• Yep, but not the gov, from right-wing extremist groups funded by billionaires
• Yes
• It does work, but it shows how fragile it is to a few rotten apples
• The internet? No. Circa 2005 it was a wonderful place for nerds to exchange ideas and foster small communities and groups. Social media gameified this, turned quiet discussion into a public stage where the aim is to win an argument by votes, and not to foment ideas through the freeform exchange of discussion. Polarisation was a metric they maximised because it kept engagement high for ad revenue.

Nobody’s mentioned this yet, but there’s this little known game called Genshin…

Or… or… hear me out… one of them turns around on their chair, and says “hey there”.

She liked embeddded apps
And he liked desktop displays
What more can I say?

Child Overflow Error

Edit: oh wait you said two kids, nvm

…what kind of bridge?

glad to hear it!

• Rush Hour: The Lion King

  • Carter and Lee take on a nefarious plot to overthrow the king in the African savannah, ultimately foiling Scar’s plot and ensuring Simba inherits the throne, whilst working undercover in the Hyena underworld.

• Kung Pow: LotR

  • The Fellowship of the Fist must face off against Lord Sauron, but first Frodo must train under True Master Gandalf to achieve his destiny.

• Harry: Potter

  • Detective Harry Calahan must infiltrate a secluded military school in the Scottish countryside as the new DADA teacher, in order to take down an organisation known only as “Dumbledore’s Army” led by a single battle-scarred teen known only as The Potter.

Top-tier recommendations, good sir

It’d be cool to meet up with some Lemmy folk

Exploit the resources and peoples of the past by subjugating them to future tech and making the uninformed believe that we are immutable gods, and… oh wait, you said socialism

BG3: WhickedWhims and BasementDrugs

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see it, cannot unsee it

nothing that drinking can’t fix

Needs sunglasses and a gun

Also, there’s literally a Greggs on every corner or a greasy spoon that’ll make you a sandwich for 2.50

this was a productive thread

Oh I know, I’m just saying that we don’t need to know the secrets of the universe in order to build complex things.

Kenshi2 is in the works

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/233860/view/1599265246183370950

In terms of narrative: Pentiment is a good choice

In terms of consistent world (with your own internal narrative of what is happening): Kenshi is a good choice