Shorts are now the new way to gain views

Well, kind of. Shorts viewers mostly stay on shorts, they rarely convert into long form content viewers

I suppose that depends on if you have consent 🤷‍♀️

More of a squat really, if you’re standing your cheeks press together

One of my all time favorite games is Cultist Simulator, but I’ll admit it’s not for everyone. If you like puzzle type games and don’t mind learning about the world by reading lots of little snippets of flavor text, it’ll be right up your alley.

Also definitely check out Rogue (the og) and the first wave of games inspired by it. The meta-progression stuff is kind of a new wave thing.

As for newer games, Balatro is really popular right now if you’re into more ‘puzzle roguelikes’. Most of the things you unlock make the game harder rather than easier, or give you a different angle from which to play the game. There are a handful of things you have to unlock via meta-progression, but so far they seem pretty unintrusive.

aww, too bad, if you were good enough you could have beaten the game, but let’s make it a little easier

Yeah, that’s pretty awful game design. Most of the ones i’ve played didn’t feel like that, usually you’d unlock new classes or something (I.e. sidegrades) or unlock harder difficulties.

And of course my favorite ones don’t have any meta progression whatsoever, the only progression comes from you learning about the game.

Most of the roguelikes that I really enjoy had unlocks that made the game harder, not easier. At best, the unlocks offer new builds, making the game easier in one respect but harder in others, giving you a new angle on things.

But then again, most of the ones I play are puzzle/strategy/deckbuilder type games. Kind of a genre of its own these days. (FTL, Slay the Spire, Cultist Simulator, Balatro, etc)

Why would you wish for that

Different kinds of quality. Cgi quality, acting quality

Facts! But I also use recycled tp, because I still gotta pat dry.

Will probably switch to towels tho

Most osr stuff is waaay more rules light than 5e.

… and somehow they still get butts in seats and lots of people enjoy them.

People want to see the cutting-edge cgi. In that sense it absolutely is qualityslop.

I unironically like shakespeare, but yeah, there is an element of inertia to his popularity.

Like that, except you do like them, mostly because you walk away feeling like you experienced a “good film.”

Imo It’s good but not worth the hype. But i’ve never had the good stuff (And never will, now that I don’t eat meat)

Oh, sure. Not debating that. But it’s popular because it’s seen as fancy.

You know how some restaraunts have a reputation for serving “good food” (I.e. gourmet food), but just because it’s fancier food it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll actually like it more?

So, what are some foods that people only like because they’re fancy? (I’d argue caviar is one)

Same idea, but for movies. What are some movies that people only like because they’re seen as being “good movies”?

It’s less of a revolution than it seems to be. Both parties have been doing awful things for a long time, Trump is just louder about it and more flagrant in his defiance of the other branches of government.

But it’s not “Trump is a fascist, unlike any president before him.” Trump is a fascist, but there have plenty of fascistic elements in the US goverment all along, and there have been other presidents like Trump in US history.

The system really is working exactly as intended.

I think I know what OOP means here. Films that people only like because they’re “good movies.”

I think the Avatar films fall into this category, as do most of the “Oscar bait” movies.

That’s true of lots of things. Many of us will end up making history in weird ways.

The original vine is now lost, but here’s a YouTube video of it

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9sPthPleEKo