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I've always enjoyed reading about people's dwarf fortress games, but I could never decide if I'd like it. If you're a fan, what kind of other games are like it? Is it mostly fun, or 90% frustrating with great fun moments? How long did it take to start to have fun if the learning curve is high? If anyone is in the mood to sing its praises, I would love to hear them. If no one does, that's cool, too! Just been thinking about playing it for years but never committing.

I typed a reply about how bad actors will use reasonable arguments to get their way, so we'd need genuine evidence

my comment didn't send properly tho and i got an error message, so if you see me commenting twice, sorry

I mostly agree, but I can guess one reason why it's useful. With a game that's not that old, but well received, I'd expect new players to keep coming in for a while. Not to the degree of when it first came out, but someone like me will wishlist a game and wait until there's a sale or I have time to play it to buy and play. If the drop off is huge, and sales don't help much, it does reflect on the game somewhat.

There are some local news sources that post info about local traffic issues, emergencies, etc, much faster on twitter than elsewhere.

Also, there are some experts on international topics who write articles elsewhere, but still discuss those issues with each other on twitter. There's a list of english speaking experts on ukraine I keep up with. everyone's migrating, but not as fast as I'd like.

I use nitter for that stuff. Here's hoping they move soon, but people who know what I want to know aren't always good at social media.

I've been using it for years and usually install it on new computers my relatives ask me to set up. I'm not sneaking it in. If they need ms office for work, I'm not going to screw it up for them.

I stopped for a long time because of a terrible bug that deleted an important file, but in the years since I started using it again, I've never had the same problem.

I like it for writing up work emails and printing out estimates. I used to have trouble keeping my intended layout, but not so much these days. Everything I do is pretty uncomplicated, though.

You also need to account for where the really tall people are in the row in front of you. Social optimization be damned, I want to see!

Thank you! I saw it recced but the mention was on a post from years ago.

I had a cat named Stitch years ago and I did a doubletake because my boy was an enormous orange longhair. These two would've looked hilarious side by side.

It seems so easy to skip feeling anxious with booze. I always kinda want to for bigger parties. but, the Consequences :(

Making little figures out of clay

Yeah this is similar to my experience. Some stuff gets done without that monologue, but I'm not completely without it.

Are there independent groups that audit that kind of thing?