[quiet lake]

I mean, of course, but then you still have to cut it up small and work it into the dough

[bronze lintel]

butter also wasn't my family thing until I was like "I want a damn good butter for toast".

[quiet lake]

You can't just mix it in evenly like with a cookie dough or the pastry won't be flaky!

[swift valley]

Huh TIL

[quiet lake]

It's gotta be, y'know, little chunks that roll out flat and puff up the thin layers of dough when it bakes. 💕

That's why you have to keep pie dough (and ideally your hands) cold while you handle it, so the butter won't melt and ruin the texture.

The pastry blender cuts it up into the right-size chunks really quickly and mixes it into the flour at the same time, without you having to touch it with your warm hands. It's a really good gadget.

[swift valley]

Mmmm

[quiet lake]

Sorry, I'm monologuing, huh 😅

I've just loved baking since I was a little kid

[swift valley]

oh it's just near my bedtime so I'm going to sleep

[quiet lake]

Oh, sleep well, then! 😁

[elfin sentinel]

hello anxiety

[patent kettle]

h

[civic ridge]

Hey fam, is there an official way to get in touch with the mods here or do I just pick one and DM them?

I have a fella tryna scam me and this is the mutual server so

[young pivot]

Uhhhhhhhh

How do I contact a mod?

@faint panther is a bot

[civic ridge]

HAHAHAHA yeah same dude trynna mess with me

Shame on you @faint panther

Boooo

[young pivot]

<@&456908176877551658> @faint panther is a bot trying to scam people warning you so he can be kicked out

[ionic viper]

In future, if you'd like to report a user DMing you with scams, please screenshot it and DM it to one of the online members of the mod team!

[young pivot]

Thank you I wasn't sure what to do next time I'll do that!

[ionic viper]

But yes, we can take care of it. Would one of you like to send me a screenshot?

Of the scam DM, obviously. Not a random screenshot.

Thank you!

[civic ridge]

Thanks for the heads up, will do in future

[young pivot]

I have head so many scams that way

[arctic basalt]

😔 when will this bitter bot war end

[bronze lintel]

When the bots are dead.

[uncut cargo]

After multiple weeks of waiting I finally got my pc

It's broken

Literally

It didn't come in one piece I have to send it back

[bronze lintel]

aw

F

so uh, I was scrolling through my old stuffs in gallery

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-AjaBcnoO75yWmmEIbQnHmcnDktVD30g/view?usp=sharing

I found this

I didn't know what I was thinking

[proud flicker]

Do you still want unsolicited random screenshots though?

[proud flicker]

Can you kill what is not alive?

[bronze lintel]

depends on how we define alive, some people are alive but they say they're dead.

[proud flicker]

Deep

[mild pelican]

i identify as a biorobot

a tired brain piloting bone mech with flesh armor

can we define zombies alive? they do move and search for food

or they are virus controlling random meat chunks

like fungi controlling bugs to get higher

but scientists don't claim viruses to be 100% living things.. unlike shrooms

if something can be aware of surroundings, move and do actions to look for energy sources, doesn't matter out of instincts or actual personal experience, then is it enough to be alive?

then why don't claim robots to be alive

or you have to be carbon-based cellular thing?

[proud flicker]

Robots aren't people.

They are tools and should stay that way.

[feral chasm]

Yet

[proud flicker]

Nah

[mild pelican]

many people are tools

still

[feral chasm]

Personally I've pinned my hopes on ever not feeling awful on becoming a robot. Or at least a cyborg

[proud flicker]

That's different

But are clones human? If we ever get there.

[feral chasm]

Yes

[mild pelican]

it's all the matter of definition again

[feral chasm]

The way I see it, whether something is "human" is mostly irrelevant. What should matter is sapient or not. Anything sapient should have full rights.

[proud flicker]

What if each time you cross through a door, it's not you who is crossing the threshold, but rather a copy of you. The real you is instantly vaporized in an agonizing death. But you don't know that, because you are a clone.

[proud flicker]

Yes. That's why we should not make robots sentient.

[mild pelican]

why not though

[proud flicker]

That's where the buck stop. Hence

Robots are tools and they should stay that way.

[mild pelican]

if we take away their tool functions first

[proud flicker]

We can barely keep ourselves in check.
Look at how we treat each other.
Don't play God just because you can.

[mild pelican]

well, that's our problems

[proud flicker]

And we would make those problems theirs if we create them as such.

[feral chasm]

It's not like they'd do any worse

[proud flicker]

Well, consider this. Robots are considered to have the same rights as humans.
A building is on fire. You can only save one of two, the robot or the human.
Which one would you choose?
Which one would society choose?

How about voting rights? Should robots be allowed to vote? What would their population be like?

How should you count their votes?

[feral chasm]

Personally: whichever is most possible to save, assuming the robot isn't fireproof. They should be allowed to vote

Count the votes the sane as humans??

[proud flicker]

What if the voting issue is conflicting to us as a race?

[feral chasm]

Voting is already conflicting to us as a species???

