FlashMobOfOne

FlashMobOfOne, 24 minutes ago

It was a ritual I made up myself. Since you baptize by water, I debaptized by fire.

I just set up a little tailgate grill, made a small fire, burned my Bible and sprinkled a few drops of my blood onto it. It was a fairly quick thing but very cathartic, as it came on the heels of two years of my brain railing against my programming and I had many, many nightmares about demons and spiritual warfare.

FlashMobOfOne, 3 hours ago

I de-converted (and de-baptized myself) from Christianity when I was nineteen.

Once I was outside of my parents’ bubble, it was easier to take a look around and realize that God isn’t real, and the only reason I was ever a Christian is that I was born and programmed to be that way. I now see my life as finite which makes me value my time and mental well-being much more than I did before.

FlashMobOfOne, 22 hours ago

On the distro I chose, Linux Mint, Steam is easily available via the Software Manager, and roughly half of my games are Steam-compatible out of the box. Steam actually has a toggle in your game library that indicates your games that are Linux-compatible. For those that aren’t, there’s www.protondb.com, where you can check the database to see if particular games are compatible and get installation tips to help with compatibility.

Installation was very easy with info available on Youtube and the Linux Mint website.

All it cost me was $7 for a USB drive in order to create the ISO file.

FlashMobOfOne, 17 hours ago

I should add that I kept Windows as well, due to my extensive video game library. You can have both and just use Linux for most things in order to upgrade your security and efficiency, and just switch to your Windows boot in order to play games that aren’t on Linux.

FlashMobOfOne, 15 hours ago

That is exceedingly helpful. Thank you.

I’m tentatively planning to ditch Windows completely in a few months. I just want to use Linux daily for a while until I’m comfortable with it and certain I’m good to go on the gaming side.

FlashMobOfOne, 1 day ago

Pretty good!

After reading about Windows Recall last week I decided I’m making the change to Linux. (Dual boot for now, since I’m an avid gamer and don’t want to lose my games, so I need a few months to make sure nothing will break.)

Currently typing this from my fresh installation of Brave on my fresh installation of Linux Mint.

Feels good to say “!@#$ you, Microsoft”.

FlashMobOfOne, 1 day ago

Never got into it myself, but I know very well how popular it is, so it must be an objectively good game.

FlashMobOfOne, 3 days ago

It’s exactly what they wanted.

This is about control and punishing perceived undesirables. Cruelty is a feature, not an unfortunate byproduct.

FlashMobOfOne, 3 days ago

Picked up Slay the Spire on sale on Friday and I’ve put 30 hours into it this weekend.

Not an easy game, but fun.

FlashMobOfOne, 3 days ago

Man, I love VR.

I watched a lot of the live events they had on Meta Horizons in April and May, planning to watch more this summer.

FlashMobOfOne, 2 days ago

Yeah.

We had a beloved comic shop owner here in Kansas City get murdered chasing down a thief who made off with a handful of books.

I get the desire to want to do something, but man, it makes you wish these dudes had stopped to put it all in perspective before intervening.

FlashMobOfOne, 9 days ago

I’m going to pick it up later this year for sure.

It’s a fun game. I just found I like story mode more than playing a Dark Souls game in the Star Wars universe.

FlashMobOfOne, 10 days ago

Still playing Jedi Fallen Order.

It’s an excellent game. It’s suitably epic and I’m enjoying the heck out of it.

FlashMobOfOne, 12 days ago

Modern problems require modern solutions.

FlashMobOfOne, 8 days ago

Ya love to see it.

If you’re not a fascist.

And bonus points to Israel for trotting out the old tried and true: “If you’re not with us you’re with the terrorists” bullshit.

FlashMobOfOne, 8 days ago

And the enshittification of everything marches onward.

FlashMobOfOne, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago)

Both in Iran and the US, it is indeed. Two different paths down the same mountain.

FlashMobOfOne, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago)

This is just silly on the part of Iran.

All they need to do is just let the health care system and poverty slaughter the people for them, like we do in America. It’s much more civilized.

FlashMobOfOne, 9 days ago

Nothing crazy.

I’ll take myself out for barbecue somewhere here in KC over the weekend for sure, but I’m anti-war, so my feelings on this holiday are complex.

FlashMobOfOne, 10 days ago

This is a straight motherfucker move for sure.

Thing is, the people who can actually make change on affordable housing, Democrats and Republicans, also oppose it, and 99% of voters pull the lever for these two every election.

So, it seems to me that clutching your pearls when you see this headline is a little hypocritical.

FlashMobOfOne, 10 days ago

It’s going to get a whole lot worse in November when Donald Trump starts handing out pardons like Halloween candy.

FlashMobOfOne, 10 days ago

The bodycams only exist for performative reasons. They’re not there to actually help the cause of justice.

FlashMobOfOne, 12 days ago

The bummer here is that, until the US stops protecting them (which is never, ever going to happen), it doesn’t matter a whole lot in the end.

But I’d still like to see the US cut Israel off.

FlashMobOfOne, 12 days ago

I hope you’re right.

I had a similar feeling when the 2010 census showed a 28% increased in mixed-race families nationwide, and now a mere 14 years later we’re months away from becoming an openly fascist country. (I’d argue we’re already a closet fascist country)

FlashMobOfOne, 13 days ago

Watching the rest of the world slowly turn on Israel makes my heart go all pitter patter.

Well done.