off-topic

[tight oxide]

You snooze you lose buddy
Better luck next year

[small berry]

Did you read the same article I did about Tencent?

[quartz magnet]

||User settings > Loot Boxes
IF its still aviable||

[small berry]

the april fools thing was the dating update

[sage basin]

I assume you need nitro to claim it

[quartz magnet]

nope

[sage basin]

And then it’s gone then because I can’t find anything that says loot boxes

[humble parrot]

It's temporal anyways

It'll be gone by the end of the week

The clown thing

[sage basin]

That sucks if you can’t choose to keep it

[small berry]

they need to charge you for that stuff or else they're losing value on nitro

cause nowadays nitro is exactly for those type of cosmetics

For real these companies need to look at certain dealers and realise they should have free stuff earned by using the platform and premium stuff

You need to hook them first then you have customers

[strange light]

unless it's no longer april 1 in your timezone, you need to close discord (including in the hidden icons) and restart it, itll show up in settings or maybe as soon as you launch discord

[sage basin]

It’s not really a big deal for me

[humble glen]

Palworld Dating Sim ?! are you serious ?

[small berry]

Steam made it normal for gamers to be shown boobies nonstop, it's a trend

I don't even know if I've ever clicked on one of those games but they're showing in my Discovery queue and I find it really odd

I don't know why steam decided to add that content to its platform but they're opening opportunities for a Palworld dating sim

and then there's Twitch

https://tenor.com/view/joker-ahead-gif-7284072

[nocturne hinge]

It's been a thing since the beginning of the internet.

[small berry]

It's been a thing since the dawn of humanity

[nocturne hinge]

Also dating sim April fools event isn't a new idea by any means

The sonic mystery visual novel was the best piece of sonic writing in decades tho, change my mind.

[small berry]

One has to wonder, how will the realisation that we're not having enough kids to sustain our population affect our way of looking at certain stuff

[nocturne hinge]

What.

Where did that come from.

[small berry]

what if dating sims become the norm

what if lewd stuff becomes the norm

[nocturne hinge]

Listen they were lewd throughout history. There were Victorian erotica written from the PoV of a flea living in the protagonists pubic hair.

[small berry]

will parents tell their kids to not play dating sims when they're playing them?

[nocturne hinge]

The replacement rate isn't about dating sims, but the fact that having children isn't feasible for a lot of people.

Now let's not argue on a topic like this it's weird

[small berry]

sure but that can manifest itself in many ways

openness can be one of those

[nocturne hinge]

Yeah and I can manifest myself in bed with your mum

[small berry]

There will be a time where Dating sims wont be an april fools

[nocturne hinge]

I am not in the palworld discord server to have a discussion about the cultural impacts and perspectives spawned from a low birth rate

[small berry]

this is offtopic what were you expecting

[nocturne hinge]

Someone to randomly post porn and start defending it as normal tbh

Which I maintain, is a freak move

[small berry]

does that happen?

[full mountain]

Wha

[nocturne hinge]

Dude I got into a whole argument with it

[small berry]

I see

[nocturne hinge]

Them tryna make some poor asexual folk who was clearly uninterested understand "lust" as they posted pal porn

[small berry]

well, that's what I was talking about

people be going crazy

[nocturne hinge]

I mean, I think being horny is a different instinct to wanting to start a family

[small berry]

I think both are quite tied together

what does wanting to start a family and not be able to creates, I think one of the routes is horny

[nocturne hinge]

There is something to be said for the increased commodification of relationships with dating apps. And how people are objectified by the dating market. But the issues with forming families also comes from the fact that having babies is just not feasible for a lot of people. Women in particular, as healthcare becomes more and more restricted.

[small berry]

finding a partner, then having the stability to have kids, both are an issue

not finding a partner will probably increase the consumption and normalization of certain goods

[nocturne hinge]

Finding any partner isn't hard. Finding a good one is a challenge

[small berry]

I think that's not really statistically true specially nowadays with the politization of mostly everything in our daily life

plus mental health

plus not being able to become independent in the first place

what type of consumer does that create I wonder

the "relationship" market has become way more competitive than many are willing to put in

[nocturne hinge]

I mean, the push for independence isn't a natural thing. Most families stay together for longer than the kid turning 18.

[small berry]

And I think that's not bad per se, true

specially with parents having kids later and later, at some point those kids become caretakers when they're 18

[nocturne hinge]

Well, yeah. The thing is, most women won't be willing to have a child too young, because it's proven to fuck over your career.

[small berry]

I'd really need to read some books to understand that as a man

[nocturne hinge]

You can have complications that leave you crippled in a number of ways. Mothers are seen as less "reliable", because they have children. Whereas fathers are seen as more responsible and respectable.

[small berry]

I guess it's true that mothers are having kids later and later?

[nocturne hinge]

Like, a lot of cultures compared childbirth to going to war

And even then, finding an equal relationship where the mother isn't the one doing all the housework is a struggle.

[small berry]

but I don't think people actually put thought into those things

[nocturne hinge]

Women have to put thought into those things.

I have to put thought into those things.

[small berry]

anyone has to put thought into coexisting

if you can't share a living space with your partner then obviously you can't progress in the relation

those things are cleared rather early and everyone accepts its tasks

[nocturne hinge]

I mean, the thing I've seen countless times is that women are still socialized to be the ones taking care of things.

So it still happens.

And men are socialized to not worry about a lot of those things either.

It's a stereotype, yes, but I've seen it so many times.

[small berry]

I think both sides do that to be honest

[junior hawk]

My gf takes care of all the house work

[small berry]

both sides complain about stuff its partner does or doesn't do

[junior hawk]

Ain’t that the truth

[nocturne hinge]

Yeah, but has there been continuous studies showing that women do more than half the housework than the men in the majority of relationships

What people say and the reality of things are two different things.

[small berry]

I don't think per se that has to be an issue, for the most part I think it's a display of organic choice making

[loud acorn]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/1bt2q9p/palworld_go_open_beta_announced_for_3_countries/

[junior hawk]

In our case she’s a stay at home mom, so obviously she’s gonna take care of the vast majority of the house work.

[small berry]

"According to our sources, the Palworld GO beta rollout will include Zanarkand, Yharnam, and New Jersey" I think it's a prank

[nocturne hinge]

Buddy you should reword because rn it sounds a whole like you're saying women doing housework is genetic

[small berry]

I'm not saying it's genetic, I'm saying adults make choices and in the free world we're living in people are still conditioned by X or Y to grow up in a certain way

and that doesn't have to be bad

cause some of it can be nature

picking a role isn't oppression per se

[nocturne hinge]

I think it's and actually, when women are socialized to take on much more work than the majority of men in their lives while receiving less credit for no other reason than their sex

And that reducing it all to free choice completely ignores the amount of pressures people have to conform to standards pushed onto them

[small berry]

I'd rather not get political

[junior hawk]

Those pressures aren’t one sided either. You have no idea what it’s like being financially responsible for two adults and children.

[nocturne hinge]

I mean, do you?

[junior hawk]

Yes.

I’m the single income for a family of four

[loud acorn]

"obviously she’s gonna take care of the vast majority of the house work" sounds like the impression is that staying home means doing nothing so of course all the housework? instead of everyone cleaning up after themselves in a household?

[nocturne hinge]

Plenty of women are also the breadwinner in relationships anyway

The expectation for men to be the sole breadwinner is in the last. The expectation for women to be doing the majority of housework is not.

[small berry]

I think it's beyond dehumanizing to think someone would accept disproportional share of work just cause they like to take it and enjoy it

[junior hawk]

We do clean up after ourselves. It’s not like she’s going behind me cleaning up messes I make. She’s just expected to do the day to day. Dishes, laundry, feeding the children. That’s her part in a team effort to make a family function.

[nocturne hinge]

Yeah I agree. It's dehumanizing that so many women are pressured into such positions and given no way out.

[livid rune]

good norning

[small berry]

That's a world I would never accept living in and I think it's really sad if someone is living in that reality

[junior hawk]

SUNNI

[livid rune]

thats me

they cooking you again?

