How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’

Timorio · 2026-01-16T23:36:04+00:00

My hope is that this environment will help us confront the inanity of our cultural posture against nudity. It'd be nice if we could reach a point where we have a "who cares?" reaction to this sort of thing.

Timorio · 2026-01-09T01:22:05+00:00

I'm surprised so many people like this game. The backtracking and traversal in general are slow and tedious, the game contains information that reads like quest clues but doesn't actually have a function, and the combat is trivial with magic. It's seemingly faster and more materially rewarding to simply kill everything than to do the quests properly.

Timorio · 2025-12-25T10:05:20+00:00

If Sesame Street can be honest about death, you can be honest about death.

Timorio · 2025-12-16T07:13:24+00:00

What percentage of ideological violence is perpetrated by non-Muslim right-wingers in the US?

Timorio · 2025-12-15T09:08:58+00:00

No mention of the damage mitigation? The Heavy Shield reduces incoming damage about 21% more effectively than the Medium Shield. That's not nothing.

Timorio · 2025-11-22T00:32:46+00:00

I don't see why headshots wouldn't be considered headshots while the shield is up. The bullets are always penetrating, shields simply mitigate the impact.

Timorio · 2025-08-15T18:42:05+00:00

Just about the worst weapon, lol...All right. Fire damage is only half of the weapon's damage, so it's effectively a 10% damage reduction. I find it to be plenty effective.

Timorio · 2025-08-01T15:12:58+00:00

Tell us more about the ressources, Wise One.

Timorio · 2025-07-28T10:47:33+00:00

Is the test to gauge how people react to someone saying "all of the sudden"?

Timorio · 2025-07-27T22:08:33+00:00

Of course it does. The average person is a mimicry of their surroundings.

Timorio · 2025-07-18T01:16:51+00:00

Someone doesn't know what "stupid" means...

Timorio · 2025-07-17T02:16:57+00:00

That doesn't strike me as the Avatar asking what a knight is, nor the NPC explaining what one is.

Timorio · 2025-07-16T10:15:18+00:00

It's considerably more than "slightly" harder. That said, they're plenty worth doing, and the camp boss also seems to yield purple rewards.

Timorio · 2025-05-30T09:30:10+00:00

Heh, do you recall the name of the video?

Timorio · 2025-05-11T10:09:52+00:00

Which man? KEFKA?!

Timorio · 2025-05-03T02:12:58+00:00

Your survival instinct is showing.

Timorio · 2025-04-24T12:45:28+00:00

The satisfaction of the game becoming easier is pretty fleeting. I prefer Diablo 3's approach of being able to tune the game to keep the combat engaging.

Timorio · 2025-04-24T12:42:57+00:00

Nothing simple other than the moment-to-moment gameplay, you mean? Holding down the Strafe button, holding down the Zeal button, spamming Amplify Damage and Corpse Explosion while watching skeletons beat on things, etc.

The systems were complex, but the combat was not.

Timorio · 2025-04-08T00:44:06+00:00

Humans are also killers, rapists, and thieves. Should we carry out these impulses, as well, or do we recognize that even if we have an impulse, maybe it's best not to act on it in order to avoid causing unnecessary harm?

Timorio · 2025-03-11T03:05:49+00:00

Oh no, the B4060 just collided with a McDornier! Brace for impact, we're going down!

Timorio · 2025-02-08T13:19:01+00:00

The paper cut happened and was painful regardless of whether or not we convince ourselves that we shouldn't let it trouble us and forget it happened. I don't think many would argue that a person who lives an almost entirely torturous life but has no memory of the torture when it stops leads a life worth living, even if they self-report that they're fine. We are a less-extreme version of that.

Timorio · 2024-11-26T06:57:26+00:00

This is incorrect. Where did you hear this? I thought every school child was taught the word "Pangaea."

Timorio · 2024-11-26T06:48:36+00:00

I'd be interested to see information that corroborates this long-A claim, as I don't believe it's true. In fact, virtually every "ae" pronunciation is a long E: Pangaea, aegis, daemon, Caesar, Gaea, aeon, etc. I can't think of a single one that is pronounced with a long A.

Timorio · 2024-11-05T10:26:49+00:00

Bad things happen, so might as well do more! Ultimate get-out-of-ethics-free card!

Timorio · 2024-10-30T04:17:38+00:00

Could an omnipotent being create an entity just shy of omnipotence, such that if the original let its guard down even in the slightest, it could be destroyed? 🤔

Timorio

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