=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── @user-882 I learned from the typing games my mother assigned me to play when I was homeschooled. Never got around to learning the number key symbols though... thanks for being so forward-thinking, mom ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5239 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── I play video games to help me think just like programmers play video games to help them sleep ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4072 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I like games that test my reflexes I also like games that test my wit but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/97 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-110 Exactly! I play games to practice strategy and empathy, not to stand triumphant over a virtual foe. Why should I care for the lessons of others when mine so often go unlearnt? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4468 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── oh look at me, typing my thoughts while doing chores. And you all get to listen, you lucky ducks ; ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/5488 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── okay ttyl I gotta go play video games I guess >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5072 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── I like to play with the camera zoomed in all the way and by only using my mouse. no keyboard. just clicking noise. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5185 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── frankly it makes a ton of sense to me that computer programmers would have a game playing in the monitor. Gotta keep those brains active after all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4336 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── gonna play more video games, currently have 11 tabs of written posts open in my browser... (okay a few of them get a little off-topic, but hey I have ADHD what do you expect of me) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3150 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ I fucking hate how games give dopamine they're so much more educational than that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1518 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: strange-politics-scary │ └────────────────────────────┘ acceleration-ism is just "learning the truth faster than they do" tbh should be more like "learning things to show them" but eh whatever gets the job done ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5719 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I love dispatch tables! which is a term I just learned and a concept I have been using for a while. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #12 messages/950 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── have I ever told you that I am my mother's firstborn after 7 or 11 stillborns? she was 35 or 38 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/112 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── I live through the moments where I find a folder of stuff I made that I forgot about and I can go back and see it for the first time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/740 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── had a dream that we gamified all work and then put them into one single mega-game so whenever you wanted you could work on an arbitrary project and it would spin up a new game and take your inputs and use them to accomplish whatever was happening ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/135 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: algorithms and primed │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-95 back when games had more value because you only had like, 6 of them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3974 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── it is significantly more engaging to watch people play MMOs when they've unbound all their action bars from their number keys and are forced to click on all the abilities. That way you can actually follow what moves they're doing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1600 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1037 oooo those are cool, but it didn't have the "puzzlepiece" arrangement. It was more... 2 dimensional I think? More like putting marbles on a chinese-checkers board. And they had relationships if you moused over them, like... semi-transparent arrows connecting them I think? It was different than anything I'd ever seen before. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3257 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── whoa cool do you... turn the sensitivity up so you don't have to move your hand very much so it can remain in position with it's thumb on the enter key? ... now I want to try that. Mine doesn't have enter, there's no numpad. So I have the arrow keys. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/6294 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── if you play optimally, you'll never get any chance to make decisions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1695 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-883 I love that. You're saying I should learn Assembly? ? ? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ |