just another Redditrefugee who has been thinking too much about the internet lately.

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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I think there can be an intermediary step where things get a little better before they get much worse. I’m thinking of Youtube, which pre acquisiton, iirc, was getting slow and bad. Google infrastructure made it faster, but then, well…

    This is really just the first step of enshitification - first they make things good for users, then introduce advertisers, then claw back all the value for themselves.

    Or put another way

    • "don’t worry you favourite thing will stay the same - we don’t want to mess with a winning formula!
    • “these changes will benefit users!”
    • “we have to comply with industry standards and best practices. please read our updated terms of service.”
    • "in order to compete in a dynamic marketplace, we’re introducing an add supported tier!
    • “we’ve made changes to our subscription model!”
    • “we’ve made changes to our subscription model and we’re introducing adds on paid tiers! suck it!”
    • “sure, you paid for it, but our agreements are expiring and we don’t value you as a human being!”
    • “really, where else are you going to go? lololololol”



  • These days I’m more of a boomer shooter dude, but the trailer hooked me and I regret nothing. Haven’t tried the newest Postal yet. Played postal 2 back in the day. blood west is likely next up for me.

    Devs like Hyperstrange and New Blood are killing it these days, in a time when the big devs are laying off entire teams. It’s amazing what happens when you have smaller devs who are focused on the games and not chasing number-go-up.

    As New Blood says, “We love you. We hate money.”






  • It’s not my primary device but it fills a couple niches really well. And travel device isn’t even the most important, though obviously I love it for that.

    Sometimes I game with it over my PC when I want to be outside in the summer.

    But most of the time I end using it with the tv. I have the dock and it’s become more like a Nintendo switch than a Sega game gear. My friends and blasted through Streets of Rage 4 in an afternoon for example. And im in a couple discord movie servers and when I’m watching I just switch to desktop mode and full screen it.

    So yeah I’m not using it the way I thought, but it gets used couple times a week minimum, a lot more if I have along bus or train ride.


  • Here’s the closest I’ve got.

    Priest - History In Black

    Priest is an electronic music project originally formed by ex-members of the hugely popular band Ghost. I’d call this Darkwave, but the label doesn’t matter, it’s depeche mode-y and don’t let the gimp mask put you off, I believe the song is very sincere.

    I can't stop, it's too late, it pours out, it's my fate
    My legacy in black
    Looking in to my eyes, see the things i despise
    My soul is tainted black
    
    I traveled with the enemy, i thought it was my destiny
    I'm free of all the lunacy
    I never want it back, my history in black
    
    Silent screams longing voice, violent dreams, ringing noise
    My memory is black
    It's not a mask, it's my skin
    Please don't ask where i've been
    My heart is painted black
    
    I traveled with the enemy, i thought it was my destiny
    I'm free of all the lunacy
    I'm never want it back, my history in black
    
    I escaped from the cage inside
    
    I traveled with the enemy, i thought it was my destiny
    I'm free of all the lunacy
    I never want it back, my history in black
    My history in black
    

  • It’s a song that speaks to your flavour of depression. Makes you feel like someone feels the exact same way you do. That in turn makes you feel sane. Like you’re heard. Even understood.

    Over time, songs (or movies or other things) can become a ritual - you feel awful, listen to the song, eventually you come out the other side as the depressive episode fades. Then the next time it happens you associate the song with your recovery. So over time it becomes What You Do when you Feel That Way.






  • That’s right, he was the bassist for them before they kicked him out for somehow doing even more drugs than they did. The song “motorhead,” was originally a hawkwind song. They are still going after all this time. They’re much more famous in the UK - “your dad’s hawkwind albums” is basically a punchline.

    I’m more of a stoner metal/rock guy - too much noodling and I lose interest. But hawkwind’s albums up until the departure of Roger Calvert are classic.

    They were a huge influence on Monster Magnet - they’ve covered two hawkwind songs and there’s a couple stolen licks here and there.