[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Damn girl, do those arms go all the way down?

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

I hope I'm lucky enough to marry ~~a woman like her one day.~~

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Jokes on you, even if this was writen normaly I would've trouble readng it.

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

A "good girl"

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

How about they bring development time and costs to AAA standards?

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago
  • Evangelion, sort of.
  • Tom and Jerry
  • Metal Gear Solid 3
[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

I think there are two separate things that are culturally called 'depression', but one of them is just inexplicable sadness.
We have a separation between feelings that we are allowed to feel and feelings that are frowned upon. Most negitive emotions belong to the former group. You are not supposed to feel hate, envy, anger or sadness. Sadness is only accptable in certain circumstances, like funerals, goodbyes, loss of a job, etc. So when people have an inexplicable period off sadness outside of those circumstances they often attribute it to depression. But this is a valid emotion that you are allowed and supposed to feel. And your body also has ways to deal with sadness. When I'm sad, I'm comfortable in knowing that eventually it is going to pass and there's going to be relief.

But then there is 'depression'. All of us are problem solvers, that's just how all our brains work. All our life, whatever the issue is we always try to find a solution. And if the solution is not apparent or non-existent we weigh the effort of continuing to look for a solution against the the severely of the problem. For most of our problems the solutions are easily apperent and if they are not, it is usually an issue that is not worth wrapping our heads around. But then there are people with problems that can't be ignored, fundamental issues of existence. And some of those problems are fundamentally unsolvable. So this is the point where your problem solving brain gets into a negative feedback loop of, 'can't ignore this problem, but theres no solution, but I can't ignore this problem, but theres no solution, but I can't ignore this problem, but theres no solution, ...'. Even if you are not thinking about it, it occupies your mind and drains you mentally to the point where even other easily solvable problems become monumental tasks for you preoccupied mind.

An example is, having a bad childhood, therefore missing crucial early social development, this cascades into missing out on early romantic relationships, the lack of experience makes you even more undesirable. Even if you develop that later in life, you can't turn back the clock, the time to experiment around has passend and now that everybody else around you is more mature you will always be held to a higher standard than you can fulfill. There is no solution to this, it is just the passage of time, natures law.
Another example is education, if all you life you've been told that all you need is a good education. And now suddenly the tides have turned and now the degree that you spend arguably the most important decade off your life barely pushing through is not even the bare minimum, you have a serious problem. You are to old and life has become to expensive to start over. Its even worse if on paper it shouldn't be that way. On every corner you're being told 'Yes, but not you'. Again, theres no solution. The dice keep rolling against you and you're running out of dice to roll.
Seeing young talented people is another cause of depression. Being reminded that there's nothing you are really good at because all your life you've been behind, swimming upstream to not get washed away. Having no time to get into anything because you were always looking for the most effortless distraction for you occupied mind. Even if you know now that it's not about talent but about dedication and practice. If you'd would start now to get good at something, by the time you're proficient enough you'd either be to old to impress or to old to enjoy you own proficiency. It'll be just a constant reminder that 'you could've started earlier'.

In general I would say that depression is a symptom of things that we can't but wish to control like the passage of time, luck, decay, etc. I also wouldn't call it a disease because it's more of a base line of complex life. There are basically two base lines, being completely unaware of your problems (being obliviously happy) and being hyperaware of your problems (being depressed). Ideally you would spend all your life right in the middle between those two. But depending on what type of person you are, if you are not actively working towards the middle you will naturally gravitate toward one or the other. The issue is that golden retriever energy people are usually not regarded as problematic, whereas downer people are.

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

Is you sleep paralasis demon single?

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

The most important thing for EV is to get a solid footing in the used car market. As much as manufacuters try to sell you on the idea that a car is a lifestyle choice, for most people it's just tool. Primaraly to get to and from your workplace. It has to be cheap and reliable. The biggest workforce in any developed nation is the upper low - lower middle class. Most of them can only afford used cars. The first manufacturer to implement measures to make 4-8 year old EVs a viable alternative to combustion engine vehicles will most likely be king for least 2 years till everybody else catches up.

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

Lead is literary the cheapest metal you can get.
Source 1
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Market prices of other metals are also shown.

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

There's also no constitutional right for the internal temperature of the White House not to exceed 950°F, but the fires are on their way anyway.

[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Steams reviews have a much higher weight in regard to a games success than any other form of review. The new Battlefront games came to Steam way later, when EA Play got introduced and a big chunk of EAs exclusive library moved to Steam. By that point the Battlefront games got all patched up and were somewhat beloved. But a native Steam release like BF2042 was met with harsh criticism, which ultimately let to the game's failure. There is a reason why AAA studios like Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft or Microsoft prefer not to release their games on Steam and each have their own launchers. The lack of transparency is also why the Epic Games Store is an attractive alternative for publishers. I'd like to think that Steam has the most solid review system one could ask for, something that other launchers are severely lacking. An "overwhelmingly positive" status for a game is an automatic success and everything below "mixed" is nearly a death sentence. Even games that are successfull, like the recent CoD titles start out "negative" or "mixed" on Steam release. But that doesn't matter anymore, because the publisher already got his money from their own launcher and console releases.

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