@fabos @rick you underestimate how much stuff being on there (for so many things) makes things like it. And also the force needed to get away is brutal.

Blaming the people to look for an easy way to connect to other likeminded people or just enjoying their hobbies certainly won't win you any points

@Jain @rick network-effect is a thing for many things tbh. And discord certainly has used being the Mainstay for gamers to its advantage. Its so easy to find new stuff.

@Nukumori Früh wach heißt nur mehr vom Tag

@snow Just why the poor guinness

@mametsuko Enjoy your trip home!

@rick I guess you just different

@epsi I guess you are jist online on the "wrong" social media

@mametsuko I mean yeah does check out and makes sense

@mametsuko tofu picture to study and relax to

@rick @xirin2u Traitor!

@rotopenguin @xirin2u Just what is wrong with you! Do you want to see the world burn?!

(Enjoy your tea! )

Sukima Mori is JR West's "Mind the Gap" mascot, a hungry monster lurking in the space between train and platform to scare kids into being careful while boarding rail transit: https://soranews24.com/2022/01/28/new-japanese-mascot-character-a-train-station-monster-that-grabs-children-who-dont-mind-the-gap/ #japan #trains

Learned about the "Wuselfaktor" yesterday when talking about Settlers II for @dosgameclub

It's a German concept that describes how interesting and nice a game is to look at without the player doing anything in particular.

It's especially relevant for simulation type games, where your screen is filled with a bunch of characters that are each working on their own task.

Settlers II has a very high Wuselfaktor, but so do games like Lemmings or Transport Tycoon.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuselfaktor

@rick @fristi Oh

The story about that character is almost a tragedy on its own: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/02/from-classroom-game-to-niche-meme-how-ai-character-amelia-spread-across-europe

@fristi Do it!

@fristi Double slap in the face for you since you used to work in that field as well I guess?

@rick @fristi Its all just slop. But yeah I remember that anime girl used for it

@noel @volpeon Lets also hope they make it waaaaaay easier to host a sensible XMPP-Server until then as well..

@aetios Oh its lovely isn't it?

@Johann150 They had AI translation for some time now but yeah the redesign kinda sucks