[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

I would have thought housing would have been the highest.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 33 points 6 months ago

It's almost like there's a systemic issue inherent to capitalism thonk

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The first time I visited a ski-town as a part of a hiking adventure, I realized that despite how cool the city was, it was basically just a private reservation for rich people. All the workers drove from about 45 minutes out. It was so strange, but this sums it up.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

LoU2 kinda annoyed because it's just makes the main character completely unlikeable and unsympathetic. I basically wanted Ellie to die for being the worst fucking person imaginable.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

It's very easy to imagine democrats having a good election otherwise and just losing a couple of swing states and thus the presidency.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

I think people kinda know once you get past the first level of default responses. They just choose not to deal with it because it's difficult.

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Really enjoyed this interview, at least to the extent that it's possible.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm American like a lot of us here and I just feel.....so purposeless. How am I supposed to go about my day like normal knowing that these atrocities are being carried out in my name? I have lost all faith in every institution of the United States. The only thing I care about here is my friends and family. Everything else can fucking go. I'm done. Fuck this shit.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, true. But I think it would need to gain some significant traction in English language countries for me to start using it the way that I do with YouTube.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Patiently waiting for China's video service to show up and be much better.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago

It's a shame the ruling class can't agree on anything if it gets in the way of their short term returns.

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What a wonderful democracy

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

It's so hard to choose between doing another heroic run versus embracing a full dark run. But I find it so hard to be a baddy I feel like I know what I'm going to end up doing.

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I finally beat the game after something like 150 hours of in-game time according to Steam. I tried to play the role of a good guy half-elf monk that wasn't afraid of to use violence to achieve his goals. My major story decisions included:

  • Recruiting all party members (excluding Minthara obviously) and doing their side-quests except for Astarion
  • Saving all Tieflings
  • Romancing Shadowheart because I'm basic
  • Telling the Emperor the entire playthrough that I will consider all of the options until the time comes
  • Not evolving into a half Illithid to maintain my appearance and free-will
  • At the final moment, freeing Orpheus against the Emperor's wishes, leading him to turn against me and side with the Elder Brain
  • Convincing Orpheus to become a Mindflayer
  • Deciding to destroy the Elder Brain/Emperor instead of allowing Gale to explode himself
  • Letting Karlak die in a blaze of glory instead of convincing her to go back to Avernus (as she insisted the entire game)
  • Watching Astarion burn in the sunlight
  • Telling Gale to leave the crown beneath the water and to move on.
  • Telling Lae'zel to go fight Vlaakith
  • Killing Orpheus honorably at his request
  • Living happily ever after as a legend of Baldur's Gate?

Overall, I feel like I achieved my good guy run pretty well. Maybe it would have been better had I convinced Karlach to return to Avernus, but it was hard for me to do that when the only thing she said the entire game was how she never would allow herself to go back. I felt like siding with the Githyanki was better than siding with the Emperor despite not viewing him as entirely evil. At the end of the day, he was a soulless husk of the person he used to be and more Mindflayer than anything else.

I'm curious to hear how everyone else's runs ended.

[-] S4ck@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

I try to frame my leftist view points in the most favorable neutral sounding way possible. Then if I sense the person isn't coming from the same place as me, I back off.

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