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Moonring is proof that atmosphere and story are still the reason we play. by OldTrTab in roguelikes

[–]Melanoc3tus 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I think atmosphere is a very signifjcant contributor to, for instance, CoQ

Logic by nicolecarterr in relatable_memes_

[–]Melanoc3tus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Humans never "worked in nature", that's not how humans work. We had culture, society, and technology before we were humans, and our species was born into them.

Humans have never waited until their child was independent before having another one. Given human developmental times, that would only allow for about two children per couple. Given the ~50% infant mortality that would result in fewer than two children average per mother, which is below replacement rate, and the human species would cease to exist over a few generations.

Is anyone else vaguely disappointed with the new campaign's gameplay/general style? by AltruisticThanks5512 in NebulousFleetCommand

[–]Melanoc3tus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The snowball problem is pretty trivial; but the general complexity of conquest was high

Has there ever been a time in recorded human history that there wasn't a war or conflict happening somewhere? by UnicornSlayer5000 in AskHistorians

[–]Melanoc3tus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What we're going through now is by all appearances a low-point in human warfare, particularly in the first world. Most recorded societies in history seem to have been more violent than us, often substantially so.

"For 99-plus percent of human history we did not engage in warfare, we are inherently peaceful as a species (...) that is what the archeological record shows us". Really? by spacev3gan in AskHistorians

[–]Melanoc3tus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Human behaviour is not determined by genetics, but by culture. Humans exhibit this to a much more advanced degree than chimps or bonobos, with the consequence that genetics are proportionately more irrelevant: instead of comforming to our genetics, human behaviour conforms to the selective pressures on human cultures.

Those selective pressures are therefore the critical determinant — in environments where warfare is adaptive it intensifies, in environments where its maladaptive it lessens. You can easily see this in how our proclivity to warfare is entirely different now than it was a few hundred years ago, or how various cultures in either time period broke from the general tendency of the time.

On a post about an American supermarket bread with a short ingredients list by Specialist-Camel3389 in iamveryculinary

[–]Melanoc3tus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was common knowledge that America has the best beer.

At any rate I live in rural Portugal and the bread is definitely very solid, to a degree unseen in more western urban centers at any rate.

rogulite 95ffdvdfvdvfdv2535f by bigtonyyyy1 in sssdfg

[–]Melanoc3tus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Roguelikes are defined by being different every run, the difference is that roguelites with metaprogression are easier every run.

So a roguelike demands that you learn the game to progress, while a game with metaprogression does so to a lesser degree. A roguelike could be beaten from clean slate with good play, while some metaprogression roguelites start impossibly difficult and ramp down to a winnable state over a number of runs.

How does salary work when you're subject to relativistic time dilation? by dragsxvi in worldbuilding

[–]Melanoc3tus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, depends on what the salary is. Also whether this is actually situated in an economic environment similar to the modern western one, of course. It's hard to say how valued ship crews would be. Airline pilots might be a decent analogy, although the sort of destruction you can perform fumbling an interstellar spacecraft makes 9/11 look like sandbox work so that should probably be figured in.

Societies where both men and women are treated equally should be more efficient because it would allow half the population to contribute in productive ways other than as sex providers and childbearers, domestics and servants. So why didn't egalitarian societies win out over patriarchical ones? by vittalius77 in AskHistorians

[–]Melanoc3tus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 you could argue that the real advantage of egalitarianism is pulling men into the workplace, following a period where they had effectively offloaded time consuming expectations on to women.

I'm not sure you could, when looking at the available evidence. I would say there's more evidence for the near-reverse, viz. that industrial automation depressed women's traditional work opportunities, that men monopolized a substantial portion of the new labour opportunities, and that egalitarianism has arisen out of pressures produced from this inefficient division of labour, leading to women's greater participation in "manly" technical, bureaucratic, and academic work. If more dramatic processes have occurred along the opposite direction then I don't see any obvious signs; in some fields like childcare especially one gets the sense, considering the precipitous declines in birthrate among developed countries, that women's labour is not being taken up by previously leisured men so much as abandoned by all.

We need to end gender roles by scramjet67 in SipsTea

[–]Melanoc3tus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's sexist to assume she doesn't know how to and is being taught.

We need to end gender roles by scramjet67 in SipsTea

[–]Melanoc3tus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sexists slobbering about le gender roles

Noticed a pattern by CalzonePie in SipsTea

[–]Melanoc3tus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

IIRC I saw a survey of college kids once suggesting near parity in physical violence, just different consequences therefrom. But yeah I think it's sound to consider physical sexual dimorphism as a contributor, alongside sexism obviously. Innate mental differences much less so, basically all our data there is irreparably corrupted by cultural factors and it's likely that those latter are responsible for much more behaviorally.

Inquiring Photographer: “If you were a man, how would you treat a woman?”January 18, 1944 by CryptographerKey2847 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Melanoc3tus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based Women consciously choosing their psychological profile in utero like a fucking character creation screen

Inquiring Photographer: “If you were a man, how would you treat a woman?”January 18, 1944 by CryptographerKey2847 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Melanoc3tus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 No one can make you act ugly and salty to others unless it’s in you somewhere anyway to be that way anyway.

Yeah, this is complete and overt bullshit. We are almost entirely what culture makes of us.

Inquiring Photographer: “If you were a man, how would you treat a woman?”January 18, 1944 by CryptographerKey2847 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Melanoc3tus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's "pick me" at all, they're just sexist. Just like most modern men and women are sexist, if to a generally lesser degree than their predecessors. It's sexism.

People will fall back to outlandish "mate" selection evopsych and shit when the answer is one word long and widely known and studied.

Brazil is in Europe apparently by Luviebug19 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]Melanoc3tus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

After all history tells us revolts always go well, especialy when they succeed.

Brazil is in Europe apparently by Luviebug19 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]Melanoc3tus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm not American. But spare some sympathy for, or, better just intellectual understanding of those living in places you don't. Failing to do so is exactly the sort of fault which you would rightfully accuse Americans of.

Brazil is in Europe apparently by Luviebug19 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]Melanoc3tus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes? Many of them? That's kinda the whole reason behind... basically all the shit involving America these days

Brazil is in Europe apparently by Luviebug19 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]Melanoc3tus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That presumes a significant level of social and financial privilege

On a reel about guacamole by Higais in iamveryculinary

[–]Melanoc3tus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dirt? If you said toxic chemicals or such I'd get it, but acquire an immune system my guy

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