[junior hawk]

Nobody cooks me Sunni

[livid rune]

why you so happy to see me then🤔

[junior hawk]

I’m just here watching people without families argue about the proper way to run a family

[junior hawk]

Cause you cool like that

[livid rune]

you know that videos when man cones home from work, the woman is taking off his coat, his shoes for him

[junior hawk]

That shits a lie

[loud acorn]

big assumptions right there 😄

[livid rune]

then giving him an apron and he goes straight to washing toilets?

[junior hawk]

I tried to get my gf to take my boots off a few weeks back and she told me to gf myself

[quartz magnet]

mornin sunny

[loud acorn]

exactly what he's doing

[livid rune]

moning caos

i just opened my eyes lol

[junior hawk]

It’s not an assumption. They’re both regulars around here.

[small berry]

It's an assumption

you're not a wizard harry

[junior hawk]

Am too

[loud acorn]

both? like me? just barely got on 😄

[junior hawk]

I wasn’t referring to you, you’re a stranger

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-and-patrick-stranger-danger-afraid-scared-panic-gif-8354587

[junior hawk]

Are you saying I should work 64-72 hours a week and go home and clean toilets? Cause that ain’t happening.

[small berry]

so you're saying you're either using child labor or female labor to keep your house clean?

beyond bad

[livid rune]

i don’t even know how many hours there are in a week

[loud acorn]

well, as a previous "expected housewife" that did everything and ALSO worked full time, i jump in at every conversation that expects women to just do everything because "to make the family work" it's not necessarily fair to them.

not that we don't do it to actually make the family work but it's still unfair 😄

[livid rune]

but in my opinion, if someone is at work the whole day, he doesn’t need to do any regular housework when he or she comes home
but they should spend time with the kids

[loud acorn]

"he" why is it alwayd "he" though?

[livid rune]

well that’s where was your mistake, you worked full time

[small berry]

reality is in most cases both are working long hours so who does it

[loud acorn]

right it was my mistake for marrying the wrong person

[livid rune]

bc im Ukrainian and it’s uncommon here to have a woman breadwinner and if she is, she’s probably dragging an alcoholic husband behind her

[livid rune]

nah you didn’t know that
men lie as shit

[livid rune]

then both obviously

[small berry]

logically

[junior hawk]

No I’m saying my girlfriend isn’t a leech and does her fair share in a team effort.

[livid rune]

but why you always mentioning both people work when paddy have said that his wife don’t work
you making me protect him..

[snow thistle]

Everyone like this post:
#fan-art-ファンアート message

[small berry]

As long as it isn't "the majority of the house work"

[junior hawk]

My girlfriend is a stay at mom. Her only job is house and kids

[quartz magnet]

done

[small berry]

And nobody is abusing anybody? So it's an organic fair decision making process?

Miraculous

[livid rune]

what🤣🤣🤣

[small berry]

Some people don't believe that can happen

[loud acorn]

that's fine as long as it's ~8 hours per day like a work day, but she still needs some free time is all i'm saying. some people expect the house hold wife to be a 24/7 gig and that's unfair because normal jobs aren't 24/7

[junior hawk]

100% fair and agreed upon. In this case it’s far better because if she does get a job the majority of her pay would be going to paying for someone else to raise our children while we’re both at work. She’s happy with the arrangement as well as me.

[small berry]

Patriarchal screeching

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-spinning-in-circles-gif-24754364

I'm Spanish, those type of comments are just too controversial

[livid rune]

what’s happening in spain

[small berry]

nothing too bad

[livid rune]

good for you honestly

[small berry]

not really cause germany legalized weed before us

so I'm pissed for the remaining year

[livid rune]

if this is your biggest problem then you good

[small berry]

right now I think it is

[junior hawk]

Probably Spanish stuff

[small berry]

we just lost like 50% of the appeal we had with germans

they barely have any reason left to wanna come here if they can do that stuff at home

[junior hawk]

Is it cause of the weed legalization in Germany?

[small berry]

yea

[junior hawk]

🫂

My poor Spaniard friend.

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/wojak-seething-gif-12561575059474066401

My weed stocks are going to like it tho so at least I'm personally benefitting off our missed opportunity

I'm wiser than our government

[junior hawk]

Governments suck

[junior hawk]

How’s life on the war front going?

[small berry]

not good

water and electricity are being hit

[junior hawk]

Bro not the electricity

Hopefully that shit calms down and ends sooner rather than later

People out here just trying to live their lives and shut

[small berry]

probably gonna get worse before it gets better

we have seriously hard times ahead of us, everyone

[lapis bramble]

send in the clowns

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/clown-world-rabbinstein-gif-22611811

[lapis bramble]

where the clowns at

[junior hawk]

Nah. It’ll all work out

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/kopal-labud-black-swan-crni-gif-14260320

If we get past April without another war starting I'm gonna feel real happy

[junior hawk]

Did I just see what I think I just saw

[small berry]

I hope it's not tbh I just wanted black swans

but I can't disagree with the strong point what you imply would make

[sleek flume]

https://tenor.com/view/howdy-cowboy-toy-story-entrance-gif-22783070

[livid rune]

i meann
sometimes at night during the air strikes alarm im worried that i might die
but overall okay, at least im not on the border w them orcs

[livid rune]

how are you?

[junior hawk]

That actually happens?

[sleek flume]

I am well. Fixing to go to bed shortly

[junior hawk]

I’m sorry Sunni

[sleek flume]

How are you this morning?

Oh

Thats sad to hear.. Hope you're as safe as can be

[livid rune]

of course xD 1-2 nights per week for sure
not so long ago every corridor window in my apartment building was destroyed bc one of the shards fell near by

[next tiger]

im taking you all to court for misgendering me transphobes

[livid rune]

im good, making myself breakfast

[livid rune]

no one is talking to you btw

[full mountain]

Wat

[junior hawk]

Bro I hope you got a bug out bag and escape plans

And some anxiety meds cause that’s gotta give you anxiety

[next tiger]

and stop coming out of my walls and attacking me

[livid rune]

i need to make a bag tbh
i always forget abt it
i’ll do it today for sure

[sleek flume]

What the fuck are you on about

[junior hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/daddy-chill-calm-down-wait-gif-14383390

[livid rune]

we have a bag w medicine and stuff, but not the documents

[next tiger]

im a girl dont misgender me

[junior hawk]

Sunni just move to America and live in peace

[junior hawk]

The gif only says Daddy so chill

[next tiger]

it is mummy to you

[livid rune]

im not sure that you are accepting refugees tho
i think you dont

[junior hawk]

We are always accepting immigrants

Just do it legally. If not you may get sent home.

[livid rune]

want me to steal your job?

[sleek flume]

Yes

[junior hawk]

Can I still collect all the pay?

[sleek flume]

Shift starts in 7 hours, hop to it.

[junior hawk]

If so yes.

[livid rune]

lmaoo

[next tiger]

Oh please England is better

[livid rune]

hooker just jumped to the opportunity

[livid rune]

shitty weather

[sleek flume]

And taxes

[junior hawk]

No way. America is what’s up.

[livid rune]

and teeth

[junior hawk]

Make all the money.

[sleek flume]

70% existing tax

[junior hawk]

Plus In America we get to own guns

[next tiger]

I agree

When I was in school they told us that being poor is a mental illness

[junior hawk]

Being lazy is and the two go hand in hand

[next tiger]

I do disagree to that being poor is a mental illness but chavs on the other hand tho

[junior hawk]

Tf is a chav

[next tiger]

Google it they are the scum of the earth

[sleek flume]

A chav is like a wanna be thug

Only read Bish Bash Bosh like 9 times lol

[next tiger]

Kind of yes

[junior hawk]

That’s cool

[sleek flume]

But like a dopey kind

[livid rune]

i know someone worse😎

[sleek flume]

https://tenor.com/view/yugioh-no-u-no-you-reverse-uno-uno-gif-22508660

[quartz magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-dicaprio-rick-dalton-point-finger-pointing-hand-right-there-gif-16110706635095326137

[next tiger]

If you want to know a typical chav look up mizzy

[sleek flume]

Ugh god

[rapid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/yugioh-anime-omg-wtf-cant-unsee-gif-5159766

[next tiger]

If you know them I've sadly bumped into them

[rapid marsh]

Why would you UNO me @sleek flume 😭

[next tiger]

Did you hear it's now illegal to misgender people in Scotland hopefully soon that will be everywhere TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!

