Just my subjective opinion to add, but I think they also succeeded at making the open world itself feel more puzzle-like, as opposed to the general set dressing it provides in a lot of RPGs. Being in a cold/hot/mountainous/wet/etc area is meaningful for the impact it has on your ability to explore.
I feel like it just gives a better sense of engaging with the environment, as opposed to engaging in the environment, if that makes sense.
I would argue though that it depends on the space you’re in. Conservative bubbles are astroturfed as fuck to inspire fear, sure, but it’s supposed to assure people that they are in the “in group” and there is a justified “other” to vilify and take the blame everything bad in the world. They have all the answers, and all you need to do is share on your socials and vote for the right person.
But I guess I’d consider political doomscrolling (which it seems like this is more veering towards) to be a separate phenomenon, which is not entirely immune to astroturfing either, but does not have it as a prerequisite. That discomfort is usually just the product of anxiety among people who realize they are not in the in group and are sharing their concerns.
Yeah I didn’t look that hard, was the first video I found that was sub 3 minutes. They’re all just marketing reels, no one else seems inclined to just upload a quick video on how teleprompters work.
Yeah, they’re still reflective enough to mirror the text when viewed from the right angle.
Here’s an example from YouTube so you can see what it looks like from the perspective of the one speaking:
Teleprompter. They’re mirrored on one side and reflect a screen with a script scrolling below them.
Yes, the right wing who goes out of their way to make the internet feel as “America First” as possible, that’s what I said. Again I ask, how does that not make Americans feel comfortable in online spaces? Unless you’re referring to one of the “wrong” kinds of Americans that the right-wing doesn’t approve of, I suppose.
I’m not saying astroturfing doesn’t exist, just questioning the idea that Americans are being left without a place to enjoy or feel comfortable in. If anything, I see astroturfing doing more of the opposite, shoving the American propaganda machine into every crevice it can. Which “coincidentally” happens to align well with Russian interests, too.
I wouldn’t read that far into it. American defaultism is such an omnipresent phenomenon across most of the popular internet, it feels like most places are catered to Americans in some capacity.
What I can sympathize with are the communities that restrict US politics, or politics in general. Other than the echo chamber/circlejerk nature of it, it often just becomes an anxiety-inducing spiral into nothingness that sometimes people, American or otherwise, just want a break from. Because it’s already everywhere else.
Looks more like 1958 to me, the whole thing is a blur. Doesn’t seem like a compression thing, more like AI generation.
Kansas requires voters to present a state-issued form of ID to be able to vote, which is almost always going to be a driver’s license or a state ID, both of which are affected by this change. If the license/ID is invalidated, no ability to vote.
Given that midterms are coming up, this could very well be a deliberate move to disenfranchise members of the trans community by denying their right to vote at a key political moment.
I went to the Nazi bar so no one else would have to.
The pessimist in me wonders if those 30% of Republicans simply don’t know what erratic means.
I didn’t watch it, is the implication that he did not mention China at all and therefore drew 25 cards? Seems unlike Trump to not bring China into every irrelevant discussion he can.
Love the radio noise surrounding it in the photograph
Our place is ventilated well enough that I don’t need to open the windows for ventilation or to manage humidity per se, but I am fortunate enough to live in an area with good quality air, so I often do in spring/summer/fall just because it feels fresher.
In winter, I don’t want to freeze or waste energy, so I usually keep them closed. But once in a while, if I have my computer running for a long time and the heat is also on for the rest of our place, I may crack the window a bit just to keep that room from becoming unbearably hot.
I’m not sure what it says, but I do know that writing is Greek and not cuneiform, so it’s likely not the complaint about Ea-nasir.
A matching image search says it may be one of the inscryptions around Arsameia, but I don’t know enough about Greek writing or archaeology to say that with any certainty.
Sorry, none shall be spared.
Terrarium is probably what they meant, though it wouldn’t surprise me if the term might be used differently in different languages, even.
Well someone has to build the datacenters!