I understand perfectly. I can read it, I can hear it, I can write it. The only thing I can’t do, even if my life depended on it, is speak it. But that’s the fault of English and its non-existent pronunciation rules. That shit is based entirely on ✨vibes✨.

Now I get why spelling bee is such a big deal in the US, jeez…

Regarding collectables-based challenges, in my experience, all collectables that don’t unlock content or aren’t some kind of upgrade are a waste of time.

I remember collecting all the figments in Psychonauts 1, how frustrating and time consuming it was and how it was near useless to the regression of the game. I love Psychonauts and I would like to play it again over and over, but I would not collect those pesky figments ever again.

That’s just the Dark Forest Hypothesis

Peak relationship

American Culture is Common Culture at this point…

For years, the United States has benefited most from globalization. They either don’t admit it or don’t realize it.

I would say that here in Venezuela, the existing generations can be divided into:

• 4th Republic/Pre-Chávez: all those who were born before 1998 and lived before Hugo Chávez’s term in office.

  • They are characterized by being more conservative, as they lived in a time before the rise of the left and Chavismo and know a different Venezuela.

• 5th Republic / Bolivarian Revolution: All those who were born and lived during Chávez’s term from 1998 until his death. That is my generation.

  • Many of us are either very progressive, because our parents who voted for Chávez believed in his ideas, or very conservative for the opposite reason. We are much more politically aware than previous and subsequent generations.

• Post-Revolution / Madurismo: Everyone who was born and grew up during the crisis that followed Chávez’s death and Maduro’s term in office. My nephew’s generation.

  • There are no Chávez supporters here, as they did not get to experience a time when things were not so bad; austerity, scarcity, and misery are all they know. Many of them are now abroad.

• Pandemic: all children born during the pandemic. This includes my other niece.

  • They are still too young to say what their character is like. Most are children of Venezuelans who went abroad, so their idea of what the country is like, if they are still abroad, is influenced by their parents and the media.

Ministry Of Indoctrination

While on a technical level, the fediverse is entirely capable of something similar to Amino, and a platform could be created that replicates its functionality 1:1, I believe the main problem is one of image.

On the outside, the fediverse is seen as an overly “nerd-centric” place, a place where “they only talk about Linux, FOSS,” and “nerdy” things in general. And it’s often the discussions around those topics that seem to have the most visibility around here, while the few communities about hobbies and fandoms that you can find have mostly modest to low interaction.

The thing is, no one likes to feel like they’re talking to themselves. That’s why many artists and people immersed in their fandoms gravitate to places like BlueSky or Tumblr, or don’t want to leave a cesspool like Twitter, even with their more hostile environments towards them: they have the perception that in those places they will have more opportunity to interact, whether that perception is unfounded or not.

If one create a platform like Amino, for fandoms and communities, I think the technical aspects are the least important thing. One have to create an image of an environment that is attractive and enjoyable so that people who are not so interested in technology will want to join.

Lol I was gonna comment that too!

From a Venezuelan living in Venezuela, in short: he wasn’t Chavez.

Long answer: Chávez had the political savvy to make a name and reputation for himself that could protect him despite criticism from hegemonic states. Maduro was never able to hold a candle to him, which is why he declined in popularity despite “technically” perpetuating what Chávez had built.

“But the drugs! But the human rights!” Center-right politicians in the region have faced similar (more verifiable) accusations, yet none have received the same level of global criticism as Chávez or Maduro.

“But democracy!” Peru has had five presidents in less than two years, and no one says anything. Bukele intends to remain in power in El Salvador for life, and no one says anything.

It’s not an ideological or moral issue, It’s Branding.

All the time. In general, the music I listen to always matches my mood. I listen to happy music when I’m happy and sad music when I’m sad. It’s like a form of catharsis.

Listening to happy things when you’re sad can feel like the music invalidates your feelings, and that can make you feel worse. Sad music serves exactly the purpose you describe: to cry, even when you have no tears left, and let go of all the bad stuff inside you.

I believe that the revenue comes more from advertisers paying to advertise on Google than from people paying for the advertised products or services.

I’ve been playing only retro games lately and I just finished Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for a second time yesterday. Now I’m continuing playing the Fatal Frame saga on my ps2.

Heather Mason from Silent Hill 3

I love this

Man, I freaking love GOG 💜

So based

You have to… No, You NEED to Play Downhill Domination. There is NO WAY you won’t have fun playing that, trust me.

Oh! And Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3! You don’t have to be a DBZ fan to have fun with that, is amazing and so chaotic!

Also, have you consider trying Devil May Cry 3? (Don’t worry about the number, it’s a precule). It’s kinda hard but so fun and satisfying.

No Final Fantasy because I’m not even sure where to start!

I had the same problem too, but after trying to play them chronologically (and failing), I learned that you can play any FF game at any time, cuz they are very unique and don’t actually relate one another.

Final Fantasy X is a great pick, for example, it helped me overcome my despise for Turn-base combat RPG.

And, if you’re up to some Big Robot Fight mayhem anime style, Zone of The Enders is Amazing.

edit: AND YAKUZA! HOW COULD I FORGOT YAKUZA!!?? YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE FIRST YAKUZA ASAP!!

(unless you want to play / already played the kiwami version, which may be a better experience)

If I have to watch it as soon as I receive it, no matter how interesting it is, I wouldn’t watch anything longer than a minute and a half.

If you give me time to choose when to watch it, I can easily watch something up to 5 hours long. Back to back.

WE DON’T HAVE THE DAMN MONEY TO PAY FOR A FUCKING $90 MARIO KART GAME

And the prices back then were to offset the costs of physical distribution. Today, digital distribution costs publishers NOTHING.

These prices are not due to inflation, they are GREED.