[sleek flume]

Stop that shit lol

[full mountain]

OK so, as others here now, I'm all for solving LGBTQ issues and trans rights and all that, but this just feel like bait

[next tiger]

Look it up

[full mountain]

Esp with how you literally came outta no where claiming to be "misgendered" when actually no one was talking to you

Just stop, sister

[next tiger]

And it's LGBTQIA+

[full mountain]

I know but ya know what I meant

[next tiger]

Okay sorry mister

[full mountain]

LGBTQ+ ive had no issues with

Actually no one gets mad when I use such a term

Anyways, let's just move on

And cut it out with the bait

Straight up looking like a psy op out here, got dang

[next tiger]

I'm trying to better you

[junior hawk]

QUIT ADDING NEW LETTERS

[full mountain]

Okay this is looking more like a psy op

[full mountain]

I'm not gonna debate the terminology I use, just know that no other queer person I talk to has taken issue. This is bait sis, lmao.

🪤

[next tiger]

If you are really are a furry you would call it the way I do as every furry I've met does please better yourself

[tacit raptor]

that’s bait

[full mountain]

I'm with bat, this is a fucking psy op, lmao

[tacit raptor]

it’s lgbt and the + is for the ‘everything else’. grow up

[sleek flume]

Oh its 100% bait

[full mountain]

Yeah, tho I like to add the q cuz "queer" covers alotta ground too

Lgbtq+. Short sweet simple

[next tiger]

I did Gender studies I know better

[tacit raptor]

• counts queer idk why it matters

it’s + for a reason

[full mountain]

True

[tacit raptor]

why use the + if you’re just gonna feel the need to include 20 other letters

[full mountain]

Yeah that's weird, liberal type shit lmaooo

"1 blocked message"
Thanks discord, like I really wanted to know that.

[next tiger]

You people need to go and get tolerance class or go to prison

[full mountain]

Dumb.

[junior hawk]

It’s not your sexuality we can’t tolerate it’s your personality

[full mountain]

I swear, by the end of this month this chat is just gonna end up being "x blocked messages" for my side

Anyways, I gotta sleep

Zzz

[next tiger]

Get help

[sleek flume]

I wish they'd kick trolls quicker

[next tiger]

Same

[hollow tree]

Oh Lordy

[sleek flume]

Up already Eggo?

[hollow tree]

Mhm work

I don’t feel good neither

[junior hawk]

You’re the troll in this case

[junior hawk]

So call off

[next tiger]

Explain how please

[hollow tree]

I can’t they’ll fire me

[junior hawk]

Aren’t you American in like 2 weeks

[hollow tree]

I’m not American for like five months I gotta save money

[tacit raptor]

shut up. hope this helps❤️

[junior hawk]

You joined a chat out of the blue and told people to quit misgendering you.

A chat that had nothing to do with you

[next tiger]

I've been here for months

[junior hawk]

I said chat not server

[tacit raptor]

we miss when you weren’t talking

[full mountain]

Is this worth pinging a mod for?

[hollow tree]

No

[full mountain]

Alright then

[hollow tree]

Let it fizzle out sweets

[full mountain]

🛌🏽

[junior hawk]

Never

I will always feed the conflict

[next tiger]

Oh btw I would buy a comm from you but it is probably ai pfft

[hollow tree]

Ahhh I see we’re dealing with a rage child

[tacit raptor]

cute?

[quartz magnet]

weirdo

[sleek flume]

100% baiter

[tacit raptor]

don’t project hun some of us can draw

[hollow tree]

Morning Hook

[junior hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/its-always-sunny-pay-up-fee-troll-frank-reynolds-gif-8657321

[full mountain]

It's fine I'll just buy 2 of bat's comms instead, they're awesome anyways

[sleek flume]

👋

I am off to bed. Should have been an hour ago

[hollow tree]

Best logic Carby

[next tiger]

You use ai art

[sleek flume]

@wheat moat can you deal with the troll

Pathetic troll. Do better lol

[hollow tree]

Night shook

[quartz magnet]

nighty Hooker

[tacit raptor]

proof?

[next tiger]

I'm just joking don't worry I'm going to stop my bs now

[tacit raptor]

wish you’d seen my bio like 2 weeks ago it literally said ai art isn’t real art

[full mountain]

Your intelligence does seem artificial at times, I suppose

[tacit raptor]

hey whattt :-(

[full mountain]

Nah jk, ur smort

[hollow tree]

I wanna quit my job

[small berry]

I'm counting the days for the Butlerian Yihad

[next tiger]

Anyways sorry everyone

[tacit raptor]

carby is not invited to my birthday party

[hollow tree]

But I can’t for I do not have 3k in the bank

💀

[full mountain]

But I baked you this cake...

[hollow tree]

Any millionaires wanna sponsor me for a month

[full mountain]

🎂

[next tiger]

I'm really sorry everyone

[hollow tree]

Nah

[tacit raptor]

true

[full mountain]

real

[hollow tree]

They’ll just start again in ten minutes after their tea break

[next tiger]

I said I'm sorry

[hollow tree]

I know you did but I prefer actions over words

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/connor-mcgregor-gif-20436904

[next tiger]

Okay mam I will try better in the future

[hollow tree]

It’s freezing and I feel like I’m gonna throw up

[wheat moat]

[junior hawk]

Egg I thought you were gonna be an American on the 18th

I’m highly disappointed

[hollow tree]

I have my medical on the 8th

[quartz magnet]

heya Red.. yeh.. we got an peculiar one here..

[junior hawk]

During the eclipse? That’s spooky.

[hollow tree]

Yuh apparently

[next tiger]

How much is your art?

[hollow tree]

Ughughugh alright time to get up

[next tiger]

And are you open

[junior hawk]

Your blood they draw is prolly gonna be used in a ritual to summon a demon

[wheat moat]

I'm just here looking at my mug, I might plan on filling it with coffee at least, maybe

[hollow tree]

That’s fine by me

[junior hawk]

Well I for one prefer it if we don’t fuck with the devil

[hollow tree]

I’ll make a deal with the Devil if he stops me feeling like this

[junior hawk]

Egg don’t say that!

[hollow tree]

Drat

[junior hawk]

I hope you feel better soon egg

[hollow tree]

It’s pissing it down with rain too

Whyyyyyy

Man oh man

[rapid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/spooky-moon-dance-wolf-furry-gif-18859899

[junior hawk]

That’s a bad day all around

[rapid marsh]

Druids at stone henge again. Bastards keep doing their weird dances.

[small berry]

stone unhinged

[rapid marsh]

Unhinged pebbles

[wheat moat]

Hmm, wonder if that's the same rain cloud that was here yesterday?

[junior hawk]

That’s a thought

Wonder how many of us have been rained on by the same cloud

[lapis bramble]

is this dst reference

[hollow tree]

I have to get the bus too oh Jesus

I still need that lottery win I’m gonna freeze my cells off today

[junior hawk]

Freeze your cells off?

[hollow tree]

I got kicked off the bus for being sick

[junior hawk]

LOL walk to work Egg!

Just kidding egg that sucks ass.

[small berry]

That's probably not legal

if it is it at least deserves a complaint

[hollow tree]

Coworker is being a complete dick too

[delicate fulcrum]

arby’s is not a place, it’s a people. be afraid

[junior hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/wat-gif-5001440307614895833

[whole snow]

[icy pecan]

Thanks I feel sick somehow now

[junior hawk]

You’re welcome sir

[whole snow]

I'm always unhinged

[hollow tree]

Eh something about health and infection

I shouldn’t be in work for sure but I’d rather be sent home than not show

[whole snow]

Can't you call and let them know from home?

[hollow tree]

No I had the keys so I had to come in to drop them off

And I’m not asking to go home either I’d rather they said I should go home

[whole snow]

Ah I hope they do then

Although they have a history of making you miserable

[hollow tree]

True that

Told my deputy she said to “middle through”

[peak folio]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1083522906161696784/1224644809390817314/image0.jpg?ex=661e3e5b&is=660bc95b&hm=1fd7c0c93de127087f45d1c88005af8f9abf30c422560a924fac430ed3beca88&

Was the liberation of the creek an april fools joke?

[whole snow]

Middle through?