[mild pelican]

there were times when humans had to have white skin, and only them were allowed to vote

[proud flicker]

And we would make it much worse

[mild pelican]

or have male organs

[feral chasm]

Frankly I'd trust the kinda of people able to build robots to handle life more than I'd trust random people who had sex to raise a life

[mild pelican]

and society also feared that changes so big would make world much worse

[proud flicker]

And also you are assuming robots to be benevolent and in some sense they want benefits for us

that is not what sentient means

[mild pelican]

gosh, we still don't have any required studying to become a parent

less than to get a gun or car

[proud flicker]

what if there are evil robots who wants to increase their population and dominate the voting process through sheer force?

what if they want to strip education for humans in favor of more robots fabrications?

[feral chasm]

There are people who want to do exactly that rn

[mild pelican]

there are lots of ppl who shouldn't be allowed to vote, but you can't shove them in some group that easily

[proud flicker]

do you honor their votes still?

True AI is problematic.

[proud flicker]

yes, that doesn't refute my points, if anything it supports it

[mild pelican]

for now true AI can't exist the same way humans live

[proud flicker]

we can't handle ourselves

[feral chasm]

My point is nothing you've suggested robots would do is anything out of the ordinary

[mild pelican]

a robot can have either a human body or kinda sentient mind

[feral chasm]

There's no downside to this unless you view humans as inherently superior

[proud flicker]

dude I listed like seventeen different problems

[feral chasm]

Yes and they're all human problems too

[proud flicker]

creating a new "race" means competition to limited resources

we are assuming sentient right?

[mild pelican]

well, your point is that human problems will become robot problems

[proud flicker]

which means they are self aware

[feral chasm]

There are waaaay more resources than people think. People just don't distribute them right

[proud flicker]

but it is limited

[mild pelican]

well, people can't run on electricity

[feral chasm]

The robots don't need the primary limited resources

[mild pelican]

there are plenty of resources that people don't need, but other life forms do

[proud flicker]

idk man, robots are not humans (right now) and we should make sure it never comes to that

[feral chasm]

Any the robots need are in such obscene quantity that they're effectively unlimited

[mild pelican]

like, they don't need air

mostly

[feral chasm]

I'd say we should allow it to come to that, but you do you

[mild pelican]

which means they are not limited to this tiny planet

or its surface

there are already lots of sentient beings we don't care much about

[proud flicker]

yup

[mild pelican]

like octopuses or parrots

or dolphins

just bc they didn't happen to have hands

[feral chasm]

None of those have been proven sapient and we DO care about them far more than most life

[proud flicker]

ok then what are the benefits of making robots sentient and setting their rights the same as humans?

[feral chasm]

It'd be cool as hell :P

[proud flicker]

lol

[feral chasm]

Not to mention it makes space exploration way easier

[proud flicker]

You can do that without making them sentient

[feral chasm]

No more trying to deal with input delay in interstellar space whenever we figure that one out

Even the closest star would have a year of input delay minimum. Far easier to send robots than to try to keep humans alive

[mild pelican]

creating artificial life is also kinda selfish reason

[proud flicker]

I think there are better ways to solve interstellar "lags" than making sentient robots tbh

[mild pelican]

bc we are mortal and fragile

[feral chasm]

Like?

[mild pelican]

we want to prove that hypothetical immortality is possible

[proud flicker]

idk, we are talking in the hypothetical

[mild pelican]

tbh, to think of it, there are not too much reason going to space except lack of resources and space to live

[proud flicker]

also how would robots "reproduce"?

should we set a death date for them?

[mild pelican]

why should we

[proud flicker]

should we let them live forever?

[mild pelican]

why would they need to

[proud flicker]

because you as the creator as setting the rights to these things

[mild pelican]

maybe they will have completely different conception of life and death

[feral chasm]

Yes

[mild pelican]

the point of being a robot is immunity to natural degradation, that can't be handled easily

[feral chasm]

Build factory build robot

[proud flicker]

so we have a race that has all the human rights that lives forever and can reproduce endlessly

and they can vote

and they are sentient, which means their interest might not always align with ours

[feral chasm]

Yes

[mild pelican]

it raises a question how will they form their sentience

[serene marsh]

robot debate

Sick

[mild pelican]

will they study from surrounding world like us

or they can just share exp with each other

directly

[serene marsh]

wait so now they have xp

[feral chasm]

If I knew the secret to sapient robots I'd have already done it

[proud flicker]

i mean sentient means experience i would think

[feral chasm]

Volus means world experience not xp

[mild pelican]

ye, but wouldn't it be great to skip 10 or so years of school and stuff

[feral chasm]

Totally didn't use the wrong name

Shhh

[mild pelican]

of bullying and general disappointment in society

getting lots of mind junk like false beliefs

[feral chasm]

You act like that is supposed to bother me, but it doesn't. Probably because I'll likely either be dead or a machine myself by then

[proud flicker]

well if you don't have that sense of self preservation as a species, you do you

but i am against sentient robots in the same way i am against nuclear weapons (nuclear energy is cool)

[mild pelican]

none of us have, we all live with thought that we'll die someday and it doesn't bother us much

untill it's soon enough

which is a basic fault for sentient living being tbh

[proud flicker]

well it's preventable, you can't willingly go down a doomed road while bemoaning "oh but it's inevitable because im not perfect."

that's just "is/ought" fallacy

[mild pelican]

creating artificial life is a way to solve the problem tbh

is it that different to get your cells together with somebody else's cells to create another organism

from creating new life from metal and polymers

it's not the only one

many people me including would prefer to live forever in a form we have rn

maybe even at a cost of never having kids

[serene marsh]

