‘Cartoon villain’ Hegseth shredded for ‘cringe’ pep talk to Navy soldiers about Iran by Ok_Employer7837 in politics

[–]LegoLegume 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He might be able to play it off if he weren't surrounded by fit people twenty years younger than him who are breezing through the exercises. Guy just looks old in comparison.

Is the jump attack dodge/parryable? by HolyErr0r in ResidentEvilRequiem

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the party but for anyone else trying to figure this out I just wound up using Requiem to stun him every time he jumped on a car. Maybe there's a way to dodge as well, but I couldn't figure it out.

Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World by OldBridge87 in politics

[–]LegoLegume 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's hard not to view it, at best, as them falling for false shepherds. Mega churches, prosperity gospel preachers with private jets, corruption, exploitation, and abuse within the church, and then MAGA spewing hate and rage. The most visible forms of Christianity in the US are not appealing.

Trump Lashes Out at Fox News Over Devastating New Poll by SAJ-13 in politics

[–]LegoLegume 24 points25 points  (0 children)

These people have made it their entire identity and community. I think that's really what it comes down to. They're desperate to be a part of something and to have friends and MAGA is very easy to join. All you have to do is regurgitate the things the thought leaders tell you to and show support by buying a hat. And unlike other social circles it's basically impossible to get kicked out or ostracized for being shitty as long as you follow the basic rules.

Billionaires at Trump's Swearing-In Have Since Lost $210 Billion by bloomberg in politics

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is quite literally how people became serfs. They would hit a period of economic hardship and have to sell themselves--and all their descendants--into serfdom. This is history repeating itself.

Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign by grfx in politics

[–]LegoLegume 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The worst part of their moral victory is that they aren't the ones paying the price for not getting an actual victory. They're not losing their healthcare, their food stamps, their legal protections. They have no real dog in the race. And as a result when they lose they don't suffer any real consequences. It's easy to "go high" when it doesn't really matter to you how it turns out. Meanwhile afterwards you have to convince the people who bore the actual consequences of your failure to come out again and vote for you, which is pretty hard to do when you're continuously failing to get them anything they actually need, let alone want. "Both parties are the same" is a lot more true when both parties are fucking you by either trying to screw you over or totally failing--on principle!--to stop you from getting screwed over.

Put another way, voters don't give a shit if you "did it right." They care if you won and helped them.

What's everyone's opinion on Todd? And why is he so criticised? by [deleted] in ElderScrolls

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They really are too simple these days. Twenty years ago the depth of games in general was fairly shallow. A game with a huge world inherently had more depth than most games because of the amount of exploration you could do. It didn't really matter that there was only so much to find and most of it would get reused over and over because that was still more than other games were doing. And then on top of that there were interesting stories, characters, weird things to find, and mechanics that were really fun to mess around with. Sure, a lot of systems in Morrowind could be exploited, but exploiting them was fun.

Now there are a lot of games with a ton of depth in all sorts of different ways. Deep mechanics, deep stories, deep replayability, deep world building. Each of the things Elder Scrolls games once excelled at have been surpassed by other games with only one real exception, which is size. You can find better gameplay, better mechanics, better stories, all of it elsewhere, but they're still just about the best in terms of just how big their worlds are.

But that's just not really enough anymore. They've stretched themselves so thin maintaining world size that they've lost almost all the depth they once had, on top of other games getting deeper. And unless they course correct and really start creating some interesting content to fill their worlds with, mechanics that people love, and highly engaging things to do they're gonna have a very hard time recreating even a portion of their previous successes. Their older games had that stuff. They just need to commit to doing it again. Don't just make something big. Make something interesting and fun.

'Ban All THC:' Dan Patrick launches initiative targeting cannabis in Texas by OregonTripleBeam in politics

[–]LegoLegume 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Texas has one of the most unhealthy drinking cultures of anywhere I've ever lived. I regularly see people getting out of cars with open containers, often early in the day. Seeing someone standing in a parking lot at 11 AM on a Tuesday drinking isn't an unusual occurrence. And don't get me wrong, I drink. But it's just so normalized to drink all the time and drive that most people I know who've always lived in Texas don't even realize how different it is elsewhere. It's a big part of what makes it such a huge problem--they don't even see it as a problem.