[queen vale]

Push through, get on with - a slang term

[hollow tree]

She sent me home

She was waiting outside the door and was like
“Yeah go away, you’re poorly”

[junior hawk]

LUUUUUCKY

[hollow tree]

If it makes you feel better I feel like absolute dogshit and I’m going to continue being sick for the next six hours minimum

[junior hawk]

Your misery doesn’t make me feel better at all Egg

[deft ibex]

So I'm looking for other things to give to my Chillet plush, I mean I want to find more ways to personalized it to my liking, so far I've only added a sound chip to sound like the actual thing from the game, but I want to add more things to it. I'm open to ideas.

[rapid marsh]

Sounds like those times where it’s a rich person saying “begone beggar”!!

[rapid marsh]

Get home, cup of tea, rug up, keep warm.

[junior hawk]

Secret pockets

[junior hawk]

Rug up?

Most Australian thing I’ve ever heard

[rapid marsh]

Become one with the blanket, human burrito style.

[deft ibex]

I don't know if I need a pocket, it already has a hole.

[junior hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-gif-23918002

[rapid marsh]

And pocket secrets

[rapid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-surprised-gasp-what-cat-shock-gif-635629308990545194

[queen vale]

How about a motor from a controller so you can make it feel like it's "purring" when it does it's sound effects?

[junior hawk]

I wanna become one with time clock and punch out

[deft ibex]

Like a motion controller or some kind of device that vibrates?

[junior hawk]

Ah yes. Make the hole vibrate

[deft ibex]

What?

[queen vale]

Yep, it'd be low power and small size, so could run off a smaller ba----

Oh for.. I didn't even think about that Paddy.

[junior hawk]

Oh that’s not what you were going for

[queen vale]

No, I actually wasn't

I was honestly just thinking a purring chillet would be cute

[deft ibex]

To clarify; the "hole" is practically the only place where I can stuff the polyester fiber. I could put other stuff inside the plush, just like with the sound chip that I've already added.

[junior hawk]

I figured after he italicized the word hole you guys were just going wild

[queen vale]

I actually missed the hole comment earlier. Facepalm

[deft ibex]

Ah

[junior hawk]

So now that we’re done with that odd little misunderstanding

[hollow tree]

Yis getting tea

Black tea tho

[peak folio]

Liber tea

[rapid marsh]

I was about to suggest something for auto lubrication, but then that’s getting off track 😆

[junior hawk]

Care to make me a little more jealous? EGG

[rapid marsh]

Sicky eggo

[deft ibex]

Leggo my eggo

[hollow tree]

I’m vomiting numerous colours and can’t get a heat in me

Still jealous?

[junior hawk]

Ye. I’m still at work

[hollow tree]

At least you can eat

[junior hawk]

True

[queen vale]

You can eat too. It just gets recycled afterwards

[junior hawk]

I’m full and jealous

[rapid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/uraraka-rainbow-uraraka-vomit-ochaco-uraraka-ochaco-rainbow-vomit-gif-17397678885085999958

[junior hawk]

So me and my gf discussed swinging some more

It’s still a no

[rapid marsh]

Wait, you’re telling her that you still don’t want a swing set in the back yard! You monster!

[hollow tree]

Idk how I’d feel about it to be fair

[junior hawk]

Well I’m all for it

She’s the one gate keeping 😂

[hollow tree]

She’s gonna hit you with a frying pan

[junior hawk]

Nah. It’s not something I’ll do if we’re not both on board

[hollow tree]

Obviously cuz then I’d hit you with a frying pan

[sick flame]

https://tenor.com/view/tuesday-cat-work-no-work-gif-14948436

[junior hawk]

You’d really think after nearly 10 years someone would be open to the idea smh

[hollow tree]

Women are territorial

[junior hawk]

Yes they are

And kinda crazy

[hollow tree]

Yep

[icy pecan]

So you’re saying she won’t go on the swing set with you

[junior hawk]

Yep

She’s just not having a swing set at this point in her life

[icy pecan]

I see

[rapid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/grow-swing-fail-fall-gif-8133647

And that’s why he’s not allowed a swing

[icy pecan]

Oh well that makes sense then

[junior hawk]

Lmao

I love watching people wreck

https://tenor.com/view/dead-chat-dead-chat-xd-gif-24234324

[hollow tree]

No

[junior hawk]

Yes it is

[hollow tree]

I should clean some before I settle

I can’t rest anyways

[junior hawk]

You should definitely not clean when you’re sick

To sick for work, to sick for chores

[hollow tree]

Dad left me a pile of dishes tho

[junior hawk]

Dad left mom* a pile of dishes you mean

[hollow tree]

Hah you don’t know my mother she will smash the house up if she comes home and I’m sick and nothings been done

[junior hawk]

Dang. Well it was worth a try

Just throw all the dishes away?

Nobody will ever notice

[icy pecan]

Sweep it under the rug

[hollow tree]

Pretty sure she’s counted them at this point

[night plume]

My sister did that once

[hollow tree]

Besides I should put some laundry on too

[junior hawk]

I do it every now and then

[junior hawk]

Do you at least have a dish washer?

[hollow tree]

Yeah we even named her

Eggirl

[junior hawk]

Oh that sucks

We have too hand wash too

Still living in the gd dark ages

[strong spire]

good mornin

[junior hawk]

Morning

[night plume]

My sister left dishes in her room so long they grew science experiments. She asked if she could toss them. They were just a couple of the cheap plastic bowls that needed to be replaced and a couple mardi gras cups. Told her "sure, but wash the rest." My dad had come home late that night after I had gone to bed. Next day, he called me (we were off school, we were at home) and he asked me if I gave her permission to throw those dishes away. Told him I did. He started listing the dishes in the garbage. She threw ALL the dishes in the garbage: the china, the silverware, my dad's collectable cups, she didn't wash anything, she just sprayed the dishes that were already cleaned with water. Told my dad to hold up and told him the few items I told her to toss and why.

Sister, smiling, asked me how the call went (bc she set the WHOLE thing up) I told her, "I threw your ass right under that bus!"

[junior hawk]

How do you have the authority to give your sister orders

[night plume]

My dad was a single father, I was the oldest. I would basically be the babysitter while he was at work.

[ripe forge]

Gmgm

[junior hawk]

Bro how much older than your sister are you

[night plume]

5 years

[junior hawk]

Morning

[night plume]

And all of the dishes in that she had to wash were hers. We were doing a "wash your own dishes" thing

[junior hawk]

Oh. Me and my sister were a bit over a year apart and neither of us would take orders from the either

[night plume]

My siblings wouldn't listen to me. I just got tired of doing all the chores myself and started telling my dad, "I got this done, asked them to help with this, but they refused."

[junior hawk]

We did a “dad said the house better be clean when he’s home from work, so we have to get the house clean” thing

[night plume]

That was what it was for us, but my siblings would try to get me to do all of it. I got tired of it and started throwing them under the bus every chance I got and made sure they were grounded every weekend until they realized they were going to help or I was going to be the biggest asshole they ever met

[junior hawk]

Also from a single father family

[ripe forge]

My siblings are like this too, it’s sad because I have an older sister

[junior hawk]

Yeah my dad didn’t give a fuck who did or didn’t do what. If it wasn’t all done we were both held responsible

[ripe forge]

(They still do this despite being 25 and 19)

[night plume]

They are gonna have a rude awakening when they get their own place

[ripe forge]

Yep

I do it because my mom works so much and if I don’t do it she will, and it breaks my heart

[junior hawk]

I can’t wait until my kids are old enough to do all the cleaning

[ripe forge]

Haha

[night plume]

Maybe I should get one to help around the house 🤔

[junior hawk]

Fuck that get two so the first one doesn’t get lonely

[icy pecan]

Need to find another dumud

And some cake

[tight oxide]

You have multiple kids and you talk like the way you do. Thats just sad lol

[frozen bluff]

Morning y'all

[ripe forge]

Gmmmm mouse

[junior hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/wert-marnin-mornin-happy-cute-gif-15783202

[frozen bluff]

How's everyone doin?

