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Cake day: July 4th, 2023
  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eetopolitics @lemmy.world•Thomas Matthew Crooks: The registered Republican and gun lover who shot TrumpEnglish
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    1 day ago

    This definitely happens, though it’s not remotely as common as just voting for your preferred party in the primary.

    A friend and I both voted Republican in a primary a couple years ago. The Democratic lineup wasn’t interesting and it was obvious who was going to win on it. Quite frankly our votes didn’t matter much there. But the GOP contenders were a mixed bag of semi-moderates and MAGA bootlickers. We felt it was most important to keep the Trumpy psychos out of the general election, so we voted against them.

    In a way I think it was the right call at the time. On the other hand, I get a lot of SMS spam to my number now from scammy pro-Trump sources. Of course I report those to the FTC every time, but it’s still gross.

  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eetoLinux@lemmy.ml•Before your change to LinuxEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Windows 7 Ultimate for me. I still kept it as a boot option on my main PC until about a year ago because I thought I still needed it for a couple windows apps and games.

    I tried Win8 at one point and hated the changes. I also tried Win10 and one of those “forced bloody updates” bricked my machine so I said ‘fuck that’ for good.

    I’ve dabbled in Linux for 20 years, and run Ubuntu on my living room HTPC for at least a dozen. My main PC runs EndeavourOS now and even gaming has been pretty great.

  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eetoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Borderlands 2 improved on everything I liked from B1English
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    6 days ago

    I remember enjoying the elemental guns (Maliwan) a lot in both BL1 and BL2. It’s a shame it took till the Pre-Sequel to add ice!

    I’d argue the throw-to-reload mechanic isn’t in other games because it’s a gimmick.

    The other letdowns in BL2 were A) the Hyperion “reverse kick” guns that were only accurate after you emptied most of the magazine, and B) the 3-barrel Gattling guns with magazines that were way too small to be worth spinning up. I swear these together were 25% of my pickups and just a waste of time. It feels bad to die while you’re actively holding the trigger right in the baddie’s face.

    Many of the legendary guns and unique grenade effects were pretty fun in BL2 though. Those were both solid improvements.

  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eetoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Borderlands 2 improved on everything I liked from B1English
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    6 days ago

    I thought the weapons were a big step down in BL2. I swear 50% of the guns I found were gimmicks (e.g. throw it as a grenade to reload) but not actually all that effective.

    Torgue weapons were especially bad. Yeah I know everyone loves Mr. Torgue and explosions are fun, but those guns are so inaccurate they can’t hit anything >2 meters away. I’d take a weapon that can reliably hit a target any day.

    The devs also got rid of the Atlas and S&S brands from BL1. Those were almost always my pick unless so it was a real letdown to see them missing in BL2.

  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eetoGaming@lemmy.world•Peak graphic designEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I mean, it’s not disqualified from being art just because the artist got paid by a corporation. Historically most great artists were paid by monarchs, religious leaders, nobility, or wealthy merchants, who were all the power brokers of their time.

    But yeah the fact that this is a product branding logo has weird “hail corporate” vibes.