I feel no sympathy for idiots who pay for "early" access for games like this.
They literally don't
Its not like the entire US isnt already mapped and photographed on Google maps, freely available for them to use.
Willingly giving yourself trench foot is wild
Thats not how i took it. I think that hero he was referring to was actually the main villain of the series. The way he said "made all the wrong choices" was what clued me in.
My favorite part about British prescriptivism is that when the languages diverged, many of the changes in pronunciation were initiated in British English while American English kept the originals. Of course that's not universally true but I always giggle when I see one brought up in that context.
I would imagine that's not much of a concern considering they're about to be deep fried.
"Digital Autism" is not supported by current research to be a real thing. Autistic children are more likely to be attracted to technology as a substitute for social interactions though.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2812722
Not to mention their content recommendation algorithms will specifically push more of this "content" to these people, heightening the problem immensely
Anon tries to blame his mother for his inability to interact socially.
Most Lemmy servers don't relentlessly track and sell everything you do though. Discord makes way more money off your data than it costs them to host.