[junior hawk]

I clock out in 5 minutes so can Fuckin tastic

[frozen bluff]

That's good lol

I'm back at work and it's storming

[junior hawk]

Laaaame

[frozen bluff]

Gonna be (hopefully) peaceful today. I like it when it storms

[junior hawk]

Hopefully the rain dies down and the temp picks up soon

Can’t wait to get out to boating on the river

https://tenor.com/view/boating-oh-shit-fail-oh-no-overboard-gif-5548816

[ripe forge]

Haha I just went to work

[night plume]

You have to keep them in pairs? Dang x.x

[ripe forge]

It’s so windy and rainy here

[sleek flume]

Me no wanna go work :(

[full terrace]

Also rainy here

[full terrace]

I feel your pain Neighbor

[eternal belfry]

Anyone looking for someone to familly share with if so dm me i got 4 people in a library rn

[hollow tree]

I think I tidied enough

[queen vale]

https://store.steampowered.com/promotion/familysharing

Will I be punished for any cheating or fraud conducted by other users while playing my games?
Your Family Library Sharing privileges may be revoked and your account may also be VAC banned if your library is used by others to conduct cheating or fraud. Additionally, VAC-banned games cannot be shared. We recommend you only authorize familiar computers you know to be secure. And as always, never give your password to anyone.
You'd better be trusting of whoever you let in, they get a game ban on any of your games, you get the ban too

[rigid sluice]

I finally got a lovlander took 4 hours

[peak folio]

give or take an l

[silk seal]

Does anyone know how to enlarge your discord word I know how to bold or underline but how to make word bigger?

[tight oxide]

settings -> appearance

you're welcome

[undone osprey]

LIKE THIS?

[junior hawk]

Nah that’s not big enough

[undone osprey]

😦

[sleek flume]

Tidy more

[junior hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/star-gif-16789607377123159596

[hollow tree]

Whyyyyyy

[sleek flume]

Because why not

[hollow tree]

Because I’m sick

[junior hawk]

Go to bed Egg

[hollow tree]

I vacuumed, I put my laundry on, I did the dishes, I took out the bins and wiped down the surfaces

[novel swallow]

wiped down the surface????

[hollow tree]

Yeah like tables? Shelves?

[novel swallow]

ah ok

[tight oxide]

cleaning is nice and satisfying

[hollow tree]

It helps me feel better but Ooft I’m spent

[tight oxide]

it helps clear the mind when you have a clean and organized space

especially if you do it yourself

[hollow tree]

Yeah that’s basically all I did was my space and I opened a window cuz I’m sure it’s either a hot house today or I’m feverish

[charred sorrel]

I’m addicted to palworld dating sim 🤤

[glad steppe]

Wait the announcement was real? I thought it’s an April fools trick and I didn’t click

[charred sorrel]

I can’t stop playing

[glad steppe]

No please be serious wth 😭

[tight oxide]

so cute how some people believe anything

[charred sorrel]

Palworld dating sim is my favorite game 😍

[glad steppe]

Bro it’s so visible it’s a prank but I feel like the video will be a rickroll or something like that

[night plume]

If you haven't clicked the announcement vid, you should

[sleek flume]

No you fool

[night plume]

Dumud and I take long walks on the beach and get lost in the sunset. Unfortunately we fall asleep and I need to start over with the new Dumud transfer student bc the previous one drowned >.>
Eventually I'll figure out how to avoid that outcome.

[sleek flume]

Now time to rest

[glad steppe]

Ok I trust u

[hollow tree]

Time to work on commissions you mean

[night plume]

Take a needed break first

[frozen bluff]

Hope y'all are doing alright this morning

[glad steppe]

Is this like that monika game 💀

[frozen bluff]

No 😂

[night plume]

Doing pretty well, little sad my joke was missed xD

But Chikipi, I didn't click the vid for a bit bc I thought it was just a rickroll too xD was worth the click lol

[glad steppe]

The video is like that weird Monika game where a girl is trying to kill you cuz she loves you or something

[frozen bluff]

There is no Easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no Palworld dating simulator

[keen pollen]

they shouldve went the extra mile to actually make that game man

[frozen bluff]

Only for Katress tho 🤔

[glad steppe]

Bro the video is a reference to that weird game Ik it’s a prank it literally says “April fools”

[frozen bluff]

No 🤣

[frozen bluff]

Yaaahhh

[keen pollen]

also no spoiler tagged messages since it ruined the surprise

[frozen bluff]

I'll give em credit where it's due and say the video was at least decently made

It was fun

[keen pollen]

it would be even more fun if we got to play that...

they wanted playtesters, ill be the playtester

[stone harbor]

💀

[night plume]

Doki Doki Literature Club

[stone harbor]

Opened discord hoping it was an update release announcement, guess I can hold off on setting up my desk a little longer

[stone harbor]

That games great, some of the characters just hang around a bit

[night plume]

Watch the video in announcements if you haven't already. Highly worth.

At least imo

[stone harbor]

There's another weird game that's basically a virus and it accesses your webcam

[frozen bluff]

I was thinking of IMSCARED at first

It ain't that one tho

[stone harbor]

No it was kinitopet

It can take small recordings and pictures and will even ask to see you and take a small recording if you say yes to being alone just to verify you're alone

And if you're not it'll show you the recording later

There's also 89xx or smth

Lots of weird little games like that, think doki doki was the first one that deletes and corrupts itself as you play

[sick flame]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1076258207980343296/1224714843873869885/image.png?ex=661e7f94&is=660c0a94&hm=f1cc0e5c22b50d8ac140b0ed53bc3f5b49d426fd0a07c18ce551862f19a485cc&

[stone harbor]

I guess we're gonna look for a new media app then

[sick flame]

They reportedly claim that users will be able to turn off ads in settings.

[stone harbor]

Only a matter of time till it's forced

If they add it wrong it'll also lag out mobile devices when they refresh

[sick flame]

In general, the biggest problems for mobile devices are not only in games but in applications

about lag

[frozen bluff]

Only nitro users is what I'm guessing. Keep those ads off my discord. That and my friends are like the two reasons I use it 💀

"Pay up or suffer" - the motto of tech companies nowadays. Even informative sites are locked behind paywalls

[sick flame]

To earn rewards, users must stream their in-game activities. However, the topic must be related to the advertiser. There is one more condition - at least 1 friend must be watching you.

[stone harbor]

Yea there's another app that's set up basically the same as discord, have an account but haven't been using it, if they want to add ads I'll just switch to that one

[sick flame]

Everything is not free here, sometimes payment options are blocked in free games

[frozen bluff]

Yeah but it should be just that - optional, not forced.

[sick flame]

The worst thing would be if Spotify blocked free users from listening musics

[frozen bluff]

YouTube started doing that with their ads so I installed adblockers

[stone harbor]

I don't use spotify unless I have premium

[sick flame]

Some adblocks don't work unless people invent them

[stone harbor]

Yea one ad block I use got detected by youtube then they updated the ad blocker.

[frozen bluff]

If an advertisement has to interrupt whatever I'm doing, my interest in buying said product plummets to zero and I now hate their product. My adblock works pretty well. And they're in the update rush battle with YouTube

It's just annoying at this point.

[sick flame]

That's true, but now YouTube is doing something with AI updates

[peak folio]

Guess Discord’s investors are getting antsy for profitability…

but fr what does the article actually say?

[frozen bluff]

I think I did hear something about that, which means I'll probably be switching to ublock origin.

[novel swallow]

who got clowned by discord

[frozen bluff]

Thing is they don't even gotta be. Nitro is already a paid service and plenty of people have that

[sick flame]

Depends on local price

[stone harbor]

I just use the built in addblock on opera GX atm, bypasses twitch ads and YouTube

[peak folio]

Nitro has been around but I don’t think Discord is profitable yet.

[stone harbor]

It's not discord is highly unprofitable

[peak folio]

Tech startups be like

[stone harbor]

They sell our data

[frozen bluff]

Opera GX the browser? Never did try it

[peak folio]

No one is as bad with that as Meta

[hollow tree]

Yeeeah

[stone harbor]

No the current creator of discord got in hot water awhile back when they were caught selling data on another thing they owned lemme get the video

https://youtu.be/uvNkdAggUGU?si=Hrw2frpR3LsqbcCv

Some of its propaganda but it does do research on the owners background

And also spells out discords terms and data use

[peak folio]

That looks insanely clickbaity

My trust for youtubers in general is extremely low… not that I’d put anything past Discord, but I put literally nothing past a youtuber.

