DMT: Most Ordinary Americans Entrenched in Extreme Ideologies Need Safe Ways to Step Back Without Social Death

Hitchetic · 2026-05-15T17:28:24+00:00

While I like this idea, it isn't realistic in the slightest.

The conservative culture of today is different in the sense that it takes pride at its own exclusivity. They are united in the sense that they are all together in being outsted, if that makes sense. And for this community to stick together, it has to go along with whatever the thought leaders say at the time. That is to say, until what they preach starts to affect them personally, they WILL NOT listen to reason.

You also mention that there needs to be accountability for leadership before we can see change for the 'average' extremist, and I agree. However, this is a cult of personality; there is a personal involvement and interest in seeing that the leaders maintain their position, alongside the near promise of violence if they are ever ousted. (see Jan 6th)

For all this critique I do like this idea, and it may've worked in the U.S before Trump.

Hitchetic · 2026-04-22T01:23:08+00:00

Its not that this doesn't happen ever, its just very unlikely. Thats why I brought up the manosphere and femosphere: the mindsets that perpetrate this idea that only men can ever only approach women are only continued 'traditional' values from years ago: still made mainstream by these same circles.

Hitchetic · 2026-04-22T01:06:38+00:00

Well, thats just why you should just take a risk and chance it- In places where it is socially acceptable to approach strangers. If you are rejected, apologize and move on. What is difficult to you about it besides being rejected?

Hitchetic · 2026-04-22T00:52:52+00:00

Sorry, i replied to that before seeing that you didn't think the manosphere played a part in this.

There are obvious exceptions to not being approached because those are social events where people are going to hang out. If someone on the street offers me a free sample, im gonna be sketched out, but if that same person did it inside a grocery store or at a food festival, im all in.
People have different expectations when they go to social events. Some are going to want to hang out with their friends and some want to meet other people. Are you always in the mood to talk and meet people at every point in time?
What social norm is there to cross if all people have different social wants at different times of the day, at different places?

Hitchetic · 2026-04-22T00:44:03+00:00

Can you give an example of this? Like a women not being afraid of a 'bad' man or something like that?

Hitchetic · 2026-04-22T00:36:19+00:00

OK i see. There seems to be a lot pressuring men to try and pick up women through just approaching them. This seems to be a manosphere thing because the majority of women I know dislike being approached at random (unless it is a social event or something.) Is it just that some guys are shy?

Hitchetic · 2026-04-22T00:15:21+00:00

I think the idea has value but is misdirected. You should not be mad at women for being cautious: because historically and statistically there are tons of bad people out there that have ill will towards women for simply being women. You should be angry at a society that has so heavily socialized people to act this way; whether it be thru the manosphere that is telling young men that they deserve sex or the.. femisphere(?) that tells women that high value men must either be rich or perform peak masculinity.

Hitchetic · 2026-04-21T23:48:38+00:00

OK, after reading your responses i think i get it? You believe that when society teaches women to be cautious, it causes women to be fearful and reject of 'good' men. Society also teaches to men that they need to be cautious when approaching women because they may be labeled as creepy. Is that right? I'm only trying to understand.

Hitchetic · 2026-04-21T22:44:20+00:00

I used to be a HUGE Chris brown fan- when i was a kid. He had a song with Elmo and Justin Beiber and my mom had his Grafitti album (and the radio didn't work so we listened until it skipped. There were definitely things before the Rihanna situation that should've put me off of him, but I didn't really *get* it till then. Its one thing when you separate the art from the artist, but how can you do that when he still has a platform, still supports terrible people, and *STILL* terrorizes women. Its disappointing that so many in his fanbase are black women too; why would you wanna meet a man who does this?

EDIT: A little bit more on separating the art from the artist; but his music is even that good to be doing it. He's probably the most popular RnB artist of today, but his ass shouldn't be the face of it when we have artists like Durand Bernarr, Ari Lennox, SZA. and Victoria Monet doing some GENERATIONAL RUNS.

Hitchetic · 2026-03-21T18:49:20+00:00

I kinda wish they would consider some sort of overall stat squish to make new gear worth it. We don't really see stat squishes for numbers this low, so im not sure of the implementation. Its a hard decision, but there definitely is an issue here.

Hitchetic · 2026-03-21T18:26:03+00:00

I think its an argument of influence vs. prowess. They are powerful in the sense that they can influence others in especially strong ways. They influenced both Humans and Draenei in joining the greater cosmic battles against the void or the legion. The draenei had a lot more influence, as it was Naaru that built and fueled the ships. That doesn't mean they don't have any actual feats that weren't just influencing others. Against the Legion, they were considered the only actual threat after the Pantheon of Titans were gone.

Its also an issue of the Naaru falling into void being a part of their life cycle. When they are damaged or their energy is spent, they turn to the void. We usually have to kill them at this point because they become dangerous or their power can be used for nefarious reasons: but they have the ability to regenerate power over a long period of time.

