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  • That’s the euphemism treadmill I’m talking about. Idiot, moron, and imbecile were all terms used to describe conditions scientifically. They all became insults and were replaced by various degrees of “retardation,” which as you mentioned does come from root words meaning slow or delayed. When that similarly became an insult, special needs was coined. Then that became an insult and now the preferred term is intellectual disability. That one seems sterile enough but we’ll see.





  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldtoMemes@sopuli.xyztoo soon?
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    5 days ago

    I appreciate a bureaucratic fuck up as much as the next guy, but when the hard math is 300 armed dudes outside and 1 armed dude shooting kids in a school for the entire runtime of Shrek, I have no benefit of the doubt left to give. Maybe if it was a dog with a gun they would’ve shot it 30 seconds after arriving on scene.









  • The saints row series is pretty good. It was kind of a GTA knockoff but was much sillier and let you actually keep and upgrade/paint cars. It really lets you make the game yours. In… Number 3 or 4 the player gets movement abilities that make using a car actually slower so that really killed the vibe, but the ridiculousness was higher than ever so it kind of balanced. I’d recommend playing them in order or at least watching YouTube videos because the story is sort of linear.

    Someone else said morrowind which really is the ultimate “do whatever you want” game. You’re basically never locked out of anything by not doing the main quest, and nearly every npc is killable, even essential ones (though the game will tell you if you do this so you can reload a save). There’s no vehicles really so I don’t know if that’s the vibe you’re going for, but it really is a blast if you can accept the painfully outdated graphics and mediocre combat system.

    Valheim is a survival crafter exploration game that can be surprisingly cozy, and sailing around is fun. Also not the vibe I think you’re looking for but I love it so I shill it when I can.

    Cyberpunk is actually a damn decent game now, and the world has SO MUCH crammed into it you can just wander and do whatever activity you run into for ages without getting bored. Even the smallest side story has lore that illustrates a tiny piece of night city and I find that really cool.

    I think saints row probably best matches what you’re looking for without being a sequel to a game you already mentioned. Cyberpunk too, probably.



  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzqt π
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    15 days ago

    My favorite tiny little murder birb!

    There’s at least one falconer on YouTube who gets hired to reduce starling populations (which is sad because I love the laser birds too but they’re invasive) and he literally drive-bys them by yeeting a kestrel out the window of the moving car. It’s incredible to watch.