[stone harbor]

But I don't see discord ever being a large profit, it's just a program you make then sell off

[junior hawk]

I thought that was just an April fools prank

[peak folio]

So did I, lol

[stone harbor]

Nope

[peak folio]

The article could also be disingenuous saying “we’ll promote the apps you make” are “ads” because news sites pull that kind of shit every single day.

[junior hawk]

Man Neft always in here bringing me down

[peak folio]

Being at work I can’t bother to dig into it rn, but I know better than to flip out over a headline.

Especially in 2024

[icy yoke]

I’m guessing discord is unprofitable due to the cost of running the servers

And how using discord is free

But they gotta be getting money from somewhere

[stone harbor]

Between 2022 and 2023 discord lost over 200million profit

[peak folio]

“lost over 200 million profit” Please rephrase this

[night plume]

I don't mind small banner ads as long as they are placed out of the way.

I get angry when the ads are not based on my cookies or are pop up ads.

[stone harbor]

In 2022 they made 445million, in 2023 it dropped to 207million

[peak folio]

Okay, so their revenue dropped.

But if they spent less even with lower revenue that wouldn’t be a bad thing.

[stone harbor]

But most of discords backing has always been from companies like tencent

[peak folio]

Tencent has a stake in everything 😆

[stone harbor]

Them launching ads could be them thinking the profits gonna sink more a 50% drop is pretty damn sizeable

[peak folio]

Okay so I got distracted. 😆

This seems to be the source. https://www.wsj.com/tech/discord-to-start-showing-ads-for-gamers-to-boost-revenue-bf5848b9

[peak folio]

Profits aren’t gonna sink because they don’t have profit.

If it costs more to run the company than that company makes, that’s a loss. Profit is the money made above expenses.

Many tech companies don’t make money for a very long time.

But discord is almost 10 years old, investors are likely wanting to start seeing a return.

[humble parrot]

Good morning

[peak folio]

https://discord.com/blog/our-quest-to-support-game-developers

[stone harbor]

Hard to say what their expenses are without digging more

[night plume]

This pecan praline coffee isn't that bad

[frozen bluff]

Morning azzy

[humble parrot]

Hey Cynic

[sage basin]

Man this dating game is fun

[peak folio]

👆It appears these is the ads the intarwebs are trying to coax everybody to raise their pitchforks for.

[frozen bluff]

How's it going?

[humble parrot]

All good

Just got back home

[stone harbor]

I don't care I don't want to see ads regardless

It's partially why I don't have cable

[frozen bluff]

Glad to hear it. I'm back at work, but blood draw day today so today is pretty chill. Also nice as hell out

[humble parrot]

I see

Sounds very doom

[frozen bluff]

can't blame you there. They basically just reinvented cable with these subscription service bundles

[humble parrot]

It's worse, actually

[stone harbor]

And you get hit with 4 minutes of ads every 30mins

A lot of those 30 minute shows aren't 30 minutes their like 26

[peak folio]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/504693191426179078/1210744961419575317/JVrxSlJ.png?ex=6619d19d&is=66075c9d&hm=18dd292cc64d6ab237dc11459c003be93dc75104cbc7df6fc279b61e56904263&

[humble parrot]

Now you need a billion subscriptions so you can get all the stuff you like. Instead of a single one for everything

[frozen bluff]

You know the only set of colors I'll swear by in light of all this?

[frozen bluff]

Precisely

[frozen bluff]

Honestly cable would probably be cheaper

[humble parrot]

It was

[stone harbor]

I only pay for 1 subscription

[frozen bluff]

🏴‍☠️

[frozen bluff]

These are my colors

They do me no wrong 😌

[peak folio]

That is, coincidentally, in the rise.

[night plume]

Recently got paramount +.
They are ad free.
They interrupt my shows to show me trailers for Paramount + shows >.> bc "those aren't ads" -.-"

[stone harbor]

Honestly just buy a fire stick, jailbreak it and use slacker TV with a good internet connection.

Last I checked its like 15$ a month and you get basically everything + international channels

[frozen bluff]

It's no coincidence I don't think. It was bound to happen with all the nickel and diming these companies try to do with their customers.

[humble parrot]

Yup, this is what we have right now

[stone harbor]

Cable is dead, streaming is everything

https://tenor.com/view/chaos-gif-22919457

[frozen bluff]

It's a fascinating phenomenon to watch. People are willing to pay for things when it's not constantly thrust into their face. Someone invents something new and good, people use it, other markets pick it up, it gets oversaturated, then people return to piracy.

[peak folio]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/607436967432552470/1219065751005040711/image0.jpg?ex=661c6774&is=6609f274&hm=8fb07119eddadf30d46437a014c6e9188539bfc55977d8efad4cd6602201d611&

[frozen bluff]

Rinse and repeat.

[peak folio]

Path of least resistance

[night plume]

Was trying to watch a show on one of the strwaming services. It was missing many, many, many episodes in various seasons. Tried to find the show on different services, they have different episodes. I go to look up why this is.

What I learned: to get a show on the platform, they have to get a contract for the show to be on the streaming service, the actors/actresses in the show can have the episodes they were in pulled bc they do not wish to be on that streaming service, they also have to get the rights to the music in episodes if the music wasn't free use bc the contract wasn't written for the music to go on a "streaming" service.

[peak folio]

Yup

[night plume]

I am pretty sure a lot of that isn't precise, but it did show that there were a lot of hoops that made no sense.

[peak folio]

So the whole thing is a cluster.

[wild mountain]

please don't tell everyone that you pirate content.

10. No piracy, sexual, NSFW, or otherwise suspicious content. We do not condone illegal or suspicious discussions and activity.

[humble parrot]

Okay

[wild mountain]

just throwing it out there.

[peak folio]

We’re discussing the state of things, certainly not advising it

[wild mountain]

if a paid service gives you less content, worse performance, etc. im not saying you should sail, but it's probably better to not pay for that service anymore.

[stone harbor]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/975826238054756362.gif?size=48&name=PikaLick&quality=lossless

[keen pollen]

yarrr how else am i supposed to find da booteh yarr

[humble parrot]

I dont, Netflix was cancelled a while ago

[stone harbor]

Netflix is the garbage bin of streaming

[small berry]

I'd be so happy to jump off of Discord tbh

[small berry]

That's prime video

[keen pollen]

dude we should all leave discord

just decide tomorrow that we dont want to do this trash anymore and never hop on

[humble parrot]

The next thing will come and everyone will move there

[stone harbor]

Prime has more/better content than Netflix usually but still pretty bad

[peak folio]

I hate how netflix barred 4k behind the championship family collectors edition pricing.

[small berry]

Lets go back to teamspeak

[humble parrot]

And discord will become the skype of it's time

[small berry]

Oh wow, I guess it's a regional thing cause where I live prime is 90% tv movies that are utter garbage

[keen pollen]

cant wait for lootboxes to become a real discord feature in 2026

[small berry]

Prime is a master in showing movies you might like but are B class

[peak folio]

Joke’s on you, all other chat programs are much worse.

[keen pollen]

[humble parrot]

Until one pops up that isn't

And we repeat the cycle

[stone harbor]

Yea the only on3 I've found that comes close to discord is gilded

[peak folio]

Yeah don’t hold your breath.

[wild mountain]

im currently waiting on a game to release that's pure dlc. starting as a blank canvas, you pay for the parts of the game you want added.

[small berry]

That's EU5 I'm sure

[tight oxide]

The stream services mainly sell convenience

[peak folio]

Chat programs in general are notoriously horrible and Discord was finally something decent.

[frozen bluff]

Like five guys but for videogames

[wild mountain]

most stream services aren't that convenient though.

