That's what it's called, okay. I didn't remember the term.

That looks like Gandalf. It's not Gandalf, right?

"Please adjust your brightness so this shape is barely visible."

Nah, I'm cranking that way up. I get that there's an art, but I'd rather not be straining my eyes and ears.

It's a slur, that's why. Some slurs are major slurs that are considered offensive even when it's not referring to someone, and I think this is one of them. They're often forbidden because of it, and a lot of people find it easier to follow universal rules than to check the rules of each place they post, because the universal rules will keep you in the clear 95% of the time. And even if not, it's still respectable to not want to use slurs.

And yeah, it did used to be a lot more common. And before that, it was a medical term. That's the way it goes, we have a word to insult people's intelligence, doctors deal with patients who have a disorder causing that, they don't want to use the mean word to refer to the patients, they come up with a new word for it, the word gets out, and then everyone makes it a new word to insult intelligence. Though this one seems to be taking a different track because it hit modern sensibilities, and at the same time I think doctors now know better than to come up with a new word for mental deficiencies.

Or whatever people think is the most powerful, at least. It's worth noting that the meta can often be wrong, and if you play what you enjoy, you might find yourself discovering something stronger.

Tales of Vesperia. I like the combat system most, but the story's pretty good, and there's a lot of optional content.

Lemmy can have its fair share of echo chamber syndrome. For example, almost nobody here vocally likes Reddit, and if you post anything pro-Reddit, it's likely to be met with a lot of negativity. I'm anti-Reddit too, for the record, but it's good to acknowledge tribalism even when you agree with the tribe. But the nice part is Lemmy can't have competing echo chambers nearly as easily as Reddit can because we're so much smaller.

Aww, I was hoping it was a replica. That would have been really funny.

T = 40 ∀ P > 0

The best way to stop a bad guy with a lockpick is a good guy with a lockpick.

I feel like I'm missing something. What's the myth and what's the reality?

I'd agree with you, but I've seen Morbius up there.