Sounds like hell

[feral chasm]

I'd love to live forever in a mechanical body. Because frankly my human body sucks even without the dying and I don't want kids anyways

There's a reason I've pinned my hopes of ever feeling good again on cyborg or robot technology since I was like 12. Many actually

[mild pelican]

well, many would think that living forever is hell bc you will see people you love dying and stuff

but you kinda already do

also.. what if they would be immortal as well

[proud flicker]

well living forever would be nice

i wouldn't mind that

[mild pelican]

it will be also kinda important when space travels will be a regular thing, if we will not find a way to surpass lightspeed

the relativistic effects will make you age slower while travelling, and you would surely like to visit your homeworld 2-3 years later and make sure that nobody passed after several hundreds of years

but you will have looots to talk about

well.. the will to live is a basic thing for us since primordial soup

so idk why some wouldn't want that

sentience is just another mean to solve the problem of mortality

[proud flicker]

ironic since human cells are programmed to self destruct unless told otherwise
and if cells are not defaulted to self destruct, congrats, you have cancer
not saying your point is wrong, just a musing observation

[feral chasm]

Yeah this is the part I never got. It's not like I'm talking magic genie immortality that only applies to you, if I've put myself into an immortal machine everyone else can too but some people seem unable to comprehend that for.. some reason.

[proud flicker]

well that is cool

but creating more sentient machines besides what stem from us is another story

[mild pelican]

ye, old age and cancer are kinda close problems

and they are studied together

i think if there will ever be a way to get rid of one, it'll help to get rid of another

maybe molerats will help, idk

they mostly die from accidents

[faint panther]

Old cells are more prone to developing anomalies right? That's what makes cancers more likely to develop

[proud flicker]

no idea but probably?

[feral chasm]

Can confirm mole rats are immune to cancer and live far longer than a rodent of their size should

They're also eusocial like a bee or ant, but that's not relevant

[mild pelican]

i think, problem is DNA can't be divided forever, the chains wear out and get shorter, like laces on old shoes

[feral chasm]

Bats are incredibly resistant to disease, and also live longer than they should for their size and metabolism

[proud flicker]

they also almost succeeding in hurting the human race

well, they are succeeding

[mild pelican]

also there could be errors that get more and more serious

[faint panther]

That's what causes aging yes but cancer is uncontrolled division of cells no?

[feral chasm]

Yes, because humans live in obscene group sizes WITHOUT said disease resistance

Bats have that disease resistance because it makes living in those huge groups possible WITHOUT mass plagues

[mild pelican]

well, it wasn't a bat who have bitten a human, it was another way around

[feral chasm]

Correct, the current theory involves the destruction of telomeres. And in fact a number of animals that don't appear to age and could theoretically live indefinitely have methods to repair them

[mild pelican]

yes, and some errors may cause uncontrollable growth

[proud flicker]

anyone watched the Prestige?

[feral chasm]

Lobsters don't seem to age per say, but they get larger as they grow, which combines with their need to molt to eventually cause their death because they grow so large that molting kills them

[mild pelican]

to think of it, probably cancer as a disease was not called that for nothing

well, for now most species don't really have ways to avoid ageing bc after you have procreated, it's no big difference what will happen to parent, sadly

for sentient species like us it's a concern

[proud flicker]

do you know what i love?

if you look for Human on wikipedia, the picture of humans is a random couple in Thailand standing in a forest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human

[faint panther]

In way is aging not like a counterproductive way of preventing cancer? As telemeres shrink and disappear there is less opportunity for genetic anomalies to develop although the cells themselves die and become less efficient

[mild pelican]

that's wholesome

one way or another, getting lots of small things to multiply by themselves is a complicated process, which can't last forever

[faint panther]

What I'm saying though is if we lived forever something would likely go wrong eventually

[mild pelican]

that's when sentience come to play, right

[faint panther]

No I mean like... That's infinite time to develop cell damage

[mild pelican]

well, you can't live forever without minimising errors and decay

entropy is biggest enemy of order

so.. to live forever, humanity should find a way to prevent or revert DNA damage

and cell degradation

too complicated

flesh is weak

[faint panther]

We haven't even figured out how to prevent genetic disorders before they develop

[mild pelican]

well, if people would go easier on experiments, maybe something will happen sooner

there are even countries which ban abortions from first days, what can we talk about

[faint panther]

I have this morbid curiosity about disorders and genetics because of my muscular condition

[mild pelican]

can understand very well

i was also born without two leg joints

to think of it, random DNA alterations also created all the life variety we can observe and enjoy, but..

but still. since we came to the point when life of a specimen is just as important as that of a species..

