[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Wonderful game, really recommend. A bit slow at the start, but after some time you'll have a lot of things to do. Especially fun with friends

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 4 months ago

Does the current president NEED to run after his term? If it's not mandatory, then why the fuck dems thought it would be a good idea to put Biden in the forefront of the campaign. ANYONE could have gotten better chances especially with the lib mentality of "vote blue no matter who". Are there really no other candidates available?

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 4 months ago

Wonderful, now I get to speak in my second language, but ironically, not the first...

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 months ago

I'm curious, what other regimes are on that list?

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 5 months ago

People probably have no idea how wonderful it is to see comrades from Ukraine here. I'm so glad to not feel alone, not only in the world, but in my own country as well.

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 7 months ago

Thank you, I'm really glad you liked my response)

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 7 months ago

To be honest, my claim was a bit hyperbolic, because essentially Cyberpunk as a genre is anti-capitalist, just CDPR doesn't really want it to be.

It boils down to how you want to view this game and art in general, with the original intent of developers or without it, making assumptions based on the contents of the story. And I rarely can choose the latter.

The whole game tries to tell you that corporations are the main (and only) issue, Johnny Silverhand literally says: "I've declared war not because capitalism's thorn in my side...", implying that it's not capitalism that he has problems with, but Corpos who: "Have long controlled our lives..."

But I don't view anti-corporatism as a synonym to anti-capitalism, and neither does CDPR. That's why they chose to paint a Marxist ideology as complete nonsense of some ai bot fortune teller (I'm talking about Bartmoss collective) and that's why there's not a word from Johnny criticising the system that let corporations become as powerful as they are today.

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 7 months ago

CDPR is the main reason, I presume.

Polish gamedev, who at the start of the war in Ukraine wrote: "Slava Ukraini" in their support letter.

Polish...

Slava Ukraini...

Yeah... Also not even a hint of anti-capitalist ideas in a CYBERPUNK GAME? Pretty fucked up.

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 7 months ago

I really hated the fact that there was no option to actually oppose those "people" from the government in a meaningful way, not just help another character.

What the fuck, we have an actual terrorist in our head that would lovely kill every single one of these fuckers if he had the chance, but we CAN'T??? And when we actually abandon them, it's a mission fail and the whole DLC is inaccessible... Great

Fallout New Vegas lets you kill anyone you meet and story ACCOUNTS FOR IT. But in 2023 there's not even a hint of that in a game that calls itself RPG.

CDPR really doesn't want you killing bastards who actually are responsible for the horrible fucking state, not only of NC, but the entire country. Not even a hint of responsibility from their end, it's just corporations.

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 7 months ago

"Read theory", to me, is a first but very important step. The more people read theory, the more people really understand why the movement exists. Unfortunately, after we actually read it, not everyone can put it into practice.

Person who read the books might not have union in his workplace, or being a communist in his environment is really unpopular and could harm him physically or mentally. In this situation, what can he actually do? How can he put theory into practice? And that, to me, the question majority of communists deal with all the time.

In this situation, the best way to utilise knowledge we got is to share it, try to push our ideas into masses because red scare didn't go anywhere, myths about USSR, China, communism are still here and although they look more like a rotten corpse than actual arguments, people still fucking use them.

And that's what most of us already do, which is great. I personally do it all the time, but it is not easy, even family members (or especially them) could be really hard to convince that communism will not take their food or make them all use the same toothbrush.

Trying to make people understand, or even listen, is not an easy and a very lengthy process. Some give up, some push forward, but if you don't have any other means to help the movement, what can you actually do?

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Кто то из Украины кроме меня знает про Лемми? Такое не каждый день увидишь :)

[-] m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 9 months ago

Destiny couldn't even handle the fact that reaction content is stealing, what the hell is he doing on the list?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by m5rki5n@lemmygrad.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hello everyone, I just installed Linux (I'm new to it), in particular Linux Mint, with dual booted Windows for games. Tinkered with it a bit, loved the way it looked, loved how fast it is, but I really don't want to stop on one option and stick with it for a while. I want to try new stuff, new distros (that's how you call it, right?), new customisation options etc. I really like setting up things how I want them to look like and function, and I'm not sure Linux Mint gives me the full potential of Linux.

If I'm right, please recommend something that really will impress me with options (I wouldn't call myself tech savvy, but I like to learn), or, if I'm wrong, please suggest the way to customize the hell out of Mint, would really appreciate it.

Thank you!

edit: Thanks everyone for your replies, I'm really interested in KDE Plasma now. You are the best <3

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