I’ve wondered the same thing. Seems like it would need to be paired with price controls or public control of essentials, but that’s sort of a “seize the means of production” conversation that I don’t think would be popular unless something like AI genuinely puts enough people out of work.

Amazing. Some of my favorite experiences in the new ones have also been creative problem-solving, like rocketing open a hole in a wall to allow my snipers to see through, or trying to carry my injured/dead soldiers with the good loot to extraction when I have to cut my losses and run.

Sounds like I should just go ahead and play the old ones too. I started one up earlier this year, but it wasn’t clear what all the buttons did, and I didn’t have the focus to figure it out. I need to look up the manual or watch a video or something.

…I sadly didn’t know about the series until the new ones in 2012. I’ve played the hell out of them and do want to go back and play the DOS ones sometime.

XCOM

I don’t know if there’s data, but I’ve been posting to Lemmy enough to get a sort of feel for it. Weekdays are more active than weekends, and mornings (US time) are probably the peak of activity.

Wow, I’m surprised they even try to explain it mathematically at all. Like, if you’re going to believe something crazy, numbers clearly aren’t going to make or break your conviction.

Well you aren’t the only one, so maybe I should have laid the sarcasm on more clearly. I thought most people would read the title as tongue-in-cheek.

Maybe I should’ve put this in lemmyshitpost because I didn’t expect anyone to think it was serious.

Well that’s gross.

I don’t know, it just sort of happened one day.

Lemmy history! Stickied.

If you build it, they will come. (i.e. just keep posting)

Lemmy is still small enough that even the most obscure communities will show up on the All feed, which it seems is how a lot of people browse. If you post to your small community, especially during non peak hours, some people will see it.

And only a few hours of lore videos on the side.

Sometimes people want a breather, myself included. If there weren’t so many other places to browse that kind of content, we wouldn’t have the rule.

The population on Lemmy is very politically aware and has strong opinions, which is good, however that also means that it’s very easy for any community to become overwhelmed by it and suddenly have little else.

You’re right, but we had a meta meme about politics on Lemmy yesterday that turned into a bunch of political bickering in the comments, and it would be best not to have round 2 of that. Sorry

I saw this post earlier and figured it was more of a meta post about discussions on Lemmy rather than a political post itself, but the thread is getting too heated for a meme community, and I’m going to lock.

XKCD would be so perfect for textbooks!

I can’t imagine what my grandmothers would have thought if they ever watched those movies. I’m pretty sure one never fully accepted the 1960s the first time around.

I think I’ve posted about 30 so far… Lol

I’ve been slowly building up a “Spooky” folder since August so that I could drop one meme per day this month in c/spooky_memes, and now I’m depleting the remainder today.