Hey, thanks for the heads up. I will definitely wait until then

Hackernews is a VC-funded website for techbros who want to feel like they’re cool and smarty hackers. It has an even higher percentage of know-it-alls than reddit. MBAs who got into it for the money.

Ok you seem like an expert on this so I’ll just trust you that there is not an aspect of popular male culture that makes many men lonely. It’s just social media incels.

The average adult man definitely socializes just as much as the average woman. You’ve found that old guys have as many friends as old women in your research, right? There haven’t been studies about this going back decades or anything - it’s all incels on social media. My bad.

You’re conflating things here. Terminally-online incels are often racist, would you say racism is nothing but a construct of the incel social media?

I do agree that it gets weaponized by grifters and misinterpreted by many more but you are contributing to the problem by acting like it’s an idea spawned from bitter dudes online or that it’s an idea inseparable from misogyny.

Ahh ok I’ve played since most of those were added but not the mini games or towns. Might have to give it another play this winter

Ironically, dismissing it as just an incel thing is EXACTLY the problem. It’s not about women at all, it’s about friendship. And the social norm predates the internet, social media just exacerbated it (and for many women, too)

It can be hard for guys to make friends when they’ve lived their whole life in a “just man up” environment. I didn’t grow up in one of those and I still struggle to be vulnerable around my friends. I’m not an incel, it was just never taught to me so I had to figure it out myself.

The point of talking about the male loneliness epidemic is not to complain but to retire that type of male culture. Encourage men to be there for each other, put themselves out there, meet people and make friends.

Not looking for a full changelog or anything but what would you say have been some of the most significant changes over the years?

I loved firmware modding on pre-smart phones! My first eBay purchase ever (with the help of my parents) was a USB cable for the ridiculously large port on my flip phone. I blew my friends’ minds with my custom text on the front panel

Read what he posted. He said the series is against sexual misconduct which is what I’m “debunking”

The Like A Dragon Series has a long-standing history of opposing sexual misconduct in all its forms

This is why I commented

Did you read what he wrote…? He claims hiring this guy goes against the messaging in the games. The messaging in the last game included “rape is comedic topic when it happens to a man”

Of course it’s different to actual assault but it’s pretty sick that you’re defending it as an acceptable form of humor.

The main character of Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth gets sexually assaulted several times during the side quests. From kissing to sex, it’s always verbally and physically non-consensual. He gets strapped to a table in one of them.

But it’s women doing it so it’s funny, I guess

Edited to add: this is specifically what I’m replying to

The Like A Dragon Series has a long-standing history of opposing sexual misconduct in all its forms

No it does not.

Reminds me of Hot Tracks

If I’m remembering correctly, no. But it persisted between visits to that specific camp

Yeah that’s true. My friend said “be right back” once and left for an hour so I collected every chest and crate in act 1 and stacked it in camp

That sounds great. It’s like people on the internet don’t know how to start a conversation anymore. Can’t just say “man I’m struggling with my ADHD lately,” they gotta post every decade-old meme from their personality meme folder so people can reply with “haha same”

A new social media site doesn’t mean new content, it’s just a new bucket to fill up with the same shit from every other platform.

(I feel obligated to point out that PugJesus is generally an exception for my meme hatred because he includes descriptions/context for the history memes he posts and I actually get something out of it. Shout out to PJ)

I’ve finished BG3 4 times by myself and failed to make it past the first act in a group 5 or 6 times.

Love the game (obviously) but I found it PAINFUL to play in a group. Especially combat, having multiple people making decisions meant it was more waiting and reacting than planning. And planning is my favorite part!

Last word

I’m sorry to hear of your watson

I’m sorry to have been exposed to your troubles, watson. You got thoroughly dunked on and are probably really upset