Michael

From the Wikipedia:

In the late 20th century, many Americans with classical liberal beliefs began to describe themselves as libertarians.

I was alluding to that, but I appreciate the added clarity.

“Classic” libertarians were largely anarchists, communists, and socialists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Definitions

Although libertarianism originated as a form of anarchist or left-wing politics,[27] since the development in the mid-20th century of modern libertarianism in the United States caused it to be commonly associated with right-wing politics, several authors and political scientists have used two or more categorizations[9][10][28] to distinguish libertarian views on the nature of property and capital, usually along left–right or socialist–capitalist lines.[11]

The difference is back then, I didn’t have to wait 2 years (give or take) for games to go on a proper sale to enjoy it. I’d just wait until a month or two has passed and ask around, go into Gamestop/EB Games, rent it at Blockbuster, find used games at yard sales, etc. and buy them for cheap (or potentially barter for them or be lent the copy).

We pay $70 to not play at release due to server issues and critical bugs. We do QA for most major gaming companies - while paying for the privilege to do so. We pay full-price for incomplete experiences that we are misled into believing are complete experiences, as well.

Most games I purchase at release (or pre-order) are just in limbo on my account while I wait for a playable product. By the time it’s playable, there is usually $70 worth of DLCs for me to buy.

Why are people silent about this shit? Please start spreading this awareness with everybody you know.

Yeah, really. Like a lot of games refuse to let me bind “1” through “0”, “[”, “]”, “;”, “'”, “,”, “.”, “/”, ""

Like c’mon. I need those keys. It’s feels like laziness and is sometimes the result of a console-focused development cycle (with PC as an afterthought). They add all the major keys, but those special characters? Nah.

Yeah, I’ve encountered a few games that do that.

Same, but I left Windows. On Linux/Wayland, it’s a bit more difficult and less powerful with current tools. AHK can’t be beat.

I’m left-handed and while key rebinding has gotten better in some ways, it has recently regressed in gaming in the past few years.

I make custom layouts for every game I play. IJKL to move, Semicolon to sprint, Quote to crouch, etc. I find many games where “I” is hard-bound to inventory, some bindings overlap keys I’ve bound, some keys are unable to rebound entirely in-game, some keybindings menus require jank to actually work, and so forth.

It’s very frustrating. I can only imagine what people with physical disabilities and assistive devices deal with if it’s this hard for me.

Rude

The article is clearly written with a tone that is attempting to influence that reaction.

Here is their source for the claim in the their title:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Valve-engineer-says-Steam-Machine-performance-beats-70-of-PCs-and-can-play-all-games.1163950.0.html

See the difference between how the two articles are written and framed?

I’d invite you to watch the interview this is all comes from, as well. Yazan has zero hostility and is likely speaking from their intimate knowledge of the data to support this statement.

I’m sorry that it all happened that way. I believe in most spaces, your comment would’ve just been removed if it was seen as uncivil - if any action was taken at all. If you hit the vertical … on comments or look at the footer, you will notice that moderation logs are public here on the fediverse which brings a greater level of accountability to moderators and users alike.

Truly, I hope you have a good time here and I look forward to seeing you around!

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I have ADHD, and my therapist has confirmed it

He says it’s my trait and that I should learn to live with it.

Sounds like you aren’t listening to OP and just hearing what you want to.

Yeah, it’s pretty crazy what can happen.

Related, as a young child, I had very severe breathing problems - but no wheezing. Turns out I have an atypical presentation of asthma (like cough-variant asthma or silent asthma) and I was nearly dying for over a year before the doctor referred me to an asthma and allergy specialist and admitted they couldn’t help me to my parents.

I get it, going through all that education, training, and practice is worthy of recognition, but the best doctor knows their limits and passes you along to someone who is equipped and specialized.

I think that it’s great that you posted here and I hope things get better for you!

Teaching self-acceptance is generally fine, but I feel like in this case, this is a cop-out and the person isn’t able to provide the help and support you require.

I’ve run into this issue myself with my adult autism diagnosis - providers refused to provide a diagnosis or provide me a pathway to receive an evaluation from somebody qualified to do so. Even when I needed accommodations for college, they just sat silent, refused to address my concerns, and quickly changed subjects.

Turns out I do have autism, and they were just barriers to me accessing diagnosis and all the benefits that come with it. I likely have ADHD as well, but none of these providers gave a shit. They just focused on my anxiety and tried to reason me out of my state, focused on having me changing my behaviors and reactions (mask even harder), gaslit me into accepting that I’m causing people to traumatize me and letting myself be traumatized, and so forth. I was already high-masking, but I desperately needed supports and they had nothing to offer. They acted as if my high-masking appearance was my baseline and the anxiety was the inhibitor - which cause me an immense amount of harm. They also refused to address my significant trauma history and PTSD.

Find someone else who is qualified in ADHD and don’t get fucked around like I did.

This is just to make the subreddit conform to the brand/Joe Rogan’s perspective and interpretation of events and excuse their moderation actions when they censor or silence users with opinions or perspectives they don’t approve of.

This will end up releasing private info in some form, right?

I was going to specifically argue this point to them, thank you.

Personally, I believe that everybody is neurodivergent and that the concept that anybody is neurotypical is extremely harmful. Difference is normal, but some people need extra help and support. That’s where the diagnosis comes in, with very specific criteria and identification of support needs and impairment levels.

I believe that one can resonate with autistic traits validly and that is likely extremely desirable to accept and support, but I don’t believe that everybody is autistic. I believe that one can easily say they are “neurodivergent with autistic traits” and that be seen as valid. I believe the level of impairment is what speaks to the specific differences found in autism, in addition to meeting the specific diagnostic criteria (which is extremely accurate - as evidenced by many studies, meta-analyses, and so forth).

I’m pretty sure that less than 1% of people worldwide are autistic. Level 0 does not exist in official diagnostic criteria, and clinically means you do not have autism.

I did not insult you.

I responded because you were being arguably hostile to the other commenter in tone throughout your response, and you’re be uncharitable and hostile to me here too.

With respect to you, I can’t engage further in this conversation.