My bad, I meant the activity depicted in the picture (popping a wheelie to try to impress a girl) could easily be from a pre-internet time.

Right, I guess I mean I don’t see how the sentiment of wanting to show off for ladies has really changed that much post internet. To me this picture speaks more towards how motorcycles impacted simping, and I’m pretty sure that’s the whole reason motorcycles were invented.

In what way? Guys popping wheelies to impress girls was definitely a thing before the internet. I’m pretty sure that’s why the wheelie was invented.

Sometimes it’s just fun to write fanfic regardless of who you think is stronger. If the characters have strong motivations good stories are bound to unfold.

God’s priorities are weird, but they make me feel seen. :)

Uh, yeah, I thought that was the point? There’s nothing more maddening than looking at all the terrible things in the world and still deciding that living life is worth enduring.

You have to be divinely insane to accept all of the bad and all of the good that reality presents to us seemingly without any greater reason or purpose.

Mystery exists outside of the simple world of “good” and “bad”.

During the AI goldrush you can make your fortune selling bookshelves.

Can’t blame you. I put a Windows PC together again just so I could play Helldivers 2 a bit more consistently. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to enjoy your leisure time.

“There’s no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism so fuck everyone.”

I agree with that sentiment. If it’s any consolation I think his “spirit” lives on in the work he helped create and in the people he inspired.

I remember seeing Fred read the news on his stone tablet.

Oh my teammates definitely noticed my mistakes. I picked up someone else’s support weapon after they died and they held me at gunpoint until I figured out how to drop it. It was hilarious and I’m really glad they put up with my incompetence.

Yeah, my brother enjoys the game for the chaos. Whenever I play with him I just roleplay as a super earth zealot, that way regardless of if I’m being sweaty or not everyone gets to have fun for their own reasons.

I’m still learning the game and one of the things I think is really funny is the fact that I play it completely wrong from an “optimal gameplay” perspective. I was in a group with good players who were patient enough to show me the ropes, but I could feel them facepalming whenever I did something stupid. It’s always fun being the self aware new guy when your teammates are willing to put up with your incompetence because they recognize you’re still learning.

Ah… Yeah. Idk. If I was god I’d make it so anyone who wanted to find me could find me through any path regardless of where they started at. Assuming “god” exists and is at least that benevolent then there’s nothing to worry about regardless of your religion.

I think if god exists it would design a system that would lead you to it if you wanted to find it. In which case religion wouldn’t have to be the only way to find god.

But I suppose I should ask what do you mean by the “way to god”?

In my opinion the only god worth thinking about is one that is beyond human comprehension. Once you restrict a god to only only following human logic god ceases to be interesting.

I always liked the ergonomics of the N64 controller. The recreation of those ergonomics using the Wiimote+nunchuk was one of my favorite things about the Wii lol

Absolutely. There’s a feeling of being more “present” in the world. It’s more stimulating for your senses, which I think is ultimately why your brain rewards you for it with dopamine.