[faint panther]

My condition is y chromosome linked so had I been born female it's highly like I either wouldn't have been born with the condition or have had less severe symptoms

It's all luck basically

[mild pelican]

oof

[faint panther]

But then again that's not to say my life would be improved, lots can go wrong and pondering what could have been... It's not helpful

[mild pelican]

that's why i'll never understand those who are like "this disease is uncureable, we can do nothing" or "that's just a natural order of things, nothing can be done"

if it's not possible, it should be made possible

[faint panther]

Holup... No it's not y linked, the abnormal gene was from my mother and the y chromosome lacks the related gene entirely

So I only have one bad copy of the gene

I think

[muted smelt]

what if we could all just...go to the country (transistor reference)

[faint panther]

Yeah that's why it's rarer in girls because it's less likely that both the mother and father pass on the same fault

Or something like that

[mild pelican]

i just hope someday people will be able to know for sure how do genes work and which sequences do what

for now they can only tell apart large parts

wouldn't it be great to take your DNA, swap some molecules, and inject it back

and poof, you're getting better

forever

[tender cobalt]

I do

[faint panther]

The dream

[mild pelican]

dam, here comes my ocd.. should change the topic

guess im not leaving discord open on this tab for another while

kay then

um

Youtube has decided to delete all the materials that can compromise authorities of a country

for now only in two regions, but for us it's already alerting

channels get banned

[zenith olive]

Aw I missed genetics discussion

Ok I scrolled up

It was not about genetics in the way that interests me

[faint panther]

Which would be? Lol

[zenith olive]

idk how to describe it but it isn't this

basically like

[proud flicker]

not the eugenics way, right?

[zenith olive]

no ofc not

[mild pelican]

catgirl waifus?

[zenith olive]

human genetics isn't even something that really interests me its mostly like animals

[faint panther]

Dogs

How did we make dogs into idiots

[mild pelican]

we've already played god, we created a whole new lifeform

[zenith olive]

more like why does this dog have a brown coat while its siblings have a white one?

[mild pelican]

that is loyal to us and love us af

[zenith olive]

stuff like that

[proud flicker]

something something dominant genes?

idk

[mild pelican]

interesting how domesticated foxes begin to show similar features

[faint panther]

There's a degree of randomisation

[zenith olive]

Yeah its hard to describe but I'm absolutely enamored by stuff like that

Im not good with words sorry

[mild pelican]

curly tails, floppy ears, different fur colors

[faint panther]

Wolf
Chihuahua
What's the difference

[zenith olive]

its hard to believe that chihuahuas are descended from wolves sometimes, haha

[mild pelican]

some small dogs have similar amounts of anger alright

while my big dum doesn't even care about howling noises from yt

[faint panther]

I wonder why it is that cat breeds are relatively similar to eachother compared to dog breeds

[mild pelican]

maybe bc dogs had many different applications, pastoral, hunting, guarding and stuff

while cats were supposed mostly only to catch rodents

[zenith olive]

i have two terriers and they amaze me with how much rage they are filled with (other then when someone walks by my house they're pretty mellow tho)

[mild pelican]

interesting how different dogs can be sometimes

[zenith olive]

yeah, and how two dogs from the same breed can have completely varying personalities

[mild pelican]

mine on the contrary, gets annoyed by noises from the neighbours, cussing quietly when doors slam

but everything else either excites him or leaves him uncaring

[faint panther]

Your dog can say swear words?

Lol

[mild pelican]

yep

something like "grr.. boof!.."

softly, so nobody will really hear

[zenith olive]

my dogs do that as well

mostly the smallest one however

[mild pelican]

i wonder if it's a matter of breed that bigger dogs are more calm, or just of size

like, am big, am can protects

while lesser dogs live in a world of giants, screaming internally

[zenith olive]

probably

i had a bigger dog, not huge, but a decent size and she was totally calm compared to my 3 smaller ones

[proud flicker]

small dogs think they are big, and large dogs think they are lap dogs

[ripe trout]

it is size & breed & environment factors. smallness is vulnerability in some ways, but it's also really common for small dogs to like.. not be treated like dogs & have their boundaries crossed regularly. unfortunately a lot of people don't take small dogs seriously when they growl or give other warning signs which means they have to learn to be more aggressive to enforce their boundaries. cats often have similar problems with people not being able to read their body language

not that all small dogs w aggression problems have this issue ofc. theres tons of factors

idk anything abt noise level tho i just read abt aggression

im a cat guy ultimately

[zenith olive]

yeah, small dogs can be very sweet when treated properly

same goes for any dog, not just little ones

[peak reef]

I've decided to learn code (gml) coz my dream is to make a full video game and it feels like it's way more reachable now even if im only just starting to learn what code even does

It's hard but it makes me happy

[limber walrus]

GML is pretty straightforward on most things (most things >.>), though their documentation isn't always super clear. Best of luck!

[peak reef]

ty!

[vocal yoke]

Good lord soon Ill go online again

I hate it

[faint panther]

Wym

[vocal yoke]

I dont learn crap online

Im better off at school plus it's truly depressing

[faint panther]

The only thing I've learned from online is how to be toxic

[dry stratus]

update from yesterday's medical appointment: might be getting surgery by the end of the year, and hopefully I can breathe like a normal person after the recovery

i'm excited ngl

[proud flicker]

Yay

[high coyote]

yeah online school is poo-doo

[faint panther]

All of us never learn anything from online

I feel empty and stupid trying to attend it

[high coyote]

I prefer learning in person but there are some things that I prefer in online school

[bronze lintel]

I woke up to read arguments about being human and sentient robots

It's too heavy for my brain rn

[vestal umbra]

hi

[bronze lintel]

Hi

[dry stratus]

looove that emote set

[modest timber]

hello guys

[ancient path]

idk where to say this but someone from this server tried this on me: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/scams/2021/03/steam-users-dont-fall-for-the-i-accidentally-reported-you-scam/

[faint canyon]

Give the mods here a heads up about it, screenshot the convo you had with the scammer and DM them the screenshot

[vestal umbra]

damn, steam scammers back at it again

[elfin sentinel]

[mighty tangle]

My business model is never getting over anything.

