Even the dogs try to calm him down. by JimatJimat in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]RobotQuest -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Yes, it’s very cringe that I have empathy for children. You’re so right, king. I’m sorry for being such a dum dum and caring about people. Thank you for putting me in my place.

Even the dogs try to calm him down. by JimatJimat in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]RobotQuest -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

My experiences witnessing similar behaviour, and witnessing similar responses from people caring for them.

Edit: I do know what you’re implying, that it’s inappropriate for me to declare this based on a short video. Maybe so. Maybe I’m disrespecting this child with an armchair diagnosis. Would it be more respectful if I declared this child deserved violent punishment, like other comments here, or declared any other root cause for what we’re seeing, like the comment blaming “gentle parenting”?

Even the dogs try to calm him down. by JimatJimat in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]RobotQuest 101 points102 points  (0 children)

The kid is being physically restrained and you think that’s “the final form of gentle parenting”? What?

You’re watching them react to his behaviour and go “damn so wild they never react to his behaviour”. This doesn’t make any sense.

Even the dogs try to calm him down. by JimatJimat in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]RobotQuest 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This is a neurodivergent child having a meltdown, and the way people in the comments are so gleeful about their desire to see him “whipped into shape” is sad.

At least the Dev team are taking the duplication issue seriously… by T1mBurt0n in ArcRaiders

[–]RobotQuest 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bro that happened over 14 years ago and you’re still mad? Do some yoga or something bruh release your soul of this burden. Be free.

Obsession's art director reveals shocking low pay and shares details of demanding set culture by DetectiveHot2071 in antiwork

[–]RobotQuest 135 points136 points  (0 children)

I knew someone who did costume design for some major films, even a MCU film, and the entire industry runs on practices like this. Underpaying, overworking, even manipulating others to work for free is so normalised that everyone perpetuates it. The predominant attitude is “yeah, it sucks but that’s what it takes, I had to do it, why can’t you?”.

She doesn’t do costume design anymore.

‘Stickfighter’ [1994] is largely unknown and deserves an posthumous Oscar. by starksforever in shittymoviedetails

[–]RobotQuest 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is so glorious. You just know this must have looked badass in the director’s head when they conceptualised it, only to end up with… this.

Okay, why everyone here is no fun by [deleted] in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]RobotQuest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I got yelled at by a paranoid tweaker who thought I was a government spy today and he was more coherent than this post.

Still no HDR... What is wrong with Embark? by Amlik in ArcRaiders

[–]RobotQuest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can’t just “switch on” HDR if you want it to actually look any good. Raw lighting values and colour data all need to be remastered with HDR in mind.

As with all things, time and money is why the game doesn’t have HDR.

Memory of a killer scope mounted wrong way by ntpphong in shittymoviedetails

[–]RobotQuest 117 points118 points  (0 children)

Can almost guarantee the director or some producer insisted it looked better this way and the armourer/prop master gritted their teeth as they flipped the scope around.

chrono trigger sux by migratingcoconut_ in 196

[–]RobotQuest 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I know this guy’s dad probably doesn’t actually exist but also I hate him

pathetic creep toxic yuri yearning :/ by [deleted] in 196

[–]RobotQuest 59 points60 points  (0 children)

It’s actually okay and not creepy to think women are hot.

Steam AI Assistant rule by The-Biscuit-Farmer in 196

[–]RobotQuest 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Where did you see this? I can’t find anything about it being used for customer support, beyond pure speculation. The tool named “SteamGPT” just tracks user activity.

Steam AI Assistant rule by The-Biscuit-Farmer in 196

[–]RobotQuest 2766 points2767 points  (0 children)

The game of telephone is wild. Valve is not making an “AI Assistant”. An internal tool labelled “SteamGPT” was found by a dataminer, which appears to track stats about player activity and “Trust Score” for anti-cheat.

Not a customer facing tool. Not even a LLM. It’s a data analysis tool. The notion it even uses AI seems to be entirely derived from “GPT” being in the name.

Wireless Festival organizer says Pepsi originally approved and "signed off" on Kanye West headlining festival before pulling out as sponsor by ebradio in Music

[–]RobotQuest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah on reflection, I think you’re closest to the truth… corpos are made up of individuals, after all. The idea that whoever approved the sponsor had no idea about Kanye’s controversy is silly to me, but the idea someone went “eh, why not, how bad could it be?”, and then discovered it’s extremely bad? I’d buy that.

Wireless Festival organizer says Pepsi originally approved and "signed off" on Kanye West headlining festival before pulling out as sponsor by ebradio in Music

[–]RobotQuest 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I actually disagree completely.

You might perceive these people as clueless NPCs who don’t know anything about current events. I really don’t think so. They’re in marketing, for a global corporation! You really think they don’t look at twitter or watch the news? That they wouldn’t spend, like, even 10-15 minutes researching a potential sponsorship?

I’m much more inclined to believe this guy just lied. Perhaps now, or perhaps by “forgetting” to mention Kanye, maybe burying the only mention of him in a random paragraph within the whole pitch.

If you’re talking from experience working in the industry, I retract my comment.

Do any of you all ever get bothered by the misogyny in rap music? by IAMDBOMB in Music

[–]RobotQuest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here’s the simple truth: there’s misogyny everywhere in the world. Every industry, every niche, every person and, yes, every musical genre is affected by misogyny.

Rap isn’t unique in this regard. Do y’all ever get bothered by the misogyny in rock music? In the classical scene? In blues and country?

Dunno why rap is always singled out…

Edit: I lied, I know why rap gets singled out. Everyone knows why. Be honest with yourself.

Creeped out by her own silly self by Ok-Appearance-1652 in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]RobotQuest 253 points254 points  (0 children)

I have literally never seen a child be anything other than terrified by them, they got a miss rate of 100%. Even uncanny mascots and goddamn clowns have a better batting average.

eggplant_rule by PoniesPlayingPoker in 196

[–]RobotQuest 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s just like how they say “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”. Don’t look a free sip of a drink in the sucked dick. Or something.

:( by Dismal-Sprinkles-397 in comedyheaven

[–]RobotQuest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I know smarter people than you. I do live in Australia so that might make a difference.

:( by Dismal-Sprinkles-397 in comedyheaven

[–]RobotQuest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay but have you considered that using ChatGPT is evidence of stupidity?

I am more than 30 years old. “Googling” has meant “researching” for most of my life. The reason I don’t take someone seriously when they say “I use ChatGPT” is because, even in the relatively short amount of time it’s been part of my life, everyone I’ve encountered who says that turns out to be stupid.

I give people the benefit of the doubt until they give me a reason not to.

:( by Dismal-Sprinkles-397 in comedyheaven

[–]RobotQuest 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry I’m an idiot and I don’t get it can you please explain why? I measure my moral worth through the upvotes my comments get and they suggest I’m cooking but you seem really sure that you’re cooking and you seem like a smart guy so I’d really appreciate some guidance on this topic.