The problem is that when graphics become to realistic, you enter the uncanny valley, which makes things seem off.

IME it’s better when they (slightly) stylise the graphics, which makes the game look less realistic, but you weirdly end up noticing it less.

But in this case, I was banned 500+ times from one community I’ve never heard of.

According to another comment, the mod banned then unbanned me 500 times.

Which is really weird, because as far as I know, I’ve never even interacted with them.

I also didn’t get any notifications that I’d been banned. I just happened to be looking through lemmy.world’s modlog.

Goes to show there are some really strange people out there who will get upset at you for seemingly no reason.

Here’s the thing, by mocking said racist stereotypes, he’s still also perpetuating them and giving cover for genuine racists. Here’s an article about ironic racism, also known as hipster racism:

Hipster racism … “the idea that something ordinarily offensive or prejudiced is miraculously transformed into something clever, funny and socially relevant, by the assertion that said ordinarily offensive thing is ironic or satirical.” … “those participating in acts of hipster racism understand those acts as racist when practiced by others, but rationalize their own racist performances through a presumed exceptionalism.”

You have the same thing with sexism:

Hipster sexism, also known as … ironic sexism, is defined … as “the objectification of women but in a manner that uses mockery, quotation marks, and paradox”. It is a form of self-aware sexism that is deemed acceptable given that its perpetrators are conscious of the inherent sexism and objectification of women … It is rooted in the idea that sexism is an outdated and archaic institution which people do not engage in anymore, thereby making the demonstration of sexism seem satirical and ironic. … may be presented with derision and expressed as harmless. … Hipster sexism relates to postfeminism in that it downplays sexism at large by casually normalizing it on the basis that sexism has been eradicated and thus is not appropriate for serious consideration or discussion.

Of course, neither sexism or racism have been eradicated. Far from it. In fact the far right have used the irony defence to mainstream racist and fascist ideology:

Marwick points to another guide to the “alt-right”, published last on Andrew Anglin’s prominent Nazi site, the Daily Stormer, which credited “troll culture” with bringing about “non-ironic Nazism masquerading as ironic Nazism”: “Irony allows people to strategically distance themselves from the very real commitment to white supremacist values that many of these forums have.” … When Richard Spencer led a fascist salute to Donald Trump at his National Policy Insitute conference in the wake of Trump’s win, he said it was done in “a spirit of irony and exuberance”. … “Fascism is more or less a social taboo. Humour is one of the ways that they can put forward their positions” … More generally, every “ironic” repetition of far-right ideals contributes to a climate in which racism, misogyny, or Islamophobia is normalised. … deployed by the far right in chipping away at whatever prohibitions have existed around publicly adopting far-right politics.

For example, the reddit community /r/TheDonald, was originally an ironic sub. But a lot of people didn’t get the joke. So much so that before it was banned, it became the biggest pro-Trump community online, and helped get Trump elected.

Similarly, Ricky Gervais also makes similar claims to being ironic when he makes transphobic jokes, but doesn’t seem to mind his rise in popularity with the far right one bit.

TLDR: it is possible to understand Ali G is satirical, and still be critical of the character normalising racist stereotypes and giving genuine racists cover.

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No idea. But apparently you can ban someone over 500 times without them noticing.

Noam Chomsky did not get Epstein either.

Is that why you can’t see their username?

It’d be pretty sad if something I said sent them into such a rage that they banned me 500 times, deleted their own account, and I didn’t even notice until two weeks later.

It’s/its is also common mistake with non-native speakers.

The really obvious one is using of instead of instead of have. Would of. Should of. Could of. From would’ve, should’ve, could’ve. Non-native speakers will rarely if ever make that mistake.

Will do.

Very annoying.

And they take up almost no space, so that makes it even more annoying. I make sure to keep seeding as much as possible.

I think I have that among my torrents. 33 seeders.

Maybe you’re still seeding a torrent that’s no longer as popular.

Disc rot is also a thing.

I find it’s best to accept entropy, that you’re going to die, that everything ends, that you will lose data, that there will be a last time you watch a movie or show, and keep running those ssd/hdds even when they’re in the yellow/red warning zone.

Years back I was sorting through ten years of emails. I got so sick of it, I simply deleted everything. You know what? No drawbacks even ten years later. Such a huge relief.

Reminds me of the artist Michael Landy who chucked everything he owned - pictures, clothes, artwork, his passport - into a shredder. Performance art, reaction against consumerism. He was understandably miserable doing it, but what a relief that must have been. To be free of all the crap. It is true that the things you own often end up owning you.

My grandparents hoarded all their lives, and after they died much of what they owned ended up in a skip, because there wasn’t enough time or interest to sell it. The supposedly priceless porcelain? Chucked. All the records? Sold. Furniture? Goodwill. The huge supply of sunlight soap? Really useful actually.

Curate, is my advice.

I occasionally go through and cull the worst shows and movies. No point keeping mainstream crap that’s readily available on all the streaming sites.

Sorry. I was wrong. I deleted my comment accordingly.

Won’t someone think of all the money we can make?

This being said, I’m looking forward to selling my thrifted complete series of Harry Potter books at a premium when they finally release the show.

I get to make a profit and JKR gets to sell a few less books.

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How often do you see your mother?

Poorly designed button. Wrong colour and too much information. Green and “Download Here” would have been better.

Cars too. Bright pink cars are usually quite cheap.

Obviously, that is a choice. LOL.

Although, I am a 6ft6/2m tall bodybuilder and look like a Russian gangster. There is a part of me that wants to buy a tiny candy pink Japanese kei car. Just because it’d be continually funny seeing people react to me get out of it, them wanting to laugh, but not daring to because I look like I could kick the shit out of them. (I wouldn’t. I’m a softie.)