First thing I thought of lmao

Yeah I don't blame you, Apple is incredibly good at that. It's what made me drag my feet for years but eventually the built-up frustration pushed me to act lol

Sounds like the beginning of a short story by Greg Egan.

For real. They weren't even funny the first time they came around in 2018. Shitposts used to be quality

I love the idea, but wouldn't it be one of those old web indices (like a site or book that was just a list of other sites) with a keyword search function? Like a centralized webring with user submissions?

i love that the article keeps reiterating how cutting edge the methodology they used is, but used a thumbnail of some shark models imported into blender. this inadvertently implies that blender is the "cutting-edge" technology lmao

Right? I can see why they would want to write a season from her perspective, but one of the reasons people really resonated with S1 is because Joel was such a believable, relatable character with a tragic backstory. Someone whose decisions might be irredeemable devoid of context but completely understandable in the moment. Someone with glaring flaws who's trying his damnedest to fix them under insurmountable pressure.

If the writers can pull that off with Abbie I'd be over the moon, but I don't know if they can.

Oh yeah absolutely. Without Joel, the series suffers so much because of how well Pedro Pascal nailed the role imo. It really, really wanted you to care about Ellie's relationship but I just couldn't because her character was so wildly unlikable. I didn't feel that the way the second game/season was written advanced the overarching theme of the series.

For that reason, I'm probably going to end up skipping the upcoming season. You'd be better off exploring similar themes in different media lol

i have a vague overview. care to share?

you're completely right dude. and the downvotes of users who were disaffected by this post prove it.

i find that the reason this attitude is so prevalent on lemmy is because, well, lemmy is perceived as the niche place for cool kids whereas reddit is perceived as the forum for normies. a lot of users here get a superiority complex solely from not being reddit. add that to the fact that the majority of users here are highly technical and take pride in their expertise... you get the idea.

this attitude then belies every discussion that happens on this platform. comments that insist that you should "just" do something only exist to communicate the user's belief that their way is better than any other way.

use that body wash, take road trips, and crank that thermostat if it makes you happy. nobody gets to govern you and you're not obligated to listen to them.

first time i've ever heard of "permission culture," what's that? i'd guess by the name that it's a bunch of people who ask permission to do anything, but calling it a culture sounds wild lol

have you found any negatives that would potentially turn an average user off of linux? i'm strongly debating moving to mint, so i don't want to accidentally overlook something that might be a dealbreaker