Not really, unless you're a fan of the UI/UX changes.

It's still tough to meet new people my age- I graduated from college before the pandemic started, and I used the pandemic as an excuse to keep myself indoors and introverted. I'm definitely struggling, because while I'm not the most social person, I still crave some sort of social interaction with people in person but just have no sense of how to go about it.

Sorry to hear that, I'd think your friends would understand that they shouldn't gatekeep gender identity.

NFT still stands for No Fucking Thanks for me.

The new Padres broadcast looks pretty smooth, and fans will actually get to watch their team without paying $200/month for the cable RSN package.

agreed

unrelated, source for pic? asking for a friend

It's crazy how much Outman cooled off after his rookie of the month award; he was looking like the ROTY but not anymore. That's pretty much Corbin Carroll's to lose at this point.

A's fans really deserve better. It's also somewhat ironic, with all this Las Vegas move stuff going on, that the A's have longest active MLB win streak at 7 games.

Game devs won't stop making FPSes even if they can't innovate because the yearly iteration will sell like hotcakes regardless.

Yup, I've tried searching Discord servers as a last resort for some technical issues, but man, their search really can't differentiate between technical terms properly. I'm hoping they fix their search function at some point, but given how the username system change is going, I'm not holding out hope.

But as you point out, the original expression “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is intended to be an absurdity because you literally can’t pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

It's funny, because a lot of the people saying this now probably got ahead in life because they took a small present of $1mil from their parents or trust fund.

I think email is worth paying for, to avoid Google or whatever other provider from scanning all of your emails. I don't have anything interesting in my email, but I'd still like the peace of mind of knowing that my email provider isn't reading every line of my messages.

Otherwise, with journalists moving to new platforms like Substack, good quality news/journalism on the internet is getting a bit expensive, but with the way online platforms work, paying a small amount every month seems like the only way to keep good journalism alive these days.

I'm not sure I'd pay for Reddit, but I would pay a small monthly fee to keep my favorite third party Reddit app alive, because that browsing experience is just so much better than new Reddit or the first party app.

This also highlights the problem with a lot of communities moving to Discord, which inevitably ends up as repositories for critical information, but can't be indexed by Google. Reddit is still valuable as a problem solving resource, and I hope they fix this API fiasco.

I think the Braves are still in good shape to take the NL East pennant, unless the Phillies or Mets have a major second half sure and the Braves slow down.

Exactly, I don't enjoy games that feel like a chore to play. The fact that it doesn't have a true pause feature is also a major no to for me, I play games to unwind.

How've people's experiences been with this port on the latest patches? I bought it on launch but had to request a Steam refund because of how badly it performed on a RTX 3070 gaming box.

Elden Ring, I get why the game appeals to so many people, but the entire Soulsborne series as a whole just doesn't appeal to me (because of gameplay style and fantasy setting).

I'm partial to the iDroid from MGS V, and it fits the game world and setting so well

I try to think that maybe those people are so insecure about themselves that they shift the blame to others?

AI engineers hate this one simple trick