Is it just me or are newer games too quiet?
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56593753
Is it just me or are newer games too quiet? - sh.itjust.works
It feels like newer games are just too quiet. No background music, just “ambient
noise” if you’re lucky. And as someone who really likes Video Game Music I find
that disappointing. Is it just me or do newer titles really lack BGM? It
honestly feels like newer games are ashamed of looking or feeling too much like
stereotypical video games and overcorrect as a result. Like is it just me? Or
have you noticed this too?
Is there any hope? - sh.itjust.works
2026 Saw a bunch of states end the ability to update gender markers, with Kansas
even revoking driver’s licenses. The attacks from the Right are constant. We are
being dehumanized and I just learned what V-Coding is… The horrible things
they’re doing to our sisters in Federal Prison… I fear in Trump’s America, we
are set to be dehumanized, criminalized, mocked, and sexually exploited. I worry
that the fight for trans rights can only end in failure as the public turns on
us for being too strange and too small in number to be worth caring about. They
call us pedophiles even as more of the Epstein files come out and reveal this is
only true of Trump himself. Leaving the country even seems unlikely as we’re not
allowed to have passports. Is there any hope that we prevail in the future? Or
are we absolutely fucked with the only hope that MAYBE, just MAYBE, Canada
allows us to seek asylum. I’m trying to hold on, but I’m beyond terrified and I
just don’t see any happy ending for us.
Does anyone have a debunk for eucharistic miracles?
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Does anyone have a debunk for eucharistic miracles? - sh.itjust.works
Recently was told by a Christian to look into eucharistic miracles. These are
when the bread and wine at mass literally turns into flesh and blood. Apparently
these were tested and found to come from a living heart with AB Blood. And all
the sources I find list them as verified real. I can’t find any contradicting
resources. So I’m wondering if anyone has one. Cause this just doesn’t smell
right. The Bible is a self contradicting mess and prayer has already been shown
not to work, but somehow God saved his real evidence for randomly trolling
priests by turning wine into blood? I don’t know about that one. I will confess
most of the resources I found covering them were Catholic in origin, which are
hardly trustworthy (another reason why I’m not buying it) Anyone here more adept
at googling shit who can tell me how this is bogus?
How seriously is Quantum Immortality taken?
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How seriously is Quantum Immortality taken? - sh.itjust.works
On a scale from pseudoscience to Hard Science how seriously is Quantum
Immortality taken by people who Quantum for a living? Was mainly wondering
because I see it being promoted by things like Kurzesgtat (I know I butchered
that) and other popular Science promoters. Yet anytime I see anyone, even Roger
Penrose himself, supposit that mind is any way connected to Quantum phenomenon
it is attacked mercilessly and rushed out of the room like a crazed bloodied up
goat that somehow snuck into a nursery. So I am a little confused. By what
mechanism would Quantum Immortality even work if science is so sure there is
nothing like a soul jumping timelines?
What's the difference between banned and banned from community
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What's the difference between banned and banned from community - sh.itjust.works
Was recently in an argument on [email protected] [[email protected]] and was shamed
for “Being against Palestine” (which is absurd. I support Palestine, but
apparently voting for Kamala over Trump because the former had the better stance
on transpeople is somehow a bad thing?) And I recently saw I could no longer
reply or even up or down vote. When I went to check my posts they were marked
with “Banned from Community” I’d expect a message direct to me to explain this,
but I didn’t get one. I have seen this marker on other users. Alongside just
“banned” So just asking what’s the difference between banned and banned from
community?
Too disheartened to continue - sh.itjust.works
So I mistakingly thought the grove with the tiefling-goblin war was the main
quest, because that’s what the game kept talking about. And I didn’t see any way
to continue the game outside of doing it, especially since the way North to do
Wyll’s quest to get Kalrath was blocked off by a broken bridge. I eventually
learned I could jump it, but I honestly didn’t think platforming was an option
given that the game didn’t seem to have platforming elements. I got stuck in the
Goblin Camp on a really tough fight, as due to the game pointing me in that
direction I went there without gearing up or leveling my guys, so I was only
level four. Honestly the fights were fine except for the one against Dror
Hazlin, who kept killing my guys in one hit and refusing to take damage no
matter what I did. I tried attacking him from the rafters, but he was only
half-way down on his health by the time he had my guys cornered and proceeded to
kill them all by knocking them off the rafters. I eventually turned down the
difficulty, but found the fight unsatsifying. So I reloaded and eventually
figured I could shove Dror Ragzlin down a bit and miss out on his worm. I chose
that, because the shame of using Explorer Difficult was just too great. So, you
might be wondering “What’s the problem? I found a solution” Well I was talking
to the Steam Message boards about it and they were overly toxic, accusing me of
a being a troll, telling me how easy the fight was, giving non-answers like “Use
Explosive Barrles” (I don’t have any) or “Hire some ogres!” (There are none
around) and when I explained why their solutions were unviable I was told I was
a ragebaiter. I just kept getting told how easy the fight was and how I’m a
terrible person for asking for help. Eventually the forum post was deleted due
to how out of hand it got. It left me in too sour a mood, because I figured,
what if they’re right? What if I’m not gamer enough to properly enjoy Baldur’s
Gate 3. So now I ask on Lemmy, should I continue, or uninstall in shame? I
really do like the game, I don’t agree with every mechanic and I dislike how
limited resoruces are, but I love the world and the story and would really like
to see it through to the end. If you think I should continue, then please, I ask
any advice I can get for how to optimize enjoyment. Thank you.
