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Oh, thanks for letting me know. It appears that I'd inadvertently mangled it. It's been corrected.

In my second play-through of CP77, I played as a female V just so I could romance Judy. It was great. Even went so far as to decorate V's apartments with pictures of the two of them together. So when the end came, I was not emotionally prepared for ...

spoiler

... the revelation that Judy had decided to leave NC and V.

While I can't say I cried, it was probably the closest I've come to crying because of a video game.

Watched this earlier. Her rants are fun. XD

Like a lot of things, the answer is "it depends". Probably the biggest factor I've seen is the willingness to accept their condition and stick with the prescribed medications. The worst cases I've seen all involved individuals who either consistently or intermittently refused to acknowledge their condition and take the meds. It usually resulted in some near tragic circumstances that costs them friends, jobs, and the support of loved ones. In one case I know the end result was fully tragic. However, some people who are bipolar have lived mostly normal lives, so not all hope is lost. It just depends on their willingness to deal with their condition head on.

This is a Veritasium video. Despite the clicky-baity title it's not an indictment of democracy. He's just talking about the mathematical problems inherent in different voting systems. YT Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf7ws2DF-zk

Thousands of hours in Skyrim and I've yet to kill a bunny once. To be clear, this is intentional. I wish no ill on the bunnies. Just happy that I've somehow managed to not kill one accidentally.

I've already scaled back my use owning in part to the LLM (AI) menace and general enshitification, but if my country (USA) went fully authoritarian I would definitely scale back my use of the Internet even more.

LOL, thanks for that article link. Fun read.

I can't speak authoritatively regarding ocean cruises as I've only ever been on a river cruise. It was, from what I've come to understand, a very different experience. However, I have become acquainted with a number of regular ocean cruise goers and the authors comments regarding it being part cult and part pyramid scheme rings true in my mind. There's definitely an almost cult-like adoration of cruise ships and the cruising life-style. Those people plan their lives around their next cruise. The amount of time and money they spend on cruises can be... shocking.

The only other antidote I can give is my experience witnessing what happens when a cruise ship full of tourists let out at what was a few minutes before a relatively quiet historical destination. The place was an ancient coastal fortification (sorry, I won't give the precise name/location as I prefer to not give out too many details of my life/travels), and for a couple hours prior to the arrival of the cruise ship it was fairly quiet with only a smattering of other tourists there, allowing us to explore the ruins and mull over some of it's curious architectural features and generally speculate as to how it's inhabitants may have lived. Suddenly, we heard a cacophony of voices, many of them shouting. Soon, the entire place (it was a sizable, sprawling fortification) was practically overrun with cruise passengers who had apparently been dropped off like toddlers to a daycare by their weary mothers. Seemingly, being on a cruise entitles you to be as loud and obnoxious as possible. It was clear, that many weren't even aware of what this place was or it's historical significance based on the many stupid questions we heard blurted out at the top of their lungs. We tried to solder on, but eventually we were forced to retreat out of frustration and embarrassment (most of the cruise goers were clearly from North America just like us). Anyway, it was probably the event that most solidified the idea in my mind that I do not wish to ever take part in an ocean cruise. Despite this event taking place more than two decades ago, the thought of being around people like that nearly 24/7 to this day fills me with profound dread.

It would be a pain in the ass
You'd still have to post (alt)text for accessibility reasons
OCR exists

PVC paneling for inside the home. Great. Just what we need. More plastic. :|

The title and description were taken direction from the YT video by OP. I suspect that they were intended to lure those on YT who might be more sympathetic to the idea of a "Deep State" as expounded upon by those on the far right in hopes to enlighten some about what the real deep state looks like. It's fair to say that Lemmy, at least this instance, tends to lean the other way, so perhaps a different title would have been more appropriate here.

Time to put away the pitchforks. It's not what the title and description might suggest. This is just an exposé by Johnny Harris on the history and overreaches of the intelligence apparatus here in the US .

Aside from the one line of text in the description, at no point does the video attempt to repudiate the great orange troll.

From my experience 4chan is not a place for any sort of serious discussions. From what I saw there it's about trying to shock, disgust, and/or troll people as much as possible.

Reddit lost what little interest I had remaining when they announced they would be selling our content to train LLMs. To be clear, they were already on a downward spiral before then with their ever increasing focus on monetizing the platform as much as possible, but the "AI" business was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

As others have said, the full, medical transition of children isn't really a thing. Therefor my response is entirely limited to the psychological and limited medical support parents should give to a child while the child matures to the point where full medical transition can then be possible.

That said, I would conditionally consider it child abuse if a parent has the means to help their child mitigate their gender dysphoria issues, but refuses to do so. Where I would not consider it abuse is when there are major financial (i.e. the parents are poor), logistical (they live in a remote area with limited/no internet connectivity), or safety issues (the child or families lives become jeopardized should others in their community learn of the child's apparent gender change) that would prohibit an otherwise willing parent from doing all that can be done to help their child in this regard. I would still expect a parent to do what they can, but if they cannot help the child, say for example receive all the necessary psychiatric help and/or medications then I would not necessarily fault the parents.

While growing up my family's home had heating stoves capable of burning both wood and coal. While we primarily burned wood, coal would sometimes be used, particularly on nights when it was really cold out as it tended to burn hotter and usually burned longer than wood of the same volume.

Whatever siren alerts you to the fact that nuclear missiles are inbound would be the most terrifying in my book.

There are also no toilets yet on Mars either, so it's probably just as well.

They've upped their funny

The resemblance to Rygel the XVI , Dominar (deposed) to the Hynerian Empire, is remarkable.

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Have you ever cried because of a video game?

Have you ever cried because of a video game?

vibe physics

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Lemmings who have personal experience with bipolar disorder (self, family, or friends), how hopeless is the situation, really?

LockPickingLawyer - [1625] Beating My One-Eyed Monster!

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Then Next Comes - exurb1a

What's your biggest gamer achievement?

Trump’s Second Term: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Fabio and the Goose - Bobby Fingers

In a thousand years teachers will have a hard time explaining the origins of one of the most dangerous and ill-conceived weapons ever invented: the lightsaber

What would it take for you to stop using the internet or go minimalist on the usage?

So who's been on a cruise ship?

In light of AI being trained on our data, why not comment in forums using images exclusively?

The Island of Violent Basketball | Rare Earth

It's Been a Good Run, Drywall.

Not about the orange troll

Not about the orange troll

New to Lemmy. Why did you choose Lemmy when there are bigger alternatives such as 4chan and reddit.

HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION: Do You Think Refusing To Transition A Child, Should Be Considered Child Abuse?

Have you ever seen coal burn? If yes, why?

The World’s First Precision Lathe - Constructing The Antikythera Mechanism | Clickspring

What is the most terryifying siren noise?

As far as we know, there are 0 Taco Bells on Mars.

I Overheard a Secret Chinese Meeting in Micronesia on Vacation - Rare Earth

Internet Vs Ocean: the essential wires we never think about

Seal rule

The Earth has a fever