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I tried so hard to beat Zelda 2 when I was a kid, and could never make it through the final castle. You had to do such a slog gathering hearts and battling through swamps to even get there. I made it to the fight with your shadow exactly one time and got my ass handed to me. I love Zelda 2, but damn.

Tim Sweeney says Epic is losing billions fighting Apple and Google because it can afford to, jokes that 'we might run into serious financial problems after a couple more decades' in c/[email protected]

[–] boaratio 48 points 5 days ago (3 children)

God tim sucks so bad, but I want to see epic defeat Google and Apple.

Elon Musk tells German crowd to be proud and move beyond the 'sins of their parents' during video appearance at far right event in c/world

[–] boaratio 1 points 6 days ago

Adrian Dittmann.

Nikola Explores Sale, Partnerships, and Fundraising to Avoid Bankruptcy in c/[email protected]

[–] boaratio 2 points 1 week ago

Yup.

Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It in c/politics

[–] boaratio 7 points 1 week ago

Great reference.

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Is everything the worst? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by boaratio to c/[email protected]

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I'm 43, almost 44, years old and went through a bought of alcoholism during the early part of the pandemic. I went through treatment and have been fine since. However, I can't help but feel that all the news in the last few months is just the worst. Between the AI bullshit, the wars, the effects of capitalism, and the political situation in general it's just the worst. Is it just me or have other folks noticed the same trend?

Edit: I should have also mentioned the enshitification of everything tech related.

Edit 2: Thanks for all the thoughtful replies. For some more context, yes I'm American and live in a state that's about to ban the wearing of masks in public. I haven't had a drink in over year and have been in therapy for 3 years. I don't watch any news sources and rarely read media websites. But yet, that information seeps into my life somehow. I donate blood, I make charitable donations, and try to live a good life. I have 2 amazing kids and a great wife. It's just hard to not end up in a doomer mindset at times. A Bitcoin company bought a power plant up here that has an existing lease to use a lake as cooling water, and it's heated up the lake to the point that it's killing fish.