[tight oxide]

Total war warhammer 3 is kind of like that

[stone harbor]

Sega is already expirementing with this

[keen pollen]

rng discord update, do you get nitro as rng drop or not...? find out and buy lootboxes

[small berry]

msn was perfectly fine

[small berry]

I'm so pissed that I don't get to try some races at all cause I don't pay the DLC

[stone harbor]

I only use crunchyroll these days

[frozen bluff]

I mean they already did the lootbox thing with discord so they could very easily put a price tag on it

[small berry]

If I don't know the thing how can I tell if I want to buy the DLC or not

[tight oxide]

IRC is good too, it was just never as popular as discord

[frozen bluff]

Waiting for one person to be like "we should all use Skype again"

[keen pollen]

lootbox gift message, you can see the gifted user open it for everyone in chat

[stone harbor]

No Skype is dead let it stay dead

[small berry]

How it usually goes is you get the free legendary hero and then you get added ones on a DLC, but CA was like, Nah the entire race is behind a paywall, forever

[peak folio]

Considering the clown association Discord made with the loot boxes it’s not a terribly big fear of mine.

[frozen bluff]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-awaken-joker-gif-20765031

[wild mountain]

the only streaming service of any kindi use is youtube and even then, that's not that common outside of music playlists.

[tight oxide]

I try to stay away from yt because it wastes a lot of time

[frozen bluff]

Gotta get back to work y'all. Take it easy and stay safe and healthy

[small berry]

YT shorts are literally crystal meth

[peak folio]

Best headline on this so far. 😆
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/youll-soon-start-seeing-ads-on-discord-from-your-friends/1100-6522309/

[tight oxide]

Yeah i found i didnt even like them but i kept watching them. It was so weird. I decided to just uninstall the app from my phone

[keen pollen]

no ads microtransaction, cost 7,99 dollars. every discord thing is microtransaction woo

[small berry]

Every single customization tool is paid in Discord and they still can't make money

[humble parrot]

Enshitification

[small berry]

dumb pucs

[stone harbor]

Yes every call costs 1$ a minute and every message costs 10cents

[keen pollen]

yeah no one wants farty pfp border man

[queen vale]

It's because for the same cost of a discord cosmetic you can have netflix or similar for a month

[keen pollen]

smelly or something whatever its called

[small berry]

I still remember Discord Gaming and how many games they killed making the exclusivity deal

[icy yoke]

The sad thing is people will probably run to another platform if discord runs ads, only for that platform to do the same

[junior hawk]

Well yeah, all the customization stuff is entirely irrelevant when people have plenty of access for free.

[small berry]

I bet Discord isn't making money cause of how many fuck ups they've done

[peak folio]

It’s cause the vast majority of nitro users didn’t touch it.

[night plume]

They don't actually listen to the ones that use it when they roll out updates.

[small berry]

Yes and no, if you can customize your client, you're happy, if the only way to customize it is paying, we consider it extortion

[peak folio]

Kinda glad Discord didn’t end up being a launcher though.

[stone harbor]

Discord keeps pushing updates we don't want

It's a chat app, make it simple and easy to use with loads of features to make it better/smoother I don't open discord to look at games, that's what steam is for

[small berry]

People pay for things they absolutely love, if I have to pay to try it out why should I ever get used to use it?

[peak folio]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/260934445496926208/1183203883082858496/IMG_5418.webp?ex=661b237c&is=6608ae7c&hm=25b1705c6b540f0079617ffe36c3dd5562bfb898e7c2c1525c209e2048e8fb89&

[queen vale]

$100 for a year of Nitro. 9.99 Per Month
The Nitro Basic is $3 a month, but I don't see any actual value in the package that would make me spend, I don't care enough about custom emotes, and many servers turn off external emotes because of abuse, and the "super reaction" is just obnoxious "Look at me" attention grabbing

[small berry]

What pissed me off the most with discord was getting rid of the number combination

Why couldn't I be just Nerzul and a hastag and some numbers

why do nicknames have to be unique now

[sick flame]

Yep, there are plugins that give you access to nitro functions for free

[queen vale]

Because apparently people are bloody idiots and can't understand numbers and text

[peak folio]

A lot of people like nitro. It used to be pretty fun giving away nitro but the snipers ruined it.

[small berry]

Bnet has been doing it since forever and it's honestly great

[peak folio]

So drop a nitro gift in chat it’s guaranteed to go to some bot.

[small berry]

Not having to think what nickname will you have and having to see the "that name is taken" message a dozen times before you find a name that suits you

[queen vale]

I just took the # out and kept the numbers because I didn't care that much, and the account name isn't your nickname in a server so it doesn't really mean much

[peak folio]

That change I totally don’t understand.

[night plume]

I did enjoy the numbers at the end of my name. Was a unique ID for me.

[small berry]

They literally went from a great system, to a restrictive system

[stone harbor]

Look up what they said when that update released they basically said "yall are stupid were gonna simplify it"

[small berry]

cause some dumb dood moaned

[sick flame]

In local prices it cost $5 (converted currency to USD) before the price list changed from local to EUR in December 2020, but those who still pay $5 can continue to pay without interrupting their subscription

[queen vale]

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/12620128861463-New-Usernames-Display-Names

Q. Why is the username system being changed right now?

A. Discord is updating its username system to make it easier for users to connect with their friends and to give users more control over their identity.

[small berry]

Hurts my brain hearing that

[peak folio]

This was literally an issue with nobody.

[small berry]

indeed.

[sick flame]

talked about nitro, not nitro basic

[wild mountain]

wow, i see how it is.

[stone harbor]

Wb Lori

[small berry]

Changing the font, removing the unique identifiers

[keen pollen]

so scummy wth

auto clicker bot for discord nitros or something

[small berry]

Discord has been doing things for a couple years solely to comply with investors desires I bet my bottom dollar

[stone harbor]

Basically

They sell the account once it has nitro

[wild mountain]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1210605039148601394/1224731378768281692/image.png?ex=661e8efb&is=660c19fb&hm=2e72953916866fbad7155428fb420e0f638c48fa607972856b78f025ce47572a&

[keen pollen]

thats nuts lmao

[wild mountain]

guess i'll just leave then. take my bot elsewhere.

[queen vale]

I believe you are a real person, not a bot

[peak folio]

I kinda felt that, ||but my other conspiracy theory is that Discord hired all the people that got dumped from Twitter. 😛||

[sick flame]

The worst is deal about Dragon’s Dogma 2 by Capcom (Single player + microtransactions )

[queen vale]

Now come sit with us and ignore the plug sockets

[stone harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-mod-use-bots-in-bot-command-spam-bot-command-spam-discord-mod-bots-gif-22177336

[small berry]

Might be onto something

[wild mountain]

I am most definitely an artificial intelligence.

[peak folio]

Attached images got rounded corners and turned into collages like in twitter, the s-tier username system got replaced by one similar to twitter, etc etc

[stone harbor]

[small berry]

I'm also artificial, my mum made me

[full terrace]

Me too buddy. Me too

[keen pollen]

has to be an ai pfp or something

[sick flame]

https://tenor.com/view/dinosaur-palworld-dinosaur-palworld-gif-25487873

[queen vale]

The problem is every idiot company likes to chase what they think are the "hot features" of whatever popular app is doing what at the moment - no real thought goes into the actual "Why" it seems

[small berry]

Think tanks

Those damn think tanks

[queen vale]

See Apple suing everyone because curved edges

[stone harbor]

We don't want these changes we will continue to not use them and they'll get removed

[keen pollen]

does curved edges fit for phones more than pc what do yall think

[queen vale]

That's when they do the controlled rollout, and claim that the feature adoption rate is increasing

[peak folio]

I just want to see the whole damn image

[queen vale]

Well I don't worry about stabbing myself in the crotch with a PC in my pocket for one

[keen pollen]

fr

[stone harbor]

My phone doesn't have rounded edges

[keen pollen]

yeah so is it better or nah

[stone harbor]

It does not stab me

[keen pollen]

🫡

[peak folio]

The edge of my phone is a chainsaw.

[sick flame]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1076258207980343296/1224733331938218045/6xu87qdcfwh51.webp?ex=661e90cc&is=660c1bcc&hm=38796c8ce1d1cb74b7739165ecbadc249d504e12e60e7d84880f874463faf058&

[small berry]

The phone of my chainsaw is an edge.

if you have a product that you can combo with a bag why would you try to sell it on its own, such a lack of vision

[sick flame]

When I hold my cell phone, it always slips out of my hands

but I use one hand

[queen vale]

I remember that mocking trend 😄

[peak folio]

I don’t know what this is but is free for one more hour.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2881650/Content_Warning/

Steam

Content Warning

Get famous or die trying! Content Warning is a co-op horror game where you film spooky stuff with your friends to try and go viral. Squad up, customize your face with the ASCII face customiser, buy some gear and use the diving bell to go down to the Old World! Down there you’ll encounter scary physics-animated monsters, cursed relics and other a...

