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saying "i wish ill" isn't even a wish of harm, it doesn't even violate the rules, get your shit together bluesky

I am making strategy cardgames. Whenever i press Ä it creates a clone of Venla and throws her in the ocean

A picture of a card game prototype. People are standing on colored lines. There's a frog involved.

continuing to attempt to make card game. the card game is now "playable" with my "friends". i will return later with more card game

#gamedev

i dislike that every industry is lead by businesspeople, telling people who actually know how to do things what to do and occasionally ruining their lives for slightly more money

having businesspeople is fine, but they really shouldn't be in charge

i'm glad to see someone else with correct opinions

the internet is also good at sharing great things and finding cool people and art, which is an unfortunate combination with attention vampires wielding engagement metrics

Definitely! Not having to think about brushing my teeth is appreciated.

The internet is just worryingly good at hijacking the autopilot system in a way that isn't very effective rest, isn't all that enjoyable and doesn't achieve much

by appealing to the brain's desire to not think and not be bored

Do you ever wonder about how much time each day you spend being, like, actively, intentionally conscious?

Having thoughts and doing actions that you're deciding to do, instead of just kind of. operating out of habit and/or being distracted by media stimulus

it's kind of inconvenient that when asked to think about a difficult thing, the first thing the mind does is think about how to avoid thinking about it

also kind of inconvenient that there's several global industries dedicated to helping the brain not think about anything it doesn't want to

YES THIS IS SO GOOD

Bit rude, but thank you?

That tracks with my old understanding of the topic.

Best we can do is minimize harm :(

My perception has been that the amount of grown food necessary to raise meat is high enough to effectively cause meat to require more plant-farming than a plant diet, but haven't looked much into whether specific plant ingredients are bad enough to overcome that.

I'd actually be very curious to find out how the numbers work out between that and growing feed for animal industry stuff.

Are there major vegan substitute ingredients that cause large scale damage?

If you have Knowledge I would ask to borrow some

Is it a bad habit? I love me some good titles :)

i have the fortune of having never been in a physical confrontation of any kind. i also don't really drink. i suspect these two things are related

so the incentive isn't there for profit-seeking companies to make their platforms a place for good friendly human things to happen

It's certainly an antidote for an individual, but as a big ol collective pile of variably evil apes, we do need to figure out a way to make social media not just a festering pile of fistfights

pro-social platform design just doesn't necessarily result in max engagement -> max revenue, i think

I definitely have this problem with clothes, I feel like I lack the knowledge to make the actual ethical decisions

Do I want leather shoes, or these low quality shoes mostly of plastic that might break in a year?

...Can I get additional options and maybe an expert? :(

(i resort to second hand)

Is there anything more vegan than "checks notes" gatekeeping reductions in animal cruelty

I feel like most of my effort in internet conversations is spent trying to convince people I'm not trying to fight them

why does everyone wanna fight all the time

Ouch, yeah, supplement allergy definitely would make B12 a problem. Maintaining that with, like, nutritional yeast would be... awkward.

i can sort of understand the impulse tho

animals get hurt -> feel powerless to help -> get angry -> lash out at people on internet for emotional relief

unfortunately it just makes people harder to have a reasonable convo with when their experiences with vegans have had this kinda tone

I wonder if Combat Veganism has ever actually worked? tho maybe convincing people isn't actually the goal there

A few people have told me they decided to go vegan some amount of time after talking with me about my veganism, and the effective method has always been just... explaining why I do that.

conclusion: game theory has chosen.

(does this count as game theory?)

i have some gameplay experience feedback to capitalism. this kinda sucks honestly

and being worried about making money makes it hard to actually stay focused on the parts of creative work you're excited about

which, annoyingly, makes you less likely to make money?

upsides: i really enjoy making things

downsides: people keep telling me i need to pay for things and if i had more money i could help my friends who have problems and wouldn't have to stress about stuff as much

Sometimes I contemplate being strategically smart about game dev, doing market research, figuring out what kinda game would-

and then promptly ignore all that because i had this *really cool idea* for a cardgame mechanic and I can't actually bring myself to care about business for over 3 hours

An early prototype for a digital cardgame.

mm. i want to make card game

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