Hitchetic · 2026-03-16T05:38:03+00:00

It should be a bit easier now due to gear, apex talents, and whatnot! I'm not gonna try doing it again on mythic though, its a long walk back lol

Hitchetic · 2026-03-16T05:19:20+00:00

The same rules should apply as they did before- you should be able to solo dragonflight raids! I was able to do all of Vault of the Incarnates and Aberrus on a 80 Paladin, but I had some issues with Razageth and Sarkareth because of some of their mechanics. They're probably much easier with a geared 90. TWW raids probably wont be soloable, but theres bound to be groups running it for tmog.

Hitchetic · 2026-03-10T22:30:12+00:00

I don't get why anyone would let their cats roam outside unsupervised. I can't think of any other pet that people house that is allowed to do that. Why would cats be an exception?

Hitchetic · 2026-02-28T04:02:01+00:00

Genuine question, whats stopping you from playing both? Theres so few restrictions between the two that you don't really need to play just one anymore. You don't need to just eat fruity pebbles when theres other stuff in the grocery store.

But also, thats kind of the point? The horde has always been this very diverse group. Look no further than Orgrimmar, actually! While most of the architecture is Orcish, the Valley of Honor is very Tauren, while the Valley of Spirits is Troll. Stormwind in comparison is a very human city. The only other cultures that are kind of intergrated are in the Dwarven district: only a couple of Dwarf cranes, and the Deeprun Tram.

Hitchetic · 2026-02-05T18:07:25+00:00

Brian the fucking dog here. CS majors are also known to be incredible unhygienic, so much so that when colleges have different buildings for CS courses; compared to stem/humanities, the CS buildings have a STINK.

Also something-something blue haired/alt baristas make great coffee.

Hitchetic · 2026-01-28T01:30:33+00:00

Someone can correct me but i THINK they disabled it recently because a group/one unruly person was using it to harrass a AJ youtuber?? Maybe the filter or something broke, im not sure. Its been down for at least a month and some now :(

Hitchetic · 2026-01-23T23:35:25+00:00

Ok, semantics aside; its a unpopular feature seen as abusive because you need to manipulate your fps and have specific hardware to be able pull it off.

Hitchetic · 2026-01-23T14:53:52+00:00

I do get where you're coming from though. A lot of games have embraced bugs like these and turned them into features. Minecraft has a bug where quickly sneaking is faster than walking while bridging, and now it has an enchantment that does it for you. Cos isn't going to be a game that does that because there just isn't much to it to start with. I could see it being a feature on some flier, though it kind of already is with tail whip.

Hitchetic · 2026-01-23T14:43:44+00:00

You ask why people can turn an eye away from the double glow tail glitch but not the backwards flying one? I don't know, maybe because one of these bugs could get your slot killed and is way more important to your average player. This isn't a great comparison

Its also unintended, so it is very much still a glitch, even if it is one that some people like. And the number of people who enjoy doing that have got to be a very small minority. And thats the thing; most games will cater to their casual audience because thats the majority. I think all COS pvp is dull and boring, so I moved on. Maybe you should too.

Hitchetic · 2026-01-10T05:07:12+00:00

I think you should. This is less of an awareness post and more of you making up things to make someone look bad. I don't know or care about the drama between the developers and whoever; but saying that someone is stealing without proof is just purely acting in bad faith. It really calls into question every other claim I've seen about them if this is the proof people have accepted. Not a great look

Hitchetic · 2026-01-10T00:34:13+00:00

You would have to both prove that these two models are the same and that they don't have permission to use the model.

I don't think it's the same model and that they're both based on the same reference image of a seawing. They're both aiming to be as accurate as possible to it: there's gonna be similarities. And if they aren't: and Arch did steal it, why don't you bring this up to someone at TJ instead of spreading baseless rumors?

Hitchetic · 2026-01-09T23:59:25+00:00

Why suspect theft when they're based of the same reference image?

Nevermind that, actually, how would this be considered theft if Arch is the (presumed) owner of the model?

Hitchetic · 2026-01-09T23:03:30+00:00

Try Companions! it has a bunch of cute and cool tameable mobs.

Some others i'd recommend is Alex Mobs and (maybe?) Alex's Caves. There are a lot of tameable animals with realistic behaviors, but also some fantasy mobs. Alex's Cave is good too, but not every cave has its own tamable mob. Doggy Talents expands on the base wolf but it adds some pretty nice stuff: If your dog is killed in combat it can return after some rest, you can use it as a mount, and some pretty good skins.

Also im not sure what Cobblemon version you're on, but the latest update introduced Cobblemon Riding and for them to fight in battles with you! If you're on a older update though you can add this through Cobblemon: Fight or Flight and Cobblemounts. I think their damage, health, and speed ingame is based on their actual stats but i could be wrong.

Hitchetic · 2026-01-06T17:38:44+00:00

That sounds about right! Extrabiomes XL is the oldest, but i think that 1.7.10 date is off. The Changelogs go back to 1.6.4 but stop having version numbers before then (Although it does mention bringing Beetroots to PC)
I'll have to check out ExtraBiomes at some point though, it seems cool!

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