Has there ever been a viable alternative to the phsycialist model of the universe?
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Has there ever been a viable alternative to the phsycialist model of the universe? - sh.itjust.works
Physicalism or materialism. The idea that everything there is arises from
physical matter. If true would mean there is no God or Free Will, no immortal
soul either. Seems to be what most of academia bases their world view on and the
frame work in which most Science is done. Often challenged by Dualism and
Idealism but only by a loud fringe minority. I’ve heard pan-psychicism is
proving quite the challenge, but I hear that from people who believe crystals
can cure autism I hear that “Oh actually the science is moving away from
materialism” as well, but that seems to be more crystal talk as well. So lemme
ask science instead of google. Any reason to doubt physicalism? Is there
anything in science that says “Huh well that seems to not have any basis in the
physical at all and yet it exists”
I wish God was real - sh.itjust.works
I have been reluctant to call myself an atheist. Mainly because I associate the
label with many negative qualities and find many atheists to be perpetually 14
edgelords who claim to be pro-science but seem to think the scientific method is
composed of running into a church and yelling “Fake!” I could go on if it were
my intent to chase away my audience with a stick so I’ll mostly leave it there.
How can I see such angry arrogant bullies chanting “Sky Daddy!” and go “Yes I am
one of them?” It is illogical. But I have no choice but to wear the label,
because God is not real. If God were real, Christians would be the kindest and
most giving people in the world. I don’t need to tell you how far from the case
this is. I don’t need to tell you about the cruelty of Christian movements.
About how all their good will and charitable acts begin and end at “Believe in
our God and stop complaining!” They do not stop suffering, they deny it even
exists. Claiming it to be part of God’s plan and how God doesn’t make mistakes.
The latter is true because the former isn’t. God doesn’t make mistakes because
there is no plan, there is no God. This is insanity While I have known
Christians who are truly kind people, some of them I call my dearest friends…
these are the exception not the rule. And even he, one of my best friends, will
ignore his conscience and choose cruelty if he believes it the will of his God.
Even if his Pope says it isn’t. If God were real these Christians would not be
so angry that non believers and transpeople exist. They would be fearful of his
wrath and joyous of his love. The rich would not horde wealth but spend it in
service to the poor, for the riches of Heaven would be far greater and far more
permanent. If God were real he would heal the sick, we would hear of the
miraculous healing of amputees. We would hear of gender dysphoric teenagers who
awoke in a new body. We would hear how the angels themselves condemned Israel’s
genocide of Palestine. God would have saved my Christian friend who became brain
dead in a hit and run, and actually dead two weeks later. God would have halted
the actions of every man of faith who decided to prey upon children, nay they’d
be too scared of his wrath to even have thoughts of doing as such. But God will
never lift a finger to help anyone. Not because he is cruel or indifferent. But
because he isn’t there. Should I hear a voice with an otherworldly glow say
“It’s me, the Lord your God. I am sorry for my absence, but I need your help to
make this right.” All would be forgiven and I would bow in reverence to Christ.
But that day will not come. I am an atheist not because I am heartless and
reject him… but because my heart calls out to him and receives nothing. I have
pondered if maybe God is around and some can hear him more clearly than others.
But then I remember how Conservatives behave, either using God for a selfish
agenda or being suckered by false holy men… And there goes that hypothesis. God,
if you’re willing to talk I am willing to listen. But sadly you aren’t because
you don’t exist.
Has the afterlife already been disproven?
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Has the afterlife already been disproven? - sh.itjust.works
Sort of a follow up to my topic asking why NDE Research wasn’t taken seriously.
Which btw I got great replies to. I was expecting the usual “Oh near death isn’t
REALLY death.” And “Because its bullshit.” Strawman non answers But instead I
got people interfacing with the data and pointing out that an afterlife was no
the direction the data headed outside of spirituality circles that did not
interpret the data correctly to begin with. So looking at how everything to do
with conciousness leads to the brain and how we have discovered that a sense of
self separate from the body is illusionary. I have to ask Is it an open secret
that the afterlife is debunked? I can find tons of arguments and information
against it and the only thing supporting basically going “Well the brain is your
conciousness but no one knows for sure.” So a “I’m not saying no, but I sure as
hell am not saying yes.” Being the strongest yes isn’t exactly reassuring. It
makes me think the “I don’t know” is actually a “no” trying to be polite
What proof is there of the multiverse?
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What proof is there of the multiverse? - sh.itjust.works
I guess I’ve always been confused by the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum
Physics and the fact that it’s taken seriously. Like is there any proof at all
that universes outside of our own exist? I admit that I might be dumb, but, how
does one look at atoms and say “My God! There must be many worlds than just our
one?” I just never understood how Many Worlds Interpretation was valid, with my,
admittedly limited understanding, it just seemed to be a wild guess no more
strange than a lot things we consider too outlandish to humor.
