I agree in 98% of cases. There are some cases (and this is splitting hairs so i apologize) where i’m fine with it. I think preservation for some near lost media that hasn’t been purchasable for a long time (and maybe is tied to 30-40 year old hardware that isn’t supported or buyable from the producing company anymore) i think is an exception i’m willing to make. This is particularly prevalent to older games that are tied to long defunct devices that aren’t supported anymore like very old dos games.

But I’m also of the opinion those things shouldn’t have to be “pirated” in the first place and if you haven’t offered the ability to acquire it legally in decades it should fall into public domain.

I quite liked them at first but how many do we need? It’s become so over saturated and I’ve long burned out of the genre.

I need to start going back to the theaters more. The ones near me had awesome leather seats. I could hang out there all day and watch movies if it wasn’t for the costs and need for natural light haha

That fact that’s considered a boomer take makes me sad

They also take 15 minutes loading through their awful bloated menus just so you can play a game. Yeah sports games are awful these days and they used to be the games I played the most

We’ve become increasingly the minority on this but I agree wholeheartedly.

Go to the communities page on here and it will bring up a list of communities. Select the ‘all’ tab and it will bring up all the communities hosted on here and on other instances that are linked with beehaw. So you may see a ‘Technology’ community and a ‘Technology@lemmy.ml’ community. The first one is the technology community hosted here on beehaw, and the second one is the technology community hosted on lemmy.ml.

Now beehaw users can’t make instances (as decided by the beehaw admins), but there are instances you can create your own communities. So you will definitely run across some more niche ones from those external instances in that communities page that you can access and subscribe/post to

Sweat is kind of unavoidable (especially where I live where it gets very humid). Cold beverages (drink plenty of water), stay in the shade, jump in a pool (not an option for everyone, sometimes ill just splash cold water on my face), AC is wonderful (also not an option for everyone), or at least turn on some fans and get some airflow on you.

You raise a good point. I’m not sure how moderation is going to play out on Lemmy as it scales up in population and users from reddit and other sites who come in with their own mannerisms and expectations. I think the ideal that’s hoped for is that if a certain instance is causing issues with it’s users being toxic on this instance we can unlink from them. But say everyone ends up clustering on only one or two instances and one of those communities becomes toxic. I can see how unlinking from them can turn into a really controversial move down the line, especially if a lot of the communities we are subscribed to and like happen to be hosted on that same toxic instance.

Three things matter to me:

1. Activity: A dead or inactive community is obviously no fun to participate in

2. Moderation: If you want to see how a complete lack of moderation can play out go check out some usenet groups. It can quickly turn into a cesspool. I do have issues with power mods who get a swelled head and start banning people because they disagree about something or other petty stuff like that. But I think making sure the community is friendly and having some enforced ground rules is necessary.

3. Experience: The interface itself matters a lot. It’s why some people love reddit and others love twitter and others love Instagram, etc. I think actually making the community easy to engage with and digest the content and conversations is vital. Tangential but I remember looking for a community to talk about a certain college football team, and it had 3 sites/message boards with active communities. One of those sites had such an awful user interface that while it had a seemingly active and nice community, I never wanted to go back.

If those three things are in good shape I generally have a good time. When one of those aspects become problematic it can ruin the experience.