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I thought we all already knew this and were under the mindset of "lesser evil" if it curbs tendencies to actually go out and do the real thing in public. It also makes me think of how violent video game-playing has no correlation to violence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_and_video_games

Besides, it's not like we can stop it anyway, given free and open-source AI models out there... Pandora's box has long been opened.

Welcome to free and open-source software!

a lot of videos

And what about all the private men and women who aren't uploading videos? I know women who are equally suffering who would never, ever upload such a video. Would you?

It sounds like there's a lot of bias in this viewpoint based on publicly expressed content, which is always of certain personalities who are willing to put themselves online; there are many more who are unwilling, but that doesn't make their experiences less important. If anything, they're the more significant ones versus these showmen showcasing their suffering, some of which could possibly be fake.

add an illusion of company

Now this part I personally dislike; if it feels like but is not actually building my social connectivity, then I think that's better to avoid, emotionally speaking. I try to scratch that itch by watching friends personally stream titles, or by being the streamer for private circles of mostly/only people I know IRL. We also play a lot on Board Game Arena.

Skill-driven games require major dedication. Why would @rumschlumpel@feddit.org care to suffer through Silksong, not knowing what to do or where to go, getting frustrated by having to memorize enemy moves, etc. when there are experts out there who have already discovered everything and the most efficient takedown methods (or other amateurs who don't find it as painful to explore so)? I see nothing wrong with this.

I used to be a huge gamer but frankly I find tinkering with Syncthing and Espanso perhaps even more fun than playing tough games, and watching NC (no-commentary) playthroughs by people who have already tested everything, etc.

Look at this fat cat with an ISP sub. I do everything through mobile data.

This still applies to feelers, though; you can still feel out the ratios for the spice mix. The point is, either way, the spice mix is just 1 jar that you dump out onto the meal instead of 5.

Okay, I had no idea that this was the way it worked. Then I wish @idunnololz@lemmy.world had the troll button say to do this if you press it with nothing selected. Anyway, ThAnKs!

I didn't realize that it wasn't digital all this time. Digital is the only way to play such titles, haha.

Hmm, I seem to have lost my shocked-Pikachu-face gallery image. Oh, well.

Many individual devs on itch.io will do so (I think not Slice & Dice's dev, though, sadly)!

"Although data is still quite limited, maybe all these epidemics that we have — obesity, cardiovascular disease, everybody getting cancer — are related," LaBeaud said. "People are trying to figure out if they're associated with the plastics that we're inhaling and imbibing."

Children, whose organs are still developing, could be at higher risk of harm. Kara Meister, MD, a pediatric otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon at Stanford Medicine, noticed that thyroid cancer was becoming more common among her patients and was often linked to autoimmune disease. Considering what could be disrupting kids' hormones, she decided to research microplastics.

In early 2024, Meister and her team began looking for microplastics in tonsils they'd removed from healthy children with conditions such as sleep apnea. "What we found is there are definitely microplastics in a high proportion of pediatric tonsil tissue, and they seem to be not only on the surface but also deep within," she said. In one child's tonsils, the team found specs of Teflon visible with a microscope.

Next, Meister and her team are developing techniques to identify and quantify the microplastics they're finding and to determine where exactly they're embedded. Eventually, her aim is to illuminate the potential role of microplastics in pediatric thyroid disease. "We have a long way to go," she said.

Scientists don't yet know how long microplastics stay in the body or how effects are tempered by genetics, the environment or other factors. They haven't determined whether some plastics or forms of exposure are worse than others. Nor do studies exist on the direct dangers of microplastics in humans. "Because plastic is so ubiquitous, it's difficult to have a lot of evidence that's causal," LaBeaud said. "It's not like we're going to have randomized control trials where people aren't exposed."

- Microplastics and our health: What the science says

Microplastics’ physical properties are one source of potential hazards. Some marine organisms seem to be eating more microplastics and fewer nutrients, which can reverberate up the food chain. In humans, researchers point to illnesses caused by particulate air pollution, which contains microplastics, and by workplace exposure to plastic dust.

Other threats arise from chemicals in and on microplastic particles, including plastic components — such as BPA, phthalates, and heavy metals — that are known or suspected to cause disruption to nervous, reproductive, and other systems.

Although the variety of microplastics and the difficulty of estimating accumulation in human tissues make it challenging to pin down risks, findings in models show inflammation, cell death, lung and liver effects, changes in the gut microbiome, and altered lipid and hormone metabolism.

Mounting evidence suggests that microplastics magnify the potency of other toxicant exposures, such as cadmium, as Demir and Turna Demir have confirmed in fruit flies and Lemos has confirmed in mice and fruit flies. Others are chasing down hints that microplastics can carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria and other pathogens on their surfaces and into our bodies.

- Microplastics Everywhere | Harvard Health Magazine

So yeah, it's baaaaad. I literally only have stainless steel cookware. I store food almost exclusively in glass containers and I carry a metal fork and spoon with me whenever I dine if the restaurant would serve plastic utensils (but I'm declining more and more outside food in general).

Most recently, I've adopted the practice of filtering water, boiling it for 5 min, cooling it for 10, and then sending it through a tea strainer: Boiling, Filtering Water Can Get Rid of Microplastics, Study Finds (Yale)

My bad: I didn't see that you're not @Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone (the original parent commentator in this chain), whose video sources I'm now wondering about. Leaving YouTube itself, entirely, is the major hurdle for us all in this case.

This is a great way to put a target on your back...

I don't get it. This post is from July; we've already had this version for months, and it still fails at widgets.

Rage rooms are all the rage these days. /s

Given @sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 's disclosure about having not even seen other depicted dragons, it should actually be: "Why are the Shrek dragon's eyes stylized like a cat's?"

Go watch The Witcher S1, OP!

You can "purchase" titles on Walmart's VUDU and Google TV (quotes to account for the possibility of them ceasing to exist, which would then cause you to lose your right to stream-for-free).

"Betrayed?" Was capitalism ever on its side from the start?

Why not just tell her? How would that be worse than the pain you're inflicting now?

Wrong sub; /c/badoffmychest

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About guys feeling bad today

Anon doesn't understand streamer fans

Anon doesn't understand streamer fans

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Holy shit you can batch mix your spices in advance

Text editor's "Sarcasm" button does nothing

Notorious boardgame Twilight Imperium is getting a digital version

Tesla is recalling Powerwall 2 batteries over fire risk

Escape from Tarkov owners will have to buy it again if they want to play through Steam, and the Steam version will require a Battlestate account anyway

We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky.

Youtube is about to get worse than it already is

‘I’d rather pay taxes to NATO’ - Russian IT worker reportedly quits with mass email wishing death to enlisted coworker and saying he’s moving to France

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Why do cats have dragon eyes?

What are some of your unpopular opinions, hot takes about series, streaming services, the wider industry etc?

Australia’s quietest cockatoo is running out of trees. We have betrayed its gentle curiosity

I’m a bad person and ghosting my new ex