I think the distinguishing feature of the newer “isekai” genre is just how trashy they all are. :P

This is just reminding me of my current cat who will open the door to my room, then get inside and close it. I think it’s to get my attention, but the funny part is always when he is ready to leave and he realizes the consequences of his actions.

I’m also pretty sure that cats understand human languages and just choose to ignore us most of the time.

I do see plenty of disagreements, especially in the political sphere. While people seem to generally lean left, there is a decent amount of variation in opinions within that space. Although since they all still generally align with the same goals, the disagreements only get so heated.

For things like media (games, movies, etc) I see less, but for me I just don’t really feel the need to rain on anyone’s parade. If they like something I don’t like, whatever. I wouldn’t be shocked if a lot of people felt the same way.

For tech stuff… we’re on a decentralized open source platform and a lot of the users came over from corporate social media. Of course most of us are skeptical of big tech developments. Occasionally some nuance gets lost, but I even see some of that show up. There are plenty of threads where the OP posts something based on a misunderstanding and the top comment is someone who (probably) knows more about the topic and can clarify things.

Also like some others have said, a non-trivial amount of the arguing that happens on other sites is likely egged on by astroturfing and prioritized by algorithms designed to keep attention rather than promote healthy discussion.

Also, there are some topics where the disagreements I have at least just don’t feel relevant enough to post. For example, with the AI thing. I generally agree with the sentiment of opposing the current AI implementations being pushed by big tech. The environmental impact makes it a non-starter even if the rest of it was good, but then there are issues with privacy, companies using AIs that aren’t good enough to accomplish the task to replace workers just to save some money regardless of the consequences, and the involvement these companies have with the MIC, etc.

However, I do have some optimism for uses of AI in the future. I think it’s cool tech that has potential to do good things, it’s just that a) It’s not actually ready yet and b) Some of those things would only work if we lived in a fairer society. But… honestly what’s the point of interjecting this into a discussion about what’s CURRENTLY going on with AI? What does my hypothetical sci-fi automated luxury gay space communism have have to do with a thread about companies spying on us or switching workers for AI and hurting both the workers and the consumers? Nothing really. It’s only really relevant for a discussion about academic research on AI. So I don’t bring it up. Not because I feel I need to silence my dissent, but because I recognize that it doesn’t really serve any purpose in this context beyond potentially derailing the discussion.

So overall, I’m not worried. While it would be nice to have some more people on the fediverse, I’m fine with the disagreements we do see and I don’t need to argue both sides with a Nazi or a bot. As long as mods don’t get too heavy handed about unreasonable stuff, it’s fine.

I couldn’t even buy it for like an hour because Steam was getting overloaded lol. I’m playing it now and having a lot of fun.

Idk… I’ve had a few pretty shitty pencils.

While I generally agree, I think there is some value in imposing some kind of deadline or limit to a project. Nothing is ever going to be perfect. There will always be more work that could be done on something. If you let yourself just keep going until you think it’s done it might never come out.

But it’s a balance and when publishers push those kinds of deadlines they’re not really considering that.

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