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A transwoman living in Denver, Colorado. Streamer, player of games, pinball machine owner, loving wife of https://bsky.app/profile/systemreactor.bsky.social
Given that Apple products are a bit of a conspicuous consumption status symbol in certain tech circles, this tracks to a dismaying degree.
The news that our boy Joe's podcast is Number 1 on Apple is less an indictment of podcasts as a medium and more indicative of the fact that there are a lot more incel-y tech-bro douchebags wacking off to Apple products than a lot of you are willing to admit.
So this is a first for me. Previous desk chairs I've had, would eventually start sinking when I sit in them, and I'd have to raise them back up a couple of times a week. The IKEA chair I have, I'm now having to lower every day or so, as it's slowly rising up when I'm not sitting in it.
I'm also very annoyed that the Steam AI disclosure is at the bottom of the store page.
I shouldn't need an extension to flag it more prominently. That extension only works in the web browser, not in the Steam app.
That disclosure belongs at the top of the store page. In a bright red box.
What's making it worse are the studios that are under pressure to use AI from upstairs, who will instead label their old procedural tricks as "AI" to appease their superiors, and instead wind up adding obfuscation to the problem.
This doesn't help us.
The more I have to work to filter out stuff that steals from and abuses artists with the idea that their output is valueless, the more likely I am to find something else to do that doesn't expect me to make that amount of unsatisfying labor.
This article has a line that sums up my feelings nicely. Esp when people say "it's here to stay"
"This isn't wearing down my opposition to AI-generated content, but it is wearing me down when it comes to approaching and enjoying video games."
I worry I just won't be able to enjoy new games anymore
I'm going to mute pinball here for a couple of weeks. I'm just... I'm tired, and weary, and it was just not the thing I needed to wrestle with right now with the whole world burning down.
Saw this post on tumblr with an actual poll attached to it and the overwhelming winner was "I don't believe life begins at conception but I would still sell liquor to the baby"
Someone somewhere just posted "WTF is ping pong" and I might have just turned to dust and blown away.
Oh yeah
Trans Rights, bitch
Ran into a wonderful #jesterlavorre cosplayer @lindz-sews.bsky.social at Dakucon yesterday. #criticalrole #mightynein