[vocal yoke]

Imagine not having steam 2 factor auth

[proud flicker]

^

[serene marsh]

we stopped getting steam scams and we have more nitro scams now

[vestal umbra]

💀 nitro scams are as old as dirt i can't believe people fall for them enough to keep them happening

[serene marsh]

nah it’s like

They come into the server

Try pinging everyone

have this “huehue free nitro”

[bronze lintel]

Yea, it attacked my friend's server

Ping everyone on every channel

One guy fell for it

[vestal umbra]

that happened in another tiny server im in, god those "people" are annoyinh

[proud flicker]

Destroy all robots 🤖

[limber walrus]

We get them pretty regularly in #bastion , but the mods are on top of things and keep them down

Nitro and Steam scams

[proud flicker]

So my 8 yo laptop decided to have a blue screen loop today

I can probably fix it but should I let her rest finally?

She served me well.

[bronze lintel]

Yes

[proud flicker]

Okay. I'll shelf her.

The GTX 660M is finally at rest.

So much time playing StarCraft 2 on it though. sheds tears

[blissful charm]

plays a funeral dirge

[faint canyon]

Zeratul may finally rest in peace

[proud flicker]

oof

too soon

[proud flicker]

Don't you love it when ||people just can't stop themselves from clicking reveal||?

[high coyote]

no.

I despise that

[tranquil bay]

on desktop i have spoiler tags auto revealed, checkmate ♟️

[vestal umbra]

|| ||

[high coyote]

||you are are really nice people||

[proud flicker]

Not clicking that

I'm above you

[high coyote]

fair

have a nice day

[hexed hollow]

||No U ||

[proud flicker]

Instead I will go to settings, reveal all spoilers because I am curious.

I'm beyond human.

Too big brained

[high coyote]

||we all are||

[high coyote]

🧠

[vestal umbra]

|| help im trapped in here ||

i rlly need to step up my game and make fanart for hades i've been obsessed with it forever

[bronze lintel]

I'll look forward to it

[dry stratus]

fanart is so good,

[bronze lintel]

and here I am trying to make a horse on a latte

[dry stratus]

cafe art is one of my favourite art forms tbh

on the same level as pancake art

currently sitting next to a painting that used water colours, pencils, and tattoo ink

[bronze lintel]

same

only because that's the only art I'm good at

[proud flicker]

yeah but can you make a squirrel on a latte though

[bronze lintel]

well

I got better at it

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/413117000286601237/890210284243931146/20210922_191525.jpg?width=471&height=628

dk whether I've posted this

but this is my latest/best one so far

[limber walrus]

Yoo!! That's super cool

[proud flicker]

i concur. awesome job <3

[dawn gust]

beautiful

[elfin sentinel]

what this

[bronze lintel]

coffee

[elfin sentinel]

y-yeah! but but is it like a bird or

[bronze lintel]

squirrel

[elfin sentinel]

oooooo well close enough

its very cool

[mild pelican]

every new squirrel gets more squirrelly

great c:

[blissful charm]

yeah it's been very cool to watch your progress with this, you're always improving

[bronze lintel]

Awww, thanks

[terse vessel]

hi, id love some advice from some people in here

i plan on getting all the Hades symbols tattooed on my forearm

and im not sure what approach to take, I was thinking about getting them like quarter sized and just scattered around my forearm

[dry stratus]

@terse vessel the best thing you can do is look up artists in your area and see how good they are at tattooing. a subpar artist will do a subpar job and will not know how to place them well

some good artists will even be willing to add their own artistic flair to the tattoos, but that's up to you if you want that

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inkedmag.com/.amp/tattoo-artists/how-to-tell-a-good-tattoo-from-a-bad-tattoo

[dry stratus]

hey, if someone (me) wanted people to vote on a twitter poll, would they post here or in self-promo

[tranquil bay]

self promo preferably but feel free to discuss here what its about

hey so who had lindsay lohan promoting furry nfts on their 2021 bingo

[bronze lintel]

What

I had a lot of things in my bingo

Lindsay lohan is not one of them

[tranquil bay]

i regret to inform you https://twitter.com/lindsaylohan/status/1443247758199205893

Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan)

It's official, I'm a Friend of The Cartel!! 🐶 It’s the first NFT the @CanineCartelNFT is minting for the collection and you've got a chance to own it!

Auction runs for 72 hours! 🔥

https://t.co/k85RHYToRc

Best of luck! 🥰

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[high coyote]

I am so confused

[tranquil bay]

good! it doesnt get any better the more you learn

[zenith olive]

what the

[bronze lintel]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-buscemi-gif-20922935

[proud flicker]

Huh?

Are we as a species collectively losing our minds?

[limber walrus]

lotta people never seemed to have one

[bitter magnet]

spooktober

doot doot

💀 🎺

[forest basalt]

despite not talking this is the reason i still check sgg daily

[dry stratus]

posted my twitter poll to #self-promotion

apparently twitter is creating something to show if someone has purchased an nft or not??