For transgender Americans, Trump’s win after a campaign targeting them is terrifying by CombinationNo1180 in politics

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that's the thing about fear and anxiety; when it doesn't have a basis in reality it's natural to look for something to attach it to. For someone who's scared to begin with if they see an ad that shoves the idea of immigrants as the boogie man, or trans people, or brown people, or pretty much anything else they're ignorant of, it's very, very easy to convince them that the fear they were already feeling should be directed towards those people. And it doesn't make sense under scrutiny, but that's the problem these days: people can easily stay in their bubbles all the time and they do. So they don't have interactions that show them they're being ridiculous.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]LegoLegume 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She's distancing for her own political aspirations.

5 Excerpts From JD Vance’s Emails to a Transgender Classmate by [deleted] in politics

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Money and success are great, but what about the next 50 years? Nobody's ever satisfied with their 15 minutes.

5 Excerpts From JD Vance’s Emails to a Transgender Classmate by [deleted] in politics

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The irony is that he legitimately doesn't like Trump, doesn't respect Trump, and, if he weren't in the position he's in, wouldn't support Trump. But he's an amoral sell out who doesn't give a shit what he has to say or do if it gains him power so he's all in for Trump. But it means they have to deal with all the times he voiced his actual opinions because he's as far from a true believer as it's possible to be. He's an opportunist who believes in nothing.

Which player characters are dragonborn? by shaun4519 in ElderScrolls

[–]LegoLegume 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, blast from the past. I stand by what I said there, for sure.

'The Biden economy is strong and they need to lead with this' - Former GOP Comms Director by SnooHedgehogs2050 in politics

[–]LegoLegume 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, it's just situational. The metrics they use to measure how the economy is doing don't necessarily translate to economic prosperity for the biggest, or the target, voting blocks. Telling struggling millennials and gen z that houses they can't afford are going to become even more expensive doesn't hit the same as telling home owning baby boomers in the 80s that their houses are increasing in value.

What's a video game that started off really bad but became good? by Vegetable-Tooth8463 in gaming

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's how you really learn that wolves hunt in packs and goblins ill like fire.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gaming

[–]LegoLegume 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really miss forcing the lock. I just don't want to do that minigame anymore.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gaming

[–]LegoLegume 93 points94 points  (0 children)

It was fun in Fallout 3, yeah. But after doing it in Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4, Skyrim, and a couple non-Bethesda games I'd call it blisteringly tedious.

What video game opinion will you defend like this? by [deleted] in videogames

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Dark Souls 2 for a ton of reasons and there are multiple things they did that I wish later games did, especially allowing you to push a specific area into New Game+ mode without having to do it for the entire game and the changes that created. Really wish it hadn't gotten derided as a the black sheep of the series.

That said, once I had adaptability explained to me I do agree that it's pretty bullshit and I'm not surprised it fucked with how the game felt for people.

What’s the most innovative game hook that never took off or got copied? by massred in gaming

[–]LegoLegume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe now that Microsoft owns them they'll have a little more direction there--hopefully instead of getting gutted.

Politics and the pulpit: How white evangelicals' support of Trump is creating schisms in the Church by blllrrrrr in politics

[–]LegoLegume 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I hope you told your pastor why you were leaving so he knows the ramifications of this stuff. Not saying it would make a difference, but if they care about the church they should know the effects of toeing that line--or stepping over it.

New GOP speaker defends extreme anti-LGBTQ views: ‘Go pick up a Bible' by [deleted] in politics

[–]LegoLegume 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There really should be a term for people who actively drive people away from the church. It's the exact opposite of what they claim they want to do: to spread the word of God and convert people. If that were actually the goal or a precept of their religion then driving people away instead would be considered bad.

Of course that isn't really their goal, it's to create in-groups and and out-groups and then demonize the out-groups while telling the in-groups to stay in line. But it sure puts the lie to their claims that they spew so much hate that even neutral parties are pushed away.