Price

$7.79

▶ Play video

[small berry]

looks cool

[night plume]

Hey, I have a random question for y'all o.O mainly bc idk how to word it to look it up.

Is it possible to delete your achievements on Steam for a single game?
Example: let's say I wanted to start over on my Palworld achievements, is there a way I could I delete them and do so?

[humble parrot]

No

[peak folio]

I haven’t heard of anyone ever doing that.

[small berry]

"Steam achievements cannot be permanently removed, even with third-party software such as Steam Achievement Manager (SAM). However, some reports suggest that having a game removed from your account will remove associated achievements, but this is not confirmed."

[peak folio]

I’d be surprised if they allowed it because it’ll mess with the data.

[night plume]

I didn't think there was, but better to ask and be sure xD

[small berry]

" Removing achievements from a game can be done by modifying them through SAM, but it is a "use at own risk" scenario."

idk how to even access the Steam achievement manager tbh

[peak folio]

Just start a new world on GsmePass

[night plume]

Oh, was wondering for a different game, just used Palworld as an example since it would be a game everyone would know xD

[wild mountain]

you could set up a main account for games then use alts to play them through game share. you'd be able to get the achievements as many times as you want.

why would you want to delete an achievement though?

[small berry]

There's some games that display the achievement earned even if you already had it, that's nice to realise you've reached a milestone

[night plume]

I don't, was asking bc I know someone who was playing a multiplayer game. Someone in the multiplayer game had a mod, and that mod unlocked all achievements for all in the game.

[small berry]

That seems pretty sus ngl

[night plume]

They never got to actually play the game and unlock anything.

[small berry]

but I guess CS:GO has always had idle servers anyway

and other valve games afaik

[queen vale]

Many games with achievements are vulnerable to this, if your character meets whatever the trigger is, bam, achievement

[small berry]

DRG knows best, if you want to skip the progression, you're free to do so, you're the one having fun anyway

save it locally and voila

achievements are a way of creating a sense of progression anyway

just a mind trick

[night plume]

I like the achievements bc it gives certain gamer types alternate goals.
I also like when a game adds in the progression achievements and I see them popup.

I hate when I am playing a game and they have so many dang achievements they pop up at almost every step

[small berry]

"Recruit your first unit"

Man what.

I like steam achievements cause I can see some games where they have an achievement for playing the game and most players never opened the game and played a single match

That's always very awkward

[night plume]

I love how few Palword achievements I have bc I just kept exploring the world and taking my time xD

[wild mountain]

"64.7% of players have unlocked this achievement"

[small berry]

literally, EUIV, a grand strategy game, the achievement with highest completion rate is 29.8%, just let that sink in for a moment

29.8%.

[tough comet]

local 30+ old man gets upset that his light in a room was turned off, and takes it out on the wifi and cooking

[small berry]

how would I feel if only 29.8 of players that bought my game actually played it

How is that statistic even possible

[wild mountain]

craftopia feels.

everyone when there are no achievements: add achievements!
everyone once the achievements were added:
"step foot on anubis island" 0.01%
"complete the geeza plateau tower" 0.01%
"complete your first dungeon" 0.01%

some literally being braindead easy yet they argue there's nothing to do in the game.

yet they've done literally nothing in the game...

[peak folio]

“asking for a friend” I see.

Would it be something they’d be comfortable to fess up to Steam support about it? It sounds like a special case.

[quartz magnet]

good mornin frens

[humble parrot]

Good morning Caos

[night plume]

I don't see why not. I haven't had a good experience with steam support so didn't even think about that to be completely honest xD

[peak folio]

Fair. 😆

[night plume]

My last talk with Steam support was a strongly worded, "I understand you are a complete idiot, but if you would take the time to ACTUALLY read my question or send it to someone who can read, you would understand I am asking you for steps on what needs to be done and not asking you for someone's account information, a topic in which, was never mentioned in my question."

[sick flame]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1203703710744580157/1224744596530135102/image.png?ex=661e9b4a&is=660c264a&hm=3b07de556bde7beff56aa4c86d2a7ce75fc34eb49a8afbca6442d1d816fc0162&

on xbox

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1203703710744580157/1224744884620234864/image.png?ex=661e9b8f&is=660c268f&hm=f1337140a405db1173567e3e777c0c3fdc5f5983a00634c1f8c8ebe4d448b789&

[hollow tree]

It’s freezing

[junior hawk]

You sick af

[tight oxide]

There should be more achievements in palworld though. For example i rly dont understand why "catch every pal" wasnt an achievement

[junior hawk]

You were hot 2 hours ago

[hollow tree]

Man it’s Baltic here okay I’m living in the Arctic

[junior hawk]

Completely unrelated. I’m perpetually late with my electric payment, and it’s been going on for so long that I’m somehow not even late anymore and I’m actually a month ahead.

[hollow tree]

How tf

[night plume]

New Pals are planned to be added. If you catch all Pals there currently, you didn't catch every Pal bc they are not done adding Pals

[jolly gust]

I read that after you set up an achievement on Steam, you can't edit or delete it. So if they were to add an achievement for catching every pal, let's say, 112 that we have now, after a while it gets outdated as more are added.

[tight oxide]

Dont care, thats a lame excuse. Theres like a hundred different ways to address that

[junior hawk]

Idk, the lady at the electric company doesn’t know but whatever I’ll take it,

[tight oxide]

My main point any way is that theres not enough achievements

[hollow tree]

Honestly yeah when it comes to bills take it 😂

Also I think I’m somehow caught up on all my commissions?

[night plume]

There may be more achievements later. For now, it is what it is.

[sick flame]

raid pals

[junior hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/day-off-gif-26190983

[tight oxide]

What is the point of saying it what it is? Obviously it is what it is

[hollow tree]

Yeah I even finished a passion project idk what happened in between sicking everywhere

[night plume]

I like typing for the sake of typing, isn't it obvious by now with how long most of my posts are?

[tight oxide]

Lol

[junior hawk]

That’s crazy. It’s all coming together for us Egg.

[hollow tree]

Right? Get that lottery ticket I got a good feeling!

[junior hawk]

I appreciate how long winded you are Mal. Makes you seem real.

[junior hawk]

I’m gonna get several on my way to work. I’ll be a millionaire in no time

[timid osprey]

real real

[hollow tree]

YES

[full terrace]

Really? I feel like long winded posts would make someone seem less real

[night plume]

More fun to be real. Also makes me feel like I'm more entertaining when I'm trying to be goofy xD

[full terrace]

Not that my buddy Mal is fake

[junior hawk]

Not Mals. They have the perfect amount of human error

[full terrace]

Fair enough

[night plume]

Yes, the one wearing the clown frow and bowtie is definitely not fake >.> super real <.< yup

[hollow tree]

I haven’t updated Patreon for like two days

Whoops

[night plume]

wants to scroll up to all my posts and edit them now....

[full terrace]

Whoops 🤭

[hollow tree]

You’re not even in Patreon ya lil bingus

I gotta figure something out for it but I’m spent rn

[full terrace]

I would if my meds and therapy didn't cost me 😆

[hollow tree]

Understandable

[full terrace]

It's okay! I'll still donate when I can lol

[hollow tree]

No no it’s a subscription that’s how Patreon works

Kofi is tips donations

[night plume]

Your "whoops" made me think of the coppertone mascot.
Wouldn't work for your patreon, but could do a hot woman in a bikini

[hollow tree]

It would work honestly I don’t put anything remotely spicy elsewhere

[night plume]

The actual mascot would not work :p

[tight oxide]

Why dont you make your own website?

[hollow tree]

Oh the bikini I meant

[night plume]

Ah, was a little worried I made a misunderstanding xD

[hollow tree]

Ehh I’m not smart enough to do a website. I have commissions a place to tip and a subscription and that’s enough I think

[full terrace]

I think I mentioned spending 14k on a good set of tiddies somewhere 🤣 bikini pics can be hotter than nudes too

[hollow tree]

Wat

EY 14K?! I’ll draw you tiddies