[hexed hollow]

Interesting

[swift valley]

voted

[hexed hollow]

Saw the tweet but can't vote because not using twitter
What kind of scents do you usually find pleasent/like?

[bronze lintel]

I voted

[proud flicker]

I'm interested in a unisex perfume

Not sure what's a good kind though

[dry stratus]

gourmand scents (foodie scents.) my least favourite fragrance are those that heavily rely on smoke

[dry stratus]

I recommend alkemia perfumes because they have a bunch of fragrances to choose from. arcana wildcraft and their side-brand arcana craves also has a wide range

[bronze lintel]

I only have one perfume, idk what it smells like. My mom gave it to me at my birthday.

what a way to send a message

[dry stratus]

NSNJDJDNC i accepted a random add request and the person opens with a wumpus wave and a "Hello Mr......"

[bronze lintel]

"Bond"

"James Bond"

[proud flicker]

do your duty good citizen

[hexed hollow]

Gotcha, nice ^_^
I'd probably either go with either coffee or coconut

[dry stratus]

i'll keep that in mind, thank u

[fossil shuttle]

Warning to users here. If you get contacted by a user named "bing joy" asking to help clear an issue about an accidental steam report, block them. They are a scammer trying to steal your account and your money.

[proud flicker]

send a dm to a mod and they will ban the offending user

@rain mortar

by dm i mean screnshot of the convo

[rain mortar]

As Fox says, please DM one of the mods (myself included) a screenshot of your interaction with them

[fossil shuttle]

Sadly, I was quick to close the convo after blocking them, since I didn't want to deal with them anymore, and I don't know how to get it back up after I've done that...

[rain mortar]

Ah, that's too bad. Thanks for reporting it all the same, though

[fossil shuttle]

I encourage anyone else approached by "bing loy#8385" to report in my place if possible.

[elfin sentinel]

new emojis???

[limber walrus]

Nah, we've had those three for a while

[elfin sentinel]

o ok im blind then

[blissful charm]

happy Halloween the first everyone

[bronze lintel]

Is that what we call october now?

Halloween?

[elfin sentinel]

i prefer inktober

[limber walrus]

Which is better 30 days of "October" and 1 day of Halloween, or 31 days of Halloween?

[proud flicker]

Merry Christmas!

[limber walrus]

[mild pelican]

how about the month of the great socialist revolution of 1917?

[faint panther]

[sharp grail]

Keep it clean, please

[zenith olive]

Hey! Ideas for a spooky halloween pfp

[high coyote]

spooky month

[golden basalt]

spooky zag from last year's jen zee art?

made icons of that a while back for halloween myself, would be willing to share them in fan works if people would like one

[sharp grail]

i believe that art was by joanne and not jen, same as 2019's art

also im pretty sure rory hasnt played hades

[golden basalt]

oh sorry, i didn't know

[sharp grail]

its nothing to apologize for!

[marsh scroll]

Anyone know where I can the highest quality version of the Cloudbank wallpaper from Transistor?

[vocal yoke]

ah yes october

what a great first day of having throat discomforts

[swift valley]

the "post your old art and see how you've improved" trend is back on twitter and makes me wish I kept my high school art classwork just to show how much better I was back then LOL

[elfin sentinel]

why was I pinged here:(

[mild pelican]

ya know what, i've never actually thought how creepy a furry person can look without ears. now i know.

[dry stratus]

my twitter poll ended, and technically speaking coffee scented perfume won thanks to Aggy's vote. v interesting

typically coffee beans are used to reset the nose between perfume testings, so coffee perfume is an interesting concept in general

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/coffee-day/

[reef lion]

y

o

[blissful charm]

maximum fluff

[bronze lintel]

floof

[ripe trout]

baby baby

[zenith olive]

ooh yeah new pfp ooh yeah baby

[modern field]

anyone wanna gift me hades on steam? lmao

[forest basalt]

[bronze lintel]

I'll gift you, if you paypal me first

[magic sentinel]

Boys and girls (and people) of every age 💀

[elfin sentinel]

they die

[vocal yoke]

Hm yes time to make irish coffee of my own

because I can barely find places where they sell it

[proud flicker]

Irish coffee heh

You can make it yourself

[south crypt]

есть русские,

?

[vocal yoke]

Yeah I knowww

I just dont know what whiskey I shall use

Got tons in the pantry but whatever

The coffee on the other hand...

I got no idea how to make good coffee

I got some replacement powder thingy that also makes cream so that works too

[plain cairn]

конечно есть

[mild pelican]

always have been

they are everywhere, they see everything

[ebon birch]

someone knows what's the mister/miss equivalent for they/them?

[blissful charm]

mx

pronounced "mix"

[ebon birch]

so for example Mx. Robin?

[blissful charm]

yeah

[ebon birch]

alright thanks

[blissful charm]

np!

[vocal yoke]

Bro.....I tried irish coffee with Jack Daniel's

disgusting

I hated that thing eitherway

What goes the best to make the best irish coffee?

I use latte powder btw

[proud flicker]

I erm just down whatever so yeah

do you make it hot or cold?

[vocal yoke]

Hot

Also I think it was a stupid idea but I also used milk for the powder not water

[swift valley]

there's an anti abortion protest near my school...
good times /s

[vocal yoke]

ah yes protests

a big shame they always resumed to catchphrases and costume parades instead of actual change. And by change I mean something that is actually right, dont get me wrong

Yeah so right now you got a circus coming near your school, have fun, crack some jokes at them

[elfin sentinel]

anti abortion protests will never be right

[vocal yoke]

I never said that

[south crypt]

Есть русские?

[vocal yoke]

I was just reffering to protests with a good cause

Well yes by definition they are just protests and shouldnt turn in riots but where's the fun and attention needed for said cause. People never pay attention to mere protests.

And I heard on the radio here the US Goverment is running out of money

Just how

tf you people been doing over there?

[limber walrus]

US gov has been in debt for ages, it's nothing new :/

they're just finding it hard to get money legitimately, since they refuse to tax people proportionate to their wealth

[swift valley]

I just snack on the proverbial popcorn since there's nothing I can do about it

[vocal yoke]

Stupid question but, I always ask stupid questions. Who do you guys owe those debts to?

Aliens?

[south crypt]

Are there Russians here?

[vocal yoke]

Probably some deposit I dont know much Im just a tormented citizen

Also nope not really from what you can see

[limber walrus]

or they're just not online right now

[limber walrus]

also yes, at least one other

[vocal yoke]

My best guess is that the US owes money to other states?

[south crypt]

@plain cairn

Сколько русских

[swift valley]

definitely saw a Russian screencap a long while ago

[vocal yoke]

Wish I was alive when technology developed significantly or in the future on mars

rip space race, no more alien significant others until 2087 when we run out of natural resources

[dry stratus]

oh yeah there was a discussion about russian (language) some time back, and I think one russian was there

[mild pelican]

at least two come here from time to time to check on latest convos, me including

а так русских хватает, просто стараются не палиться особо

we're mostly silent, unfortunately.. when our authorities banned abortions completely, nobody dared to protest

[plain cairn]

[vocal yoke]

Welcome to my power point presentation about 10 reasons why Dusa should be my house maid

[vivid jackal]

внезапно

[fervent bay]

Damn i got a problem where when i attack my screen lights up when im not its super dark oh well

[mild pelican]

should i assume you're talking about a game? probably hades?

if that's the case, maybe you can ask in #h1-tech-support maybe somebody knows a clue

[worldly folio]

Hi, does anyone have graphic tablet recommendations? Size would be round 40 cm, and not too expensive.

[dry stratus]

huions are often popular but idk if there's any 40cm ones

xp-pen is also popular

[zenith olive]

Hey do you guys have any good gaming pc recommendations?

I asked for one for my bday and my mom and I have been looking for one for several months

[hexed hollow]

What's your budget and what games are you looking to play on it

Also, prebuild or diy build?

(Prebuilds aren't bad nessesarily there's just a fair few bad system integraters like HP and and Dell)

[zenith olive]

1. $600 to $700
2. I really don't know. Probably the Sims 4 but I might also add more games that require better software to run properly.
3. Also I don't know about this one either, neither my mother nor I are very handy when it comes to assembling electronics

Sorry if this isn't very specific, I'm not really that knowledgeable about gaming pcs (also if it helps we're looking for a laptop)

[hexed hollow]

Nah, it's fine gives me something work with

[proud flicker]

man im trying to make one within that budget but damn, a freaking 1650 4GB is $350+, not to mention the rest of the configure

I think you are better off bying a budget gaming laptop and save on peripheral, monitor, etc.

[proud flicker]

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-i5-9300H-GeForce-Keyboard-AN515-54-5812/dp/B086KJBKDW?tag=p00935-20&ascsubtag=06TQspsKqYR6KmPVbCbu20p

normally i would advocate for buiding your own stuff

[hexed hollow]

ye, that kind of budget is fairly hard to work with

[proud flicker]

but in this day and age where prices are topsy turvy, i think gaming laptop would legitimately give you better value.

[hexed hollow]

in the current market laptops and good quality prebuilds are a legit good option

[proud flicker]

good thing i nabbed an rx580 a few years back

otherwise i would scream in agony lul

[hexed hollow]

2nd hand market for nvidia 9 and 10 series gpu's are fairly decent now

anything newer is wrecked

[proud flicker]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/894033673266032720/unknown.png

depression

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/802615525141643265/894033810025508864/unknown.png

that feel when a 4 year old card is up in prices

xD

[bronze lintel]

that 256 ssd is a bit of an oof

[hexed hollow]

the 8gb of ram is the bigger oof imho

[bronze lintel]

that too

[hexed hollow]

ye, the rx 580 has some real good mining performance

same for the rx 5000 lineup

[bronze lintel]

speaking of PC stuff, my friend built one and got Ryzen 5 5600x on MSRP

[hexed hollow]

cpu pricing has been normal for a few months now

[bronze lintel]

he could only get 1050Ti tho

[hexed hollow]

5600x is an incredible processor, definitely well worth

ye, it be like that in the current market

I was looking for a 5600x around the time it launched, there was either no stock or prices were inflated a bunch

so ended up settling for a 3600 (still an incredible cpu) and gonna wait and see what AMD's 3d v-cache does for performance

[zenith olive]

oh?

woah..

[proud flicker]

Well keep in mind 256GB. You won't be installing that many games on it

But that can be solved later, ig.

[hexed hollow]

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Display-Processor-82K20015US/dp/B08YKHGKTV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=gaming+laptop&qid=1633224808&refinements=p_36%3A60000-70000&rnid=2421885011&sr=8-1
this looks like a decent option also

ram is upgradeable, dunno about ssd tho

ssd looks to be upgradable, which is neat

[proud flicker]

How many years have graphic cards prices been silly?

5 years?

[hexed hollow]

since the release of 30 series effectively

[proud flicker]

No I think it's pre covid

[hexed hollow]

prolly about 18-24 months I'd say

[proud flicker]

When the bitcoin craze started

[hexed hollow]

there was a btc crash in 2018 that made the gpu market crash back to earth for a while

[proud flicker]

Oh yeah fair

[hexed hollow]

when etherium is finally finished moving to the proof of stake model (ie. doesn't favour gpu mining) we might see a flood gpu's hit the 2nd hand market

[proud flicker]

hopium

[hexed hollow]

we'd have etherium mining asic's on the market much sooner which would have had an impact but we're in the middle of a silicon shortage

[proud flicker]

that's silly just go dig some sands

we have ocean full of them

smh my head

[tranquil bay]

oh speaking of etherium i found out today that apparently exists because of world of warcraft

by "found out" i mean "learned against my will via someone putting this on my feed"

[proud flicker]

What's the story?

I know they tried to pump and dump dogedoin, a meme coin a while back

Or maybe they are still trying to pump it, idk

In my head crypto is like the MLM for guys.

[tranquil bay]

https://about.me/vitalik_buterin
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAl7yt9WYAEWrCt?format=jpg&name=large

</3

truly cannot make this stuff up

[dry stratus]

oh like how warlocks led to crypto

[dry stratus]

you are so correct 💖 😔

[tranquil bay]

djkskjgsgjk help, https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAuZ7p6UcAY9rSL?format=jpg&name=900x900

[dry stratus]

if only some of these dudes turned to actual warlockery and became wiccan like the rest of us normal well adjusted folk 😔

[tranquil bay]

cant believe some dude crying about video game nerfs is why we have todays nft mess, hell world

[dry stratus]

💀 💀 💀 man even the fitness anime nerds I follow are into crypto

hell world

[proud flicker]

can we just use graphics card to play vidya, instead of using them for a get rich quick scheme?

[bronze lintel]

pfft

just download graphics card

[vestal umbra]

crypto and pollution money 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the age of the future

[proud flicker]

you wouldn't download a car

[vestal umbra]

download extra ram for hades instead

[proud flicker]

all my homie hate crypto

[bronze lintel]

I would if I could

WHO WOULDN'T

[proud flicker]

someone with a stick far up their butt

[elfin sentinel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/880582019241893932/894060332438409226/c0b6d37ba7d430d7a668baf26c98ef5e.jpg

today is the only day you can post this

[proud flicker]

holy freak Epic

https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/epic-games-store-c73/launcher-support-c82/how-to-move-an-installed-game-from-the-epic-games-launcher-to-another-directory-on-your-computer-a7189

this is what I have to go through to move a freaking game?

and i can't even change the default installation path without jumping through hoops

[hexed hollow]

[dawn gust]

Seems really cumbersome

[proud flicker]

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/d8rpds/changing_epic_games_download_location/

man

[blissful charm]

??????

why did epic think that was a good idea

[vocal yoke]

bahahahahhaha

Why do my CCP state mandated weekly free games need to be hosted on such a bad launcher

[proud flicker]

you pay with your sanity

[bronze lintel]

so uh

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/indonesian-man-marries-rice-cooker-divorces-it-4-days-later-because-2560189?amp=1&akamai-rum=off

[dry stratus]

why aren't there any replies saying "still a better love story than twilight"

[bronze lintel]

cause twilight is that forgettable

[limber walrus]

the meme lasted longer than the books

[bronze lintel]

Yikes

[dawn gust]

The best memes are the ones that make fun of something bad

[nova cedar]

omg

this is so cute

[dawn gust]

what is?

[vestal umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/thanatos-thanatos-my-beloved-thanatos-hades-gif-22331594

[sacred fossil]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/671340986223296574/848049589496184842/image0-121.gif

[north pulsar]

I was having an argument about if rain forests have natural fires

they dont right?

i feel like thats pretty obvious but somehow alot of people think that fires r good for the rainforest, and apparently they think that big trees burndown and there is space for the saplings?

and like rainforest saplings need the fallen leaves and stuff to protect them from predators right?

[upbeat scroll]

"Wildfires are in fact quite rare in tropical rainforests, due to the high humidity. Even in the dry season, the flora is usually too wet for lightning to spark a blaze or for accidental fires (from a burning campfire or cigarette) to take hold."

[north pulsar]

yes i have googled it

im just unreasonably annoyed at this guy i was talking to

[vocal yoke]

Post a wojak, that will show 'em!

[north pulsar]

they blocked me after i wouldn't acknowledge theyr point because it maked no sense

[vocal yoke]

I cant bother with arguments

I always lose them anyways

[faint canyon]

Probably because they never been in one? Lol

[high coyote]

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat's the internet!

[muted smelt]

only way to win is to not be in one

[gloomy summit]

So idk if anyone likes food pics

But lookie what I made

Aww

Nevermind

:(